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  • 1 adfectato

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 2 adfecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 3 affecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 4 sequor

        sequor (P. praes. gen. plur. sequentūm, V.), secūtus (-quūtus), ī, dep.    [SEC-], to follow, come after, follow after, attend, accompany: I prae, sequor, T.: cum omnibus suis carris, Cs.: servi sequentes, H.: hos falcati currūs sequebantur, Cu.: me intro hac, T.: signa, to march, S.: Ne sequerer moechas, H.: vallem, L.: scrutantīs quā evellant telum non sequitur, i. e. cannot be drawn out, L.: trahit manu lignum; Id vix sequitur, O.: zonā bene te secutā, i. e. which you fortunately have worn, H.— To follow, succeed, come after, come next: sequitur hunc annum Caudina pax, L.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequuntur: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: quae sequuntur, and so forth: sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.— To go to, seek, be bound for, have for a destination: Formias nunc sequimur: loca, Cs.: Italiam, V.: Rura, O.— To follow, chase, pursue: finem sequendi, Cs.: facere: hanc pestem agmen sequebatur: hostīs, Cs.: (te) fugacem, H.: feras, O.— To follow, fall to the share of, belong to: ut urbes captae Aetolos sequerentur, L.: heredes monumentum ne sequeretur, H.: quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illa sequebatur, S.—Fig., to follow, succeed, result, ensue: si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.: patrem sequuntur liberi, take the rank of, L.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut, etc., to befall, Cs.: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, ensue: ex hac re, L.— To follow, take as guide, comply with, accede to, obey, imitate, adopt, conform to: sententiam Scipionis, Cs.: vos vestrum<*> que factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have imitated, Cs.: Crassi auctoritatem: quid? iudices non crimina, non testīs sequentur? shall be influenced by: naturam: victricia arma, V.: me auctorem: non lingua valet... nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. obey the will, V.— To follow, pursue, strive after, aim at, seek: iustitiam: amoenitatem: Caesaris gratiam, Cs.: linguam et nomen, L.: Mercedes, H.: ferro extrema, V.—Of an inference, to follow, be proved: ut sequatur vitam beatam virtute confici: hoc sequitur, ut familia Tulli concidi oportuerit?: non enim sequitur, ut, etc.— To follow naturally, come easily, be readily controlled, be obtained without effort: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: nihil est quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.
    * * *
    sequi, secutus sum V DEP
    follow; escort/attend/accompany; aim at/reach after/strive for/make for/seek; support/back/side with; obey, observe; pursue/chase; range/spread over; attain

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  • 5 adpeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 6 appeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 7 consector

    con-sector, ātus, 1, v. dep., to follow, pursue, strive after eagerly, both in a good and bad sense.
    I.
    Lit., to attend eagerly or continually; to go after a person or thing, etc.
    A.
    Prop. (rare):

    hos consector, his ultro arrideo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18:

    mares, feminas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 20; cf.:

    senectam ovium (opp. agnas fastidire),

    Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188:

    angiporta haec,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 137; cf.

    rivulos,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117.— More freq. (esp. in Cic.),
    B.
    Trop., to pursue eagerly, to strive after, endeavor to gain; to emulate an example, to imitate, etc.:

    qui non debita consectari soleant, quod debeatur remissuros,

    Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3:

    neque quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 32:

    omnes umbras etiam falsae gloriae (corresp. with aucupari inanem rumorem),

    id. Pis. 24, 57: opes aut potentiam, [p. 428] id. Off. 1, 25, 86:

    benevolentiam Macedonum largitione,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7:

    verba,

    id. Caecin. 19, 54:

    ubertatem orationis,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

    plura (in discourse, opp. comprehendere brevi),

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 34; Plin. Pan. 75; id. Ep. 5, 6, 43:

    ista subtilius (in investigating),

    Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139:

    insignia ac paene vitiosa imitando,

    to imitate, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:

    vitium de industriā,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 41:

    versus Homeri (Maro),

    Gell. 12, 1, 20.—
    II.
    To follow in a hostile manner, to persecule, chase, pursue (most freq. in the histt.):

    quosdam (latrones) consectatus est et confecit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111:

    redeuntes equites quos possunt consectantur atque occidunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58; 3, 26; 4, 14; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 43, 10, 7; Vell. 2, 19, 2; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 4, 24; id. H. 1, 68.— Of the chase, * Lucr. 5, 965; cf. Liv. 21, 43, 8; 41, 9, 6:

    Fuflum clamoribus et convitiis et sibilis,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2:

    victos implacabili odio,

    Tac. H. 4, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., of things omnia me mala consectantur, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7.
    ► In pass.
    signif.: uxorem tuam a populo lapidibus consectari video (diôkesthai), to be persecuted, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.

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  • 8 capto

    capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].
    I.
    Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

    (syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

    aquam hianti ore,

    Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

    imbrem ore hianti,

    id. 4, 7, 14:

    laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

    Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

    (meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    muscas,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    modo cervicem, modo crura,

    Ov. M. 9, 37:

    collum,

    id. ib. 3, 428:

    patulis naribus auras,

    Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

    plumas ore,

    id. ib. 8, 198:

    umbras et frigora,

    Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

    auribus aëra,

    to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

    captata Hesperie,

    watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—
    II.
    Figuratively.
    A.
    In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

    class.): sermonem,

    to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

    sonitum aure admota,

    Liv. 38, 7, 8;

    solitudines,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

    quid consili,

    to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

    assensiones alicujus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

    plausus,

    to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

    misericordiam,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    voluptatem,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

    risus,

    to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

    favorem,

    Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

    incerta pro certis,

    Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

    nubes et inania,

    Hor. A. P. 230:

    libertatis auram,

    Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

    auram incertae famae,

    Curt. 4, 5, 8:

    occasionem,

    to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

    tempus rei,

    Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

    tempestates,

    id. 5, 6, 4:

    brevitatem,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    elegantiam actoris,

    id. 11, 3, 184:

    leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

    id. 11, 1, 53:

    solas sententias multas,

    id. 8, 5, 30:

    auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

    id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

    vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

    id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

    prendique et prendere captans,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    laedere aliquem,

    Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

    opprimere,

    id. 5, 3, 2:

    acquirere voluptates,

    Col. 8, 11, 1.—

    With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

    Suet. Tib. 14.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

    magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

    captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

    astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

    id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

    hostem insidiis,

    Liv. 2, 50, 3:

    inter se,

    id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,
    2.
    A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

    testamenta senum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

    hereditatem,

    Dig. 29, 6, 1:

    homines,

    Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—
    3.
    To take up, begin, of discourse:

    ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

    Ov. M. 3, 279.

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  • 9 nitor

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 10 Nixi

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 11 Nixus

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 12 appetō (ad-p-)

        appetō (ad-p-) īvī or iī, ītus, ere.—     Trans, to strive for, reach after, grasp at: (solem) manibus: salutari, appeti: mare terram appetens: munitionibus loca, taking in, L.—Esp., to fall upon, attack, assault, assail: umerum gladio, Cs.: oculos rostro, L.: ferro corpora, V.: ignominiis.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire, seek, court: populi R. amicitiam, Cs.: bona naturā: inimicitias potentiorum pro te: nihil sibi: agere aliquid. — Intrans, to draw nigh, approach, be at hand: dies appetebat, Cs.: nox, L.: fatum, Cu.

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  • 13 petessō

        petessō —, —, ere, intens.    [peto], to strive after, pursue: hanc (laudem).
    * * *
    petessere, -, - V TRANS
    long for, strive after

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  • 14 persequor

    per-sĕquor, cūtus and quūtus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. ( act. collat. form of the imperat. persece for perseque, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.).
    I. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ille servolum Jubet illum persequi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 35; 4, 2, 30:

    si vis persequi vestigiis,

    id. Men. 4, 1, 9:

    certum est persequi,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18:

    me in Asiam persequens,

    id. And. 5, 4, 32:

    (persequens dicit perseverationem sequentis ostendens. Persequitur enim qui non desinit sequi, Don. ad h. l.): aliquem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    exercitum,

    id. Phil. 3, 3, 7:

    cursim,

    Petr. 6:

    Hortensium ipsius vestigiis,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 307:

    quā, aut terrā aut mari, persequar eum, qui, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 2:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 105; Verg. A. 9, 218:

    hanc persecuta mater orare incipit,

    Phaedr. 1, 28, 5.—With inf. ( poet.):

    atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera... frangere persequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after, press upon, chase, pursue:

    fugientes usque ad flumen persequuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67:

    bello,

    id. ib. 1, 14:

    deterrere hostes a persequendo,

    Sall. J. 50, 6:

    feras,

    Ov. H. 9, 34:

    beluas,

    Curt. 8, 14, 26.—
    b.
    To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

    omnes solitudines,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —
    B.
    Transf., to follow up, come up with, overtake:

    quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem triginta diebus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 3; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    mors et fugacem persequitur virum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 14.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to follow perseveringly, to pursue any thing:

    omnes vias persequar,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    viam,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4:

    eas artes,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory notion of striving after, to pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after, = appetere, affectare:

    quis est, qui utilia non studiosissime persequatur?

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 101:

    ego mihi alios deos penates persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 7: Pl. Tene priusquam hinc abeo savium. Ph. Si quidem mi hercle regnum detur, numquam id potius persequar, id. Curc. 1, 3, 55:

    hereditates,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 20:

    hereditates aut syngraphas,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 18:

    cujusquemodi voluptates,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ego meum jus persequar, I will pursue or assert my right, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 9; Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

    persequendi juris sui potestas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:

    bona tua repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

    possumus rem nostram persequi,

    id. Quint. 13, 45 fin.:

    cum tribunus plebis poenas a seditioso cive per bonos viros judicio persequi vellet,

    sought to obtain, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

    nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—
    b.
    To follow, be a follower of; to imitate, copy after a person or thing as a guide or pattern:

    si vero Academiam veterem persequamur,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    sectam et instituta alicujus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    ego neglectā barbarorum inscitiā te persequar,

    id. Fam. 9, 3, 2; id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    ut, quae maxime excellant in eo, quem imitabitur, ea diligentissime persequatur,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 90.—
    c.
    To pursue, proceed against, prosecute; to revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon a person or thing:

    aliquem bello,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    aliquem judicio,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    alicujus injurias ulcisci ac persequi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; so,

    injuriam,

    id. Mur. 21, 44; Sall. J. 14, 23; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 9, 5:

    mortem alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2:

    de persequendis inimicitiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83 fin.:

    Trebonii mortem,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Liv. 40, 11 fin.:

    adulterium,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 20.—
    d.
    To persecute for religious belief or practice (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Scap. 5; Vulg. Johan. 15, 20; id. Act. 7, 52; id. Rom. 12, 14 et saep.—
    e.
    To follow in writing, to take down, minute down:

    celeritate scribendi, quae dicerentur persequi,

    Cic. Sull. 14, 42:

    multa diserte dixit, quae notarius persequi non potuit,

    Sen. Apoc. 9, 2.—
    f.
    To follow up with action, to follow out, perform, execute, bring about, do, accomplish, etc.:

    hoc, ut dico, factis persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 11:

    erus quod imperavit persequi,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

    imperium patris,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 84 sq.:

    ex usu quod est, id persequar,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    mandata,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    si idem extrema persequitur qui inchoavit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    vitam inopem et vagam,

    to lead, id. Phil. 12, 7, 15.— Absol.:

    sed tamen ibo et persequar,

    will go and obey, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64. —
    (β).
    In partic., to follow out in speech or writing, to set forth, treat of, relate, recount, describe, explain, etc.:

    aliquid voce,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 56:

    dum rationes Persequor,

    set forth, treat of, discuss the reasons, Lucr. 5, 56:

    quae versibus persecutus est Ennius,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 16:

    philosophiam Latinis litteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 12:

    aliquid scripturā,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    obscenas voluptates,

    id. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    res Hannibalis,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    has res in eo libro,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

    quae persequerer, si commemorare possem sine dolore,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: da te in sermonem et persece Et confice, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to follow or come after:

    exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

    when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.
    ► In a pass.
    signif. (post-class.):

    illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

    Hyg. Fab. 198 dub.—Hence, persĕquens, entis, P. a., used as subst. *
    A.
    A pursuer, practiser:

    flagitii,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—
    * B.
    A revenger, avenger:

    inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

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  • 15 sector

    1.
    sector, ōris, m. [id.], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    zonarius,

    a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20:

    collorum,

    a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.:

    feni,

    a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—
    II.
    Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator):

    sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur,

    Dig. 4, 146:

    cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

    sector sis,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 65:

    Pompeii (sc. bonorum),

    id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3:

    ubique hasta et sector,

    Tac. H. 1, 20:

    hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est,

    Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, §

    61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum?

    cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus,

    seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—
    III. 2.
    sector, ātus, 1 ( inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5:

    servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    praetorem circum omnia fora,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

    si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur,

    id. Mur. 32, 67:

    at sectabuntur multi,

    id. ib. 33, 70:

    neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 139:

    equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur,

    Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.:

    mulieres sectarier,

    to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.:

    desine matronas sectarier,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 78:

    ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos,

    accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41:

    aratrum,

    to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14:

    aliquem,

    to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3:

    homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 119:

    exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc.,

    Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent:

    gymnasia,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.— Absol.:

    homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers),

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—
    B.
    In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31:

    sectaris apros,

    Verg. E. 3, 75:

    gallinam,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7:

    simiam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.;

    2, 6, 25: leporem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.:

    cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—
    II.
    Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so,

    praedam,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    facinora,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:

    lites,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61:

    nomina tironum,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 16:

    sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

    id. A. P. 26:

    gymnasia aut porticus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6:

    omnes dicendi Veneres,

    Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.:

    quas figuras,

    id. 9, 3, 100:

    voluptatem,

    id. 10, 1, 28:

    eminentes virtutes,

    to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80:

    contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus,

    to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22:

    praecepta salubria,

    Suet. Aug. 89:

    commoda,

    id. ib. 25:

    luxuriosa convivia,

    Just. 11, 10, 2:

    in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari,

    id. 27, 2, 8. —
    (β).
    With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self:

    mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

    Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

    non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria,

    Quint. 1, 10, 1.
    ► In a pass.
    signif.:

    qui vellet se a cane sectari,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sector

  • 16 adfectō (aff-)

        adfectō (aff-) āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [adficio], to strive after, strive to obtain, aspire to, pursue, aim at: imperium in Latinos, L.: honorem, S.: Gallias, Ta.: immortalitatem, lay claim to, Cu.—Esp., to cling to, cherish: spes easdem, O.: ad dominas viam, win a way into favor with, T.: hi gladiatoris animo ad me adfectant viam, set upon me, T.—To enter upon, pursue: dominatio quod iter adfectet videre, what career it is entering on: viam Olympo, V.—To lay hold of, grasp: (navem) dextrā, V. —Fig.: morbus adfectat exercitum, attacks, L.— To influence, win over: civitatīs formidine, S.

    Latin-English dictionary > adfectō (aff-)

  • 17 captō

        captō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [capio], to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture: fugientia Flumina, H.: simulacra fugacia, O.: laqueis feras, V.: naribus auras, V.: auribus aëra, listen eagerly for, V.: captata Hesperie, watched for, O.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, catch at, grasp: solitudines: quid cum illo consili captet, T.: plausūs: risūs, provoke: populi suffragia, H.: incerta pro certis, S.: nubīs et inania, H.: tempus, opportunity, L.: occasionem, to watch for, L.: prendique et prendere captans, O.: laedere aliquem, Ph.—To watch for craftily, lie in wait for, entice, allure: quā viā te captent, T.: emolumento alqm: hostem insidiis, L.—To court, plot for: testamenta senum, H.: Coranum, Iu. — To take up, begin: ubi captat<*> sermone, etc., O.
    * * *
    captare, captavi, captatus V TRANS
    try/long/aim for, desire; entice; hunt legacy; try to catch/grasp/seize/reach

    Latin-English dictionary > captō

  • 18 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
    * * *
    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

    Latin-English dictionary > petō

  • 19 studeō

        studeō uī, —, ēre,    to give attention, be eager, be zealous, take pains, be diligent, be busy with, be devoted, strive after, apply oneself, pursue, desire, wish: ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui, T.: nihil egregie, T.: illud ipsum, quod studet: id, ne, etc., L.: unum studetis, Antoni conatum avertere a re p.: quos non tam ulcisci studeo quam sanare: fieri studebam eius prudentiā doctior: portum intrare, N.: qui placere se studeat bonis, T.: coloniam tu expugnari studes: qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus, S.: huic rei studendum, ut, etc., Cs.: virtuti, laudi, dignitati: ei scientiae: ars, cui studueram: legibus cognoscendis: qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about, Caec. ap. C.: Ne solus esset, Ph.—To be friendly, feel affection, be favorable, favor, side with: neque studere neque odisse, S.: ut studeat tibi, ut te adiuvet: Atheniensium rebus, N.
    * * *
    studere, studui, - V
    desire, be eager for; busy oneself with; strive

    Latin-English dictionary > studeō

  • 20 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.

    Latin-English dictionary > per-sequor

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