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  • 1 obligo

    ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare):

    obligatus corio,

    bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

    articulis muscus obligatus,

    bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2:

    amylo spisso obligare,

    id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—
    B.
    To bind together, bind up (rare):

    pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:

    manipulos,

    Col. 11, 2, 40.—
    C.
    To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds):

    crus fractum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9:

    vulnus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.:

    medicum requirens, a quo obligetur,

    to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2:

    venas,

    to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9:

    surculum libro,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

    oculos,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4:

    ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.:

    obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,

    bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

    vadem tribus milibus aeris,

    to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13:

    voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11:

    se nexu,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

    se chirographo ad aliquid,

    Dig. 30, 103:

    aliquem sibi liberalitate,

    to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    obligabis me,

    will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5:

    obligari foedere,

    Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1:

    obligor ipse tamen,

    Ov. M. 9, 248:

    obligatus ei nihil eram,

    was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1:

    me obligatum tibi fore,

    id. Att. 13, 18:

    obligati sunt interrogatum,

    Amm. 28, 4, 10.— Poet.:

    Prometheus obligatus aliti,

    devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67:

    ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

    vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17:

    obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,

    am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To render liable through guilt, to make guilly:

    cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,

    Cic. Dom. 8, 20:

    votis caput,

    Hor. C. 2, 8, 5:

    se scelere,

    Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.— Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence:

    est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

    lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,

    offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t.
    a.
    To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.):

    obligandi, solvendi sui causā,

    Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3:

    se obligare,

    ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—
    b.
    To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing:

    magistratui bona ejus obligantur,

    Vitr. 10 praef.:

    omnia praedia fratri,

    Suet. Vesp. 4:

    omnia bona sua pignori,

    Dig. 20, 4, 21:

    nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium,

    has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4:

    aedes pignori,

    Dig. 39, 2, 44:

    obligata praedia,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—
    (β).
    Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere:

    obligare fidem suam,

    to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—
    3.
    To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged:

    iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.— Comp.:

    quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8:

    ipsi obligati sunt,

    ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.

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  • 2 interpono

    inter-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, or set between or among, to interpose, insert between.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of place, constr. with acc. and dat., or inter with acc.:

    equitatus praesidia levis armaturae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 17; 13; 19:

    vestibus interponi eam (herbam) gratissimum,

    Plin. 21, 6, 20, § 43:

    ubi spatium inter muros... pilae interponuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 15:

    inter eos levis armaturae Numidas,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 13:

    uti levis armatura interjecta inter equites suos interponeretur,

    id. ib. 20:

    sulcos,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 3:

    ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant,

    Liv. 37, 42:

    lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 8, 10, 25.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To insert, interpose, introduce. —Of time:

    intercalariis mensibus interpositis,

    Liv. 1, 19, 6; cf.:

    inediam unius diei per singulos menses,

    Suet. Vesp. 20.—Of musical notes:

    iis sonis quos interposuerant, inserunt alios,

    Quint. 12, 10, 68.—Of words or language:

    ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur,

    Cic. Lael. 1:

    hoc loco libet interponere... quantae, etc.,

    Nep. Pelop. 3, 1: subinde interponenti precibus, quid respondebo, [p. 984] etc., Quint. 6, 3, 64:

    paucis interpositis versibus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

    aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 12:

    verbum ullum,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 15; so,

    querelas,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:

    meam sententiam,

    Quint. 5 prooem. 3. —

    Of a letter in a word: quibusdam (verbis litteram),

    Quint. 1, 5, 17.—Of a foot in verse:

    quibusdam (iambus) interpositus,

    id. 10, 1, 96.—
    2.
    Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave an interval:

    spatium ad recreandos animos,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

    ejus rei causa moram interponi arbitrabatur,

    id. B. G. 4, 9, fin.:

    tridui mora interposita,

    after a delay of, id. ib. 4, 11; id. B. C. 1, 64; 3, 12; 75:

    nullam moram,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

    nullam moram, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 1, 1:

    spatio interposito,

    some time after, id. Clu. 2, 5; Liv. 5, 5, 10:

    diebus aliquot interpositis,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9:

    tempore interposito,

    Suet. Tib. 9; cf. id. Claud. 26; Plin. 25, 8, 49, § 88:

    hac interposita nocte,

    Liv. 44, 39.—
    3.
    To mingle:

    frigidam (cibis),

    to drink cold water while eating, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55; cf.:

    condimentis cuminum,

    to mix with, id. 20, 15, 58, § 153.—
    C.
    With personal objects, to introduce among, admit among, bring into, to bring into a feast, a society, among associates, etc.:

    quam sancta sit societas civium, dis immortalibus interpositis, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 16:

    aliquem convivio,

    Suet. Claud. 39:

    legatos familiaribus,

    id. Ner. 22. —
    II.
    Trop., to interpose, introduce, put in the way, put forward.
    A.
    In gen., as a hinderance, interference, reason, or pretext:

    Lentulus provinciam, quam sorte habebat, interposita religione, deposuit,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 50:

    neque ulla belli suspicione interposita,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    nulla interposita dubitatione,

    id. ib. 7, 40; Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; 52:

    interposita pactione,

    Just. 7, 6, 5:

    offensione aliqua interposita,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4:

    nec colloquium interposita causa tolli volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42; Hirt. B. Alex. 70:

    causam interponens collegas exspectare,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2:

    postulata haec ab eo interposita esse, quominus, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:

    operam, studium, laborem pro sociis,

    id. Div. in Caecin. 19.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of a judgment, decree, edict, oath, etc.:

    jurejurando interposito,

    Liv. 34, 25, 7; Suet. Caes. 85:

    jus eo die se non dicturum, neque decretum interpositurum,

    Liv. 3, 46, 3:

    ad decreta interponenda pecuniam occipere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Suet. Tib. 33:

    judicium suum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    poenas compromissaque,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 66:

    exceptionem actioni,

    Dig. 44, 1, 2:

    intercessionem suam (of a tribune of the people),

    Val. Max. 6, 1, 10:

    tutor interponit auctoritatem suam,

    gives his authorization, Gai. Inst. 1, 190. —
    2.
    Fidem interponere, to pledge one's word or credit:

    fidem suam in eam rem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36, 2:

    fidem reliquis interponere, jusjurandum poscere, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 6:

    fidem suam in re omni,

    Hirt. B. Alex. 63:

    omni interposita fide,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

    ut in eam rem fidem suam, si quid opus esse putaret, interponeret,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; cf.:

    sponsio interponeretur,

    Liv. 9, 9.—
    3.
    Se interponere (in aliquid, or alicui rei; also with quominus or absol.), to interfere, intermeddle, engage in, set one ' s self in the way:

    si te in istam pacificationem non interponis,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 2:

    bello se,

    Liv. 35, 48:

    num ego me non interpono Romanis,

    Just. 3, 10, 11:

    num quem putas posse reperiri, qui se interponat, quominus, etc.?

    Cic. Vatin. 15:

    quid enim me interponerem audaciae tuae?

    expose myself, id. Phil. 2, 4, 19:

    ni tribuni plebis interposuissent se,

    Liv. 27, 6: tu vero, quod voles, facies;

    me nihil interpono,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5.— Rarely, to interfere, interpose in behalf of any one:

    semper se interposuit,

    Nep. Att. 2, 4; 9, 5:

    Qui me mediis interposuerim Caesaris scriptis, i.e. by writing a continuation,

    Hirt. B. G. 8 praef.

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  • 3 obstricte

    ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

    follem obstringit ob gulam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

    quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cervice obstrictā,

    Juv. 10, 88:

    tauros aratro,

    to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—
    II.
    To bind, bind up, close up by binding.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    laqueo collum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    To shut in, confine:

    ventos,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

    viminibus,

    Col. 4, 29.—
    (β).
    To hold together by:

    purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

    in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—
    III.
    Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

    civitatem jurejurando,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    legibus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

    foedere,

    id. Pis. 13, 29:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

    jurejurando,

    to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

    animam suam,

    Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

    quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

    bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    Atticum officiis,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

    qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

    has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    se parricidio,

    to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

    se perjurio,

    Liv. 26, 48:

    aliquem conscientiā,

    to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

    aliquem societate scelerum,

    Tac. A. 4, 57:

    fidem suam alicui,

    to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

    eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

    Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

    obstrictior Debitor,

    Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

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  • 4 obstringo

    ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

    follem obstringit ob gulam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

    quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cervice obstrictā,

    Juv. 10, 88:

    tauros aratro,

    to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—
    II.
    To bind, bind up, close up by binding.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    laqueo collum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    To shut in, confine:

    ventos,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

    viminibus,

    Col. 4, 29.—
    (β).
    To hold together by:

    purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

    in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—
    III.
    Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

    civitatem jurejurando,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    legibus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

    foedere,

    id. Pis. 13, 29:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

    jurejurando,

    to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

    animam suam,

    Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

    quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

    bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    Atticum officiis,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

    qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

    has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    se parricidio,

    to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

    se perjurio,

    Liv. 26, 48:

    aliquem conscientiā,

    to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

    aliquem societate scelerum,

    Tac. A. 4, 57:

    fidem suam alicui,

    to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

    eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

    Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

    obstrictior Debitor,

    Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

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  • 5 recipio

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

    recepso, for recepero,

    Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].
    I.
    To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
    A.
    Lit. (very freq. and class.):

    dandis recipiendisque meritis,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

    tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,

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

    centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,

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

    si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

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

    obsides,

    Suet. Aug. 21:

    reges,

    Liv. 2, 15:

    recepto amico,

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

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

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

    Lavinium,

    Liv. 2, 39;

    so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,

    Liv. 3, 63:

    praeda omnis recepta est,

    id. 3, 3:

    signa, quae ademerant Parthi,

    Suet. Tib. 9:

    arma,

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

    sagittam ab alterā parte,

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

    milites defessos,

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

    exercitum,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

    illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,

    bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—
    b.
    With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:

    se ex eo loco,

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

    se e fano,

    id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

    se ex opere,

    id. Men. 5, 3, 7:

    se ex hisce locis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:

    se e Siciliā,

    id. Brut. 92, 318:

    se ex fugā,

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

    se inde,

    id. B. G. 5, 15:

    se hinc,

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

    recipe te,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:

    se,

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

    sui recipiendi facultas,

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

    for which: se recipiendi spatium,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    recipe te ad erum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:

    se ad dominum,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 1:

    se ad nos,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:

    se ad suos,

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

    se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),

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

    se ad agmen,

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

    se penitus ad extremos fines,

    id. B. G. 6, 10:

    se ad legionem,

    id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

    se ad oppidum llerdam,

    id. B. C. 1, 45:

    se ad ordines suos,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    se ad signa,

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

    se a pabulo ad stabulum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:

    inde se in currus,

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

    se ex castris in oppidum,

    id. B. C. 2, 35:

    se in castra,

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

    4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,

    id. ib. 4, 16:

    se in Galliam,

    id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:

    se in montem,

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

    se in silvas ad suos,

    id. B. G. 2, 19:

    se in castra ad urbem,

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

    se retro in castra,

    Liv. 23, 36;

    and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,

    id. 23, 37;

    and so, se, with rursus,

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

    se in novissimos,

    Liv. 7, 40:

    se intra munitiones,

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

    se intra montes,

    id. B. C. 1, 65:

    se per declive,

    id. ib. 3, 51:

    se sub murum,

    id. ib. 2, 14:

    se trans Rhenum,

    id. B. G. 6, 41:

    se Larissam versus,

    id. B. C. 3, 97:

    se domum ex hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:

    se domum,

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

    se Adrumetum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 23:

    se Hispalim,

    id. ib. 2, 20:

    se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,

    id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

    se illuc,

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

    se huc esum ad praesepim suam,

    id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:

    se eo,

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

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

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

    rursum in portum recipimus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:

    dum recipis,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:

    actutum face recipias,

    id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):

    posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,

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

    aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—
    (β).
    To restore (late Lat.):

    urbem munitissimam,

    to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —
    B.
    Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:

    ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,

    Liv. 24, 3:

    jus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 118:

    et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,

    got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:

    quam (vitam) postquam recepi,

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

    spiritum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 55:

    animam,

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

    13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,

    Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:

    a pavore animum,

    id. 2, 50, 10:

    e pavore recepto animo,

    id. 44, 10, 1;

    for which: animos ex pavore,

    id. 21, 5 fin.:

    recepto animo,

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

    animum vultumque,

    Ov. F. 4, 615:

    mente receptā,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

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

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

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

    Curt. 4, 12, 17.—
    b.
    With se.
    (α).
    To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:

    ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:

    ad frugem bonam,

    Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

    ad reliquam cogitationem belli,

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

    se a voluptatibus in otium,

    Plin. Pan. 82, 8:

    se in principem,

    to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,
    (β).
    To recover, to collect one ' s self:

    difficulter se recipiunt,

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

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

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    se ex terrore ac fugā,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    se ex timore,

    id. ib. 4, 34:

    se ex fugā,

    id. ib. 4, 27:

    nondum totā me mente recepi,

    Ov. M. 5, 275.
    II.
    (Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With simple acc.:

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

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:

    aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

    hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,

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

    hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,

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

    3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,

    Sall. J. 16, 3:

    neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,

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

    nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,

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

    quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?

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

    (Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,

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

    equus frenum recepit,

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

    necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —
    (β).
    With ad:

    recipe me ad te,

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

    aliquem ad epulas,

    Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:

    ad lusum,

    Suet. Ner. 11. —
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    recipe me in tectum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:

    concubinam in aedes,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:

    nos in custodiam tuam,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:

    Tarquinium in civitatem,

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

    aliquem in ordinem senatorium,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

    aliquem in fidem,

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

    aliquem in civitatem,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    aliquem in caelum,

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

    aliquem in deditionem,

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

    aliquem in jus dicionemque,

    Liv. 21, 61:

    aliquem in amicitiam,

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

    aliquam in matrimonium,

    Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —
    (δ).
    With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):

    aliquem in loco,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:

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

    Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —
    (ε).
    With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):

    ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,

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

    aliquem tecto,

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

    exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    aliquem suis urbibus,

    id. Fl. 25, 61:

    aliquem civitate,

    id. Balb. 14, 32:

    aliquem finibus suis,

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

    aliquem oppido ac portu,

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

    aliquem moenibus,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    Romulus caelo receptus,

    Quint. 3, 7, 5:

    receptus Terra Neptunus,

    Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —
    (ζ).
    With local acc.:

    me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:

    aliquem domum suam,

    Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:

    aliquem domum ad se hospitio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:

    dena milia sestertia ex melle,

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

    pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    pecunia, quae recipi potest,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —
    b.
    In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;

    for which: totum telum corpore,

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

    ense recepto,

    Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—
    c.
    Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;

    eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

    Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,

    Liv. 6, 29:

    Aegyptum sine certamine,

    Just. 11, 11, 1:

    eo oppido recepto,

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

    civitatem,

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

    3, 16: Aetoliam,

    id. ib. 3, 55:

    rempublicam armis,

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    Alciden terra recepta vocat,

    the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —
    d.
    In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:

    antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,

    Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:

    non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,

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

    jusjurandum,

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

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

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

    antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,

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

    nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,

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

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

    id. Lael. 26, 97:

    timor misericordiam non recipit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    casus recipere (res),

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

    aliquem casum (res),

    id. ib. 3, 51:

    re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,

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

    sed hoc distinctionem recipit,

    Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:

    si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

    in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,

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

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

    id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—
    (β).
    Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

    alicujus sententiam,

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

    opinionem,

    id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

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

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

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

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

    verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

    causam Sex. Roscii,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

    mandatum,

    id. ib. 38, 112:

    officium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    curam ad se,

    Suet. Tit. 6.—
    b.
    To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:

    ad me recipio: Faciet,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:

    promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,

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

    spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:

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

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

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

    Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:

    de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,

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

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

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

    ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

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

    mihi,

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

    quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,

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

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

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;

    so,

    id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —
    c.
    In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;

    for which: recipere reum,

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

    aliquem inter reos,

    id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,
    A.
    rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):

    auctoritas receptior,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—
    B.
    rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:

    satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:

    promissum et receptum intervertit,

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

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  • 6 fidēs

        fidēs gen. (rare), usu. fidē (H., O.), once fidēī (Enn. ap. C.), once fidei (disyl., T.); dat. fidē, S., H., fidei (disyl., T.), f    [1 FID-], trust, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief: si visis fides non est habenda: alcui summam omnium rerum fidem habere, Cs.: habebunt verba fidem, si, etc., find acceptance, H.: testimonio fidem tribuere: ubi prima fides pelago, as soon as they can trust, V.: orationi adfert fidem: fidem facit oratio, commands belief: aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, Cs.: vati Si qua fides, may be believed, V.: omnibus abrogatur fides: imminuit orationis fidem: Multa fidem promissa levant, H.: addat fidem, give credence, Ta.: fac fidem, te nihil quaerere, etc., evince: fides mi apud hunc est, nil me istius facturum, T.—In business, credit: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, Cs.: fides de foro sublata erat: fidem abrogare, L.: fides deficere coepit: nisi fide staret res p., opibus non staturam, L.: quorum res fidesque in manibus sitae erant, i. e. entire resources, S.—Meton., trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty, truth, good faith: fundamentum iustitiae est fides: fide vestrā fretus: homo antiquā virtute ac fide, T.: prisca, V.: homo sine fide: hinc fides, illinc fraudatio: regni: in fide manere, Cs.: Ubii experimento fidei conlocati, because of their tried fidelity, Ta.: praestare fidem: prodere, S.: mutare, S.: de pace cum fide agere, L.: periura patris, perjured faith, H.: omnem tabularum fidem resignare, credibility: fides eius rei penes auctores erit, S.: maiora fide gessit, beyond belief, O.: segetis certa fides meae, faithfulness (in production), H.— Fulfilment, faithfulness (to a promise): Dicta fides sequitur, O.: promissa Exhibuere fidem, were fulfilled, O.: en haec promissa fides est? the fulfilment of the oracle? V.—In the legal phrase, ex bonā fide, or ex fide bonā, in good faith, with sincerity, without guile ; cf. mala fides, deception, dishonesty.—Praegn., a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation: fidem hosti datam fallere: inter se fidem dare, Cs.: obligare fidem vobis, plight one's faith: fidem servare, Cs.: fides iuris iurandi cum hoste servanda: fidem suam liberare, perform his promise: fidem exsolvere, L.: fidem amittere, N.: istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti: quantum mea fides studii mihi adferat, plighted word: contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem, confirmed, L.: fide rerum tradere, with accurate knowledge, Ta.— A promise of protection, pledge of safety, safe-conduct, assurance, guaranty, protection, guardian care: fidem ei publicam iussu senatūs dedi: si fides publica data esset, S.: privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, S.: fide acceptā a legatis, vim abfuturam, L.: quaere in cuius fide sint: in fidem Achaeorum castella tradere, L.: in alicuius fidem ac potestatem venire, Cs.: civitas in Catonis fide locata: alqm in fidem suam recipere: iura fidemque Supplicis erubuit (Achilles), due to a suppliant, V.: deūm atque hominum fidem implorabis.— Ellipt., in exclamations: Di vostram fidem! by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! T.: pro deūm fidem, T.: pro deorum atque hominum fidem.—Person., Faith, Truth: Fidem violare: Cana, V.: albo rara Fides Velata panno, H.
    * * *
    I
    faith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faith
    II
    chord, instrument string; constellation Lyra; stringed instrument (pl.); lyre

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  • 7 accipiō

        accipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [ad+capio], to take without effort, receive, get, accept. — Of voluntary taking, to take, accept, take into possession, receive: obsides, Cs.: divitias, N.: aliquid a patre, inherit, N.: suspitio acceptae pecuniae ob rem iudicandam (of a bribe): pecuniam per Volcatium, by the hands of: alqm gremio, V.: milites urbe tectisve, L.: sucos ore aut volnere, O. — Fig.: oculis aut pectore noctem, V.—To admit, let in: armatos in arcem, L.: alqm in amicitiam: (parentes) in civitatem, to citizenship, L.— To take under protection: (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo, T.: taedā accepta iugali, i. e. wedded, O.—To receive as a guest, entertain, welcome: Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean, V.: quam Delos orantem accepit, O.: (eum) in vestram fidem, into your confidence.— Ironically, to entertain, deal with, treat: indignis modis, T.: quo te modo accepissem, nisi iratus essem: eum male acceptum... coegit, etc. (of a defeated enemy), N.—In busines, to collect (money): a praetore pecuniam. — acceptus, P., received, collected: accepta pecunia. — Esp. in the phrase, referre acceptum (alqd), to credit, give credit for: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli, entered to the credit of inheritance, i. e. owe to bequests: alcui vitam suam referre acceptam, acknowledge that he owes his life, etc.: salutem imperi uni omnes acceptam relaturos, Cs. — In law: sponsionem acceptam facere, to discharge the bond, acknowledge payment of the sponsio.—Of involuntary taking, to receive, get, be the recipient of, take, submit to, suffer, bear: volnera tergo, V.: graviore volnere accepto, Cs.: cum semel accepit solem (leo), has felt the power of, H.: hunc metum, i. e. take this risk, T.: contumeliam, T. — Esp. of places, to admit, take in, receive, open to: Strophadum me litora primum Accipiunt, V.: nullae eum urbes accipiunt, nulla moenia, L.: illum unda accipit sinu vasto, V. — Fig., of perception and thought: quae accepi auribus, T.: mandata auribus: quem ipse accepi oculis animoque sensum, hunc, etc., the impression I received.—In gen., to take, hear, attend to, perceive, understand, learn: Accipe nunc Danaum insidias, listen to, V.: sicut ego accepi, as I have heard, S.: ut accepi a senibus: accipite... veterem orationem Archytae: quae postea acciderant, Cs.: reliquos ne famā quidem acceperunt, have not heard of them, Cs.: si te aequo animo ferre accipiet, T.: hoc sic fieri solere accepimus: ex parente ita accepi, munditias mulieribus convenire, S.: ut celeriter acciperet quae tradebantur, understood, N.— Absol: non recte accipis, T.: volenti animo de ambobus acceperant, had eagerly welcomed news of both, S.—In partic., of a word or pledge, take: accipe daque fidem, i. e. exchange solemn assurances, V.—Praegn., to take, interpret, explain: ad contumeliam omnia, to regard as an insult, T.: his in maius acceptis, being exaggerated, L.: hoc in bonam partem, take kindly: alqd durius: facinus severe accipere, with displeasure: aliter tuom amorem atque est, T.: aequo animo, S. — Accipere aliquid in omen, to regard a thing as an omen, accept the omen: id a plerisque in omen magni terroris acceptum, L.; but accipere omen, to receive as a ( favorable) omen, L.—With ellips. of omen: Accipio, adgnoscoque deos, I accept ( the omen) and, etc., V.—To accept, be satisfied with, approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta. Pam. Accipio, T.: ‘equi te esse feri similem, dico.’ Ridemus et ipse Messius, ‘accipio,’ I allow it, exactly so, H.: ab hoste armato condicionem, Cs.— To take upon one, undertake, assume, undergo: bellum, quod novus imperator noster accipiat, in which... succeeds to the command: causam: eos (magistratūs): iudicium (of the defendant), stand the trial: iudicium accipere pro Quinctio, i. e. agree for Q. to stand trial.
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    accipere, accepi, acceptus V TRANS
    take, grasp, receive, accept, undertake; admit, let in, hear, learn; obey

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