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  • 1 exerceo

    ex-ercĕo, ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to drive on, keep busy, keep at work; to oversee, superintend; with an inanimate object, to work, work at, employ one's self about a thing.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose):

    quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, Si sumas in illis (servis) exercendis, plus agas,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 22; cf.:

    homines qui agrum colunt, et qui eos exercent praepositive sunt his, quorum in numero sunt vilici et monitores,

    who oversee them, Dig. 33, 7, 8:

    exercete, viri, tauros,

    Verg. G. 1, 210:

    i sane, ego te exercebo hodie, ut dignus es,

    keep agoing, exercise, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

    corpora assiduo varioque exercita motu, etc.,

    driven, impelled, Lucr. 2, 97; cf. id. 4, 862; 2, 120; and:

    exercita cursu Flumina (with fontes liquidi),

    Verg. G. 3, 529 Wagn.:

    (Maeandros) Incertas exercet aquas,

    Ov. M. 8, 165:

    exercere feras,

    to drive, hunt, Dig. 7, 1, 62: Mi. Gestiunt pugni mihi. So. Si in me exercituru's, quaeso in parietem ut primum domes, to let loose, set them at me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:

    litus arant Rutulosque exercent vomere colles,

    work, till, Verg. A. 7, 798:

    solum presso sub vomere,

    id. G. 2, 356:

    rura bubus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 3:

    humum in messem,

    Verg. G. 1, 219:

    vineas, arbusta, campos (with curare),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 16:

    agrum multis arationibus,

    Pall. Jan. 13, 2:

    pinguia culta,

    Verg. A. 10, 142:

    ferrum vasto in antro (Cyclopes),

    id. ib. 8, 424:

    telas (aranea),

    Ov. M. 6, 145 al.; cf.: neque arva nobis aut metalla aut portus sunt, quibus exercendis reservemur, Tac. Agr. 31.— Poet.:

    ut possint (aratores), sole reducto, Exercere diem,

    i. e. employ the day in labor, perform their day's work, Verg. A. 10, 808.
    II.
    Trop. (freq. and class.).
    A.
    To engage busily, to occupy, employ, exercise a person or thing in some action.
    (α).
    Aliquem or aliquid ( in aliqua re, ad aliquid, aliqua re, etc.):

    me adolescentem multos annos in studio ejusdem laudis (Hortensius) exercuit,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 230:

    quod genus belli esse potest, in quo illum non exercuerit fortuna rei publicae,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    a Diodoto studiosissime in dialectica exercebar,

    id. Brut. 90, 309; cf. id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    hanc (animi vim) tu exerce in optimis rebus,

    id. Rep. 6, 26:

    haec aetas (juvenum) exercenda in labore patientiaque et animi et corporis,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

    animos in armis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 41:

    in gramineis exercent membra palaestris,

    Verg. A. 6, 642:

    vocem et vires in hoc,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 et saep.:

    Aristoteles adolescentes... ad copiam rhetorum in utramque partem exercuit,

    id. Or. 14, 46:

    ad hanc te amentiam natura peperit, voluntas exercuit,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 25:

    facultatem dicendi his exercuerunt,

    Quint. 2, 4, 41:

    ingenium multiplici variaque materia,

    id. 2, 4, 20:

    linguas litibus,

    Ov. M. 6, 375 et saep.—With simple acc.:

    quid te exercuit Pammenes?

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    Induciomarus copias cogere, exercere coepit,

    to exercise, drill, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

    juventutis exercendae causa,

    id. ib. 6, 23, 6:

    ingenium nostrum,

    Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34:

    corpus,

    Cic. de Off. 1, 23, 79:

    exercendae memoriae gratia,

    id. de Sen. 11, 38:

    exercendi stili,

    Quint. 10, 5, 15:

    exercendus est spiritus,

    id. 11, 3, 54 et saep.—
    (β).
    With se, or pass. in mid. force; and in part. praes. and gerund., to exercise or train one's self, to practise:

    si ad hoc unum est natus aut in hoc solo se exercuit, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 28, 99:

    se vehementissime in his subitis dictionibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 152:

    se in consultationibus,

    id. Att. 9, 4, 3:

    sese ad cursuram,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 5:

    se ad velitationem,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 41:

    sese quotidianis commentationibus,

    Cic. Brut. 71, 249:

    se genere pugnae,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

    se genere venationis,

    id. ib. 6, 28, 3:

    se saliendo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25:

    cur non in utrumque protinus locum se exerceant?

    Quint. 4, 2, 29 Zumpt N. cr.:

    Jovem Olympium, eum ipsum, cui se exercebit, implorabit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

    cum athletas se exercentes in curriculo videret,

    id. de Sen. 9, 27; so,

    ad virtutem,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7.—

    Mid.: ut exerceamur in venando,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

    ut in utrumque locum simul exerceamur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 50:

    faciunt idem, cum exercentur, athletae,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

    Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, discunt, exercentur,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

    ne aliter exerceri velint,

    Quint. 3, 8, 70:

    in mandatis tuis exercebor,

    Vulg. Psa. 118, 15.— Act. part. in mid. force:

    cum, ceteris in campo exercentibus, in herba ipse recubuisset,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287; so,

    ipsique dictata exercentibus darent,

    Suet. Caes. 26:

    spectavit assidue et exercentes ephebos,

    id. Aug. 98; cf.:

    si ludicra exercendi aut venandi consuetudine adamare solemus,

    of exercising ourselves, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69, v. Madv. ad h. l.—
    B.
    To practise, follow, exercise any employment; to employ one's self about, to make use of any thing:

    medicinae exercendae causa,

    Cic. Clu. 63, 178:

    hoc civile quod vocant eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

    id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    rhetoricen,

    Quint. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 27:

    eloquentiam,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    artem,

    id. 3, 6, 18; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

    exercere atque exigere vectigalia,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16:

    cauponam vel stabulum,

    Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5:

    navem,

    ib. 14, 1, 1:

    auri, argenti, sulphuris, etc.... fodinas,

    ib. 7, 1, 13, § 5:

    negotiationem per libertos,

    ib. 26, 7, 58:

    commercium turis,

    Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54:

    arma,

    Verg. A. 4, 87:

    arma contra patriam,

    Tac. A. 11, 16:

    gymnasia et otia et turpes amores,

    id. ib. 6, 1:

    acies pueriles,

    batiles in sport, Juv. 15, 60:

    pharetram et arcum,

    Val. Fl. 3, 161:

    vocem (with clamare),

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 13.—
    2.
    To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise, administer:

    judicium,

    Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

    latam legem,

    Liv. 4, 51, 4:

    Tiberius exercendas leges esse respondit,

    Tac. A. 1, 72: [p. 684] legem praecipue sumptuariam, Suet. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 58:

    quaestionem inter sicarios,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    regnum,

    Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47; cf.

    imperia,

    Verg. G. 2, 370:

    crudelitatem non solum in vivo sed etiam in mortuo,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 8:

    inimicitias,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; cf.:

    graves inimicitias cum aliquo,

    Sall. C. 49, 2:

    gratiam aut inimicitias in tanta re,

    id. ib. 51, 16:

    jurgia, discordia, simultates cum hostibus,

    id. ib. 9, 2:

    cui exercita cum Pisone amicitia,

    Tac. A. 1, 14:

    licentiam,

    id. ib. 13, 47:

    amicitiam,

    id. ib. 15, 60:

    odium,

    id. ib. 13, 37:

    odium in aliquo,

    Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.:

    facilitatem et lenitudinem animi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

    juris aequabilitatem,

    id. ib.; cf.

    justitiam,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

    scelus, libidinem, avaritiam in socios,

    Liv. 29, 17, 13; cf.:

    avaritiam (juvenes) exercere jubentur,

    Juv. 14, 108:

    foede victoriam in captis,

    Liv. 6, 22, 4:

    acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in plebem,

    Sall. J. 16, 2:

    foede et crudeliter victoriam,

    id. C. 38:

    amores ad aliquem,

    Cat. 68, 69:

    pacem et hymenaeos,

    to celebrate, solemnize, Verg. A. 4, 99:

    nomen patris,

    to bear his name, Plin. Pan. 21, 4 et saep.—
    C.
    Pregn., to disturb, disquiet, vex, plague (the figure being taken from the baiting of wild beasts):

    meos casus, in quibus me fortuna vehementer exercuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

    nunc me reliquiae vestrae exercent,

    id. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

    non te nullius exercent numinis irae,

    Verg. G. 4, 453:

    aliquem odiis,

    id. A. 4, 622 et saep.:

    te de praedio Oviae exerceri, moleste fero,

    Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

    ergo exercentur poenis,

    Verg. A, 6, 739:

    hominum vitam curis,

    Lucr. 5, 1424:

    ambitio animos hominum exercet,

    Sall. C. 11, 1:

    simultates nimio plures et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas,

    Liv. 39, 40, 9.—In the part. perf.:

    nate, Iliacis exercite fatis,

    Verg. A. 3, 182:

    Venus exercita curis,

    id. ib. 5, 779; cf.:

    curis exercita corpora,

    Ov. M. 7, 634:

    adversis probitas exercita rebus,

    id. Tr. 5, 5, 49: habere aliquem exercitum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 6, 4.—Hence, exercĭ-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. C.).
    A.
    Vexed, harassed:

    scito nihil tam exercitum esse nunc Romae quam candidatos omnibus iniquitatibus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2:

    Tiberius tantis rebus,

    Tac. A. 4, 11.— Hence,
    B.
    Vexatious, severe:

    quid magis sollicitum, magis exercitum dici potest?

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    finem tam exercitae militiae orabant,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    dura hiems, exercita aestas,

    id. ib. 1, 17:

    aestas (with inquieta),

    Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

    infantiam pueritiamque habuit laboriosam et exercitam,

    Suet. Tib. 6 init. —
    C.
    Disciplined:

    (miles) exercitatus et vetus ob eam rem fortior (opp. rudis et inexercitatus),

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38:

    mirum in modum juventus,

    Flor. 1, 3, 2:

    proprio in metu, qui exercitam quoque eloquentiam debilitat,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    militia,

    id. ib. 3, 20:

    ad omne flagitium,

    id. ib. 14, 2:

    ingenium adulatione,

    id. H. 4, 4:

    Graeca doctrina ore tenus,

    id. A. 15, 45.— Comp. and sup.: exercitiorem, exercitissimum (dicebant antiqui), Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 8 Müll. — Adv.: exercĭtē, in a practised manner; in comp.:

    cogitare,

    App. M. 11, p. 272, 6.

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  • 2 tracto

    tracto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. tractantum, Ov. P. 3, 3, 20), 1, v. freq. a. [traho].
    I.
    To draw violently, to drag, tug, haul, etc. (so, very rare): qui te (Hectorem) sic tractavere? Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 96 Vahl.):

    tractatus per aequora campi,

    id. Ann. v. 140 Vahl.:

    tractata comis antistita Phoebi,

    Ov. M. 13, 410:

    malis morsuque ferarum Tractari,

    to be torn, rent, lacerated, Lucr. 3, 889.—
    II.
    To touch, take in hand, handle, manage, wield; to exercise, practise, transact, perform, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: tango, ago, perago).
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

    numquam temere tinnit tintinnabulum, nisi qui illud tractat,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

    aliquid manibus,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

    tractavisti hospitam ante aedes meas,

    id. Mil. 2, 6, 30:

    mateilionem Corinthium cupidissime tractans,

    Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

    volucra, quae non possum tractare sine magno gemitu,

    id. Att. 12, 22, 1:

    aret Pellis et ad tactum tractanti dura resistit,

    Verg. G. 3, 502:

    puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 79:

    vitulos consuescere manu tractari,

    Col. 6, 2, 1:

    tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

    i. e. strikes, plays upon, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60: necdum res igni scibant tractare, to prepare, i. e. to cook, dress, Lucr. 5, 953:

    solum terrae aere,

    id. 5, 1289; cf.:

    lutosum agrum,

    i. e. to till, Col. 2, 4, 5:

    tractari tuerique vites,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

    ceram pollice,

    Ov. M. 10, 285; cf. id. ib. 8, 196:

    lanam,

    Just. 1, 3:

    lanuginem,

    Suet. Ner. 34:

    gubernacula,

    to manage, Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    tela,

    to wield, Liv. 7, 32, 11; cf.:

    speciosius arma,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53:

    servus, qui meam bibliothecen multorum nummorum tractavit,

    has taken care of, had charge of, Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 3; cf.: eras tu quaestor;

    pecuniam publicam tu tractabas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32:

    rationem Prusensium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5.—
    B. 1.
    In gen.: ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):

    suam rem minus caute et cogitate,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

    causas amicorum tractare atque agere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

    causam difficiliorem,

    id. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

    condiciones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

    bellum,

    to conduct, carry on, Liv. 23, 28, 4; Tac. A. 1, 59; Just. 9, 8, 12; 22, 5, 4:

    proelia,

    Sil. 15, 466; cf.:

    vitam vulgivago more ferarum,

    to lead, pass, spend, Lucr. 5, 930; so,

    vitam,

    Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33 (al. transactam):

    imperium,

    Just. 1, 2, 1:

    regna,

    id. 2, 4, 20:

    pauca admodum vi tractata, quo ceteris quies esset,

    Tac. A. 1, 9 fin.:

    artem,

    to practise, Ter. Phorm. prol. 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

    verba vetera,

    to employ, Quint. 11, 1, 6:

    personam in scenā,

    to perform, act, represent, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; so,

    partes secundas (mimus),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14:

    animos,

    Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Reflex.:

    quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc.,

    has so conducted himself, Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; so,

    ita me in re publicā tractabo, ut meminerim, etc.,

    id. Cat. 3, 12, 29.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To treat, use, or conduct one ' s self towards a person in any manner:

    ego te, ut merita es de me, tractare exsequar,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 8: haec arte tractabat virum, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125:

    omnibus rebus eum ita tractes, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 3:

    non tractabo ut consulem,

    id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

    aliquem liberaliter,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

    nec liberalius nec honorificentius potuisse tractari,

    id. Fam. 13, 27, 2:

    pater parum pie tractatus a filio,

    id. Cael. 2, 3:

    mercatores ac navicularii injuriosius tractati,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

    pauloque benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12. —
    b.
    To handle, treat, investigate, discuss any thing, mentally, orally, or in writing (cf.: dissero, disputo, ago). ( a) With acc.:

    quem ad modum quamque causam tractare conveniat,

    Auct. Her. 2, 2, 2:

    oratori omnia quaesita, audita, lecta, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

    habeat omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

    id. Or. 33, 118:

    causas amicorum,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

    tractata res,

    id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

    definitiones fortitudinis,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:

    partem philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:

    constantiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65; cf. id. ib. 22, 82:

    ibi consilia decem legatorum tractabantur,

    Liv. 33, 31, 7:

    fama fuit... tractatas inter Eumenen et Persea condiciones amicitiae,

    id. 44, 13, 9:

    scrupulosius tractabo ventos,

    Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118: prima elementa, Quint. prooem. 21;

    1, 1, 23: locus, qui copississime a Cicerone tractatur,

    id. 1, 4, 24; 7, 2, 43:

    aliquid memori pectore,

    to ponder, reflect upon, Juv. 11, 28; cf.:

    tractare proeliorum vias,

    Tac. A. 2, 5: ut quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21, 1.—
    (β).
    With de and abl. (mostly postAug.):

    de officii parte,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 1 (9), 20 (dub.;

    Madv. and Kiessl. partem): quoniam de religionibus tractabatur,

    Tac. A. 3, 71:

    ubi de figuris orationis tractandum erit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 5; 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 10:

    de negotiis,

    to discuss, Suet. Aug. 35 fin. —
    (γ).
    With interrog.-clause:

    quo tractatur amicus an inimicus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 29; 7, 2, 56:

    utra sit antiquior (lex),

    id. 7, 7, 8:

    cum tractaret, quinam adipisci principem locum abnuerent, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 13.—
    c.
    To negotiate, treat:

    dum de condicionibus tractat,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Suet. Claud. 26:

    de Asiā,

    Just. 37, 3, 4:

    de redimendo filio,

    id. 31, 7, 7.

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  • 3 agō

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

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  • 4 exerceō

        exerceō uī, itus, ēre    [ex + arceo], to drive, keep busy, keep at work, oversee, work, agitate: taures, V.: te exercebo hodie, keep agoing, T.: (Maeandros) Incertas exercet aquas, O.: vomere collīs, V.: rura bubus, H.: humum in messem, V.: agros, Ta.: telas (aranea), O.: arva exercenda, Ta.: undas Exercet Auster, H.: diem, i. e. employ in labor, V.—Fig., to engage busily, occupy, employ, exercise, train, discipline: quid te exercuit Pammenes? copias, Cs.: exercendae memoriae gratiā: in bello alqm: in gramineis membra palaestris, V.: vocem et virīs in hoc: Litibus linguas, O.: exerceri in venando: se in his dictionibus: se genere venationis, Cs.: cui (Iovi) se exercebit, in whose honor: ceteris in campo exercentibus: exercendi consuetudo, of exercising ourselves: pueros exercendi causā producere, L.— To practise, follow, exercise, employ oneself about, make use of, ply: medicinae exercendae causā: artem, H.: palaestras, V.: arma, V.: vanos in aëra morsūs, O.: acies pueriles, mock fights, Iu. — To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise, administer: iudicium: latam legem, L.: imperia, V.: cum illo inimicitias, S.: odium in prole, O.: facilitatem animi: avaritiam in socios, L.: acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in plebem, S.: foede victoriam in captis, L.: odium, O.: pacem et hymenaeos, solemnize, V. — To disturb, disquiet, vex, plague: me vehementer: te exercent numinis irae, V.: animos hominum, S.: simultates et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas, L.: toto exerceor anno, O.: curis exercita corpora, O.
    * * *
    exercere, exercui, exercitus V
    exercise, train, drill, practice; enforce, administer; cultivate

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  • 5 ūtor

        ūtor (old, oetor), ūsus, ī, dep.,    to use, make use of, employ, profit by, take advantage of, enjoy, serve oneself with: utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis testibus, cite: num argumentis utendum in re eius modi?: dextro (oculo) aeque bene, N.: exemplis in parvo grandibus uti, to apply, O.: naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo, Cs.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., i. e. borrowed: si fortunā permittitis uti, to take advantage of, V.: libertate modice utantur, L.: deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, H.: temporibus sapienter utens, taking advantage of, N.: opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis): administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus, Cs.: ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur, might avail himself of: utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo, Cs.—Prov.: scisti uti foro, to make your market, i. e. to conciliate, T.—With acc. (old): Mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine, T.—Pass., only in gerundive: Quod illa aetas magis ad haec utenda idoneast, i. e. for these enjoyments, T.: te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse, what you borrowed: Multa rogant utenda dari, O.—To manage, control, wield: bene armis, optime equis.—To spend, use: notum et quaerere et uti, H.: cum horis nostris nos essemus usi, exhausted.—To wear: pellibus aut parvis tegimentis, Cs.: insignibus regiis.—To accept, adopt: eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, Cs.: praeposteris consiliis.—To resort to, consult: quaestor, cuius consilio uteretur.—To make, adopt, employ, express oneself: si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur: haec oratio, quā me uti res p. coëgit.— To perform, exercise, practise: virtute suā: Viribus per clivos, H.: nil circuitione, T.—To indulge, practise, exercise, yield to: alacritate ac studio, Cs.: incredibili patientiā: dementer amoribus, O.: suā clementiā in eos, Cs.—To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy: Ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, ete., T.: hoc honore usi togati solent esse.—To consume, take, drink: Lacte mero et herbis, O.—To enjoy the friendship of, be intimate with, associate with: quā (Caeciliā） pater usus erat plurimum: Utere Pompeio Grospho, H.: regibus, H.—With two abll., to use as, employ for, hold in the capacity of, find to be: Mihi si umquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre, shall find me an indulgent father, T.: hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo, i. e. how justly I have dealt with you: uteris monitoribus isdem, H.: valetudine non bonā, Cs.
    * * *
    uti, usus sum V DEP
    use, make use of, enjoy; enjoy the friendship of (with ABL)

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  • 6 declamito

    dēclāmĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v., freq. n. and a. [declamo], to practise rhetorical delivery or declamation, to declaim (good prose; most frequent in Cic.).
    I.
    In a good sense.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    commentabar declamitans (sic enim nunc loquuntur), saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 310; so id. de Or. 1, 59, 251; id. Fam. 16, 21, 5; Quint. 12, 11, 15.—
    * (β).
    With acc.:

    causas,

    to plead for the sake of practise, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, to talk violently, to bluster:

    de aliquo,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 17.

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  • 7 factito

    factĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [facto], to make or do frequently, to be wont to make or do, to practise (class.; syn.: tracto, facio, reddo).
    I.
    In gen.:

    stultitia'st, me illi vitio vortere. Egomet quod factitavi in adolescentia,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 50:

    verba compone et quasi coagmenta, quod ne Graeci quidem veteres factitaverunt,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; Quint. 12, 3, 4:

    haec apud majores nostros factitata,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    alterum factitatum est, alterum novum,

    id. Or. 42, 143:

    accusationem,

    id. Brut. 34, 130:

    neque eorum quicquam omittere quae artifices factitarent,

    Suet. Ner. 20;

    simulacra ex ea arbore,

    Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 61; cf.:

    capulos inde (ex gemma),

    id. 37, 6, 23, § 87:

    inducias cum aliquo,

    Gell. 19, 5, 10.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    With double acc., to make or declare a person something:

    quem palam heredem semper factitarat,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41.—
    B.
    To practise a trade or profession: artem, Poëta ap. Cic. Or. 43, 147:

    medicinam,

    Quint. 7, 2, 26:

    coactiones argentarias,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    vecturas onerum corpore suo,

    Gell. 5, 3:

    delationes,

    Tac. H. 2, 10.—
    C.
    Esp. with access. notion of vain effort or failure:

    nec satis apparet cur versus factitet,

    Hor. A. P. 470:

    carmina in principem,

    Tac. A. 6, 45 (39); 14, 48.

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  • 8 meditata

    mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

    ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

    nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    fugam ad legiones,

    Suet. Tib. 65:

    cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

    i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—
    (β).
    With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

    ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    ut de tua ratione meditere,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—
    (δ).
    With dat. (ante-class.):

    nugis,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

    multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

    Nep. Ages. 4.—
    (ζ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

    meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

    Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

    quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

    id. Pis. 25, 59.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

    egressus ad meditandum in agro,

    Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —
    II.
    Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

    nugas est meditatus male,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

    Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    Demosthenes in litore meditans,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30:

    quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

    aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

    id. Brut. 88, 302:

    musam,

    Verg. E. 1, 2:

    arma,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

    proelia,

    Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

    cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

    to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

    semina meditantur aristas,

    Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

    clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

    Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—
    III.
    In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

    adulteria meditantur,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.
    A.
    Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

    cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

    probe meditatam utramque duco,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

    murmura,

    Juv. 6, 539.—
    B.
    Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

    meditati sunt doli docte,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

    ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

    meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

    id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

    accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

    oratio,

    Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

    doli,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

    sive meditata sive subita proferret,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

    knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

    hau male meditate male dicax es,

    id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

    effundere probra,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

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  • 9 meditor

    mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

    ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

    nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    fugam ad legiones,

    Suet. Tib. 65:

    cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

    i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—
    (β).
    With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

    ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    ut de tua ratione meditere,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—
    (δ).
    With dat. (ante-class.):

    nugis,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

    multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

    Nep. Ages. 4.—
    (ζ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

    meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

    Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

    quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

    id. Pis. 25, 59.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

    egressus ad meditandum in agro,

    Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —
    II.
    Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

    nugas est meditatus male,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

    Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    Demosthenes in litore meditans,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30:

    quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

    aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

    id. Brut. 88, 302:

    musam,

    Verg. E. 1, 2:

    arma,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

    proelia,

    Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

    cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

    to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

    semina meditantur aristas,

    Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

    clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

    Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—
    III.
    In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

    adulteria meditantur,

    Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.
    A.
    Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

    cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

    probe meditatam utramque duco,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

    murmura,

    Juv. 6, 539.—
    B.
    Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

    meditati sunt doli docte,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

    ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

    meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

    id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

    accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

    id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

    oratio,

    Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

    doli,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

    sive meditata sive subita proferret,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

    knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

    hau male meditate male dicax es,

    id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

    effundere probra,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

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  • 10 utor

    ūtor (old form oetor, oesus, etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11; inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus ( inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. [etym. dub.].
    I.
    Prop., to use.
    A.
    With abl.
    1.
    To make use of, employ: cave... ne tibi hoc scipione malum magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego conspicor? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4:

    hoc oculo,

    id. Mil. 4, 7, 25:

    sola potest animi per se natura... durare et sensibus uti,

    Lucr. 3, 560:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

    utinam, quem ad modum oratione sum usurus alienā, sic mihi ore uti liceret alieno,

    id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:

    utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis ac feris testibus,

    cite, appeal to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58:

    neque enim accusatore muto neque teste quisquam utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

    num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi?

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11:

    mancipium, quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a populo,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 5, §

    9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

    84: ut postea numquam dextro (oculo) aeque bene usus sit,

    Nep. Hann. 4, 3:

    si licet exemplis in parvo grandibus uti,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25:

    viribus utendum est, quas fecimus,

    Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27:

    earum (navium) materiā atque aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

    administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus,

    id. ib. 6, 16:

    ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:

    ad quam rem (deus) motu mentis ac ratione utatur,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro:

    utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    To manage, control, wield:

    bene ut armis, optime ut equis uteretur,

    Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

    nemo est quin eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur quam intractato,

    id. Lael. 19, 68.—
    b.
    To spend, use:

    velim cum illā videas ut sit qui utamur (sc. pecunia),

    Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

    tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem utens,

    id. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

    cum horis nostris nos essemus usi,

    spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.— Absol.:

    notum et quaerere et uti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—
    c.
    To wear:

    pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:

    ne insignibus quidem regiis Tullus nisi jussu populi est ausus uti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—
    d.
    To accept, adopt:

    eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 11:

    praeposteris enim utimur consiliis et acta agimus,

    Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—
    e.
    To resort to, consult:

    neque Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114:

    oraculo,

    Tac. A. 2, 54.—
    f.
    Of a form or style of speech, sentiment, etc., to make, adopt, employ:

    sermonibus morologis utier,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21:

    si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur,

    Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19:

    hac unā defensione,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8:

    haec oratio, quā me uti res publica coëgit,

    id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143:

    cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis,

    id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

    illa criminatio, quā in me absentem usus est,

    id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—
    g.
    To perform, exercise, practise, etc.:

    crucior, patrem... nunc inprobi viri officio uti,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14:

    eādem nos disciplinā utimur,

    id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.:

    nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare: etsi ars quidem, cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

    diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus usus, finem hodiernus dies attulit,

    observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1:

    eos (senes) ego fortasse nunc imitor et utor aetatis vitio,

    id. Fam. 2, 16, 6:

    ratione utuntur,

    exercise moderation, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

    ut anteponantur... ratione utentia rationis expertibus,

    Cic. Top. 18, 69:

    ne tu, leno, postules Te hic fide lenoniā uti: non potis,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30:

    viribus uteris per clivos,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

    ut hoc utimur maxime more moro multum,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1:

    ita aperte ipsam rem locutus nil circuitione usus es,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—
    h.
    In gen., to use, enjoy, profit by, take advantage of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet, quam, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite... eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure sum usus adulescentior, i. e. enjoy, exercise, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2:

    commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier,

    id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13:

    serius a terrā provectae naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

    in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio utor, quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., had the use of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf.

    I. B. 2. infra: utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est,

    id. N. D. 1, 37, 103:

    propter nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur,

    id. ib. 2, 60, 152:

    si fortunā permittitis uti,

    to try, take advantage of, Verg. A. 9, 240:

    nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.:

    decet hunc ordinem... bene utier amicitiā,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24:

    libertate modice utantur,

    Liv. 34, 49, 8:

    deorum Muneribus sapienter uti,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 48:

    Ofellam Integris opibus novi non latius usum Quam nunc accisis,

    id. S. 2, 2, 113:

    quia parvo nesciet uti,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 41:

    temporibus sapienter utens,

    taking advantage of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: foro uti, to make one's market, i. e. accommodate one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, take advantage of events:

    scisti uti foro,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.— Absol.:

    opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis),

    Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.:

    ne Silius quidem quicquam utitur (sc. suis hortis),

    Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —
    k.
    Of passions, traits of character, etc., to indulge, practise, exercise, yield to, etc.:

    inter nos amore utemur semper subrepticio?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49:

    alacritate ac studio,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    severitas, quā tu in iis rebus usus es,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

    usus est ipse incredibili patientiā,

    id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti volo, Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.):

    dementer amoribus usa,

    Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.:

    ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—
    1.
    To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy, etc., ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31:

    hoc honore usi togati solent esse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

    homines amplissimis usos honoribus,

    id. Fl. 19, 45:

    nobiles amplis honoribus usi,

    Sall. J. 25, 4:

    neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt,

    Liv. 34, 44, 4:

    primus externorum usus illo honore quem majores Latio quoque negaverint,

    Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: quoniam semel est odio civiliter usus, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—
    m.
    To use as food or medicine, to take, drink, etc.:

    lacte mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis,

    Ov. F. 4, 369:

    aquis frigidis,

    Cels. 1, 1:

    antidoto,

    Scrib. Comp. 171:

    medicamento,

    id. ib. 228:

    vino modice,

    Cels. 8, 11:

    ex altero (loco, i. e. ex lacu) ut pecus uti possit (sc. aquā),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—
    B.
    With the thing used, etc., as direct obj. (class. only in gerund. constr.; v. infra): nuptias abjeci, amicos utor primoris viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.):

    facilitatem vulgariam,

    Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):

    res pulchras, quas uti solet,

    id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.):

    ita uti eum oportet libertatem,

    Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):

    cetera quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur fide,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47:

    dic mihi, an boni quid usquam'st, quod quisquam uti possiet,

    id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

    diutine uti bene licet partum bene,

    id. Rud. 4, 7, 15:

    profecto uteris ut voles operam meam,

    id. Poen. 5, 2, 128:

    mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29:

    BALINEVM... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX.,

    Inscr. Orell. 202: si quid est, quod utar, utor: si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1:

    oleam albam, quam voles uti, condito,

    id. R. R. 118:

    quam rem etiam nomine eodem medici utuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23:

    ferrum,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—
    2.
    Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases dare utendum, to lend; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to borrow, etc. (class.;

    freq. in Plaut.): quod datum utendum'st,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7:

    quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

    id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: auris tibi contra utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81:

    quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46:

    te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse,

    id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

    multa rogant utenda dari, data reddere nolunt,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—
    II.
    Transf. (through the intermediate idea of having and using).
    A. a.
    With abl:

    his Fabriciis semper est usus Oppianicus familiarissime,

    Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

    quā (Caeciliā) pater usus erat plurimum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27:

    Trebonio multos annos utor valde familiariter,

    id. Fam. 1, 3, 1:

    Lucceius qui multum utitur Bruto,

    id. Att. 16, 5, 3:

    utere Pompeio Grospho,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22:

    quo pacto deceat majoribus uti,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 2:

    si sciret regibus uti,

    ib. ib. 14:

    ita me verebatur ut me formatore morum, me quasi magistro uteretur,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—
    b.
    With acc.:

    vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres quam minimum utatur,

    Cato, R. R. 143, 1.—
    B.
    To be in possession of a thing, esp. to have, hold, or find a thing in some particular mode or character; with abl.:

    mihi si unquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre,

    he shall find an indulgent father in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

    patre usus est diligente et diti,

    Nep. Att. 1, 2:

    bonis justisque regibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

    quae (sc. libertas) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

    hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    ut is illis benignis usus est ad commodandum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 3, §

    6: ne bestiis quoque immanioribus uteremur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

    me Capitolinus convictore usus amicoque A puero est,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 95:

    uteris monitoribus isdem,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 154:

    valetudine non bonā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

    quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur,

    Ov. M. 13, 52.— Absol.:

    nam pol placidum te et clementem eo usque modo ut volui usus sum in alto (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te usus sum),

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, that possesses:

    utentior sane sit,

    i. e. a larger possessor, richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.

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  • 11 acuō

        acuō uī, ūtus, ere    [2 AC-], to sharpen, whet, point, make sharp: stridor serrae, cum acuitur: ferrum in me, V.: sagittas cote cruentā, H. — Fig., of the tongue, to sharpen, exercise, practise: linguam causis, H. — Of the intellect, to sharpen, quicken, arouse, discipline, improve: multa quae acuant mentem: illos sat aetas acuet, will make them keen, T.—To stimulate, spur on, stir, arouse, incite, encourage, kindle: illum: ad crudelitatem te: alqm verbis, V.—To increase, embitter, strengthen, exasperate: iram hosti, L.: stridoribus iras, V.
    * * *
    acuere, acui, acutus V TRANS
    whet, sharpen, cut to a point; spur on, provoke, incite; come to a head (PASS)

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  • 12 cantitō

        cantitō —, ātus, āre, freq.    [canto], to sing often: ut habeas quicum cantites, to practise music with, T.: carmina in epulis.
    * * *
    cantitare, cantitavi, cantitatus V
    sing; sing repeatedly, sing over and over; sing/play often (L+S)

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  • 13 cantō

        cantō āvī, ātus, āre. freq.    [cano].    I. Intrans., of men, to produce melodious sounds, sound, sing, play: Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus, T.: saltare et cantare: Arcades ambo Et cantare pares, V.: cantando victus, V.: non est Cantandum, i. e. there is no occasion for fiction, Iu.: structis avenis, O.: ad chordarum sonum, N.: tibiis, N.: ad manum histrioni, to accompany the actor, L.: gallis signum dedisse cantandi, to crow.—Of instruments, to sound, resound: Cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis, O. —    II. Trans., with cognate acc., to sing, play, recite: Hymenaeum, T.: haec versibus isdem, drawl, Iu.: Nil praeter Calvum (i. e. Calvi carmina), H.: cantatum carmen, an incantation, O. —With definite obj., to sing, celebrate, praise in song<*> amicam, H.: proelia virginum, H.: Pythia (sc. certamina), H.: deum, Tb.: cantari dignus, V.—To reiterate, harp upon, warn against: harum mores, T.: istum Caesarem: totā cantabitur urbe, become a byword, H.—To use enchantments, practise incantations, enchant, charm: cantando rumpitur anguis, V.: cantata Luna, exorcised by magic, Pr.
    * * *
    I
    cantare, cantavi, cantatus V
    sing; play (roles/music); recite; praise, celebrate; forewarn; enchant, bewitch
    II

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  • 14 celebrō

        celebrō āvī, ātus, āre    [celeber], to frequent, throng, crowd, fill: viae multitudine legatorum celebrabantur: genus spectaculi omni frequentiā hominum: alqm magistratum, Tb.: silvas, O.: coetum celebrate faventes, V.—To do frequently, practise, engage in, reiterate, dwell upon, repeat: ad eas artes celebrandas: modus transferendi verbi, quem iucunditas celebravit, made frequent: popularem potestatem, kept in the foreground, L.: seria ac iocos cum aliquo, L.—To celebrate, solemnize, keep: festos dies: (dies) celebratus per omnem Africam, S.: natales, H.: coniugia, V.: exsequias, L.: totā celebrante Siciliā sepultus est, N. —To fill with, cause to resound: contiones convicio cantorum: ripas carmine, O.: cuius nuntiis celebrantur aures meae, i. e. are filled. — To make known, publish abroad, proclaim: factum esse consulem Murenam: quod vocibus maledictisque celebratum est.—To honor, praise, celebrate with praise, celebrate in song: Caesaris laudes: fortuna res cunctas celebrat, S.: talia carminibus, V.: se remque p. haec faciundo, to make renowned, S.: victoriam famā, Ta.
    * * *
    celebrare, celebravi, celebratus V TRANS
    celebrate/perform; frequent; honor/glorify; publicize/advertise; discuss/bandy

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  • 15 colō

        colō coluī, cultus, ere    [COL-], to till, tend, care for, cultivate: agrum, T.: agros, Cs.: colendi causā in agro esse: agri qui coluntur: hortos, V.: arbores, H.: fructūs, V.: fruges, O.: Pater ipse colendi, V.—To frequent, dwell in, stay in, inhabit, abide, live, dwell: colitur ea pars (urbis): urbem, V.: regnum, O.: arva gelidumque Anienem, and the banks of, V.: Rheni ripam, Ta.: anguis Stagna colit, haunts, V.: proximi Cattis Usipii colunt, Ta.: circa ripam Rhodani, L.—Fig., of the gods, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, guard, watch over: quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat, V.: nymphis colentibus undas, O.: Iuno, quae Veios colis, L.: urbem, L.: terras hominumque genus, H. — To honor, revere, reverence, worship: Mercurium, Cs.: deos patrios: Musarum delubra: sacra: o colendi Semper et culti, H.: colebantur religiones pie, L.: numina, V.: caerimonias sepulcrorum: sacrarium summā caerimoniā, N. — To honor, esteem, love, adhere to, cherish: nos coluit maxime, T.: a quibus diligenter videmur coli: hunc virum, S.: poëtarum nomen: in amicis colendis: plebem Romanam, L.: alqm litteris, N.: nec illos arte, nec opulenter, S.—To attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.: formamque augere colendo, by attire, O.—To cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote oneself to, follow, observe: studia: fidem rectumque, O.: ius et fas, L.: memoriam alicuius: bonos mores, S.: pietatem, T.: ius bonumque, S.: orationis genus: patrias artes, O.—To experience, live through, pass, spend: vitam illam: vitam inopem, T.
    * * *
    I
    colare, colavi, colatus V TRANS
    strain/filter (liquid), clarify; purify; remove solids by filter; wash (gold)
    II
    colere, colui, cultus V
    live in (place), inhabit; till, cultivate, promote growth; foster, maintain; honor, cherish, worship; tend, take care of; adorn, dress, decorate, embellish

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  • 16 commentor

        commentor ātus, ārī, intens.    [comminiscor], to meditate, think over, study, deliberate, weigh, prepare (mentally): commentandi causā convenire, deliberation: aliquid: causam: futuras mecum miserias: de populi R. libertate. — Esp., of preparation for a speech: paratus, cum complurīs dies commentatus esset. — Of writings, to prepare, produce, compose, write: mimos. — To declaim, exercise in speaking, practise oratory: commentabar declamitans cum M. Pisone: cottidie: pro meo iure in vestris auribus. — To meditate, purpose: quod te commentatum esse declarant.
    * * *
    I
    commentari, commentatus sum V DEP
    think about; study beforehand, practice, prepare; discuss, argue over; imagine
    II
    inventor, deviser; machinist (L+S)

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  • 17 com - mittō (conm-)

        com - mittō (conm-) mīsī, missus, ere.    I. To bring together, join, combine, put together, connect, unite: commissis operibus, L.: fidibusque commissa Moenia, O.: domus plumbo commissa, patched, In.: commissa inter se munimenta, L.: viam a Placentiā Flaminiae, L.: quā naris fronti committitur, is joined, O.: manum Teucris, to attack, V.: commissa in unum crura, O. — To bring together in fight, match, set together, set on: Aenean Rutulumque, make them fight, i. e. describe their contest, Iu.: eunucho Bromium, Iu.—To join, commit, enter on, fight, engage in, begin: proelii committendi signum dare, Cs.: proelium statim, N.: pugnam caestu, V.: ut proelium committi posset, S.: commisso proelio, when the fighting began, Cs.: cum equitatu proelium, Cs.: rixae committendae causā, L. — Of contests in the games: nondum commisso spectaculo, L.: quo die ludi committebantur: ludos, V.—Of a criminal trial: iudicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur.—To fight, carry on, wage: pugnam navalem: proelia per quatriduum, L. —    II. To deliver, intrust, consign, place, commit, yield, resign, trust, expose, abandon: me tuae fide (dat.), T.: suos alcui liberos, T.: honor creditus ac commissus: alcui calceandos pedes, Ph.: quibus tota commissa est res p.: quia commissi sunt eis magistratūs: imperium alicui, N.: caput tonsori, H.: sulcis semina, V.: verba tabellis, O.: se theatro: se pugnae, L.: pelago ratem, H.: se mortis periculo: se civilibus fluctibus, N.: tergum meum Tuam in fidem, T.: se in id conclave: rem in casum, L.: cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne, etc.: de existimatione suā alcui: ei commisi et credidi, T.: universo populo neque ipse committit neque, etc.: venti, quibus necessario committendum existimabat, Cs.— Prov.: ovem lupo commisti, T. — To practise, commit, perpetrate, do, be guilty of: qui nihil commiserint: quod mox mutare laboret, H.: facinus: delictum, Cs.: nil nefandum, O.: nefarias res: fraudem, H.: multa in deos impie: quidquid contra leges: aliquid adversus populum, L.: quasi committeret contra legem, offend: cum veri simile erit aliquem commississe.—With ut (rarely cur or quā re), to be in fault, give occasion, be guilty, incur (usu. with neg.): non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet, T.: civem committere, ut morte multandus sit, incur: committendum non putabat, ut dici posset, etc., that he ought not to incur the reproach, etc., Cs.: negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret, L.: neque commissum a se, quā re timeret, Cs.—Poet., with inf: infelix committit saepe repelli, incurs repulse, O. — To incur, become liable to: multam: devotionem capitis, incurred.—Hence, commissus, forfeited, confiscated (as a penalty): hereditas Veneri Erycinae commissa: civitas obligata sponsione commissā, a broken covenant, L.

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  • 18 dēclāmitō

        dēclāmitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [declamo], to practise declamation, declaim: cum Pisone: causas, to plead for practice.—To talk violently, bluster: de aliquo.
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    declamitare, declamitavi, declamitatus V
    declaim (oratoric exercise) continually/habitually; practice rhetoric; bluster

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  • 19 dē-clāmō

        dē-clāmō āvī, ātus, āre,    to practise public speaking, exercise in oratory, declaim: ad fluctum: Romae, H.: declamare doces? are you a rhetor? Iu.—To speak with violence, declaim, bluster: vehementissime contra me: aliquid ex aliā oratione.

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  • 20 dēfēnsitō

        dēfēnsitō āvī, —, āre, freq.    [defenso], to defend often, practise defending: causas: sententiam.

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