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  • 1 ministro

    I.
    to attend, wait upon, assist.
    II.
    to serve, wait upon, provide, supply.

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  • 2 salūtō

        salūtō (P. plur. gen. salutantūm, V., O.), āvī, ātus, āre    [salus], to greet, wish health, pay respects, salute, hail: illum: unum quemque nostrum: alquem Caesarem, hailed as Caesar: Imperator... atque ita se postea salutari passus est, Cs.: in quo (itinere) illum agentem aliquid salutavi: cum avum regem salutassent, L.: Dionysius te omnīsque vos salutat, sends greeting to: esse salutatum volt te, O.: Ego deos penatīs hinc salutatum domum Devortar, to pay reverence to: Italiam laeto socii clamore salutant, V.: templa, O.— To call upon, visit, pay respects to, wait upon: venit salutandi causā: salutatum introire, S.: salutandi plures, H.— To greet, welcome: mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc.
    * * *
    salutare, salutavi, salutatus V
    greet; wish well; visit; hail, salute

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  • 3 adsector

    as-sector ( ads-, Kayser, Halm, K. and H.), ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To attend one with zeal, eagerness, etc., to accompany, follow, wait upon, be in attendance upon (esp. of the friends of candidates for office): cum aedilitatem P. Crassus peteret, eumque major natu, etiam consularis, Ser. Galba adsectaretur, * Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    studia adulescentulorum in suffragando, in adsectando mirifice et magna et honesta sunt,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 8 fin.:

    cum adsectaretur: Num quid vis? occupo,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 6:

    omnis inferioris Germaniae miles Valentem adsectabatur,

    Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.; id. A. 6, 19; id. Or. 2:

    cum celebritatem adsectarentur adulescentium scholae,

    Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; Suet. Caes. 19.—
    II.
    In jurid. Lat.: feminam, to follow a woman (considered as a wrong), Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 22.
    ► Pass.: adsectari se omnes cupiunt: adsectari passive, akoloutheisthai, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

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  • 4 assector

    as-sector ( ads-, Kayser, Halm, K. and H.), ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To attend one with zeal, eagerness, etc., to accompany, follow, wait upon, be in attendance upon (esp. of the friends of candidates for office): cum aedilitatem P. Crassus peteret, eumque major natu, etiam consularis, Ser. Galba adsectaretur, * Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    studia adulescentulorum in suffragando, in adsectando mirifice et magna et honesta sunt,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 8 fin.:

    cum adsectaretur: Num quid vis? occupo,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 6:

    omnis inferioris Germaniae miles Valentem adsectabatur,

    Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.; id. A. 6, 19; id. Or. 2:

    cum celebritatem adsectarentur adulescentium scholae,

    Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; Suet. Caes. 19.—
    II.
    In jurid. Lat.: feminam, to follow a woman (considered as a wrong), Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 22.
    ► Pass.: adsectari se omnes cupiunt: adsectari passive, akoloutheisthai, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

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  • 5 praesto

    1.
    praestō (old collat. form praestū, acc. to Curtius Valerianus in Cassiod. p. 2289 P.: qui praestu sunt, Inscr. Carina Via Appia, 1, p. 217. In later time as adj.: prae-stus, a, um:

    bonorum officio praestus fui,

    Inscr. Grut. 669, 4), adv. [dat. from praestus, a sup. form from prae, so that praesto esse alicui = to be or stand in the foremost place for or as respects one], at hand, ready, present, here; usually with esse (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ni tua propitia pax foret praesto,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: sed ubi est frater? Chaer. Praesto adest, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 120; so Att. Tr. 498:

    quod adest praesto in primis placet,

    Lucr. 5, 1412; Lact. 3, 7, 10:

    sacrificiis omnibus praesto adesse,

    id. 2, 16, 10;

    more freq., praesto esse: ibi mihi praesto fuit L. Lucilius,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

    togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt,

    id. Pis. 23, 55:

    tibi nulla fuit clementia praesto?

    hadst thou no compassion? Cat. 64, 137: praesto esse, to arrive, appear:

    hirundines aestivo tempore praesto sunt,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61.—Without esse ( poet.):

    era, eccum praesto militem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 1:

    ipsum adeo praesto video,

    Ter. And. 2, 5, 4; Stat. Th. 6, 643.—
    II.
    In partic: praesto esse or adire
    A.
    To be at hand, to attend or wait upon, to serve, aid:

    ero meo ut omnibus locis sine praesto,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

    jus civile didicit, praesto multis fuit,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19:

    praesto esse clientem tuum?

    id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

    saluti tuae praesto esse, praesto esse virtutes ut ancillulas,

    id. Fin. 2, 21, 69; id. Fam. 4, 14, 4:

    ut ad omnia, quae tui velint, ita assim praesto, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 1; id. Att. 4, 12, 1 fin.;

    also with videor,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1 fin. —With adire:

    pauper erit praesto semper tibi, pauper adibit primus,

    will be at hand, at your service, Tib. 1, 5, 61.—
    B.
    With esse, to present one's self in a hostile manner, to resist, oppose:

    si quis mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus,

    Cic. Caecin. 30, 87:

    quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 11.
    2.
    prae-sto, ĭti (post-class. also praestāvi), ātum or ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to stand before or in front.
    A.
    Lit.:

    dum primae praestant acies,

    Luc. 4, 30.—
    B.
    Trop., to stand out, be superior, to distinguish one's self, to be excellent, distinguished, admirable; constr. alicui aliquā re, alicui rei, in aliquā re, or absol. (class.):

    cum virtute omnibus praestarent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    quantum praestiterint nostri majores prudentiā ceteris gentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 192:

    quā re homines bestiis praestent,

    id. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

    hoc praestat amicitia propinquitati, quod, etc.,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    Zeuxin muliebri in corpore pingendo plurimum aliis praestare,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    ceteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

    suos inter aequales longe praestitit,

    id. Brut. 64, 230:

    omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

    Sall. C. 1, 1:

    praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae,

    Nep. Chabr. 4, 3:

    quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia,

    Liv. 1, 57, 7:

    cernere, quantum eques Latinus Romano praestet,

    id. 8, 7, 7:

    quantum vel vir viro vel gens genti praestat!

    id. 31, 7, 8:

    genere militum praestare tironibus,

    id. 42, 52, 10:

    tantum Romana in bellis gloria ceteris praestat,

    Quint. 1, 10, 14:

    qui eloquentiā ceteris praestet,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 2, 16, 17; Curt. 8, 14, 13; Just. 18, 3, 14; 28, 2, 11; 44, 3, 9:

    sacro, quod praestat, peracto,

    Juv. 12, 86:

    probro atque petulantiā maxume praestabant,

    were pre-eminent, distinguished themselves, Sall. C. 37, 5:

    truculentiā caeli praestat Germania,

    Tac. A. 2, 24:

    cur alias aliis praestare videmus Pondere res rebus?

    Lucr. 1, 358.—
    2.
    Praestat, with a subjectclause, it is preferable or better:

    nimio impendiosum praestat te, quam ingratum dicier,

    it is much better, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 12:

    mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati,

    it was better, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2:

    praestare dicunt, Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

    it is better, Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

    motos praestat componere fluctus,

    Verg. A. 1, 135; 3, 429; 6, 39.
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To surpass, outstrip, exceed, [p. 1431] excel (not in Cic. or Cæs.; constr. usually aliquem aliquā re): qui primus in alterutrā re praestet alios, Varr. ap. Non. 502, 23; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; 3, 1, 3:

    quantum Galli virtute ceteros mortales praestarent,

    Liv. 5, 36, 4:

    qui belli gloriā Gallos omnes Belgasque praestabant,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 6:

    praestate virtute peditem, ut honore atque ordine praestatis,

    Liv. 3, 61, 7:

    ut vetustate et gradu honoris nos praestent,

    id. 7, 30, 4; 34, 34, 14; 37, 30, 2:

    praestat ingenio alius alium,

    Quint. 1, 1, 3; Val. Max. 3, 2, 21; 3, 2, ext. 7;

    7, 2, 17: honore ceteros,

    Nep. Att. 18, 5; 3, 3; id. Reg. 3, 5:

    imperatores prudentiā,

    id. Hann. 1, 1:

    eloquentiā omnes eo tempore,

    id. Epam. 6, 1.—Only aliquem, Stat. Th. 4, 838.—
    B.
    To become surety for, to answer or vouch for, to warrant, be responsible for, to take upon one's self, etc. (class.):

    ut omnes ministros imperii tui rei publicae praestare videare,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

    quem tamen ego praestare non poteram,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

    quanto magis arduum est alios praestare quam se, tanto laudabilius,

    Plin. Pan. 83:

    communem incertumque casum neque vitare quisquam nostrum, nec praestare ullo pacto potest,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3: simus eā mente ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, that we need only answer for guilt, i. e. keep ourselves clear of guilt, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

    impetus populi praestare nemo potest,

    no one can be held to answer for the outbreaks of the people, id. de Or. 2, 28, 124:

    periculum judicii,

    id. Mur. 2, 3:

    damnum alicui,

    id. Off. 3, 16:

    invidiam,

    id. Sest. 28, 61:

    nihil,

    to be responsible for nothing, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; cf. in pass.:

    cum id, quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, evenerit,

    what none could vouch for that it would not happen, id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34. —With ab aliquā re:

    ego tibi a vi praestare nihil possum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—With de:

    quod de te sperare, de me praestare possum,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2.—With an objectclause:

    quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29; cf.:

    (praedones) nullos fore, quis praestare poterat?

    id. Fl. 12, 28:

    meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum,

    Juv. 14, 212.—With ut:

    illius lacrimae praestant ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris,

    Juv. 6, 539.—
    C.
    In gen., to fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute:

    arbitramur nos ea praestitisse, quae ratio et doctrina praescripserit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 7:

    ultima exspectato, quae ego tibi et jucunda et honesta praestabo,

    id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    suum munus,

    id. de Or. 2, 9, 38:

    hospitii et amicitiae jus officiumque,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

    ne quem ejus paeniteret, praestiti,

    I took care, exerted myself, Liv. 30, 30; Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 19:

    quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo,

    I will fulfil, keep the promise, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

    fidem alicui,

    Liv. 30, 15:

    pacem cum iis populus Romanus non ab se tantum, sed ab rege etiam Masinissa praestitit,

    maintained, id. 40, 34:

    tributa,

    to pay, Juv. 3, 188:

    annua,

    id. 6, 480:

    triplicem usuram,

    id. 9, 7.— Pass.:

    promissum id benignius est ab rege quam praestitum,

    Liv. 43, 18, 11:

    mea tibi tamen benevolentia fidesque praestabitur,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; so,

    quibus (victoribus) senatūs fides praestabitur,

    id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

    virtus vetat spectare fortunam dum praestetur fides,

    id. Div. 2, 37, 79:

    ni praestaretur fides publica,

    Liv. 2, 28, 7.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To keep, preserve, maintain, retain:

    pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem publicam debuisse,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5; Ov. M. 11, 748:

    omnes socios salvos praestare poteramus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    mors omnia praestat Vitalem praeter sensum calidumque vaporem,

    Lucr. 3, 214. —
    b.
    To show, exhibit, to prove, evince, manifest:

    Pomptinius praestat tibi memoriam benevolentiamque, quam debet,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

    neque hercule in iis ipsis rebus eam voluntatem, quam exspectaram, praestiterunt,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

    virtutem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

    benevolentiam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 1, 1:

    consilium suum fidemque,

    id. de Or. 3, 33, 134. —With se, to show, prove, or behave one's self as: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    se incolumem,

    Lucr. 3, 220:

    se invictum,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 104:

    teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae,

    show thyself constant, id. ib. 4, 5, 23:

    Victoria nunc quoque se praestet,

    show itself, id. ib. 2, 169: sed ne ad illam quidem artissimam innocentiae formulam praestare nos possumus, prove ourselves innocent even according to that rule, Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 1:

    juris periti consultatoribus se praestabant,

    showed themselves accessible, Dig. 1, 2, 2.— Poet.:

    vel magnum praestet Achillem,

    should show, prove, approve himself a great Achilles, Verg. A. 11, 438.—
    c.
    To show, exhibit, manifest:

    honorem debitum patri,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

    fratri pietatem,

    id. Brut. 33, 126:

    virtutem et diligentiam alicui,

    id. Fam. 14, 3, 2:

    frequentiam et officium alicui honores petenti,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    obsequium,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 8:

    sedulitatem alicui rei,

    to apply, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6.—
    d.
    To give, offer, furnish, present, expose:

    alicui certam summam pecuniae,

    Suet. Dom. 9: cervicem, Sen. ap. Diom. p. 362 P.:

    caput fulminibus,

    to expose, Luc. 5, 770:

    Hiberus praestat nomen terris,

    id. 4, 23:

    anser praestat ex se pullos atque plumam,

    Col. 8, 13:

    cum senatui sententiam praestaret,

    gave his vote, Cic. Pis. 32, 80:

    terga hosti,

    to turn one's back to the enemy, to flee, Tac. Agr. 37:

    voluptatem perpetuam sapienti,

    to assume, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 89.— Pass.:

    pueri, quibus id (biduum) praestabatur,

    was devoted, Quint. 1, prooem. § 7; cf.:

    corpus, cui omnia olim tamquam servo praestabantur, nunc tamquam domino parantur,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 19.—Hence, praestans, antis, P. a., pre-eminent, superior, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary.
    A.
    In gen. (class.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    omnibus praestans et ingenio et diligentiā,

    far surpassing all, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

    usu et sapientiā praestantes,

    noted for their experience and wisdom, Nep. Timoth. 3, 2.— Comp.:

    virginibus praestantior omnibus Herse,

    superior to all, Ov. M. 2, 724.— Sup.:

    in illis artibus praestantissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    praestantissimi studio atque doctrinā,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—With gen.:

    o praestans animi juvenis,

    distinguished for courage, Verg. A. 12, 19:

    belli,

    Sil. 5, 92:

    armorum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 605:

    praestantissimus sapientiae,

    Tac. A. 6, 6.— Poet., with objectclause:

    quo non praestantior alter Aere ciere viros,

    whom no other excelled in rousing the men, Verg. A. 6, 164.—
    2.
    Of things, pre-eminent, excellent, remarkable, extraordinary, distinguished:

    praestanti corpore Nymphae,

    Verg. A. 1, 71:

    praestanti corpore tauri,

    id. G. 4, 550:

    formā,

    id. A. 7, 483:

    naturā excellens atque praestans,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:

    qui a te tractatus est praestanti et singulari fide,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

    praestans prudentiā in omnibus,

    Nep. Alc. 5, 1; Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

    quid praestantius mihi potuit accidere?

    id. Vatin. 3, 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Efficacious:

    medicina,

    Plin. 13, 24, 47, § 130:

    usus praestantior,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 126:

    calamus praestantior odore,

    id. 12, 22, 48, § 105:

    sucus sapore praestantissimus,

    id. 15, 1, 2, § 5:

    praestantissima auxilia,

    id. 27, 13, 120, § 146.—
    2.
    Sup.:

    Praestantissimus,

    a title of the later emperors, Nazar. 26; Tert. Cor. Mil. 1.— Hence, adv.: praestanter, excellently, admirably (post-Aug.); sup.:

    praestantissime,

    Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.

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  • 6 praestu

    1.
    praestō (old collat. form praestū, acc. to Curtius Valerianus in Cassiod. p. 2289 P.: qui praestu sunt, Inscr. Carina Via Appia, 1, p. 217. In later time as adj.: prae-stus, a, um:

    bonorum officio praestus fui,

    Inscr. Grut. 669, 4), adv. [dat. from praestus, a sup. form from prae, so that praesto esse alicui = to be or stand in the foremost place for or as respects one], at hand, ready, present, here; usually with esse (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ni tua propitia pax foret praesto,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: sed ubi est frater? Chaer. Praesto adest, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 120; so Att. Tr. 498:

    quod adest praesto in primis placet,

    Lucr. 5, 1412; Lact. 3, 7, 10:

    sacrificiis omnibus praesto adesse,

    id. 2, 16, 10;

    more freq., praesto esse: ibi mihi praesto fuit L. Lucilius,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

    togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt,

    id. Pis. 23, 55:

    tibi nulla fuit clementia praesto?

    hadst thou no compassion? Cat. 64, 137: praesto esse, to arrive, appear:

    hirundines aestivo tempore praesto sunt,

    Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61.—Without esse ( poet.):

    era, eccum praesto militem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 1:

    ipsum adeo praesto video,

    Ter. And. 2, 5, 4; Stat. Th. 6, 643.—
    II.
    In partic: praesto esse or adire
    A.
    To be at hand, to attend or wait upon, to serve, aid:

    ero meo ut omnibus locis sine praesto,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

    jus civile didicit, praesto multis fuit,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19:

    praesto esse clientem tuum?

    id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

    saluti tuae praesto esse, praesto esse virtutes ut ancillulas,

    id. Fin. 2, 21, 69; id. Fam. 4, 14, 4:

    ut ad omnia, quae tui velint, ita assim praesto, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 1; id. Att. 4, 12, 1 fin.;

    also with videor,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1 fin. —With adire:

    pauper erit praesto semper tibi, pauper adibit primus,

    will be at hand, at your service, Tib. 1, 5, 61.—
    B.
    With esse, to present one's self in a hostile manner, to resist, oppose:

    si quis mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus,

    Cic. Caecin. 30, 87:

    quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 11.
    2.
    prae-sto, ĭti (post-class. also praestāvi), ātum or ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to stand before or in front.
    A.
    Lit.:

    dum primae praestant acies,

    Luc. 4, 30.—
    B.
    Trop., to stand out, be superior, to distinguish one's self, to be excellent, distinguished, admirable; constr. alicui aliquā re, alicui rei, in aliquā re, or absol. (class.):

    cum virtute omnibus praestarent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    quantum praestiterint nostri majores prudentiā ceteris gentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 192:

    quā re homines bestiis praestent,

    id. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

    hoc praestat amicitia propinquitati, quod, etc.,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    Zeuxin muliebri in corpore pingendo plurimum aliis praestare,

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

    ceteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

    suos inter aequales longe praestitit,

    id. Brut. 64, 230:

    omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

    Sall. C. 1, 1:

    praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae,

    Nep. Chabr. 4, 3:

    quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia,

    Liv. 1, 57, 7:

    cernere, quantum eques Latinus Romano praestet,

    id. 8, 7, 7:

    quantum vel vir viro vel gens genti praestat!

    id. 31, 7, 8:

    genere militum praestare tironibus,

    id. 42, 52, 10:

    tantum Romana in bellis gloria ceteris praestat,

    Quint. 1, 10, 14:

    qui eloquentiā ceteris praestet,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 2, 16, 17; Curt. 8, 14, 13; Just. 18, 3, 14; 28, 2, 11; 44, 3, 9:

    sacro, quod praestat, peracto,

    Juv. 12, 86:

    probro atque petulantiā maxume praestabant,

    were pre-eminent, distinguished themselves, Sall. C. 37, 5:

    truculentiā caeli praestat Germania,

    Tac. A. 2, 24:

    cur alias aliis praestare videmus Pondere res rebus?

    Lucr. 1, 358.—
    2.
    Praestat, with a subjectclause, it is preferable or better:

    nimio impendiosum praestat te, quam ingratum dicier,

    it is much better, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 12:

    mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati,

    it was better, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2:

    praestare dicunt, Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

    it is better, Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

    motos praestat componere fluctus,

    Verg. A. 1, 135; 3, 429; 6, 39.
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To surpass, outstrip, exceed, [p. 1431] excel (not in Cic. or Cæs.; constr. usually aliquem aliquā re): qui primus in alterutrā re praestet alios, Varr. ap. Non. 502, 23; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; 3, 1, 3:

    quantum Galli virtute ceteros mortales praestarent,

    Liv. 5, 36, 4:

    qui belli gloriā Gallos omnes Belgasque praestabant,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 6:

    praestate virtute peditem, ut honore atque ordine praestatis,

    Liv. 3, 61, 7:

    ut vetustate et gradu honoris nos praestent,

    id. 7, 30, 4; 34, 34, 14; 37, 30, 2:

    praestat ingenio alius alium,

    Quint. 1, 1, 3; Val. Max. 3, 2, 21; 3, 2, ext. 7;

    7, 2, 17: honore ceteros,

    Nep. Att. 18, 5; 3, 3; id. Reg. 3, 5:

    imperatores prudentiā,

    id. Hann. 1, 1:

    eloquentiā omnes eo tempore,

    id. Epam. 6, 1.—Only aliquem, Stat. Th. 4, 838.—
    B.
    To become surety for, to answer or vouch for, to warrant, be responsible for, to take upon one's self, etc. (class.):

    ut omnes ministros imperii tui rei publicae praestare videare,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

    quem tamen ego praestare non poteram,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

    quanto magis arduum est alios praestare quam se, tanto laudabilius,

    Plin. Pan. 83:

    communem incertumque casum neque vitare quisquam nostrum, nec praestare ullo pacto potest,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3: simus eā mente ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, that we need only answer for guilt, i. e. keep ourselves clear of guilt, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

    impetus populi praestare nemo potest,

    no one can be held to answer for the outbreaks of the people, id. de Or. 2, 28, 124:

    periculum judicii,

    id. Mur. 2, 3:

    damnum alicui,

    id. Off. 3, 16:

    invidiam,

    id. Sest. 28, 61:

    nihil,

    to be responsible for nothing, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; cf. in pass.:

    cum id, quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, evenerit,

    what none could vouch for that it would not happen, id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34. —With ab aliquā re:

    ego tibi a vi praestare nihil possum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—With de:

    quod de te sperare, de me praestare possum,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2.—With an objectclause:

    quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29; cf.:

    (praedones) nullos fore, quis praestare poterat?

    id. Fl. 12, 28:

    meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum,

    Juv. 14, 212.—With ut:

    illius lacrimae praestant ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris,

    Juv. 6, 539.—
    C.
    In gen., to fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute:

    arbitramur nos ea praestitisse, quae ratio et doctrina praescripserit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 7:

    ultima exspectato, quae ego tibi et jucunda et honesta praestabo,

    id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    suum munus,

    id. de Or. 2, 9, 38:

    hospitii et amicitiae jus officiumque,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

    ne quem ejus paeniteret, praestiti,

    I took care, exerted myself, Liv. 30, 30; Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 19:

    quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo,

    I will fulfil, keep the promise, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

    fidem alicui,

    Liv. 30, 15:

    pacem cum iis populus Romanus non ab se tantum, sed ab rege etiam Masinissa praestitit,

    maintained, id. 40, 34:

    tributa,

    to pay, Juv. 3, 188:

    annua,

    id. 6, 480:

    triplicem usuram,

    id. 9, 7.— Pass.:

    promissum id benignius est ab rege quam praestitum,

    Liv. 43, 18, 11:

    mea tibi tamen benevolentia fidesque praestabitur,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; so,

    quibus (victoribus) senatūs fides praestabitur,

    id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

    virtus vetat spectare fortunam dum praestetur fides,

    id. Div. 2, 37, 79:

    ni praestaretur fides publica,

    Liv. 2, 28, 7.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To keep, preserve, maintain, retain:

    pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem publicam debuisse,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5; Ov. M. 11, 748:

    omnes socios salvos praestare poteramus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    mors omnia praestat Vitalem praeter sensum calidumque vaporem,

    Lucr. 3, 214. —
    b.
    To show, exhibit, to prove, evince, manifest:

    Pomptinius praestat tibi memoriam benevolentiamque, quam debet,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

    neque hercule in iis ipsis rebus eam voluntatem, quam exspectaram, praestiterunt,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

    virtutem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

    benevolentiam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 1, 1:

    consilium suum fidemque,

    id. de Or. 3, 33, 134. —With se, to show, prove, or behave one's self as: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    se incolumem,

    Lucr. 3, 220:

    se invictum,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 104:

    teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae,

    show thyself constant, id. ib. 4, 5, 23:

    Victoria nunc quoque se praestet,

    show itself, id. ib. 2, 169: sed ne ad illam quidem artissimam innocentiae formulam praestare nos possumus, prove ourselves innocent even according to that rule, Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 1:

    juris periti consultatoribus se praestabant,

    showed themselves accessible, Dig. 1, 2, 2.— Poet.:

    vel magnum praestet Achillem,

    should show, prove, approve himself a great Achilles, Verg. A. 11, 438.—
    c.
    To show, exhibit, manifest:

    honorem debitum patri,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

    fratri pietatem,

    id. Brut. 33, 126:

    virtutem et diligentiam alicui,

    id. Fam. 14, 3, 2:

    frequentiam et officium alicui honores petenti,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    obsequium,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 8:

    sedulitatem alicui rei,

    to apply, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6.—
    d.
    To give, offer, furnish, present, expose:

    alicui certam summam pecuniae,

    Suet. Dom. 9: cervicem, Sen. ap. Diom. p. 362 P.:

    caput fulminibus,

    to expose, Luc. 5, 770:

    Hiberus praestat nomen terris,

    id. 4, 23:

    anser praestat ex se pullos atque plumam,

    Col. 8, 13:

    cum senatui sententiam praestaret,

    gave his vote, Cic. Pis. 32, 80:

    terga hosti,

    to turn one's back to the enemy, to flee, Tac. Agr. 37:

    voluptatem perpetuam sapienti,

    to assume, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 89.— Pass.:

    pueri, quibus id (biduum) praestabatur,

    was devoted, Quint. 1, prooem. § 7; cf.:

    corpus, cui omnia olim tamquam servo praestabantur, nunc tamquam domino parantur,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 19.—Hence, praestans, antis, P. a., pre-eminent, superior, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary.
    A.
    In gen. (class.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    omnibus praestans et ingenio et diligentiā,

    far surpassing all, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

    usu et sapientiā praestantes,

    noted for their experience and wisdom, Nep. Timoth. 3, 2.— Comp.:

    virginibus praestantior omnibus Herse,

    superior to all, Ov. M. 2, 724.— Sup.:

    in illis artibus praestantissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

    praestantissimi studio atque doctrinā,

    id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—With gen.:

    o praestans animi juvenis,

    distinguished for courage, Verg. A. 12, 19:

    belli,

    Sil. 5, 92:

    armorum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 605:

    praestantissimus sapientiae,

    Tac. A. 6, 6.— Poet., with objectclause:

    quo non praestantior alter Aere ciere viros,

    whom no other excelled in rousing the men, Verg. A. 6, 164.—
    2.
    Of things, pre-eminent, excellent, remarkable, extraordinary, distinguished:

    praestanti corpore Nymphae,

    Verg. A. 1, 71:

    praestanti corpore tauri,

    id. G. 4, 550:

    formā,

    id. A. 7, 483:

    naturā excellens atque praestans,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:

    qui a te tractatus est praestanti et singulari fide,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

    praestans prudentiā in omnibus,

    Nep. Alc. 5, 1; Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

    quid praestantius mihi potuit accidere?

    id. Vatin. 3, 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Efficacious:

    medicina,

    Plin. 13, 24, 47, § 130:

    usus praestantior,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 126:

    calamus praestantior odore,

    id. 12, 22, 48, § 105:

    sucus sapore praestantissimus,

    id. 15, 1, 2, § 5:

    praestantissima auxilia,

    id. 27, 13, 120, § 146.—
    2.
    Sup.:

    Praestantissimus,

    a title of the later emperors, Nazar. 26; Tert. Cor. Mil. 1.— Hence, adv.: praestanter, excellently, admirably (post-Aug.); sup.:

    praestantissime,

    Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.

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  • 7 ad-sector (ass-)

        ad-sector (ass-) ātus, ārī, dep.,    to wait upon, follow; of clients, C.; of a bore, H.

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  • 8 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.
    * * *
    ministrare, ministravi, ministratus V DAT
    attend (to), serve, furnish; supply

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  • 9 praestō

        praestō adv.    [for * praesito, P. abl. of * prae-sino], at hand, ready, present, here: Ipsum praesto video, T.: domi Praesto apud me esse, T.: togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt: praesto est enim acerba memoria, always with me, L.: ubi est frater? Chaer. Praesto adest, T.— At hand, serviceable, helpful: Macroni vix videor praesto.—Usu. in the phrase, praesto esse, to be at hand, attend, wait upon, serve, aid, be helpful: praesto esse clientem tuum?: ius civile didicit, praesto multis fuit: saluti tuae praesto esse: ut ad omnia, quae tui velint, ita sim praesto, ut, etc. —With esse, to be in the way, meet, resist, oppose: quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt.
    * * *
    I
    at hand, ready
    II
    praestare, praestavi, praestatus V
    excel, exhibit; keep; perform, discharge, fulfill
    III
    praestare, praestiti, praestitus V
    excel, exhibit; keep; perform, discharge, fulfill

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  • 10 prō-sequor

        prō-sequor cūtus (quūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, accompany, attend, follow after, escort: eum milites electi sunt prosecuti, Cs.: unum illum, N.: exsequias illius funeris, attend: lacrimis ad fores, O.: Aeneas Prosequitur lacrimans longe, V.—Of<*> things, to follow, pursue, accompany, attend: Prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntes, V.: naves mittere quae se prosequerentur, L.: Cattos saltus Hercynius prosequitur simul atque deponit, i. e. extends to the limits of their territory, Ta.: (amici) mortui vivunt; tantus eos honos prosequitur amicorum: oculis abeuntem prosequor udis, i. e. look after, O.—To chase, follow up, pursue, follow: neque longius prosequi potuerunt, Cs.: novissimos multa millia passuum, Cs.: speculatores, qui prosequerentur agmen, missi, L.—Of speech, to follow up, attack, assail, abuse: hominem verbis vehementioribus: contumeliosis vocibus, Cs.—Fig., to wait upon, attend, honor, distinguish: alquem honorificis verbis: gratissimis animis nomen adulescentis: laudibus virum, L.: tuam profectionem amore: cum donis legatos, L.—In discourse, to pursue, continue, follow up, go on: illius mortis opportunitatem benevolentiā: prosequitur pavitans, V.: pascua versu, describe at length, V.

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  • 11 adpareo

    ap-pārĕo ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., B. and K.; app-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb., Halm, Rib.), ui, itum, 2, v. n., to come in sight, to appear, become visible, make one's appearance (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    ego adparebo domi,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

    ille bonus vir nusquam adparet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 18; Lucr. 3, 25; so id. 3, 989:

    rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    id. 4, 157: unde tandem adpares, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 706 P.; id. Fl. 12 fin.:

    equus mecum una demersus rursus adparuit,

    id. Div. 2, 68; so id. Sull. 2, 5:

    cum lux appareret (Dinter, adpeteret),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 82:

    de sulcis acies apparuit hastae,

    Ov. M. 3, 107:

    apparent rari nantes,

    Verg. A. 1, 118, Hor. C. S. 59 al.—With dat.:

    anguis ille, qui Sullae adparuit immolanti,

    Cic. Div. 2, 30 fin.; id. Clu. 53:

    Quís numquam candente dies adparuit ortu,

    Tib. 4, 1, 65.—Once in Varro with ad: quod adparet ad agricolas, R. R. 1, 40.—
    B.
    In gen., to be seen, to show one's self, be in public, appear:

    pro pretio facio, ut opera adpareat Mea,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 60:

    fac sis nunc promissa adpareant,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; cf. id. Ad. 5, 9, 7:

    illud apparere unum,

    that this only is apparent, Lucr. 1, 877; Cato, R. R. 2, 2:

    ubi merces apparet? i. e. illud quod pro tantā mercede didiceris,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34:

    quo studiosius opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

    Galbae orationes evanuerunt, vix jam ut appareant,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    apparet adhuc vetus mde cicatrix,

    Ov. M. 12, 444; 2, 734:

    rebus angustis animosus atque fortis appare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 22:

    cum lamentamur, non apparere labores Nostros,

    are not noticed, considered, id. Ep. 2, 1, 224, so id. ib. 2, 1, 250 al.; Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 14; cf. id. Am. 2, 2, 161 and 162.—Hence, apparens (opp. latens), visible, evident:

    tympana non apparentia Obstrepuere,

    Ov. M. 4, 391:

    apparentia vitia curanda sunt,

    Quint. 12, 8, 10; so id. 9, 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.: res apparet, and far more freq. impers. apparet with acc. and inf. or rel.-clause, the thing (or it) is evident, clear, manifest, certain, dêlon esti, phainetai (objective certainty, while videtur. dokei, designates subjective belief, Web. Uebungssch. 258):

    ratio adparet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 17:

    res adparet, Ter Ad. 5, 9, 7: apparet id etiam caeco, Liv 32, 34. cui non id apparere, id actum esse. etc.,

    id. 22, 34; 2, 31 fin.:

    ex quo adparet antiquior origo,

    Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 197 al.:

    adparet servom nunc esse domini pauperis,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 33:

    non dissimulat, apparet esse commotum,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34: apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:

    quid rectum sit, adparet,

    id. Fam. 5, 19; 4, 7:

    sive confictum est, ut apparet, sive, etc.,

    id. Fl. 16 fin.; Nep. Att. 4, 1; Liv. 42, 43:

    quo adparet antiquiorem hanc fuisse scientiam,

    Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153 al. —Also with dat. pers.:

    quas impendere jam apparebat omnibus,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 3; and, by attraction, with nom. and inf., as in Gr. dêlos esti, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

    membra nobis ita data sunt, ut ad quandam rationem vivendi data esse adpareant,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 23, ubi v. Otto:

    apparet ita degenerāsse Nero,

    Suet. Ner. 1; or without the inf., with an adj. as predicate:

    apparebat atrox cum plebe certamen (sc. fore, imminere, etc.),

    Liv. 2, 28; Suet. Rhet. 1.—
    III.
    To appear as servant or aid ( a lictor, scribe, etc.), to attend, wait upon, serve; cf. apparitor (rare):

    sacerdotes diis adparento,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    cum septem annos Philippo apparuisset,

    Nep. Eum. 13, 1:

    cum appareret aedilibus,

    Liv. 9, 46 Drak.:

    lictores apparent consulibus,

    id. 2, 55:

    collegis accensi,

    id. 3, 33: tibi appareo atque aeditumor in templo tuo, Pompon. ap. Gell. 12, 10:

    Jovis ad solium Apparent,

    Verg. A. 12, 850 (= praestant ad obsequium, Serv.).

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  • 12 appareo

    ap-pārĕo ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., B. and K.; app-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb., Halm, Rib.), ui, itum, 2, v. n., to come in sight, to appear, become visible, make one's appearance (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    A.. Lit.:

    ego adparebo domi,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

    ille bonus vir nusquam adparet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 18; Lucr. 3, 25; so id. 3, 989:

    rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    id. 4, 157: unde tandem adpares, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 706 P.; id. Fl. 12 fin.:

    equus mecum una demersus rursus adparuit,

    id. Div. 2, 68; so id. Sull. 2, 5:

    cum lux appareret (Dinter, adpeteret),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 82:

    de sulcis acies apparuit hastae,

    Ov. M. 3, 107:

    apparent rari nantes,

    Verg. A. 1, 118, Hor. C. S. 59 al.—With dat.:

    anguis ille, qui Sullae adparuit immolanti,

    Cic. Div. 2, 30 fin.; id. Clu. 53:

    Quís numquam candente dies adparuit ortu,

    Tib. 4, 1, 65.—Once in Varro with ad: quod adparet ad agricolas, R. R. 1, 40.—
    B.
    In gen., to be seen, to show one's self, be in public, appear:

    pro pretio facio, ut opera adpareat Mea,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 60:

    fac sis nunc promissa adpareant,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; cf. id. Ad. 5, 9, 7:

    illud apparere unum,

    that this only is apparent, Lucr. 1, 877; Cato, R. R. 2, 2:

    ubi merces apparet? i. e. illud quod pro tantā mercede didiceris,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34:

    quo studiosius opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

    Galbae orationes evanuerunt, vix jam ut appareant,

    id. Brut. 21, 82:

    apparet adhuc vetus mde cicatrix,

    Ov. M. 12, 444; 2, 734:

    rebus angustis animosus atque fortis appare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 22:

    cum lamentamur, non apparere labores Nostros,

    are not noticed, considered, id. Ep. 2, 1, 224, so id. ib. 2, 1, 250 al.; Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 14; cf. id. Am. 2, 2, 161 and 162.—Hence, apparens (opp. latens), visible, evident:

    tympana non apparentia Obstrepuere,

    Ov. M. 4, 391:

    apparentia vitia curanda sunt,

    Quint. 12, 8, 10; so id. 9, 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.: res apparet, and far more freq. impers. apparet with acc. and inf. or rel.-clause, the thing (or it) is evident, clear, manifest, certain, dêlon esti, phainetai (objective certainty, while videtur. dokei, designates subjective belief, Web. Uebungssch. 258):

    ratio adparet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 17:

    res adparet, Ter Ad. 5, 9, 7: apparet id etiam caeco, Liv 32, 34. cui non id apparere, id actum esse. etc.,

    id. 22, 34; 2, 31 fin.:

    ex quo adparet antiquior origo,

    Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 197 al.:

    adparet servom nunc esse domini pauperis,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 33:

    non dissimulat, apparet esse commotum,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34: apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:

    quid rectum sit, adparet,

    id. Fam. 5, 19; 4, 7:

    sive confictum est, ut apparet, sive, etc.,

    id. Fl. 16 fin.; Nep. Att. 4, 1; Liv. 42, 43:

    quo adparet antiquiorem hanc fuisse scientiam,

    Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153 al. —Also with dat. pers.:

    quas impendere jam apparebat omnibus,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 3; and, by attraction, with nom. and inf., as in Gr. dêlos esti, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

    membra nobis ita data sunt, ut ad quandam rationem vivendi data esse adpareant,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 23, ubi v. Otto:

    apparet ita degenerāsse Nero,

    Suet. Ner. 1; or without the inf., with an adj. as predicate:

    apparebat atrox cum plebe certamen (sc. fore, imminere, etc.),

    Liv. 2, 28; Suet. Rhet. 1.—
    III.
    To appear as servant or aid ( a lictor, scribe, etc.), to attend, wait upon, serve; cf. apparitor (rare):

    sacerdotes diis adparento,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    cum septem annos Philippo apparuisset,

    Nep. Eum. 13, 1:

    cum appareret aedilibus,

    Liv. 9, 46 Drak.:

    lictores apparent consulibus,

    id. 2, 55:

    collegis accensi,

    id. 3, 33: tibi appareo atque aeditumor in templo tuo, Pompon. ap. Gell. 12, 10:

    Jovis ad solium Apparent,

    Verg. A. 12, 850 (= praestant ad obsequium, Serv.).

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  • 13 famulor

    fămŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to be a servant, to serve, attend, wait upon.
    I.
    Prop. (rare but class.): cum autem hi famulantur (with alterius esse and opp. sui esse), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 109, 6 (Rep. 3, 25 ed. Mai. et Mos.):

    alicui jucundo labore,

    Cat. 64, 161:

    famulati Deo,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 47:

    famulantis fistula Phoebi,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 58:

    Fortuna famulante,

    Claud. B. G. 513.— Transf., of inanim. objects:

    terra omnibus cruciatur horis, multoque plus, ut deliciis, quam ut alimentis nostris famuletur,

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 157.—Hence, fămŭlan-ter, adv., servilely, submissively, Att. ap. Non. 111, 28 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 218).

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  • 14 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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  • 15 pareo

    pārĕo ( parrĕo), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. [ intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand], to come forth, appear, be visible, show one's self; to be present or at hand.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    quoties paruit Hermogenes,

    Mart. 12, 29, 18:

    haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 76:

    quae si parent simul,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4:

    caeli cui sidera parent,

    are open, intelligible, Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.—So freq. in eccl. Lat.:

    parebit signum filii hominis in caelo,

    Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.— Impers.:

    paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To appear (as a servant) at a person's commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere):

    magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice,

    Gell. 10, 3, 19:

    ad memoriam,

    Spart. Pesc. 7.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To obey, be obedient to; to submit to, comply with (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: oboedio, obsequor, obtempero): parere, obedire,

    Fest. p. 221 Müll.: animadverte ac dicto pare, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 299 Vahl.):

    hic parebit et oboediet praecepto illi veteri,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    oboedire et parere alicujus voluntati,

    id. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

    non ut pareret et dicto audiens esset huic ordini, etc.,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 2:

    (noster populus) in bello sic paret, ut regi,

    id. Rep. 1, 40, 163:

    legibus,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

    religionibus,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 8:

    imperio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

    populo patiente atque parente,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

    alicujus imperiis,

    Juv. 14, 331.— Impers. pass.:

    dicto paretur,

    Liv. 9, 32:

    remissius imperanti melius paretur,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1:

    ut arbitri sententiae pareatur,

    Dig. 4, 8, 23:

    si paritum fuerit condicioni,

    ib. 40, 4, 12.— Poet., with respective acc.:

    non adeo parebimus omnia matri,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 660. —Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    lucra petituras freta per parentia ventis Ducunt instabiles sidera certa rates,

    Tib. 1, 9, 9; cf. Ov. M. 8, 472; Quint. 11, 3, 65.—
    b.
    To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to:

    nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 81:

    oppidum, quod regi paret,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145:

    negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum,

    Just. 1, 3, 3:

    quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent,

    Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.—
    c.
    To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to:

    necessitati,

    Cic. Or. 60, 202:

    et tempori et voluntati,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    cupiditatibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 53:

    dolori et iracundiae,

    id. Att. 2, 21, 4:

    extremo furori,

    Val. Fl. 7, 154.—
    d.
    To yield to one's promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay:

    promissis,

    Ov. F. 5, 504:

    pensionibus,

    Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.— —
    B.
    Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.):

    quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.:

    si paret adversum edictum fecisse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.:

    paritum est,

    Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.—Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient:

    parentiores exercitus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).—
    II.
    Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject:

    parentes abunde habemus,

    Sall. J. 102, 7:

    vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 2:

    ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).

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  • 16 parreo

    pārĕo ( parrĕo), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. [ intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand], to come forth, appear, be visible, show one's self; to be present or at hand.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    quoties paruit Hermogenes,

    Mart. 12, 29, 18:

    haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 76:

    quae si parent simul,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4:

    caeli cui sidera parent,

    are open, intelligible, Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.—So freq. in eccl. Lat.:

    parebit signum filii hominis in caelo,

    Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.— Impers.:

    paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To appear (as a servant) at a person's commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere):

    magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice,

    Gell. 10, 3, 19:

    ad memoriam,

    Spart. Pesc. 7.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To obey, be obedient to; to submit to, comply with (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: oboedio, obsequor, obtempero): parere, obedire,

    Fest. p. 221 Müll.: animadverte ac dicto pare, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 299 Vahl.):

    hic parebit et oboediet praecepto illi veteri,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    oboedire et parere alicujus voluntati,

    id. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

    non ut pareret et dicto audiens esset huic ordini, etc.,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 2:

    (noster populus) in bello sic paret, ut regi,

    id. Rep. 1, 40, 163:

    legibus,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

    religionibus,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 8:

    imperio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

    populo patiente atque parente,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

    alicujus imperiis,

    Juv. 14, 331.— Impers. pass.:

    dicto paretur,

    Liv. 9, 32:

    remissius imperanti melius paretur,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1:

    ut arbitri sententiae pareatur,

    Dig. 4, 8, 23:

    si paritum fuerit condicioni,

    ib. 40, 4, 12.— Poet., with respective acc.:

    non adeo parebimus omnia matri,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 660. —Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    lucra petituras freta per parentia ventis Ducunt instabiles sidera certa rates,

    Tib. 1, 9, 9; cf. Ov. M. 8, 472; Quint. 11, 3, 65.—
    b.
    To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to:

    nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 81:

    oppidum, quod regi paret,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145:

    negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum,

    Just. 1, 3, 3:

    quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent,

    Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.—
    c.
    To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to:

    necessitati,

    Cic. Or. 60, 202:

    et tempori et voluntati,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    cupiditatibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 53:

    dolori et iracundiae,

    id. Att. 2, 21, 4:

    extremo furori,

    Val. Fl. 7, 154.—
    d.
    To yield to one's promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay:

    promissis,

    Ov. F. 5, 504:

    pensionibus,

    Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.— —
    B.
    Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.):

    quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.:

    si paret adversum edictum fecisse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.:

    paritum est,

    Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.—Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient:

    parentiores exercitus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).—
    II.
    Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject:

    parentes abunde habemus,

    Sall. J. 102, 7:

    vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 2:

    ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).

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  • 17 praetorius

    praetōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].
    I.
    Of or belonging to the prœtor or prœtors, prœtorian:

    jus,

    proceeding from the prœtor, consisting of his decisions, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    comitia,

    the election of prœtor, Liv. 10, 22:

    potestas,

    the office of a prœtor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

    turba,

    to be found about the prœtor, accustomed to wait upon him, id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137:

    jus praetorium, quod praetores introduxerunt adjuvandi, vel supplendi, vel corrigendi juris civilis gratiā: quod et honorarium dicitur,

    Dig. 1, 1, 7; Gai. Inst. 4, 34:

    pignus,

    Dig. 35, 2, 32:

    tutor,

    a guardian appointed by the prœtor Urbanus, Gai. Inst. 1, 184.—
    B.
    Subst.: praetōrĭus, ii, m.
    (α).
    One who has been prœtor, an exprœtor, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1.—
    (β).
    One of prœtorian rank, Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 5.—
    II.
    Of or belonging to the proprœtor, proprœtorian:

    domus deferebantur,

    his official residence in a province, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    exercitus,

    Flor. 3, 19, 11.—
    III.
    Of or belonging to a general: praetoria cohors, the cohort or body-guard attached to every general, a prœtorian cohort, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; cf.: praetoria cohors est dicta, quod a praetore non discedebat. Scipio enim Africanus primus fortissimum quemque delegit, qui ab eo in bello non discederent et cetero munere militiae vacarent et sesquiplex stipendium acciperent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 223 Müll.—Hence, derisively:

    scortatorum cohors praetoria,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—The emperors especially had cohorts as a body-guard:

    castra,

    the camp of the prœtorians, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Suet. Tib. 37; Tac. A. 4, 2:

    cohortes navis,

    the flag-ship, the admiral's ship, Liv. 26, 39:

    puppis,

    Flor. 2, 7, 7:

    imperium,

    the chief command, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68: porta, the gate of the camp that opened from before the general's tent directly towards the enemy (opp. the porta decumana, which was on the side farthest from the enemy), Caes. B. C. 3, 94: praetoria porta in castris appellatur, quā exercitus in proelium educitur, quia initio praetores erant, qui nunc consules, et hi bella administrabant, quorum tabernaculum quoque dicebatur praetorium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 223 Müll.

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  • 18 saluto

    sălūto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. salutantum, Lucr. 1, 318; Verg. G. 2, 462; Ov. M. 5, 295), 1, v. a. [salus].
    * I.
    (Acc. to salus, I. A.) To keep safe, to preserve:

    sequenti anno palmites salutentur pro viribus matris singuli aut gemini,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177. —
    II.
    (Acc. to salus, I. B.) To greet, wish [p. 1623] health to, pay one ' s respects to, salute any one (freq. in all periods and kinds of composition; cf.: salvere jubeo).
    A.
    In gen.:

    Charmidem Lysiteles salutat,

    greets, bids good-day, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29: Ly. Di te ament, Agorastocles. Ag. Magis me benigne nunc salutas, quam antidhac, id. Poen. 3, 5, 7; cf. Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4; id. Att. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Aug. 53:

    equidem te heri advenientem ilico et salutavi et, valuissesne usque, exquisivi simul,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 83 sq.:

    cum ille eum salutasset, ut fit, dixissetque: Quid agis, Grani? respondit: Immo vero, tu Druse, quid agis?

    Cic. Planc. 14, 33:

    aliquem paulo liberius,

    id. Cael. 16, 38 fin.:

    salutabunt benigne, comiter appellabunt unum quemque nostrum,

    id. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

    eo me salutat blandius,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 8:

    quos postquam salutavi, Quid vos, inquam, Brute et Attice, nunc?

    Cic. Brut. 3, 10:

    quem quidem sui Caesarem salutabant,

    greeted as Cœsar, saluted by the name of Cœsar, id. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf. passively: Pompeius eo proelio Imperator est appellatus. Hoc nomen obtinuit, atque ita se postea salutari passuś est, * Caes. B. C. 3, 71; so,

    aliquem imperatorem,

    Tac. A. 2, 18; id. H. 2, 80: aliquem dominum regemque. Juv. 8, 161:

    Nero Britannicum nomine, illi Domitium salutavere,

    Tac. A. 12, 41; Liv. 1, 6; Suet. Aug. 58: bene vale Tironemque meum saluta nostris verbis, greet in my name, for me, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 2:

    Dionysius te omnesque vos salutat,

    salutes, sends greeting to, Cic. Att. 4, 11, 2:

    esse salutatum vult te,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.— Absol.:

    ut salutem,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 92; id. Eun. 2, 2, 28.—Of paying reverence to a divinity:

    deos atque amicos iit salutatum ad forum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 113; Cato, R. R. 2, 1; Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 29; id. Curc. 1, 1, 70; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 81: Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56 al.—Of wishing one well when sneezing:

    cur sternumentis salutamus?

    why do we say, God bless you? Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Of greeting a place:

    Italiam laeto socii clamore salutant,

    Verg. A. 3, 524:

    agros,

    Ov. M. 3, 25; cf.

    templa,

    id. ib. 15, 687; id. Tr. 1, 1, 15.—
    2.
    To bid farewell, to take leave (rare):

    etiamnunc saluto te, priusquam eo,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 29:

    notam puppem de rupe salutant,

    Stat. Th. 4, 31.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To visit out of compliment, to pay one ' s respects to, to wait upon a person:

    Curtius venit salutandi causā,

    Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

    cum ad me salutandi causā venisset,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 1:

    eram continuo Piliam salutaturus,

    id. ib. 14, 20, 5:

    salutatum introire,

    Sall. C. 28, 1; Hor. S. 1, 6, 101; cf. Juv. 10, 90; 3, 184.—
    2.
    To greet one's visitors (rare):

    mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc.... Veniunt etiam, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3.—
    3.
    Under the emperors, of the morning attendance at court, Suet. Tib. 32; id. Galb. 17; id. Oth. 6; id. Vesp. 12; 21; Tac. H. 2, 92 et saep.

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  • 19 sedeo

    sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.
    I.
    Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    hi stant ambo, non sedent,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

    quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    sedens iis assensi,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    lumbi sedendo dolent,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

    supplex ille sedet,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in subselliis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

    sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

    in proscaenio,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

    in sellā,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in saxo (ejecti),

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

    in arā (mulieres supplices),

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

    in solio,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

    in equo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

    in leone,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

    in conclavi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

    in hemicyclio domi,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

    bubo in culmine,

    Ov. M. 6, 432:

    cornix in humo,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

    musca in temone,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—
    (γ).
    With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

    bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

    Ov. M. 6, 72:

    solio,

    id. ib. 6, 650;

    14, 261: sede regiā,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    eburneis sellis,

    id. 5, 41:

    sellā curuli,

    id. 30, 19:

    carpento,

    id. 1, 34:

    cymbā,

    Ov. M. 1, 293:

    puppe,

    id. F. 6, 471:

    humo,

    id. M. 4, 261:

    equo,

    Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

    dorso aselli,

    Ov. F. 3, 749:

    delphine,

    id. M. 11, 237:

    columbae viridi solo,

    Verg. A. 6, 192:

    recessu,

    Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

    theatro,

    id. A. A. 1, 497.—
    (δ).
    With other prepp. and advv. of place:

    inter ancillas,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

    ante fores,

    Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    ad tumulum supplex,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    sub arbore,

    Ov. M. 4, 95:

    sub Jove,

    id. ib. 4, 261:

    ducis sub pede,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

    post me gradu uno,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

    apud quem,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

    non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

    illic,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—
    2.
    Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

    sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

    Spart. Hadr. 22;

    Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

    Sol. 45:

    animalia sedentur,

    Veg. 2, 28, 12.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

    (Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

    Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

    ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

    id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

    si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

    judex,

    Liv. 40, 8:

    Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

    id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

    sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

    Minos arbiter,

    Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

    sedeo pro tribunali,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

    nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

    dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

    sedente Claudio,

    Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

    sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—
    2.
    To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

    isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

    majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

    1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    an sedere oportuit Domi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

    iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

    quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

    in villā totos dies,

    Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

    circum argentarias cottidie,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

    sedemus desides domi,

    Liv. 3, 68:

    statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

    non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

    sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

    ante sacras fores,

    Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    custos ad mea busta sedens,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

    meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

    Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

    et frustra credula turba sedet,

    id. 4, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

    hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

    Naev. 6, 2:

    dum apud hostes sedimus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

    sedendo expugnare urbem,

    Liv. 2, 12:

    sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

    id. 22, 24:

    quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

    id. 44, 27:

    ad Suessulam,

    id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

    apud moenia Contrebiae,

    Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

    compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

    Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

    vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—
    3.
    For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

    sordido in loco sedere,

    Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

    cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

    Tib. 4, 1, 42:

    quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

    Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

    Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

    Ov. F. 1,110:

    sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

    Liv. 22, 4:

    sedet vox auribus,

    sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

    sedisse immensos montes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—
    2.
    Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

    nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 823. —
    3.
    Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

    campo Nola sedet,

    Sil. 12, 162:

    mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

    Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

    lactuca sedens,

    i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—
    B.
    In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

    tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

    Ov. M. 15, 337:

    in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

    stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

    so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

    id. F. 1, 576:

    cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 40:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

    alta sedent vulnera,

    Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

    ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

    sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

    toga umero,

    id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

    quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

    sicco jam litore sedit,

    Luc. 8, 726:

    naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

    stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

    cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

    aliquid fideliter in animo,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

    unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

    Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

    Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

    Ov. H. 2, 76:

    sedere coepit sententia haec,

    to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

    nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

    Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

    si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

    idque pio sedet Aeneae,

    id. ib. 5, 418:

    bellum,

    Flor. 2, 15, 4:

    consilium fugae,

    id. 2, 18, 14:

    haec,

    Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

    tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 324:

    vacuo petere omina caelo,

    id. ib. 3, 459:

    Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

    Val. Fl. 2, 383.

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  • 20 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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