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  • 1 impōnō (in-p-)

        impōnō (in-p-) posuī, positus    (inpostus, V) ere, to place upon, set on, impose, establish, introduce, set, place: Metellum in rogum: In ignem impositast, fletur, T.: quo praesidium imposuerat, S.: eo mulieres imposuerunt (i. e. in raedas), Cs.: molemque et montes insuper altos, V.: in eis urbibus praesidia, S.: tegumenta galeis, Cs.: conlegae diadema: serta delubris, Iu.: iuvenes rogis, V.: quos (artūs) mensis, O.: Impositus mannis, H.: arces Montibus impositae, H.: super aggerem inpositis turribus, S.: quidvis oneris impone; impera, T.: cervici imponere nostrae, place thyself, V.—To put on board, embark: naves, quo maior numerus militum posset imponi, Cs.: exercitum Brundisi imponere: equitibus in navīs impositis, Cs.: nos cymbae, H.: scaphas contexit, eoque milites imposuit, Cs.—To set up, place high, raise: (Romulum) ablatum terris caelo, O.—Fig., to put upon, impose, inflict: pacis morem, dictate conditions, V.: onus observantiae Bruto: sibi labores, Cs.: mihi honorem, S.: mihi personam hanc, ut, etc.: rei p. volnera: saevas imponite leges, ut, etc., Iu.: Cui tolerare vitam colo Inpositum, is incumbent, V.—To assign, impose, set, apply, give: praedae cellae nomen: filiis duobus nomina, L.: vocabula rebus, H.: nomen avitum, O.: extremam manum bello, V.: modum alicui, L.—Prov.: Imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis, Iu.—To set up, set over, constitute: dominum, V.: quasi nullo inposito, S.: alquem vilicum: consul est impositus is nobis, quem, etc.: Atheniensibus viros, S.: si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur, L.: Masinissam in Syphacis regnum, L.: in cervicibus nostris dominum.—Of taxes, etc., to lay, impose, assess, exact: ceteris vectigal: stipendium victis, Cs.—To impose upon, deceive, cheat, trick.—With dat: Catoni egregie: si mihi imposuisset aliquid, has misled me: regi, Iu.

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  • 2 impono

    impōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (arch. forms of the perf. imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27:

    imposisse,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 4; sync. form of the part. perf. impostus, a, um, Lucr. 5, 543; Verg. A. 9, 716; Val. Fl. 4, 186; Prop. 5, 2, 29; Stat. Th. 1, 227 al.), v. a. [in-pono], to place, put, set, or lay into, upon or in a place (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with aliquid in aliquam rem or alicui rei; rarely in aliqua re or absol.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: pedem in undam. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

    hunc in collum,

    id. Pers. 4, 6, 10:

    aliquem in rogum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; cf.:

    in ignem imposita'st: fletur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 102:

    omnem aciem suam redis et carris circumdederunt: eo mulieres imposuerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.:

    milites eo (i. e. in equos),

    id. ib. 1, 42, 5:

    aliquid in foco Lari,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16:

    coronam auream litteris,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76; cf.:

    collegae diadema,

    id. Phil. 5, 12:

    operi incohato fastigium,

    id. Off. 3, 7, 33:

    pondera nobis,

    Lucr. 5, 543:

    serta delubris et farra cultris,

    Juv. 12, 84:

    clitellas bovi,

    Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3:

    juvenes rogis,

    Verg. G. 4, 477:

    artus mensis,

    Ov. M. 1, 230:

    aliquid mensis,

    id. F. 2, 473: natum axi (i. e. in currum). Stat. Th. 6, 321:

    frontibus ancillarum vittas,

    Juv. 12, 118:

    ali quem mannis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 77:

    aliquem jumento,

    Gell. 20, 1, 11:

    Pelion Olympo,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 52:

    arces montibus impositae,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 253; cf. id. C. 4, 14, 12:

    impositum saxis Anxur,

    id. S. 1, 5, 26:

    celeri raptos per inania vento Imposuit caelo,

    placed them in the heavens, Ov. M. 2, 507:

    (Romulum) ablatum terris caelo,

    id. ib. 14, 811:

    hoc metuens molemque et montes insuper altos Imposuit,

    Verg. A. 1, 62; cf.:

    pedem super cervicem jacentis,

    Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

    haec super imposuit liquidum aethera,

    Ov. M. 1, 67:

    ei jus est in infinito supra suum aedificium imponere,

    to build, Dig. 8, 2, 24:

    pontibus praesidiisque impositis,

    Tac. A. 2, 11:

    pons lapideus flumini impositus,

    Curt. 5, 1, 29:

    quidvis oneris impone, impera,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 26; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 29:

    nec peredit Impositam celer ignis Aetnam,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

    diadema imposuit,

    Quint. 9, 3, 61:

    pars togae, quae postea imponitur,

    id. 11, 3, 140. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Naut. t. t., to put on board ship, to embark; with in and acc.:

    quicquid domi fuit in navem imposivit,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: in quas (naves) exercitus ejus imponi posset, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

    legiones equitesque Brundisii in naves,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 14, 1:

    aeris magno pondere in naves imposito,

    id. ib. 3, 103, 1.—With dat.:

    et nos in aeternum Exsilium impositura cymbae,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 28:

    ut semel imposita est pictae Philomela carinae,

    Ov. M. 6, 511.—With adv.:

    deprehensis navibus circiter quinquaginta atque eo militibus inpositis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 4:

    scaphas contexit, eoque milites imposuit,

    id. B. C. 3, 24, 1. — With abl.: vetustissima nave impositi, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 66. — Absol.:

    ipsi expediti naves conscenderent, quo major numerus militum posset imponi,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 1:

    cum Crassus exercitum Brundisii imponeret,

    Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84:

    signa nostra velim imponas,

    id. Att. 1, 10, 3:

    per istos quae volebat clam imponenda curabat,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—
    2.
    Med. t. t., to apply a remedy externally:

    alium imponitur in vulnera,

    Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

    porrum vulneribus,

    id. 20, 6, 21, § 47:

    raphanos super umbilicum contra tormenta vulvae,

    id. 20, 4, 13, § 27:

    imponuntur et per se folia,

    id. 23, 7, 71, § 138.—
    3.
    Of animals, to put the male to the female:

    asinum equae,

    Col. 6, 36, 4; 7, 2, 5.—In mal. part., Juv. 6, 334.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to put or lay upon, to impose; to throw or inflict upon; to put, set, or give to:

    culpam omnem in med inponito,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: cujus amicitia me paulatim in hanc perditam causam imposuit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1:

    ne magnum onus observantiae Bruto nostro imponerem,

    Cic. Att, 13, 11, 1:

    onus alicui,

    id. Fam. 6, 7, 6; 13, 56, 1; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.:

    plus militi laboris,

    id. Mur. 18, 38:

    graviores labores sibi,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

    illi illud negotium,

    Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

    vos mihi personam hanc imposuistis, ut, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 18, 49; cf. Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 10, 2:

    si mihi imposuisset aliquid,

    Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4:

    ego mihi necessitatem volui imponere hujus novae conjunctionis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 2; cf. id. Sull. 12, 35:

    mihi impone istam vim, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 138:

    rei publicae vulnera,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 66; so,

    vulnus rei publicae,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    plagam mortiferam rei publicae,

    id. Sest. 19, 44:

    quibus injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

    injuriam sine ignominia alicui,

    id. Quint. 31, 96; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3:

    servitus fundo illi imposita,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

    servitutem civibus,

    Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2:

    belli invidiam consuli,

    id. C. 43, 1:

    leges civitati per vim imposuit,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

    leges alicui,

    id. ib. 12, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.:

    saevas imponite leges, ut, etc.,

    Juv. 7, 229:

    nimis duras leges huic aetati,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256:

    huic praedae ac direptioni cellae nomen imponis,

    assign, give, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197:

    nomen alicui,

    Liv. 35, 47, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 7; Tac. A. 4, 34; 14, 39 et saep.; cf.:

    imponens cognata vocabula rebus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 280:

    finem imponere volumini,

    Quint. 9, 4, 146:

    finem spei,

    Liv. 5, 4, 10:

    clausulam disputationi,

    Col. 3, 19, 3; cf.: quasi perfectis summam eloquentiae manum imponerent, gave the last touch to, Quint. prooem. §

    4: summam manum operi,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16; Sen. Ep. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 33, 1; 2, 87, 1; Gell. 17, 10, 5; Quint. 1 prooem. 4:

    extremam manum bello,

    Verg. A. 7, 573:

    manum supremam bellis,

    Ov. R. Am. 114:

    modum alicui,

    Liv. 4, 24, 7:

    modum dolori,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16:

    modum divortiis,

    Suet. Aug. 34.—Prov.:

    imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

    Juv. 6, 444 (453).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To set over, as overseer, commander, etc.:

    si emimus, quem vilicum imponeremus, quem pecori praeficeremus,

    Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

    consul est impositus is nobis, quem, etc.,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 3:

    Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus triginta viros imposuere,

    Sall. C. 51, 28:

    Macedoniae regem,

    Liv. 40, 12, 15; cf.:

    Masinissam in Syphacis regnum,

    id. 37, 25, 9:

    Cappadociae consularem rectorem,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    quid si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur?

    Liv. 45, 36, 8:

    itaque imposuistis cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum (deum),

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54 (al. in cervicibus).—
    2.
    To lay or impose upon, as a burden, tax, etc.: omnibus agris publicis pergrande vectigal. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

    vectigal fructibus,

    id. Font. 5, 10:

    stipendium victis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 5:

    tributa genti,

    Suet. Dom. 12; so, tributi aliquid alicui, id. Calig. 40; cf.:

    tributum in capita singula,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1:

    frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 10:

    nulla onera nova,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 49 fin. —
    3.
    Alicui, to impose upon, deceive, cheat, trick (= frustror, fallo, fraudo, circumvenio):

    Catoni egregie imposuit Milo noster,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

    si mihi imposuisset aliquid,

    id. Att. 15, 26, 4: populo imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, id. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 20 and 55:

    praefectis Antigoni imposuit,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:

    facile est barbato inponere regi,

    Juv. 4, 103:

    falluntur quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit,

    Tac. H. 1, 30.— Pass. impers.:

    utcumque imponi vel dormienti posset,

    Petr. 102.

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  • 3 injungo

    in-jungo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to join into something.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To join or fasten into:

    tignos in asseres,

    Liv. 44, 5, 4: arborem scrobi, to set or plant into, Pall. Febr. 10, 1;

    so without scrobi,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 5.—
    B.
    To join with, to join, unite, attach to any thing:

    vineas et aggerem muro,

    Liv. 37, 26, 8:

    vineas moenibus,

    id. 5, 7, 2:

    area injuncta domui,

    Dig. 2, 57:

    pondus,

    to hang on, Col. 6, 2, 7: nutrienda sarmenta putator injungit, fastens on, i. e. does not cut off, Pall. 1, 6, 9.— Transf.:

    injungere marem feminae,

    Col. 6, 37, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To inflict, occasion, bring upon (syn. impono):

    civitatibus aeternam servitutem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    alicui novum laborem,

    Liv. 5, 4, 3:

    alicui onus,

    id. 26, 35, 9:

    alicui leges,

    id. 39, 37, 8:

    injuriam a nobis repulsam aliis,

    id. 3, 65, 11:

    ignominiam alicui,

    id. 8, 32, 15:

    delectus,

    Tac. Agr. 15:

    tributum,

    id. G. 25: sibi tormentum, to torment one ' s self, Plin. Pan. 86, 1.—
    B.
    To lay or impose upon as a burden; to charge, enjoin (syn. mando):

    alicui munus comitiorum habendorum,

    Liv. 3, 35, 7; cf.:

    injuncta imperii munera,

    Tac. Agr. 13:

    injuncta militia,

    Liv. 32, 3, 4:

    quid a te jucundius mihi potuit injungi, quam, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 1:

    nova alicui,

    id. Pan. 94, 2:

    mihi Bassus injunxerat ut, etc.,

    id. Ep. 4, 9, 4; 4, 13, 11:

    injungo mihi ut,

    I have determined, id. ib. 10, 55:

    alicui superlationem,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, n. 12: nec sibi ullius rei moram necessitatemque injungebat, quin, etc., i. e. permitted nothing, however pressing, to hinder, etc., Auct. B. Alex. 44, 5:

    jusjurandi religionem,

    to impose the obligation of an oath, Gai. Inst. 4, 181.

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  • 4 suggerō

        suggerō gessī, gestus, ere    [sub+gero], to bring under, lay beneath, apply below: flamma suggeritur costis aëni, V.— To throw up: suggestā humo, i. e. with an earthen wall, Pr.— To furnish, afford, supply: his rebus sumptum, T.: tela mihi, V.: divitias tellus Suggerit, O.: quae vendatis, L.— Fig., to assign, add, subjoin, supply: huic incredibili sententiae ratiunculas: Bruto Horatium, place next in order, L.: suggerebantur saepe damna aleatoria, were added.—To put on, impose upon: aut Druso ludus est suggerendus aut, etc., is to be imposed upon.—To suggest, prompt: nullis questibus omissis, quos dolor suggerit, Cu.
    * * *
    suggerere, suggessi, suggestus V
    suggest, furnish

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  • 5 induo

    indŭo, ŭi, ūtum, ĕre, v. a. [cf. Gr. enduô], to put on an article of dress or ornament (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Herculi tunicam,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20:

    sibi torquem,

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

    galeam,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    zmaragdos et sardonychas,

    Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 85:

    anulum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

    alicui insignia Bacchi,

    Ov. M. 6, 598.— Pass., with a Gr. acc.:

    Androgei galeam clipeique insigne decorum Induitur,

    Verg. A. 2, 392:

    et eamst (sc. vestem) indutus?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 40: scalas, to place a ladder on one ' s shoulders by putting one ' s head between the rounds, Ov. M. 14, 650: se in aliquid, or with the dat., to fall into or upon, to be entangled in, be covered with, adorned with; with in and acc.:

    se in laqueum,

    Plaut. Cas. 1, 25:

    cum venti se in nubem induerint,

    Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44: cum se nux plurima silvis induet in florem, clothe or deck itself, Verg. G. 1, 188; cf.:

    quos induerat Circe in vultus ac terga ferarum,

    i. e. clothed with the forms of, id. A. 7, 20.—With abl.:

    se vallis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    se hastis,

    Liv. 44, 41, 9:

    pomis se arbos induit,

    decks itself with, Verg. G. 4, 143:

    vites se induunt uvis,

    Col. 4, 24, 12:

    cinis induit urbes,

    covers, envelops, Val. Fl. 4, 509:

    Aegyptus... tantis segetibus induebantur,

    Plin. Pan. 30:

    num majore fructu vitis se induerit?

    Anthol. Lat. 5, 69, 5 Burm.:

    foliis sese induit arbor,

    Ov. M. 7, 280.—
    II.
    Trop., to put on, assume:

    habes somnum imaginem mortis eamque quotidie induis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

    ponit enim personam amici, cum induit judicis,

    assumes the part of a judge, id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

    juvenis longe alius ingenio, quam cujus simulationem induerat,

    Liv. 1, 56, 7:

    sibi cognomen,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

    et illorum (mortuorum regum) sibi nomina quasi personas aliquas induerunt,

    Lact. 2, 16, 3:

    magnum animum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7:

    mores Persarum,

    Curt. 6, 6:

    munia ducis,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    falsos pavores,

    id. H. 4, 38:

    hostiles spiritus,

    id. ib. 4, 57:

    habitus ac voces dolentum,

    id. A. 4, 12:

    seditionem,

    to engage in, id. ib. 2, 15:

    societatem,

    id. ib. 12, 13:

    proditorem et hostem,

    to assume the part of traitor and enemy, id. ib. 16, 28:

    diversa,

    to assume different opinions, take different sides, id. ib. 6, 33:

    personis fictam orationem,

    to attribute, Quint. 4, 1, 28:

    et eloquentiam pueris induunt adhuc nascentibus,

    impose upon, Petr. S. 4:

    sua confessione induatur ac juguletur, necesse est,

    entangle himself, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 166:

    videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

    102: se in captiones,

    id. Div. 2, 17, 41:

    non se purgavit, sed indicavit atque induit,

    id. Mur. 25, 51.

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  • 6 infligo

    in-flīgo, ixi, ictum, 3, v. a., to strike a thing on or against (syn.: incutere, illidere).
    I.
    Lit.:

    alicui securim,

    Cic. Planc. 29, 70:

    cratera viro,

    Ov. M. 5, 83:

    caput suum parietibus,

    Lact. de Mort. Pers. 49:

    puppis inflicta vadis,

    dashed against, Verg. A. 10, 303:

    inflicta terga,

    struck, beaten, Val. Fl. 4, 281. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    cum ex verbo adversarii aliquid in ipsum infligitur,

    is hurled at, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255.—
    II.
    Transf., to inflict by striking:

    mortiferam plagam infligere,

    Cic. Vatin. 8, 20:

    vulnera,

    id. Pis. 14, 32.—
    B.
    In gen., to inflict, impose upon:

    infligere alicui turpitudinem,

    Cic. Pis. 26, 63:

    detrimenta civitati,

    Just. 3, 5:

    fuit consuetudo, ut, intra certa tempora non latis usuris, graviores infligerentur,

    laid upon, imposed, Dig. 22, 1, 11:

    alicui pretium rei emptae,

    ib. 3, 5, 30.

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  • 7 percutio

    per-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 ( perf. contr. percusti for percussisti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 273), v. a. [quatio].
    I.
    (With the notion of the per predominating.) To strike through and through, to thrust or pierce through (syn.: percello, transfigo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    percussus cultello,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2:

    gladio percussus,

    Cic. Mil. 24, 65:

    Mamilio pectus percussum,

    Liv. 2, 19, 8:

    coxam Aeneae,

    Juv. 15, 66:

    vena percutitur,

    a vein is opened, blood is let, Sen. Ep. 70, 13:

    fossam,

    to cut through, dig a trench, Front. Strat. 3, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 50, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., to slay, kill (class.; cf.:

    neco, perimo, ico, ferio): aliquem securi,

    to behead, Cic. Pis. 34, 84; id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

    collum percussa securi Victima,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; Liv. 39, 43:

    aliquem veneno,

    App. M. 10, p. 252, 21:

    hostem,

    Suet. Calig. 3; Ov. H. 4, 94.—Hence, percutere foedus, to make a league, conclude a treaty (because an animal was slaughtered on the occasion;

    only post-Aug. for ferio, ico), Auct. B. Alex. 44: cum Albanis foedus percussit,

    Just. 42, 3, 4; 43, 5, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 12.—
    II.
    (With the idea of the verb predominating.) To strike, beat, hit, smite, shoot, etc. (cf.: ico, pulso, ferio).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (class.):

    ceu lapidem si Percutiat lapis aut ferrum,

    Lucr. 6, 162:

    cum Cato percussus esset ab eo, qui arcam ferebat,

    had been struck, Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 279:

    januam manu,

    Tib. 1, 5, 68; 1, 6, 3:

    turres de caelo percussae,

    struck with lightning, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; cf.:

    hunc nec Juppiter fulmine percussit,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 84:

    percussus ab aspide calcatā,

    stung, bitten, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; cf.: PERCVSSVS A VIPERA, Inscr. Vermigl. Iscriz. Perug. p. 319; Plin. 28, 3, 6, § 30; 28, 4, 10, § 44:

    color percussus luce refulgit,

    struck, Lucr. 2, 799; cf. Ov. M. 6, 63; Val. Fl. 1, 495:

    auriculae (voce) percussae,

    Prop. 1, 16, 28:

    percussus vocibus circus,

    Sil. 16, 398.— Neutr.:

    sol percussit super caput,

    Vulg. Jonae, 4, 8.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To strike, stamp, coin money (post-Aug.):

    ut nummum argenteum notā sideris Capricorni percusserit,

    Suet. Aug. 94; id. Ner. 25. —
    b.
    To strike, play a musical instrument ( poet.):

    lyram,

    Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40; Val. Fl. 5, 100.—
    c.
    As t. t. in weaving, to throw the shuttle with the woof: (lacernae) male percussae textoris pectine Galli, badly or coarsely woven, Juv. 9, 30.—
    d.
    Haec meraclo se percussit flore Libyco (=vino Mareotico), to get drunk, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16 (cf.: sauciare se flore Liberi, Enn. ap. Fulg. 562, 25).—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To smite, strike, visit with calamity of any kind (class.):

    percussus calamitate,

    Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

    percussus fortunae vulnere,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

    ruina,

    Vulg. Zach. 14, 18: anathemate. id. Mal. 4, 6:

    plaga,

    id. 1 Macc. 1, 32:

    in stuporem,

    id. Zach. 12, 4.—
    2.
    To strike, shock, make an impression upon, affect deeply, move, astound (class.):

    percussisti me de oratione prolatā,

    Cic. Att. 3, 12, 3; id. Mil. 29, 79: audivi ex Gavio, Romae esse hominem, et fuisse assiduum: percussit animum, it struck me, made me suspicious, id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

    animos probabilitate,

    id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

    percussus atrocissimis litteris,

    id. Fam. 9, 25, 3:

    fragor aurem percutit,

    Juv. 11, 98.—
    3.
    To cheat, deceive, impose upon one (class.):

    aliquem probe,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 9:

    hominem eruditum,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

    hominem strategemate,

    id. Att. 5, 2, 2:

    aliquem palpo,

    to flatter, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28.—
    4.
    (Acc. to II. A. 2. a.) To strike, stamp (post-Aug.):

    facta dictaque tua unā formā percussa sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 34, 3.

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  • 8 circum-eo or circueo

        circum-eo or circueo īvī or iī, circumitus or circuitus, īre,    to go around, travel around, march around: flagrantīs aras, O.: fores, N.: urbem, L.: manibus trunci modum, to surround, O.: circumitis hostium castris, Cs.: unum, surround, O.: oleis pacalibus oras, encircles, O.: quā re circumirent, make a circuit, N.—To go around, visit, inspect: praedia: sancios, Ta.: vigilias, S. — In war, to surround, encircle, enclose, encompass: urbem muro circumiri, Cs.: multitudine circumiri, N.: ab iisdem acies a sinistrā parte erat circumita, Cs. —To go around, canvass: aciem, solicit, Cs.: ordines, Cs.: senatum, L.: veteranos, ut, etc.: circumibat docebatque, L. — Fig., to surround, encompass, encircle, enclose: totius belli fluctibus circumiri: ne superante numero circumiretur, Ta. —To deceive, impose upon, cheat, circumvent: Sic circumiri, T.

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  • 9 mentior

        mentior ītus, īrī, dep.    [1 MAN-], to invent, assert falsely, lie, cheat, deceive, pretend: Si quicquam invenies me mentitum, T.: Hoc iuvat, non mentior, H.: plurimis de rebus: ne ioco quidem, N.: ille, satum quo te mentiris, pretend, V.: certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc., O.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, voltus persaepe mentiuntur: in quibus nihil umquam vetustas mentita sit.— To lie about, assert falsely, make a false promise about, feign, counterfeit, imitate: tantam rem, devise such a falsehood, S.: auspicium, L.: titulum Lyciscae, assume falsely, Iu.: ita mentitur (sc. Homerus), fables, H.— Fig.: Spem mentita seges, disappointed, H.: Nec varios discet mentiri lana colores, to assume, V.
    * * *
    mentiri, mentitus sum V DEP
    lie, deceive, invent; imitate; feign; pretend; speak falsely about

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  • 10 percutiō

        percutiō cussī (percusti, H.), cussus, ere    [per+quatio], to strike through and through, thrust through, pierce, transfix: gladio percussus: Mamilio pectus percussum, L.: coxam Aeneae, Iu.: non percussit locum, i. e. the right place (for a fatal blow).— To strike hard, beat, hit, smite, shoot: cum Cato percussus esset ab eo, had been struck: res de caelo percussae, struck by lightning: ab imbre percussis solibus, O.: manu pectus percussa, V.: lyram, play, O.: (lacernae) male percussae pectine, i. e. poorly woven, Iu.— To slay, kill: aliquem securi, behead: collum percussa securi Victima, O. —Fig., to smite, strike, visit, overwhelm, ruin: percussus calamitate: percussus fortunae volnere.— To strike, shock, impress, affect deeply, move, astound: percussit animum, it impressed me: animos probabilitate: amore percussus, H.: fragor aurem percutit, Iu.— To cheat, deceive, impose upon: hominem strategemate.
    * * *
    percutere, percussi, percussus V
    beat, strike; pierce

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  • 11 injungo

    injungere, injunxi, injunctus V
    enjoin, charge, bring/impose upon; unite; join/fasten/attach (to)

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  • 12 Cento

    1.
    cento, ōnis, m. [kentrôn], a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork, etc., Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 3; 10, 5; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 176, 1; Sisenn. ib. p. 91, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 3, 44 fin.; Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
    2.
    Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, Amm. 19, 8, 8.—
    B.
    Prov.:

    centones sarcire alicui,

    to impose upon by falsehoods, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 19.—
    II.
    The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento; so the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius (the thirteenth of his Idyls), etc., Isid. Orig. 1, 38, 25; Tert. Praescr. 39.
    2.
    Cento, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

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  • 13 cento

    1.
    cento, ōnis, m. [kentrôn], a garment of several bits or pieces sewed together, a rag-covering, patchwork, etc., Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 3; 10, 5; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 176, 1; Sisenn. ib. p. 91, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 3, 44 fin.; Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
    2.
    Esp., a cap worn under the helmet, Amm. 19, 8, 8.—
    B.
    Prov.:

    centones sarcire alicui,

    to impose upon by falsehoods, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 19.—
    II.
    The title of a poem made up of various verses of another poem, a cento; so the Cento Nuptialis of Ausonius (the thirteenth of his Idyls), etc., Isid. Orig. 1, 38, 25; Tert. Praescr. 39.
    2.
    Cento, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

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  • 14 circumduco

    circum-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. ( imper. circumduce, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 83; id. Most. 3, 2, 159; id. Mil. 2, 2, 66), to lead or draw around (class.; esp. freq. in milit. lang.; in Cic. perh. only once).
    I.
    Prop.:

    circumduce exercitum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 66; cf. Liv. 1, 27, 8; 8, 13, 8:

    miles aliquo circumducitur,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 21:

    quattuor cohortibus longiore itinere circumductis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    alas ad latus Samnitium,

    Liv. 10, 29, 9:

    agmen per invia circa, etc.,

    id. 21, 36, 4:

    pars devio saltu circumducta,

    id. 41, 19, 8; cf. id. 36, 24, 8:

    captos Vitellii exploratores circumductos, ut robora exercitus noscerent, remittendo,

    Tac. H. 3, 54:

    aliquem per totam civitatem,

    Petr. 141.— Also like the simple verb absol.:

    praeter castra hostium circumducit,

    marches around, avoids, Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    aliquem vicatim,

    Suet. Calig. 35:

    per coetus epulantium,

    id. ib. 32:

    quosdam per organa hydraulica,

    id. Ner. 41. —With two accs.:

    eho istum, puer, circumduce hasce aedis et conclavia,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 159:

    quos Pompeius... omnia sua praesidia circumduxit atque ostentavit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 61 Kraner ad loc.; cf. Verg. A. 6, 517 sq.—

    And in tmesis: circum in quaestus ducere Asinum,

    Phaedr. 4, 1, 4.—
    B.
    Of things: Casilinum coloniam deduxisti, ut vexillum tolleres, ut aratrum circumduceres (as usu. in founding a new city; v. aratrum), * Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102; cf.:

    oppida, quae prius erant circumducta aratro,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: bracchium (v. bracchium), Auct. B. Hisp. 6; Suet. Claud. 20:

    flumen Dubis, ut circino circumductum, paene totum oppidum cingit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    utro modo vero id circumductum est (of a round hole),

    Cels. 8, 3, 16:

    litteras subicere et circumducere,

    i. e. when a line is filled, to place the remaining letters of a word below the line, and draw circular marks around them, to indicate that they belong above, Suet. Aug. 87 fin.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 204 and 226:

    umbra hominis lineis circumducta,

    i.e. represented by outlines, sketched, Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 15.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In conversat. language, aliquem aliqua re or absol., to deceive, cheat, impose upon (syn.:

    circumvenio, decipio, fraudo, fallo): aliquem argento,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 39; 1, 5, 16:

    quadrigentis Philippis filius me et Chrusalus circumduxerunt,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 77:

    quā me potes, circumduce, aufer,

    id. As. 1, 1, 84; id. Poen. 5, 5, 8; 5, 2, 16; id. Ps. 1, 5, 115; Dig. 42, 33, 1 al.—
    B.
    Of discourse, to use circumlocution, to prolong:

    cum sensus unus longiore ambitu circumducitur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 124; cf. id. 10, 2, 17.—
    C.
    In prosody, to speak drawlingly, to drawl out; only in Quint. 11, 3, 172; 12, 10, 33; 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.—
    D.
    In jurid. Lat., to draw lines around a law, i. e. to cancel, annul, abrogate (cf. cancello, II., and circumscribo, II. D.), Dig. 5, 1, 73; 40, 12, 27; 49, 1, 22.

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  • 15 circumeo

    circŭm-ĕo or circŭĕŏ (v. circum, III.; Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq.), īvi or ii, circuĭtum, īre ( inf. pass. circumirier, Plaut. Curc. 3, 81), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Prop., to go around, travel or march around, etc. (class.): sparsis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu flagrantes circuit aras, Ov. M. 7, 258:

    per hortum circuit,

    makes a circuit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152; cf. Nep. Eum. 9, 2:

    si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint, circumire cogemur,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16: an quasi mare omnes circumimus insulas? i. e. from one to another (cf. circum, II. C.), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 6:

    alvearia,

    Col. 9, 9:

    fines equis,

    id. 1, 3:

    praedia,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    haec una opera circuit per familias,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 53:

    qui imperavit ei, ut omnes fores aedificii circumiret,

    Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

    urbem,

    Liv. 23, 25, 2:

    Marcio et Atilio Epirus, Aetolia et Thessalia circumeundae assignantur... Lentuli circumeuntes Peloponnesi oppida, etc.,

    id. 42, 37, 3 and 7:

    haud ignarus erat circuitam ab Romanis eam (Hispaniam) legatis,

    id. 21, 22, 1:

    Civilis avia Belgarum circumibat,

    Tac. H. 4, 70:

    manibus nexis trunci modum,

    to surround, Ov. M. 8, 748:

    non potuere uno anno circumirier,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 81:

    proximis insulis circuitis,

    Suet. Aug. 98:

    equites circumitis hostium castris Crasso renuntiaverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

    circuitis templis,

    Suet. Ner. 19 al.:

    at pater omnipotens ingentia moenia caeli Circuit,

    Ov. M. 2, 402:

    circueunt unum Phineus et mille secuti Phinea,

    surround, id. ib. 5, 157 (cf. circum, II. E.): Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni;

    nunc freta circumeunt,

    flow around it, id. ib. 15, 290:

    more lupi oves,

    id. P. 1, 2, 20:

    metam ferventi rotā,

    avoids, id. A. A. 3, 396.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1. (α).
    Esp. in milit. lang.:

    totam urbem muro turribusque circumiri posse,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 16:

    aciem, sinistrum cornu,

    id. ib. 3, 93 sq.:

    multitudine circumiri,

    Nep. Them. 3, 2; id. Dat. 7, 3; Liv. 41, 26, 4; Gall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

    ab iisdem acies Pompeiana a sinistrā parte erat circumita,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 94.—
    (β).
    In gen., absol.:

    quae circumibit linea, ejusdem spatii erit, cujus ea quae centum continet,

    Quint. 1, 10, 44.—With acc.:

    extremas oleis pacalibus oras (Pallas),

    Ov. M. 6, 101:

    cujus non hederae circumiere caput,

    Prop. 2 (3), 5, 26.—
    2.
    To go from one to another, soliciting, canvassing, admonishing, etc., qs. to go the rounds (stronger than ambire, which signif. to go to this one and that; most freq. after the Aug. per.;

    in Cic. perh. only once, in his epistt.): itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio domos stationesque circumeo,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 5:

    (Antonium) circumire veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent,

    Cic. Att. 14, 21, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

    Quinctilius circumire aciem Curionis atque obsecrare milites coepit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 28:

    sed ipse Romulus circumibat docebatque,

    Liv. 1, 9, 14; 1, 47, 7; 3, 47, 2:

    ille Persarum tabernacula circumire, hortari,

    Curt. 5, 9, 17; Tac. A. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 69, 2; Suet. Aug. 56; id. Tib. 11:

    rex agmen circuibat pedes,

    Curt. 7, 3, 17; cf.:

    cui orbem terrarum circumire non erit longum meā causā,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4; 2, 9, 5.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To surround, enclose:

    totius belli fluctibus circumiri,

    Cic. Phil. 18, 9, 20:

    ne superante numero et peritiā locorum circumiretur,

    Tac. Agr. 25 fin.; Stat. S. 4, 4, 26.—
    B.
    Like our circumvent, to deceive, impose upon, cheat, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 109:

    facinus indignum, Sic circumiri,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

    puerum arte dolosā,

    Mart. 8, 59, 14.—
    C.
    Of discourse, to express by circumlocution (postAug.):

    res plurimae carent appellationibus, ut eas necesse sit transferre aut circumire,

    Quint. 12, 10, 34; 8, prooem. § 24 Spald.;

    8, 2, 17: Vespasiani nomen suspensi et vitabundi circumibant,

    went around, avoided mentioning it, Tac. H. 3, 37.

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  • 16 delego

    dē-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to send, assign, dispatch, delegate a person to any place, person or business; to assign, confide, commit, intrust any thing to a person (for attention, care, protection, etc.); to charge a person with a business; to lay or impose upon a person any charge, order, business, command, etc., esp. of that which one prefers not to attend to in person (good prose; not in Caes.; perh. not in Cic.; v. the doubtful passage Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2, and Orell. ad loc.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    With personal objects:

    si cui fautores delegatos viderint, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 67 and 83:

    aliquem in Tullianum,

    Liv. 29, 22 fin.:

    infantem ancillis ac nutricibus,

    Tac. G. 20; cf. id. Or. 29:

    Cassium Longinum occidendum delegaverat,

    Suet. Calig. 57:

    studiosos Catonis ad illud volumen delegamus,

    refer to, Nep. Cato 3 fin.:

    ad senatum,

    Liv. 5, 20 fin. —
    B.
    With a thing as object: hunc laborem alteri delegavi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1; so,

    curam nepotum alicui,

    Quint. 4 prooem. §

    2: officium alicui,

    id. 6 prooem. §

    1: ministerium triumviris,

    Tac. Agr. 2; cf.:

    jurisdictionem magistratibus,

    Suet. Claud. 23:

    ordinandas bibliothecas alicui,

    id. Caes. 56; cf. id. Gramm. 21:

    obsidione delegata in curam collegae,

    Liv. 9, 13:

    delegato sibi officio functi sunt,

    Lact. 1, 4, 6. —
    II.
    In partic., t. t. in the lang. of business, to assign, transfer, make over, either one who is to pay a debt or the debt itself: delegare est vice sua alium reum dare creditori, vel cui jusserit, Dig. 46, 2, 11:

    debitorem,

    ib. 12:

    debitores nobis deos,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 11; cf.:

    delegabo te ad Epicurum, ab illo fiet numeratio,

    id. Ep. 18, 14:

    nomen paterni debitoris,

    Dig. 37, 6, 1.— Absol.:

    Quinto delegabo, si quid aeri meo alieno superabit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 46, 3:

    Balbi regia condicio est delegandi,

    id. ib. 12, 12:

    terram,

    to assign, Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 18.—
    B.
    Trop., to attribute, impute, ascribe to:

    si hoc crimen optimis nominibus delegare possumus,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; so,

    causam peccati mortuis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 22, 2:

    scelera ipsa aliis,

    Tac. A. 13, 43:

    omne rei bene aut secus gestae in Etruria decus dedecusque ad Volumnium,

    Liv. 10, 19; cf.:

    servati consulis decus ad servum,

    id. 21, 46 fin.

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  • 17 fucosus

    fūcōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], painted, colored, beautified, counterfeit, spurious (Ciceron.):

    visae merces, fallaces quidem et fucosae, chartis et linteis et vitro delatae,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 40:

    vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,

    id. Planc. 7, 22:

    ambitiosae fucosaeque amicitiae,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 2.
    1.
    † fūcus, i, m., = phukos, rock-lichen, orchil, used as a red dye for woollen goods, Lichen roccella, Linn., Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 103 sq.:

    ut lana tincta fuco citra purpuras placet,

    Quint. 12, 10, 75.—
    II.
    Transf., red or purple color.
    A.
    In gen.:

    infici vestes scimus admirabili fuco,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; Hor. C. 3, 5, 28; id. Ep. 1, 10, 27 Orell. ad loc.; Ov. M. 6, 222 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Rouge, paint for the complexion:

    vetulae, quae vitia corporis fuco occulunt,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

    si caeruleo quaedam sua tempora fuco tinxerit,

    Prop. 2, 18, 31 (3, 11, 10 M.):

    mangones colorem fuco, et rerum robur inani sagina mentiantur,

    Quint. 2, 15, 25.—
    2.
    Dross, alloy, adulteration:

    adulteratur (sal) rubrica aut testa trita, qui fucus aqua deprehenditur diluente,

    Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—
    3. III.
    Trop., pretence, disguise, deceit, dissimulation:

    his tribus figuris insidere quidam venustatis non fuco illitus, sed sanguine diffusus debet color,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199; cf.:

    sententiae tam verae, tam novae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili,

    id. ib. 2, 45, 188:

    fuco ementitus color,

    Quint. 8, 3, 6:

    in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

    mercem sine fucis gestat,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

    nec sycophantiis nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

    sine fuco ac fallaciis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: deum sese in hominem convertisse... fucum factum mulieri, i. e. to deceive, impose upon (vulg.), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 41:

    si eum, qui tibi promiserit, audieris fucum, ut dicitur, facere velle aut senseris,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35.

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  • 18 mentior

    mentĭor, ītus, 4 ( fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence],
    I.
    Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.:

    mentiri palam,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89:

    mentire,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 18:

    adversus aliquem,

    id. Aul. 4, 7, 9:

    apud aliquem,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 24:

    sibi,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35:

    aperte,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

    in re aliquā,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 4:

    de re aliquā,

    id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

    adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely:

    certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.:

    mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 106, 5:

    si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,

    Ov. F. 4, 227.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

    in quibus nihil umquam... vetustas mentita sit,

    id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—
    B.
    To deceive one's self, mistake:

    mentire, gnate,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.—
    II.
    Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.:

    cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,

    had devised such a falsehood, Sall. C. 48:

    originem alicujus,

    Just. 35, 2, 4:

    auspicium,

    Liv. 10, 40:

    titulum Lyciscae,

    to assume falsely, Juv. 6, 123:

    noctem,

    to promise falsely, Prop. 3, 9, 1:

    cur sese daemonia mentiuntur,

    Tert. Apol. 23; also, to invent, feign, of a poetical fiction:

    ita mentitur (sc. Homerus),

    Hor. A. P. 151; cf.:

    poëtae Orionem mentiuntur in pelago incidentem,

    Lact. 4, 15, 21.— Pass.:

    si a debitore, praelato die, pignoris obligatio mentiatur,

    Dig. 48, 10, 28.—
    B.
    Trop., of inanim. subjects: semel fac illud, Mentitur tua quod subinde tussis, do what your cough keeps falsely promising, i. e. die, Mart. 5, 39, 6:

    mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis,

    id. 3, 43, 1:

    color, qui chrysocollam mentitur,

    Plin. 35, 6, 29, § 48:

    nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

    Verg. E. 4, 42: sexum viris denegatum muliebri motu, Col. praef. 1.—Hence, *
    1.
    mentĭens, entis, m. subst., a fallacy, sophism: quomodo mentientem, quem pseudomenon vocant, dissolvas, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11. —
    2.
    mentītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., imitated, counterfeit, feigned ( poet.):

    mentita tela,

    Verg. A. 2, 422:

    figurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 326:

    fama,

    id. ib. 10, 28:

    nomen,

    id. ib. 10, 439; id. H. 11, 73; Sen. Contr. 5, 5, 3; Luc. 2, 512; Val. Fl. 6, 698; 7, 155; Sil. 15, 796; Stat. S. 4, 6, 21; id. Th. 1, 256; 7, 303; 10, 875; Poët. ap. Suet. Oth. 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 58:

    mentiti fictique terrores,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15; id. Pan. 81, 3:

    divinitas,

    Lact. 2, 16, 2; Quint. 12, 10, 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mentior

  • 19 statuo

    stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).
    I.
    Corporeally.
    A.
    To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.
    1.
    To set up, set in the ground, erect:

    ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,

    Cato, R. R. 18:

    inter parietes arbores ubi statues,

    id. ib.:

    stipites statuito,

    id. ib.:

    palis statutis crebris,

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

    pedamenta jacentia statuenda,

    are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:

    pedamentum inter duas vitis,

    Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:

    hic statui volo primum aquilam,

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

    signifer, statue signum,

    plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—
    2.
    To plant (rare):

    eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:

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

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—
    3.
    In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.
    a.
    Without specifying the place:

    ollam statuito cum aqua,

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

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

    Verg. A. 1, 724; so,

    crateras laeti statuunt,

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

    bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:

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

    Liv. 21, 58, 7:

    eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,

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

    aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,

    Sall. J. 52, 6.—
    b.
    With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):

    statuite hic lectulos,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

    etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,

    Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:

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

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

    tabernacula in foro statuere,

    Liv. 39, 46, 3:

    in principiis statuit tabernaculum,

    Nep. Eum. 7, 1:

    in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,

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

    statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,

    id. 9, 6, 1:

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

    id. 8, 14, 19:

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

    Tac. A. 2, 83:

    donum deae apud Antium statuitur,

    id. ib. 3, 71:

    pro rigidis calamos columnis,

    Ov. F. 3, 529:

    jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 653:

    statuere vas in loco frigido,

    Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:

    capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

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

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

    patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,

    Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:

    captivos vinctos in medio statuit,

    Liv. 21, 42, 1:

    ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,

    id. 1, 13, 5:

    quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,

    id. 28, 33, 12:

    ante se statuit funditores,

    id. 42, 58, 10:

    puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

    id. 7, 2, 9:

    procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,

    id. 39, 49, 11:

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

    id. 23, 16, 8:

    bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,

    id. 1, 45, 6:

    cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,

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

    marium si qui eo loci statuisset,

    id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:

    adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,

    Tac. A. 4, 8:

    in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,

    id. ib. 3, 45:

    puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:

    tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,

    id. S. 2, 3, 199:

    et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,

    Verg. A. 9, 627:

    clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,

    Stat. Th. 3, 525.—
    4. a.
    Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:

    siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:

    huic statuam statui decet ex auro,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:

    ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:

    eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,

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

    simulacrum alicui statuere,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

    effigiem,

    Verg. A. 2, 184:

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

    Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:

    simulacrum in curia,

    Tac. A. 14, 12:

    quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,

    id. ib. 4, 55:

    se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,

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

    nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:

    templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,

    id. M. 14, 128:

    super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

    victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,

    Tac. A. 3, 2:

    statuitque aras e cespite,

    Ov. M. 7, 240:

    statuantur arae,

    Sen. Med. 579:

    aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

    monumentum,

    id. ib. § 70; so,

    in alio orbe tropaea statuere,

    Curt. 7, 7, 14;

    so,

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

    princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,

    Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:

    a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,

    id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:

    carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,

    Liv. 8, 20, 1:

    quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?

    Verg. A. 2, 150:

    multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,

    Suet. Galb. 9:

    obeliscam,

    Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:

    at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:

    incensis operibus quae statuerat,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 4:

    si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,

    Tac. A. 4, 2:

    castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,

    Just. 22, 6, 9.—
    b.
    Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):

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

    Ov. H. 2, 67:

    statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,

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

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

    Mart. 4, 28, 8.—
    5.
    Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):

    Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,

    Vell. 1, 1, 2:

    urbem quam statuo vestra est,

    Verg. A. 1, 573:

    urbom praeclaram,

    id. ib. 4, 655:

    Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,

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

    ibi civitatem statuerunt,

    Just. 23, 1; so,

    licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),

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

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

    Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—
    B.
    To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.

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

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:

    et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,

    Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:

    famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,

    Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—
    C.
    To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To establish, constitute (= constituo).
    1.
    Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:

    statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:

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

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

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:

    in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §

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

    Just. 8, 7, 14:

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

    Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—
    2.
    Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:

    ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,

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

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

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

    si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,

    equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —
    3.
    In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):

    (Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

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

    id. Tull. 15, 36:

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

    Sen. Ep. 79, 10:

    vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,

    Liv. 29, 37, 2:

    novos statuere fines,

    id. 42, 24, 8:

    neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,

    id. 21, 44, 5:

    quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,

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

    sedesque ibi statuentibus,

    id. 18, 5, 11.—
    4.
    With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:

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

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

    telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:

    de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,

    Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:

    praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,

    Just. 21, 4, 5.—
    B.
    To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.
    1.
    Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,

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

    statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,

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

    non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,

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

    cupidinibus statuat natura modum,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

    quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?

    Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:

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

    Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:

    modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,

    Just. 21, 4, 5:

    timori quem meo statuam modum?

    Sen. Thyest. 483;

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

    id. Herc. Fur. 206. —
    (β).
    With gen.:

    honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,

    Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

    ipse modum statuam carminis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:

    errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,

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

    modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,

    they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—
    2.
    Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:

    hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

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

    id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:

    alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,

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

    pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,

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

    statutis condicionibus,

    Just. 6, 1, 3:

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

    id. 18, 5, 14. —
    3.
    Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:

    haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:

    et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,

    Lucr. 6, 25:

    cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,

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

    terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:

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

    since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—
    4.
    Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:

    quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

    numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:

    statuit frumento pretium,

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

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

    Liv. 45, 42, 7:

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

    id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—
    5.
    Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):

    statutus est comitiis dies,

    Liv. 24, 27, 1:

    diem patrando facinori statuerat,

    id. 35, 35, 15:

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

    Sall. C. 36, 2:

    dies insidiis statuitur,

    id. J. 70, 3:

    ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,

    Liv. 28, 35, 4:

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

    Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:

    observans quem statuere diem,

    Mart. 4, 54, 6:

    noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,

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

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

    Suet. Claud. 42:

    ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,

    Just. 1, 10, 1:

    quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,

    Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:

    fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,

    Curt. 6, 3, 7:

    sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,

    id. 8, 2, 6:

    statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,

    Just. 16, 4, 9:

    cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,

    id. 1, 10, 8:

    intra tempus statutum,

    fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—
    6.
    To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:

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

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—
    C.
    To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.
    1.
    Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.
    (α).
    With interrog.-clause:

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

    Cic. Balb. 28, 65:

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

    id. Mil. 2, 4:

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

    id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

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

    id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

    id. Quint. 4, 17:

    magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 70:

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

    id. Mil. 6, 15:

    semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,

    Liv. 42, 23:

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

    decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:

    nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 2:

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

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

    ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,

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

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

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,

    Liv. 42, 22:

    si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,

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

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

    Sall. C. 52, 17:

    satis visum de Vestilia statuere,

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

    jus statuendi de procuratoribus,

    id. ib. 12, 54:

    facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,

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

    eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,

    Tac. A. 6, 29.—
    (γ).
    With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:

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

    Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—
    (δ).
    With contra:

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

    Cic. Or. 10, 34. —
    (ε).
    With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:

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

    Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

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

    id. Mur. 30, 62:

    eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

    senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,

    Liv. 39, 24, 13:

    maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),

    id. 8, 13, 17:

    id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,

    id. 41, 15, 10:

    interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,

    Curt. 8, 14, 43:

    quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,

    Tac. A. 4, 37:

    utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,

    Suet. Claud. 12;

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

    Sen. Med. 2, 199:

    non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,

    Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:

    earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—
    (ζ).
    With de or super and abl.:

    vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?

    Sall. C. 52, 31:

    nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,

    Suet. Tib. 13:

    ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,

    Tac. H. 4, 9.—
    (η).
    Absol., mostly pass. impers.:

    ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,

    Liv. 8, 14, 1:

    tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,

    id. 3, 53, 10:

    non ex rumore statuendum,

    decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—
    (θ).
    With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

    consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,

    Liv. 39, 3, 2:

    missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,

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

    quod causa cognita erit statuendum,

    Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—
    2.
    With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:

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

    Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:

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

    id. Mur. 12, 27:

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

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,

    id. Tull. 5, 12:

    ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,

    id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

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

    id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

    si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,

    id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

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

    id. ib. 5, 8, 4:

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

    Liv. 45, 19, 6:

    quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,

    id. 42, 29, 11:

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

    Tac. A. 4, 40:

    statue quem poenae extrahas,

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

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

    Liv. 34, 2, 4:

    proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,

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

    quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

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

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—
    D.
    To decree, order, prescribe.
    1.
    With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:

    eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:

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

    id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §

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

    id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §

    38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

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

    id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

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

    Tac. A. 14, 28:

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

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

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

    Liv. 23, 16, 6:

    Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

    statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,

    Ov. M. 4, 84.—
    2.
    With acc. (post-Aug.):

    remedium statuere,

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

    Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,

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

    sic, di, statuistis,

    Ov. M. 4, 661.—
    3.
    With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):

    eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,

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

    Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,

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

    biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,

    are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:

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

    Just. 12, 4, 8:

    ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,

    Stat. Th. 6, 300:

    non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,

    id. ib. 7, 219:

    statuere alicui munera,

    Val. Fl. 2, 566.—
    4.
    With dat. and interrog.-clause:

    cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

    ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,

    Liv. 7, 28, 8.—
    5.
    In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.
    (α).
    With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):

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

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    poenam statui par fuisse,

    Tac. A. 14, 49:

    qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,

    id. ib. 11, 6:

    eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,

    Suet. Caes. 14;

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

    Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.

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

    Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:

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

    Tac. A. 3, 70.—
    (β).
    With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:

    obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:

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

    Sall. C. 52, 3:

    qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:

    si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,

    Just. 2, 15, 10.—
    (γ).
    With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):

    in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,

    Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—
    (δ).
    De capite, to pass sentence of death:

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

    Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—
    E.
    Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;

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

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

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

    id. Mil. 9, 24:

    statuerat excusare,

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

    cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

    quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

    se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

    105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    statueram... nihil de illo dicere,

    id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:

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

    id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

    Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,

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

    triumphare mense Januario statuerat,

    id. 39, 15:

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

    id. 39, 48:

    rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,

    id. 42, 21:

    opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,

    id. 42, 54, 9:

    ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,

    id. 2, 45, 9:

    exaugurare fana statuit,

    id. 1, 55, 2:

    Delphos mittere statuit,

    id. 1, 56, 5:

    eos deducere in agros statuerunt,

    id. 40, 38, 2:

    tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,

    id. 8, 25, 10:

    Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,

    id. 7, 37, 4:

    statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,

    id. 44, 36, 2:

    sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,

    Vell. 1, 12, 2:

    statui pauca disserere,

    Tac. H. 4, 73:

    amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,

    id. A. 2, 42:

    statuerat urbem novam condere,

    Curt. 4, 8, 1:

    statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,

    id. 7, 6, 20:

    rex statuerat inde abire,

    id. 7, 11, 4:

    Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,

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

    statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,

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

    caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—
    F.
    To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).
    1.
    With acc. and inf.
    a.
    In gen.:

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

    Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

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

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:

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

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §

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

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

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

    id. Pis. 13, 29:

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

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:

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

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

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

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:

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

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

    cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,

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

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

    id. Planc. 21, 51:

    quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,

    Ov. F. 1, 34:

    nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,

    Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:

    velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:

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

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

    quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,

    id. ib. 64, 135:

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

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:

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

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

    si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,

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

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

    id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—
    b.
    Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):

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

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

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

    id. Quint. 24, 76:

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

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67:

    Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,

    Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:

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

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:

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

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

    hoc si ita statuetis,

    id. ib. 16, 47.—
    c.
    Esp. with gerund.-clause.
    (α).
    To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:

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

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

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

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,

    id. Sest. 10, 24:

    Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:

    ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,

    acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —
    (β).
    To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:

    manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,

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

    ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

    statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,

    id. Clu. 6, 16:

    Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11:

    quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,

    id. B. C. 3, 44:

    statuit sibi nihil agitandum,

    Sall. J. 39, 5:

    Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,

    id. ib. 54, 5:

    Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:

    sororis filios tollendos statuit,

    Just. 38, 1.—
    2.
    With ut:

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

    Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:

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

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

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

    Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—
    3.
    With two acc. (= duco, existimo):

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

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

    Anaximenes aera deum statuit,

    id. N. D. 10, 26:

    voluptatem summum bonum statuens,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

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

    id. Sest. 69, 144:

    si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,

    id. Lael. 11, 38:

    Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,

    id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:

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

    id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

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

    Tac. A. 12, 7:

    optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,

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

    vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?

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

    Dei,

    Lact. 2, 16, 14:

    Parcarum leges ac statuta,

    id. 1, 11, 14:

    statuta Dei et placita,

    id. 7, 25, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > statuo

  • 20 indo

    in-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. do], to put, set, or place into or upon (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With in and acc.:

    coronam in focum,

    Cato, R. R. 143, 2:

    in urnam,

    id. ib. 143, 23:

    ignem in aram,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

    in aquam salem,

    id. Merc. 1, 2, 92:

    vini guttam in os,

    id. Cas. 2, 3, 31.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    effigiem in statua,

    Tac. A. 1, 74. —
    (γ).
    Aliquid alicui:

    compedes servis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 4:

    aliquem lecticae,

    Tac. A. 3, 14:

    vinclo fasciae cervicem,

    id. ib. 15, 57.—
    (δ).
    With acc. only:

    fenestras,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 6. —
    * II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To introduce:

    novos ritus,

    Tac. H. 5, 4.—
    B.
    To impart or give to, apply to, impose on, attach to, etc.:

    pavorem suis, alacritatem hostibus,

    Tac. H. 4, 34 fin.:

    odium alicui,

    id. A. 12, 3:

    alicui vocabulum,

    id. ib. 2, 56:

    propterea huic urbi nomen Epidamnum inditum'st,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37:

    vernaculis artificibus... nomen histrionibus inditum,

    Liv. 7, 2, 6:

    unde Aspero inditum est cognomen,

    id. 3, 65, 4; 2, 13, 1; 4, 29, 6;

    21, 31, 4: quae nomina sceleri indidit,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 24:

    hoc nomen beluis,

    Curt. 9, 1, 5. — Esp.,
    2.
    To name after or for: nomen indere, with ab or ex and abl.:

    ab Erythro rege (mari) nomen est inditum,

    Curt. 8, 9, 14:

    a celeritate Tigri nomen,

    id. 4, 9, 16:

    ab inopia Egerio,

    Liv. 1, 34, 3:

    quod illi nomen indiderant ex nomine urbis,

    Tac. A. 2, 56:

    quibus nomen ex re inditum,

    Sall. J. 78, 1. — indĭtus, a, um, P. a., put or placed into, put, set, laid, or thrown upon.
    A.
    Lit.:

    utrum deus extrinsecus (operi suo) circumfusus sit, an toti inditus,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 31 (Dial. 8, 4, 2):

    venenum potioni,

    Curt. 10, 10, 17:

    vincula,

    put on, Tac. A. 11, 2:

    pontes,

    thrown over, id. ib. 12, 57:

    lecticae,

    laid upon, id. ib. 3, 14:

    ferrum visceribus ustis,

    Sen. Troad. 585.—
    B.
    Trop., imposed, appointed, given:

    custodes,

    Tac. A. 3, 28.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > indo

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