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  • 1 mereō

        mereō uī, itus, ēre, dep.    [2 SMAR-], to deserve, merit, be entitled to, be worthy of: nec minimum decus, H.: supplicium, O.: cur pereat, O.: Nil suave meritum est, no kindness has been deserved, T.: qualem meruit, Pallanta remitto, as he deserves, i. e. dead, V.: ut decoraretur: Danaūm ut caderem manu, V.: Quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo, O.— To earn, acquire, gain, obtain: non amplius duodecim aeris: stipendia in eo bello, i. e. served as a soldier: diadema Quirini, Iu.: odium, Cs.: aera, H.: scelus, incur, V.— To get by purchase, buy, purchase: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut, etc., what price do you think they would take?—To serve for pay, serve as a soldier: complurīs annos, Cs.: triennio sub Hasdrubale, L.: equo, serve in the cavalry: pedibus, serve in the infantry, L.— To confer a favor, render service: de re p. optime: Si bene quid de te merui, V.
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    merere, merui, meritus V
    earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve

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  • 2 mereo

    mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. [cf. Gr. meros, meiromai, moros, etc.; hence, to receive one's share; cf. II. below], to deserve, merit, to be entitled to, be worthy of a thing; constr. with acc., with ut, with ne, with inf., and absol.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    mereri praemia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

    laudem,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 5; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 60:

    nec minimum decus,

    Hor. A. P. 286:

    amorem,

    Quint. 6 prooem.:

    favorem aut odium,

    id. 4, 1, 44:

    gratiam nullam,

    Liv. 45, 24, 7; Quint. 4, 9, 32:

    fidem,

    Vell. 2, 104 fin.:

    summum honorem,

    Juv. 6, 532:

    supplicium,

    id. 6, 219.—
    (β).
    With ut:

    respondit, sese meruisse, ut decoraretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    mereri, ne quis,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 16:

    credi,

    Quint. 10, 1, 72:

    sanctus haberi,

    Juv. 8, 25.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis,

    if I deserve it, Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3.—In a bad sense:

    meruisse supplicium,

    Ov. M. 5, 666.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire:

    quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. [p. 1136] Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

    ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 39:

    nomen patronorum,

    id. 6, 4, 5:

    indulgentiam, principis ingenio,

    Tac. Dial. 9 fin.:

    nomen gloriamque merere,

    id. H. 2, 37:

    famam,

    id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6:

    ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,

    Juv. 8, 260:

    odium,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3:

    quantum quisque uno die mereret,

    Suet. Calig. 40 fin.:

    aera,

    Hor. A. P. 345. —With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.—
    B.
    To get by purchase, to buy, purchase:

    uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124:

    quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?

    what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135:

    gloriam,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

    legatum a creditore,

    Dig. 35, 2, 21:

    noxam,

    Petr. 139:

    quid Minyae meruere queri?

    to have reason, cause, Val. Fl. 1, 519.—
    C.
    In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army:

    mereri stipendia,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    meruit stipendia in eo bello,

    id. Mur. 5, 12:

    adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,

    id. ib.:

    complures annos,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

    triennio sub Hannibale,

    Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

    Romanis in castris,

    Tac. A. 2, 10:

    in Thracia,

    Suet. Vesp. 2:

    merere equo,

    to serve on horseback, in the cavalry, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    merere pedibus,

    to serve on foot, in the infantry, Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2.—
    D.
    Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga):

    te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22:

    ut erga me est merita,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 49:

    nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me;

    sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,

    that she has often treated me as I desired, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37.—Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.:

    de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58:

    de re publicā bene mereri,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

    de populi Romani nomine,

    id. Brut. 73, 254:

    melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,

    id. Lael. 24, 90:

    de re publica meruisse optime,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

    perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

    stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,

    id. Mil. 34, 93:

    Paulus, qui nihil meruit,

    i. e. was innocent, Lact. 2, 16, 17:

    ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

    Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,

    deserving well, id. B. C. 1, 13:

    optime cum de se meritum judicabat,

    id. ib. 3, 99:

    milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3:

    homines de me divinitus meriti,

    id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.:

    te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22.— Hence,
    1.
    mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.):

    consul laudare, increpare merentes,

    Sall. J. 100:

    laurea decreta merenti,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5.— With dat.:

    quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19.— In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.—
    2.
    mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.
    a.
    Deserving:

    meriti juvenci,

    Verg. G. 2, 515.— Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. —
    b.
    Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right:

    ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,

    Liv. 8, 7:

    triumphus,

    id. 39, 4, 6:

    iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,

    just, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

    mors,

    Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20.— Sup.:

    famā optimā et meritissimā frui,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 15.—Hence,
    3.
    mĕrĭtum, i, n.
    a.
    That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.):

    nihil suave meritum est,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75:

    specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,

    reward, punishment, App. M. 8, p. 214:

    delictorum,

    Tert. Apol. 21.—
    b.
    That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.):

    propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

    pro singulari eorum merito,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:

    magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,

    id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

    et hercule merito tuo feci,

    according to your merits, as you deserved, id. Att. 5, 11, 6:

    pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperant,

    Tac. A. 14, 53:

    recordatio ingentium meritorum,

    Liv. 39, 49, 11; Curt. 8, 3, 14; Suet. Ner. 3; Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2.—In Plaut. also in the sup.:

    meritissimo ejus, quae volet faciemus,

    on account of his great merit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147:

    merita dare et recipere,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

    magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,

    id. Fam. 11, 17, 1.—Also demerit, blame, fault:

    Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,

    without any fault of mine, id. Sest. 17, 39:

    nullo meo in se merito,

    although I am guilty of no offence against him, Liv. 40, 15:

    leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est,

    Ov. H. 5, 7:

    ex cujusque merito scio me fecisse,

    Liv. 26, 31, 9:

    quosdam punivit, alios praemiis adfecit, neutrum ex merito,

    Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

    quod ob meritum nostrum succensuistis?

    Liv. 25, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., worth, value, importance of a thing ( poet. and post-class.):

    quo sit merito quaeque notata dies,

    Ov. F. 1, 7:

    negotiorum,

    Cod. Just. 8, 5, 2: aedificia majoris meriti, of greater value, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 30:

    loci,

    Mart. 8, 65, 7:

    primi saporis mella thymi sucus effundit, secundi meriti thymbra, tertii meriti rosmarinus,

    Pall. 1, 37, 3.—
    4.
    mĕrĭtō, adv., according to desert, deservedly, justly, often connected with jure (class.):

    quamquam merito sum iratus Metello,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

    merito ac jure laudantur,

    id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; cf.:

    te ipse jure optimo, merito incuses, licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23:

    recte ac merito commovebamur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    merito jam suspectus,

    Juv. 3, 221; 10, 208. — Sup.: meritissimo te magni facio, Turp. ap. Non. 139, 17; Caecil. ib. 18:

    me deridere meritissumo,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234; S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 6; ap. Flor. 1, 9.—Post-class.: meritissime, Sol. 7, 18.—
    b.
    In partic.: libens (lubens) merito, a form of expression used in paying vows; v. libens, under libet.

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  • 3 mīlitō

        mīlitō āvī, ātum, āre    [miles], to be a soldier, perform military service, serve as a soldier: In Asiam militatum abiit, T.: in alcuius exercitu: sub signis tuis, L.: apud Persas, Cu.: ea militando didici, S.—Of war, to make, wage, carry on: libenter omne militabitur Bellum, H.— To serve, perform service, labor: non sine gloriā, H.: militat in silvis catulus, H.
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    militare, militavi, militatus V
    be a soldier; fight; serve in the army, serve as a soldier; make war

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  • 4 ministrō

        ministrō āvī, ātus, āre    [minister], to attend, wait upon, serve: servi sordidati ministrant: cum maximis poculis ministraretur: tibi.— To take care of, manage, govern, direct: res omnīs timide, H.— To provide, furnish, supply, give, afford, serve, attend: velis, V.: Bacchum, serve wine, V.: iussa medicorum, execute, O.: (naves) velis, Ta.: Cena ministratur pueris, H.: faces furiis Clodianis: Iovi bibere: (vinum) verba ministrat, H.: furor arma ministrat, V.: caelo sol ministrat, Pr.
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    ministrare, ministravi, ministratus V DAT
    attend (to), serve, furnish; supply

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  • 5 mereor

        mereor itus, ērī, dep.    [SMAR-], to deserve, merit, be entitled to: dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis, if I deserve it: Pa. quid meritu's? Da. crucem, T.: stipendia, serve in the army: laudem, Cs.: gratiam nullam, L.: sanctus haberi, Iu.: ut memor esses sui, T.— To deserve well, be meritorious: eane meritos hostīs sine causā factos? after deserving so well, L.: Qui sui memores alios fecere merendo, V.: Hac (arte) te merentem Vexere, etc., H.— To deserve a return, merit recompense, behave: erga me saepe (illam) meritam quod vellem scio, treated me as I desired, T.: recepto Supplice sic merito, deserving this reception, V.: optime de communi libertate meritus, Cs.: de re p. bene, i. e. to serve well: melius de quibusdam inimicos mereri quam amicos, have treated better: perniciosius de re p. merentur principes, i. e. act ruinously: urbs quoque modo erit merita de me, has treated me: optime eum de se meritum iudicabat, Cs.
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    mereri, meritus sum V DEP
    earn; deserve/merit/have right; win/gain/incur; earn soldier/whore pay, serve

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  • 6 serviō

        serviō (-vības, -vībō, T.), īvī, ītus, īre    [servus], to be a servant, be enslaved, serve, be in service: liberaliter, T.: in liberatā terrā liberatores eius servire, L.: qui Libertate caret, Serviet aeternum, H.: populum R. servire fas non est: lenoni, T.: homini nemini: domino: Athenas victas Lacedaemoniis servire pati, N.: apud nos: servitutem, C., L.—Fig., to be devoted, serve, labor for, aim at, have regard to: tibi serviet, tibi lenocinabitur: amicis, N.: nostris commodis: suo privato compendio, Cs.: oculis civium: pecuniae: posteritati: rumoribus, Cs.: valetudini: ut communi utilitati serviatur.— To be subject, be governed by, be enslaved to: nulli cupiditati: cupiditatibus iis, quibus ceteri serviunt, imperare.— To comply with, court, humor, gratify, conform: aliorum amori: auribus Vari, i. e. flatter, Cs.: tempori.—In law, of lands, to be under a servitude, be subject to an easement: praedia, quae serviebant.
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    servire, servivi, servitus V
    serve; be a slave to; with DAT

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  • 7 opera

    ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    sine hominum manu atque operā,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

    operam exigere,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    perdere,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

    praebere amicis,

    id. Brut. 47, 174:

    in re ponere,

    id. Clu. 57, 157:

    curamque in rebus honestis ponere,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    et laborem consumere in aliquā re,

    to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

    studiumque in res obscuras conferre,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

    tribuere rei publicae,

    id. Div. 2, 2, 7;

    sumere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:

    impendere,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §

    68: polliceri,

    Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:

    insumere,

    Liv. 10, 18:

    dicare alicui,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:

    pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,

    id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

    ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,

    on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:

    operam navare,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—
    B.
    In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

    operae forenses,

    id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:

    P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,

    serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:

    ferrum istud bonas edet operas,

    will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:

    musis operas reddere,

    to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:

    dare operas alicui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:

    deditā operā,

    seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,
    1.
    Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).
    (α).
    With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):

    dare operam funeri,

    to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:

    bellis, Sive foro,

    Ov. R. Am. 165:

    amori,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

    tonsori,

    to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:

    alicui,

    to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

    sermoni,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:

    amico,

    to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:

    benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—
    (β).
    With ut and subj.:

    da operam, ut valeas,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:

    omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

    ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,

    Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:

    studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—
    (δ).
    With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    id scire,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—
    2.
    In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:

    fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:

    quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:

    non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:

    meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—
    3.
    Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):

    unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:

    eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—
    4.
    Operā, by experience (ante-class.):

    nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

    id operā expertus sum esse ita,

    id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

    magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—
    5.
    Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—
    B.
    Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):

    operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,

    as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:

    si operae illi esset,

    if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:

    dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:

    operae non est,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 77:

    quos tu operam gravare mihi,

    id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—
    C.
    In concr.
    1.
    A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):

    quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18:

    puerilis una opera,

    Col. 11, 2, 44:

    bubulcorum operae quatuor,

    id. 2, 13:

    operae (filiorum) locari possunt,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—
    2.
    A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):

    ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:

    plures operas conducere,

    Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):

    mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),

    Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

    erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,

    id. Sest. 17, 38:

    Claudianae,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    theatrales,

    parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:

    VETERES A SCENA,

    Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—
    3.
    That which is wrought or produced, a work:

    operae aranearum,

    i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:

    exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,

    Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.

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  • 8 servio

    servĭo, īvi and ii, ītum, 4 ( imperf. servibas, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50; fut. servibo, id. Men. 5, 9, 42; id. Merc. 3, 2, 3; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 45:

    servibit,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; id. Trin. 2, 2, 27), v. n. (once pass., v. I. B. infra) [servus], to be a servant or slave, to serve, be in service (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Absol.: Ha. Quid tu, servusne es, an liber? Ps. Nunc quidem etiam servio, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 16:

    nunc qui minus servio, quam si forem serva nata?

    id. Rud. 1, 3, 37:

    in liberatā terrā liberatores ejus servire,

    Liv. 34, 50:

    per centum annos,

    id. 39, 37, 5:

    an addictus, quem lex servire, donec solverit, jubet, servus sit,

    Quint. 7, 3, 26:

    qui Libertate caret, Serviet aeternum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 41:

    servire liberaliter,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

    serviet utiliter (captivus),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 et saep.:

    servire juste (opp. injuste imperare),

    Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Phil. 6, 7, 19:

    vincti per centum annos servistis,

    Liv. 39, 37:

    servit vetus hostis Cantaber, serā domitus catenā,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 21.—
    (β).
    With dat. of the person to whom service is rendered, to be enslaved to, to serve:

    justum est, tuos tibi servos tuo arbitratu serviat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 71:

    lenoni,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 33:

    servitum tibi me abducito, ni fecero,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 105:

    venire in eum locum, ubi parendum alteri et serviendum sit,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 22; cf.:

    sive regi sive optimatibus serviant,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

    ut hoc populorum intersit, utrum comi domino an aspero serviant, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 50:

    Athenas victas Lacedaemoniis servire pati,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    minata, Servitura suo Capitolia nostra Canopo,

    Ov. M. 15, 827.—
    (γ).
    With apud:

    tam ille apud nos servit, quam ego nunc hic apud te servio,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 62:

    filius meus illi apud vos servit captus in Alide,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 80:

    hoc pacto apud te serviam,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 12:

    apud lenonem,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 87:

    si quis apud nos servisset, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182.—
    (δ).
    With homogeneous object:

    servitutem: qui in servitute est eo jure, quo servus, aut, ut antiqui dixerunt, qui servitutem servit,

    Quint. 7, 3, 26:

    tu usque a puero servitutem servivisti in Alide,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 12:

    quorum majorum nemo servitutem servivit,

    Cic. Top. 6, 29; id. Mur. 29, 61:

    qui (cives) servitutem servissent,

    Liv. 40, 18, 7; 45, 15, 5: neque erile negotium plus curat quam si non servitutem [p. 1683] serviat, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 2; 3, 1, 150 (not servitute, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—So with dat. of person:

    me servitutem servire huic homini optumo,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 31; id. Aul. 4, 1, 6; id. Rud. 3, 4, 42; cf.:

    sed is privatam servitutem servit illi an publicam?

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 84 (v. infra, II.):

    ego haud diu: ab ineunte adulescentiā tuis servivi servitutem imperiis,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; and with apud:

    apud hunc servitutem servio,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 17.—
    B.
    Pass. (perh. only in the foll. passage):

    adsuescamus... servis paucioribus serviri,

    Sen. Tranq. 9, 3.—
    II.
    In gen., with dat. of object (a person or thing), to be devoted or subject to; to be of use or service to; to serve for, be fit or useful for; to do a service to, to comply with, gratify, humor, accommodate; to have respect to, to regard or care for; to consult, aim at, to accommodate one's self to, etc. (so esp. freq. in Cic.; cf.:

    pareo, appareo, ministro): tibi servio atque audiens sum imperii,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    quoniam sibi (rei publicae) servissem semper, numquam mihi... ut jam mihi servirem, consulerem meis,

    id. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

    servire populo,

    id. ib. 4, 11; id. Fin. 5, 9, 27 et saep.:

    cum is, qui imperat aliis, servit ipse nulli cupiditati,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 52; cf.:

    cum homines cupiditatibus iis, quibus ceteri serviunt, imperabunt,

    id. Lael. 22, 82:

    aetati hujus,

    id. Fin. 5, 9, 27:

    mori alicujus,

    Nep. Them. 1, 3:

    semper aut belli aut pacis serviit artibus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3:

    amori aliorum flagitiosissime,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    auribus alicujus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 27:

    bello,

    id. B. G. 7, 34:

    brevitati,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327:

    commodis alicujus,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 8; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24; id. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

    rei publicae commodis,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64; cf.:

    compendio suo privato,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32:

    constantiae,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5:

    dignitati (with consulere rei publicae),

    id. Sest. 10, 23:

    dolori meo,

    id. ib. 6, 14:

    existimationi,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 29; id. Att. 5, 11, 5:

    famae,

    id. ib. 5, 10, 2:

    gloriae,

    id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

    gravitati vocum aut suavitati,

    id. Or. 54, 182:

    vel honori multorum vel periculo (with obedire tempori),

    id. Brut. 69, 242:

    indulgentiae,

    id. Cael. 32, 79:

    iracundiae (with parere dolori),

    id. Prov. Cons. 1, 2:

    laudi et gloriae,

    id. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

    laudi existimationique,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 5:

    numeris (orationis),

    id. Or. 52, 176:

    oculis civium,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 29:

    pecuniae,

    id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

    personae,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 106:

    petitioni,

    id. Verr. 1, 9, 24:

    posteritati,

    id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35:

    rei familiari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; cf.

    rei,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 27:

    rumori,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 14; Caes. B. G. 4, 5 fin.:

    tempori,

    Cic. Sest. 6, 14; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 66; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; 10, 7, 1:

    utilitati salutique,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27:

    valetudini,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 1:

    vectigalibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

    venustati vel maxime,

    id. ib. 2, 78, 316;

    2, 80, 327: verbis praecedentibus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 63.— Pass. impers.:

    ut communi utilitati serviatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    concisum est ita, ut non brevitati servitum sit, sed magis venustati,

    id. de Or. 2, 80, 327.—
    (β).
    With homogeneous object (cf. supra, I. d):

    ab ineunte adulescentiā Tuis servivi servitutem imperiis et praeceptis, pater... Meum animum tibi servitutem servire aequom censui,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 21 sqq.—
    B.
    Transf., of things.
    1.
    In gen., to help, assist, be serviceable to, be useful for (post-Aug.):

    ut totus truncus alienigenis surculis serviat,

    Col. 4, 29, 14; cf.:

    tabularia debent servire gallinis,

    id. 6, 3, 2:

    chartis serviunt calami,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 157:

    candelae luminibus et funeribus serviunt,

    id. 16, 37, 70, § 178:

    eademque materia et cibis et probris serviat,

    id. 33, 12, 54, § 152:

    laetor quod domus aliquando C. Cassi, serviet domino non minori,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8.—
    2.
    Esp., jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., to be subject to a servitude:

    praedia, quae serviebant,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9; so,

    aedes,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67:

    neque servire quandam earum aedium partem in mancipi lege dixisset,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    eodem numero (incorporalium) sunt et jura praediorum urbanorum et rusticorum, quae etiam servitutes vocantur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 14 fin.; Paul. Sent. 1, 17; cf. Dig. 8, 2, 20, §§ 3 and 5; 8, 6, 8, § 1 al.; and v. servitus, II. B., and servus, II.

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  • 9 commodō

        commodō āvī, ātus, āre    [commodus], to serve with, accommodate, grant, supply, lend: alqd illi, T.: quicquid possit commodari: testīs falsos, to furnish, S.: nomen suum alicui: suas vires, aliis eas commodando, minuere, L.: peccatis veniam, Ta.: culturae aurem, to lend an ear to, H.: illis benignis usus est ad commodandum, their courtesy in lending: alcui aurum.—Of time, to grant, allow: rei p. tempus, L. — To please, be kind, be obliging, serve, favor: si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes: publice commodasti.
    * * *
    I
    suitably; seasonably; just, this very minute (L+S); even now, at this moment
    II
    commodare, commodavi, commodatus V
    lend, hire; give, bestow, provide; put at disposal of, oblige; make fit, adapt

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  • 10 dē-nūntiō

        dē-nūntiō āvī, ātus, āre,    to announce, declare, denounce, menace, threaten, intimate, order, command: inimicitias mihi: populo R. servitutem: ab amico timor denuntiari solet?: sese procuratorem esse: eos cavendos esse: quid de summā rei p. sentires: mihi, ut ad te scriberem: ante denuntio, abstineant, etc.: venisset, si esset denuntiatum.—In public life, to announce, intimate, declare, pronounce, proclaim, direct, order, command: bellum, quod denuntiatum indictumque non esset: se non neglecturum, etc., Cs.: se scire quae fierent, Cs.: populo, Aemilium pugnasse, etc., L.: Gallonio, ut excederet Gadibus, gave orders, Cs.: per vicos urbīsque, ut commeatūs expedirent, L.: ei senatus, ne oppugnaret, etc.: venerant denuntiatum Fabio senatūs verbis, ne, etc., L.: Gallicis populis, multitudinem suam domi contineant, L.: centurionibus exsequi, Ta.—In religion, to portend, threaten, foretell, warn, direct: quibus portentis magna populo R. bella denuntiabantur: Celaeno tristīs denuntiat iras, V.: a deo denuntiatum, ut exeamus e vitā.—In law, to give formal notice: iudici: domum, to serve notice at the house: testimonium eis, summon them as witnesses: in iudicium, give notice to attend: fratres saltem ex hibe: ‘non denuntiavi,’ I have not summoned them: de isto fundo Caecinae, to serve notice of an action: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse, makes claim.—Fig., of things, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate: terra adventūs hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat: illa arma non periculum nobis denuntiant: Caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, V.: hoc data arma denuntiant, Ta.

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  • 11 opera

        opera ae, f    [opus], service, pains, exertion, effort, work, labor: operam abutitur, qui, etc., wastes labor, T.: frustra operam sumo, take pains, T.: res multae operae, Cs.: operam exigere: praebere amicis: in eā (arte) plus operae consumere, bestow upon: impendere: polliceri, S.: insumere, L.: interponere, employ: quorum operā interfectus, by whose agency, Cs.: exstabit opera peregrinationis huius, i. e. literary activity.—A service, rendering of service: esse in operis eius societatis, in the service of the society: qui operas in scripturā pro magistro dat, serves as director: musis operas reddere, serve.—In the phrase, operam dare, to bestow care, take pains, give attention, serve, exert oneself: id dare operam, qui istum amoveas, T.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque (i. e. student), Enn. ap. C.: dare operam funeri, attend: sermoni, listen: dilectu dat operam, is busied in, L.: dabat operam, ut Dumnorigem contineret, Cs.: dent operam consules, ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat, Cs.: id scire, T.—In the phrase, meā operā, through my means, by my agency: Non meā operā neque culpā evenit, T.: meā operā Q. Tarentum recepisti.—In the phrase, operae pretium, something worth the effort.—Leisure, spare time: de versibus, deest mihi quidem opera, I have no leisure: quae non operae est referre, it is not worth while, L.: si operae illi esset, if he had time, L.—A day-laborer, journeyman, laborer, workman, artisan: nona, a ninth laborer (on a farm), H.: operae facessant: publice coactis operis: contentio cum operis conductis ad, etc., rabble hired.
    * * *
    work, care; aid; service, effort/trouble

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  • 12 operor

        operor ātus, ārī, dep.    [opus], to work, labor, toil, take pains, be busied, devote oneself: in cute curandā, H.: rei p., L.: Conubiis arvisque novis, V.: studio operatus inhaesi, engrossed, O.—Of religious observances, to perform, attend, offer: iustis operata sacris, H.: superstitionibus, L.: matutinis festa lucernis, Iu.—To serve, do honor, render sacrifice: Cereri laetis operatus in herbis, V.: tibi operata resolvimus ora, devoted to thee, O.
    * * *
    operari, operatus sum V DEP
    labor, toil, work; perform (religious service), attend, serve; devote oneself

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  • 13 pōnō

        pōnō posuī (posīvērunt, C.), positus, ere    [for * posino; old praep. port- (pro) + sino], to put down, set down, put, place, set, fix, lay, deposit: tabulas in aerario, Cs.: castra iniquo loco, pitch, Cs.: tabulas in publico, deposit: collum in Pulvere, H.: in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: in Prytaneum vasa aurea, L.: omnia pone feros in ignes, O.: ubi pedem poneret habere, might set his foot: posito genu, kneeling, O.: num genu posuit? Cu.: ova, O.: fetum, give birth to, Ph.—Of troops and guards, to place, post, set, station, fix: praesidium ibi, Cs.: insidias contra Pompei dignitatem: Dumnorigi custodes, ut, etc., Cs.— To set up, erect, build: opus, O.: urbem, V.: castella, Ta.: aras, V.: tropaeum, N.— To form, fashion, mould, depict: duo pocula fecit... Orphaeque in medio posuit, V.: nunc hominem nunc deum, H.—Of plants, to set, set out, plant: ordine vites, V.: nefasto (arborem) die, H.—Of wagers or prizes, to offer, propose, promise, lay, stake, wager: pocula fagina, V.: praemium proposuerunt, si quis nomen detulisset, L.— To put out at interest, loan, invest: pecuniam in praedio: dives positis in faenore nummis, H.— To serve, serve up, set forth: posito pavone, H.: positi Bacchi cornua, O.: Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iu.— To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down: veste positā: velamina de corpore, O.: librum: arma, i. e. surrender, Cs.: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, L.: positis armis, L.— To lay out, arrange for burial: toro Mortua componar, O.: positum adfati corpus, V.— To lay in the grave, bury, inter: te... patriā decedens ponere terrā, V.: quā positis iusta feruntur avis, O.— To arrange, deck, set in order: suas in statione comas, O.— To subdue, calm, allay, quiet: quo non arbiter Hadriae Maior, tollere seu ponere volt freta, H.—Of winds, to fall, abate: Cum venti posuere, V.—Of an anchor, to cast, fix: ancoris positis, L.—Fig., to set, place, put, lay, bring: pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs: se in gratiā reconciliatae pacis, L.: in laude positus: illa in conspectu animi: cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, my name is added to the record.—To put, place, cause to rest: credibile non est, quantum ego in prudentiā tuā ponam, count upon: spem salutis in virtute, Cs.: in te positum est, ut, etc., rests with you.—To lay out, spend, employ, occupy, consume: tempus in cogitatione: diem totum in considerandā causā: totos nos in rebus perspiciendis: itinera ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat.— To put, place, count, reckon, consider, regard: mortem in malis: inter quos me ipse dubiā in re poni malim, L.: Hoc metuere, alterum in metu non ponere, regard with fear, Poët. ap. C.: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful, L.: haec in magno discrimine, attach great importance to, L.: in vitiis poni, be regarded as a fault, N.— To appoint, ordain, make: leges: sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, to be applied: Laurentisque ab eā (lauro) nomen colonis, V.: tibi nomen Insano, H.—Of vows or votive offerings, to make, render, pay, consecrate: Veneris (tabellas) in aede, O.: hic funalia, H.: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphis, N.— To lay down as true, state, posit, fix, assume, assert, maintain, allege: ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.: Verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., T.: positum sit igitur in primis, etc.: hoc posito, esse quandam, etc., agreed: id pro certo, L.: rem ipsam.— To cite, set forth, refer to: eorum exempla.— To set forth, represent, describe: Tigellinum, Iu.— To propose, offer, fix upon, set forth: mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam ponitis?: ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet: doctorum consuetudo ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent.— To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender: vitia: curas, L.: moras, H.: corda ferocia, V.: ponendus est ille ambitus (verborum), non abiciendus, i. e. to be closed without abruptness.
    * * *
    I
    ponere, posivi, - V
    put, place, set; station; (archaic form of perf. of pono)
    II
    ponere, posui, positus V
    put, place, set; station

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  • 14 sum

        sum (2d pers. es, or old ēs; old subj praes. siem, siēs, siet, sient, for sim, etc., T.; fuat for sit, T., V., L.; imperf. often forem, forēs, foret, forent, for essem, etc.; fut. escunt for erunt, C.), fuī (fūvimus for fuimus, Enn. ap. C.), futūrus ( inf fut. fore or futūrum esse, C.), esse    [ES-; FEV-]. —    I. As a predicate, asserting existence, to be, exist, live: ut id aut esse dicamus aut non esse: flumen est Arar, quod, etc., Cs.: homo nequissimus omnium qui sunt, qui fuerunt: arbitrari, me nusquam aut nullum fore: fuimus Troes, fuit Ilium, V.—Of place, to be, be present, be found, stay, live: cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse: cum essemus in castris: deinceps in lege est, ut, etc.: erat nemo, quicum essem libentius quam tecum: sub uno tecto esse, L.—Of circumstances or condition, to be, be found, be situated, be placed: Sive erit in Tyriis, Tyrios laudabis amictūs, i. e. is attired, O.: in servitute: in magno nomine et gloriā: in vitio: Hic in noxiāst, T.: in pace, L.: (statua) est et fuit totā Graeciā summo honore: ego sum spe bonā: rem illam suo periculo esse, at his own risk: omnem reliquam spem in impetu esse equitum, L.—In 3 d pers., followed by a pron rel., there is (that) which, there are (persons) who, there are (things) which, some.—With indic. (the subject conceived as definite): est quod me transire oportet, there is a (certain) reason why I must, etc., T.: sunt item quae appellantur alces, there are creatures also, which, etc., Cs.: sunt qui putant posse te non decedere, some think: Sunt quibus in satirā videor nimis acer, H.—With subj. (so usu. in prose, and always with a subject conceived as indefinite): sunt, qui putent esse mortem... sunt qui censeant, etc.: est isdem de rebus quod dici possit subtilius: sunt qui Crustis et pomis viduas venentur avaras, H.—With dat, to belong, pertain, be possessed, be ascribed: fingeret fallacias, Unde esset adulescenti amicae quod daret, by which the youth might have something to give, T.: est igitur homini cum deo similitudo, man has some resemblance: Privatus illis census erat brevis, H.: Troia et huic loco nomen est, L.—Ellipt.: Nec rubor est emisse palam (sc. ei), nor is she ashamed, O.: Neque testimoni dictio est (sc. servo), has no right to be a witness, T.—With cum and abl of person, to have to do with, be connected with: tecum nihil rei nobis est, we have nothing to do with you, T.: si mihi tecum minus esset, quam est cum tuis omnibus.—With ab and abl of person, to be of, be the servant of, follow, adhere to, favor, side with: Ab Andriā est ancilla haec, T.: sed vide ne hoc, Scaevola, totum sit a me, makes for me.— With pro, to be in favor of, make for: (iudicia) partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse.—With ex, to consist of, be made up of: (creticus) qui est ex longā et brevi et longā: duo extremi chorei sunt, id est, e singulis longis et brevibus.— To be real, be true, be a fact, be the case, be so: sunt ista, Laeli: est ut dicis, inquam: verum esto: esto, granted, V.—Esp. in phrases, est ut, it is the case that, is true that, is possible that, there is reason for: sin est, ut velis Manere illam apud te, T.: est, ut id maxime deceat: futurum esse ut omnes pellerentur, Cs.: magis est ut ipse moleste ferat errasse se, quam ut reformidet, etc., i. e. he has more reason for being troubled... than for dreading, etc.: ille erat ut odisset defensorem, etc., he certainly did hate.—In eo esse ut, etc., to be in a condition to, be possible that, be about to, be on the point of ( impers. or with indef subj.): cum iam in eo esset, ut in muros evaderet miles, when the soldiers were on the point of scaling, L.: cum res non in eo essent ut, etc., L.—Est ubi, there is a time when, sometimes: est, ubi id isto modo valeat.—Est quod, there is reason to, is occasion to: etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem, I have more reason to: est quod referam ad consilium: sin, etc., L.: non est quod multa loquamur, H.—Est cur, there is reason why: quid erat cur Milo optaret, etc., what cause had Milo for wishing? etc.—With inf, it is possible, is allowed, is permitted, one may: Est quādam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra, H.: scire est liberum Ingenium atque animum, T.: neque est te fallere quicquam, V.: quae verbo obiecta, verbo negare sit, L.: est videre argentea vasa, Ta.: fuerit mihi eguisse aliquando tuae amicitiae, S.—Of events, to be, happen, occur, befall, take place: illa (solis defectio) quae fuit regnante Romulo: Amabo, quid tibi est? T.: quid, si... futurum nobis est? L.— To come, fall, reach, be brought, have arrived: ex eo tempore res esse in vadimonium coepit: quae ne in potestatem quidem populi R. esset, L.—    II. As a copula, to be: et praeclara res est et sumus otiosi: non sum ita hebes, ut istud dicam: Nos numerus sumus, a mere number, H.: sic, inquit, est: est ut dicis: frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit, L.: cum in convivio comiter et iucunde fuisses: quod in maritimis facillime sum, am very glad to be.—With gen part., to be of, belong to: qui eiusdem civitatis fuit, N.: qui Romanae partis erant, L.: ut aut amicorum aut inimicorum Campani simus, L.— With gen possess., to belong to, pertain to, be of, be the part of, be peculiar to, be characteristic of, be the duty of: audiant eos, quorum summa est auctoritas apud, etc., who possess: ea ut civitatis Rhodiorum essent, L.: Aemilius, cuius tum fasces erant, L.: plebs novarum rerum atque Hannibalis tota esse, were devoted to, L.: negavit moris esse Graecorum, ut, etc.—With pron possess.: est tuum, Cato, videre quid agatur: fuit meum quidem iam pridem rem p. lugere.—With gerundive: quae res evertendae rei p. solerent esse, which were the usual causes of ruin to the state: qui utilia ferrent, quaeque aequandae libertatis essent, L.— With gen. or abl. of quality, to be of, be possessed of, be characterized by, belong to, have, exercise: nimium me timidum, nullius consili fuisse confiteor: Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, S.: civitas magnae auctoritatis, Cs.: refer, Cuius fortunae (sit), H.: nec magni certaminis ea dimicatio fuit, L.: bellum variā victoriā fuit, S.: tenuissimā valetudine esse, Cs.: qui capite et superciliis semper est rasis.—With gen. or abl. of price or value, to be of, be valued at, stand at, be appreciated, cost: videtur esse quantivis preti, T.: ager nunc multo pluris est, quam tunc fuit: magni erunt mihi tuae litterae: sextante sal et Romae et per totam Italiam erat, was worth, L.—With dat predic., to express definition or purpose, to serve for, be taken as, be regarded as, be felt to be: vitam hanc rusticam tu probro et crimini putas esse oportere, ought to be regarded as: eo natus sum ut Iugurthae scelerum ostentui essem, S.: ipsa res ad levandam annonam impedimento fuerat, L.—With second dat of pers.: quo magis quae agis curae sunt mihi, T.: illud Cassianum, ‘cui bono fuerit,’ the inquiry of Cassius, ‘ for whose benefit was it ’: haec tam parva civitas praedae tibi et quaestui fuit.— To be sufficient for, be equal to, be fit: sciant patribus aeque curae fuisse, ne, etc., L.: ut divites conferrent, qui oneri ferendo essent, such as were able to bear the burden, L.: cum solvendo aere (old dat. for aeri) alieno res p. non esset, L.—With ellips. of aeri: tu nec solvendo eras, wast unable to pay.—With ad, to be of use for, serve for: res quae sunt ad incendia, Cs.: valvae, quae olim ad ornandum templum erant maxime.—With de, to be of, treat concerning, relate to: liber, qui est de animo.—In the phrase, id est, or hoc est, in explanations, that is, that is to say, I mean: sed domum redeamus, id est ad nostros revertamur: vos autem, hoc est populus R., etc., S.
    * * *
    highest, the top of; greatest; last; the end of

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  • 15 ancillor

    ancillor, ātus, 1, v. dep. and n. [ancilla], pr., to serve as handmaid; hence, in gen., to serve, to attend upon, to be subservient to, etc. (only ante-class. and post-Aug.): invita ancillans, Att. ap. Non. p. 72, 3:

    uxoribus ancillantur, Titin. ib.: aestus (maris) ancillantes siderum avido trahenti etc.,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 213:

    cetera membra ancillari et subservire capiti,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 9, 17.

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  • 16 fungor

    fungor, functus, fungi, v. dep. [kindred to Sanscr. bhuj-, frui], to busy one's self with or be engaged in something; to perform, execute, administer, discharge, observe, do (syn.: administro, defungor); constr. with abl., rarely with acc. or absol.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    valetudo (opportuna est), ut dolore careas et muneribus fungare corporis,

    Cic. Lael. 6, 22; cf.:

    populari munere,

    id. Rep. 3, 35:

    virtutis perfectae perfecto munere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109; so,

    munere,

    id. Rep. 1, 7; 5, 2; id. Off. 2, 16, 57; 2, 20, 70; id. Brut. 16, 63; id. Leg. 1, 3, 10; Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5 al.; cf.:

    magnificentissimā aedilitate,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57:

    consulatu,

    Suet. Caes. 23; id. Galb. 3:

    praeturā,

    id. Tib. 4; id. Claud. 24; 38; id. Gram. 7:

    quaesturā,

    id. Aug. 36:

    magisterio,

    id. Dom. 4:

    potius barbarorum quam illius more,

    to observe, Nep. Con. 3, 4:

    funguntur officio,

    perform, Cic. Cael. 9, 21:

    officio rhetoris,

    Quint. 2, 1, 6; Suet. Claud. 29; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 109: cum suam vicem functus officio sit, had filled his own place as husband, Liv. 1, 9, 15:

    legationibus,

    Quint. 3, 2, 4:

    militiā,

    Suet. Gram. 9:

    oppugnationibus et acie feliciter,

    Vell. 2, 95, 2: sacris, Hor. A. P. 224:

    laboribus,

    id. C. 2, 18, 38; cf.

    periculis,

    Just. 7, 4:

    dapibus,

    to have done with the food, Ov. F. 2, 791:

    caede,

    to murder, id. H. 14, 19:

    morte,

    to die, id. M. 11, 583; Vell. 2, 49, 1;

    for which also: fato,

    Ov. M. 11, 559; Quint. 3, 7, 10; Suet. Calig. 6; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5 ext.:

    vitā,

    Gell. 20, 2, 3; Lact. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 48, 5, 11 fin.; 49, 17, 14:

    voto,

    to pay a vow, Just. 9, 2:

    fungar vice cotis,

    to serve instead of, Hor. A. P. 304:

    indicis partibus,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 2:

    ter aevo functus senex (Nestor),

    who had lived through, enjoyed, Hor. C. 2, 9, 13; cf.:

    functo longissima statione mortali,

    Vell. 2, 131, 2:

    virtute functi duces,

    who have shown, exhibited, Hor. C. 4, 15, 29; cf.:

    omni virtute functa (femina),

    Quint. 6 praef. §

    5.—Of things: possunt aliquando oculi non fungi suo munere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 32, 71:

    aliquae (vocales) officio consonantium fungantur,

    Quint. 1, 4, 10:

    levissima quaeque (quaestio) primo loco fungitur,

    id. 3, 6, 8 Spald. N. cr.:

    res eadem perorationis vice fungitur,

    id. 4, 3, 11; cf. id. 4, 1, 75.—
    (β).
    With acc. (so always in Plaut. and Ter. except officiis, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 12; but in class. prose only once in Nep.; v. infra): ingentia munera fungi, Lucil. ap. Non. 497, 12:

    munus,

    id. ib. 10; Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 5; id. Trin. prol. 1; 2, 2, 73:

    militare munus fungens,

    Nep. Dat. 1, 2 al.: officium, Pac. ap. Non. 497, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 129 Rib.); Titin. ib. 6 (Com. Rel. v 48 ib.); Turp. ib. 13; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14; 3, 3, 19; id. Ad. 3, 4, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 51:

    sine me alliatum fungi fortunas meas,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 45:

    Mago diem fungitur relictis duobus filiis,

    i. e. dies, Just. 19, 1, 1:

    mala multa animus contagibu' fungitur ejus,

    i. e. suffers, Lucr. 3, 734.—
    (γ).
    In gerundive, as v.a.:

    muneris fungendi gratia,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    ad suum munus fungendum,

    id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

    per speciem alienae fungendae vicis,

    Liv. 1, 41, 6:

    spes facta militiae fungendae potioribus ducibus,

    id. 24, 21, 3.—
    (δ).
    Absol. (very rare):

    at facere et fungi sine corpore nulla potest res,

    i. e. to suffer, Lucr. 1, 443 sq.;

    so 3, 168: pro fultura et substructione fungentur fundamenta,

    will serve, Col. 1, 5, 9: nec livida tabes Invidiae functis quamquam et jam lumine cassis Defuit, i. e. to the dead, =defunctis, Stat. Th. 2, 15; cf.:

    omnia functa Aut moritura vides,

    id. S. 2, 1, 209; id. Th. 4, 483; 511; Albin. 1,393; Aus. Ep.33.
    II.
    In partic., to perform, discharge, contribute, pay any thing due from one:

    hoc vobis est statuendum, quid aratorem ipsum arationis nomine muneris in re publica fungi ac sustinere velitis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

    per omnes annos atque omnia bella duplici numero se militum equitumque fungi,

    Vell. 2, 15, 3:

    cum eo sumptu res publica fungatur,

    Tac. A. 14, 21:

    qui fenus exercent, omnibus patrimonii intributionibus fungi debent, etsi possessionem non habeant,

    Dig. 50, 1, 22 fin.
    ► In pass.
    signif. (post-class. and very rare):

    pretia rerum non ex affectione, nec utilitate singulorum, sed communiter fungi,

    are not taken, Dig. 9, 2, 33:

    dos, quae semel functa est, amplius fungi non potest,

    Ulp. Fragm. 6, 11.

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  • 17 merito

    1.
    mĕrĭtō, adv., v. mereo fin.
    2.
    mĕrĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [mereo].
    * I.
    To earn, gain:

    vilicus, qui sestertia dena meritāsset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

    Roscius histrio HS. D. annua meritāsse proditur,

    Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129.—
    II.
    To serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, be a soldier: meritavere Cato ait pro meruere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 152 Müll.:

    Siculas meritare per oras,

    Sil. 10, 656.

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  • 18 ministro

    mĭnistro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [minister], to attend, wait upon, serve, esp. at table, to serve up, pour out, hand food or drink (syn.: servio, appareo, praebeo, suggero; class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    Acastum retine, quo commodius tibi ministretur,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 14, 2:

    cui matronam ministrasse compererat,

    Suet. Aug. 45.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    nosmet inter nos ministremus,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 7.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    hic ministrabit dum ego edam,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 90.—
    II.
    Transf., to take care of, manage, govern, direct; and, in gen., to provide, furnish, supply, give, afford:

    ministrare (naves) velis, of the steersman,

    Verg. A. 6, 302:

    naves nec velis ministrantur, nec, etc.,

    Tac. G. 44:

    ministrare victum alicui,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 6:

    viros et arma alicui,

    Tac. H. 4, 12:

    prolem,

    to give, present, produce, Tib. 2, 2, 21:

    ministrabant ei de facultatibus suis,

    Vulg. Luc. 8, 3:

    faces furiis Clodianis,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 26:

    equus terga ministrat (for mounting),

    Val. Fl. 6, 216:

    jussa medicorum,

    to execute, Ov. H. 20, 133.—Also of inanim. subjects:

    sarmentum colibus sucum ministrat,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 2: (vinum) verba ministrat, Hor. [p. 1147] Ep. 1, 15, 20:

    luna ministrat equis,

    serves them, lights them on their way, Prop. 3, 14, 15:

    reges ministrabunt tibi,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 10; id. Act. 20, 34.

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  • 19 navo

    nāvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [navus], to do, perform, or accomplish a thing with zeal and diligence (class.):

    nemo est tam afflictus, quin possit navare aliquid et efficere,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 7: navare operam alicui, to come to one's assistance, to serve or assist one:

    utinam potuissem tibi operam meam studiumque navare,

    id. ib. 15, 12, 2:

    operam rei publicae,

    id. ib. 10, 25, 2; cf. id. Att. 1, 17, 4:

    jam mihi videor navāsse operam, quod huc venerim,

    to have succeeded in my endeavors, id. de Or. 2, 7, 26:

    fortiter in acie navare operam,

    to act vigorously, Liv. 7, 16; 28, 35:

    navandae operae avidior,

    Tac. A. 3, 42;

    for which: opus navare,

    Val. Fl. 3, 144:

    quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses!

    to show, exhibit, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5; cf.:

    si suffragandi studia non navant,

    id. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18:

    benevolentiam,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

    bellum,

    to prosecute vigorously, Tac. H. 3, 25:

    flagitium,

    to commit, perpetrate, id. ib. 4, 59:

    rem publicam,

    to serve the state, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5 (dub.; B. and K. gubernare).—Hence, adv.: nā-vanter, with zeal, Cassiod. Var. 2, 23 al.

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  • 20 stipendium

    stīpendĭum, ii, n. [contr. from stipipendium, from stips-pendo].
    I.
    In publicists' lang., a tax, impost, tribute, contribution (payable in money; whereas vectigal in kind; the former being regarded as the more humiliating; v. stipendiarius, I.): Poeni stipendia pendunt, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll. (Ann. v. 269 Vahl.); so,

    pendere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; 5, 27; Sall. C. 20, 7; Liv. 2, 9; 21, 10:

    conferre,

    id. 33, 42:

    solvere,

    id. 39, 7:

    imponere victis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; 7, 54:

    stipendio liberare aliquem,

    id. 5, 27:

    de stipendio recusare,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    stipendi spem facere,

    Liv. 28, 25, 9.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., tribute, dues ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    indomito nec dira ferens stipendia tauro (sc. Minotauro),

    Cat. 64, 173:

    quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?

    penalty, Hor. Epod. 17, 36:

    alii tamen obscuriores (scriptores) aliquod stipendium nostro studio contulerunt,

    contribution, Col. 1, 1, 10.—
    2.
    Income, subsistence, salary:

    iis, ut adsiduae templi antistites essent, stipendium de publico statuit,

    Liv. 1, 20, 3.—
    II.
    In milit. lang., pay, stipend in full:

    stipendium militare,

    Liv. 4, 60, 5; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45;

    commonly stipendium alone: militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.; cf. Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; Liv. 4, 59 and 60:

    cum stipendium ab legionibus flagitaretur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

    numerare militibus,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

    persolvere,

    id. Att. 5, 14, 1: dare, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 26; Liv. 2, 12; 5, 12; cf.:

    dare pecuniam in stipendium,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 23; Liv. 27, 9 fin.:

    accipere,

    id. 5, 4:

    stipendio afficere exercitum,

    Cic. Balb. 27, 61:

    augere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

    fraudare,

    id. ib. 3, 59:

    stipendium duum mensium,

    Curt. 5, 1, 45:

    dum in calamitosis stipendiis versaretur,

    might get pay by the misfortunes of others, Amm. 19, 12, 2.—
    B.
    Transf., military service (mostly in plur.):

    merere stipendia,

    Cic. Mur. 5, 12:

    stipendia merere (mereri),

    to perform military service, to serve, id. Cael. 5, 11; id. de Or. 2, 64, 258; also,

    facere,

    Sall. J. 63, 3; Liv. 3, 27; 5, 7; 42, 34 al.; cf.:

    opulenta ac ditia facere,

    id. 21, 43:

    emereri,

    to complete the time of service, to serve out one's time, id. 25, 6; Cic. Sen. 14, 49; Sall. J. 84, 2; Liv. 3, 57; Val. Max. 6, 1, 10;

    v. emereo, II.: auxiliaria stipendia mereri,

    Tac. A. 2, 52:

    numerare,

    Liv. 4, 58:

    enumerare,

    id. 3, 58:

    qui (milites) jam stipendiis confecti erant,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26; cf.:

    stipendiis exhausti,

    Liv. 27, 9:

    adulescentuli statim castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5.— Sing.:

    homo nullius stipendii,

    Sall. J. 85, 10:

    exercitui dare,

    id. H. 2, 96, 6 Dietsch:

    sextus decimus stipendii annus,

    Tac. A. 1, 17.—
    2.
    In partic., military service of a year, a year's service, a campaign:

    si in singulis stipendiis is ad hostes exuvias dabit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 36:

    quod tricena aut quadragena stipendia senes tolerent,

    Tac. A. 1, 17:

    vicena stipendia meritis,

    id. ib. 1, 36:

    stipendia sua numerari jubebant,

    Just. 12, 11, 4:

    qui eorum minime multa stipendia haberet,

    Liv. 31, 8 fin.—Sing.:

    (juventus) octavo jam stipendio functa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 8, 2; cf.

    with both numbers together: secundo stipendio dextram manum perdidit, stipendiis duobus ter et vicies vulneratus est,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29 § 104.—
    C.
    Trop., in gen., service (very rare):

    functus omnibus humanae vitae stipendiis,

    i. e. duties, Sen. Ep. 93, 4:

    tamquam emeritis stipendiis libidinis,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 49:

    plurium velut emeritis annorum stipendiis,

    Col. 3, 6, 4:

    rex cui (Hercules) duodecim stipendia debebat,

    services, labors, Just. 2, 4, 18.

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  • serve — vt served, serv·ing 1: to deliver, publish, or execute (notice or process) as required by law no notice of any such request was ever served on the husband National Law Journal 2: to make legal service upon (the person named in a process): inform… …   Law dictionary

  • serve — late 12c., to render habitual obedience to, from O.Fr. servir to serve, from L. servire to serve, originally be a slave, related to servus slave, perhaps from an Etruscan word (Cf. Etruscan proper names Servi, Serve). Meaning to attend to (a… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Serve — Serve, v. i. 1. To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service. [1913 Webster] The Lord shall give thee rest . . . from the hard bondage wherein thou… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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