to declare publicly

in-dĭco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. (indicasso, is, for indicavero, is, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66; id. Rud. 4, 3, 89), to point out, indicate (class.).

In gen., to show, declare, disclose, make known, reveal, betray.

Of persons:

rem omnem dominae indicavit,

Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

Catilina non se purgavit, sed indicavit,

id. Mur. 25, 51:

conscios delendae tyrannidis,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: jam me vobis indicabo, will betray or accuse myself, id. Arch. 11, 28:

indicabo meum consilium tibi,

id. Fam. 10, 21, 2:

rem patri,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 19:

causam publicae pestis,

Liv. 8, 18, 4:

de conjuratione,

to give information, inform, Sall. C. 48, 4:

quis tibi de epistulis istis indicavit,

Cic. Fl. 37, 92; Sall. C. 30, 6:

aliquid in vulgus,

to make publicly known, Cic. Univ. 2:

satis est actori sic indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 7.—With rel. clause:

contentus indicare quid facti sit,

Quint. 4, 2, 128.—With acc. and inf.:

digitis ita figuratis ut temporis et aevi (Janum) esse deum indicent,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33.—

Of things concr. and abstr.:

vultus indicat mores,

shows, indicates, Cic. Leg. 1, 9; id. Brut. 94, 324:

lacrimis dolorem,

Nep. Att. 4 fin.:

hoc res ipsa indicat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 16:

id esse verum parva haec fabella indicat,

Phaedr. 1, 15, 3:

supercilia maxime indicant factum,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

ut epularum sollemnium fides ac tibiae... indicant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197. — Pass.:

aetas veterinorum indicatur dentibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168:

cum res non gesta indicatur, sed ut sit gesta ostenditur,

Quint. 9, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To intimate, give a hint of, to state briefly, mention:

indicare convenit, quae prodit Onesicritus,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 96:

aliquid obiter,

id. 33, 1, 5, § 15:

nominatim,

id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:

ut indicavimus,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 115.—

To set or tell the price of a thing, to value, put a price on: hanc eme. Do. Modo ut sciam, quanti indicet, etc., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 25:

indica, fac pretium,

id. ib. 37:

cum postulasset, ut sibi fundus semel indicaretur,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62. —

In jurid. Lat., to carry on a judicial process to conviction:

Indicasse est detulisse, arguisse, accusasse et convicisse,

Dig. 50, 16, 197.

in-dīco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. indice, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132:

indixti for indixisti,

Front. de Cels. Ep. 3), v. a. [in-dico], to declare publicly, to proclaim, publish, announce, to appoint (class.):

totius Galliae concilium Bibracte indicitur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63; Liv. 1, 50, 4:

forum,

Verg. A. 5, 758: Romae [p. 934] dierum viginti supplicatio indicitur, Caes. B. G. 7, 90:

exercitum in aliquem locum,

to order it to, Liv. 6, 12; cf.

of time: comitia in trinum nundinum,

id. 3, 35, 1:

bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.:

dies indicta pugnae,

Liv. 10, 27, 3:

justitium,

Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31: familiaribus cenas, to invite one ' s self as their guest, Suet. Ner. 27:

iter alicui,

Verg. A. 7, 468:

funus,

to invite to a funeral, Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61; Suet. Caes. 84:

simul divom templis indicit honorem,

a thanksgiving, Verg. A. 1, 632; 3, 264; Sil. 7, 90.—With ut:

in diem certam ut ad lucum Ferentinae conveniant indicit,

Liv. 1, 50, 1. —

Trop.:

qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent,

are their own enemies, Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 29:

philosophiae bellum indicere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 55.—

Esp.

To appoint a place of gathering, fix, name a destination or rendezvous:

exercitu indicto ad portam Esquilinam in posteram diem,

Liv. 6, 22, 8:

exercitus omnis Aquiloniam est indictus,

id. 10, 38, 4:

exercitus Pisas indictus erat,

id. 40, 41, 7:

clam exercitu indicto,

id. 41, 14, 2.—

To impose, enjoin, inflict:

multam,

to impose a penalty, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

tributum,

Liv. 4, 60; cf.:

servorum numerum et pondus argenti senatoribus,

Tac. H. 3, 58:

populo famem indixit,

Suet. Cal. 26 fin.:

sibimet ipse exsilium indixit,

Liv. 39, 52, 9; cf.: sibi patientiam, to enjoin upon one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 123, 5:

iter ad regem Latinum Indicit primis juvenum,

Verg. A. 7, 468:

certum dominis servorum numerum,

Suet. Ner. 44; id. Aug. 25:

libertus, cui patronus operas indicere vellet,

to prescribe, Gai. Inst. 4, 162.

prŏfĭtĕor, fessus, v (old form of the inf. PROFITEREI, and of the imper. PROFITEMINO, several times in the Tab. Her, in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq.), v. dep. a. [pro-fateor], to declare publicly, to own freely, to acknowledge, avow, confess openly, profess (class.).

In gen.

Absol.:

neque vis tuā voluntate ipse profiteri,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 80:

ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri, sed etiam profiteri videatur,

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24:

fateor atque etiam profiteor et prae me fero,

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 17.—

With acc.:

profiteri et in medium proferre aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 76:

cur ea non profitenda putabas?

Ov. H. 21, 129.—

With obj. clause:

profitentur Carnutes, se nullum periculum recusare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; Cic. N D. 1, 5, 12.—

With de:

de parricidio professum,

Suet. Calig. 12:

de semet professo,

id. Dom. 8.—

In partic.

Profiteri se aliquem, to declare one's self or profess to be something:

profiteri se grammaticum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42;

profiteri se patrem infantis,

Suet. Calig. 25:

se legatum,

id. Galb. 10:

se candidatum consulatūs,

id. Aug. 4:

professus amicum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 2.—With esse:

triduo me jure consultum esse profitebor,

Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

me omnium provinciarum defensorem esse profitebor,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 217.—

Profiteri aliquid, to profess an art, science, etc.:

profiteri philosophiam,

to declare one's self a philosopher, Cic. Pis. 29, 71; medicinam, to profess medicine, to practise as a physician, Cels. praef.; Suet. Caes. 42;

jus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 531.—In pass.:

rem non professam apud nos tenemus,

Quint. Decl. 341. — Absol.: profiteri, to be a teacher or professor (post-Aug.):

cum omnes qui profitentur, audiero,

Plin. Ep 2, 18, 3:

translatus est in Siciliam, ubi nunc profitetur,

id. ib. 4, 11, 14.—

Profiteri indicium, to give evidence, make a deposition against accomplices:

multis hortantibus indicium profitetur,

Sall. J. 35, 6; Hirt. B. Afr 55, Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 9:

summum supplicium decernebatur, ni professus indicium foret,

Tac. A. 6, 3.—

To offer freely, propose voluntarily, to promise: quis profitetur? who volunteers? Plaut Capt. 3, 1, 20:

se ad eam rem adjutorem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38:

ego vero tibi profiteor atque polliceor eximium et singulare meum studium in omni genere officii,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

si vos in eam rem operam vestram profitemini,

id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

Varro profitetur se alterā die ad colloquium venturum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

sumunt gentiles arma professa manus,

arms that promise a combat, Ov. F. 2, 198: magna, Hor A. P. 14; Ov. F. 5, 351:

grandia,

Hor. A. P. 27.—

To disclose, show, display, make a show of; dolorem, Just. 8, 5, 11:

sola Jovem Semele vidit Jovis ora professum,

Nemes. Ecl. 3, 22:

vitate viros cultum formamque professos,

Ov. A A. 3, 433.—

To make a public statement or return of any thing (as of one's name, property, business, etc.):

censum (one's estate),

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 8;

Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 99 sq. (q. v.): ut aratores jugera sationum suarum profiterentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

apud decemviros, quantum habeat praedae,

id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:

greges ovium ad publicanum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

frumentum, Liv 4, 12: furtum,

Quint. Decl. 341:

rem alienam,

id. ib. 341:

rem apud publicanum,

id. ib. 359; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 12.— Absol.:

ne decipiat (publicanus) profiteri volentes,

Dig. 39, 4, 19, § 6; Vulg. Luc. 2, 3 and 5:

nomen,

to give in one's name, announce one's self, Liv. 26, 18; also without nomen:

Catilina prohibitus erat petere consulatum, quod intra legitimos dies profiteri nequiverit,

Sall. C. 18, 3:

nam et quaesturam petentes, quos indignos judicavit, profiteri vetuit,

Vell. 2, 92, 3: professae (sc. feminae), i. e. common prostitutes, who had to give in their names to the aedile, Ov. F. 4, 866.— Trop.:

in his nomen suum profitetur,

among these he reckons himself, Ter. Eun. prol. 3.—Hence, prŏ-fessus, a, um, P. a., in passive signif., known, manifest, confessed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

culpa professa,

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 6:

dux,

Just. 8, 4, 4.—Ex or de professo, openly, avowedly, intentionally, professedly:

non ex professo eam (potentiam) non petere,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

vir ex professo mollis, Macr S. 2, 9.—De professo (postclass.): ac ne id quidem de professo audet,

openly, App. Mag. p. 274, 11.

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dē-clāro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make clear, plain, evident (by disclosing, uncovering), to show, manifest, declare, etc., apophainô (class.; most freq. in the trop. sense). For syn. cf.: monstro, demonstro, probo, confirmo, ostendo, ostento, significo, indico, defero; exsisto, appareo, eluceo. —

Lit.

In gen.:

praesentiam saepe divisuam declarant, ut et apud Regillum.... Castor et Pollux ex equis pugnare visi sunt, Cic. N: D. 2, 2, 6: dentibus (cervorum) senecta declaratur,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 116:

ducis nave declarata suis,

Nep. Hann. 11, 2.—

In pub. law lang., t. t., to announce any one in public session as elected to an office (esp. that of consul), to declare or proclaim publicly:

ejusdem hominis voce et declaratus consul et defensus,

Cic. Mur. 1, 2 (for which shortly before, L. Murenam consulem renunciavi); cf. id. ib. 2, 3;

so consulem,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 4; id. Rep. 1, 15; Sall. C. 24; id. J. 27, 4; Liv. 24, 9 et saep.:

declaratus rex Numa de templo descendit,

id. 1, 18 fin.; 1, 46:

consulem, praetorem,

id. 9, 40 fin.:

tribunatum militarem,

Sall. J, 63, 4: Suet. Caes. 80:

victorem magnā praeconis voce Cloanthum Declarat,

Verg. A. 5, 245. —

Trop., to make clear to the mind, to manifest, demonstrate, prove, show, explain:

cum tot signis eadem natura declaret quid velit, tamen, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 24.—Constr. with acc., acc. and inf., a relat. clause, or absol.

With acc.:

volatibus avium et cantibus declarari res futuras putant,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; id. N. D. 2, 65, 163:

ipsa consolatio litterarum tuarum declarat summam benevolentiam,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

declarant gaudia vultu, * Catull. 64, 34 et saep.: propriam cujusque (generis juris civilis) vim definitione,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190: nullum (verbum) inveniri potest, quod magis idem declaret Latine, quod Graece hêdonê, quam declarat voluptas, id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; cf.

in like manner of the meaning of words,

id. ib. 3, 4, 14; id. Or. 22, 73; id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:

verba ipsa per se declarant intellectum,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

quae (litera C.) inversa mulierem declarat,

Quint. 1, 7, 28.—

With acc. and inf.:

hominem catum eum esse declaramus,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 16; Lucr. 1, 366; 6, 468:

quod plurimis locis perorationes nostrae voluisse nos atque animo contendisse declarant,

Cic. Or. 62, 210; Quint. 8 prooem. § 15 et saep.—

With a relative clause:

quae cujusque ingenium ut sit declarat maxume,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 43:

ut matres familiae eorum sortibus et vaticinationibus declararent, utrum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 4:

qui declaravit quanti me faceret,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10: cf. Sall. J. 24, 7 et saep.—

Absol.:

ut ratio declarat eorum, qui, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 693:

declarant illae contiones,

Cic. Mil. 5, 12 al.

contĭōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [contio].

To be convened or united in an assembly, to form an assembly:

nunc illi vos, singuli universos contionantes timent,

Liv. 39, 16, 4.— Far more freq.,

(Acc. to contio, II.) To deliver an oration before an assembly of the people, to harangue, address:

Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf.:

superiore e loco contionari,

id. ib. 1, 49, 117:

pro tribunali,

Tac. A. 1, 61 fin.:

apud milites,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 27:

ad populum,

id. ib. 84:

de Caesare,

id. ib. 85:

adversus aliquem,

Liv. 9, 18, 7; and entirely absol.: cum Lepidus contionaretur, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; so Liv. 1, 28, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 27; 3, 11, 13; 7, 6, 3; Tac. A. 11, 7; id. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 33, 55; id. Rhet. 6.—With acc.:

haec velut contionanti Minucio circum fundebatur tribunorum multitudo,

Liv. 22, 14, 15.—Once with the acc. and inf. (cf. the foll.):

C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, etc.,

declared before the people, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6. —

In gen., to say publicly, publish, make known, declare (very rare):

caterva tota clarissimā concentione.. contionata est: huic vitae tuae, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

idem hoc futurum, etiam Sibylla contionata est,

Lact. 4, 18, p. 292 Bip.

prae-dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To cry in public, make known by crying in public, to publish, proclaim.

Lit., of a public crier:

ut praeco praedicat,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

auctionem praedicem, ipse ut venditem,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 41; cf.:

si palam praeco praedicasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; Cic. Quint. 15, 50; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; id. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—

Transf.

In gen., to make publicly known, to announce, proclaim, to say, relate, state, declare (syn.:

moneo, ante denuntio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; 1, 15, 43;

class.): audes mihi praedicare id, Domi te esse?

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 11:

vera praedico,

id. ib. 3, 2, 20:

aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas, atque olim,

you tell a different story, speak another language, id. As. 1, 3, 52:

utrum taceamne an praedicem?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

si quidem haec vera praedicat,

id. And. 3, 1, 7.—With obj.-clause:

qui ingenti magnitudine corporum Germanos esse praedicabant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Sall. C. 48, 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 106, 4:

barbari paucitatemque nostrorum militum suis praedicaverunt,

reported, id. B. G. 4, 34:

injuriam in eripiendis legionibus praedicat,

displays, id. B. C. 1, 32, 6:

ut praedicas,

as you assert, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

quod mihi praedicabas vitium, id tibi est,

that you attribute to me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

avus tuus tibi aediliciam praedicaret repulsam,

would tell you of the repulse that P. Nasica suffered respecting the edileship, Cic. Planc. 21, 51.—

In partic., to praise, laud, commend, vaunt, extol (syn.: laudo, celebro); constr. with aliquid ( de aliquo), de aliquā re, and absol., Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

quid ego ejus tibi nunc faciem praedicem aut laudem?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 17:

beata vita glorianda et praedicanda est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 50; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 57:

aliquid miris laudibus,

id. 25, 5, 18, § 40; 13, 24, 47, § 130; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10; Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 54.—With obj.-clause:

Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

quae de illo viro Sulla, quam graviter saepe praedicaverunt!

Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 33:

qui possit idem de se praedicare, numquam se plus agere, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 27; cf. id. Pis. 1, 2.—With de aliquā re:

qui de meis in vos meritis praedicaturus non sum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32.— Absol.:

qui benefacta sua verbis adornant, non ideo praedicare, quia fecerint, sed, ut praedicarent, fecisse creduntur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

verecundia in praedicando,

Tac. Agr. 8 fin. —

To preach the gospel (eccl. Lat.):

evangelium,

Vulg. Matt. 4, 23:

baptismum,

id. Marc. 1, 4; absol., id. Matt. 4, 17 et saep.—

For praedicere, to foretell, predict (eccl. Lat.):

persecutiones eos passuros praedicabat,

Tert. Fug. in Persec. 6; so,

persecutiones praedicatae,

id. ib. 12.

prae-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to say or mention before or beforehand, to premise.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.; cf.

praefor),

Ter. And. 4, 4, 54:

hoc primum in hac re praedico tibi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 19:

Davus dudum praedixit mihi,

id. ib. 5, 1, 21; 1, 2, 34; Quint. 4, 2, 57:

tria, quae praediximus,

have mentioned before, id. 3, 6, 89; 2, 4, 24:

praedicta ratio,

id. 8, 6, 52: ratio ejus in medicinā similis praedictis. Plin. 33, 13, 37, § 136; Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 8.—

In partic.

To foretell, predict; to forebode (class.):

defectiones solis et lunae multo ante praedicere,

Cic. Sen. 14, 49; so,

eclipsim,

Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 53:

futura,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; Petr. [p. 1417] 137 fin.:

nihil adversi accidit non praedicente me,

that I had not predicted, id. Fam. 6, 6:

aliquid,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 5:

malum hoc nobis De caelo tactas memini praedicere quercus,

Verg. E. 1, 17:

hos luctus,

id. A. 3, 713.—

To give notice or warning of, to appoint, fix (mostly post-Aug.), Naev. ap. Non. 197, 16:

ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem praedixisset,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

praedictā die,

id. ib. 11, 27:

insula Batavorum in quam convenirent praedicta,

id. ib. 2, 6; cf. Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

praedicta hora,

Suet. Claud. 8.—

To say what one should do, to advise, warn, admonish, inform, charge, command (class.; syn.: praecipio, moneo); usually constr. with ut or ne:

Pompeius suis praedixerat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92; Nep. Them. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 10, 4; 22, 60; 39, 19, 2:

ei visam esse Junonem praedicere, ne id faceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Liv. 10, 41:

praedixit, ne destinatum iter peterent,

Vell. 2, 82, 2; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf. in the abl. absol.:

praedicto, ne in re publicā haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 33.—With acc.:

unum illud tibi... Praedicam,

Verg. A. 3, 436; cf. with an obj.-clause:

Mummius jussit praedici conducentibus, si eas (statuas) perdidissent, novas eos reddituros,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; absol. of a physician, Curt. 3, 6, 3.—

To proclaim, announce at an auction, etc. (cf. 1. praedico, I. A.):

si in auctione praedictum est, ne, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 4, 126.—Hence, praedictus, a, um, P. a., previously named, before mentioned, preceding:

vicina praedictae sed amplior virtus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

nomen,

id. 9, 3, 66:

posterior ex praedictis locus,

id. 2, 4, 24; 10, 1, 74:

simul pedes, eques, classis aput praedictum amnem convenere,

Tac. A. 1, 60; Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 76.— praedictum, i, n.

(Acc. to II. A.) A foretelling, prediction (class.;

syn. praesagium): Chaldaeorum praedicta,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

astrologorum,

id. ib. 2, 42, 88:

vatum,

id. Leg. 2, 12, 30; Verg. A. 4, 464:

haruspicis,

Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

deorum,

Val. Fl. 4, 460.—

(Acc. to II. C.) An order, command (Livian):

praedictum erat dictatoris ne quid absente eo rei gereret,

Liv. 23, 19, 5.—

An agreement, concert:

velut ex praedicto,

Liv. 33, 6, 8.

prō-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put or set forth, to set or lay out, to place before, expose to view, to display (class.).

Lit.:

proponere vexillum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

pallentesque manus, sanguineumque caput,

Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 30:

i puer et citus haec aliquā propone columnā,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 23:

aliquid venale,

to expose for sale, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Suet. Ner. 16:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

proposes, offers, Verg. A. 5, 365:

singulis diebus ediscendos fastos populo proposuit,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

legem in publicum,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

in publico epistulam,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2; id. Pis. 36, 88:

vectigalia,

to publish, publicly advertise, Suet. Calig. 41:

oppida Romanis proposita ad copiam commeatūs,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ne quid volucre proponeretur, praeter, etc.,

should be served up, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139 (al. poneretur).—

Trop.

To set before the eyes, to propose mentally; to imagine, conceive:

propone tibi duos reges,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 40:

aliquid sibi exemplar,

id. Univ. 2:

sibi aliquem ad imitandum,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

vos ante oculos animosque vestros... Apronii regnum proponite,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 58:

eam (vitam) ante oculos vestros proponite,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

condicio supplicii in bello timiditati militis proposita,

id. Clu. 46, 129; 56, 154; 12, 42:

vim fortunae animo,

Liv. 30, 30:

spem libertatis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15:

nihil ad scribendum,

id. Att. 5, 10, 4.—

To expose:

omnibus telis fortunae proposita est vita nostra,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

tabernis apertis proposita omnia in medio vidit,

Liv. 6, 25, 9.—

To point out, declare, represent, report, say, relate, set forth, publish, etc. (cf.:

indico, denuntio): ut proponat, quid dicturus sit,

Cic. Or. 40, 137; id. Brut. 60, 217:

extremum illud est de iis, quae proposueram,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 6:

contione habitā, rem gestam proponit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 50:

in exemplum proponere,

Quint. 7, 1, 41; 12, 2, 27.—With de:

de Galliae Germaniaeque moribus, et quo differant eae nationes inter se,

Caes. B. G. 6, 11.—With object-clause:

quod ante tacuerat, proponit, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

cui (morbo) remedia celeria faciliaque proponebantur,

were proposed, suggested, believed to be efficient, Nep. Att. 21, 2.—

To offer, propose as a reward:

Xerxes praemium proposuit, qui invenisset novam voluptatem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:

populo congiarium, militi donativum,

Suet. Ner. 7.—

In a bad sense, to threaten, denounce:

cui cum publicatio bonorum, exsilium, mors proponeretur,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

injuriae, quae propositae sunt a Catone,

id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

contentiones, quae mihi proponuntur,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

improbis poenam,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 57:

damnationem et mortem sibi proponat ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6; Just. 16, 5, 2.—

To lay before, to propose for an answer: aliquam quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2:

aenigma,

Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.—

To purpose, resolve, intend, design, determine:

consecutus id, quod animo proposuerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset,

I had not proposed it to myself, had not intended it, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.— With inf.:

neque propositum nobis est hoc loco (laudare), etc.,

I am resolved, Cic. Brut. 6, 25.—With ut:

propositum est, non ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, sed ut,

the design is, Cic. Brut. 92, 318.—

To say or mention beforehand (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.—

To state the first premise of a syllogism:

cum proponimus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.—

To impose (post-class.):

novam mihi propono dicendi legem,

Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.

A plan, intention, design, resolution, purpose (class.):

quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84:

assequi,

to attain, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22:

est enim propositum, ut iratum efficiat judicem,

id. Part. 4, 14:

tenere,

to keep to one's purpose, Nep. Eum. 3, 5; Liv. 3, 41, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 83; 3, 42; 64:

propositum peragere,

Nep. Att. 22, 2:

tenax propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1: in proposito manere. Suet. Gram. 24:

reprehendendi habere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 7:

omne propositum operis a nobis destinati,

Quint. 2, 10, 15; 2, 19, 1; 12, 9, 14.—

The first premise of a syllogism, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.—

An argument: nam est in proposito finis fides, Cic. Part. 3, 9.—

The main point, principal subject, theme:

a proposito declinare aliquantulum,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

egredi a proposito ornandi causā,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

a proposito aberrare,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

redire ad propositum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

ad propositum revertamur,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

a proposito aversus,

Liv. 2, 8, 8:

propositum totius operis,

Sen. Ep. 65, 4 sq.; 65, 8:

vitae,

Cels. 5, 26, 6:

meum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 2:

tuum,

Sen. Ep. 68, 3.—

A way, manner, or course of life ( poet. and post-Aug.):

mutandum tibi propositum est et vitae genus,

Phaedr. prol. 3, 15:

vir proposito sanctissimus,

Vell. 2, 2, 2.