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  • 1 legens

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens

  • 2 lego

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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  • 3 legō

        legō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [1 LEG-], to bring together, gather, collect: herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked, O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out, V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath, i. e. give a parting kiss, V.: Umida vela, to furl, V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal: sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through: saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through, V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track, O.: tortos orbīs, wander through, V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along: Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme, V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint: iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review, V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate.—Fig., to read, peruse, scan: legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs: ut scriptum legimus, find written: relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite: convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation, H.: acta, the news of the day, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

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  • 4 per-agrō

        per-agrō āvī, ātus, āre    [per+ager], to wander through, travel, pass through, traverse: orbem terrarum: saltūs silvasque, V.—Fig., to go through, traverse, spread, search, penetrate: qua fines imperi sunt, ea... laetitia peragravit: eloquentia omnes peragravit insulas: orator ita peragrat per animos hominum, ut, etc.

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  • 5 peragro

    to wander through, travel through.

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  • 6 obeo

    ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;

    contr. obit for obiit,

    Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    In gen.:

    donec vis obiit,

    until force intervene, Lucr. 1, 222:

    dum acris vis obeat,

    id. 1, 247:

    obit infera Perseus in loca,

    Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718):

    ad omnes hostium conatus,

    to go to meet, to oppose, Liv. 31, 21. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of constellations, to go down, to set:

    abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā,

    Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210:

    an sidera obirent, nascerenturve,

    Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the sun:

    in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

    in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen,

    Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by:

    tres noctes,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.:

    occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera,

    Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to die:

    malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045;

    tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 24:

    simul se cum illis obituros,

    Liv. 5, 39, 13:

    gaudio,

    to die of joy, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    morbo,

    of a disease, id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5:

    voluntariā morte obiit,

    Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17:

    morte subitā,

    id. 8, 15:

    repentinā morte,

    id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—
    II.
    Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,

    to reach, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit:

    nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,

    Verg. A. 6, 801:

    tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

    villas,

    to visit, id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

    comitia,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 1:

    cenas,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —
    2.
    To run over with the eyes, to survey, review:

    oculis exercitum,

    to survey, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13:

    omnia visu,

    Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount:

    oratione omnes civitates,

    to enumerate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.—
    3.
    To go around, surround, overspread, envelop ( poet.):

    chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,

    Ov. M. 5, 51:

    clipeum,

    Verg. A. 10, 482.—
    4.
    To apply [p. 1234] one's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing:

    obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

    hereditatum obeundarum causā,

    to enter upon, take possession of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

    facinus,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

    pugnas,

    to engage in battle, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710:

    judicia,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

    legationem,

    to enter upon, undertake, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4:

    consularia munera,

    Liv. 2, 8:

    munus vigiliarum,

    id. 3, 6:

    publica ac privata officia,

    Just. 41, 3, 4:

    neque privatam rem... neque publicam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

    ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit,

    Liv. 10, 25, 14:

    rusticum opus,

    Col. 12, 3:

    bella,

    Liv. 4, 7:

    sacra,

    id. 1, 20:

    imperia,

    to perform, execute, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—
    5.
    To meet:

    vadimonium,

    to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time, Cic. Quint. 17, 54:

    diem,

    to appear on the day appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

    annum petitiones tuae,

    i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die:

    ea diem suom obiit,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so,

    diem supremum,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 6;

    and simply, diem,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    mortem,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.:

    morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam),

    id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead:

    obitis libatione profunditur,

    App. de Mund. p. 68:

    OBITAE,

    Inscr. Orell. 2673.

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  • 7 ob-eō

        ob-eō īvī, itus, īre,    to go, go to meet, go in opposition: infera in loca: ad omnīs hostium conatūs, L.—Of heavenly bodies, to go down, set: obit Lepus.—To fall, perish, die: tecum libens, H.: simul se cum illis obituros, L.—To go to, visit, betake oneself to: quantum (urbis) flamma obire non potuisset, reach: obeundus Marsya, qui, etc., H.—To travel over, wander through, traverse, visit: tantum telluris, V.: tantas regiones pedibus: cenas.—Of vision or speech, to run over, survey, review, recount: omnia per se, oversee in person, Cs.: omnia visu, V.: omnīs oratione meā civitates, enumerate.—To go over, surround, overspread, envelop: obeuntia terras maria, V.: chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus, O.: ora Pallor obit, O.—To address oneself to, engage in, enter upon, undertake, execute, accomplish: hereditatum obeundarum causā, entering upon: pugnas, V.: iudicia: ad consularia munera obeunda, L.: tot simul bella, L.—To meet: vadimonium, appear at the appointed time: diem edicti, appear on the day: annum petitionis tuae, i. e. be a candidate the first year the law permits: diem suum obire, die: diem supremum, N.: mortem, T.: morte obitā, after death.

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  • 8 per-errō

        per-errō āvī, ātus, āre,    to wander through, roam over: forum, H.: locum, V.: arva pererrantur Peligna, O.: (alqm) Luminibus, surveys, V.

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  • 9 circo

    circare, circavi, circatus V TRANS
    traverse; go about (L+S); wander through

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  • 10 circueo

    circuire, circuivi(ii), circuitus V
    encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round

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  • 11 circumcirco

    circumcircare, circumcircavi, circumcircatus V
    encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round

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  • 12 circumeo

    circumire, circumivi(ii), circumitus V
    encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round

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  • 13 circumio

    circumere, -, - V
    encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round

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  • 14 pererro

    pererrare, pererravi, pererratus V
    wander through, roam or ramble over

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  • 15 circo

    circo, āre, 1, v. a. [circus]. = circumeo.
    I.
    To go about, traverse: montem, Gromat. Vet. p. 326, 17; v. also circito fin. —
    II.
    To wander through: TOTAM REGIONEM, Inscr. ap. Hermes, 1, 343.

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  • 16 pererro

    pĕr-erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to wander through, to roam or ramble over ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    fallacem circum vespertinumque pererro Saepe forum,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 113:

    locum,

    Verg. A. 5, 441:

    freta,

    Ov. H. 14, 103:

    saltus et fontes,

    Val. Fl. 3, 537:

    orbem, Col. praef. 1: cellas,

    Petr. 97:

    reges,

    to roam about from one king to another, Sen. Q. N. 3 praef. § 6.— Pass.:

    arva pererrantur Peligna,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 5:

    pererratus orbis,

    id. F. 1, 234; cf.:

    pererrato ponto,

    Verg. A. 2, 295.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    totumque pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

    surveys all over, Verg. A. 4, 363:

    sonus pererrat cornua, i. e. errat per tubam,

    Sil. 4, 174.

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  • 17 erro

    1.
    erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root er-, to go; desiderative forms, erchomai (ersk-); and Lat. (ers-o) erro, to seek to reach; hence, to wander; cf. Germ. irren; Engl. err, etc., v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop., to wander, to wander or stray about, to wander up and down, to rove (freq. and class.; cf.

    vagor, palor): propter te errans patria careo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; cf.:

    cum vagus et exsul erraret,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    ignari hominumque locorumque Erramus vento huc et vastis fluctibus acti,

    Verg. A. 1, 333; cf. id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 200; Ov. M. 3, 175; id. F. 2, 335 et saep.:

    circum villulas nostras,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

    pios per lucos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 7:

    inter audaces lupus errat agnos,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 13; cf.

    of beasts,

    id. S. 1, 8, 35; id. Epod. 2, 12; Verg. E. 1, 9; 2, 21; 6, 40; id. G. 4, 11 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    male tum Libyae solis erratur in agris,

    Verg. G. 3, 249.—Prov.:

    in media luce errare,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 3.—
    b.
    Transf., of inanimate things:

    (stellae) quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14;

    so of the planets,

    id. N. D. 2, 20; 3, 20; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12; Vulg. Jud. 13; cf.

    of the motion of the stars in gen.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17:

    Cocytus errans flumine languido,

    id. C. 2, 14, 18; cf. Verg. G. 3, 14:

    errantesque per altum Cyaneae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 561:

    hic lintres errare videres,

    Ov. F. 2, 391:

    vidi ad frontem sparsos errare capillos,

    i. e. flying about, Prop. 2, 1, 7; cf. id. 2, 22, 9:

    errantia lumina,

    i. e. moving fitfully about, Prop. 3, 14, 27 (4, 13, 27 M.); cf. Stat. Th. 10, 150:

    pulmonibus errat Ignis edax,

    i. e. spreads, runs about, Ov. M. 9, 201 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander, stray at random: ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio, Cic. de Or., 48, 209; cf.: erraus et vaga sententia (opp. stabilis certaque), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    errans opinio (opp. stabilis conscientia),

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

    dubiis affectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    ne tuus erret honos,

    be in doubt, uncertain, id. F. 1, 468; cf. id. ib. 3, 543.— Poet., with a rel.-clause:

    erro, quam insistas viam,

    I am uncertain, in doubt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 197; cf.:

    inter recens et vetus sacramentum,

    i. e. to hesitate, vacillate, Tac. H. 4, 58.—
    B.
    In partic., to miss the right way, to lose one's self, go astray (in the literal sense rarely, but in the trop. freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.: homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51:

    errare viā,

    Verg. A. 2, 739:

    maledictus qui errare facit caecum in itinere,

    Vulg. Deut. 27, 18.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander from the truth, to err, mistake:

    avius errat Saepe animus,

    Lucr. 3, 463; cf. id. 2, 740:

    totā erras viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14; cf.:

    in eo non tu quidem totà re, sed temporibus errasti,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

    longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; cf.

    procul,

    Sall. J. 85, 38 Kritz. N. cr.:

    errant probe,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20:

    vehementer,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103:

    valde,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83 et saep.:

    errare malo cum Platone quam cum istis vera sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; cf. id. Balb. 28, 64:

    erras, si id credis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 53; so with si, id. Hec. 4, 4, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5; 7, 29, 2 et saep.:

    de nostris verbis errat,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 22:

    in aliqua re,

    Quint. 6, 3, 112; 10, 2, 21; 11, 1, 81 al.:

    in alteram partem,

    id. 10, 1, 26; cf.:

    in alienos fetus,

    Liv. 31, 12, 8.—Less freq. with acc. of a neutr. pronoun:

    mone, quaeso, si quid erro,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 30; so with quid, Ter. And. 3, 2, 18; Quint. 2, 5, 16; 2, 3, 11; 2, 6, 6:

    hoc,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 21.— Poet. also with the acc. of a noun:

    errabant tempora,

    i. e. in chronology, Ov. F. 3, 155.— Pass. impers.:

    si fuit errandum,

    Ov. H. 7, 109:

    si nihil esset erratum,

    Quint. 6, 5, 7:

    si erratur in nomine,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 20 fin.; cf.:

    tutius circa priores erratur,

    Quint. 2, 5, 26:

    uno verbo esse erratum,

    id. 7, 3, 17. —Sometimes, in a palliative manner, of moral error, to err through mistake:

    pariter te errantem et illum sceleratissimum persequi,

    Sall. J. 102, 5; cf. id. ib. 104, 4. —Hence,
    b.
    errātum, i, n., an error, mistake, fault:

    illud de Flavio et fastis, si secus est, commune erratum est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 18; cf. id. ib. 13, 44 fin.:

    cujus errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

    id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 20, 8:

    nullum ob totius vitae non dicam vitium, sed erratum,

    id. Clu. 48; cf. id. Lig. 1; id. Sull. 23; and in plur., id. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Sall. J. 102, 10; Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 66.—
    II.
    Act. in Aug. poets (only in part. perf.), to wander over or through:

    immensum est erratas dicere terras,

    Ov. F. 4, 573:

    ager,

    id. ib. 3, 655:

    orbis,

    Val. Fl. 4, 447:

    litora,

    Verg. A. 3, 690.
    2.
    erro, ōnis, m. [1. erro], a wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, Tib. 2, 6, 6; Ov. H. 15, 53.—Used esp. of slaves:

    ut errones aliquem cujus dicantur invenient,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5; Edict. Aedil. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 1; Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 14; 49, 16, 4 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 113.—Of the queen-bee:

    dux,

    Col. 9, 10 fin. —Of the planets, Nigid. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11.— Of vagabond soldiers:

    nec nostros servire sinant errorribus agros,

    Verg. Dir. 70 Rib.

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  • 18 peragro

    pĕr-ā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1 ( part. peragratus, in the dep. signif.; v. infra), v. a. [per and ager], to wander or travel through or over, to go or pass through, traverse, etc. (class.; cf. percurro).
    I.
    Lit.:

    provincias,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258.—Of bees:

    saltus silvasque,

    Verg. G. 4, 53:

    loca avia,

    Lucr. 1, 926:

    in peragrandā Aegypto,

    Suet. Aug. 93:

    peragratis partibus,

    Vulg. Act. 19, 1.—Of sailing:

    litora Liburnicis,

    Suet. Calig. 37:

    eques Romanus qui et commercia ea et litora peragravit,

    Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 45; Flor. 2, 7, 6; Just. 12, 10, 1.—
    (β).
    Dep. only in part.:

    peragratus omnes Germaniae partes, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 97, 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to go through, traverse, to spread through; to search through, penetrate:

    omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,

    Lucr. 1, 74:

    eloquentia omnes peragravit insulas,

    Cic. Brut. 13, 51:

    cujus res gestae omnes gentes terrā marique peragrassent,

    id. Balb. 6, 16; id. Mil. 35, 98; id. Cael. 22, 53.—Rarely with per:

    orator ita peragrat per animos hominum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 222:

    gula peragrans,

    a roving appetite, Gell. 7, 16, 6.—Hence, * pĕrăgranter, adv., in roving about, Amm. 14, 1, 6.

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  • 19 peregrīnor

        peregrīnor ātus, ārī, dep.    [peregrinus], to sojourn in a strange land, be an alien, travel about: totā Asiā: in alienā civitate.—Fig., to go abroad, travel about, roam, wander: haec studia pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur: in infinitatem omnem, roam through all infinity.—To be abroad, be a stranger, sojourn: vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere, S.: philosophia quae adhuc peregrinari Romae videbatur.
    * * *
    peregrinari, peregrinatus sum V DEP
    travel about, be an alien, sojourn in strange country, go abroad, wander, roam

    Latin-English dictionary > peregrīnor

  • 20 vagor

    1.
    văgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [vagus], to stroll about, go to and fro, to ramble, wander, roam, range, rove (class.; syn.: erro, palor).
    I.
    Lit.:

    enim metuo ut possim reicere (boves) in bubile, ne vagentur,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 18:

    quae (natura) efficiat volucres huc illuc passim vagantes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80:

    cum in agris homines passim bestiarum more vagabantur,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    tota Asia vagatur, volitat ut rex,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 6:

    volitabit et vagabitur in foro,

    Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51:

    toto foro,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184; id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

    totā urbe,

    Verg. A. 4, 68:

    tibicines feriati vagantur per urbem,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.:

    Germani latius jam vagabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 6; 1, 2; id. B. C. 1, 59:

    libera vagandi facultas,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 32:

    qui populabundi in finibus Romanorum vagabantur,

    Liv. 3, 5, 13; 2, 60, 2:

    ad quattuor milia hominum frumentatum egressa cum in agris passim vagarentur,

    id. 36, 39, 20; 3, 58, 11; Ov. F. 1, 545; Quint. 5, 9, 12:

    canes circum tecta vagantur,

    Verg. G. 3, 540; id. A. 5, 560:

    circum vicos ludibundus,

    Suet. Ner. 26:

    ultra Terminum curis vagor expeditis,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 11.—Of inanimate things:

    luna isdem spatiis vagatur quibus Sol,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    stellae sponte suā, jussaene vagentur et errent,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17 (cf.:

    stellae quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22):

    late vagatus est ignis,

    Liv. 5, 42, 2; cf. id. 44, 29, 6.—
    * (β).
    Poet., with acc.:

    Ino etiam primā terras aetate vagata est,

    i. e. wandered through the earth, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 19 (al. fugata est).—
    II.
    Trop., to wander about, roam, be unsettled, waver, spread abroad, diffuse itself, etc.:

    speremus nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    etiam cum manent corpore, animo tamen excurrunt et vagantur,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

    quorum vagetur animus errore,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 7:

    ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio,

    id. de Or. 1, 48, 209:

    eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf. id. Div. 1, 40 88:

    verba ita soluta, ut vagentur,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 176; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

    idcircone vager scribamque licenter,

    Hor. A. P. 265:

    non vagans oratio, sed defixa in unā re publicā,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 22:

    video, qui de agri culturā scripserunt... latius vagatos,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13:

    Viennensium vitia inter ipsos residunt, nostra late vagantur,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 7:

    ea fama vagatur,

    is spread abroad, Verg. A. 2, 17; cf. Ov. M. 12, 54:

    quare mors immatura vagatur,

    Lucr. 5, 221:

    vagantibus Graeciae fabulis,

    i. e. variously related, fluctuating, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.
    2.
    vāgor, ōris, m. [vagio], a sounding, sound:

    vagorem pro vagitu, Enn. (16, 32): qui clamos oppugnantis vagore volanti, Lucr. (2, 577),

    Fest. p. 375; cf. Non. 184, 22.

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