Перевод: с латинского на английский

с английского на латинский

С английского на:
Латинский
С латинского на:
Английский

to go out of the track

Толкование Перевод

1 exorbito

ex-orbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [orbita] (post-class.).
I.
Neutr., to go out of the track, to deviate.
A.
Lit.:
exorbitantes boves, qui vehiculum trahebant,
Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8 med.:
stellis exorbitare a praestitutis itineribus non licet,
Lact. 2, 5, 12.—
B.
Trop.:
a regula,
Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 2:
a catholicae fidei regulis,
Sid. Ep. 8, 11 fin. —
II.
Act., to turn out of the track, turn aside; trop.:
animum a tramite,
Sid. Ep. 5, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exorbito
2 vestīgō

vestīgō āre, —, — [cf. στίχοσ], to follow in the track of, track, trace out, track up, hunt, search, scour: vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. C.: perfugas et fugitivos, L.: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Cu.: vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, V.—Fig., to inquire into, investigate, trace, search out: causas rerum: nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficere, L.: voluptates omnīs: regionem omni curā, Cu.
* * *

vestigare, vestigavi, vestigatus V

track down, search for; search out; try to find out by searching; investigate

Latin-English dictionary > vestīgō
3 vestigo

ve-stīgo, no perf. and sup., āre, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. Sanscr. vahis (bahis), out, and stigh-, to climb; cf. Gr. stichos, a row, etc.; Angl. -Sax. stīgan; Germ. steigen, to climb].
I.
Prop., to follow in the track of; to track, trace out (cf.: rimor, indago, scrutor): germana soror, errare videbar, Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.):
feras vestigat (sc. canis),
Sen. Thyest. 496.—With abl.:
fertur (sc. tigris) praeceps, odore vestigans (sc. raptorem),
Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66. —
II.
Transf.
A.
To find out by tracing, to trace out, discover.
1.
With abl.:
perfugas et fugitivos, quos inquirendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse,
Liv. 31, 19, 2:
(cervi) vestigant cavernas (serpentium),
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118:
omnis enim jacens piscis magis naribus escam, quam oculis, vestigat,
Col. 8, 17, 14.—
2.
Absol.:
dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent,
Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.—
B.
To search after; to seek out:
ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset, omni curā vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat,
Curt. 4, 6, 5:
adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret,
id. 4, 16, 14:
equum vestigari jubet,
id. 6, 5, 19:
ergo alte vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, riteque repertum Carpe manu,
Verg. A. 6, 145.—
III.
Trop.
A.
To inquire into, investigate (class.).
1.
In simple constr.:
causas rerum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.—
2.
With abl.:
quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare,
Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.—
3.
With cum:
quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges,
Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.—
B.
To discover, find out:
grave imperium regum nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficit,
Liv. 39, 51, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vestigo
4 vea

vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
I.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,
Dig. 8, 3, 8:
Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:
et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,
Mart. 7, 61, 4:
aut viam aut semitam monstret,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:
mi opsistere in viā,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:
ire in viā,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:
omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:
decedam ego illi de viā,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:
paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,
Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:
decedere viā,
Suet. Tib. 31:
aestuosa et pulverulenta via,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:
quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9:
cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,
Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:
in viam se dare,
to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:
te neque navigationi neque viae committere,
id. ib. 16, 4, 1:
tu abi tuam viam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:
milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,
along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:
ire publicā viā,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):
de viā in semitam degredi,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:
totā errare viā,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
2.
In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:
tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,
Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:
Via Appia,
id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;
v. Appius: Via Campana,
Suet. Aug. 94;
v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:
Via Sacra,
id. S. 1, 9, 1;
also written as one word, SACRAVIA,
Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):
cum de viā languerem,
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:
nisi de viā fessus esset,
id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:
bidui,
id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:
longitudo viae,
Liv. 37, 33, 3:
flecte viam velis,
Verg. A. 5, 28:
tum via tuta maris,
Ov. M. 11, 747:
feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,
id. H. 16, 22:
ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,
by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
2.
In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:
omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:
quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,
id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):
vitae,
Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:
via vivendi,
Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:
rectam vitae viam sequi,
id. ib.:
Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 43:
haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:
haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,
Liv. 36, 27, 8:
invenire viam ad mortem,
Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:
totidem ad mortem viae sunt,
Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:
cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:
totam ignoras viam gloriae,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:
quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,
Tac. A. 16, 17:
habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,
Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:
defensionis ratio viaque,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §
4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
docendi via,
id. Or. 32, 114:
optimarum artium vias tradere,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
(di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,
id. ib. 2, 49, 102:
rectam instas viam,
i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
B.
Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:
ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:
in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,
rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:
ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):
ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,
Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:
viā et arte dicere,
Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
C.
Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vea
5 via

vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
I.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,
Dig. 8, 3, 8:
Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:
et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,
Mart. 7, 61, 4:
aut viam aut semitam monstret,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:
mi opsistere in viā,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:
ire in viā,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:
omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:
decedam ego illi de viā,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:
paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,
Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:
decedere viā,
Suet. Tib. 31:
aestuosa et pulverulenta via,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:
quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9:
cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,
Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:
in viam se dare,
to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:
te neque navigationi neque viae committere,
id. ib. 16, 4, 1:
tu abi tuam viam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:
milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,
along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:
ire publicā viā,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):
de viā in semitam degredi,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:
totā errare viā,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
2.
In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:
tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,
Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:
Via Appia,
id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;
v. Appius: Via Campana,
Suet. Aug. 94;
v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:
Via Sacra,
id. S. 1, 9, 1;
also written as one word, SACRAVIA,
Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):
cum de viā languerem,
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:
nisi de viā fessus esset,
id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:
bidui,
id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:
longitudo viae,
Liv. 37, 33, 3:
flecte viam velis,
Verg. A. 5, 28:
tum via tuta maris,
Ov. M. 11, 747:
feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,
id. H. 16, 22:
ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,
by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
2.
In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:
omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:
quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,
id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):
vitae,
Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:
via vivendi,
Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:
rectam vitae viam sequi,
id. ib.:
Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 43:
haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:
haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,
Liv. 36, 27, 8:
invenire viam ad mortem,
Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:
totidem ad mortem viae sunt,
Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:
cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:
totam ignoras viam gloriae,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:
quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,
Tac. A. 16, 17:
habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,
Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:
defensionis ratio viaque,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §
4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
docendi via,
id. Or. 32, 114:
optimarum artium vias tradere,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
(di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,
id. ib. 2, 49, 102:
rectam instas viam,
i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
B.
Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:
ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:
in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,
rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:
ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):
ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,
Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:
viā et arte dicere,
Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
C.
Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > via
6 sequo

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
(α).
With acc.:
i, jam sequor te, mater,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:
neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:
qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:
ne sequerer moechas,
id. ib. 1, 4, 113:
vallem,
Liv. 32, 6, 5:
pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,
Ov. M. 8, 332:
vestigia alicujus,
id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
(β).
Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):
abi prae, jam ego sequar,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:
quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?
id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:
funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:
curriculo sequi,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:
Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24:
si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:
servi sequentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:
hos aliae gentes sequebantur,
id. 4, 12, 9.—
b.
Of things:
magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:
neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:
zonā bene te secutā,
id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:
hostes sequitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:
hostem,
Ov. M. 13, 548:
fugacem,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:
feras,
Ov. M. 2, 498:
nudo genitas Pandione ferro,
id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:
hostem pilo,
Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:
finem sequendi facere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
2.
To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):
sequens annus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:
sequente anno,
Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:
secuto die,
id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:
secuta aetas,
id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:
sequenti senatu,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:
secuturo Phoebo,
Luc. 2, 528:
sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,
Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:
ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,
Tac. A. 11, 38:
Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,
Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
(β).
With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:
ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;
sequitur clamor,
Verg. A. 9, 504:
tonitrum secuti nimbi,
Ov. M. 14, 542:
lacrimae sunt verba secutae,
id. ib. 9, 780:
nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,
and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
3.
Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:
ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,
Liv. 33, 13, 10:
ut victorem res sequeretur,
id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:
heredem monumentum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:
heredem possessio,
Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:
quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,
Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;
and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
4.
To go towards or to a place:
Formias nunc sequimur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:
Epirum, Cyzicum,
id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:
Italiam,
Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:
Itala regna,
Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
5.
Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:
herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:
oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:
nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:
ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,
Verg. A. 6, 146:
cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,
Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,
Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:
trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,
Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;
consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:
quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:
damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,
to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,
should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:
dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,
id. ib. 20, 74:
post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:
an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,
Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:
sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:
eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,
Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,
sectam,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):
Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 12, 41:
amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,
id. ib. 12, 43:
auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:
sententiam Scipionis,
id. ib. 1, 2:
vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,
have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:
haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:
novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,
id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:
Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:
arma victricia,
Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:
quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,
Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:
si modo verba sequantur,
Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
2.
To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:
eam (sc. utilitatem),
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:
justitiam,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:
otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,
id. Mur. 27, 55:
amoenitatem et salubritatem,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
lites,
id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:
gratiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1:
linguam et nomen,
Liv. 31, 7:
mercedes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:
quae nocuere (opp. fugere),
id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:
nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 72:
ferro extrema,
Verg. A. 6, 457:
fidem,
Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:
plurisque sequor disponere causas,
Lucr. 5, 529.—
3.
In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:
sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:
sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:
haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:
ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:
sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,
Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
4.
In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:
nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:
si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:
sequitur igitur ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:
sequitur ergo ut, etc.,
Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
5.
To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:
tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:
non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,
id. Or. 49, 165:
lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,
Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:
verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,
Hor. A. P. 311:
sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,
Quint. 2, 14, 1:
laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,
id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;
8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,
Quint. 5, 10, 42:
reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,
Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:
sequenti tempore,
Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:
sequente anno,
id. 3, 31, 2:
sequenti nocte,
Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:
Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,
the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;
as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,
Quint. 8, 6, 40.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequo
7 sequor

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
(α).
With acc.:
i, jam sequor te, mater,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:
neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:
qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:
ne sequerer moechas,
id. ib. 1, 4, 113:
vallem,
Liv. 32, 6, 5:
pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,
Ov. M. 8, 332:
vestigia alicujus,
id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
(β).
Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):
abi prae, jam ego sequar,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:
quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?
id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:
funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:
curriculo sequi,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:
Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24:
si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:
servi sequentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:
hos aliae gentes sequebantur,
id. 4, 12, 9.—
b.
Of things:
magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:
neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:
zonā bene te secutā,
id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:
hostes sequitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:
hostem,
Ov. M. 13, 548:
fugacem,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:
feras,
Ov. M. 2, 498:
nudo genitas Pandione ferro,
id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:
hostem pilo,
Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:
finem sequendi facere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
2.
To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):
sequens annus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:
sequente anno,
Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:
secuto die,
id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:
secuta aetas,
id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:
sequenti senatu,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:
secuturo Phoebo,
Luc. 2, 528:
sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,
Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:
ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,
Tac. A. 11, 38:
Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,
Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
(β).
With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:
ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;
sequitur clamor,
Verg. A. 9, 504:
tonitrum secuti nimbi,
Ov. M. 14, 542:
lacrimae sunt verba secutae,
id. ib. 9, 780:
nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,
and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
3.
Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:
ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,
Liv. 33, 13, 10:
ut victorem res sequeretur,
id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:
heredem monumentum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:
heredem possessio,
Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:
quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,
Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;
and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
4.
To go towards or to a place:
Formias nunc sequimur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:
Epirum, Cyzicum,
id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:
Italiam,
Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:
Itala regna,
Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
5.
Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:
herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:
oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:
nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:
ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,
Verg. A. 6, 146:
cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,
Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,
Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:
trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,
Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;
consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:
quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:
damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,
to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,
should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:
dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,
id. ib. 20, 74:
post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:
an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,
Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:
sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:
eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,
Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,
sectam,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):
Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 12, 41:
amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,
id. ib. 12, 43:
auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:
sententiam Scipionis,
id. ib. 1, 2:
vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,
have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:
haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:
novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,
id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:
Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:
arma victricia,
Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:
quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,
Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:
si modo verba sequantur,
Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
2.
To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:
eam (sc. utilitatem),
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:
justitiam,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:
otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,
id. Mur. 27, 55:
amoenitatem et salubritatem,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
lites,
id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:
gratiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1:
linguam et nomen,
Liv. 31, 7:
mercedes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:
quae nocuere (opp. fugere),
id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:
nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 72:
ferro extrema,
Verg. A. 6, 457:
fidem,
Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:
plurisque sequor disponere causas,
Lucr. 5, 529.—
3.
In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:
sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:
sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:
haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:
ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:
sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,
Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
4.
In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:
nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:
si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:
sequitur igitur ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:
sequitur ergo ut, etc.,
Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
5.
To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:
tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:
non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,
id. Or. 49, 165:
lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,
Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:
verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,
Hor. A. P. 311:
sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,
Quint. 2, 14, 1:
laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,
id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;
8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,
Quint. 5, 10, 42:
reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,
Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:
sequenti tempore,
Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:
sequente anno,
id. 3, 31, 2:
sequenti nocte,
Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:
Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,
the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;
as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,
Quint. 8, 6, 40.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequor
8 legens

1.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I.
A publicist's t. t.
A.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,
Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:
juste pieque legatus venio,
Liv. 1, 32:
tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4:
quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,
Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
2.
Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
b.
Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
B.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:
ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 2, 6:
istum legatum iri non arbitror,
id. ib. 10, 1, 4:
ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:
Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:
Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,
Sall. J. 28.—
II.
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,
Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:
usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:
Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,
id. Top. 3, 14:
cui argentum omne legatum est,
Quint. 5, 10, 62:
in argento legato,
id. 7, 2, 11.—
B.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,
id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
1.
lēgātus, i, m.
A.
(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,
id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:
missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,
Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
B.
(Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a.
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti?
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,
id. Clu. 36, 99:
Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:
Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,
id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:
neque se ei legatum defuturum,
id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:
hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,
id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:
quaestorius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:
L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,
id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:
magnitudo et splendor legati,
Liv. 38, 58, 9:
in magna legatum quaere popina,
Juv. 8, 172.—
b.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(β).
Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;
legatus praetorius,
Tac. Agr. 7.—
2.
lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,
Dig. 30, 116:
Hortensii legata cognovi,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:
reliqua legata varie dedit,
Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:
legatum peto ex testamento,
Quint. 4, 2, 6:
jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,
Suet. Dom. 8:
cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,
Juv. 9, 62:
legatorum genera sunt quattuor,
Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
2.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
oleam,
Cato, R. R. 144:
nuces,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
herbas collibus,
Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:
roscida mala,
id. ib. 8, 38:
flores in calathos,
Ov. F. 5, 218:
spolia caesorum,
Liv. 5, 39:
quos (montanos asparagos),
Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:
ossa,
Ov. H. 10, 150:
homini mortuo ossa,
Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:
reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,
Suet. Aug. 100. —
B.
Esp.
1.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove:
quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,
Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:
ossa vivis,
id. ad Marc. 22, 3:
ossa in capite lecta,
id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:
ossa e vulneribus,
Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
2.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):
oleam qui legerit,
Cato, R. R. 144, 1:
ficus non erat apta legi,
Ov. F. 2, 254.—
3.
Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:
extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,
i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:
quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,
Ov. F. 3, 462:
stamen,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
4.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:
omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,
Verg. G. 1, 373:
vela legunt socii,
id. A. 3, 532:
ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,
Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:
prora funem legit Argus ab alta,
draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:
ancoras classis legit,
is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
5.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:
majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,
Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:
sacra divum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:
soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,
Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
6.
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):
nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,
Ov. M. 5, 579:
pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:
vada dura lego,
id. ib. 3, 706:
freta,
id. ib. 3, 127:
aequora Afra,
Ov. F. 4, 289:
Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,
id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:
subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
id. M. 3, 17; cf.:
et vestigia retro Observata legit,
Verg. A. 9, 392:
tortos orbes,
to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
7.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):
Inarimen Prochytenque legit,
Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:
navibus oram Italiae,
Liv. 21, 51 fin.:
oram Campaniae,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.
terram,
id. Aug. 16. —
8.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):
alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:
judices,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,
id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:
scribam,
to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:
condiciones nubendi,
id. Cael. 15:
cives in patres,
Liv. 23, 22:
viros ad bella,
Ov. M. 7, 669:
geminasque legit de classe biremes,
Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:
senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,
Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
* (β).
With inf.:
fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,
Stat. Th. 1, 530.
II.
Trop.
* A.
To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:
nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
B.
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
* 1.
In gen.:
tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,
Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
2.
In partic., to read or peruse a writing:
ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,
Cic. Top. 1:
defensionem causae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:
aliquid studiose intenteque,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:
significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,
id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:
liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:
orationem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:
antiquos et novos,
Quint. 2, 5, 23:
antiquos studiosius,
id. 3, 6, 62:
poëtas,
id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:
Horatius fere solus legi dignus,
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,
id. 10, 1, 116:
dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:
sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
legentium plerisque,
Liv. 1 praef. §
4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:
nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,
Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:
legendi usus,
Lact. 3, 25, 9:
memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,
Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):
convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:
audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,
Plin. Ep. 9, 34:
obturem impune legentibus aures,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:
quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation, id. A. P. 475:
quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
(β).
To find in an author or a writing:
ut scriptum legimus,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:
legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,
id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:
ego vero haec scripta legi,
id. Planc. 39, 94:
praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,
Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:
in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,
Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
C.
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;
v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,
Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,
argentum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:
ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:
uxor lectissima,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,
id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:
nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,
id. Or. 68, 227:
juvenum lectissime,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:
viginti lectis equitum comitatus,
Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):
ab lego lecte ac lectissime,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:
lectius,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens
9 lego

1.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I.
A publicist's t. t.
A.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,
Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:
juste pieque legatus venio,
Liv. 1, 32:
tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4:
quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,
Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
2.
Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
b.
Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
B.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:
ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 2, 6:
istum legatum iri non arbitror,
id. ib. 10, 1, 4:
ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:
Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:
Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,
Sall. J. 28.—
II.
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,
Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:
usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:
Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,
id. Top. 3, 14:
cui argentum omne legatum est,
Quint. 5, 10, 62:
in argento legato,
id. 7, 2, 11.—
B.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,
id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
1.
lēgātus, i, m.
A.
(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,
id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:
missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,
Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
B.
(Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a.
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti?
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,
id. Clu. 36, 99:
Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:
Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,
id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:
neque se ei legatum defuturum,
id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:
hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,
id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:
quaestorius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:
L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,
id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:
magnitudo et splendor legati,
Liv. 38, 58, 9:
in magna legatum quaere popina,
Juv. 8, 172.—
b.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(β).
Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;
legatus praetorius,
Tac. Agr. 7.—
2.
lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,
Dig. 30, 116:
Hortensii legata cognovi,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:
reliqua legata varie dedit,
Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:
legatum peto ex testamento,
Quint. 4, 2, 6:
jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,
Suet. Dom. 8:
cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,
Juv. 9, 62:
legatorum genera sunt quattuor,
Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
2.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
oleam,
Cato, R. R. 144:
nuces,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
herbas collibus,
Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:
roscida mala,
id. ib. 8, 38:
flores in calathos,
Ov. F. 5, 218:
spolia caesorum,
Liv. 5, 39:
quos (montanos asparagos),
Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:
ossa,
Ov. H. 10, 150:
homini mortuo ossa,
Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:
reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,
Suet. Aug. 100. —
B.
Esp.
1.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove:
quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,
Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:
ossa vivis,
id. ad Marc. 22, 3:
ossa in capite lecta,
id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:
ossa e vulneribus,
Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
2.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):
oleam qui legerit,
Cato, R. R. 144, 1:
ficus non erat apta legi,
Ov. F. 2, 254.—
3.
Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:
extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,
i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:
quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,
Ov. F. 3, 462:
stamen,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
4.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:
omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,
Verg. G. 1, 373:
vela legunt socii,
id. A. 3, 532:
ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,
Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:
prora funem legit Argus ab alta,
draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:
ancoras classis legit,
is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
5.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:
majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,
Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:
sacra divum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:
soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,
Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
6.
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):
nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,
Ov. M. 5, 579:
pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:
vada dura lego,
id. ib. 3, 706:
freta,
id. ib. 3, 127:
aequora Afra,
Ov. F. 4, 289:
Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,
id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:
subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
id. M. 3, 17; cf.:
et vestigia retro Observata legit,
Verg. A. 9, 392:
tortos orbes,
to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
7.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):
Inarimen Prochytenque legit,
Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:
navibus oram Italiae,
Liv. 21, 51 fin.:
oram Campaniae,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.
terram,
id. Aug. 16. —
8.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):
alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:
judices,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,
id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:
scribam,
to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:
condiciones nubendi,
id. Cael. 15:
cives in patres,
Liv. 23, 22:
viros ad bella,
Ov. M. 7, 669:
geminasque legit de classe biremes,
Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:
senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,
Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
* (β).
With inf.:
fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,
Stat. Th. 1, 530.
II.
Trop.
* A.
To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:
nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
B.
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
* 1.
In gen.:
tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,
Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
2.
In partic., to read or peruse a writing:
ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,
Cic. Top. 1:
defensionem causae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:
aliquid studiose intenteque,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:
significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,
id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:
liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:
orationem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:
antiquos et novos,
Quint. 2, 5, 23:
antiquos studiosius,
id. 3, 6, 62:
poëtas,
id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:
Horatius fere solus legi dignus,
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,
id. 10, 1, 116:
dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:
sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
legentium plerisque,
Liv. 1 praef. §
4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:
nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,
Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:
legendi usus,
Lact. 3, 25, 9:
memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,
Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):
convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:
audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,
Plin. Ep. 9, 34:
obturem impune legentibus aures,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:
quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation, id. A. P. 475:
quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
(β).
To find in an author or a writing:
ut scriptum legimus,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:
legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,
id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:
ego vero haec scripta legi,
id. Planc. 39, 94:
praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,
Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:
in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,
Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
C.
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;
v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,
Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,
argentum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:
ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:
uxor lectissima,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,
id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:
nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,
id. Or. 68, 227:
juvenum lectissime,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:
viginti lectis equitum comitatus,
Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):
ab lego lecte ac lectissime,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:
lectius,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lego
10 legō

legō lēgī, lēctus, ere [1 LEG-], to bring together, gather, collect: herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked, O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out, V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath, i. e. give a parting kiss, V.: Umida vela, to furl, V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal: sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through: saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through, V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track, O.: tortos orbīs, wander through, V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along: Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme, V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint: iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review, V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate.—Fig., to read, peruse, scan: legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs: ut scriptum legimus, find written: relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite: convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation, H.: acta, the news of the day, Iu.
* * *
I
legare, legavi, legatus V

bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
II
legere, legi, lectus V

read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

Latin-English dictionary > legō
11 spatium

spatium ī, n [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.
* * *

spati(i) N N

space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

Latin-English dictionary > spatium
12 spatium

spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;
Finibus exemptis,
Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:
locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,
id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:
per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),
id. 4, 202; cf.:
tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,
Verg. E. 3, 105:
flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38:
temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,
id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:
quod spatium non esset agitandi,
Nep. Eum. 5, 4:
spatium loci,
Quint. 8, 3, 84:
spatio distante,
Ov. M. 11, 715.—
B.
In partic.
1.
A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):
siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:
itineris spatium,
id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:
viae spatium,
the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:
trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),
Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:
alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,
Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:
hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,
id. B. C. 3, 92:
cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,
id. B. G. 3, 17:
magnum spatium abesse,
id. ib. 2, 17:
quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?
id. ib. 2, 30:
tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,
id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:
jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:
illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,
Verg. A. 10, 219:
dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,
Nep. Eum. 9, 1:
spatium discrimina fallit,
the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—
b.
Size, bulk, extent:
dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),
Ov. M. 3, 95:
elephantis,
Luc. 9, 732:
oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,
id. ib. 3, 195:
breve lateris,
Juv. 6, 503; cf.:
quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,
Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:
spatia montis,
id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:
spatium admirabile rhombi,
very large, Juv. 4, 39:
vasti corporis,
Sen. Hippol. 806:
plantae Herculis,
Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,
in spatium,
id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—
2.
An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.
a.
A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):
urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:
templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,
i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:
quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
spatia silvestria,
id. ib. 1, 5, 15:
orator ex Academiae spatiis,
id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):
Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:
ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,
Verg. A. 7, 381.—
b.
A race-course, track:
sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,
Enn. Ann. 18, 22:
nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83:
amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:
cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,
Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:
hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,
id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:
tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,
Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:
equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,
id. ib. 6, 487:
abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,
Liv. 35, 40, 1:
nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,
Tac. Or. 39.—
c.
Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:
Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,
the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—
3.
Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:
cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:
si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70:
septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,
Ov. Hal. 68:
(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,
Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Of time.
1.
In gen., a space of time, interval, period:
spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 18:
spatium praeteriti temporis,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1:
quantum fuit diei spatium,
as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:
annuum spatium,
id. B. C. 3, 3:
annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:
dierum triginta,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:
parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,
Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so,
in brevi spatio,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:
aliquid longo spatio tenere,
Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:
me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,
id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:
hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:
spatia annorum,
Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:
spatium juventae Transire,
Ov. M. 15, 225:
illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,
id. ib. 15, 874:
post sexagesimum vitae spatium,
i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:
neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:
nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,
Cic. Quint. 1, 4:
irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,
Liv. 8, 32:
ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:
quantum spatii nobis datur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:
tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;
spatium pro munere posco,
Ov. R. Am. 277:
proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,
Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:
quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!
id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:
dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,
Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:
ad scribendum,
id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:
pila in hostes coniciendi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:
nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:
cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:
si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:
spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:
vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,
Liv. 2, 46, 3:
spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,
Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:
spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—
b.
A year of life:
quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,
Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —
c.
Metrical time, measure, quantity:
trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,
Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:
neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,
id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:
ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:
quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:
prope jam excurso spatio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:
te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,
Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:
quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,
id. Brut. 90, 307:
currenti spatium praemonstra,
Lucr. 6, 93:
pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > spatium
13 tractus

1.
tractus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of traho.
2.
tractus, ūs, m. [traho], a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing.
I.
Lit. (mostly poet.):
tractu gementem Ferre rotam,
Verg. G. 3, 183:
tractu taurea terga domant,
Val. Fl. 6, 359:
modicus tractus (al. tractatus),
Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153:
aut si qua incerto fallet te littera tractu,
stroke, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 5:
continuus subitarum tractus aquarum,
i. e. a drinking, Luc. 4, 368; cf.:
aëra pestiferum tractu,
i.e. a drawing in, inhalation, id. 7, 412:
repetitaque longo Vellera mollibat nebulis aequantia tractu,
Ov. M. 6, 21: harenam fluctus trahunt... Syrtes ab tractu nominatae, i. e. from Gr. surô, = traho;
because of this drawing,
Sall. J. 78, 3:
(risus) interdum quodam etiam corporis tractu lacessitur,
i. e. movement, Quint. 6, 3, 7.—Of a serpent, a drawing itself along, a creeping, crawling:
squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154; Ov. M. 15, 725; Claud. B. Get. 22; id. II. Cons. Stil. 172.—
2.
Concr., a train, track, course:
nonne vides longos flammarum ducere tractus,
long trains, Lucr. 2, 207: flammarum, Verg. G. 1, 367; Luc. 2, 270: (Phaëthon) longo per aëra tractu Fertur, in a long train (of fire), Ov. M. 2, 320:
longo per multa volumina tractu Aestuat unda minax,
Luc. 5, 565; so of the course of the moon, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97;
of the Nile,
Luc. 10, 257:
(Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur,
Curt. 3, 4, 8:
aquarum,
id. 5, 3, 2:
ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur,
Nep. Milt. 5, 3;
of the wind,
Val. Fl. 1, 614; cf. Manil. 1, 532; 3, 366. —
B.
Transf., a space drawn out, i. e. a stretch, extent, tract of a thing (class.):
castrorum,
Liv. 3, 28, 1:
cujus (urbis) is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11 Moser N. cr.:
cum mediae jaceant immensis tractibus Alpes,
Luc. 2, 630; and Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 9. —
2.
Concr., of places, a territory, district, region, tract of land (class.;
syn.: regio, plaga): oppidi,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112:
corruptus caeli tractus,
Verg. A. 3, 138 Serv.:
tractus ille celeberrimus Venafranus,
Cic. Planc. 9, 22:
tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22:
tractu surgens oleaster eodem,
Verg. G. 2, 182:
genera (vitium) separari ac singulis conseri tractibus, utilissimum,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187; Flor. 1, 15, 2.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., course, progress, movement:
tractus orationis lenis et aequabilis,
course, movement, current, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54; cf.:
in omni corpore, totoque, ut ita dixerim, tractu (orationis),
Quint. 9, 4, 61:
cetera continuo magis orationis tractu decurrunt,
id. 5, 8, 2.—
2.
Of time, space, lapse, period:
quod neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint aevi labentia tractu,
Lucr. 1, 1004; 5, 1216:
eodem tractu temporum nituerunt oratores, etc.,
Vell. 2, 9, 1:
aetatis,
Val. Max. 8, 13, ext. 2:
hoc legatum Cum voluerit, tractum habet, quamdiu vivat is, a quo, etc.,
duration, period, Dig. 32, 1, 11. —
B.
In partic., a drawing out, protracting, lengthening, protraction, extension, length:
quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum!
drawling, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 202:
pares elocutionum,
Quint. 4, 2, 118:
illa (historia) tractu et suavitate atque etiam dulcedine placet,
extent, copiousness, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.—
2.
Of time:
durante tractu et lentitudine mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 64:
belli,
id. ib. 15, 10.—
3.
In gram.:
in tractu et declinatione talia sunt, qualia apud Ciceronem beatitas et beatitudo,
a lengthening in derivation, Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tractus
14 agō

agō ēgī, āctus (old inf pass. agier), ere [1 AG-], to put in motion, move, lead, drive, tend, conduct: bos Romam acta, L.: capellas, V.: pecus visere montīs, H.: ante se Thyum, N.: in exsilium, L.: Iris nubibus acta, borne on, V.: alqm in crucem, to crucify: Illum aget Fama, will carry, H.: quo hinc te agis? whither are you going? T.: se primus agebat, strode in front, V.: capellas potum, V.—Prov.: agas asellum, i. e. if you can't afford an ox, drive an ass. — Pass., to go, march: quo multitudo agebatur, L.: citius agi vellet agmen, march on quicker, L.: raptim agmine acto, L.— Esp., to drive away, carry off, steal, rob, plunder: pecoris praedas, S.; freq. with ferre, to rob, plunder: ferre agere plebem plebisque res, L.: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, L.—To chase, pursue, hunt: apros, V.: cervum, V. — Fig.: dum haec crimina agam ostiatim, track out from house to house: ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: palantīs Troas, V.—To move, press, push forward, advance, bring up: multa undique portari atque agi, Cs.: vineis ad oppidum actis, pushed forward, Cs.: moles, Cu.: cloaca maxima sub terram agenda, to be carried under ground, L.: cuniculos ad aerarium, drive: per glaebas radicibus actis, O.: pluma in cutem radices egerit, struck deep root, O.: vera gloria radices agit: tellus Fissa agit rimas, opens in fissures, O.: in litus navīs, beached, L.: navem, to steer, H.: currūs, to drive, O.: per agmen limitem ferro, V.: vias, make way, V.: (sol) amicum Tempus agens, bringing the welcome hour (of sunset), H.—To throw out, stir up: spumas ore, V.: spumas in ore: se laetus ad auras Palmes agit, shoots up into the air, V.—Animam agere, to expire: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus; cf. et gestum et animam ageres, i. e. exert yourself in gesturing and risk your life. — Fig., to lead, direct, guide: (poëmata), animum auditoris, H.— To move, impel, excite, urge, prompt, induce, rouse, drive: quae te Mens agit in facinus? O.: ad illa te, H.: eum praecipitem: viros spe praedae diversos agit, leads astray, S.: bonitas, quae nullis casibus agitur, N.: quemcunque inscitia veri Caecum agit, blinds, H.: quibus actus fatis, V.: seu te discus agit, occupies, H.: nos exquirere terras, V.: desertas quaerere terras agimur, V. — To pursue for harm, persecute, disturb, vex, attack, assail: reginam stimulis, V.: agentia verba Lycamben, H.: diris agam vos, H.: quam deus ultor agebat, O.—To pursue, carry on, think, reflect, deliberate, treat, represent, exhibit, exercise, practise, act, perform, deliver, pronounce: nihil, to be idle: omnia per nos, in person: agendi tempus, a time for action: industria in agendo: apud primos agebat, fought in the van, S.: quae continua bella agimus, are busy with, L.: (pes) natus rebus agendis, the metre appropriate to dramatic action, H.: Quid nunc agimus? what shall we do now? T.: quid agam, habeo, i. e. I know what to do, T.: quid agitur? how are you? T.: quid agis, dulcissime rerum? i. e. how are you? H.: vereor, quid agat Ino, what is to become of: quid agis? what do you mean? nihil agis, it is of no use, T.: nihil agis, dolor, quamvis, etc.: cupis abire, sed nihil agis, usque tenebo, you cannot succeed, H.: ubi blanditiis agitur nihil, O.—Esp., hoc or id agere, to give attention to, mind, heed: hocine agis, an non? are you attending? T.: id quod et agunt et moliuntur, their purpose and aim: qui id egerunt, ut gentem conlocarent, etc., aimed at this: sin autem id actum est, ut, etc., if it was their aim: summā vi agendum esse, ut, etc., L.: certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur, it was planned, N.: Hoc age, ne, etc., take care, H.: alias res agis, you are not listening, T.: aliud agens ac nihil eius modi cogitans, bent on other plans: animadverti eum alias res agere, paid no attention: vides, quam alias res agamus, are otherwise occupied: populum aliud nunc agere, i. e. are indifferent.—To perform, do, transact: ne quid negligenter: suum negotium, attend to his own business: neque satis constabat, quid agerent, what they were at, Cs.: agentibus divina humanaque consulibus, busy with auspices and affairs, L.: per litteras agere, quae cogitas, carry on, N.: (bellum) cum feminis, Cu.: conventum, to hold an assize: ad conventūs agendos, to preside at, Cs.: census actus eo anno, taken, L.— Of public transactions, to manage, transact, do, discuss, speak, deliberate: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, negotiations begun, Cs.: de condicionibus pacis, treat, L.: quorum de poenā agebatur, L.— Hence, agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people on a law or measure (cf. agere ad populum, to propose, bring before the people): cum populo de re p.—Of a speaker or writer, to treat, discuss, narrate: id quod agas, your subject: bella per quartum iam volumen, L.: haec dum agit, during this speech, H.—In law, to plead, prosecute, advocate: lege agito, go to law, T.: causam apud iudices: aliter causam agi, to be argued on other grounds: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, in a cause relating to, etc.: tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo, to litigate: ex sponso egit: agere lege in hereditatem, sue for: crimen, to press an accusation: partis lenitatis et misericordiae, to plead the cause of mercy: ii per quos agitur, the counsel: causas, i. e. to practise law: me agente, while I am counsel: ii apud quos agitur, the judges; hence, of a judge: rem agere, to hear: reos, to prosecute, L.: alqm furti, to accuse of theft. —Pass., to be in suit, be in question, be at stake: non capitis eius res agitur, sed pecuniae, T.: aguntur iniuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum.—To represent, act, perform, of an orator: cum dignitate.—Of an actor: fabulam, T.: partīs, to assume a part, T.: Ballionem, the character of: gestum agere in scena, appear as actors: canticum, L. — Fig.: lenem mitemque senatorem, act the part of, L.: noluit hodie agere Roscius: cum egerunt, when they have finished acting: triumphum, to triumph, O.: de classe populi R. triumphum, over, etc.: ex Volscis et ex Etruriā, over, etc., L.: noctu vigilias, keep watch: alta silentia, to be buried in silence, O.: arbitria victoriae, to exercise a conqueror's prerogative, Cu.: paenitentiam, to repent, Cu.: oblivia, to forget, O.: gratias (poet. grates) agere, to give thanks, thank: maximas tibi gratias: alcui gratias quod fecisset, etc., Cs.: grates parenti, O. — Of time, to spend, pass, use, live through: cum dis aevom: securum aevom, H.: dies festos, celebrate: ruri vitam, L.: otia, V.: quartum annum ago et octogesimum, in my eightyfourth year: ver magnus agebat orbis, was experiencing, V.— Pass: mensis agitur hic septimus, postquam, etc., going on seven months since, T.: bene acta vita, well spent: tunc principium anni agebatur, L.: melior pars acta (est) diei, is past, V. — Absol, to live, pass time, be: civitas laeta agere, rejoiced, S.—Meton., to treat, deal, confer, talk with: quae (patria) tecum sic agit, pleads: haec inter se dubiis de rebus, V.: Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut, etc., tried to persuade C., N.: agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, L.—With bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with, treat or use well or ill: praeclare cum eis: facile est bene agere cum eis.— Pass impers., to go well or ill with one, be well or badly off: intelleget secum esse actum pessime: in quibus praeclare agitur, si, etc., who are well off, if, etc.—Poet.: Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, will be treated, V.— Pass, to be at stake, be at hazard, be concerned, be in peril: quasi mea res minor agatur quam tua, T.: in quibus eorum caput agatur: ibi rem frumentariam agi cernentes, L.: si sua res ageretur, if his interests were involved: agitur pars tertia mundi, is at risk, O.: non agitur de vectigalibus, S.—Praegn., to finish, complete, only pass: actā re ad fidem pronius est, after it is done, L.: iucundi acti labores, past: ad impediendam rem actam, an accomplished fact, L.— Prov.: actum, aiunt, ne agas, i. e. don't waste your efforts, T.: acta agimus: Actum est, it is all over, all is lost, T.: iam de Servio actum rati, L.: acta haec res est, is lost, T.: tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, behave, S.: ferocius agunt equites, L.: quod nullo studio agebant, because they were careless, Cs.: cum simulatione agi timoris iubet, Cs.—Imper. as interj, come now, well, up: age, da veniam filio, T.: en age, rumpe moras, V.: agite dum, L.: age porro, tu, cur, etc.? age vero, considerate, etc.: age, age, iam ducat: dabo, good, T.: age, sit ita factum.
* * *

agere, egi, actus V

drive, urge, conduct; spend (time w/cum); thank (w/gratias); deliver (speech)

Latin-English dictionary > agō
15 sector

1.
sector, ōris, m. [id.], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).
I.
Lit.:
zonarius,
a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20:
collorum,
a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.:
feni,
a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—
II.
Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator):
sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur,
Dig. 4, 146:
cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:
sector sis,
id. Phil. 2, 26, 65:
Pompeii (sc. bonorum),
id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3:
ubique hasta et sector,
Tac. H. 1, 20:
hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est,
Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, §
61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum?
cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —
* B.
Trop.:
hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus,
seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—
III.
Geometrical t. t., the sector of a circle, that part of a circle included between any two radii and an arc, Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 379, 13.
2.
sector, ātus, 1 ( inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5:
servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum,
id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:
praetorem circum omnia fora,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:
si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur,
id. Mur. 32, 67:
at sectabuntur multi,
id. ib. 33, 70:
neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 139:
equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur,
Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.:
mulieres sectarier,
to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.:
desine matronas sectarier,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 78:
ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos,
accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41:
aratrum,
to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14:
aliquem,
to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3:
homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:
ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 119:
exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc.,
Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent:
gymnasia,
Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.— Absol.:
homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers),
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—
B.
In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31:
sectaris apros,
Verg. E. 3, 75:
gallinam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7:
simiam,
id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.;
2, 6, 25: leporem,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.:
cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—
II.
Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so,
praedam,
Tac. A. 1, 65:
facinora,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:
lites,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61:
nomina tironum,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 16:
sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,
id. A. P. 26:
gymnasia aut porticus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6:
omnes dicendi Veneres,
Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.:
quas figuras,
id. 9, 3, 100:
voluptatem,
id. 10, 1, 28:
eminentes virtutes,
to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80:
contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus,
to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22:
praecepta salubria,
Suet. Aug. 89:
commoda,
id. ib. 25:
luxuriosa convivia,
Just. 11, 10, 2:
in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari,
id. 27, 2, 8. —
(β).
With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self:
mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,
Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:
non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria,
Quint. 1, 10, 1.
► In a pass.
signif.:
qui vellet se a cane sectari,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sector

См. также в других словарях:

Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson album) — Out Of The Blue Front cover, Atlantic SD 81780. Studio album by Deborah Gibson Released August 18, 1987 (U.S.) … Wikipedia
Out of the Valley — Studio album by John Gorka Released May 10, 1994 Recorded … Wikipedia
Out of the Blue discography — Out of the Blue discography Releases ↙Studio albums 9 ↙Live albums … Wikipedia
Out of the Grave and into the Dark — Compilation album by Balzac Released … Wikipedia
Out of the Ashes (Jessi Colter album) — Out of the Ashes Studio album by Jessi Colter Released February 28, 2006 Genre … Wikipedia
Out in the Blue — Studio album by Jimmy Barnes Released 2007 Genre … Wikipedia
Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album) — Out of the Blue Studio album by Electric Light Orchestra Released October 1977 … Wikipedia
Out of the Dark (Into the Light) — Studio album by Falco Released February 27, 1998 (Europe) … Wikipedia
Out of the Box (Joel Turner album) — Out of the Box Studio album by Joel Turner Released October 6, 2007 … Wikipedia
Out of the Vein — Studio album by Third Eye Blind Released May 13, 2003 … Wikipedia
Out of the Bluffs — Studio album by University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra Released Nov … Wikipedia

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: с латинского на английский

to go out of the track

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: с латинского на английский

to go out of the track

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка: