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  • 21 subeo

    sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    subire sub falas,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

    in nemoris latebras,

    Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

    in adversum Romani subiere,

    Liv. 1, 12, 1:

    in adversos montes,

    id. 41, 18, 11:

    testudine factā subeunt,

    advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

    Albani subiere ad montes,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    subire ad portam castrorum,

    id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

    ad urbem subeunt,

    id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

    subeundum erat ad hostes,

    id. 2, 31, 4:

    ad tecta subibant,

    Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

    muro subibant,

    Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

    muro,

    id. ib. 9, 371:

    portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

    id. ib. 3, 292:

    luco,

    id. ib. 8, 125:

    dumis,

    Sil. 5, 283:

    ingenti feretro,

    Verg. A. 6, 222:

    age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

    id. ib. 2, 708:

    per vices subeunt elephanti,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

    pone subit conjux,

    follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

    dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

    Liv. 27, 2, 7:

    subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

    id. 25, 37, 6; and:

    subiit argentea proles,

    Ov. M. 1, 114:

    subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

    succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

    Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

    climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

    vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

    i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

    adverso amne Babylona subituros,

    id. 10, 1, 16.—
    b.
    Of things:

    stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

    cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

    Liv. 37, 4, 4:

    tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

    Curt. 9, 9, 7:

    venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

    the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

    subeunt herbae,

    come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

    barba,

    i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

    subisse aquam in caelum,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—
    2.
    In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

    fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

    Ov. M. 1, 130:

    pulchra subit facies,

    id. ib. 14, 827:

    subit ecce priori Causa recens,

    id. ib. 3, 259:

    an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

    namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

    Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

    duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

    arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

    ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

    Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

    regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

    approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —
    2.
    In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

    omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

    cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

    Quint. 11, 2, 17:

    cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

    Ov. M. 15, 307:

    subit umbra,

    id. ib. 12, 591:

    subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

    id. ib. 11. 542:

    subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

    Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

    subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

    Ov. H. 18, 62:

    ne subeant animo taedia,

    id. P. 4, 15, 30:

    quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

    to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—
    (β).
    Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

    quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

    Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

    35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

    id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

    quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

    exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

    had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    tecta,

    Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

    jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

    Verg. A. 6, 13:

    limina victor Alcides subiit,

    id. ib. 8, 363:

    domos,

    Ov. M. 1, 121:

    penates,

    id. ib. 5, 650:

    macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

    cum novies subiere paludem,

    had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

    et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

    Verg. A. 3, 313:

    leones jugum subeant,

    Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

    asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

    i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

    subire iniquissimum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

    collem,

    to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

    consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

    Liv. 7, 12, 3:

    muros,

    id. 27, 18:

    impositum saxis Anxur,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

    si subeuntur prospera castra,

    Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

    perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

    comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

    interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

    Quint. 4, 5, 5:

    precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

    approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

    subit ille minantem,

    id. ib. 8, 84:

    Aeneae mucronem,

    Verg. A. 10, 798:

    qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

    Curt. 4, 13, 10:

    Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

    Juv. 2, 50.—
    b.
    Of things:

    umbra subit terras,

    Ov. M. 11, 61:

    quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

    enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

    montes Trasimenus,

    Liv. 22, 4, 2:

    litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

    Curt. 7, 3, 19:

    radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

    id. 8, 11, 7:

    clarus subit Alba Latinum,

    succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

    furcas subiere columnae,

    come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

    aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

    rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

    lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

    Curt. 4, 10, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

    multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

    Ov. M. 3, 282:

    subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

    id. H. 19, 56.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen. (very rare):

    sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

    came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

    deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

    Liv. 36, 20:

    ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

    id. 37, 49, 3:

    spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

    id. 40, 8, 9:

    otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

    Quint. 11, 2, 33:

    majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

    id. 1, 2, 28:

    mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

    Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

    subit ergo regem verecundia,

    Curt. 5, 2, 15:

    me recordantem miseratio,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

    horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

    Curt. 7, 1, 4.—
    b.
    To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

    dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

    subit ille loquentem talibus,

    id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—
    c.
    (The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

    a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

    id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

    subire vim atque injuriam,

    id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

    maximas rei publicae tempestates,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

    id. Pis. 35, 86:

    potentiam, victoriam,

    id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

    contumeliarum verbera,

    id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

    majora Verbera,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

    non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

    fortunam,

    id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

    judicium multitudinis imperitae,

    id. Fl. 1, 2:

    odium eorum,

    id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

    usum omnium,

    id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

    aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

    quemque casum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

    quamvis carnificinam,

    id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    dupli poenam,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

    legis vim,

    id. Caecin. 34, 100:

    summae crudelitatis famam,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

    minus sermonis,

    id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

    poenam exsilii,

    Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

    simultates,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

    offensas,

    id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

    periculum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

    jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

    Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

    adversa tela pellere,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

    clavum torquere,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

    repens, improvisus): res subita,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

    in rebus tam subitis,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

    maris subita tempestas,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

    subita et improvisa formido,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    laetitia, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

    subita pugna, non praeparata,

    Quint. 7, 1, 35:

    ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

    Liv. 2, 2:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    incursiones hostium,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

    ministeria belli,

    Liv. 4, 27:

    imbres,

    Lucr. 5, 216:

    vis,

    id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

    res,

    id. 6, 1282:

    mors,

    Quint. 7, 2, 14:

    casus,

    id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

    tristia,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

    silentium,

    Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

    syn. subitarius),

    Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

    aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

    Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

    homo,

    rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

    non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

    Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

    manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

    Tac. H. 3, 47:

    subitum inopinatumque venisse,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

    evadere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 59.—
    2.
    As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

    Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

    subitum est ei remigrare,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

    si tibi subiti nihil est,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

    in subito,

    Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

    ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

    etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

    Tac. A. 15, 59:

    quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    si repentina ac subita dominantur,

    Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

    ad subita rerum,

    Liv. 9, 43:

    ad subita belli,

    id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—
    b.
    Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

    per subitum erumpit clamor,

    Sil. 10, 505; so,

    per subitum,

    id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

    15, 404: in subitum,

    id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

    nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

    ita abripuit repente sese subito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

    subito tanta te impendent mala,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

    cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

    Cic. Font. 19, 42:

    ex oculis subito fugit,

    Verg. G. 4, 499:

    cum subito ecce,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

    ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

    Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

    subito deficere,

    Quint. 7, 2, 14:

    quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    subito opprimi,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

    subito dicere,

    without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

    id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

    neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

    id. Sull. 25, 69:

    aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

    id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

    dicere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

    inventa (opp. domo allata),

    id. 4, 5, 4:

    cum subito evaserunt,

    Col. 9, 9, 3:

    tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

    so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

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  • 22 congredior

        congredior gressus, ī, dep.    [com- + gradior], to come together, meet, have an interview: Congredere actutum, T.: ubi congressi sunt: coram: cum eo ad conloquium, L.: in itinere, Cs. — To meet in strife, fight, contend, engage, join battle: cum finitimis proelio, Cs.: acie, L.: cum fortiore, N.: neque hostem secum congressum, L.: comminus, L.: contra Caesarem: Achilli, V.: locus ubi congressi sunt: cum vellet congrederetur, Cs. — Fig., of advocates, to strive, contend: tecum: mecum criminibus, join issue on the charges.
    * * *
    I
    congredi, congressus sum V DEP
    meet, approach, near; join in battle, come to grips; contend/engage (at law)
    II
    congrediri, congressus sum V DEP
    meet, approach, near; join in battle, come to grips; contend/engage (at law)

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  • 23 prope

        prope adv.    with comp. propius (for sup., see proximē); also praep. with acc.—In space, near, nigh: tam prope Italiam videre: adulescentia voluptates prope intuens (opp. procul): prope est spelunca quaedam: bellum tam prope a Siciliā, so near to: prope a meis aedibus, close by: propius accedamus, T.: paulo propius accedere: ubi propius ventum est, S.—With acc, near, near to, hard by: prope oppidum, Cs.: prope amnem, V.: non modo prope me sed plane mecum habitare: nec propius urbem admovere: castra propius hostem movit, L.: hi propius mare Africum agitabant, S.—With dat. (only comp.): propius stabulis armenta tenere, V.: propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis, N.—In time, near, at hand: partus instabat prope, T.: Prope adest, quom alieno more vivendumst mihi, the time is at hand, T.: nox prope diremit conloquium, i. e. the approach of night, L. —With acc, near, in the phrase, prope diem (less correctly, propediem), at an early day, very soon, shortly, presently: vero nuntio hoc prope diem sentiemus: sperabat prope diem se habiturum, etc., S.: similes prope diem exitūs sequerentur, L.—Fig., in degree, nearly, almost, about: filiam amare, Prope iam ut pro uxore haberet, T.: dolor prope maior quam ceterorum: prope funeratus Arboris ictu, H.: annos prope nonaginta natus: cum hostes prope ad portas essent, L.: prope moenibus succedere, almost to the walls, L.: prope desertum oppidum, L.: princeps prope Stoicorum: his prope verbis: iam prope erat, ut ne consulum maiestas coërceret iram, it had almost come to this, L.: nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequerentur.—With acc, near to: prope metum res fuerat, almost a panic, L.: ea contentio cum prope seditionem veniret, L.: ut propius periculum fuerint, qui vicerunt, L.—In the phrase, prope modum (less correctly, propemodum), nearly, almost, just about: quid enim sors est! idem prope modum, quod micare: adsentior.
    * * *
    I II
    propius, proxime ADV
    near, nearly; close by; almost

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  • 24 sub-eō

        sub-eō iī    (-īvit, O.; -īvimus, Ta.), itus, īre, to come under, go under, enter: in nemoris latebras, O.: cum luna sub orbem solis subisset, L.: tectum, i. e. enter a house, Cs.: Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta, V.: cavum artum, H.: paludem, i. e. plunge into, O.: aquam, Cu.: si subeuntur prospera castra, Iu.—Poet., with dat: portu Chaonio, V.—To come up, advance, ascend, draw near, approach: subeunt herbae, spring up, V.: in adversos montīs, L.: testudine factā subeunt, press forward, Cs.: subeundum erat ad hostīs, L.: saxa ingerit in subeuntīs, climbing, L.: amne, i. e. sail up, Cu.: mixtum flumini subibat mare, i. e. was against them, Cu.: aciem subeuntium muros adgrediuntur, L.: subimus Inpositum saxis Auxur, H.: Umbra subit terras, comes over, O.: Fadumque Herbesumque, i. e. attack, V.—Poet., with dat: muro subibant, V.—To go under, support, take up, submit to: pars ingenti subiere feretro, i. e. carried on their shoulders, V.: Ipse subibo umeris, i. e. will take you up on, V.: currum dominae subiere leones, were harnessed to, V.: umeris parentem, V.—In order or time, to come under, come after, succeed, follow, take the place of: Pone subit coniunx, V.: subit ipse meumque Explet opus, takes my place, O.: furcas subiere columnae, took the place of, O.: subeuntes alii aliis in custodiam, relieving, L.; cf. subit esse priori Causa recens, O.—To slip under, elude: Aeneae mucronem, V.—To come stealthily, steal on, approach imperceptibly: subeunt morbi tristisque senectus, V.: subit Iumina fessa sopor, O.—Fig., to come upon, overtake: sua deinde paenitentia subiit regem, Cu.—In the mind, to come up, be thought of, enter, occur, suggest itself, recur: omnes sententiae sub acumen stili subeant necesse est: cum subeant audita et cognita nobis, O.: subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa, V.: Subit, hanc arcana profana Detexisse manu, O.: dein cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc., L.: mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc., O.: horum cogitatio subibat exercitum, Cu.—To subject oneself to, take upon oneself, undergo, submit to, sustain, accept, endure, suffer: omnes terrores: quis est non ultro subeundus dolor?: inimicitiae subeantur: maiora Verbera, H.: multitudinis inperitae iudicium esse subeundum: eorum odium: peregrinos ritūs novā subeunte fortunā, Cu.

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  • 25 accidō

        accidō cidī, —, ere    [ad + cado], to fall upon, fall to, reach by falling: ut tela missa a Gallis gravius acciderent, Cs.: tela ab omni parte accidebant, L.—Of persons, to arrive, come: de inproviso, had come unexpectedly, S.: alqd simulare, quo inprovisus gravior accideret, that his attack might be a surprise, and more formidable, S. — Esp., to fall before, fall at the feet: ad genua accidit Lacrumans, T.: ad pedes omnium.—Of the senses, to strike, reach, come: nihil quod ad oculos animumque acciderit: ad aurīs tuas: unde nec ad nos nomen famaque eius accidere posset, reach, L.: auribus, L.: animo, T.— Absol, to come to the ears, come, be heard, be raised: clamor deinde accidit novus, L.: concitatior accidens clamor ab increscente certamine, L.: ut vox etiam ad hostes accideret (with acc. and inf.), L.—To befit, become, suit (poet.): istuc verbum vere in te accidit, was true of you, T.—Fig., to come to pass, happen, occur, fall out, take place, befall: res eo gravius ferre, quo minus merito accidissent, Cs.: si quid mali accidisset, S.: cum tantum periculi accidisset, Cs.: quae victis acciderent enumeravere, the fate of the conquered, S.: si gravius quid acciderit, if any calamity occur, Cs.: casu accidit ut: sic accidit, uti, etc., thus it happened, that, Cs. — Pleonast. in narrations: accidit ut esset luna plena, Cs.: neque saepe accidit, ut, etc., Cs.—Of what is fortunate or welcome: quid optatius populo R. accidere potuit, quam, etc.? interea aliquid acciderit boni, T.— Esp., si quid cui accidat, or si quid humanitus accidat, if anything should happen to one (euphemist. for die): si quid mihi humanitus accidisset: si quid ei gravius a Caesare accidisset, i. e. if Cœsar should put him to death, Cs.: si quid accidat Romanis, if the Romans are destroyed, Cs.—To end, result, turn out: contra opinionem, disappoint us, Cs.: peius victoribus quam victis accidisse, Cs.
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    I
    accidere, accidi, - V
    fall upon/down/to/at or near, descend, alight; happen, occur; happen to (DAT)
    II
    accidere, accidi, accisus V TRANS
    cut, cut into/down/up, hack, hew, fell; overthrow, destroy; cut short; weaken

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  • 26 contingo

    1.
    con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    funem manu,

    Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

    munera Cerealia dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 122:

    undas pede,

    id. ib. 2, 457:

    focos ore tremente,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

    terram osculo,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12:

    ora nati sacro medicamine,

    Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

    montes suo igni (sol),

    Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

    cibos sale modico,

    to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

    nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

    Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

    mitem taurum,

    Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

    glebam,

    id. ib. 11, 111:

    paene terram (luna),

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

    caules (vitis),

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

    Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

    manum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

    neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

    cibos ore,

    Ov. M. 5, 531:

    aquas,

    id. ib. 15, 281:

    fontem,

    id. ib. 3, 409.—
    2.
    To touch impurely (very rare):

    corpus corpore,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—
    3.
    To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

    Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

    turri adactā et contingente vallum,

    id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

    in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

    Liv. 10, 21, 8:

    praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

    Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

    ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

    ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—
    4.
    With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

    optatam metam cursu,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    Ephyren pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 392:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    fines Illyricos,

    Ov. M. 4, 568:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 8, 100:

    Cadmeïda arcem,

    id. ib. 6, 217:

    rapidas Phasidos undas,

    id. ib. 7, 6:

    auras,

    to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

    avem ferro,

    to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

    thus aures,

    id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

    contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2:

    quam me manifesta libido contigit!

    Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

    aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

    (Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

    Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

    contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

    id. 4, 9, 10:

    omnes eā violatione templi,

    id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

    nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

    id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

    equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

    Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

    pectora vitiis,

    Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

    contactus ensis,

    Sen. Hippol. 714.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

    ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

    Liv. 25, 8, 2:

    aliquem sanguine ac genere,

    id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

    aliquem artissimo gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4:

    domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

    id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

    deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

    have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

    Sabinum modico usu,

    to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

    multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

    Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

    si crĭmine contingantur,

    have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

    haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

    concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

    quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

    id. 40, 14, 9.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

    quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—
    b.
    With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

    haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

    quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

    cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

    quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

    si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

    ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

    non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

    mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

    mihi recusare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 124, 2:

    mihi cognoscere (eos),

    Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

    quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4:

    maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

    volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —
    (β).
    With acc. (very rare):

    sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

    fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

    Italiam palma frugum,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (very freq.):

    hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 81:

    ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

    quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

    gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

    ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

    arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

    nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

    fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

    Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

    concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

    id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

    quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.
    2.
    con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

    Lucr. 1, 938:

    semina rerum colore,

    id. 2, 755:

    lac parco sale,

    to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tonsum corpus amurcā,

    id. ib. 3, 448. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

    Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

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  • 27 continguo

    1.
    con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    funem manu,

    Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

    munera Cerealia dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 122:

    undas pede,

    id. ib. 2, 457:

    focos ore tremente,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

    terram osculo,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12:

    ora nati sacro medicamine,

    Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

    montes suo igni (sol),

    Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

    cibos sale modico,

    to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

    nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

    Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

    mitem taurum,

    Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

    glebam,

    id. ib. 11, 111:

    paene terram (luna),

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

    caules (vitis),

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

    Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

    manum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

    neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

    cibos ore,

    Ov. M. 5, 531:

    aquas,

    id. ib. 15, 281:

    fontem,

    id. ib. 3, 409.—
    2.
    To touch impurely (very rare):

    corpus corpore,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—
    3.
    To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

    Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

    turri adactā et contingente vallum,

    id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

    in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

    Liv. 10, 21, 8:

    praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

    Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

    ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

    ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—
    4.
    With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

    optatam metam cursu,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    Ephyren pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 392:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    fines Illyricos,

    Ov. M. 4, 568:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 8, 100:

    Cadmeïda arcem,

    id. ib. 6, 217:

    rapidas Phasidos undas,

    id. ib. 7, 6:

    auras,

    to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

    avem ferro,

    to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

    thus aures,

    id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

    contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2:

    quam me manifesta libido contigit!

    Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

    aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

    (Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

    Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

    contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

    id. 4, 9, 10:

    omnes eā violatione templi,

    id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

    nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

    id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

    equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

    Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

    pectora vitiis,

    Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

    contactus ensis,

    Sen. Hippol. 714.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

    ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

    Liv. 25, 8, 2:

    aliquem sanguine ac genere,

    id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

    aliquem artissimo gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4:

    domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

    id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

    deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

    have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

    Sabinum modico usu,

    to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

    multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

    Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

    si crĭmine contingantur,

    have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

    haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

    concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

    quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

    id. 40, 14, 9.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

    quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—
    b.
    With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

    haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

    quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

    cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

    quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

    si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

    ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

    non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

    mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

    mihi recusare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 124, 2:

    mihi cognoscere (eos),

    Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

    quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4:

    maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

    volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —
    (β).
    With acc. (very rare):

    sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

    fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

    Italiam palma frugum,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (very freq.):

    hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 81:

    ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

    quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

    gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

    ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

    arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

    nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

    fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

    Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

    concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

    id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

    quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.
    2.
    con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

    Lucr. 1, 938:

    semina rerum colore,

    id. 2, 755:

    lac parco sale,

    to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tonsum corpus amurcā,

    id. ib. 3, 448. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

    Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

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  • 28 succedo

    suc-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. ⊂.
    I.
    To go below or under (so mostly poet.; syn. subeo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to enter, go under, come under:

    simul ac primum nubes succedere soli Coepere,

    to go under the sun, Lucr. 5, 286; cf. id. 6, 402:

    tectum, cui imbris vitandi causā succederet,

    Cic. Dom. 44, 116:

    maestae Succedunt ramis volucres,

    Val. Fl. 6, 505:

    succedere tectis,

    Ov. M. 2, 766; so,

    tectis,

    id. ib. 8, 549; Verg. A. 1, 627:

    rex jussae succedit aquae,

    Ov. M. 11, 142:

    tecto et umbrae,

    Verg. G. 3, 418:

    antro,

    id. E. 5, 6 and 19:

    tumulo sineret succedere terrae,

    i. e. to be buried, id. A. 11, 103; cf.:

    serpens imo Successit tumulo,

    id. ib. 5, 93.—
    2.
    In partic., to go from under; to go up, mount, ascend:

    alto caelo,

    to mount, ascend, Verg. G. 4, 227:

    in arduum,

    Liv. 5, 43; cf.:

    hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 24:

    muros,

    Liv. 27, 18, 13; 31, 45, 5; Tac. A. 2, 20; Sil. 10, 597:

    tumulum,

    Liv. 22, 28 et saep. — Absol.:

    erigi scalas jussit ac promptissimum quemque succedere,

    Tac. A. 2, 81.— Poet.:

    in montem succedere silvas Cogebant,

    to retreat to the mountains, Lucr. 5, 1370.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To come under, submit to any thing:

    omnes sententiae verbaque omnia... sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151:

    externae dominationi, quam in suis timuerunt, sponte succedunt,

    Just. 8, 2, 2:

    succedoque oneri,

    take up, Verg. A. 2, 723:

    nec qui succederet operi inventus est,

    undertake, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.—
    2.
    To go up, mount, ascend:

    a pedibusque minutatim succedere frigus Non dubitabat,

    Lucr. 6, 1191:

    ad summum honorem,

    id. 5, 1122:

    ille ad superos Succedet famā,

    Verg. A. 12, 235:

    aurum in summum successit honorem,

    Lucr. 5, 1275.—
    II.
    To approach, draw near (class. and freq.).
    A.
    Milit. t. t., to march on, advance, march up to, approach (class. and freq.; cf.: invado, progredior): [p. 1787] sub primam nostram aciem successerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    sub montem,

    id. B. C. 1, 45: supra hostium munitionem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 91, 23:

    ad castra hostium infestis signis,

    Liv. 7, 37:

    ad stationes hostium,

    id. 30, 8:

    ad hostium latebras,

    id. 10, 14:

    ad urbem,

    id. 26, 44:

    ad moenia,

    id. 44, 31:

    sub ipsum vallum,

    id. 31, 36, 5:

    ad portūs claustra,

    Curt. 4, 5, 19:

    celeriter ad molem,

    id. 4, 3, 2:

    moenibus,

    Liv. 10, 34; 24, 19:

    munimentis,

    id. 9, 14:

    munitionibus, Auct. B. Alex. 30, 4: portas succedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

    murum,

    Liv. 38, 9.— Absol.:

    classis paulatim successit,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.— Impers. pass.:

    ubicumque iniquo successum est loco,

    Liv. 9, 31.—
    B. 1.
    Lit.:

    ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 41; id. B. C. 3, 94; cf. Liv. 9, 32; Ov. M. 13, 134:

    in stationem,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    in pugnam,

    Liv. 9, 27;

    for which, proelio,

    id. 6, 4:

    in paternas opes,

    id. 21, 3:

    in Pompeii locum heres,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62; cf.:

    Sequani principatum dimiserant. In eorum locum Remi successerant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

    ego in ejus quem occidissem succederem locum,

    Liv. 40, 12, 13:

    succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. Fl. 14, 33; 21, 49:

    qui regno successit,

    Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204:

    post ejus mortem frater regno successit,

    Just. 17, 3, 6:

    in hujus locum filia regno successit,

    id. 2, 4, 17;

    but: in regnum,

    id. 7, 2, 2:

    huic Mithridates filius succedit,

    id. 42, 2, 3:

    ad alteram partem succedunt Ubii,

    follow, come next, Caes. B. G. 4, 3.—Of things:

    aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras,

    Ov. M. 11, 80. — Impers. pass.:

    non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed quod Gabinio non succederetur,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

    te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 2.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    To come or enter into a relation:

    in affinitatis jura,

    Just. 7, 3, 9.—
    b. (α).
    In time:

    successit ipse magnis (oratoribus),

    Cic. Or. 30, 105:

    horum aetati successit Isocrates,

    id. ib. 13, 40; cf.:

    nihil semper floret: aetas succedit aetati,

    id. Phil. 11, 15, 39:

    tertia post illas successit aënea proles,

    Ov. M. 1, 125:

    quorum priores duae probationi succedunt,

    Quint. 3, 9, 1:

    in Italiā violis succedit rosa,

    Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: etenim ei succedo orationi, quae, etc., I succeed, I speak after an oration, which, etc., Cic. Balb. 1, 4:

    consules, quo majori gloriae rerum gestarum succedere se cernebant,

    Liv. 4, 11, 2:

    rex... succedens tantae caritati Hieronis,

    id. 24, 5, 1:

    ut bono succedenti regi difficilis aemulatio esset,

    id. 1, 48, 8.—
    (β).
    To follow, take the place of, succeed in value: cujus (purpurae) libra denariis centum venibat... huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in libras denariis mille non poterat emi, Nep. ap. Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137:

    in vicem ejus (graminis) succedit decoctum,

    Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 179:

    non numero tantum amissorum civium, sed et dignitati,

    Just. 3, 5, 7:

    filii magnitudini patris successerunt,

    id. 19, 1, 2.— Pass. impers.:

    male gestis rebus alterius successum est,

    Liv. 9, 18, 15.—
    c.
    Hence, to follow the nature or rule of any thing, to belong to a class or category (rare):

    succedere hanc quoque comparativo generi,

    Quint. 3, 10, 4:

    quae omnia succedunt legitimis quaestionibus,

    id. 3, 6, 71.—
    d.
    Pregn.: res (alicui) succedit, or simply succedit, goes on well, is successful, prospers, succeeds (cf. evenit):

    lepide hoc succedit sub manus negotium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59:

    negotium (ei) sub manus,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 7; id. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

    quando hoc bene successit,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23:

    parum succedit, quod ago,

    id. And. 4, 1, 54:

    pleraque non succedunt,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 16:

    quod res nulla successerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    inceptum non succedebat,

    Liv. 42, 58:

    nihil conceptae temere spei succedebat,

    id. 33, 5, 3:

    voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit,

    Verg. A. 11, 794:

    si prospere prima successerint,

    Just. 9, 3, 7.— Absol.:

    hac non successit: aliā ingrediemur viā,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 45:

    si quando minus succedet,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    si ex sententiā successerit,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 1: si proinde, ut ipse mereor, mihi successerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

    si successisset coeptis,

    Liv. 25, 37:

    inceptis,

    id. 24, 19:

    fraudi,

    id. 38, 25:

    facinori eorum,

    id. 40, 11 et saep.:

    successurumque Minervae Indoluit,

    Ov. M. 2, 788.— Pass.: cum omnia meā causā velles mihi successa, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 2.— Impers.:

    nolle successum non patribus,

    Liv. 2, 45, 5:

    ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco,

    id. 9, 31, 13 Weissenb. ad loc.

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  • 29 ad-eō

        ad-eō iī    (rarely īvī), itus, īre, to go to, come to, come up to, approach, draw near: ad eum? T.: ad istum fundum: ad arbitrum, to submit a cause to a referee: in conventum: in ius, to go to law: ad praetorem in ius: eccum video, adibo, T.: cautus adito, draw near, H.: an quoquam mihi adire licet? S.: Gades mecum, to accompany to, H.: ambos reges, S.: quā (famā) solā sidera adibam, i. e. was aspiring, V.—Supin. abl.: munimentum a planioribus aditu locis, easy of approach, L.—Esp., to approach, address, accost, apply to: aliquot me adierunt, T.: vatem, V.: deos.—To assail, attack, approach: oppida castellaque munita, S.: virum, V.—Fig., to enter on, undertake, set about, take in hand: ad causas: ad rem p., to take office.—To undergo, submit to, expose oneself to: ad extremum vitae periculum, Cs.—With acc: periculum capitis: adeundae inimicitiae pro re p.—Of an inheritance, to enter on, take possession of: hereditatem: hereditas adita.

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  • 30 adventō

        adventō —, —, āre, intens.    [advenio], to advance, press forward, march on, approach: Caesar adventare nuntiabatur, Cs.: adventans senectus: ad Italiam: Romam, S.: adventante deā, at her coming, V.: adventante urbi clade, as disaster drew near, L.: Parthis, Ta.: tempus adventat.
    * * *
    adventare, adventavi, adventatus V INTRANS
    approach, come to, draw near; arrive, "turn up"; come in (tide); approximate

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  • 31 propinquō

        propinquō —, —, āre    [propinquus], to draw near, come nigh, approach: vis inimica propinquat, V.: scopulo, V.: ripae, V.— To bring near, bring on, hasten, accelerate: rite Augurium, V.
    * * *
    propinquare, propinquavi, propinquatus V
    bring near; draw near

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  • 32 succēdō

        succēdō cessī, cessus, ere    [sub+cedo], to go below, come under, enter: tectum, cui succederet: tectis nostris, V.: Rex iussae succedit aquae, O.: tumulo, i. e. to be buried, V.— To go from under, go up, mount, ascend: alto caelo, V.: in arduum, L.: hoc itinere est fons, quo mare succedit longius, Cs.: muros, L.— To follow, follow after, take the place of, relieve, succeed, receive by succession: ut integri defatigatis succederent, Cs.: integri fessis successerunt, L.: succedam ego vicarius tuo muneri: proelio, L.: non solum, quod tibi succederetur, sed, etc.: in stationem, Cs.: in paternas opes, L.: in Pompei locum heres: Aspicit in teretes lignum succedere suras, O.: ad alteram partem, come next, Cs.— To approach, draw near, march on, advance, march up: sub montem, Cs.: ad hostium latebras, L.: temere moenibus, L.: portas, Cs.: murum, L.: ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco, L.—Fig., to come under, submit to: omnes sententiae sub acumen stili succedant necesse est: Succedoque oneri, take up, V.— To follow, follow after, succeed: successit ipse magnis (oratoribus): horum aetati successit Isocrates: Tertia post illas successit aënea proles, O.: orationi, quae, etc., i. e. speak after: male gestis rebus alterius successum est, to another's bad administration, L.— To go on well, be successful, prosper, succeed: quando hoc bene successit, T.: quod res nulla successerat, Cs.: cum neque satis inceptum succederet, L.: voti Phoebus succedere partem Mente dedit, V.: Hac non successit; aliā adgrediemur viā, T.: si ex sententiā successerit: cui (fraudi) quoniam parum succedit, L.: successurumque Minervae Indoluit, O.: nolle successum non patribus, L.: ubicumque iniquo successum erat loco, had been victorious under disadvantages of position, L.
    * * *
    succedere, successi, successus V
    climb; advance; follow; succeed in

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  • 33 ad-sum (assum)

        ad-sum (assum) adfuī    (aff-), adesse (adsiet for adsit, T.; adfore for adfutūrum esse), to be at, be present, be at hand: quia ades praesens, T.: vos, qui adsunt: coram, V.: ad portam: ante oculos, V.: portis, V.: ducibus, i. e. accompany, O.— To be at hand, stand by, assist, support, aid, help: amicos, ad hanc rem qui adsient, T.: omnes quos videtis adesse: dux suis aderat, Cs.: flentibus adsunt Humani voltūs, show sympathy with, H.: adsis, o Tegeaee, favens, be near, V.: (testes) adsunt cum adversariis: promissi testis adesto, O. — Hence, to come, appear: iam hic adero, am coming immediately, T.: huc ades, V.: cum hostes adessent, L.—In law: ad iudicium, to come into court: edixit ut adesset senatus frequens, convene: adesse in Capitolio iussit (i. e. senatum). — Fig., to be present, be at hand: proeli tempus, S.: aderat iudicio dies, L.: cum iam partus adesset, O.: quod adest Componere, existing circumstances, H.: ut securitas adsit: hominum quīs pudor paulum adest, T.: vim adfore verbo Crediderat, V.: quantus adest viris Sudor, H.: adesse animo, to be present in mind, give attention: adeste animis, be of good courage.

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  • 34 attingō (adt-)

        attingō (adt-) tigī, tāctus, ere    [ad + tango], to touch, come in contact with: prius quam aries murum attigisset, Cs.: telas putris, to handle, V.: Maenalon, set foot on, O.: mento aquam: pedibus terram, N.—To touch, strike, lay hands on, seize: illam, T.: (fanum), to violate: si Vestinus attingeretur, were attacked, L.: herbam, crop, V.—To approach, reach, arrive at, attain to: Italiam: lumina, i. e. life, V.: arces igneas, i. e. divine honors, H.—Of places, to be near, border on, adjoin, touch: (regio) Ciliciam: eorum fines Nervii attingebant, Cs.—Fig., to touch, affect, reach: dignitatem tuam contumeliā: quos ea infamia attingeret, L.—Of speech, to touch upon, mention, refer to: quem simul atque attigi: genera breviter: tantum modo summas, N.: ea, tamquam volnera, L.—To undertake, enter upon, engage in, take in hand, manage: causam Murenae: forum, i. e. public affairs: Graecas litteras: poeticam, N.: arma, to arm themselves, L.: alqd extremis digitis, i. e. have little experience in. — To reach, attain: auctoritatem loci: haec.—To come in contact with, be related to, belong to, resemble: officiis populum: Res gerere... Attingit solium Iovis, the administration of the state borders on, etc., H.

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  • 35 proximō

        proximō adv.    [proximus], very lately, shortly: proximo a. d. vi Kal. Octobr., just before.
    * * *
    I II
    proximare, proximavi, proximatus V
    come/draw near, approach; be near

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  • 36 appropinquo

    (+ dat.) to near, drawn near, come close, approach.

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  • 37 adfero

    af-fĕro (better adf-), attŭli (adt-, better att-), allātum (adl-), afferre (adf-), v. a.; constr. aliquid ad aliquem or alicui.
    I.
    In gen., to bring, take, carry or convey a thing to a place (of portable things, while adducere denotes the leading or conducting of men, animals, etc.), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    lumen,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 40:

    viginti minas,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 78; 1, 3, 87 al.:

    adtuli hunc.—Quid, adtulisti?—Adduxi volui dicere,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:

    tandem bruma nives adfert,

    Lucr. 5, 746: adlatus est acipenser, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    adfer huc scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    nuces,

    Juv. 5, 144:

    cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,

    Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

    pauxillum aquae,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:

    caput ejus,

    ib. Marc. 6, 28.—With de in part. sense:

    adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,

    Vulg. Num. 13, 21; ib. Joan. 21, 10 (as lit. rendering of the Greek).—So of letters:

    adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 2; Liv. 22, 11 al.: adferre se ad aliquem locum, to betake one's self to a place, to go or come to (opp. auferre se ab aliquo, to withdraw from, to leave, only poet.):

    huc me adfero,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 6; Ter. And. 4, 5, 12 Bentl.:

    Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,

    Verg. A. 8, 477:

    sese a moenibus,

    id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:

    urbem adferimur,

    are driven, come, Verg. A. 7, 217;

    and adferre pedem: abite illuc, unde malum pedem adtulistis,

    id. Cat. 14, 21.— To bring near, extend, = porrigo (eccl. Lat.):

    adfer manum tuam,

    reach hither, Vulg. Joan. 20, 27.—
    B.
    Trop., to bring to, upon, in a good or bad sense.
    (α).
    In bon. part.:

    pacem ad vos adfero,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 32:

    hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,

    i.e. makes use of, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

    non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    consulatum in familiam,

    id. Phil. 9, 2:

    animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,

    id. Att. 12, 38:

    tibi benedictionem,

    Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:

    Domino gloriam,

    ib. 1 Par. 16, 28; ib. Apoc. 21, 26: ignominiam, ib. Osee, 4, 18.—
    (β).
    In mal. part.:

    bellum in patriam,

    Ov. M. 12, 5:

    nisi etiam illuc pervenerint (canes), ut in dominum adferant dentes,

    to use their teeth against their master, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 9:

    adferam super eos mala,

    Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:

    Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?

    id. Joan. 18, 29: quod gustatum adfert mortem, ib. Job, 6, 6: vim adferre alicui for inferre, to use force against or offer violence to one, Cic. Phil. 2, 7; id. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 29 Drak.; Ov. H. 17, 21 Heins.; id. A. A. 1, 679; Suet. Oth. 12 al.: manus adferre alicui, in a bad sense, to lay hands on, attack, assail (opp.:

    manus abstinere ab aliquo): pro re quisque manus adfert (sc. ad pugnam),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

    domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,

    id. Quint. 27:

    intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,

    id. Caecin. 17:

    qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,

    id. Rep. 3, 17 Creuz. al.: sibi manus, to lay hands on one's self, to commit suicide: Qui quidem manus, quas justius in Lepidi perniciem animāsset, sibi adferre conatus est, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23.—Also of things: manus templo, to rob or plunder, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

    bonis alienis,

    id. Off. 2, 15:

    manus suis vulneribus,

    to tear open, id. Att. 3, 15 (a little before:

    ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,

    to nullify, render worthless, Sen. Ben. 2, 5 ext. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To bring, bear, or carry a thing, as news, to report, announce, inform, publish; constr. alicui or ad aliquem aliquid, or acc. with inf. (class.;

    in the histt., esp. in Livy, very freq.): ea adferam eaque ut nuntiem, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 9:

    istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,

    id. As. 2, 2, 65; Ter. Phorm. prol. 22:

    calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius, sed ex sermone rumor adferret,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,

    id. Fam. 2, 14; id. Att. 6, 8: rumores, qui de me adferuntur, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21:

    Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,

    id. Cael. 24; so id. Fam. 5, 2 al.:

    magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15 Dint.:

    cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,

    Nep. 3, 3:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:

    exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,

    id. 8, 17 Drak.:

    per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,

    word was brought, id. 10, 45 al.:

    idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 76:

    esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,

    Suet. Dom. 16; Luc. 1, 475:

    scelus adtulit umbris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 172 al. —So of instruction: doctrinam, Vulg. prol. Eccli.; ib. 2 Joan. 10.—
    B.
    To bring a thing on one, i.e. to cause, occasion, effect, give, impart; esp. of states of mind:

    aegritudinem alicui,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:

    alicui molestiam,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,

    Cic. Mur. 1:

    alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; so,

    adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,

    id. Phil. 12, 7:

    metum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25:

    dolorem,

    id. Sull. 1:

    luctum et egestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    consolationem,

    id. Att. 10, 4:

    delectationem,

    id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:

    detrimentum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 82:

    taedium,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

    dolorem capitis,

    id. 23, 1, 18:

    gaudium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 2, 1 al. —
    C.
    To bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce, as an excuse, reason, etc.:

    quam causam adferam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:

    justas causas adfers,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15;

    also without causa: rationes quoque, cur hoc ita sit, adferendas puto,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13:

    idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,

    id. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ad ea, quae dixi, adfer, si quid habes,

    id. Att. 7: nihil igitur adferunt, qui in re gerendā versari senectutem negant, they bring forwards nothing to the purpose, who, etc., id. Sen. 6; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215:

    quid enim poterit dicere?... an aetatem adferet?

    i. e. as an excuse, id. ib. 2, 89, 364.—Also absol.:

    Quid sit enim corpus sentire, quis adferet umquam...?

    will bring forwards an explanation, Lucr. 3, 354 (cf. reddo absol. in same sense, id. 1, 566):

    et, cur credam, adferre possum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70; 3, 23, 55.—
    D.
    Adferre aliquid = conducere, conferre aliquid, to contribute any thing to a definite object, to be useful in any thing, to help, assist; constr. with ad, with dat., or absol.:

    quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1:

    negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,

    id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:

    quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155:

    illa praesidia non adferunt oratori aliquid, ne, etc.,

    id. Mil. 1: aliquid adtulimus etiam nos, id. Planc. 10, 24:

    quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 63.—
    E.
    Very rare in class. period, to bring forth as a product, to yield, bear, produce, = fero:

    agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15:

    herbam adferentem semen,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:

    arva non adferent cibum,

    ib. Hab. 3, 17: lignum adtulit fructum, ib. Joel, 2, 22; ib. Apoc. 22, 2:

    ager fructum,

    ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adfero

  • 38 affero

    af-fĕro (better adf-), attŭli (adt-, better att-), allātum (adl-), afferre (adf-), v. a.; constr. aliquid ad aliquem or alicui.
    I.
    In gen., to bring, take, carry or convey a thing to a place (of portable things, while adducere denotes the leading or conducting of men, animals, etc.), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    lumen,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 40:

    viginti minas,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 78; 1, 3, 87 al.:

    adtuli hunc.—Quid, adtulisti?—Adduxi volui dicere,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:

    tandem bruma nives adfert,

    Lucr. 5, 746: adlatus est acipenser, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    adfer huc scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    nuces,

    Juv. 5, 144:

    cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,

    Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

    pauxillum aquae,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:

    caput ejus,

    ib. Marc. 6, 28.—With de in part. sense:

    adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,

    Vulg. Num. 13, 21; ib. Joan. 21, 10 (as lit. rendering of the Greek).—So of letters:

    adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 2; Liv. 22, 11 al.: adferre se ad aliquem locum, to betake one's self to a place, to go or come to (opp. auferre se ab aliquo, to withdraw from, to leave, only poet.):

    huc me adfero,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 6; Ter. And. 4, 5, 12 Bentl.:

    Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,

    Verg. A. 8, 477:

    sese a moenibus,

    id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:

    urbem adferimur,

    are driven, come, Verg. A. 7, 217;

    and adferre pedem: abite illuc, unde malum pedem adtulistis,

    id. Cat. 14, 21.— To bring near, extend, = porrigo (eccl. Lat.):

    adfer manum tuam,

    reach hither, Vulg. Joan. 20, 27.—
    B.
    Trop., to bring to, upon, in a good or bad sense.
    (α).
    In bon. part.:

    pacem ad vos adfero,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 32:

    hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,

    i.e. makes use of, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

    non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    consulatum in familiam,

    id. Phil. 9, 2:

    animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,

    id. Att. 12, 38:

    tibi benedictionem,

    Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:

    Domino gloriam,

    ib. 1 Par. 16, 28; ib. Apoc. 21, 26: ignominiam, ib. Osee, 4, 18.—
    (β).
    In mal. part.:

    bellum in patriam,

    Ov. M. 12, 5:

    nisi etiam illuc pervenerint (canes), ut in dominum adferant dentes,

    to use their teeth against their master, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 9:

    adferam super eos mala,

    Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:

    Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?

    id. Joan. 18, 29: quod gustatum adfert mortem, ib. Job, 6, 6: vim adferre alicui for inferre, to use force against or offer violence to one, Cic. Phil. 2, 7; id. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 29 Drak.; Ov. H. 17, 21 Heins.; id. A. A. 1, 679; Suet. Oth. 12 al.: manus adferre alicui, in a bad sense, to lay hands on, attack, assail (opp.:

    manus abstinere ab aliquo): pro re quisque manus adfert (sc. ad pugnam),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

    domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,

    id. Quint. 27:

    intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,

    id. Caecin. 17:

    qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,

    id. Rep. 3, 17 Creuz. al.: sibi manus, to lay hands on one's self, to commit suicide: Qui quidem manus, quas justius in Lepidi perniciem animāsset, sibi adferre conatus est, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23.—Also of things: manus templo, to rob or plunder, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

    bonis alienis,

    id. Off. 2, 15:

    manus suis vulneribus,

    to tear open, id. Att. 3, 15 (a little before:

    ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,

    to nullify, render worthless, Sen. Ben. 2, 5 ext. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To bring, bear, or carry a thing, as news, to report, announce, inform, publish; constr. alicui or ad aliquem aliquid, or acc. with inf. (class.;

    in the histt., esp. in Livy, very freq.): ea adferam eaque ut nuntiem, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 9:

    istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,

    id. As. 2, 2, 65; Ter. Phorm. prol. 22:

    calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius, sed ex sermone rumor adferret,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,

    id. Fam. 2, 14; id. Att. 6, 8: rumores, qui de me adferuntur, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21:

    Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,

    id. Cael. 24; so id. Fam. 5, 2 al.:

    magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15 Dint.:

    cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,

    Nep. 3, 3:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:

    exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,

    id. 8, 17 Drak.:

    per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,

    word was brought, id. 10, 45 al.:

    idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 76:

    esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,

    Suet. Dom. 16; Luc. 1, 475:

    scelus adtulit umbris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 172 al. —So of instruction: doctrinam, Vulg. prol. Eccli.; ib. 2 Joan. 10.—
    B.
    To bring a thing on one, i.e. to cause, occasion, effect, give, impart; esp. of states of mind:

    aegritudinem alicui,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:

    alicui molestiam,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,

    Cic. Mur. 1:

    alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; so,

    adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,

    id. Phil. 12, 7:

    metum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25:

    dolorem,

    id. Sull. 1:

    luctum et egestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    consolationem,

    id. Att. 10, 4:

    delectationem,

    id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:

    detrimentum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 82:

    taedium,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

    dolorem capitis,

    id. 23, 1, 18:

    gaudium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 2, 1 al. —
    C.
    To bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce, as an excuse, reason, etc.:

    quam causam adferam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:

    justas causas adfers,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15;

    also without causa: rationes quoque, cur hoc ita sit, adferendas puto,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13:

    idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,

    id. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ad ea, quae dixi, adfer, si quid habes,

    id. Att. 7: nihil igitur adferunt, qui in re gerendā versari senectutem negant, they bring forwards nothing to the purpose, who, etc., id. Sen. 6; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215:

    quid enim poterit dicere?... an aetatem adferet?

    i. e. as an excuse, id. ib. 2, 89, 364.—Also absol.:

    Quid sit enim corpus sentire, quis adferet umquam...?

    will bring forwards an explanation, Lucr. 3, 354 (cf. reddo absol. in same sense, id. 1, 566):

    et, cur credam, adferre possum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70; 3, 23, 55.—
    D.
    Adferre aliquid = conducere, conferre aliquid, to contribute any thing to a definite object, to be useful in any thing, to help, assist; constr. with ad, with dat., or absol.:

    quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1:

    negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,

    id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:

    quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155:

    illa praesidia non adferunt oratori aliquid, ne, etc.,

    id. Mil. 1: aliquid adtulimus etiam nos, id. Planc. 10, 24:

    quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 63.—
    E.
    Very rare in class. period, to bring forth as a product, to yield, bear, produce, = fero:

    agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15:

    herbam adferentem semen,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:

    arva non adferent cibum,

    ib. Hab. 3, 17: lignum adtulit fructum, ib. Joel, 2, 22; ib. Apoc. 22, 2:

    ager fructum,

    ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > affero

  • 39 propinquo

    prŏpinquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [propinquus].
    I.
    Act., to bring near, bring on, hasten, accelerate ( poet.):

    tu rite propinques Augurium,

    Verg. A. 10, 254:

    mortem,

    Sil. 2, 281.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw near, come nigh, approach (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for appropinquo); with dat. or acc.
    A.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    scopulo propinquat,

    Verg. A. 5, 185:

    fluvio,

    id. ib. 6, 384:

    ripae,

    id. ib. 6, 410.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    amnem, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 254 Lindem. (H. 4, 62 Dietsch): campos,

    Tac. A. 12, 13 init.—Absol.:

    armis,

    Stat. Th. 10, 385.—
    B.
    Of things:

    Parcarumque dies et vis inimica propinquat,

    Verg. A. 12, 150:

    et triste propinquat supplicium,

    Stat. Th. 5, 493; Amm. 14, 2, 19:

    domui ejus ignis propinquat,

    Tac. A. 15, 39:

    turris propinquans praetoriae portae,

    id. H. 4, 30; 2, 18; 2, 58; 3, 82; Gell. 2, 23, 8:

    mortale immortali propinquare non potest,

    Lact. 2, 8, 68:

    dies propinquat ad vesperum,

    Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propinquo

  • 40 proximo

    1.
    proxĭmō, adv. [id.], very lately, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3.
    2.
    proxĭmo, āre, v. n. and a. [id.], to come or draw near, to approach, be near (only post - class.; for in Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 112, we should read proxima):

    dum in vicum proximamus,

    App. M. 2, p. 169 Oud.;

    p. 179 Bip.: alicui,

    Sol. 48:

    foribus,

    App. M. 6, p. 389 Oud.:

    ripam maris,

    id. ib. 11, p. 785 Oud.:

    luce proximante,

    id. ib. 5, p. 332 Oud.:

    per quam proximamus ad Deum,

    Vulg. Heb. 7, 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximo

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