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  • 1 adspiro

    a-spīro ( adsp-, Baiter, Rib., Merk., K. and H.; asp-, Kayser, Halm, Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To breathe or blow upon; constr. with ad, the dat., or absol.:

    ad quae (granaria) nulla aura umida ex propinquis locis adspiret,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 57:

    ut ne ad eum frigus adspiret,

    Cels. 2, 17:

    pulmones se contrahunt adspirantes,

    exhaling, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

    Lenius aspirans aură,

    Cat. 68, 64:

    amaracus illum Floribus et dulci adspirans complectitur umbrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 694: adspirant aurae in noctem, rise at or toward night, id. ib. 7, 8:

    si minuma adspirat aura,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 124:

    tibia adspirat choro,

    accompanies, Hor. A. P. 204 al. —
    2.
    Trop.: alicui, to be favorable to, to favor, assist (the figure taken from a fair breeze):

    aspira mihi,

    Tib. 2, 1, 35:

    quibus aspirabat Amor,

    id. 2, 3, 71:

    adspirat primo fortuna labori,

    Verg. A. 2, 385:

    adspirate canenti,

    id. ib. 9, 525:

    di, coeptis adspirate meis,

    Ov. M. 1, 3.—Also absol.: magno se praedicat auxilio fuisse, quia paululum in rebus difficillimis aspiravit, Auct. ad Her. 4, 34 (cf. afflo).—
    B.
    To aspire to a person or thing, to desire to reach or obtain, i. e. to approach, come near (esp. with the access. idea of striving to attain to); constr. with ad, in with acc., the dat., a local adv., or absol. (class.; freq. in Cic.): qui prope ad ostium adspiraverint, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 4, 142:

    quid enim quisquam ad meam pecuniam me invito aspirat? quid accedit?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54 fin.; so id. Div. in Caecil. 5 fin.:

    tu ad eum Ciceronem numquam aspirasti,

    id. Pis. 5 fin.; so id. Fam. 7, 10:

    omnes aditus tuos interclusi, ut ad me adspirare non posses,

    id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

    aspirare in curiam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 31:

    in campum,

    id. Sull. 18, 52:

    ne non modo intrare, verum etiam adspicere aut aspirare possim,

    id. Caecin. 14; Col. 8, 14, 9:

    nec equis adspirat Achillis,

    Verg. A. 12, 352:

    sed non incendia Colchis adspirare sinit,

    Val. Fl. 7, 584.— Trop.:

    sed haec ad eam laudem, quam volumus, aspirare non possunt,

    arrive at, attain to, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

    bellicā laude aspirare ad Africanum nemo potest,

    id. Brut. 21, 84:

    haec etiam in equuleum coniciuntur, quo vita non adspirat beata,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13; Gell. 14, 3, 10.—
    C.
    In gram., to give the h sound, to aspirate (cf. aspiratio, II. B.):

    consonantibus,

    Quint. 1, 5, 20:

    Graeci aspirare solent,

    id. 1, 4, 14; Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 6, 3.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To breathe or blow upon, to infuse, instil; lit. and trop. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    Juno ventos adspirat eunti,

    sends favoring winds, Verg. A. 5, 607:

    adspiravit auram quandam salutis fortuna,

    Amm. 19, 6:

    dictis divinum amorem,

    Verg. A. 8, 373:

    novam pectoribus fidem,

    Claud. Fesc. 14, 16:

    nobis tantum ingenii aspiret,

    Quint. 4, prooem. § 5.—
    * B.
    To breathe or blow upon; trop. of the sea, to wash:

    insula adspiratur freto Gallico,

    is washed, Sol. 22.

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  • 2 aspiro

    a-spīro ( adsp-, Baiter, Rib., Merk., K. and H.; asp-, Kayser, Halm, Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To breathe or blow upon; constr. with ad, the dat., or absol.:

    ad quae (granaria) nulla aura umida ex propinquis locis adspiret,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 57:

    ut ne ad eum frigus adspiret,

    Cels. 2, 17:

    pulmones se contrahunt adspirantes,

    exhaling, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

    Lenius aspirans aură,

    Cat. 68, 64:

    amaracus illum Floribus et dulci adspirans complectitur umbrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 694: adspirant aurae in noctem, rise at or toward night, id. ib. 7, 8:

    si minuma adspirat aura,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 124:

    tibia adspirat choro,

    accompanies, Hor. A. P. 204 al. —
    2.
    Trop.: alicui, to be favorable to, to favor, assist (the figure taken from a fair breeze):

    aspira mihi,

    Tib. 2, 1, 35:

    quibus aspirabat Amor,

    id. 2, 3, 71:

    adspirat primo fortuna labori,

    Verg. A. 2, 385:

    adspirate canenti,

    id. ib. 9, 525:

    di, coeptis adspirate meis,

    Ov. M. 1, 3.—Also absol.: magno se praedicat auxilio fuisse, quia paululum in rebus difficillimis aspiravit, Auct. ad Her. 4, 34 (cf. afflo).—
    B.
    To aspire to a person or thing, to desire to reach or obtain, i. e. to approach, come near (esp. with the access. idea of striving to attain to); constr. with ad, in with acc., the dat., a local adv., or absol. (class.; freq. in Cic.): qui prope ad ostium adspiraverint, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 4, 142:

    quid enim quisquam ad meam pecuniam me invito aspirat? quid accedit?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54 fin.; so id. Div. in Caecil. 5 fin.:

    tu ad eum Ciceronem numquam aspirasti,

    id. Pis. 5 fin.; so id. Fam. 7, 10:

    omnes aditus tuos interclusi, ut ad me adspirare non posses,

    id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

    aspirare in curiam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 31:

    in campum,

    id. Sull. 18, 52:

    ne non modo intrare, verum etiam adspicere aut aspirare possim,

    id. Caecin. 14; Col. 8, 14, 9:

    nec equis adspirat Achillis,

    Verg. A. 12, 352:

    sed non incendia Colchis adspirare sinit,

    Val. Fl. 7, 584.— Trop.:

    sed haec ad eam laudem, quam volumus, aspirare non possunt,

    arrive at, attain to, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

    bellicā laude aspirare ad Africanum nemo potest,

    id. Brut. 21, 84:

    haec etiam in equuleum coniciuntur, quo vita non adspirat beata,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13; Gell. 14, 3, 10.—
    C.
    In gram., to give the h sound, to aspirate (cf. aspiratio, II. B.):

    consonantibus,

    Quint. 1, 5, 20:

    Graeci aspirare solent,

    id. 1, 4, 14; Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 6, 3.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To breathe or blow upon, to infuse, instil; lit. and trop. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    Juno ventos adspirat eunti,

    sends favoring winds, Verg. A. 5, 607:

    adspiravit auram quandam salutis fortuna,

    Amm. 19, 6:

    dictis divinum amorem,

    Verg. A. 8, 373:

    novam pectoribus fidem,

    Claud. Fesc. 14, 16:

    nobis tantum ingenii aspiret,

    Quint. 4, prooem. § 5.—
    * B.
    To breathe or blow upon; trop. of the sea, to wash:

    insula adspiratur freto Gallico,

    is washed, Sol. 22.

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  • 3 captō

        captō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [capio], to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture: fugientia Flumina, H.: simulacra fugacia, O.: laqueis feras, V.: naribus auras, V.: auribus aëra, listen eagerly for, V.: captata Hesperie, watched for, O.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, catch at, grasp: solitudines: quid cum illo consili captet, T.: plausūs: risūs, provoke: populi suffragia, H.: incerta pro certis, S.: nubīs et inania, H.: tempus, opportunity, L.: occasionem, to watch for, L.: prendique et prendere captans, O.: laedere aliquem, Ph.—To watch for craftily, lie in wait for, entice, allure: quā viā te captent, T.: emolumento alqm: hostem insidiis, L.—To court, plot for: testamenta senum, H.: Coranum, Iu. — To take up, begin: ubi captat<*> sermone, etc., O.
    * * *
    captare, captavi, captatus V TRANS
    try/long/aim for, desire; entice; hunt legacy; try to catch/grasp/seize/reach

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  • 4 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
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    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

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  • 5 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 6 peto

    pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

    Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

    petistis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

    petissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

    petisse,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

    invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228:

    cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

    to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

    aliquem spiculo infeste,

    Liv. 2, 20:

    aliquem mālo,

    to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

    alicui ungue genas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

    aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    aëra disco,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

    bello Penatìs,

    Verg. A. 3, 603:

    armis patriam,

    Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
    2.
    Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

    grues loca calidiora petentes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    Cyzicum,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

    Dyrrhachium,

    id. Planc. 41, 97:

    naves,

    to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

    caelum pennis,

    to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

    Graiis Phasi petite viris,

    visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

    Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

    attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

    campum petit amnis,

    Verg. G. 3, 522:

    mons petit astra,

    towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

    reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 717:

    ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

    id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

    visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

    to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

    myrrham ad Troglodytas,

    id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

    harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

    id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

    quaeque trans maria petimus,

    fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

    aiiquem epistulā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem fraude et insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 55:

    aliquem falsis criminibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ita petit asparagus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    aliquem in vincula,

    Quint. 7, 1, 55:

    aliquem ad supplicium,

    id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

    postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

    qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

    Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

    nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

    id. Clu. 59, 163:

    qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

    id. Mil. 27, 74.—
    b.
    To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

    vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

    a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

    peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

    petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

    petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

    id. Sull. 19, 55:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    opem ab aliquo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

    vitam nocenti,

    Tac. A. 2, 31:

    petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

    Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

    arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

    si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

    Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

    M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

    in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

    Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

    eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

    Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
    (β).
    Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

    nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    praeturam,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
    c.
    To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

    libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

    Sall. C. 25, 3:

    cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

    Prop. 3, 13, 27:

    formosam quisque petit,

    id. 3, 32, 4:

    multi illam petiere,

    Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

    Ne petitum aliunde eat,

    Cat. 61, 151.—
    d.
    To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    fugā salutem petere,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    praedam pedibus,

    Ov. M. 1, 534:

    gloriam,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    eloquentiae principatum,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

    intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

    bene vivere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

    victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

    Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

    conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

    Verg. A. 7, 96:

    aliquem transfigere ferro,

    Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

    ex hostibus victoriam petere,

    Liv. 8, 33, 13:

    supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

    id. 28, 19, 11:

    imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

    id. 30, 16, 7.—
    e.
    To fetch any thing:

    qui argentum petit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

    cibum e flammā,

    Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

    altius initium rei demonstrandae,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

    aliquid a Graecis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

    to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

    suspirium alte,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

    latere petitus imo spiritus,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

    gemitus alto de corde petiti,

    Ov. M. 2, 622:

    haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

    Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
    f.
    To take, betake one's self to any thing:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    diversas vias,

    Val. Fl. 1, 91:

    alium cursum,

    to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

    aliam in partem petebant fugam,

    betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peto

  • 7 appetō (ad-p-)

        appetō (ad-p-) īvī or iī, ītus, ere.—     Trans, to strive for, reach after, grasp at: (solem) manibus: salutari, appeti: mare terram appetens: munitionibus loca, taking in, L.—Esp., to fall upon, attack, assault, assail: umerum gladio, Cs.: oculos rostro, L.: ferro corpora, V.: ignominiis.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire, seek, court: populi R. amicitiam, Cs.: bona naturā: inimicitias potentiorum pro te: nihil sibi: agere aliquid. — Intrans, to draw nigh, approach, be at hand: dies appetebat, Cs.: nox, L.: fatum, Cu.

    Latin-English dictionary > appetō (ad-p-)

  • 8 adpetitio

    desire, appetite; action of trying to reach/grasp, stretching out for; grasping

    Latin-English dictionary > adpetitio

  • 9 appetitio

    desire, appetite; action of trying to reach/grasp, stretching out for; grasping

    Latin-English dictionary > appetitio

  • 10 expetendus

    ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).
    (α).
    With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

    nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

    Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

    id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

    nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

    are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

    poenas ab aliquo,

    id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

    jus ab invitis,

    id. 3, 40, 4:

    facinora ab aliquo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    Plautinas fabulas,

    id. Cas. prol. 12:

    pecunia tantopere expetitur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

    expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

    id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

    mortem pro vita civium,

    id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

    in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

    id. Lael. 22, 84:

    non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

    to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

    stulta sibi consilia,

    to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    audire expetis?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

    aliquid facere,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

    periisse expetunt,

    Liv. 40, 10, 5:

    dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

    videre expeto te,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

    hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

    quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

    Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj.:

    fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

    Tac. A. 6, 8.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

    requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—
    * B.
    To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

    malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

    forma expetunda mulier,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.
    II.
    Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).
    A. 1.
    With in aliquem:

    delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

    illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

    quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—
    2.
    With alicui:

    mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—
    B.
    Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

    nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

    in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

    befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

    eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > expetendus

  • 11 expeto

    ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).
    (α).
    With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

    nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

    Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

    id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

    nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

    are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

    poenas ab aliquo,

    id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

    jus ab invitis,

    id. 3, 40, 4:

    facinora ab aliquo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    Plautinas fabulas,

    id. Cas. prol. 12:

    pecunia tantopere expetitur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

    expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

    id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

    mortem pro vita civium,

    id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

    in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

    id. Lael. 22, 84:

    non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

    to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

    stulta sibi consilia,

    to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    audire expetis?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

    aliquid facere,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

    periisse expetunt,

    Liv. 40, 10, 5:

    dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

    videre expeto te,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

    hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

    quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

    Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj.:

    fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

    Tac. A. 6, 8.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

    requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—
    * B.
    To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

    malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

    forma expetunda mulier,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.
    II.
    Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).
    A. 1.
    With in aliquem:

    delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

    illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

    quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—
    2.
    With alicui:

    mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—
    B.
    Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

    nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

    in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

    befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

    eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > expeto

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