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  • 1 ineo

    ĭn-ĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre (iniri only ap. Vop. Procul. 12, 7; fut. iniet, Sen. Ben. 21, 2), v. a. and n.
    I.
    To go into, to enter a place (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., constr. with acc., or with in and acc.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    illius domum,

    Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

    urbem,

    Liv. 3, 24, 8:

    Argolicas acies non ignarus ini (i. e. inii),

    Stat. Th. 8, 107:

    convivia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

    viam, iter,

    to enter on a journey, id. Mur. 12, 26.— Pass.:

    nemus nullis illud initur equis,

    Ov. F. 3, 266:

    (Hispania) prima Romanis inita provinciarum,

    Liv. 28, 12, 12.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    in urbem,

    Liv. 24, 9, 2.—
    2.
    In partic., to know, in mal. part., Liv. 41, 13, 2: reginam, Drusillam, Anton. ap. Suet. Aug. 69:

    feminae viros ineunt,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 21;

    so of animals,

    to pair, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 178.— Pass.:

    vacca ab agresti tauro inita,

    Liv. 41, 13, 2; cf.:

    sic velut inita arbor fecundo semine fertilior exstat,

    Col. 5, 9, 16.—
    B.
    Trop., to enter upon, begin a business, an enterprise, occupation, office, etc.:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    Liv. 24, 9, 7:

    imperium,

    Suet. Tib. 67.— Pass.:

    inito magistratu,

    Liv. 36, 1, 1:

    magnum et difficile certamen iniens,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Curt. 4, 3, 12:

    proelium,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 37; Vell. 2, 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vesp. 4:

    pugnas,

    Verg. A. 11, 912:

    bellum,

    Curt. 5, 9, 4.— Pass.:

    bellum cum rege Philippo initum est,

    Liv. 31, 5, 1; 36, 1, 5: numerum, to go into an enumeration, i. e. to enumerate, give the number:

    numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit,

    Liv. 38, 23, 6:

    numerus inibatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76: rationem, to make an estimate:

    rationem inire oportet operarum, dierum,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 2; cf.:

    initā subductāque ratione,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71: inire rationem also freq. signifies, to calculate, consider, find out, devise, contrive:

    rogo, ut adjuves ineasque rationem, quemadmodum ea mulier Romam perducatur,

    id. Fam. 13, 28, 2:

    mihi ineunda ratio, et via reperiunda est, qua ad Apronii quaestum possim pervenire,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 46. § 110: ut multa tam gravis depelleretur, a me inita ratio est. id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

    rationem de re,

    id. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

    ad hunc interficiendum talem iniit rationem,

    Nep. Hann. 10, 3:

    aestimationem,

    to make an estimate, to estimate, value, Sen. Ben. 3, 8 fin.:

    mensuram agrorum,

    to take the measure of, to measure, survey, Col. 5, 3, 1: societatem cum aliquo, to enter into or form an association with a person, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3; so of an alliance, Suet. Tib. 2:

    bellum,

    to take part in, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Curt. 5, 9, 4:

    pugnas,

    to begin, Verg. A. 11, 912:

    pugnam,

    Vell. 1, 9, 3; 2, 55, 3:

    indutias,

    to conclude, make, Plin. Pan. 11, 5: consilium, to form a plan, Ov. F. 3, 380:

    consilia inibat, quemadmodum a Gergovia discederet,

    formed plans, considered, deliberated, Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

    consilium facinoris contra vitam alicujus,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 4: gratiam, to get into the good graces, obtaĭn the favor of:

    plures ineuntur gratiae, si, etc.,

    the favor of many is gained, id. Brut. 57, 209:

    gratiam ab aliquo,

    Nep. Alcib. 9 fin.:

    apud regem initam gratiam volebant,

    Liv. 36, 5, 3:

    summam gratiam a bonis omnibus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: viam, to find out a way to do any thing:

    ineamus viam aliquam, qua utri utris imperent, decerni possit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 9:

    suffragia, i. q. dare,

    id. 3, 17, 4; 3, 25, 4:

    inită aestate,

    in the beginning of, Caes. B. G. 2, 2; 2, 35, 2; cf.:

    inită hieme,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Poet.:

    somnum,

    to fall asleep, Verg. E. 1, 56:

    ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo,

    to undertake, id. A. 5, 846:

    formam vitae,

    to enter upon a course of life, Tac. A. 1, 74:

    teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule (puer), inibit, Pollio,

    he will enter on this golden age during your consulship, Verg. E. 4, 11 Ladew.; cf. Forbig. ad loc.—
    II.
    v. n. (= incipere), to make a beginning, to begin:

    ex ineunte aevo,

    Lucr. 5, 859; so,

    ineunte vere,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 fin.:

    ineunte aestate,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 6:

    ab ineunte aetate,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 97:

    ab ineunte adulescentia,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 4; Nep. Alcib. 2, 2; cf. id. Them. 1, 1 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ineo

  • 2 in-eō

        in-eō īvī and iī, itus, īre,    to go into, enter: illius domum: urbem, L.: viam, begin a journey: ineunt proscaenia ludi, come on the stage, V.: nemus nullis illud initur equis, O.: in urbem, L.— Fig., to come in, make a beginning, begin: ineunte vere: ineunte adulescentiā.—To enter upon, begin, undertake, engage in: magistratum: consulatum, L.: proelium, S.: somnum, V.: beneficium verbis initum, T.: bellum cum rege Philippo initum est, L.: initā aestate, in the beginning of, Cs.: somnum, to fall asleep, V.: tua munera, undertake, V.: decus hoc aevi, te consule (puer), inibit, will enter on this golden age, V.—With numerus, to go into, enumerate: numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit, L.: numerus inibatur, Cs.—With ratio, to enter into, form, devise: initā subductāque ratione, an estimate: quom rationem ineas, quam, etc., consider, T.: mihi ineunda ratio, quā possim, I must contrive: rationem de re: ad hunc interficiendum talem iniit rationem, plan, N.—With consilium, to engage in, devise, meditate: de summis rebus consilia, Cs.: consilium, form a plan, O.: consilia inibat, quem ad modum, etc., deliberated, Cs.: contra cuius vitam consilium facinoris inisse. —With gratiam, to get into, acquire, obtain: summam ab Caesare gratiam, Cs.: plures ineuntur gratiae, si, etc., the favor of many is gained: apud regcm initam gratiam volebant, L.—With viam, to find out, devise: ineamus viam aliquam, quā decerni possit, etc., L.

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  • 3 capio

    1.
    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].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    d.
    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.—
    e. (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    f.
    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.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.—
    6.
    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.—
    7.
    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.—
    8.
    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.—
    9.
    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.—
    10.
    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.—
    11.
    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.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio

  • 4 Capta

    1.
    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].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    d.
    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.—
    e. (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    f.
    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.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.—
    6.
    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.—
    7.
    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.—
    8.
    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.—
    9.
    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.—
    10.
    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.—
    11.
    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.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = 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.

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  • 5 imputo

    impŭto ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [inputo], to bring into the reckoning, enter into the account, to reckon, charge (not ante-Aug.; cf. deputo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vilici servi longe plus imputant seminis jacti quam quod severint,

    Col. 1, 7 fin.:

    sumptus alicui... viatica et vecturas,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 15:

    in quartam hereditatis imputantur res, quas jure hereditario capit,

    ib. 35, 2, 90:

    haec in numerum trium tutelarum,

    ib. 23, 2, 61.—
    II.
    Trop., to enter into the account, to reckon, attribute as a merit or a fault to one's self or another; to make a boast of, to credit to, to charge, ascribe, impute to (for the Ciceron. assignare, ascribere): fatum dies imputat, Sen. de Ira, 3, 42; cf. Mart. 5, 20, 13:

    hoc non imputo in solutum,

    Sen. Ep. 8 fin.:

    gaudent muneribus, sed nec data imputant, nec acceptis obligantur,

    Tac. G. 21:

    noli imputare vanum beneficium mihi,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 8; cf. Sen. Tranq. 6:

    huic (Masinissae) imputari victum Hannibalem, huic captum Syphacem, huic Carthaginem deletam,

    Just. 38, 6:

    alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4; cf. Suet. Tib. 53:

    ipsum sibi eripere tot beneficiorum occasiones, tam numerosam obligandi imputandique materiam,

    Plin. Pan. 39, 3; so absol.:

    cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur, nonnulli etiam imputarent,

    made a merit of it, Suet. Ner. 36: saevit enim natumque objectat et imputat illis, charges upon them ( his son ' s fate), Ov. M. 2, 400:

    mortem senioribus imputat annis,

    id. ib. 15, 470:

    rebellandi tempus Atheniensibus,

    Vell. 2, 23, 4:

    an ei caedes imputanda sit, a quo jurgium coepit?

    Quint. 5, 10, 72:

    suum exsilium rei publicae imputaturus,

    Sen. Ep. 86:

    prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur,

    Tac. Agr. 27:

    alicui moras belli aut causas rebellandi,

    id. ib. 34; id. H. 4, 14 fin.:

    culpam nostram illi,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2:

    et tibi scilicet, qui requisisti, imputabis, si digna ne epistula quidem videbuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20 fin.:

    sibi imputent cur minus idoneum fidejussorem acceperint,

    Dig. 42, 7, 1:

    imputet ipse deus nectar mihi, fiet acetum,

    may assign, give, Mart. 12, 48, 13:

    otia parva nobis,

    id. 4, 83, 2:

    hoc solum erit certamen, quis mihi plurimum imputet,

    Tac. H. 1, 38.

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  • 6 inputo

    impŭto ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [inputo], to bring into the reckoning, enter into the account, to reckon, charge (not ante-Aug.; cf. deputo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vilici servi longe plus imputant seminis jacti quam quod severint,

    Col. 1, 7 fin.:

    sumptus alicui... viatica et vecturas,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 15:

    in quartam hereditatis imputantur res, quas jure hereditario capit,

    ib. 35, 2, 90:

    haec in numerum trium tutelarum,

    ib. 23, 2, 61.—
    II.
    Trop., to enter into the account, to reckon, attribute as a merit or a fault to one's self or another; to make a boast of, to credit to, to charge, ascribe, impute to (for the Ciceron. assignare, ascribere): fatum dies imputat, Sen. de Ira, 3, 42; cf. Mart. 5, 20, 13:

    hoc non imputo in solutum,

    Sen. Ep. 8 fin.:

    gaudent muneribus, sed nec data imputant, nec acceptis obligantur,

    Tac. G. 21:

    noli imputare vanum beneficium mihi,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 8; cf. Sen. Tranq. 6:

    huic (Masinissae) imputari victum Hannibalem, huic captum Syphacem, huic Carthaginem deletam,

    Just. 38, 6:

    alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4; cf. Suet. Tib. 53:

    ipsum sibi eripere tot beneficiorum occasiones, tam numerosam obligandi imputandique materiam,

    Plin. Pan. 39, 3; so absol.:

    cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur, nonnulli etiam imputarent,

    made a merit of it, Suet. Ner. 36: saevit enim natumque objectat et imputat illis, charges upon them ( his son ' s fate), Ov. M. 2, 400:

    mortem senioribus imputat annis,

    id. ib. 15, 470:

    rebellandi tempus Atheniensibus,

    Vell. 2, 23, 4:

    an ei caedes imputanda sit, a quo jurgium coepit?

    Quint. 5, 10, 72:

    suum exsilium rei publicae imputaturus,

    Sen. Ep. 86:

    prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur,

    Tac. Agr. 27:

    alicui moras belli aut causas rebellandi,

    id. ib. 34; id. H. 4, 14 fin.:

    culpam nostram illi,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 2:

    et tibi scilicet, qui requisisti, imputabis, si digna ne epistula quidem videbuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20 fin.:

    sibi imputent cur minus idoneum fidejussorem acceperint,

    Dig. 42, 7, 1:

    imputet ipse deus nectar mihi, fiet acetum,

    may assign, give, Mart. 12, 48, 13:

    otia parva nobis,

    id. 4, 83, 2:

    hoc solum erit certamen, quis mihi plurimum imputet,

    Tac. H. 1, 38.

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  • 7 succedo

    suc-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. ⊂.
    I.
    To go below or under (so mostly poet.; syn. subeo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to enter, go under, come under:

    simul ac primum nubes succedere soli Coepere,

    to go under the sun, Lucr. 5, 286; cf. id. 6, 402:

    tectum, cui imbris vitandi causā succederet,

    Cic. Dom. 44, 116:

    maestae Succedunt ramis volucres,

    Val. Fl. 6, 505:

    succedere tectis,

    Ov. M. 2, 766; so,

    tectis,

    id. ib. 8, 549; Verg. A. 1, 627:

    rex jussae succedit aquae,

    Ov. M. 11, 142:

    tecto et umbrae,

    Verg. G. 3, 418:

    antro,

    id. E. 5, 6 and 19:

    tumulo sineret succedere terrae,

    i. e. to be buried, id. A. 11, 103; cf.:

    serpens imo Successit tumulo,

    id. ib. 5, 93.—
    2.
    In partic., to go from under; to go up, mount, ascend:

    alto caelo,

    to mount, ascend, Verg. G. 4, 227:

    in arduum,

    Liv. 5, 43; cf.:

    hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 24:

    muros,

    Liv. 27, 18, 13; 31, 45, 5; Tac. A. 2, 20; Sil. 10, 597:

    tumulum,

    Liv. 22, 28 et saep. — Absol.:

    erigi scalas jussit ac promptissimum quemque succedere,

    Tac. A. 2, 81.— Poet.:

    in montem succedere silvas Cogebant,

    to retreat to the mountains, Lucr. 5, 1370.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To come under, submit to any thing:

    omnes sententiae verbaque omnia... sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151:

    externae dominationi, quam in suis timuerunt, sponte succedunt,

    Just. 8, 2, 2:

    succedoque oneri,

    take up, Verg. A. 2, 723:

    nec qui succederet operi inventus est,

    undertake, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.—
    2.
    To go up, mount, ascend:

    a pedibusque minutatim succedere frigus Non dubitabat,

    Lucr. 6, 1191:

    ad summum honorem,

    id. 5, 1122:

    ille ad superos Succedet famā,

    Verg. A. 12, 235:

    aurum in summum successit honorem,

    Lucr. 5, 1275.—
    II.
    To approach, draw near (class. and freq.).
    A.
    Milit. t. t., to march on, advance, march up to, approach (class. and freq.; cf.: invado, progredior): [p. 1787] sub primam nostram aciem successerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    sub montem,

    id. B. C. 1, 45: supra hostium munitionem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 91, 23:

    ad castra hostium infestis signis,

    Liv. 7, 37:

    ad stationes hostium,

    id. 30, 8:

    ad hostium latebras,

    id. 10, 14:

    ad urbem,

    id. 26, 44:

    ad moenia,

    id. 44, 31:

    sub ipsum vallum,

    id. 31, 36, 5:

    ad portūs claustra,

    Curt. 4, 5, 19:

    celeriter ad molem,

    id. 4, 3, 2:

    moenibus,

    Liv. 10, 34; 24, 19:

    munimentis,

    id. 9, 14:

    munitionibus, Auct. B. Alex. 30, 4: portas succedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

    murum,

    Liv. 38, 9.— Absol.:

    classis paulatim successit,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.— Impers. pass.:

    ubicumque iniquo successum est loco,

    Liv. 9, 31.—
    B. 1.
    Lit.:

    ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 41; id. B. C. 3, 94; cf. Liv. 9, 32; Ov. M. 13, 134:

    in stationem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    in pugnam,

    Liv. 9, 27;

    for which, proelio,

    id. 6, 4:

    in paternas opes,

    id. 21, 3:

    in Pompeii locum heres,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62; cf.:

    Sequani principatum dimiserant. In eorum locum Remi successerant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

    ego in ejus quem occidissem succederem locum,

    Liv. 40, 12, 13:

    succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. Fl. 14, 33; 21, 49:

    qui regno successit,

    Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204:

    post ejus mortem frater regno successit,

    Just. 17, 3, 6:

    in hujus locum filia regno successit,

    id. 2, 4, 17;

    but: in regnum,

    id. 7, 2, 2:

    huic Mithridates filius succedit,

    id. 42, 2, 3:

    ad alteram partem succedunt Ubii,

    follow, come next, Caes. B. G. 4, 3.—Of things:

    aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras,

    Ov. M. 11, 80. — Impers. pass.:

    non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed quod Gabinio non succederetur,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

    te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    To come or enter into a relation:

    in affinitatis jura,

    Just. 7, 3, 9.—
    b. (α).
    In time:

    successit ipse magnis (oratoribus),

    Cic. Or. 30, 105:

    horum aetati successit Isocrates,

    id. ib. 13, 40; cf.:

    nihil semper floret: aetas succedit aetati,

    id. Phil. 11, 15, 39:

    tertia post illas successit aënea proles,

    Ov. M. 1, 125:

    quorum priores duae probationi succedunt,

    Quint. 3, 9, 1:

    in Italiā violis succedit rosa,

    Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: etenim ei succedo orationi, quae, etc., I succeed, I speak after an oration, which, etc., Cic. Balb. 1, 4:

    consules, quo majori gloriae rerum gestarum succedere se cernebant,

    Liv. 4, 11, 2:

    rex... succedens tantae caritati Hieronis,

    id. 24, 5, 1:

    ut bono succedenti regi difficilis aemulatio esset,

    id. 1, 48, 8.—
    (β).
    To follow, take the place of, succeed in value: cujus (purpurae) libra denariis centum venibat... huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in libras denariis mille non poterat emi, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137:

    in vicem ejus (graminis) succedit decoctum,

    Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 179:

    non numero tantum amissorum civium, sed et dignitati,

    Just. 3, 5, 7:

    filii magnitudini patris successerunt,

    id. 19, 1, 2.— Pass. impers.:

    male gestis rebus alterius successum est,

    Liv. 9, 18, 15.—
    c.
    Hence, to follow the nature or rule of any thing, to belong to a class or category (rare):

    succedere hanc quoque comparativo generi,

    Quint. 3, 10, 4:

    quae omnia succedunt legitimis quaestionibus,

    id. 3, 6, 71.—
    d.
    Pregn.: res (alicui) succedit, or simply succedit, goes on well, is successful, prospers, succeeds (cf. evenit):

    lepide hoc succedit sub manus negotium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59:

    negotium (ei) sub manus,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 7; id. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

    quando hoc bene successit,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23:

    parum succedit, quod ago,

    id. And. 4, 1, 54:

    pleraque non succedunt,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 16:

    quod res nulla successerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    inceptum non succedebat,

    Liv. 42, 58:

    nihil conceptae temere spei succedebat,

    id. 33, 5, 3:

    voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit,

    Verg. A. 11, 794:

    si prospere prima successerint,

    Just. 9, 3, 7.— Absol.:

    hac non successit: aliā ingrediemur viā,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 45:

    si quando minus succedet,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    si ex sententiā successerit,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: si proinde, ut ipse mereor, mihi successerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

    si successisset coeptis,

    Liv. 25, 37:

    inceptis,

    id. 24, 19:

    fraudi,

    id. 38, 25:

    facinori eorum,

    id. 40, 11 et saep.:

    successurumque Minervae Indoluit,

    Ov. M. 2, 788.— Pass.: cum omnia meā causā velles mihi successa, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.— Impers.:

    nolle successum non patribus,

    Liv. 2, 45, 5:

    ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco,

    id. 9, 31, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.

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  • 8 capiō

        capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere    [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
    * * *
    I
    capere, additional forms V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    II
    capere, cepi, captus V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    III
    taking/seizing

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  • 9 venio

    vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. venibo, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 23; imperf. venibat, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 47; gen. plur, part. sync. venientum, Verg. G. 4, 167; id. A. 1, 434; 6, 755), v. n. [Sanscr. root gā, go; Zend root gā, gam, go; Gr. BA-, bainô; Lat. ar-biter, venio; Goth. quiman; O. H. Germ. quëman, koman; Engl. come; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 466], to come (cf. accedo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nunc, cujus jussu venio et quam ob rem venerim, Dicam, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 17:

    veni, vidi, vici,

    Suet. Caes. 37: imus, venimus, videmus. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 53:

    maritimus hostis ante adesse potest quam quisquam venturum esse suspicari queat, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

    venio ad macellum,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3:

    ut veni ad urbem, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    cupio, te ad me venire,

    id. ib. 16, 10, 1; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 2:

    mihi si spatium fuerit in Tusculanum veniendi,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 3:

    Cato... cum venerat ad se in Sabinos,

    had come home, id. Rep. 3, 28, 40:

    quia nudius quartus venimus in Cariam ex Indiā,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 68:

    sexto die Delum Athenis venimus,

    Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1:

    Italiam fato profugus, Laviniaque venit Litora,

    Verg. A. 1, 2:

    tumulum antiquae Cereris sedemque sacratam Venimus,

    id. ib. 2, 743 (cf. devenio):

    vin' ad te ad cenam veniam,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 30:

    mercator venit huc ad ludos,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 9:

    homo ad praetorem deplorabundus venit,

    id. Aul. 2, 4, 38:

    neque ego te derisum venio neque derideo,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 46:

    ad istum emptum venerunt illum locum senatorium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124.—With inf.:

    parasitus modo venerat aurum petere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 18:

    non nos Libycos populare penates Venimus,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.—

    Of inanimate subjects: navis huc ex portu Persico Venit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

    denique in os salsi venit umor saepe saporis, Cum mare vorsamur propter,

    Lucr. 4, 220:

    (aër) Per patefacta venit penetratque foramina,

    id. 4, 891:

    (speculi imago) Dum venit ad nostras acies,

    id. 4, 279:

    sub aspectum venire,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

    in conspectu,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 27:

    in conspectum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

    muliebris vox mihi ad aures venit,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 13;

    in Italiā te moraturum, dum tibi litterae meae veniant,

    reaches you, Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 2: hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, comes, i. e. descends to each of us, id. Caecin. 26, 74; cf.:

    hic Verres hereditatem sibi venisse arbitratus est, quod in ejus regnum ac manus venerat is, quem, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, come forth, i. e. grow, Verg. G. 1, 54; so,

    arbores sponte suā,

    id. ib. 2, 11; 2, 58; Prop. 1, 2, 10. —
    (β).
    Impers. pass., we, they, etc., came or have come, etc.:

    Lilybaeum venitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: ad me ventum est, it has fallen to me, id Quint. 1, 3:

    dum ad flumen Varum veniatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

    (Galli) veniri ad se confestim existimantes, ad arma conclamant,

    id. B. G. 7, 70:

    ventum in insulam est,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    ubi eo ventum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

    ad quos ventum erat,

    id. ib. 2, 11;

    3, 23: eo cum esset ventum,

    id. ib. 7, 61.—
    B.
    Esp., to come. spring, be descended:

    qui se Bebryciā veniens Amyci de gente ferebat (i. e. qui se ferebat venientem, etc.),

    Verg. A. 5, 373 Forbig. ad loc. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vides, quo progrediente oratione venturum me puto,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62. ut jam a principio videndum sit, quemadmodum velis venire ad extremum orationis, id. Or. 59, 201:

    contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,

    that I appeared, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: contra amici summam existimationem, id. Att. 1, 1, 4:

    si rem nullam habebis, quod in buccam venerit, scribito,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 4;

    v. bucca: si quid in mentem veniet,

    id. ib. 12, 36, 1.—So in Cic. with nom. only of neutr. pron. or res; but freq. impers. with gen.:

    cum matronarum ac virginum veniebat in mentem,

    when I thought of, Cic. Sull. 6, 19:

    venit enim mihi in mentem oris tui,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95; id. Sull. 14, 38; v. also mens, II. B. fin. and the passages there cited:

    oratorum laus ita ducta ab humili venit ad summum, ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    prava ex falsis opinionibus veniunt,

    Quint. 5, 10, 34:

    vitium pejus, quod ex inopiā, quam quod ex copiā venit,

    id. 2, 4, 4:

    non omne argumentum undique venit,

    id. 5, 10, 21.—With dat.:

    existimabunt majus commodum ex otio meo quam ex aliorum negotiis reipublicae venturum,

    Sall. J. 4, 4; 8, 2:

    ubi ea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis, venit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8; so,

    dies,

    id. ib. 7, 3:

    tempus victoriae,

    id. ib. 7, 66; cf.:

    suum tempus eorum laudi,

    Quint. 3, 1, 21:

    non sumus omnino sine curā venientis anni,

    for the coming year, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4:

    exemplum trahens Perniciem veniens in aevum,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 16:

    veniens aetas,

    the future, Ov. F. 6, 639.—Of events, to come, i. e. to happen:

    quod hodie venit,

    Tac. A. 14, 43.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Venire in aliquid (rarely ad aliquid; v. infra), to come into, fall into any state or condition (so esp. freq.): venisse alicui in amicitiam, to have obtained one's friendship or alliance, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 4:

    in calamitatem,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    in cognitionem alicujus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 20:

    in consuetudinem,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 6; cf.:

    quaedam in consuetudinem ex utilitatis ratione venerunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 53, 160:

    in proverbii consuetudinem,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 55.—Of a personal subject:

    (milites) qui in consuetudinem Alexandrinae vitae venerant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    ut non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed, etc.,

    had fallen into contempt, id. B. G. 3, 17:

    in contentionem, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 63, 129:

    si falso venisses in suspitionem, P. Sestio,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    summum in cruciatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    aut in controversiam aut in contentionem,

    Quint. 3, 6, 44:

    in discrimen,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    in dubium,

    id. Quint. 2, 5:

    in alicujus fidem ac potestatem,

    to place one's self under the protection and in the power of a person, to surrender at discretion, Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    ne in odium veniam,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; cf.:

    Tarquinii nomen huic populo in odium venisse regium,

    id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:

    ipse illi perditae multitudini in odium acerbissimum venerit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 6: in eam opinionem Cassius veniebat, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

    in partem alicujus,

    to take part in it, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

    in periculum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 17:

    in sermonem alicujus,

    i. e. to enter into conversation, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 1;

    and in another sense: cum loquerer cum Phaniā, veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem, etc.,

    I happened to say that, id. Fam. 3, 5, 3:

    nonnullam in spem veneram, posse me, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 54, 217:

    summam in spem per Helvetios regni obtinendi venire,

    to entertain hopes, to hope, Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Esp. with res as subject, the affair came to, reached the point, etc.:

    res proxime formam latrocinii venerat,

    Liv. 2, 48, 5; 2, 56, 5:

    res venit prope secessionem,

    id. 6, 42, 10. ad ultimum dimicationis rati rem venturam, id. 2, 56, 5:

    cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 226.— Impers.:

    saepe in eum locum ventum est, ut, etc.,

    to such a point that, Caes. B. G. 6, 43; Liv. 7, 30, 9.—
    (β).
    Ad aliquid: bene agis, Alba;

    ad tuam veniam condicionem,

    will accept, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:

    ad summum fortunae,

    to attain, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 32.—
    2.
    In speaking, to come to a topic:

    ut jam a fabulis ad facta veniamus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

    ut ad fabulas veniamus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:

    venio ad tertiam epistulam,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 14, 12:

    venio ad recentiores litteras,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 5:

    ad Arcesilam Carneademque veniamus,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12:

    venio nunc ad tertium genus illud, etc.,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:

    ad istius morbum et insaniam,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1 al.

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  • 10 coëō

        coëō īvī or iī, itus, īre    [com- + eo], to go together, come together, meet, assemble, collect: in Piraeo, T.: matronae ad Venturiam frequentes coëunt, L.: quo populus coibat, H.: certis diebus (ad concilium), Ta.: milia crabronum, O.: populi legationibus coëunt, by their representatives, Ta.— To come together in battle, meet, encounter: inter se, V.: agmina, Cu.: cetera turba coit, joins in the attack, O.—To come together, be united, gather, unite, combine: coëundi in unum spatium, L.: manus coit omnis in unum, V.: qui unā coierunt, Cs.: ut coëat par Iungaturque pari, H.: amnes in artius coëunt, Cu.: membra, O.: coit formidine sanguis, congeals, V.: digiti coëunt, grow together, O.: volnera coiere mea, have closed, Pr.: Inter se capita (arcūs), V.: ut placidis coëant immitia, H.: memini nobis verba coisse, to have been exchanged, Pr.—Fig., to unite, join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally oneself, conspire: cum hoc: principes tum unā coierunt, Cs.: in foedera dextrae, V.—Of a marriage contract: taedae quoque iure coissent, O.: conubio, nuptiis, Cu.: cum captivā, Cu.: Hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum, i. e. in the marriage, V.—With societatem, to enter into partnership, make a compact, become an ally, associate, form a league: societatem laboris: cum Caesare societatem: cum Lacedaemoniis, N.: societatem sceleris: ad eam rem societas coitur.
    * * *
    coire, coivi(ii), coitus V
    fit together; have sexual intercourse; collect/gather (fluid); meet; rally; enter agreement; unite/assemble/conspire; come/go together; mend/knit (wound)

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  • 11 spondeo

    spondĕo, spŏpondi, sponsum, 2 ( perf. spepondi, Cic., Caes., and Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 12 sq.; Inscr. Orell. 4358;

    without redup. sponderat,

    Tert. Carm. adv. Mart. 3, 135; subj. sponsis = spoponderis, an ancient formula of prayer in Fest. p. 351 Müll.), v. a. [akin with spendô, to pour out, = libare; cf. spondai, league].
    I.
    Jurid. and publicists' t. t.
    A.
    In bargains, covenants, treaties, etc., to promise solemnly, to bind, engage, or pledge one's self (class.; syn.: recipio, stipulor, promitto; cf.: vadimonium obire, vadari); according to the civil law in its original form, it was essential to a binding contract verbally made (verbis) that a proposition and its acceptance should be expressed by the question spondes? and the answer spondeo; and only at a later period was the use of promitto, etc., valid (v. Sandars, Introd. ad Just. Inst. p. LV): verbis obligatio fit ex interrogatione et responsione, velut, Dari spondes? Spondeo. Dabis? Dabo. Promittis? Promitto;

    sed haec quidem verborum obligatio: dari spondes? spondeo, propria civium Romanorum est, cetera vero juris gentium sunt,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 91 sq.; Dig. 45, 1, 126; 45, 1, 133; cf.

    the whole title,

    ib. 45, 1: De verborum obligationibus: He. Aeternum tibi dapinabo victum, si vera autumas... Er. Sponden' tu istut? He. Spondeo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 118: qui stulte spondet, Cato ap. Rufin. 18, p. 210:

    quis stipulatus est? Ubi? Quo die? Quis spopondisse me dicit? Nemo,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 13:

    ut aliquando spondere se diceret,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    si quis quod spopondit, quā in re verbo se obligavit uno, si id non facit, etc.,

    id. Caecin. 3, 7:

    faeneris, quod stipulanti spoponderam tibi, reliquam pensiunculam percipe,

    Col. 10 praef.:

    ego meā fide spondeo futurum ut omnia invenias, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10.—
    B.
    To promise for another, to become security for a person, to enter bail, etc.:

    quod multis benigne fecerit, pro multis spoponderit,

    has become security, Cic. Planc. 19, 47:

    sed tamen scire velim quando dicar spopondisse et pro patre anne pro filio,

    id. Att. 12, 14, 2:

    quod pro Cornificio me abhinc annis XXV. spopondisse dicit Flavius,

    id. ib. 12, 17:

    et se quisque paratum ad spondendum Icilio ostendere,

    Liv. 3, 46, 7:

    sponsum diceres advocasse, Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 3, 4, p. 29 B. and K.: hic sponsum vocat,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 67:

    sponsum descendam, quia promisi,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2. —
    2.
    Transf., of promises or pledges made in behalf of a government, etc.:

    non foedere pax Caudina, sed per sponsionem facta est... Spoponderunt consules, legati, quaestores, tribuni militum,

    Liv. 9, 5, 4:

    quod spondendo pacem servassent exercitum,

    id. 9, 8, 15:

    quid tandem si spopondissemus urbem hanc relicturum populum Romanum?

    id. 9, 9, 6:

    ea demum sponsio esset, quam populi jussu spopondissemus,

    id. 9, 9, 13:

    hosti nihil spopondistis, civem neminem spondere pro vobis jussistis,

    id. 9, 9, 16.—
    C.
    Esp., to promise or engage in marriage, betroth: qui uxorem ducturus erat ab eo unde ducenda erat, stipulabatur eam in matrimonium ductam iri; [p. 1746] qui daturus erat itidem spondebat. Tum quae promissa erat sponsa appellabatur, qui spoponderat ducturum, sponsus, Sulp. Dot. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: Ly. Istac lege filiam tuam sponden' mihi uxorem dari? Ch. Spondeo. Ca. Et ego spondeo idem hoc, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 38 sq.; 2, 4, 172: Me. Etiam mihi despondes filiam? Eu. Illis legibus, Cum illā dote quam tibi dixi. Me. Sponden' ergo? Eu. Spondeo, id. Aul. 2, 2, 78: Ph. Spondesne, miles, mi hanc uxorem? Th. Spondeo. Ph. Et ego huic victum spondeo, id. Curc. 5, 2, 73 sq.: sponden tu ergo tuam gnatam uxorem mihi? Ch. Spondeo et mille auri Philippum dotis, id. Trin. 5, 2, 34.—Hence, of women, alicui sponsam esse, to be betrothed, engaged to a man:

    si volt Demipho Dare quantum ab hac accipio, quae sponsa est mihi,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 52:

    scis, sponsam mihi (esse)?

    id. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 6; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 101 sq.; 2, 4, 172; 2, 4, 174; id. Poen. 5, 3, 43.—
    D.
    = sponsionem facere (v. sponsio, II.), to lay a judicial wager, to enter into an agreement to pay contingent on the truth or falsity of an assertion: si hoc ita est, qui spondet mille nummūm? P. Afric. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 11, 9.— So, absol.:

    cum illi jacenti latera tunderentur, ut aliquando spondere se diceret,

    should declare that he made the required wager, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (cf. sponsum, P. a. fin. infra); Dig. 11, 5, 3.—
    II.
    In gen., to promise sacredly, to warrant, vow (class.).
    1.
    With fut. inf.:

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

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51:

    ut (eum) inimicissimum huic conjurationi futurum esse, promittam et spondeam,

    id. Mur. 41, 90:

    et ipse spondeo et omnes hoc tibi tui pro me recipient, te fructum esse capturum, etc.,

    id. Fam. 13, 50, 2:

    quis est qui spondeat eundum, si differtur bellum, animum postea fore,

    Liv. 5, 5, 9:

    quae si perpetua concordia sit, quis non spondere ausit, maximum hoc imperium brevi futurum esse?

    id. 5, 3, 10:

    spondebant animis id (bellum) P. Cornelium finiturum,

    with full conviction, id. 28, 38, 9; cf. id. 3, 59, 3:

    sponde affore reges,

    Val. Fl. 3, 504.—
    2.
    With inf. pres., to warrant, give assurance of an existing fact:

    spondebo enim tibi, vel potius spondeo in meque recipio, eos esse M'. Curii mores,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 17, 2.—
    3.
    With acc. of thing (and often dat. pers.):

    quibus cum consulem suum reliquissent, honores et praemia spopondistis,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28: mihi sex menses sati' sunt vitae, septimum Orco spondeo, Poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ea spondent, confirmant, quae, quidem mihi exploratiora essent, si remansissem, Cic Att. 11, 6, 3:

    quod ego non modo de me tibi spondere possum, sed de te etiam mihi,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

    ac de infante (Tiberio) Scribonius mathematicus praeclara spopondit,

    Suet. Tib. 14:

    tantum sibi vel de viribus suis, vel de fortunā spondentes,

    Just. 3, 4, 1; Amm. 24, 1, 8:

    illius et dites monitis spondentibus Indi,

    Val. Fl. 6, 117:

    non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat, hoc sperem Italiam contingere caelo,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    spondere fidem,

    Ov. M. 10, 395:

    officium Amori,

    id. ib. 10, 418.—
    4.
    Transf., of inanim. or abstract subjects (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    nec quicquam placidum spondentia Martis Sidera presserunt,

    Ov. Ib. 217:

    quod prope diem futurum spondet et virtus et fortuna vestra,

    Liv. 7, 30, 8:

    eorum hominum erat, qui, quantum spes spopondisset, cuperent, ni, etc.,

    id. 45, 19, 7:

    magna de illo (Philippo) spes fuit propter ipsius ingenium, quod magnum spondebat virum,

    Just. 7, 6, 1.— Hence, sponsus, a, um, P. a., promised, engaged, betrothed, affianced; substt,
    A.
    sponsus, i, m., a betrothed man, a bridegroom: virgo Sponso superba, Titin. ap. Non. 305, 5:

    accede ad sponsum audacter,

    id. ib. 227, 15; Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 78:

    sponsus regius,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 10.— Poet., of Penelope's suitors, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28.—
    B.
    spon-sa, ae, f., a betrothed woman, a bride:

    scio equidem, sponsam tibi esse et filium ex sponsā tuā,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 12; Ter. And. 2, 1, 24:

    flebilis sponsa,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 21 et saep.—Prov.: suam cuique sponsam, mihi meam, i. e. every one to his taste, Atil. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3.—
    C.
    sponsum, i, n., a covenant, agreement, engagement: sponsum negare, to break or disown one's pledge, Hor. S. 1, 3, 95:

    sponsus contra sponsum rogatus,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.—
    (β).
    Esp., a judicial wager (cf. sponsio, II.):

    ex sponso egit,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 32.

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  • 12 coeo

    cŏ-ĕo, īvi or ii (e. g. coierunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

    coiere,

    Lucr. 6, 452; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. M. 4, 83 al.:

    cŏĭisse,

    Verg. A. 12, 709:

    coisse,

    Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8; Ov. F. 6, 94; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 5, 11, 35;

    pedants preferred conire to coire,

    Quint. 1, 6, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 69, and Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 137), ĭtum, īre, v. a. and n.
    I.
    To go or come together, to meet, assemble, collect together (so mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose); constr. absol., with ad aliquem, ad or in locum, more rar. in loco:

    matronae ad Veturiam Volumniamque frequentes coëunt,

    Liv. 2, 40, 1:

    in porticum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

    ad solitum locum,

    Ov. M. 4, 83:

    ad aliquem,

    Curt. 7, 2, 21: Pharsaliam, * Cat. 64, 37:

    quo (sc. in sedilia theatri) populus coibat,

    Hor. A. P. 207:

    in regiam,

    Curt. 6, 8, 17:

    in quem (locum) coibatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 69:

    apud aram ejus dei in cujus templo coiretur,

    Suet. Aug. 35:

    cum rege in insulā,

    Vell. 2, 101, 1:

    in foro,

    Just. 5, 7, 6:

    milia crabronum coeunt,

    Ov. F. 3, 753; id. H. 7, 123 Loers.:

    coivere amicis animis,

    Curt. 8, 12, 9; 10, 3, 6:

    agmina coibant,

    id. 10, 9, 15; Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 27; 2, 52.—
    b.
    Poet.:

    vix memini nobis verba coisse decem,

    i. e. have passed between us, Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8.—
    B.
    Specif., to go or come together in a hostile manner, to encounter:

    inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 709; cf. id. G. 4, 73; Ov. M. 3, 236; Luc. 2, 225; Manil. 4, 83; Val. Fl. 5, 635; Stat. Th. 16, 408.—
    II.
    Pregn., to form a whole by coming together, to be united into a whole, to unite, combine (the usu. class. signif.); constr. absol., with cum, or dat.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    neque se conglobandi coëundique in unum datur spatium,

    Liv. 6, 3, 6; so Verg. A. 9, 801; 10, 410:

    ut vaga illa multitudo coiret in populos,

    Quint. 2, 16, 9:

    qui una coierunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

    reliqui (milites) coëunt inter se,

    assemble, id. B. C. 1, 75; so Liv. 7, 37, 15:

    in formam justi exercitūs,

    Vell. 2, 61, 2:

    ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.—
    b.
    Of the coition of the sexes (both of men and animals), to copulate, Lucr. 4, 1055; cf. Ov. M. 11, 744:

    cum alienā uxore,

    Quint. 7, 3, 10:

    coisse eam cum viro,

    id. 5, 9, 5:

    dominum cum ancillā,

    id. 5, 11, 35:

    cum hospitibus stupro,

    Curt. 5, 1, 37 al.:

    privigno,

    Ov. H. 4, 129:

    simul binis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 17, 5:

    sic et aves coëunt,

    Ov. M. 9, 733; 10, 324; id. A. A. 2, 615; Col. 6, 27, 3 sq.; Ov. F. 3, 193 al.; cf., of marriage, [p. 359]
    B.
    b.. infra.—
    2.
    Transf., of things: membra. Ov. M. 4, 377; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 96: ignes coire globum quasi in unum, roll together, as into a ball, etc., Lucr. 5, 665; cf. id. 2, 563:

    sanguenque creari Sanguinis inter se multis coëuntibu' guttis,

    out of many little drops running together, id. 1, 838; cf.:

    ut coëat lac,

    to curdle, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4; Col. 12, 20, 4:

    bitumen spissatur et in densitatem coit,

    thickens, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178; cf.:

    gelidus coit formidine sanguis,

    Verg. A. 3, 30:

    semina,

    Lucr. 3, 395; cf. id. 1, 770; 5, 190; 5, 425:

    tum digiti coëunt,

    Ov. M. 2, 670; Quint. 11, 3, 21:

    ut cornua tota coirent Efficerentque orbem,

    Ov. M. 7, 179; cf. Verg. A. 11, 860:

    palpebrae dormientis non coëunt,

    do not close, Cels. 2, 8:

    labris coëuntibus,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45 et saep.:

    perfectum quiddam fieri, cum omnia coierunt, necesse est,

    id. 11, 3, 9; 9, 1, 9; 2, 19, 2; cf. id. 1, 5, 67:

    quae littera cum quāque optime coëat,

    id. 9, 4, 91:

    ut placidis coëant immitia,

    Hor. A. P. 12.—Of wounds, to close:

    arteria incisa neque coit neque sanescit,

    Cels. 2, 10; cf.:

    potest os coire et vulnus sanescere,

    id. 8, 10; so Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 41; 5, 2, 9; and poet.:

    an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; Petr. 113, 8.—
    B.
    Trop., to unite for some object, in feeling, will, conclusions, etc., to join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally one ' s self:

    Caesar cum eo coire per Arrium cogitat,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 11:

    cum hoc tu coire ausus es, ut... addiceres, etc.,

    id. Red. in Sen. 7, 16; id. Dom. 18, 47:

    principes, quitum unā coierunt, quantum visum est agri adtribuunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22: heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeo (Piraeum ap. Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10), Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1 (consensimus ac pepigimus, Don.):

    duodecim adulescentuli coierunt ex his, qui exsilio erant multati, etc.,

    conspired together, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3; cf.:

    sed neque cum quoquam de eā re collocuturum neque coiturum: sic, ille consensionis globus hujus unius dissensione disjectus est,

    id. Att. 8, 4:

    patricii coiere et interregem creavere,

    Liv. 4, 7, 7:

    mos est regibus, quotiens in societatem coëant, implicare dextras, etc.,

    Tac. A. 12, 47; hence poet.:

    coëant in foedera dextrae,

    Verg. A. 11, 292; Tac. H. 3, 12:

    ad nullius non facinoris societatem coibant,

    Suet. Aug. 32; and, like this, with changed construction.—
    b.
    Esp. of the marriage contract ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); cf.:

    taedae quoque jure coissent,

    Ov. M. 4, 60:

    conubio,

    Curt. 8, 1, 9:

    nuptiis,

    id. 9, 1, 26; Quint. 5, 11, 32:

    matrimonio,

    Dig. 24, 1, 27:

    in matrimonium,

    ib. 45, 1, 134; cf.:

    hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum,

    i. e. in the marriage of Æneas with Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 317.—
    2.
    Act.: coire societatem ( cum aliquo or absol.), to enter into an alliance, to make a compact, form a league (with some one;

    several times in Cic.): utinam, Pompei, cum Caesare societatem aut numquam coisses aut numquam diremisses!

    Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; Nep. Con. 2, 2:

    societatem sceleris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    de municipis fortunis,

    id. ib. 31, 87; Dig. 17, 2, 65, § 10:

    qui societatem in tempus coiit,

    ib. 17, 2, 65, § 6.—
    3.
    Pass.:

    ad eam rem societas coitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    ad coëundam societatem,

    id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; so Gell. 1, 9 fin.:

    si unius rei societas coita sit,

    Dig. 17, 2, 65 init.; cf. ib. 17, 2, 65, §§ 2, 9, 10, 15.

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  • 13 illabor

    illābor ( inl-), psus, 3, v. dep. n. [inlabor], to fall, slip, slide, glide, or flow into; to fall down, sink down (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quo (i. e. in stomachum) primo illabuntur ea, quae accepta sunt ore,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113:

    antennis illabitur ebria serpens,

    Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 367:

    notae jugis illabitur Aetnae,

    id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 330:

    si fractus illabatur orbis,

    should fall in, tumble to ruins, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7:

    tepet illabentibus astris Pontus,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 138:

    rapidus fervor, per pingues unguine taedas illapsus,

    Sil. 14, 427:

    conjugis illabi lacrimis, unique paratum scire rogum,

    to sink down dying, Luc. 5, 281:

    qua Nar Tiberino illabitur amni,

    id. 1, 475. —
    II.
    Trop., to flow into, penetrate:

    si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus, ut ita dicam, et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

    sensim pernicies illapsa civium in animos,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris,

    enter into our minds, Verg. A. 3, 89:

    animis illapsa voluptas,

    Sil. 15, 95; with per, id. 11, 400.

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  • 14 inlabor

    illābor ( inl-), psus, 3, v. dep. n. [inlabor], to fall, slip, slide, glide, or flow into; to fall down, sink down (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quo (i. e. in stomachum) primo illabuntur ea, quae accepta sunt ore,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113:

    antennis illabitur ebria serpens,

    Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 367:

    notae jugis illabitur Aetnae,

    id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 330:

    si fractus illabatur orbis,

    should fall in, tumble to ruins, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7:

    tepet illabentibus astris Pontus,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 138:

    rapidus fervor, per pingues unguine taedas illapsus,

    Sil. 14, 427:

    conjugis illabi lacrimis, unique paratum scire rogum,

    to sink down dying, Luc. 5, 281:

    qua Nar Tiberino illabitur amni,

    id. 1, 475. —
    II.
    Trop., to flow into, penetrate:

    si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus, ut ita dicam, et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

    sensim pernicies illapsa civium in animos,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris,

    enter into our minds, Verg. A. 3, 89:

    animis illapsa voluptas,

    Sil. 15, 95; with per, id. 11, 400.

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  • 15 conspirati

    1.
    con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to blow or breathe together, to sound together.
    * I.
    Lit.:

    aereaque adsensu conspirant cornua rauco,

    Verg. A. 7, 615 (et tubae simul inflabantur, Serv.).—Far more freq. and in good prose,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To harmonize, agree, accord: conspirans mutuus ardor, * Lucr. 4, 1216; cf.:

    tanta rerum consentiens, conspirans, continuata cognatio,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28:

    consilium omnis vitae consentiens et paene conspirans,

    id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72; id. Lig. 12, 34; Col. 3, 13, 7: in quibus (operibus) plurium conatus, praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce, conspirat, * Quint. 1, 10, 16:

    talis... animus, ut multae in illo artes... multarum aetatum exempla, sed in unum conspirata,

    harmoniously blending, Sen. Ep. 84, 10.—
    B.
    To agree together in thought or feeling, to accord, unite, combine.
    1.
    In a good sense:

    conligite vos, conspirate nobiscum, consentite cum bonis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

    mirabiliter populus Romanus universus et omnium generum ordinumque consensus ad liberandam rem publicam conspiravit,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 4; cf. id. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Col. 3, 13, 7.— Impers.: in commune conspirabatur ab utroque (Cic. Oecon.?) 12 praef. § 8. —
    b.
    Part.: conspiratus, mid., having agreed, combined; acting in concert:

    milites legionis VIII. subito conspirati pila conjecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 Kraner ad loc.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, to plot together, to enter into a conspiracy, to conspire (so freq. in the histt. after the Aug. per., esp. in Suet.).
    (α).
    Absol.: priusquam plures civitates conspirarent, Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 46; Suet. Caes. 9; id. Galb. 10.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    in injuriam,

    Liv. 3, 36, 9; 3, 56, 12:

    in caedem alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 68:

    in necem,

    Just. 16, 5, 12:

    in destinatam mortem,

    id. 20, 3, 4:

    in facinus,

    Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 21:

    in Augustum,

    Suet. Tib. 8.—Cf. impers.:

    conspiratum est in eum a sexaginta amplius,

    Suet. Caes. 80. —
    * (γ).
    With ad:

    ad res novas,

    Suet. Claud. 13.—
    * (δ).
    With ut:

    ut Senatum adorirentur,

    Suet. Caes. 9.—
    * (ε).
    With ne:

    conspirasse corporis partes, ne manus ad os cibum ferrent,

    Liv. 2, 32, 10.—
    * (ζ).
    With inf.:

    perdere aliquem,

    Suet. Claud. 37.—
    b.
    Part.: conspīrātus, a, um, having conspired, having entered into a conspiracy:

    his conspiratis factionum partibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 4. —And subst.: conspīrāti, ōrum, m., like conjurati, the conspirators, Suet. Caes. 82; id. Galb. 19; id. Dom. 17; id. Ner. 43.— Hence, * conspīrātē, adv., with one accord, unanimously; in comp.:

    conspiratius ad arma concurrere,

    Just. 3, 5, 3.
    2.
    con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spira], to coil up (very rare):

    anguis se conspiravit,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 22.

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  • 16 conspiro

    1.
    con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to blow or breathe together, to sound together.
    * I.
    Lit.:

    aereaque adsensu conspirant cornua rauco,

    Verg. A. 7, 615 (et tubae simul inflabantur, Serv.).—Far more freq. and in good prose,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To harmonize, agree, accord: conspirans mutuus ardor, * Lucr. 4, 1216; cf.:

    tanta rerum consentiens, conspirans, continuata cognatio,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19; 3, 11, 28:

    consilium omnis vitae consentiens et paene conspirans,

    id. Tusc. 5, 25, 72; id. Lig. 12, 34; Col. 3, 13, 7: in quibus (operibus) plurium conatus, praeeunte aliquā jucundā voce, conspirat, * Quint. 1, 10, 16:

    talis... animus, ut multae in illo artes... multarum aetatum exempla, sed in unum conspirata,

    harmoniously blending, Sen. Ep. 84, 10.—
    B.
    To agree together in thought or feeling, to accord, unite, combine.
    1.
    In a good sense:

    conligite vos, conspirate nobiscum, consentite cum bonis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

    mirabiliter populus Romanus universus et omnium generum ordinumque consensus ad liberandam rem publicam conspiravit,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 4; cf. id. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Col. 3, 13, 7.— Impers.: in commune conspirabatur ab utroque (Cic. Oecon.?) 12 praef. § 8. —
    b.
    Part.: conspiratus, mid., having agreed, combined; acting in concert:

    milites legionis VIII. subito conspirati pila conjecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 Kraner ad loc.—
    2.
    In a bad sense, to plot together, to enter into a conspiracy, to conspire (so freq. in the histt. after the Aug. per., esp. in Suet.).
    (α).
    Absol.: priusquam plures civitates conspirarent, Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 46; Suet. Caes. 9; id. Galb. 10.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    in injuriam,

    Liv. 3, 36, 9; 3, 56, 12:

    in caedem alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 68:

    in necem,

    Just. 16, 5, 12:

    in destinatam mortem,

    id. 20, 3, 4:

    in facinus,

    Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 21:

    in Augustum,

    Suet. Tib. 8.—Cf. impers.:

    conspiratum est in eum a sexaginta amplius,

    Suet. Caes. 80. —
    * (γ).
    With ad:

    ad res novas,

    Suet. Claud. 13.—
    * (δ).
    With ut:

    ut Senatum adorirentur,

    Suet. Caes. 9.—
    * (ε).
    With ne:

    conspirasse corporis partes, ne manus ad os cibum ferrent,

    Liv. 2, 32, 10.—
    * (ζ).
    With inf.:

    perdere aliquem,

    Suet. Claud. 37.—
    b.
    Part.: conspīrātus, a, um, having conspired, having entered into a conspiracy:

    his conspiratis factionum partibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 2, 4. —And subst.: conspīrāti, ōrum, m., like conjurati, the conspirators, Suet. Caes. 82; id. Galb. 19; id. Dom. 17; id. Ner. 43.— Hence, * conspīrātē, adv., with one accord, unanimously; in comp.:

    conspiratius ad arma concurrere,

    Just. 3, 5, 3.
    2.
    con-spīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spira], to coil up (very rare):

    anguis se conspiravit,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 22.

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  • 17 Missus

    mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.
    I.
    In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

    filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

    signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

    legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

    pabulatum mittebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 40:

    scitatum oracula,

    Verg. A. 2, 114:

    Delphos consultum,

    Nep. Them. 2, 6:

    missus sum, te ut requirerem,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

    ego huc missa sum ludere,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

    equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    alicui subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 6:

    ad subsidium,

    Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

    misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    qui solveret,

    id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

    mittite ambo hominem,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

    Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

    sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

    ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

    Liv. 24, 19, 3:

    Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

    id. 8, 23, 1:

    Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

    id. 34, 29, 9:

    statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

    Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

    aliquem morti,

    to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

    ad mortem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    in possessionem,

    to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

    aliquem ad cenam,

    to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    sub jugo,

    Liv. 3, 28 fin. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

    ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

    Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

    mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

    Liv. 6, 10, 2:

    hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    salutem alicui,

    to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

    ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

    i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—
    B.
    To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

    liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

    hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

    id. Sen. 1, 3.—
    C.
    To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

    India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    (Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

    Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

    quos frigida misit Nursia,

    Verg. A. 7, 715:

    hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

    quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

    Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—
    D.
    To dismiss a thing from the mind:

    maestumque timorem Mittite,

    Verg. A. 1, 203:

    mittere ac finire odium,

    Liv. 40, 46:

    leves spes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    missam iram facere,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—
    E.
    To put an end to, end:

    certamen,

    Verg. A. 5, 286.—
    F.
    Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

    praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

    mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

    omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

    maledicta omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

    jam scrutari mitto,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

    mitte male loqui,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

    cetera mitte loqui,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

    illud dicere,

    Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

    quaerere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

    mitto iam de rege quaerere,

    id. Sull. 7, 22:

    hoc exsequi mitto,

    Quint. 5, 10, 18:

    incommoda mortalium deflere,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

    mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

    verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

    missos facere quaestus triennii,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—
    G.
    To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

    unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

    quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

    mittin' me intro?

    will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

    cutem,

    to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

    mitte me,

    let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

    nos missos face,

    id. And. 5, 1, 14:

    missum fieri,

    to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

    nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

    to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

    sues in hostes,

    to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

    vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

    Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

    se in foedera,

    to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

    missos faciant honores,

    to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

    vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

    missam facere legionem,

    to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

    remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

    Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

    put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—
    H.
    To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

    sanguinem alicui,

    id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

    missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

    radices,

    to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

    folium,

    to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

    florem,

    to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

    membranas de corpore,

    to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

    serpens horrenda sibila misit,

    gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

    vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

    speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    vocem liberam,

    to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

    flens diu vocem non misit,

    id. 3, 50, 4:

    adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

    Flor. 4, 10, 7:

    repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

    Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

    nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

    Juv. 13, 114:

    haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

    Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

    have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

    signa,

    Verg. G. 1, 229:

    signum sanguinis,

    to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—
    K.
    To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

    hastam,

    Ov. M. 11, 8:

    pila,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

    lapides in aliquem,

    to throw, Petr. 90:

    fulmina,

    to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

    aliquid igni,

    Val. Fl. 3, 313:

    de ponte,

    to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

    praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

    Ov. M. 8, 250:

    se saxo ab alto,

    to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

    se in rapidas aquas,

    id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

    se in medium,

    to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

    retia misit,

    Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

    talos in phimum,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

    panem alicui,

    to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

    Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

    laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

    pira in vasculo,

    Pall. 3, 25, 11:

    fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

    Ov. F. 6, 310:

    accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

    which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—
    L.
    = pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

    alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

    Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

    sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

    id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

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  • 18 mitto

    mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.
    I.
    In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

    filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

    signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

    legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

    pabulatum mittebat,

    id. B. C. 1, 40:

    scitatum oracula,

    Verg. A. 2, 114:

    Delphos consultum,

    Nep. Them. 2, 6:

    missus sum, te ut requirerem,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

    ego huc missa sum ludere,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

    equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    alicui subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 6:

    ad subsidium,

    Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

    misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

    qui solveret,

    id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

    mittite ambo hominem,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

    Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

    sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

    ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

    Liv. 24, 19, 3:

    Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

    id. 8, 23, 1:

    Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

    id. 34, 29, 9:

    statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

    Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

    aliquem morti,

    to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

    ad mortem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    in possessionem,

    to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

    aliquem ad cenam,

    to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    sub jugo,

    Liv. 3, 28 fin. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

    ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

    Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

    id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

    mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

    Liv. 6, 10, 2:

    hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    salutem alicui,

    to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

    ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

    i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—
    B.
    To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

    liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

    hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

    id. Sen. 1, 3.—
    C.
    To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

    India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

    Verg. G. 1, 57:

    (Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

    Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

    quos frigida misit Nursia,

    Verg. A. 7, 715:

    hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

    quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

    Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—
    D.
    To dismiss a thing from the mind:

    maestumque timorem Mittite,

    Verg. A. 1, 203:

    mittere ac finire odium,

    Liv. 40, 46:

    leves spes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

    missam iram facere,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—
    E.
    To put an end to, end:

    certamen,

    Verg. A. 5, 286.—
    F.
    Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

    praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

    mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

    omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

    maledicta omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

    jam scrutari mitto,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

    mitte male loqui,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

    cetera mitte loqui,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

    illud dicere,

    Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

    quaerere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

    mitto iam de rege quaerere,

    id. Sull. 7, 22:

    hoc exsequi mitto,

    Quint. 5, 10, 18:

    incommoda mortalium deflere,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

    mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

    verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

    missos facere quaestus triennii,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—
    G.
    To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

    unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

    quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

    mittin' me intro?

    will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

    cutem,

    to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

    mitte me,

    let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

    nos missos face,

    id. And. 5, 1, 14:

    missum fieri,

    to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

    nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

    to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

    sues in hostes,

    to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

    vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

    Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

    se in foedera,

    to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

    missos faciant honores,

    to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

    vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

    missam facere legionem,

    to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

    remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

    Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

    put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—
    H.
    To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

    sanguinem alicui,

    id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

    missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

    radices,

    to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

    folium,

    to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

    florem,

    to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

    membranas de corpore,

    to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

    serpens horrenda sibila misit,

    gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

    vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

    speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

    vocem liberam,

    to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

    flens diu vocem non misit,

    id. 3, 50, 4:

    adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

    Flor. 4, 10, 7:

    repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

    Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

    nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

    Juv. 13, 114:

    haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

    Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

    have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

    signa,

    Verg. G. 1, 229:

    signum sanguinis,

    to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—
    K.
    To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

    hastam,

    Ov. M. 11, 8:

    pila,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

    lapides in aliquem,

    to throw, Petr. 90:

    fulmina,

    to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

    aliquid igni,

    Val. Fl. 3, 313:

    de ponte,

    to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

    praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

    Ov. M. 8, 250:

    se saxo ab alto,

    to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

    se in rapidas aquas,

    id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

    se in medium,

    to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

    retia misit,

    Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

    talos in phimum,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

    panem alicui,

    to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

    Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

    laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

    pira in vasculo,

    Pall. 3, 25, 11:

    fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

    Ov. F. 6, 310:

    accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

    which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—
    L.
    = pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

    alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

    Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

    sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

    id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mitto

  • 19 scribo

    scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):

    in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:

    litteras, tabellas,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:

    (littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:

    nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,

    id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;

    12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:

    hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:

    scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,

    id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:

    in aquā,

    Cat. 68, 4; cf.

    also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,

    Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):

    scribere decore,

    to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:

    erat scriptum ipsius manu,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    suā manu scripsit,

    Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:

    si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,

    has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:

    totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,

    Cat. 37, 10:

    (Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

    ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,

    draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:

    quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,

    i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:

    scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,

    Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:

    inscripta, insculpta),

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:

    arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,

    Stat. Th. 11, 514.—
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,

    id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,

    historiam,

    id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:

    bellum,

    Liv. 21, 1:

    res gestas,

    Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:

    librum de rebus rusticis,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

    scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

    in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4:

    carmen in aliquem,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    libellos,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:

    notas,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 90:

    Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):

    versus,

    Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:

    carmina,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:

    poëmata,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):

    formam et situm agri alicui,

    to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:

    epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:

    haec scripsi properans,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

    litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,

    Liv. 41, 16:

    plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:

    scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,

    id. ib. 6, 4, 11:

    haec ad te scripsi verbosius,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:

    scriptā jam epistulā superiore,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

    non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,

    id. Att. 4, 4, a:

    epistulam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:

    scribere salutem,

    to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:

    laudes atque gratias populo Romano,

    Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:

    nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,

    written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

    per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,

    Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:

    scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,

    id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—
    (β).
    With object-clause:

    in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:

    ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:

    Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

    quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 1:

    Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 15, 8, 2:

    Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 92:

    post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:

    eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:

    scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—
    (γ).
    With rel.-clause:

    nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:

    scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

    id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

    ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

    Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,

    Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:

    poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,

    Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:

    sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

    Hor. A. P. 38:

    sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,

    id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:

    Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:

    ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

    denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:

    tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:

    ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,

    id. ib. 3, 27:

    nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 12, 3:

    senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:

    scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 3:

    in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 11:

    ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:

    Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:

    velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,

    id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:

    consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,

    Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:

    Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,

    Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:

    scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:

    scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,

    Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:

    scriptum est,

    i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—
    B.
    Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.
    1.
    Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:

    quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,

    leges,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.

    in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:

    testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

    haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:

    quod me esse ad scribendum vides,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):

    Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,

    to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:

    milites,

    Sall. J. 43, 3:

    legiones,

    id. C. 32, 1:

    exercitui supplementum,

    id. J. 39, 2:

    supplementum legionibus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:

    exercitum,

    id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:

    equites,

    id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:

    socios navales,

    id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:

    socios scribere in urbem,

    id. 4, 11, 4.—
    b.
    Poet., transf.:

    scribe tui gregis hunc,

    enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—
    3.
    Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):

    Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,

    id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:

    testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,

    Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:

    in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

    quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,

    Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:

    aliquem coheredem,

    Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:

    aliquem exheredem,

    to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§

    1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,

    to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:

    libertatem servo,

    to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:

    pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:

    scribit nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 34:

    sibi creditam pecuniam,

    Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:

    genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,

    ib. 4, 4, 17:

    lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,

    ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:

    in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 2, 38;

    v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):

    ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,

    the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

    incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,

    have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:

    quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

    utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!

    id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

    in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 15:

    Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,

    without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:

    recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,

    id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

    laudavit pater scripto meo,

    in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:

    adire aliquem scripto,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

    writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

    ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

    scripta recitare,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:

    nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 56:

    Graecorum Scripta optima,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:

    si non accipiet scriptum,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 469:

    debueram scripto certior esse tuo,

    id. H. 6, 4.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:

    quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

    (Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,

    id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:

    (senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,

    rescript, id. Dom. 26, 69.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scribo

  • 20 ad - moveō

        ad - moveō mōvī    (admōrunt, V.), mōtus, ēre, to move to, move towards, bring up, bring near, carry, conduct, drive: fasciculum (florum) ad narīs: ora ad ora, O.: exercitum ad urbem, L.: scalis admotis; applied, Cs.: labra poculis, apply, V.: anguīs curribus, harness, O.: manūs operi, apply, O.; but, manūs nocentibus, punish, L.: aurem, give close attention, T.: plurīs aurīs, to bring more hearers, H.: iam admovebat rex (sc. agmen), Cu. — Fig., to apply, direct to: orationem ad sensūs inflammandos: stimulos homini, goad: <*>ene tormentum ingenio, H.: ubi spes est admota recursūs, is brought nearer, O.: adplicant se et propius admovent, i. e. enter into close intimacy: rursus admotā prece, by repeated supplication, Ph.

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