to draw upon one

rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:

recepso, for recepero,

Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].

To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.

Lit. (very freq. and class.):

dandis recipiendisque meritis,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:

centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,

Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:

si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:

obsides,

Suet. Aug. 21:

reges,

Liv. 2, 15:

recepto amico,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:

cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:

Lavinium,

Liv. 2, 39;

so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,

Liv. 3, 63:

praeda omnis recepta est,

id. 3, 3:

signa, quae ademerant Parthi,

Suet. Tib. 9:

arma,

Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,

sagittam ab alterā parte,

Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,

milites defessos,

id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:

exercitum,

Liv. 10, 42:

equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,

bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—

With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:

se ex eo loco,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:

se e fano,

id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

se ex opere,

id. Men. 5, 3, 7:

se ex hisce locis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:

se e Siciliā,

id. Brut. 92, 318:

se ex fugā,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:

se inde,

id. B. G. 5, 15:

se hinc,

id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:

recipe te,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:

se,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:

sui recipiendi facultas,

id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;

for which: se recipiendi spatium,

Liv. 10, 28:

recipe te ad erum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:

se ad dominum,

id. ib. 4, 3, 1:

se ad nos,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:

se ad suos,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:

se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),

id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:

se ad agmen,

id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:

se penitus ad extremos fines,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

se ad legionem,

id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

se ad oppidum llerdam,

id. B. C. 1, 45:

se ad ordines suos,

id. ib. 2, 41:

se ad signa,

id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:

se a pabulo ad stabulum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:

inde se in currus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

se ex castris in oppidum,

id. B. C. 2, 35:

se in castra,

id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;

4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,

id. ib. 4, 16:

se in Galliam,

id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:

se in montem,

id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:

se in silvas ad suos,

id. B. G. 2, 19:

se in castra ad urbem,

id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:

se retro in castra,

Liv. 23, 36;

and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,

id. 23, 37;

and so, se, with rursus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:

se in novissimos,

Liv. 7, 40:

se intra munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:

se intra montes,

id. B. C. 1, 65:

se per declive,

id. ib. 3, 51:

se sub murum,

id. ib. 2, 14:

se trans Rhenum,

id. B. G. 6, 41:

se Larissam versus,

id. B. C. 3, 97:

se domum ex hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:

se domum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:

se Adrumetum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23:

se Hispalim,

id. ib. 2, 20:

se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,

id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

se illuc,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:

se huc esum ad praesepim suam,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:

se eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.

of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:

rursum in portum recipimus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:

dum recipis,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:

actutum face recipias,

id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —

Transf.

In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):

posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:

aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,

Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—

To restore (late Lat.):

urbem munitissimam,

to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —

Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:

ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,

Liv. 24, 3:

jus,

Quint. 5, 10, 118:

et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,

got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:

quam (vitam) postquam recepi,

received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.

spiritum,

Quint. 11, 3, 55:

animam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,

Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:

a pavore animum,

id. 2, 50, 10:

e pavore recepto animo,

id. 44, 10, 1;

for which: animos ex pavore,

id. 21, 5 fin.:

recepto animo,

Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:

animum vultumque,

Ov. F. 4, 615:

mente receptā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

(vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,

to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —

In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,

Curt. 4, 12, 17.—

With se.

To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:

ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:

ad frugem bonam,

Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

ad reliquam cogitationem belli,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:

se a voluptatibus in otium,

Plin. Pan. 82, 8:

se in principem,

to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,

To recover, to collect one ' s self:

difficulter se recipiunt,

regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

Liv. 10, 28:

se ex terrore ac fugā,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

se ex timore,

id. ib. 4, 34:

se ex fugā,

id. ib. 4, 27:

nondum totā me mente recepi,

Ov. M. 5, 275.

(Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.

Lit.

With simple acc.:

quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:

aliquem,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:

hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,

id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;

3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,

Sall. J. 16, 3:

neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,

Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:

nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:

quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:

(Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,

i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

equus frenum recepit,

received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —

With ad:

recipe me ad te,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:

aliquem ad epulas,

Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:

ad lusum,

Suet. Ner. 11. —

With in and acc.:

recipe me in tectum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:

concubinam in aedes,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:

nos in custodiam tuam,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:

Tarquinium in civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

aliquem in ordinem senatorium,

Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

aliquem in fidem,

id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:

aliquem in civitatem,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

aliquem in caelum,

id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:

aliquem in deditionem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:

aliquem in jus dicionemque,

Liv. 21, 61:

aliquem in amicitiam,

Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —

With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):

aliquem in loco,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:

loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,

Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —

With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):

ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,

aliquem tecto,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

aliquem suis urbibus,

id. Fl. 25, 61:

aliquem civitate,

id. Balb. 14, 32:

aliquem finibus suis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:

aliquem oppido ac portu,

id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:

aliquem moenibus,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

Romulus caelo receptus,

Quint. 3, 7, 5:

receptus Terra Neptunus,

Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —

With local acc.:

me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:

aliquem domum suam,

Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:

aliquem domum ad se hospitio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—

Absol.:

plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—

Transf.

In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:

dena milia sestertia ex melle,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:

pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

pecunia, quae recipi potest,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —

In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;

for which: totum telum corpore,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:

ense recepto,

Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—

Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;

eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,

Liv. 6, 29:

Aegyptum sine certamine,

Just. 11, 11, 1:

eo oppido recepto,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

civitatem,

id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;

3, 16: Aetoliam,

id. ib. 3, 55:

rempublicam armis,

Sall. C. 11, 4:

Alciden terra recepta vocat,

the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —

In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:

antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,

Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—

Trop.

To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:

non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:

jusjurandum,

id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:

quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,

admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:

antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:

nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,

Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

timor misericordiam non recipit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

casus recipere (res),

to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,

aliquem casum (res),

id. ib. 3, 51:

re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,

Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:

sed hoc distinctionem recipit,

Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:

si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:

nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,

id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—

Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

alicujus sententiam,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:

opinionem,

id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—

In partic.

To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:

spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:

in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:

verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

causam Sex. Roscii,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

mandatum,

id. ib. 38, 112:

officium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

curam ad se,

Suet. Tit. 6.—

To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:

ad me recipio: Faciet,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:

promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:

pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,

Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:

de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,

Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.

also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,

had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):

ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:

mihi,

id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:

quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:

mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;

so,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —

In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;

for which: recipere reum,

Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:

aliquem inter reos,

id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,

rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):

auctoritas receptior,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—

rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:

satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:

promissum et receptum intervertit,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio].

(With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.

Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter):

vidulum (e mari),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.:

dens manu, forcipe,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

telum (e vulnere),

id. 7, 5, 1:

clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti,

to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.—

Trop.

In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2:

nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum,

exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.—

In partic.

To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.):

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur,

id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28:

Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt,

id. Rep. 4, 4:

senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.—With ne:

Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc.... sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21;

so in legal limitations,

id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.—With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26:

excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem,

id. Div. 1, 39, 87:

ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37:

dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc.,

Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.—In the abl. absol.:

omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios,

you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis,

id. Lael. 27 fin.:

exceptā sapientiā,

id. ib. 6, 20. — Neutr. absol.:

excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50:

excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.—Hence,

Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff's statement:

verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur,

Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18:

adversus aliquem,

ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.—

In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.):

cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.

(With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one's self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.

Lit.

In gen.:

sanguinem paterā,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9:

e longinquo sucum,

Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78:

labentem excepit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one's feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4:

filiorum extremum spiritum ore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.:

tunicis fluentibus auras,

Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

omnium tela,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so,

tela,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 3:

vulnera,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.:

vulnus ore,

Quint. 6, 3, 75; and:

plagae genus in se,

Lucr. 2, 810:

o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit!

Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aliquem benigno vultu,

Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf.

also: hic te polenta excipiet,

Sen. Ep. 21 med.:

aliquem epulis,

Tac. G. 21:

multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5:

servos in pabulatione,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9:

incautum,

Verg. A. 3, 332:

(uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4:

aprum latitantem,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 10:

caprum insidiis,

Verg. E. 3, 18:

fugientes feras,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 6:

aprum, feram venabulo,

Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.—

Of inanimate subjects:

postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit,

received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8:

silva tum excepit ferum,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2. —

In partic.

To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing:

linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris;

inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.:

alios alii deinceps,

id. B. G. 5, 16 fin. — Poet.:

porticus excipiebat Arcton,

i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.—

In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something:

quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto,

Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept:

genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod,

i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one's self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy's blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so,

impetus,

id. B. C. 1, 58, 1:

vim frigorum hiememque,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

labores magnos,

id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.:

excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine,

receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15:

verba risu,

id. 1, 2, 7:

praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates,

for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32:

invidiam,

to draw upon one's self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:

quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1:

quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent,

i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.—

In partic.

To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear:

maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur,

Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102:

assensu populi excepta vox consulis,

Liv. 8, 6, 7:

ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus,

id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3:

laudem avidissimis auribus excipit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum,

i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3:

rumores,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf.

voces,

Liv. 40, 7, 4:

sermonem eorum,

id. 2, 4, 5:

furtivas notas,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.—

To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.):

tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit,

Liv. 5, 13, 4:

Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur,

Cic. Sest. 68, 143:

violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus,

Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68:

excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.— Absol.:

turbulentior inde annus excepit,

succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2:

re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc.,

id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.—Hence,

Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing:

memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3:

vices alicujus,

Just. 11, 5.— Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).

Corporeally.

To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.

To set up, set in the ground, erect:

ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,

Cato, R. R. 18:

inter parietes arbores ubi statues,

id. ib.:

stipites statuito,

id. ib.:

palis statutis crebris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:

pedamenta jacentia statuenda,

are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:

pedamentum inter duas vitis,

Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:

hic statui volo primum aquilam,

the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

signifer, statue signum,

plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—

To plant (rare):

eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:

agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),

Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—

In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.

Without specifying the place:

ollam statuito cum aqua,

let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):

crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,

Verg. A. 1, 724; so,

crateras laeti statuunt,

id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:

bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:

nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,

Liv. 21, 58, 7:

eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,

to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:

aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,

Sall. J. 52, 6.—

With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):

statuite hic lectulos,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,

Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:

statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,

is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:

tabernacula in foro statuere,

Liv. 39, 46, 3:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1:

in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,

Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:

statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,

id. 9, 6, 1:

(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,

id. 8, 14, 19:

sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,

Tac. A. 2, 83:

donum deae apud Antium statuitur,

id. ib. 3, 71:

pro rigidis calamos columnis,

Ov. F. 3, 529:

jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,

Val. Fl. 3, 653:

statuere vas in loco frigido,

Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:

capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),

i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:

patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,

Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:

captivos vinctos in medio statuit,

Liv. 21, 42, 1:

ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,

id. 1, 13, 5:

quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,

id. 28, 33, 12:

ante se statuit funditores,

id. 42, 58, 10:

puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

id. 7, 2, 9:

procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,

id. 39, 49, 11:

media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,

id. 23, 16, 8:

bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,

id. 1, 45, 6:

cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,

Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:

marium si qui eo loci statuisset,

id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:

adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,

Tac. A. 4, 8:

in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,

id. ib. 3, 45:

puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?

Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:

tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,

id. S. 2, 3, 199:

et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,

Verg. A. 9, 627:

clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,

Stat. Th. 3, 525.—

Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.

Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:

siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:

huic statuam statui decet ex auro,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:

ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:

eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,

simulacrum alicui statuere,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 184:

Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),

Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:

simulacrum in curia,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,

id. ib. 4, 55:

se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,

id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:

nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:

templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,

id. M. 14, 128:

super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,

Tac. A. 3, 2:

statuitque aras e cespite,

Ov. M. 7, 240:

statuantur arae,

Sen. Med. 579:

aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

monumentum,

id. ib. § 70; so,

in alio orbe tropaea statuere,

Curt. 7, 7, 14;

so,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:

princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,

Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:

a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,

id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:

carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,

Liv. 8, 20, 1:

quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?

Verg. A. 2, 150:

multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,

Suet. Galb. 9:

obeliscam,

Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:

at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:

incensis operibus quae statuerat,

Nep. Milt. 7, 4:

si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,

Just. 22, 6, 9.—

Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):

aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,

Ov. H. 2, 67:

statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,

my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.

in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,

Mart. 4, 28, 8.—

Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):

Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,

Vell. 1, 1, 2:

urbem quam statuo vestra est,

Verg. A. 1, 573:

urbom praeclaram,

id. ib. 4, 655:

Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:

ibi civitatem statuerunt,

Just. 23, 1; so,

licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),

Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:

nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—

To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.

sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:

et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:

famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,

Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—

To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).

Trop.

To establish, constitute (= constituo).

Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:

statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:

exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:

in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §

210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,

Just. 8, 7, 14:

documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,

Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:

ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,

Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,

if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:

si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,

equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —

In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):

(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,

id. Tull. 15, 36:

ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,

Sen. Ep. 79, 10:

vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,

Liv. 29, 37, 2:

novos statuere fines,

id. 42, 24, 8:

neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,

id. 21, 44, 5:

quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,

Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:

sedesque ibi statuentibus,

id. 18, 5, 11.—

With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:

Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:

telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:

de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:

praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,

Just. 21, 4, 5.—

To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.

Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.

With dat.:

diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,

that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:

statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,

imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,

by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:

cupidinibus statuat natura modum,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?

Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:

modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),

Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:

modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,

Just. 21, 4, 5:

timori quem meo statuam modum?

Sen. Thyest. 483;

and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,

id. Herc. Fur. 206. —

With gen.:

honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,

Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

ipse modum statuam carminis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:

errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,

Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:

modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,

they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—

Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:

hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,

Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:

alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:

pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,

Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:

statutis condicionibus,

Just. 6, 1, 3:

omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,

id. 18, 5, 14. —

Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:

haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:

et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,

Lucr. 6, 25:

cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,

Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,

terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:

cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,

since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—

Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:

quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:

statuit frumento pretium,

Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:

ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,

Liv. 45, 42, 7:

pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),

id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—

Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):

statutus est comitiis dies,

Liv. 24, 27, 1:

diem patrando facinori statuerat,

id. 35, 35, 15:

multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,

Sall. C. 36, 2:

dies insidiis statuitur,

id. J. 70, 3:

ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,

Liv. 28, 35, 4:

subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,

Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:

observans quem statuere diem,

Mart. 4, 54, 6:

noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,

Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):

institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,

Suet. Claud. 42:

ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,

Just. 1, 10, 1:

quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,

Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:

fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,

Curt. 6, 3, 7:

sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,

id. 8, 2, 6:

statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,

Just. 16, 4, 9:

cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,

id. 1, 10, 8:

intra tempus statutum,

fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—

To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:

Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—

To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.

Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.

With interrog.-clause:

ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,

Cic. Balb. 28, 65:

eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,

id. Mil. 2, 4:

in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,

id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,

id. Caecin. 27, 77:

decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

id. Quint. 4, 17:

magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,

id. Off. 3, 17, 70:

mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,

id. Mil. 6, 15:

semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,

Liv. 42, 23:

nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,

decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:

nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,

Nep. Eum. 11, 2:

statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,

Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —

With de:

ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,

Liv. 42, 22:

si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,

id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:

cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,

Sall. C. 52, 17:

satis visum de Vestilia statuere,

to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:

jus statuendi de procuratoribus,

id. ib. 12, 54:

facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,

id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:

eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,

Tac. A. 6, 29.—

With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:

si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,

Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—

With contra:

consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,

Cic. Or. 10, 34. —

With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:

utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,

id. Mur. 30, 62:

eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,

Liv. 39, 24, 13:

maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),

id. 8, 13, 17:

id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,

id. 41, 15, 10:

interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,

Curt. 8, 14, 43:

quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,

Tac. A. 4, 37:

utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,

Suet. Claud. 12;

qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,

Sen. Med. 2, 199:

non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,

Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:

earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—

With de or super and abl.:

vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?

Sall. C. 52, 31:

nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,

Suet. Tib. 13:

ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,

Tac. H. 4, 9.—

Absol., mostly pass. impers.:

ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,

Liv. 8, 14, 1:

tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,

id. 3, 53, 10:

non ex rumore statuendum,

decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—

With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:

petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,

Liv. 39, 3, 2:

missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,

id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:

quod causa cognita erit statuendum,

Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—

With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:

numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:

illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,

id. Mur. 12, 27:

neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,

id. Tull. 5, 12:

ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,

id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,

id. ib. 5, 8, 4:

vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,

Liv. 45, 19, 6:

quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,

id. 42, 29, 11:

posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

statue quem poenae extrahas,

Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:

vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,

Liv. 34, 2, 4:

proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,

id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:

quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—

To decree, order, prescribe.

With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:

eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:

statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §

173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,

id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §

38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,

id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 28:

statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,

id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:

statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,

Liv. 23, 16, 6:

Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,

Ov. M. 4, 84.—

With acc. (post-Aug.):

remedium statuere,

to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:

Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,

decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):

sic, di, statuistis,

Ov. M. 4, 661.—

With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):

eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,

decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:

Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,

decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:

biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,

are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:

itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,

Just. 12, 4, 8:

ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,

Stat. Th. 6, 300:

non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,

id. ib. 7, 219:

statuere alicui munera,

Val. Fl. 2, 566.—

With dat. and interrog.-clause:

cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,

Liv. 7, 28, 8.—

In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.

With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):

considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

poenam statui par fuisse,

Tac. A. 14, 49:

qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,

id. ib. 11, 6:

eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,

id. ib. 6, 31:

senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,

Suet. Caes. 14;

so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,

Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.

also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,

Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:

non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),

Tac. A. 3, 70.—

With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:

obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:

res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:

si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,

Just. 2, 15, 10.—

With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):

in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,

Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—

De capite, to pass sentence of death:

legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,

Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—

Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;

freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,

id. Mil. 9, 24:

statuerat excusare,

to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:

cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

statueram... nihil de illo dicere,

id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:

statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),

id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:

triumphare mense Januario statuerat,

id. 39, 15:

immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,

id. 39, 48:

rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,

id. 42, 21:

opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,

id. 42, 54, 9:

ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,

id. 2, 45, 9:

exaugurare fana statuit,

id. 1, 55, 2:

Delphos mittere statuit,

id. 1, 56, 5:

eos deducere in agros statuerunt,

id. 40, 38, 2:

tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,

id. 8, 25, 10:

Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,

id. 7, 37, 4:

statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,

id. 44, 36, 2:

sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,

Vell. 1, 12, 2:

statui pauca disserere,

Tac. H. 4, 73:

amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,

id. A. 2, 42:

statuerat urbem novam condere,

Curt. 4, 8, 1:

statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,

id. 7, 6, 20:

rex statuerat inde abire,

id. 7, 11, 4:

Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,

id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,

statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,

to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:

caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—

To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).

With acc. and inf.

In gen.:

senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:

quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §

144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?

id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:

is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:

si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,

we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:

non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:

hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,

assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:

cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,

had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:

quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,

id. Planc. 21, 51:

quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,

Ov. F. 1, 34:

nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,

Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:

velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,

Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:

ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,

I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:

quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,

id. ib. 64, 135:

sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,

id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:

ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:

qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:

si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,

that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:

quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,

id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—

Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):

cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:

quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?

id. Quint. 24, 76:

ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67:

Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,

Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:

hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:

quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?

id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,

hoc si ita statuetis,

id. ib. 16, 47.—

Esp. with gerund.-clause.

To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:

tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?

did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,

id. Sest. 10, 24:

Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:

ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,

acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —

To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:

manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:

ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,

id. Clu. 6, 16:

Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11:

quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

statuit sibi nihil agitandum,

Sall. J. 39, 5:

Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,

id. ib. 54, 5:

Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:

sororis filios tollendos statuit,

Just. 38, 1.—

With ut:

si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),

Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:

ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),

id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:

cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,

Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—

With two acc. (= duco, existimo):

omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,

regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

Anaximenes aera deum statuit,

id. N. D. 10, 26:

voluptatem summum bonum statuens,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,

id. Sest. 69, 144:

si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:

noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,

id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,

Tac. A. 12, 7:

optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,

id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):

vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):

Dei,

Lact. 2, 16, 14:

Parcarum leges ac statuta,

id. 1, 11, 14:

statuta Dei et placita,

id. 7, 25, 8.

in-fĕro, intŭli, illātum, inferre, v. a., to carry, bring, put, or throw into or to a place (class.); constr. with in and acc., ad, or the dat.

Lit.

With in and acc.: in equum, to bring or set upon a horse, Caes. B. G. 6, 29:

coronam in curiam,

Liv. 44, 14, 3:

Scipio lecticula in aciem inlatus,

id. 24, 42, 5:

in portum quinqueremes,

id. 28, 17, 5; cf. id. 26, 21, 6; 10, 2, 13:

arma in Italiam,

Nep. Ham. 4, 2:

bello in provinciam illato,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 1; id. Sest. 27, 58; Liv. 9, 25, 2.—

With dat.:

semina arvis,

Tac. A. 11, 54:

fontes urbi,

id. ib. 11, 13; cf.: pedem aliquo, to go or proceed to a place, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39:

spolia opima templo,

id. 4, 20.—

With ad:

scalas ad moenia,

to set against the walls, Liv. 32, 24, 5.—

Absol.:

inferri mensam secundam jussi,

to be served up, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

gressus,

Verg. G. 4, 360.—

To throw upon, apply to any thing; esp. of fire, to set fire to:

tectis et templis ignes inferre conati sunt,

to set fire to, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; cf.:

aliquid in ignem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18.—

In partic.

To bring to a place for burial, to bury, inter:

ne quis sepulcra deleat, neve alienum inferat,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64:

reliquias ejus majorum tumulis inferri jussit,

Just. 11, 15.—

To furnish, pay (a tribute or tax):

tributum alicui,

Col. 1, 1, 11:

vicesimam,

Plin. Pan. 39, 6:

septingenta milia aerario inferenda,

id. Ep. 2, 11, 20.—

To give in, enter (an account):

sumptum civibus,

Cic. Fl. 19, 45:

rationes falsas,

id. ib. 9, 20:

rationibus,

to bring into account, Col. 1, 7, 7:

aliquid in rationes,

Dig. 34, 3, 12.—

Milit.: signa (arma) in hostem, or hosti, to bear the standards against the enemy, to attack, make an attack upon:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

to wheel about and attack, Caes. B. G. 2, 26; Liv. 6, 29, 2; 9, 27, 12; saep. with dat.:

trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani,

id. 3, 18, 8; 8, 30, 7; Curt. 8, 14, 15:

signa patriae urbi,

Cic. Fl. 2, 5; Liv. 28, 3, 13; so,

inferre arma,

Nep. Dat. 6, 5:

pedem,

to advance, attack, Liv. 10, 33, 4; so,

gradum: gradum acrius intulere Romani,

id. 35, 1, 9:

bellum alicui,

to make war upon, to wage war against, Cic. Pis. 34:

bellum Italiae,

id. Att. 9, 1, 3:

bellum contra patriam,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

arma,

to begin a war, commence hostilities, Liv. 1, 30, 8.—

Se, to betake one ' s self to, repair to, go into, enter, esp. with the accessory notion of haste and rapidity.— With dat.: visa vi quadam sua inferunt sese hominibus noscitanda, present, offer themselves, Gell. 19, 1, 15:

lucus erat, quo se Numa sine arbitris inferebat,

Liv. 1, 21, 3:

se foribus,

Verg. A. 11, 36:

se flammae,

Vell. 2, 74.—With a play upon I. b, supra:

me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum (cf. the context),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72.—With in and acc.: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen, to rush upon, expose one ' s self to, Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

cum se in mediam contionem intulisset,

Liv. 5, 43, 8; 4, 33, 7; 7, 17, 5; 24, 16, 1 al. — Absol.:

viden' ignavum, ut se inferat!

how he struts! how proudly he walks! Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 54:

ut magnifice infert sese,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 7:

atque etiam se ipse inferebat,

presented himself, came unbidden, Cic. Caecin. 5; Liv. 2, 30, 13; 22, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 66; id. Agr. 37; Curt. 4, 12, 14 al.—

Trop.

In gen., to bring forward, introduce; to produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict:

in re severa delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

mentionem,

to make mention, to mention, Liv. 4, 1, 2:

spem alicui,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

quam maximum terrorem hostibus,

id. ib. 7, 8:

alicui injuriam,

id. ib. 54; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; cf.:

injuriis in socios nostros inferendis,

Cic. Sest. 27, 58:

calamitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

turpitudines,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9:

crimen proditionis alicui,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:

periculum civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 2:

probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis,

id. Cael. 18, 42:

moram et impedimentum alicui rei,

id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

mortem alicui per scelus,

id. Mil. 7, 17:

pestilentiam agris,

Liv. 5, 14, 3: vim vitae suae, to lay violent hands upon one ' s self, Vell. 2, 45:

vim et manus alicui,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

vim alicui,

Tac. A. 15, 5; Suet. Claud. 16; 37:

vulnera hostibus,

to give wounds to, to wound, Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

delectari criminibus inferendis,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65:

litem capitis in aliquem,

id. Clu. 41, 116:

alicui crimen proditionis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: judicium, to judge (post-class.), Dig. 5, 2, 4:

prima peregrinos obscena pecunia mores intulit,

Juv. 6, 299. —

In partic., to conclude, infer, draw an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 11, 27.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—