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  • 1 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.
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    agere, egi, actus V
    drive, urge, conduct; spend (time w/cum); thank (w/gratias); deliver (speech)

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  • 2 per-sequor

        per-sequor cūtus or quūtus, ī, dep.,    to follow perseveringly, follow after, follow up, pursue: certum est persequi, T.: me in Asiam, T.: exercitum: Hortensium ipsius vestigiis: alcuius vestigia: te, V.: Hanc persecuta mater, Ph.—With infin: non ego te frangere persequor, H.—To press upon, hunt down, chase, pursue: fugientes usque ad flumen, Cs.: deterrere hostīs a persequendo, S.: feras, O.: beluas, Cu.—To follow up, come up with, overtake: te triginta diebus: Mors fugacem persequitur virum, H.—To search over, to search through: solitudines.—Fig., to follow perseveringly, pursue, follow up: viam, T.: eas artīs.—To pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after: utilia studiosissime: hereditates, T.: voluptates: meum ius, assert, T.: bona tua lite atque iudicio. —To follow, be a follower of, imitate, copy after: Academiam veterem: te.—To pursue, proceed against, prosecute, revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon: bello civitatem, Cs.: iniurias suas: de persequendis inimicitiis, Cs.—To follow up, follow out, perform, execute, prosecute, bring about, accomplish: ex usu quod est, id persequar, T.: si idem extrema persequitur qui incohavit: vitam inopem et vagam, lead: scelus, O.—To take down, note down, record: quae dicerentur.—To set forth, relate, recount, describe, explain: quae versibus persecutus est Ennius: has res in libro.

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  • 3 postulō

        postulō āvī, ātus, āre    [PREC-], to ask, demand, claim, require, request, desire: incipiunt postulare, minari: nemo inventus est tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet: postulavere plerique, ut proponeret, etc., S.: suom ius postulat, T.: fidem publicam: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Cs.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum: postulatur a te iam diu historia: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur: legatos mittit postulatum, ne, etc., S.: qui postularent, eos sibi dederent, Cs.: postulo, Appi, consideres, quo progrediare, L.: a senatu de foedere: me ducere istis dictis postulas? expect, T.: quod de argento posse postulem me fallere (eum), i. e. undertake to deceive him, T.: qui adire senatum non postulassent, asked an audience, L.: ante quam bona possideri postularentur, were claimed: hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., expects: haec cum praetorem postulabas, of the praetor: qui postulat deus credi, Cu. — To summon, arraign before a court, prosecute, accuse, impeach: Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: alqm de ambitu: alqm maiestatis, Ta.: delationem nominis, i. e. ask leave to prosecute: servos in quaestionem, ask that the slaves be examined under torture: quaestionem, the appointment of a special tribunal, L.—Of price, to demand, ask: Accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Iu.—Of things, to make necessary, require, demand, call for: Nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, T.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Cs.: mittor, quo postulat usus, O.: res postulare videtur alqd exponere, S.
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    postulare, postulavi, postulatus V
    demand, claim; require; ask/pray for

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  • 4 postulata

    postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.:

    incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

    nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

    tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

    postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 4, 1, 8:

    dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

    ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

    suom jus postulat,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

    aequom postulat, da veniam,

    id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

    quid est? num iniquom postulo?

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

    nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

    id. And. 1, 2, 18:

    fidem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

    istud, quod postulas,

    id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

    ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

    noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

    postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

    quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

    quidvis ab amico postulare,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

    cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

    id. ib.:

    orationes a me duas postulas,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

    quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

    legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

    qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

    sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

    hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

    o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

    me ducere istis dictis postulas?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

    (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

    si me tibi praemandere postulas,

    Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

    qui postulat deus credi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.
    A.
    To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

    Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    aliquem repetundis,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem majestatis,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    aliquem repetundarum,

    Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    aliquem impietatis reum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

    aliquem injuriarum,

    Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

    aliquem capitis,

    Dig. 46, 1, 53:

    qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

    postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

    this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

    postulare servos in quaestionem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    quaestionem,

    Liv. 2, 29, 5.—
    C.
    For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

    quom patrem adeas postulatum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    * D.
    Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init.
    E.
    Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

    pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

    Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

    accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

    Juv. 7, 243. —
    III.
    Transf., of things.
    A.
    To contain, measure:

    jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

    Col. 2, 9, 17.—
    B.
    To need, require:

    cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

    Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

    intolerabilia postulata,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

    id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

    postulata facere,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

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  • 5 postulo

    postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.:

    incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

    nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

    tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

    postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 4, 1, 8:

    dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

    ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

    suom jus postulat,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

    aequom postulat, da veniam,

    id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

    quid est? num iniquom postulo?

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

    nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

    id. And. 1, 2, 18:

    fidem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

    istud, quod postulas,

    id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

    ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

    noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

    postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

    quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

    quidvis ab amico postulare,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

    cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

    id. ib.:

    orationes a me duas postulas,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

    quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

    legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

    qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

    sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

    hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

    o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

    me ducere istis dictis postulas?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

    (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

    si me tibi praemandere postulas,

    Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

    qui postulat deus credi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.
    A.
    To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

    Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    aliquem repetundis,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem majestatis,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    aliquem repetundarum,

    Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    aliquem impietatis reum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

    aliquem injuriarum,

    Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

    aliquem capitis,

    Dig. 46, 1, 53:

    qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

    postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

    this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

    postulare servos in quaestionem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    quaestionem,

    Liv. 2, 29, 5.—
    C.
    For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

    quom patrem adeas postulatum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    * D.
    Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init.
    E.
    Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

    pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

    Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

    accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

    Juv. 7, 243. —
    III.
    Transf., of things.
    A.
    To contain, measure:

    jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

    Col. 2, 9, 17.—
    B.
    To need, require:

    cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

    Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

    intolerabilia postulata,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

    id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

    postulata facere,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > postulo

  • 6 accūsō

        accūsō āvī, ātus, āre    [ad + causa], to call to account, make complaint against, reproach, blame, accuse: alqm ut hostem: alqm graviter, quod, etc., Cs.: cum diis hominibusque accusandis senesceret, L.—Supin. acc.: me accusatum advenit, T.— Meton., of things, to blame, find fault with, throw the blame on: fortunas vestras: culpam alicuius. —In law, to call to account, bring to trial, prosecute, accuse, arraign, indict: accusant ii, qui in fortunas huius invaserunt: ambitūs alterum: ante actarum rerum accusari, for previous offences, N.: accusatus capitis, prosecuted capitally, N.: eum certis propriisque criminibus: crimine Pario accusatus, of treason in the matter of Paros, N.: ne quid accusandus sis, vide, T.: de pecuniis repetundis: inter sicarios et de veneficiis: Lysandrum, quod... conatus esset, etc., N.
    * * *
    accusare, accusavi, accusatus V
    accuse, blame, find fault, impugn; reprimand; charge (w/crime/offense)

    Latin-English dictionary > accūsō

  • 7 agitō

        agitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [ago], to set in violent motion, drive onward, move, impel, urge: (Harena) magnā vi agitata, S.: greges, drive to pasture, V.: equum, V.: iugales (dracones), O.: (triremem) in portu agitari iubet, rowed about, N. — To hunt, chase, pursue: aquila alias avīs agitans: dammas, O.: cervos in retia, O. — Fig., to drive, urge forward, press, support, insist on: agrariam legem: hoc unum agitare, esse, etc., keep pressing this one point: pacem an bellum, S.—To attend, keep, celebrate: Dionysia, T.: festos dies. — To observe, obey, carry out, exercise: praecepta parentis mei, S.: secreta consilia, L.—Of time, to pass, spend vitam sine cupiditate, S.: apud aquam noctem, S. — Absol, to live, abide, be: varius atque incertus agitabat, S.: pro muro dies noctīsque, remain, S. —To move to and fro, stir, agitate, shake, disturb, toss: corpora huc et illuc, S.: hastam, brandish, O.: scintilla agitata (ventis), fanned, O.: habenas manibus, wield, O.: caput, nod, O.: mare ventorum vi agitari: freta incipiant agitata tumescere, V.: Zephyris agitata Tempe, H.: agitata numina Troiae, tossed on the sea, V.: agitantia fumos Nubila, tossing up spray, O. — Fig., to stir, rouse, agitate, stimulate, excite, goad: hunc, T.: plebem, L.: mens agitat molem, animates, V. — To vex, disquiet, disturb, distress: nationes: Furiis agitatus Orestes, V.: rebus agitatis, in times of disorder: metu atque libidine divorsus agitabatur, was distracted by, S.: te agitet cupido, H.: fidem aut gentīs, to disturb the loyalty, etc., V. — To insult, scoff, rail at, deride, revile: rem militarem: mea fastidia verbis, H.: (poemata) expertia frugis, H.: ea belle agitata ridentur, neatly mocked. — To prosecute, occupy oneself with, engage in, keep going, stir: cuncta, keep active, S.: mutas artes, V.: iocos, O.: eo modo agitabat, ut, etc., so conducted himself, S.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. represented, V.—To pursue, consider, deliberate on, meditate: secum multum, S.: haec mecum, H.: in animo bellum, L.: agitare coepit, si posset, etc., L.: ut mente agitaret, bellum renovare, N. — To discuss, debate, sift, investigate: oratori omnia tractata, agitata, i. e. sifted, discussed: omnia ex tabulis, by the accounts: senatus de secessione plebis agitat, L. — Impers: Romae de facto agitari, there were discussions, S.
    * * *
    agitare, agitavi, agitatus V
    stir/drive/shake/move about; revolve; live; control, ride; consider, pursue

    Latin-English dictionary > agitō

  • 8 anquīrō

        anquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [am- (for ambi-) + quaero], to seek on all sides, look about, search after: aliquem: omnia, quae sunt, etc.—Fig., to inquire diligently, examine into: alqd: conducat id necne: quid valeat id, anquiritur: de alio.— Esp., to conduct a judicial inquiry: de perduellione, L. — To prosecute (with gen. or abl. of the punishment): cum capitis anquisissent, L.: pecuniā anquirere, for a fine, L.
    * * *
    anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus V
    seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

    Latin-English dictionary > anquīrō

  • 9 arcessō or colloq. accersō

       arcessō or colloq. accersō īvī, ītus, ere (pass. sometimes arcessīrī), intens.    [accedo], to cause to come, call, send for, invite, summon, fetch: ab aratro arcessebantur: sacra ab exteris nationibus arcessita: ex continenti accersi, Cs.: Gabinium, S.: Agrippam ad se arcessi iussit, N.: placere patrem arcessiri, L.: Ityn huc, O.: Si melius quid (vini) habes, arcesse, order it brought, H.—Fig.: (quies) molli strato arcessita, invited, L.—Esp. in law, to summon, arraign before a court, accuse, prosecute: hunc hoc iudicio: alquos eodem crimine in periculum capitis: alqm capitis: pecuniae captae, S.—Meton., of time: iustum pugnae tempus, to anticipate, V. — Of mental objects, to bring, fetch, seek, derive: ex medio res, H.: arcessitum dictum, far-fetched.

    Latin-English dictionary > arcessō or colloq. accersō

  • 10 calumnior

        calumnior ātus, ārī, dep.    [calumnia], to accuse falsely, prosecute unjustly: calumniandi quaestus, of a false informer: calumniando omnia suspecta efficere, L.: iacet res isto calumniante biennium. —To depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, slander: te: id unum calumniatus est rumor, Ta.: sed calumniabar ipse, i. e. I kept imagining accusations; Calumniari... Quod arbores loquantur, cavil, Ph.
    * * *
    calumniari, calumniatus sum V DEP
    accuse falsely; misrepresent, interpret wrongly; depreciate, find fault with

    Latin-English dictionary > calumnior

  • 11 con-celebrō

        con-celebrō āvī, ātus, āre,    to attend in numbers, frequent, celebrate, solemnize: funus, L.: at rem concelebrandam putavit: dapes, O. — To honor, praise: genium choreis, Tb.—To prosecute eagerly: studia per otium.—To publish, proclaim, celebrate: virtutis concelebrandae causā: famā victoriam, Cs.

    Latin-English dictionary > con-celebrō

  • 12 condemnō

        condemnō āvī, ātus, are    [com- + damno], to convict, condemn, sentence, find guilty: omnes sine dubitatione condemnant: reum: alquem iudicio turpissimo: hunc sibi, for his own benefit: arbitrium pro socio condemnari, in an arbitration on the partnership: alqm ambitūs: alqm capitis, capitally: iniuriarum: pecuniae publicae: rerum capitalium, S.: sponsionis: eodem crimine Sopatrum: quadruplo condemnari, be mulcted: alqm de aleā: de pecuniis repetundis. — To condemn, blame, disapprove: factum iudicio amicorum: aliquem inertiae: summae iniquitatis condemnari, Cs.: hominem de litteris conruptis.—Of a prosecutor, to convict, prosecute successfully, prove guilty: hoc crimine illum: alqm furti: istum omnium sententiis: inimicum.
    * * *
    condemnare, condemnavi, condemnatus V TRANS
    condemn, doom, convict; find guilty; (pass) sentence; blame, censure, impugn

    Latin-English dictionary > condemnō

  • 13 con-tendō

        con-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch, bend, draw tight, strain: arcum, V.: tormenta: vincla, V.: ilia risu, O.—To aim, draw, make ready: nervo equino telum, V.—To aim, shoot, hurl, dart, throw: Mago hastam (i. e. in Magum), V.: telum in auras, V.—Fig., to strain, stretch, exert: nervos aetatis meae: animum in curas, O.: ad hunc cursum (i. e. ad huius imperium), follow zealously, V.—To strive for, press, pursue, prosecute, hasten, exert oneself: id sibi contendendum existimabat, Cs.: hunc (locum) oppugnare contendit, zealously lays siege to, Cs.: summā vi transcendere in hostium navīs, Cs.: in Britanniam proficisci, Cs.: litora cursu petere, V.: voce ut populus hoc exaudiat: remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Cs.: ne patiamini imperatorem eripi: quantum maxime possem, contenderem: oculo quantum Lynceus, reach with the sight, H.—To march, press on, seek, journey hastily, hasten: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Cs.: huc magno cursu, Cs.: ad castra, Cs.: Lacedaemonem, N.: ad summam laudem maximis laboribus: quo contendimus, pervenire: nocte unā tantum itineris.—To measure together, compare, contrast: causas ipsas: leges: id cum defensione nostrā: ostro vellera, H.—To measure strength, strive, dispute, fight, contend, vie: proelio, Cs.: magis virtute quam dolo, Cs.: rapido cursu, V.: Moribus, H.: frustra, V.: iactu aleae de libertate, play for, Ta.: is liceri non destitit; illi contenderunt, kept bidding (at an auction): tecum de honore: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, S.: cum victore, H.: humilitas cum dignitate: Nec cellis contende Falernis, compete with, V.: contra populum R. armis, Cs.: contra vim morbi: de potentatu inter se, Cs.: non iam de vitā Sullae contenditur, the dispute is: proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Cs.—To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, seek: a me (ut dicerem), qui, etc.: a Pythio ut venderet: a militibus ne, etc., Cs.: hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur: ne quid contra aequitatem.—To assert, affirm, insist, protest, maintain, contend: hoc contra Hortensium: hoc ex contrario: contendam, eum damnari oportere: audebo hoc contendere, numquam esse, etc.: illud nihil nos... scientes fuisse, L.: quae contendere possis Facta manu, you might swear, O.

    Latin-English dictionary > con-tendō

  • 14 dēfendō

        dēfendō dī, sus, ere,    to ward off, repel, avert, keep off: bellum, Cs.: ad defendendos ictūs, Cs.: solis ardores: frigus, H.: vim, Cs.: furorem, V.: crimen, to answer, L.: ignem a tectis, O.: solstitium pecori, V.: aestatem capellis, H.—To defend, guard, protect, cover: amicos, Cs.: se armis, Cs.: oppidum, Cs.: scribam apud praetores: illum de ambitu: scelus: communem salutem: vicem rhetoris, to sustain, H.: aedes Vestae vix defensa est (sc. ab incendio), preserved, L.: aper, quam Defendit palus, protected, V.: Defendens piscīs mare, H.: se suaque ab iis, Cs.: gladio se a multitudine, S.: provinciam a metu calamitatis: myrtos a frigore, V.: ab incendio lapis defendit, Cs.: sese adversus populum: auctoritatem contra omnīs: quae (navis) defenderet ne provincia spoliaretur: paucis defendentibus, Cs.: utrum moenibus defenderent, an, etc., make a stand at, N.—Of speech, to defend, support, maintain, insist, allege in defence: cum idem defenderet quod Accius: me id maxime defendisse, ut, etc., have chiefly striven for: id recte factum esse defendes?: eos omnīs liberos esse: quae cur non cadant in sapientem.— To refute, repel: crimen: noxiam, T.
    * * *
    defendere, defendi, defensus V TRANS
    defend/guard/protect, look after; act/speak/plead/write for defense; prosecute; repel, fend/ward off, avert/prevent; support/preserve/maintain; defend (right)

    Latin-English dictionary > dēfendō

  • 15 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

    Latin-English dictionary > exerceō

  • 16 ex-sequor or exequor

        ex-sequor or exequor cūtus, ī, dep.,     to follow to the grave: Hunc omni laude, C. poët.— Fig., to follow, follow after, accompany, go after, pursue: cladem illam fugamque: fatum illius, i. e. share: suam quisque spem, L.: sectam meam, Ct.—To follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce, perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil: alqd primum, T.: mandata regis officia: incepta, L.: Iussa divōm, V.: armis ius suum, Cs.: mitem orationem: mortem, i. e. kill oneself, Ta.—To follow up, investigate, examine: veram rationem, T.: summā omnia cum curā inquirendo, L.: quem locum ipse capturus esset, L.—To go through, relate, describe, say, tell: quae vix verbis exsequi possum: omnia, L.: dona mellis, V.—To follow up, punish, avenge: omnia scire, non omnia exsequi, Ta.: deorum violata iura, L.: Tarquinium ferro, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > ex-sequor or exequor

  • 17 īn-sequor

        īn-sequor cūtus (quūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, follow after, come next: huic, V.: Orphea, H.: fugientem lumine pinum, keep in view, O.—In time, to follow, succeed: hunc proximo saeculo: mea quem aetas Insequitur, approaches, V.—To pursue, follow up, press upon: in abditas regiones sese, S.: cedentes, Cs.: ad hostem insequendum, L.: Reliquias Troiae cineres, V.: illum gladio: iacto semine arva, traverse, V.: ora manibus, keeps striking, O.—Fig., to follow up: improborum facta suspicio insequitur.—To strive after, endeavor: te rhetoricis libris, ut erudiam.—To proceed, go on: pergam atque insequar longius: hunc, prosecute, H.: lentum convellere vimen Insequor, V.—To overtake: at mors insecuta est Gracchum.—Of speech, to pursue, censure, reproach: accusatorem: turpitudinem vitae.—In order, to follow, come next: nisi vocalis insequebatur.

    Latin-English dictionary > īn-sequor

  • 18 nāvō

        nāvō āvī, ātus, āre    [navus], to do zealously, perform diligently, accomplish, effect, prosecute: operam, Cs.: tibi operam meam studiumque, render assistance: iam mihi videor navasse operam, quod huc venerim, to have succeeded in: fortiter in acie navare operam, act vigorously, L.: Bruto studium tuum: bellum, Ta.
    * * *
    navare, navavi, navatus V

    Latin-English dictionary > nāvō

  • 19 per-agō

        per-agō ēgī, āctus, ere,    to thrust through, pierce through, transfix: latus ense, transpierce, O.—To pass through, traverse: freta, O.: cum sol peregit Signa, O.—To disturb, trouble, agitate: Sempronium usque eo, ut, etc.: humum, till persistently, O.—Fig., to go through with, carry out, execute, finish, accomplish, complete: fabulam: concilium, Cs.: conata, Iu.: cursum, V.: iter, H.: dona, finish distributing, V.: aevum, O.: otia, live at ease, O.: facinus, Iu.—To follow to the end: reum, to prosecute to condemnation, L.: causam nullo labore.— To go through, go over, set forth, relate, describe, detail: postulata, L.: verbis auspicia, mention, L.: res pace belloque gestas, treat, L.: res tenuīs, tenui sermone peractas, delivered, H.: Omnia animo mecum, review, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > per-agō

  • 20 pergō

        pergō perrēxī, perrēctus, ere    [per+rego], to go on, proceed, press on, hasten, continue, go forward, march, make haste: horsum, T.: eādem viā: in Macedoniam: quā pergebat, agros vastare, marched, S.: ad castra, Cs.: ad eas (virtutes) cursim perrectura beata vita: quos, si pergis, mors manet, prosecute your enterprise, L.: perge eloqui, speak out, T.: perge de Caesare, go on to speak: pergam, quo coepi, hoc iter, T.: has nuptias Perge facere, T.: ad eum ire: ipsi sententia stetit pergere ire, to march on, L.: pergunt interire lunae, H.
    * * *
    pergere, perrexi, perrectus V
    go on, proceed

    Latin-English dictionary > pergō

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