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  • 1 citō

        citō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [cieo], to put in quick motion, rouse, excite, only in P. perf.; see citatus.—To urge, call, summon: patres in curiam citari, L.: centuriatim populum, L.: iudices: citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc. (for enrolment), L.— In law, to call, summon: citat reum: citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit: omnes abs te rei capitis citantur.—To call to witness, call upon, appeal to: quos ego testīs citaturus fui, L.: numina, O. — Fig., to call forth, excite: motus (animi) opinione citetur. — To appeal to, quote, cite: quamvis citetur Salamis testis victoriae: quos (libros) auctores, L.—To mention by name, name, mention, proclaim, announce: Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur: victorem Olympiae citari, N.: paeanem, to reiterate: io Bacche, call out, H.: citarier ad suum munus, invoked, Ct.
    * * *
    I
    citare, citavi, citatus V TRANS
    urge on, encourage; promote, excite; summon; set in motion; move (bowels); cite
    II
    citius, citissime ADV
    quickly/fast/speedily, with speed; soon, before long; readily; easily

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  • 2 loquor

    lŏquor, cātus (quūtus), lŏqui ( inf. loquier, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2), v. dep. n. and a. [Sanscr. lap-, to talk, whisper; Gr. lak-, elakon, laskô], to speak, talk, say (in the lang. of common life, in the tone of conversation; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 10; 11, 3, 45).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Neutr.:

    mitte male loqui,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

    Scipio mihi sane bene et loqui videtur et dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 58, 212; id. Or. 32, 113: magistratum legem esse loquentem;

    legem autem mutum magistratum,

    id. Leg. 3, 1, 2:

    male... vere ac libere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 48, 140:

    cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    quid tu, Epicure? loquere,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    pure et Latine,

    id. de Or. 1, 32, 144; id. Fin. 2, 4, 14; 2, 5, 15:

    aliud esse Latine, aliud grammatice loqui,

    Quint. 1, 6, 27:

    Latine atque emendate,

    id. 8, 1, 2:

    aliā linguā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    pro aliquo,

    id. Att. 3, 1:

    apud aliquem,

    before any one, id. Fin. 2, 22, 74; so,

    adversum aliquem,

    before any one, Ter. And. 1, 5, 30:

    secum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1:

    cum aliquo,

    Ov. M. 6, 205:

    bene de aliquo,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 9, 63:

    secus de aliquo,

    Tac. A. 2, 50:

    male de aliquo,

    Vulg. Sirach, 8, 5; Capitol. [p. 1078] Alb. 2:

    de me male,

    Suet. Aug. 51 fin. —
    (β).
    With dat.: male loqui alicui, to speak evil of any one:

    pergin male loqui, mulier, mihi,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 10; Stat. Th. 12, 26:

    vento et fluctibus loqui,

    to express vain wishes, Luc. 4, 491.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    neque loqui possumus, nisi e syllabis brevibus ac longis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 61:

    ut non loqui et orare, sed fulgurare ac tonare videaris,

    id. 2, 16, 19.—
    B.
    Act.
    1.
    To speak out, to say, tell, talk about, mention, utter, name:

    loquere tuum mihi nomen,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 7; id. Aul. 2, 1, 15:

    deliramenta,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 64:

    quas tu mulieres quos tu parasitos loquere,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 47:

    si quid tu in illum bene voles loqui, id loqui licebit,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 83:

    adfirmat nihil a se cuiquam de te secus esse dictum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11:

    horribile est, quae loquantur,

    id. ib. 14, 4, 1:

    pugnantia,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    ne singulas loquar urbes,

    mention, Liv. 5, 54, 5:

    quid turres loquar,

    id. 5, 5, 6:

    quid ego legem loquar?

    id. 3, 11, 13:

    quid loquar marmora, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 25:

    proelia,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 1:

    aliquem absentem,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 17.—
    2.
    To talk of, speak about, to have ever on one's lips:

    Dolabella merum bellum loquitur,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 8:

    ne semper Curios et Luscinos loquamur,

    id. Par. 6, 50:

    multi etiam Catilinam atque illa portenta loquebantur,

    id. Mil. 23, 63:

    nil nisi classes loquens et exitus,

    id. Att. 9, 2, 3:

    qui de magnis majora loquuntur,

    Juv. 4, 17.—
    3.
    Loquuntur, they say, it is said, they talk of, the talk is of:

    hic mera scelera loquuntur,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78:

    eodem die vulgo loquebantur Antonium mansurum esse Casilini,

    id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

    omnia magna loquens,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 13:

    dare aliquem famae loquendum,

    Mart. 5, 25, 5:

    Juppiter, hospitibus nam te dare jura loquuntur,

    Verg. A. 1, 731: de damnatione ferventer loqui est coeptum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To speak, declare, show, indicate or express clearly:

    oculi nimis arguti quemadmodum animo affecti simus, loquuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

    res loquitur ipsa, judices, quae semper valet plurimum,

    id. Mil. 20, 53:

    haec ipsae res loquuntur,

    Tert. de Pud. 5:

    ut fama loquitur,

    Vell. 2, 93, 3:

    cum chartā dextra locuta est,

    has written upon it, Ov. H. 18, 20:

    volucres mea fata loquentur,

    Stat. Th. 8, 181; Luc. 6, 617:

    rescriptum divi Marci sic loquitur, quasi, etc.,

    Dig. 2, 14, 10.—
    B.
    Poet., to rustle, murmur:

    pini loquentes,

    Verg. E. 8, 22; Cat. 4, 11: mollia discordi strepitu virgulta loquuntur, Petr. poët. Sat. 120, 73.

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  • 3 cieo

    cĭĕo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (from the primitive form cĭo, cīre, prevailing in the compounds accio, excio, etc. (cf. Prisc. pp. 865, 905, and 908 P.), are also found: pres. cio, Mart. 4, 90, 4:

    cit,

    Verg. Cul. 201; Col. 6, 5, 1 Schneid.:

    cimus,

    Lucr. 1, 213; 5, 211:

    ciunt,

    Lact. Ep. 4 dub.:

    ciant,

    App. Flor. 2, n. 17, p. 358; Mart. Cap. 1, § 91: ciuntur, id. de Mundo, 22, p. 67), v. a. [kindr. with kiô, to go; and by the addition of the causative signif. like kineô, causative from kiô; v. 1. ci.].
    I.
    Lit., to put in motion; hence, to move, stir, shake (syn.: moveo, commoveo, concito, excito al.;

    class. in prose and poetry): calcem,

    to make a move in the game of chess, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86:

    natura omnia ciens et agitans,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27: inanimum est omne, quod pulsu agitatur externo;

    quod autem est animal, id motu cietur interiore et suo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (for which, in the same chapter, several times movere; cf. also id. N. D. 2, 9, 23):

    remos,

    Stat. Th. 6, 801:

    imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,

    stirs up, Verg. A. 2, 419:

    puppes sinistrorsum citae,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 20.—
    B.
    In judic. lang. t. t.:

    ciere erctum (lit. to put in motion, i. e.),

    to divide the inheritance, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf. erctum.—
    C.
    Trop., to put in motion, to rouse up, disturb: natura maris per se immobilis est, et venti et aurae cient, Liv. 28, 27, 11:

    saltum canibus ciere,

    Lucr. 5, 1250: fontes et stagna, Cic. poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15:

    tonitru caelum omne ciebo,

    Verg. A. 4, 122:

    loca sonitu cientur,

    Lucr. 4, 608; cf.:

    reboat raucum regio cita barbara bombum,

    id. 4, 544 Lachm. N. cr. —
    II.
    With reference to the terminus ad quem, to move, excite, or call to ( poet. or in Aug. and post-Aug. prose for the common accire):

    ad sese aliquem,

    Cat. 68, 88:

    ad arma,

    Liv. 5, 47, 4; Sil. 7, 43:

    in pugnam,

    id. 4, 272:

    armatos ad pugnam,

    Vell. 2, 6, 6:

    aere ciere viros,

    Verg. A. 6, 165:

    quos e proximis coloniis ejus rei fama civerat,

    Tac. A. 15, 33:

    aliquem in aliquem,

    id. H. 1, 84, 5:

    ab ultimis subsidiis cietur miles (sc. in primam aciem),

    Liv. 9, 39, 8:

    ille cieri Narcissum postulat,

    Tac. A. 11, 30.—
    B.
    To call upon for help, to invoke; of invoking superior beings:

    nocturnos manes,

    Verg. A. 4, 490:

    luctificam Alecto dirarum ab sede sororum,

    id. ib. 7, 325:

    vipereasque ciet Stygiā de valle sorores (i. e. Furias),

    Ov. M. 6, 662:

    numina nota ciens,

    Val. Fl. 4, 549:

    foedera et deos,

    Liv. 22, 14, 7.—
    C.
    In gen., to call upon any one by name, to mention by name:

    erum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 11:

    comites magnā voce,

    Lucr. 4, 578:

    animamque sepulcro Condimus et magnā supremum voce ciemus,

    Verg. A. 3, 68:

    lamentatione flebili majores suos ciens ipsumque Pompeium,

    Tac. A. 3, 23:

    singulos nomine,

    id. ib. 2, 81; so Suet. Ner. 46: triumphum nomine ciere, i. e. to call Io triumphe! Liv. 45, 38, 12.—Hence,
    2.
    In a civil sense: patrem, to name one ' s father, i. e. show one ' s free birth, Liv. 10, 8, 10.—
    III.
    To put any course of action in progress or any passion in motion, i. e. to excite, stimulate, rouse, to produce, effect, cause, occasion, begin (very freq., esp. in poetry):

    solis uti varios cursus lunaeque meatus Noscere possemus quae vis et causa cierent,

    Lucr. 5, 773:

    motus,

    id. 3, 379; Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

    varias voces,

    Lucr. 5, 1059:

    lamenta virum commoliri atque ciere,

    id. 6, 242 Lachm. N. cr.:

    tinnitus aere,

    Cat. 64, 262; Verg. G. 4, 64 (cie tinnitus):

    singultus ore,

    Cat. 64, 131:

    gemitus,

    Verg. G. 3, 517:

    fletus,

    id. A. 3, 344:

    lacrimas,

    id. ib. 6, 468:

    mugitus,

    id. ib. 12, 103:

    murmur,

    id. G. 1, 110; Liv. 9, 7, 3:

    bellum,

    id. 5, 37, 2; Vell. 2, 54; Tac. H. 3, 41 fin.; Verg. A. 1, 541:

    belli simulacra,

    id. ib. 5, 674:

    seditiones,

    Liv. 4, 52, 2:

    tumultum,

    id. 28, 17, 16; 41, 24, 18:

    vires intimas molemque belli,

    Tac. A. 15, 2 fin.; cf. id. H. 3, 1:

    pugnam,

    Liv. 1, 12, 2; 2, 47, 1; 9, 22, 7; Tac. A. 3, 41:

    proelium,

    Liv. 2, 19, 10; 4, 33, 3; 7, 33, 12;

    10, 28, 8: Martem,

    Verg. A. 9, 766:

    acies, stragem,

    id. ib. 6, 829; cf. Liv. 22, 39, 7:

    rixam,

    Vell. 1, 2 al. —
    B.
    In medic.:

    alvum,

    to cause evacuation, Plin. 20, 9, 38, § 96:

    urinam,

    id. 27, 7, 28, § 48:

    menses,

    to cause menstruation, id. 26, 15, 90, § 151 sq. al.—Hence, cĭtus, a, um, P. a., lit. put in motion; hence, quick, swift, rapid (opp. tardus, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; Sall. C. 15, 5; class.; esp. freq. in poetry;

    rare in Cic.): ad scribendum citus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 86:

    quod jubeat citis quadrigis citius properet persequi,

    id. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Verg. A. 8, 642:

    bigae,

    Cat. 55, 26:

    puppis,

    id. 64, 6; Tib. 4, 1, 69:

    classis,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 24:

    navis,

    Ov. M. 15, 732; Tac. A. 2, 6:

    axis,

    Ov. M. 2, 75:

    fugae,

    id. ib. 1, 543:

    plantae,

    id. ib. 10, 591:

    incessus,

    Sall. C. 15, 5:

    via,

    Liv. 33, 48, 1:

    venator,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 18:

    cum militibus,

    Tac. A. 11, 1:

    legionibus,

    id. ib. 14, 26:

    agmine,

    id. ib. 1, 63;

    4, 25: cohortes,

    id. ib. 12, 31:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; id. S. 1, 1, 8:

    pes, i. e. iambus,

    id. A. P. 252.— Comp.: nullam ego rem citiorem apud homines esse quam famam reor, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 1.— Sup., Quint. 6, 4, 14 dub.; v. Spald. and Zumpt in h. l.—
    B.
    In the poets very freq. (also a few times in Tac.) instead of the adv. cito:

    citi ad aedis venimus Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352, 6 Müll.: equites parent citi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 386:

    somnus fugiens citus abiit,

    Cat. 63, 42: solvite vela citi, Verg, A. 4, 574; cf. id. ib. 9, 37; 12, 425; Hor. S. 1, 10, 92; cf. id. C. 3, 7, 27:

    ite citi,

    Ov. M. 3, 562; Tac. H. 2, 40:

    si citi advenissent,

    id. A. 12, 12.—Hence,
    1.
    cĭto, adv.
    a.
    Quickly, speedily, soon (freq. in prose and poetry of all periods):

    quam tarda es! non vis citius progredi?

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 2; [p. 331] Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 44:

    eloquere,

    id. Cist. 4, 2, 83:

    abi cito et suspende te,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 20; 3, 1, 16:

    labascit victus uno verbo: quam cito!

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 98:

    quod eum negasti, qui non cito quid didicisset, umquam omnino posse perdiscere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146; cf. Hor. A. P. 335; Quint. 12, 8, 3; 11, 2, 2; 10, 6, 2:

    non multum praestant sed cito,

    id. 1, 3, 4 et saep.: sat cito si sat bene, a moral saying of Cato in Hier. Ep. 66, n. 9:

    cito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris,

    Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

    ad paenitendum properat cito qui judicat, Publ. Syr. Sent. 6: scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 10:

    nimis cito diligere,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

    cito absolvere, tarde condemnare,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.— Comp.:

    citius,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Pers. 3, 3, 31; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 23; Lucr. 1, 557; 2, 34; Cic. Sen. 2, 4:

    Noto citius, Verg.A.5, 242 et saep.: dicto,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; Verg. A. 1, 142:

    supremā die, i. e. ante supremam diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 20:

    serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam (for which serius ocius,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 26), sooner or later, Ov. M. 10, 33.— Sup.:

    citissime,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. al.—
    b.
    With the negative, sometimes equivalent to non facile, not easily (cf. the Gr. tacha):

    haud cito,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

    neque verbis aptiorem cito alium dixerim, neque sententiis crebriorem,

    Cic. Brut. 76, 264: quem tu non tam cito rhetorem dixisses quam politikon, id. ib. § 265.—
    c.
    Sometimes in comp. without the negative, = potius, sooner, rather:

    ut citius diceres, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238 fin.:

    citius dixerim, jactasse se aliquos, etc.,

    id. Phil. 2, 11, 25; id. Fam. 5, 2, 10; id. Off. 1, 18, 59; Hor. S. 2, 5, 35.—
    * 2.
    cĭtē, quickly, Scrib. Comp. 198.

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  • 4 praefanda

    prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1:

    praefamino,

    id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.
    I.
    In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface:

    in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28:

    quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

    cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,

    Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4:

    sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,

    Just. 11, 5, 5:

    arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,

    Curt. 6, 7, 3:

    is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,

    id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand:

    majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

    pontifice maximo praefante carmen,

    Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity:

    Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,

    id. ib. 141, 2:

    divos,

    Verg. A. 11, 301.—
    B.
    Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur:

    sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est,

    we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4:

    veniam,

    to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init. —
    C.
    To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—
    III.
    To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,
    A.
    praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.):

    condemnatus ex praefatis causis,

    Dig. 20, 4, 12:

    jura,

    ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.:

    sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,

    without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176:

    vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,

    Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface:

    praefato opus est,

    Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—
    B.
    praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology:

    praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,

    Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions:

    in praefanda videmur incidere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45.

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  • 5 praefor

    prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1:

    praefamino,

    id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.
    I.
    In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface:

    in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28:

    quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

    cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,

    Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4:

    sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,

    Just. 11, 5, 5:

    arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,

    Curt. 6, 7, 3:

    is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,

    id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand:

    majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

    pontifice maximo praefante carmen,

    Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity:

    Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,

    id. ib. 141, 2:

    divos,

    Verg. A. 11, 301.—
    B.
    Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur:

    sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est,

    we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4:

    veniam,

    to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init. —
    C.
    To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—
    III.
    To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,
    A.
    praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.):

    condemnatus ex praefatis causis,

    Dig. 20, 4, 12:

    jura,

    ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.:

    sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,

    without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176:

    vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,

    Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface:

    praefato opus est,

    Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—
    B.
    praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology:

    praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,

    Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions:

    in praefanda videmur incidere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 45.

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  • 6 nōminō

        nōminō āvī, ātus, āre    [nomen], to call by name, name, give a name to: tua te Thisbe Nominat, O.: amor ex quo amicitia est nominata, takes its name: L. Sulla, quem honoris causā nomino, mention with respect: (urbem) e suo nomine Romam iussit nominari: Mithridatem deum.— To render famous, make renowned, celebrate: praedicari de se ac nominari volunt.— To name for office, designate, nominate: interregem, L.: me augurem.— To talk of, call attention to, urge: mihi mansuetudinem, S.— To name, mention, report, accuse, arraign: nominari apud dictatorem, L.: inter coniuratos me, accuses as a conspirator, Cu.
    * * *
    nominare, nominavi, nominatus V
    name, call

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  • 7 nomino

    nōmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nomen], to call by name, to name, to give a name to (esp. after, for a person or thing; cf.: appello, voco, dico).
    I.
    In gen.: quae (navis) nunc nominatur nomine Argo, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34, 26:

    Chaldaei, non ex artis, sed ex gentis vocabulo nominati,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:

    urbem constituit, quam e suo nomine Romam jussit nominari,

    id. Rep. 2, 7, 12:

    amor ex quo amicitia est nominata,

    Cic. Lael. 8 (Trag. v. 283 Vahl.); id. Caecin. 18, 51.—Esp., to give a surname to a person, Eutr. 8, 8: aliquem honoris causā, to name or mention out of respect:

    L. Sulla, quem honoris causā nomino,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    quem ego hominem honoris causā nominatum volo,

    id. Verr. 1, 7, 18; v. honor: hanc illi idean appellant, jam a Platone ita nominatam, Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 30.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Pregn., to render famous, renowned, celebrated (cf.:

    laudo, celebro): praedicari de se et nominari volunt omnes,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 26:

    sunt clari hodieque et qui olim nominabuntur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 94; v. under P. a.—
    B.
    To name or nominate a person for an office:

    patres interregem nominaverant,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    me augurem Cn. Pompeius et Q. Hortensius nominaverunt,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

    illo die, quo sacerdotes solent nominare, quos dignissimos sacerdotio judicant, me semper nominabat,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8; Suet. Claud. 22; cf. nominatio.—
    C.
    To name, mention, report, accuse, arraign (not ante-Aug.):

    capita conjurationis, priusquam nominarentur apud dictatorem, mors ab ipsis conscita judicio subtraxit,

    Liv. 9, 26, 7:

    qui nominatus profugisset, diem certam se finituros,

    id. 39, 17:

    Dimnus, cum ceteros participes sceleris indicaret, Philotam non nominavit,

    Curt. 6, 9, 16; 8, 6, 24.—Esp., with inter, to name among or as one of; to report as belonging to a party, conspiracy, etc.:

    inter conjuratos nemo me nominat,

    Curt. 6, 10, 5: inter socios Catilinae nominatus, Suet. Caés. 17; cf.:

    cum Thesea inter eos nomināsset. qui ad inferos adissent,

    Gell. 10, 16, 12; Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 93; 22, 21, 27, § 55; Hier. in Ep. ad Galat. 5, 19 sqq.—
    D.
    In gram.: nominandi casus, the nominative case (like accusandi casus, the accusative case), Varr. L. L. 8, § 42 Müll.; 9, § 76; 10, 2, § 23; Gell. 13, 22, 5.—Hence, nōmĭnātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. A.), famed, renowned, celebrated:

    illa Attalica tota Sicilia nominata,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

    nominatiora pericula,

    Tert. Anim. 13: bdellium nominatissimum, Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 35 (al. laudatissimum); Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 10.

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  • 8 cito

    1.
    cĭtŏ, adv., v. cieo, P. a. fin.
    2.
    cĭto, āvi, ātum ( part. perf. gen. plur. citatūm, Att. ap. Non. p. 485; inf. pass. citarier, Cat. 61, 42), 1, v. freq. a. [cieo].
    I.
    To put into quick motion, to move or drive violently or rapidly, to hurl, shake, rouse, excite, provoke, incite, stimulate, promote, etc. (mostly post-Aug. and poet.; in earlier authors usu. only in P. a.):

    citat hastam,

    Sil. 4, 583:

    arma,

    Stat. Th. 8, 124:

    gradum,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 510:

    urinam,

    Cels. 2, 19:

    pus,

    id. 5, 28, n. 13:

    umorem illuc,

    id. 4, 6:

    alvum,

    Col. 7, 9, 9:

    ubi luctandi juvenes animosa citavit gloria,

    Stat. Th. 6, 834. —
    2.
    Of plants, to put or shoot forth:

    virgam,

    Col. 3, 6, 2; 4, 15, 2:

    radices,

    id. 5, 5, 5; id. Arb. 10, 3; Pall. Feb. 9, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    isque motus (animi) aut boni aut mali opinione citetur,

    be called forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24 Orell. N. cr. (cf.:

    motus cieri,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20).—
    II.
    (Like cieo, 2.) With reference to the termination ad quem, to urge to, call or summon to (class.; esp. freq. in lang. of business;

    syn.: voco, adesse jubeo): patres in curiam per praeconem ad regem Tarquinium citari jussit,

    Liv. 1, 47, 8; id. 3, 38, 6 and 12:

    senatum,

    id. 9, 30, 2:

    in fora citatis senatoribus,

    id. 27, 24, 2:

    tribus ad sacramentum,

    Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Cat. 61, 43:

    judices citati in hunc reum consedistis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19:

    citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc., i. e. for enrollment for milit. service,

    Liv. 2, 29, 2; id. Epit. libr. 14; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In law, to call the parties, to see whether they are present (syn.:

    in jus vocare, evocare): citat reum: non respondet. Citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit, non affuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98; 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41;

    so of those accused,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Mil. 19, 50; Suet. Tib. 11; 61.—And of the roll of a gang of slaves:

    mancipia ergastuli cottidie per nomina,

    Col. 11, 1, 22 al. —Hence, to accuse:

    cum equester ordo reus a consulibus citaretur,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 35; Vitr. 7 praef.;

    and facetiously,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 6.—With gen. of the charge or penalty:

    omnes ii... abs te capitis C. Rabirii nomine citantur,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.:

    ne proditi mysterii reus a philosophis citaretur,

    Lact. 3, 16, 5.—Of witnesses:

    in hanc rem testem totam Siciliam citabo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 146; Suet. Caes. 74; Quint. 6, 4, 7.—
    b.
    Beyond the sphere of judicial proceedings: testem, auctorem, to call one to witness, to call upon, appeal to, quote, cite:

    quamvis citetur Salamis clarissimae testis victoriae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 75:

    quos ego testes citaturus fui rerum a me gestarum,

    Liv. 38, 47, 4:

    poëtas ad testimonium,

    Petr. 2, 5:

    libri, quos Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores,

    Liv. 4, 20, 8.— To call for votes or opinions in the senate, haec illi, quo quisque ordine citabantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.—Of an appeal to a god for aid, etc., Ov. F. 5, 683; Cat. 61, 42.—
    2.
    (Like cieo, II. C.) In gen., to mention any person or thing by name, to name, mention, call out, proclaim, announce (rare but class.;

    syn. laudo): omnes Danai reliquique Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18: victorem Olympiae citari; cf. Nep. praef. § 5; Liv. 29, 37, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 922:

    paeanem,

    to rehearse, recite, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

    io Bacche,

    to call, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7 (cf.:

    triumphum ciere,

    Liv. 45, 38, 12, infra cieo, II. C. 2.); Col. 11, 1, 22.—Hence, cĭtātus, a, um, part., driven, urged on, hastened, hurried; and P a., quick, rapid, speedy, swift (opp. tardus; class.).
    A.
    Prop., freq.:

    citato equo,

    at full gallop, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 1, 27, 7; 3, 46, 6; so,

    equis,

    id. 1, 5, 8; cf. Verg. A. 12, 373 al.:

    jumentis,

    Suet. Ner. 5:

    pede,

    Cat. 63, 2:

    tripudiis,

    id. 63, 26:

    citato gradu,

    Liv. 28, 14, 17:

    passibus,

    Sen. Hippol. 9:

    axe,

    Juv. 1, 60:

    citatum agmen,

    Liv. 35, 30, 1:

    citatiore agmine ad stativa sua pervenit,

    id. 27, 50, 1; so,

    citatissimo agmine,

    id. 22, 6, 10 al.:

    amnis citatior,

    id. 23, 19, 11:

    flumen,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 178:

    nautae,

    Prop. 1, 8, 23:

    rates,

    Sen. Hippol. 1048; Luc. 8, 456:

    currus,

    Sil. 8, 663:

    Euro citatior,

    Sil. 4, 6:

    alvus citatior,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—Also instead of an adv. (cf. citus, B.):

    Rhenus per fines Trevirorum citatus fertur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

    ferunt citati signa,

    Liv. 41, 3, 8:

    penna citatior ibat,

    Sil. 10, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., quick, rapid, vehement, impetuous:

    argumenta acria et citata,

    Quint. 9, 4, 135;

    and transf. to persons: in argumentis citati atque ipso etiam motu celeres sumus,

    id. 9, 4, 138:

    Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit,

    id. 11, 3, 111; 11, [p. 346] 3, 17:

    pronuntiatio (opp. pressa),

    id. 11, 3, 111:

    citatior manus (opp. lenior),

    id. 11, 3, 102:

    soni tum placidi tum citati,

    Gell. 1, 11, 15.— Adv.: cĭtātē, quickly, speedily, nimbly, rapidly (perh. only in the two foll. examples):

    piscatores citatius moventur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112:

    ut versus quam citatissime volvant,

    id. 1, 1, 37.

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  • 9 memorō

        memorō āvī, ātus, āre    [memor], to bring to remembrance, mention, recount, relate, speak of, say, tell: mihi causas, V.: patriam rhombi, Iu.: cuius conditor Hercules memorabatur, was said to have been, S.: ut quidam memoratur contemnere, etc., H.: nondum memoratus omnibus, O.: de gloriā bonorum, S.: de naturā nimis obscure: Herculem boves abegisse, L.: ubi ea, quae dico, gesta esse memorantur: quo patre natus uterque Contulerit lites, H.: sic memorat, V.: incredibile memoratu est, quam, etc., S.: parva et levia memoratu, Ta.— To speak, utter, make use of: vocabula memorata Catonibus, H.— To name, call: Carmentalem nomine portam, V.
    * * *
    memorare, memoravi, memoratus V
    remember; be mindful of (w/GEN/ACC); mention/recount/relate, remind/speak of

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  • 10 praetereo

    praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To go by or past, to pass by:

    si nemo hac praeteriit,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15:

    ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 46:

    praeteriens modo,

    in passing by, Ter. And. 1, 5, 18:

    quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200:

    te praetereunte,

    Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora;

    redire potest,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 63:

    nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time:

    biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

    tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.—
    B.
    To be lost, disregarded, perish, pass away, pass without attention or fulfilment (late Lat.):

    aut unus apex non praeteribit de lege,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 8:

    figura hujus mundi,

    id. 1 Cor. 7, 31; id. Eccl. 1, 4; 7, 1.—
    II.
    Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.
    A.
    Lit.:

    praeterire pistrinum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

    jam hunc non ausim praeterire,

    id. As. 3, 4, 15:

    hortos,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,

    Verg. A. 4, 157:

    Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,

    Juv. 6, 308.— Pass.:

    praeterita est virgo,

    Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects:

    ripas Flumina praetereunt,

    flow past their banks, Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To pass by an evil, to escape a danger:

    nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.—
    2.
    With neutr. adj., or a clause as subject, to escape one, i. e. to escape one's knowledge, be unknown to one:

    non me praeterit... me longius prolapsum esse,

    Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

    sed te non praeterit, quam sit difficile,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: nec dubitamus multa esse, quae et nos praeterierint, Plin. H. N. praef. § 18.—
    3.
    To pass by or over, i. e.
    a.
    To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention:

    quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

    ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 77, §

    178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

    et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,

    what I had nearly failed to mention, id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

    aliquid silentio,

    id. Brut. 22, 88:

    praeteream, referamne tuum... Dedecus?

    Ov. F. 6, 319:

    ut nihil praeteream,

    Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

    ne quid praetereatur,

    id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.—
    b.
    To pass over, omit, make no use of:

    locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 14.—
    c.
    To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8:

    litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,

    Suet. Aug. 88.—
    d.
    To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.:

    verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

    quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,

    App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.:

    nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,

    to leave unpractised, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.— Pass.:

    tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

    left without applause, Cic. Brut. 22, 88.—
    e.
    In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one:

    populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 3, 8:

    cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,

    id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

    Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,

    were passed by, received no appointment, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

    fratris filium praeteriit,

    has passed by, bequeathed nothing to, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

    me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,

    neglected me, forgot me, Ov. F. 5, 312:

    quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?

    Mart. 7, 86, 5:

    si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 123.—
    f.
    To go beyond, to surpass, excel:

    hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1:

    virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,

    Ov. P. 4, 7, 51:

    ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,

    Juv. 14, 214.—
    g.
    To transgress:

    justum praeterit ira modum,

    due limits, Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence,
    A.
    praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.):

    loqui,

    Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.—
    B.
    praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed:

    nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 69:

    aetas,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    anni,

    Verg. A. 8, 560:

    nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,

    Ov. H. 20, 187:

    labor,

    Quint. 10, 7, 4:

    secula,

    id. 12, 4, 2:

    vita,

    Just. 42, 1:

    viri,

    dead and gone, departed, Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36):

    negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,

    for the past, for their past conduct, Suet. Dom. 9:

    praeteritā noc. te,

    last night, Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense:

    quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,

    Quint. 1, 4, 29.— Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past:

    sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,

    Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14:

    monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,

    Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.:

    praeterita mutare non possumus,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. paraleipomena), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.

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  • 11 Praeterita

    praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To go by or past, to pass by:

    si nemo hac praeteriit,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15:

    ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 46:

    praeteriens modo,

    in passing by, Ter. And. 1, 5, 18:

    quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200:

    te praetereunte,

    Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora;

    redire potest,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 63:

    nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time:

    biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

    tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.—
    B.
    To be lost, disregarded, perish, pass away, pass without attention or fulfilment (late Lat.):

    aut unus apex non praeteribit de lege,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 8:

    figura hujus mundi,

    id. 1 Cor. 7, 31; id. Eccl. 1, 4; 7, 1.—
    II.
    Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.
    A.
    Lit.:

    praeterire pistrinum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

    jam hunc non ausim praeterire,

    id. As. 3, 4, 15:

    hortos,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,

    Verg. A. 4, 157:

    Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,

    Juv. 6, 308.— Pass.:

    praeterita est virgo,

    Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects:

    ripas Flumina praetereunt,

    flow past their banks, Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To pass by an evil, to escape a danger:

    nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.—
    2.
    With neutr. adj., or a clause as subject, to escape one, i. e. to escape one's knowledge, be unknown to one:

    non me praeterit... me longius prolapsum esse,

    Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

    sed te non praeterit, quam sit difficile,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: nec dubitamus multa esse, quae et nos praeterierint, Plin. H. N. praef. § 18.—
    3.
    To pass by or over, i. e.
    a.
    To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention:

    quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

    ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 77, §

    178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

    et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,

    what I had nearly failed to mention, id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

    aliquid silentio,

    id. Brut. 22, 88:

    praeteream, referamne tuum... Dedecus?

    Ov. F. 6, 319:

    ut nihil praeteream,

    Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

    ne quid praetereatur,

    id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.—
    b.
    To pass over, omit, make no use of:

    locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 14.—
    c.
    To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8:

    litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,

    Suet. Aug. 88.—
    d.
    To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.:

    verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

    quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,

    App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.:

    nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,

    to leave unpractised, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.— Pass.:

    tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

    left without applause, Cic. Brut. 22, 88.—
    e.
    In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one:

    populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 3, 8:

    cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,

    id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

    Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,

    were passed by, received no appointment, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

    fratris filium praeteriit,

    has passed by, bequeathed nothing to, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

    me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,

    neglected me, forgot me, Ov. F. 5, 312:

    quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?

    Mart. 7, 86, 5:

    si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 123.—
    f.
    To go beyond, to surpass, excel:

    hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1:

    virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,

    Ov. P. 4, 7, 51:

    ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,

    Juv. 14, 214.—
    g.
    To transgress:

    justum praeterit ira modum,

    due limits, Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence,
    A.
    praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.):

    loqui,

    Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.—
    B.
    praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed:

    nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 69:

    aetas,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    anni,

    Verg. A. 8, 560:

    nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,

    Ov. H. 20, 187:

    labor,

    Quint. 10, 7, 4:

    secula,

    id. 12, 4, 2:

    vita,

    Just. 42, 1:

    viri,

    dead and gone, departed, Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36):

    negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,

    for the past, for their past conduct, Suet. Dom. 9:

    praeteritā noc. te,

    last night, Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense:

    quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,

    Quint. 1, 4, 29.— Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past:

    sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,

    Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14:

    monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,

    Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.:

    praeterita mutare non possumus,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. paraleipomena), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.

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  • 12 praeterita

    praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To go by or past, to pass by:

    si nemo hac praeteriit,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15:

    ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 46:

    praeteriens modo,

    in passing by, Ter. And. 1, 5, 18:

    quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200:

    te praetereunte,

    Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora;

    redire potest,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 63:

    nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time:

    biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

    tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.—
    B.
    To be lost, disregarded, perish, pass away, pass without attention or fulfilment (late Lat.):

    aut unus apex non praeteribit de lege,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 8:

    figura hujus mundi,

    id. 1 Cor. 7, 31; id. Eccl. 1, 4; 7, 1.—
    II.
    Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.
    A.
    Lit.:

    praeterire pistrinum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27:

    jam hunc non ausim praeterire,

    id. As. 3, 4, 15:

    hortos,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3:

    jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,

    Verg. A. 4, 157:

    Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,

    Juv. 6, 308.— Pass.:

    praeterita est virgo,

    Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects:

    ripas Flumina praetereunt,

    flow past their banks, Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To pass by an evil, to escape a danger:

    nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.—
    2.
    With neutr. adj., or a clause as subject, to escape one, i. e. to escape one's knowledge, be unknown to one:

    non me praeterit... me longius prolapsum esse,

    Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:

    sed te non praeterit, quam sit difficile,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: nec dubitamus multa esse, quae et nos praeterierint, Plin. H. N. praef. § 18.—
    3.
    To pass by or over, i. e.
    a.
    To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention:

    quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

    ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 77, §

    178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

    id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

    et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,

    what I had nearly failed to mention, id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

    aliquid silentio,

    id. Brut. 22, 88:

    praeteream, referamne tuum... Dedecus?

    Ov. F. 6, 319:

    ut nihil praeteream,

    Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

    ne quid praetereatur,

    id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.—
    b.
    To pass over, omit, make no use of:

    locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 14.—
    c.
    To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8:

    litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,

    Suet. Aug. 88.—
    d.
    To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.:

    verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

    quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,

    App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.:

    nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,

    to leave unpractised, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.— Pass.:

    tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

    left without applause, Cic. Brut. 22, 88.—
    e.
    In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one:

    populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 3, 8:

    cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,

    id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

    Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,

    were passed by, received no appointment, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

    fratris filium praeteriit,

    has passed by, bequeathed nothing to, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

    me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,

    neglected me, forgot me, Ov. F. 5, 312:

    quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?

    Mart. 7, 86, 5:

    si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 123.—
    f.
    To go beyond, to surpass, excel:

    hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1:

    virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,

    Ov. P. 4, 7, 51:

    ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,

    Juv. 14, 214.—
    g.
    To transgress:

    justum praeterit ira modum,

    due limits, Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence,
    A.
    praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.):

    loqui,

    Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.—
    B.
    praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed:

    nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 69:

    aetas,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    anni,

    Verg. A. 8, 560:

    nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,

    Ov. H. 20, 187:

    labor,

    Quint. 10, 7, 4:

    secula,

    id. 12, 4, 2:

    vita,

    Just. 42, 1:

    viri,

    dead and gone, departed, Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36):

    negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,

    for the past, for their past conduct, Suet. Dom. 9:

    praeteritā noc. te,

    last night, Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense:

    quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,

    Quint. 1, 4, 29.— Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past:

    sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,

    Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14:

    monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,

    Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.:

    praeterita mutare non possumus,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. paraleipomena), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.

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  • 13 dīcō

        dīcō dīxī, dictus （imper. dīc; perf. often <*>ync. dīxtī; P. praes. gen. plur. dīcentum for dīcentium, O.), ere    [DIC-], to say, speak, utter, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state, assert: ille, quem dixi, mentioned: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, or rather: neque dicere quicquam pensi habebat, S.: in aurem Dicere nescio quid puero, whisper, H.: Quid de quoque viro et cui dicas, H.: quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus, Cs.: dico eius adventu copias instructas fuisse: derectos se a vobis dicunt, Cs.: qui dicerent, nec tuto eos adituros, nec, etc., L.— Pass: de hoc Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc.: dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes, they say: quam (partem) Gallos obtinere dictum est, I have remarked, Cs.: ut supra dictum est, S.: sicut ante dictum est, N.: Facete dictum, smartly said, T.: multa facete dicta: centum pagos habere dicuntur, Cs.: qui primus Homeri libros sic disposuisse dicitur: ubi dicitur cinxisse Semiramis urbem, O.— Supin. abl.: dictu opus est, T.: nil est dictu facilius, T.— Prov.: dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, T.— To assert, affirm, maintain: quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis.—Of public speaking, to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak: oratio dicta de scripto: sententiam: qui primus sententiam dixerit, voted: sententiae dicebantur, the question was put: testimonium, to give evidence: causam, to plead: ius, to pronounce judgment: ad quos? before whom (as judges)?: ad ista dicere, in reply to: dixi (in ending a speech), I have done.—To describe, relate, sing, celebrate, tell, predict: maiora bella dicentur, L.: laudes Phoebi, H.: Alciden puerosque Ledae, H.: te carmine, V.: Primā dicte mihi Camenā, H.: versūs, V.: carmina fistulā, accompany, H.: cursum mihi, foretell, V.: fata Quiritibus, H.: hoc (Delphi), O.— To urge, offer: non causam dico quin ferat, I have no objection, T. — To pronounce, utter, articulate: cum rho dicere nequiret, etc.— To call, name: me Caesaris militem dici volui, Cs.: cui Ascanium dixere nomen, L.: Quem dixere Chaos, O.: Chaoniamque omnem Troiano a Chaone dixit, V.: Romanos suo de nomine, V.: Hic ames dici pater, H.: lapides Ossa reor dici, O.: dictas a Pallade terras Linquit, O.— Prov.: dici beatus Ante obitum nemo debet, O. — To name, appoint (to an office): se dictatorem, Cs.: magistrum equitum, L.: arbitrum bibendi, H.— To appoint, set apart, fix upon, settle: pecuniam omnem suam doti: hic nuptiis dictust dies, T.: diem operi: dies conloquio dictus est, Cs.: locum consciis, L.: legem his rebus: foederis uequas leges, V.: legem tibi, H.: legem sibi, to give sentence upon oneself, O.: eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit, S.—In phrases with potest: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis, it is beyond expression: quantum desiderium sui reliquerit dici vix potest, can hardly be told.— To tell, bid, admonish, warn, threaten: qui diceret, ne discederet, N.: Dic properet, bid her hasten, V.: dic Ad cenam veniat, H.: Tibi ego dico annon? T.: tibi equidem dico, mane, T.: tibi dicimus, O.: dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, T.: Dixi equidem et dico, I have said and I repeat it, H.— To mean, namely, to wit: non nullis rebus inferior, genere dico et nomine: Caesari, patri dico: cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque R.
    * * *
    I
    dicare, dicavi, dicatus V
    dedicate, consecrate, set apart; devote; offer
    II
    dicere, additional forms V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order
    III
    dicere, dixi, dictus V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order

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  • 14 appellō (adp-)

        appellō (adp-) āvī    （perf. subj. appellāssis for appellāveris, T.), ātus, āre, to address, speak to, apply to, accost: patrem, T.: virum, O.: milites alius alium laeti appellant, S.: a Viridomaro appellatus, Cs.: ne appellato quidem eo, without speaking to him, Ta.: nomine sponsum, L.: hominem verbo graviore: crebris nos litteris, write to often: legatos superbius: centuriones nominatim, Cs. — To call upon, apply to, entreat, request, beg, advise: vos: qui deus appellandus est?: quem appellet, habebat neminem: quos appellem? S.: de proditione alqm, approach, tamper with, L.: appellatus est a Flavio, ut... vellet, N.—In law, to call upon, appeal to: a praetore tribunos: regem, L.: praetor appellatur: de aestimatione appellare, Cs.—To make a demand upon, dun, press: me ut sponsorem: appellatus es de pecuniā: mercedem, claim, Iu.—To sue, complain of, accuse, summon: ne alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem. — To call by name, term, name, entitle: me istoc nomine, T.: multi appellandi, called by name: alquos hoc loco, mention: te patrem, T.: unum te sapientem: quem nautae adpellant Lichan, O.: victorem Achaten, V.: id ab re interregnum appellatum, L.: rex ab suis appellatur, Cs.: appellata est ex viro virtus.—To utter, pronounce: nomen: litteras.

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  • 15 dico

    1.
    dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; rather = dicaverit), v. a. [orig. the same word with 2. dīco; cf. the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380].
    I.
    To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for syn. cf.: dedico, consecro, inauguro).
    A.
    Prop.: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12:

    donum tibi (sc. Jovi) dicatum atque promissum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.:

    ara condita atque dicata,

    Liv. 1, 7 (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so,

    aram,

    id. 1, 7; 1, 20:

    capitolium, templum Jovis O. M.,

    id. 22, 38 fin.:

    templa,

    Ov. F. 1, 610:

    delubrum ex manubiis,

    Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97:

    lychnuchum Apollini,

    id. 34, 3, 8, § 14:

    statuas Olympiae,

    id. 34, 4, 9, § 16:

    vehiculum,

    Tac. G. 40:

    carmen Veneri,

    Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.:

    cygni Apollini dicati,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.—
    2.
    With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify (cf. dedico, no. II. A. b.):

    Janus geminus a Numa dicatus,

    Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34:

    inter numina dicatus Augustus,

    Tac. A. 1, 59.—
    B.
    Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.
    1.
    To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita;

    aurium operam tibi dico,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so,

    operam,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12:

    hunc totum diem tibi,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7:

    tuum studium meae laudi,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 4:

    genus (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae,

    id. Or. 13, 42:

    librum Maecenati,

    Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.:

    librum laudibus ptisanae,

    id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.:

    (Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo,

    Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the same verse, ib. 4, 126:

    se Crasso,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7:

    se alii civitati,

    to become a free denizen of it, Cic. Balb. 11, 28;

    for which: se in aliam civitatem,

    id. ib. 12 fin. —
    * 2.
    (I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time:

    nova signa novamque aquilam,

    Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated:

    loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS,

    Inscr. Orell. 1083.
    2.
    dīco, xi, ctum, 3 ( praes. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from duco, etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. dice, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). — Perf. sync.:

    dixti,

    Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.:

    dixis,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.:

    dixem = dixissem,

    Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. praes. pass. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), v. a. [root DIC = DEIK in deiknumi; lit., to show; cf. dikê, and Lat. dicis, ju-dex, dicio], to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for syn. cf.: for, loquor, verba facio, dicto, dictito, oro, inquam, aio, fabulor, concionor, pronuntio, praedico, recito, declamo, affirmo, assevero, contendo; also, nomino, voco, alloquor, designo, nuncupo; also, decerno, jubeo, statuo, etc.; cf. also, nego.—The person addressed is usually put in dat., v. the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. eipein pros tina, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. infra I. B. 2. g).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228:

    advenisse familiarem dicito,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 197:

    haec uti sunt facta ero dicam,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23:

    signi dic quid est?

    id. ib. 1, 1, 265:

    si dixero mendacium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf.

    opp. vera dico,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.:

    quo facto aut dicto adest opus,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.:

    dictu opus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

    nihil est dictu facilius,

    id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70:

    turpe dictu,

    id. Ad. 2, 4, 11:

    indignis si male dicitur, bene dictum id esse dico,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27:

    ille, quem dixi,

    whom I have mentioned, named, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel potius, or rather:

    stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

    mihi placebat Pomponius maxime vel dicam minime displicebat,

    id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.—
    b.
    Dicitur, dicebatur, dictum est, impers. with acc. and inf., it is said, related, maintained, etc.; or, they say, affirm, etc.: de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18:

    non sine causa dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes,

    id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; so,

    dicitur,

    Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Quint. 5, 7, 33; 7, 2, 44; Ov. F. 4, 508:

    Titum multo apud patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, ne, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 52; so,

    dicebatur,

    id. A. 1, 10:

    in hac habitasse platea dictum'st Chrysidem,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 1:

    dictum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 38, 56; Quint. 6, 1, 27:

    ut pulsis hostibus dici posset, eos, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3. Cf. also: hoc, illud dicitur, with acc. and inf., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Quint. 4, 2, 91; 11, 3, 177 al. —Esp. in histt. in reference to what has been previously related:

    ut supra dictum est,

    Sall. J. 96, 1:

    sicut ante dictum est,

    Nep. Dion. 9, 5; cf. Curt. 3, 7, 7; 5, 1, 11; 8, 6, 2 et saep.—
    c.
    (See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, with nom. and inf., it is said that I, thou, he, etc.; or, they say that I, thou, etc.:

    ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissimi esse,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 47: cf. Quint. 4, 4, 6:

    dicar Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos,

    Hor. Od. 3, 30, 10 al.:

    illi socius esse diceris,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 72: aedes Demaenetus ubi [p. 571] dicitur habitare, id. As. 2, 3, 2:

    qui (Pisistratus) primus Homeri libros confusos antea sic disposuisse dicitur, ut nunc habemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137 et saep.:

    quot annos nata dicitur?

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89:

    is nunc dicitur venturus peregre,

    id. Truc. 1, 1, 66 et saep. In a double construction, with nom. and inf., and acc. and inf. (acc. to no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major Titius... idque ab eis facile (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28 fin.; so Suet. Oth. 7.—
    d.
    Dictum ac factum or dictum factum (Gr. hama epos hama ergon), in colloq. lang., no sooner said than done, without delay, Ter. And. 2, 3, 7:

    dictum ac factum reddidi,

    it was "said and done" with me, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.:

    dicto citius,

    Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and:

    dicto prope citius,

    Liv. 23, 47, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn.
    a.
    To assert, affirm a thing as certain (opp. nego):

    quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.:

    dicebant, ego negabam,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and:

    quibus creditum non sit negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus?

    id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.—
    b.
    For dico with a negative, nego is used, q. v.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 799;

    but: dicere nihil esse pulchrius, etc.,

    Liv. 30, 12, 6; 21, 9, 3 Fabri; so,

    freq. in Liv. when the negation precedes,

    id. 30, 22, 5; 23, 10, 13 al.; cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 355.—
    2.
    dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition:

    utinam C. Caesari, patri, dico adulescenti contigisset, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24:

    ille mihi praesidium dederat, cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque Romano,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.—
    3.
    In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    oratio dicta de scripto,

    Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.:

    sententiam de scripto,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    controversias,

    Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77:

    prooemium ac narrationem et argumenta,

    id. 2, 20, 10:

    exordia,

    id. 11, 3, 161:

    theses et communes locos,

    id. 2, 1, 9:

    materias,

    id. 2, 4, 41:

    versus,

    Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86:

    causam, of the defendant or his attorney,

    to make a defensive speech, to plead in defence, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf.

    causas (said of the attorney),

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.:

    jus,

    to pronounce judgment, id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.—
    (β).
    With ad and acc. pers., to plead before a person or tribunal:

    ad unum judicem,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:

    ad quos? ad me, si idoneus videor qui judicem, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72; Liv. 3, 41.—
    (γ).
    With ad and acc. of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to:

    non audeo ad ista dicere,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nec idem loqui, quod dicere,

    Cic. Or. 32:

    est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 2; so,

    de aliqua re pro aliquo, contra aliquem, etc., innumerable times in Cic. and Quint.: dixi, the t. t. at the end of a speech,

    I have done, Cic. Verr. 1 fin. Ascon. and Zumpt, a. h. 1.;

    thus, dixerunt, the t. t. by which the praeco pronounced the speeches of the parties to be finished,

    Quint. 1, 5, 43; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 6, 4, 7.— Transf. beyond the judicial sphere:

    causam nullam or causam haud dico,

    I have no objection, Plaut. Mil. 5, 34; id. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 42.—
    4.
    To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly poet.):

    tibi dicere laudes,

    Tib. 1, 3, 31; so,

    laudes Phoebi et Dianae,

    Hor. C. S. 76:

    Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam,

    id. C. 1, 21, 1:

    Alciden puerosque Ledae,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 25:

    caelestes, pugilemve equumve,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 19:

    Pelidae stomachum,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 5:

    bella,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29:

    carmen,

    Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54:

    modos,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 7:

    silvestrium naturas,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.:

    temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

    Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1:

    vir neque silendus neque dicendus sine cura,

    Vell. 2, 13.—
    b.
    Of prophecies, to predict, foretell:

    bellicosis fata Quiritibus Hac lege dico, ne, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 58:

    sortes per carmina,

    id. A. P. 403:

    quicquid,

    id. S. 2, 5, 59:

    hoc (Delphi),

    Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43 et saep.—
    5.
    To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.—
    6.
    To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci phrasin vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1:

    Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit,

    Verg. A. 3, 335:

    hic ames dici pater atque princeps,

    Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50:

    uxor quondam tua dicta,

    Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.:

    dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,

    Ov. M. 3, 135.—
    7.
    To name, appoint one to an office:

    ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so,

    dictatorem,

    Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29:

    consulem,

    id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 (thrice):

    magistrum equitum,

    id. 6, 39:

    aedilem,

    id. 9, 46:

    arbitrum bibendi,

    Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.—
    8.
    To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle:

    nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, inter eos partiam,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19:

    dotis paululum vicino suo,

    Afran. ib. 26:

    pecuniam omnem suam doti,

    Cic. Fl. 35: quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.:

    diem nuptiis,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 75:

    diem operi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57:

    diem juris,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16:

    diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas,

    Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. dies:

    locum consiliis,

    id. 25, 16:

    leges pacis,

    id. 33, 12; cf.:

    leges victis,

    id. 34, 57:

    legem tibi,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.:

    legem sibi,

    to give sentence upon one's self, id. ib. 13, 72:

    pretium muneri,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. — Pass. impers.:

    eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit,

    Sall. J. 113, 6.—
    9.
    To utter, express, esp. in phrases:

    non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis,

    Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5:

    dici vix potest quanta sit vis, etc.,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.—
    10.
    (Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, like our vulg. to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him:

    dicebam, pater, tibi, ne matri consuleres male,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.:

    tibi (ego) dico,

    I tell you, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.:

    tibi dicimus,

    Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.—
    11.
    Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; v. sacramentum.
    II.
    Transf., i. q. intellego, Gr. phêmi, to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit:

    nec quemquam vidi, qui magis ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem dico et deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis, id. Leg. 3, 1:

    uxoris dico, non tuam,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, dictum, i, n., something said, i. e. a saying, a word.
    A.
    In gen.: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so,

    istaec dicta dicere,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40:

    docta,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf.

    condocta,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3:

    meum,

    id. As. 2, 4, 1:

    ridiculum,

    id. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    minimum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9:

    ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare,

    Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.:

    ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,

    Lucr. 5, 1224; cf.

    facete,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.:

    lepide,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103:

    absurde,

    id. Capt. 1, 1, 3:

    vere,

    Nep. Alc. 8, 4:

    ambigue,

    Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.:

    feci ego istaec dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse),

    Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A saying, maxim, proverb:

    aurea dicta,

    Lucr. 3, 12; cf.

    veridica,

    id. 6, 24: Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his Apophthegmata, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.,
    2.
    For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, dicterium.—
    3.
    Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

    rerum naturam expandere dictis,

    Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56:

    Ennius hirsuta cingat sua dicta corona,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—
    4.
    A prediction, prophecy, Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. dictio.—
    5.
    An order, command:

    dicto paruit consul,

    Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815:

    haec dicta dedit,

    Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, v. audio.—
    6.
    A promise, assurance:

    illi dixerant sese dedituros... Cares, tamen, non dicto capti, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34.

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  • 16 autumō

        autumō āvī, —, āre    [aio], to say aye, assert, aver, affirm, say: facturum autumat, T.: insanum (eum), H.
    * * *
    autumare, autumavi, autumatus V TRANS
    say, assert; say yes; affirm; mention, speak of; name, call; reckon, judge

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  • 17 dē-mōnstrō

        dē-mōnstrō āvī, ātus, āre,    to point out, indicate, designate, show: figuram digito: ubi habitet (mihi) demonstrarier, T.: itinera: quid ubique esset: finīs, i. e. to deliver possession (of land): demonstrant astra salebras, Pr.—Fig., to designate, indicate, show, prove, demonstrate, establish: audisti quam villam demonstravit? T.: alterius peccata: istius cupiditatem: causā illis demonstratā: earum (navium) modum formamque, Cs.: sibi nihil esse reliqui, Cs.: culpam in te fuisse: quanta praedae faciendae facultas daretur, si, etc., Cs.: quā iste oratione usus esset: verba demonstrantia ea, quae, etc., expressing.—To mention, speak of, name, describe: cum essent in quibus demonstravi angustiis, Cs.: res, quam ante demonstravi: cum esset Caesar in hibernis, ita uti supra demonstravimus, Cs.: naves, de quibus supra demonstratum est, Cs.: quem missum in Hispaniam demonstratum est, Cs.: flumen, quod esse post castra demonstratum est, Cs.

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  • 18 laudo

    to praise, extoll, commend / name, mention, cite, quote.

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  • 19 adgnascor

    a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].
    1.
    To be born in addition to; commonly,
    A.
    Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

    constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,
    B.
    Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

    qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

    Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—
    II.
    Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

    viscum in quercu adgnasci,

    Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—
    III.
    Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

    membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

    Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

    tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

    Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

    Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

    SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

    ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—
    B.
    Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

    numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

    Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

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  • 20 adgnatus

    a-gnascor ( adg-), nātus, 3, v. dep. [ad-gnascor, nascor].
    1.
    To be born in addition to; commonly,
    A.
    Of children that are not born until after the father has made his will:

    constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; so id. Caecin. 25; Dig. 25, 3, 3.—Metaph.,
    B.
    Of adopted children, to accrue by adoption:

    qui in adoptionem datur, his, quibus agnascitur, cognatus fit,

    Paul. Dig. 1, 7, 23; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 10.—
    II.
    Of plants, to grow to, at, or upon something:

    viscum in quercu adgnasci,

    Plin. 16, 44, 93, § 245; 27, 11, 73, § 97.—
    III.
    Of teeth, to grow afterwards, Gell. 3, 10.—Of hair, Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231. —Of limbs:

    membra animalibus adgnata inutilia sunt,

    Plin. 11, 52, 113, § 272.—Of plants:

    tubera et cetera quae subito adgnascuntur,

    Scrib. Comp. 82.—Hence, agnā-tus ( adg-), a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., born to, belonging to, or connected with by birth; and subst., a blood relation by the father's side ( father, son, grandson, etc.; brother, brother's son, brother's grandson, etc.; uncle, cousin, second cousin, etc.); accordingly of more limited signif. than cognatus, which includes blood relations on the mother's side; the idea in gentilis is still more extended, including all the persons belonging to a gens, and bearing the same gentile name, e. g. the Cornelii, Fabii, Aemilii, etc., v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.; Gai Inst. 1, 156; Ulp. 26, 1, 10, § 2; cf.

    Zimmern, Röm. Priv. Rechtsgesch. 1, 507 sq.—Even the XII. Tables mention the Agnati: SI. (PATERFAMILIAS) INTESTATO. MORITVR. CVI. SVVS. HERES. NEC. SIT. ADGNATVS. PROXIMVS. FAMILIAM. HABETO.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, and Ulp. Fragm. Tit. 26, § 1:

    SI. ADGNATVS. NEC. ESCIT. (sit) GENTILIS. FAMILIAM. NANCITOR., Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. Tit. 16, § 4: SI. FVRIOSVS. EST. ADGNATORVM. GENTILIVMQVE. IN. EO. PECVNIAQVE. EIVS. POTESTAS. ESTO.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 5; Auct. ad Her. 1, 13.—Hence, the proverb:

    ad adgnatos et gentiles est deducendus, for a madman or insane person,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8.—
    B.
    Ag-nāti, orum, subst., children born after the father has made his will (cf. I. A.):

    numerum liberorum finire aut quemquam ex adgnatis necare flagitium habetur,

    Tac. G. 19; id. H. 5, 5.

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  • name-dropping — noun the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener the hard thing about name dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it • Hypernyms: ↑mention, ↑reference * * * ˈname dropping noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • mention — vb Mention, name, instance, specify are comparable when they mean to make clear or specific by referring to something explicitly. Mention indicates a calling attention to, usually by name where possible, sometimes by a brief, cursory, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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