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mens, mentis ( nom. sing. mentis: terra corpus est, at mentis ignis est, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 764 P.; so too, istic est de sole sumptus; isque totus mentis est, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll.; cf. Enn. p. 168, v. 6 and 7 Vahl.), f. [from the root men, whence memini, q. v., and comminiscor], the mind, disposition; the heart, soul (class.).

In gen.: fusi sine mente ac sine sensu ullo jaceant, Enn. ap. Non. 312, 26 (Ann. v. 134 Vahl.):

nubilam mentem Animi habeo,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 6:

mens animi,

Cat. 65, 4:

mens animi vigilat,

Lucr. 4, 758:

mala mens, malus animus,

bad disposition, bad heart, Ter. And. 1, 1, 137:

hominum erga se mentes,

feelings, sentiments, Suet. Calig. 60:

mens mollis ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

humanae mentis vitium... saeva cupido,

Juv. 14, 175.—

In partic.

The conscience:

cum vero jurato sententia dicenda est, meminerit, deum se adhibere testem, id est ut ego arbitror, mentem suam,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44:

auditor, cui frigida mens est crimi nibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

quos diri conscia fact, Mens habet attonitos et surdo verbere caedit,

id. 13, 194.—

The intellectual faculties, the mind, understanding, intellect, reason, judgment, discernment, consideration, reflection, etc.: mens, cui regnum totius animi ( soul) a naturā tributum est, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:

animus ita est constitutus, ut habeat praestantiam mentis,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

deorum mente atque ratione omnem mundum administrari et regi,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

mente complecti aliquid,

to comprehend, understand, id. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

sanum mentis esse,

to be of sound mind, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

mens sana in corpore sano, Juv 10, 356: mentis suae esse,

to be in one's right mind, in one's senses, Cic. Pis. 21, 50; so,

mentis compotem esse,

id. ib. 20, 48: captus mente, out of his senses, beside himself, mad (cf. menceps), id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Paul. Sent. 3, 4, a, 11:

mentem amittere,

to lose one's mind, Cic. Har. Resp. 15. 31:

mentis inops,

Ov. H. 15, 139:

huic ex tempore dicenti effluit mens,

his recollection vanished, Cic. Brut. 61, 218:

quis est tam vecors, qui ea, quae tanta mente fiunt, casu putet posse fieri?

id. Har. Resp. 9, 19:

vobis dent mentem oportet (di), ut prohibeatis, sicut mihi dederunt, ut, etc.,

Liv. 6, 18:

quid tibi istuc in mentem venit?

what comes into your mind? what are you thinking of? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34:

modo hercle in mentem venit,

id. As. 3, 2, 42:

venit hoc mihi in mentem, te, etc.,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 49:

venit in mentem, ut, etc.,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 2.—With inf., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 31.—With nom.:

miserae ubi venit in mentem mortis metus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 23:

servi venere in mentem calliditates,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 13:

quotiescumque patria in mentem veniret,

Liv. 5, 54, 3; 8, 5, 10; Quint. 12, 9, 13; cf.:

numquam ea res tibi tam belle in mentem venire potuisset,

Cic. Att. 12, 37, 2; id. Har. Resp. 26, 55.—With gen. (so mostly in Cic.):

non minus saepe ei venit in mentem potestatis, quam aequitatis tuae,

he bethought himself of, Cic. Quint. 2, 6:

tibi tuarum virtutum veniat in mentem,

id. de Or 2, 61, 249:

venit mihi Platonis in mentem,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1.—

Mind, thought, plan, purpose, intention, design. quā facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem, Verg. A. 1, 676: ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eādem mente sim futurus, [p. 1133] Nep. Hann. 2, 5:

Dolabella classem eā mente comparavit, ut,

Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

mentes deorum scrutari in fibris,

Ov. M. 15, 136:

ferro percussit, sed non occidendi mente, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3: poenae modus ex mente facientis statui potest,

ib. 13, 3, 2:

in mente est mihi dormire,

I have a mind to, Petr. 21.—

Spirit, boldness, courage: addere mentem, to give courage to, Hor Ep. 2, 2, 36:

demittunt mentes,

lose courage, Verg. A. 12, 609 (cf. animus).—

Personified: Mens, the goddess of thought, whose festival was held on the eighth of June, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

Menti aedem T. Octacilius praetor vovit,

Liv. 22, 10; cf. Ov. F. 6, 241.

cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:

cineris bene creti,

Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:

certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,

Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].

To separate, sift (rare):

per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:

in cribris omnia cerne cavis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:

per densa foramina,

id. ib. 89:

cineris bene creti,

well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;

7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:

tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,

Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:

quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:

acute,

id. 4, 811; cf.:

cerno acutum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

altaria exhalare vapore,

Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:

ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,

Nep. Timol. 2, 2;

or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

quae cernere et videre non possumus,

id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:

ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

ut ea cernimus quae videmus,

id. Mil. 29, 79:

omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,

id. Clu. 24, 66:

coram aliquid,

to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:

aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

acies a nostris cernebatur,

id. B. C. 3, 69:

in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,

id. 2, 6, 7:

me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:

Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,

id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:

neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,

Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

cernis ut insultent Rutuli?

Verg. A. 10, 20:

cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,

Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:

cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr. — So impers. with rel. -clause:

ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,

Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,

Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:

fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—

Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:

ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?

Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—

Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:

intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,

id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,

id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,

Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:

cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—

To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):

quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:

quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,

id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:

illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

priusquam id sors cerneret,

Liv. 43, 12, 2:

certā sorte,

after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,

To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:

cernere ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,

cernere certamen,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):

seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,

Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—

In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:

acribus inter se cum armis confligere,

id. ib. p. 261, 6:

te mihi amicam esse crevi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,

In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.

To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—

To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—

= adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—

Trop.:

debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

interprĕtor, ātus (in tmesi:

inter quaecumque pretantur,

Lucr. 4, 832), 1, v. dep. [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, give expression to, translate; to understand, conclude, infer, appreciate, recognize, comprehend.

In gen. (class.):

tuae memoriae interpretari me aequom censes,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 29:

nec quidquam aliud est philosophia, si interpretari velis, quam studium sapientiae,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5:

jus,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

monstra aut fulgura,

id. Div. 1, 6, 12:

somnia,

id. ib. 1, 23, 46:

sapienter,

id. Dom. 1, 1:

cetera de genere hoc,

Lucr. 4, 832:

aliquid mitiorem in partem,

id. Mur. 31, 64: felicitatem alicujus grato animo, id. Brut. 1:

male bene dicta,

id. N. D. 3, 31, 77:

grate beneficia,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13:

male beneficium fortunae,

Sen. Ep. 63:

voluntatem alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:

sententiam alicujus,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37:

epistolam alicujus,

id. Att. 15, 28:

qui scriptum recitet et scriptoris voluntatem non interpretetur,

Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14:

medio responso spem ad voluntatem interpretantibus fecerat,

Liv. 39, 39:

obscure dicta,

Quint. 3, 4, 3:

aenigmata,

id. 8, 6, 53:

leges,

id. 3, 6, 87:

versus,

id. 1, 9, 2: allêgoria, quam inversionem interpretamur, translate, id. 8, 6, 44; 2, 15, 25; Suet. Gramm. 1:

ut plerique... viso aspectoque Agricola quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur,

few understood him, Tac. Agr. 40:

jussa ducum interpretari quam exsequi malle,

id. H. 2, 39.—With inf.:

reditu enim in castra, liberatum se esse jurejurando, interpretabatur,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113:

pomoerium verbi vim solam intuentes postmoerium interpretantur esse,

Liv. 1, 44, 4:

victoriam ut suam,

claimed as his own, Vell. 2, 80, 2:

nolite consilium ex necessitate, nec voluntatem ex vi interpretari,

Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29:

virtutem ex consuetudine vitae,

id. Lael. 6, 21: Chaldaeos interpretatos imperium Persarum ad eos transiturum, interpret signs, etc., i. e. predict, foretell, Curt. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Galb. 8.—

Esp.

To decide, determine:

neque, recte, an perperam, interpretor,

Liv. 1, 23, 8.—

Memoriae alicujus, to assist one ' s memory, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 25.—

To translate:

recte sententiam (v. the context),

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20.—

Diabolo, to ascribe to the devil, Tert. Verg. Vel. 15.

sense:

scripturae, quae male de Hebraicis interpretata sunt,

Lact. 4, 7, 7:

ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53:

flumen Naarmalcha, quod amnis regum interpretatur,

Amm. 24, 6.— interprĕtātus, a, um, P. a., explained, translated (class.):

nomen,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

haec ex Graeco carmine interpretata recitavit,

Liv. 23, 11, 4; 45, 29, 3.

vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2 (viden', i.e. videsne, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 37; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; 2, 2, 34; 4, 6, 16; Cat. 61, 98; Tib. 2, 2, 17; Verg. A. 6, 779; inf. viderier, Cic. Dom. 53, 136; Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 33:

vidĕ,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 46), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vid-, vēda, know; vindāmi, find; cf. vēda-s, sacred book; Gr. root id, Wid-, in eidon, saw; oida, know; Germ. wissen; Engl. wit, wot], to see, perceive, with the eyes (syn. cerno).

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Tun' me vidisti? Sc. Atque his quidem oculis. Ph. Carebis, credo, Qui plus vident, quam quod vident. Sc. Numquam hercle deterrebor, Quin viderim id quod viderim, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

clare oculis video,

id. ib. 3, 1, 35:

nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 46; id. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

Considium, quod non vidisset, pro viso sibi renuntiasse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

mulieres et pueri qui visum processerant,

Sall. J. 94, 5:

ut juvat pastas oves Videre properantes domum! Videre fessos vomerem inversum boves Collo trahentes languido!

Hor. Epod. 2, 62 sq.:

serpentes atque videres Infernas errare canes,

id. S. 1, 8, 35 et saep.—With ut and ind. (poët.):

viden', ut geminae stant vertice cristae?

Verg. A. 6, 779:

viden' ut faces Splendidas quatiunt comas?

Cat. 61, 77.—With ut and subj.:

nonne vides, ut tota tremor pertemptet equorum Corpora?

Verg. G. 3, 250:

nonne vides ut... Antennae gemant?

Hor. C. 1, 14, 3.— Pass.:

ubi sol sex mensibus continuis non videtur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4:

a se disertos visos esse multos,

Quint. 8, praef. § 13; cf. id. 12, 1, 21:

consulis ante pedes ire viderer eques,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 18.— Absol., to see, i. e. to have the eyes open, to be awake, Verg. E. 6, 21.— Impers. pass.: De. Vide sis modo etiam. Ly. Visum'st, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 52; id. As. 3, 3, 95.—

Transf.

Of things ( poet.), to see:

(Apenninus) Gallica rura videt,

Luc. 2, 429:

et casus abies visura marinos,

i. e. to experience, Verg. G. 2, 68.—

Of places, etc., to look out on, afford a view of (post-Aug.):

triclinium hortum et gestationem videt,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 13.—

Of the other senses, to perceive, observe any thing:

vidistin' toto sonitus procurrere caelo?

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 49:

mugire videbis Sub pedibus terram et descendere montibus ornos,

Verg. A. 4, 490:

tum videres Stridere secretā divisos aure susurros,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 77:

naso poljam haec quidem videt plus quam oculis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 44.—

In partic., to see on purpose, to look at any thing:

vide sis signi quid siet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 155; cf.:

vide, tali ubi sint,

id. Most. 1, 3, 151:

illud vide, os ut sibi distorsit carnufex,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 3:

vide, si non os inpudens Videtur,

id. ib. 5, 1, 23; cf.:

specta me, a threatening expression,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19 al.: quin tu me vides? only look at me! i. e. see what I have done! Cic. Pis. 25, 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to see with the mind's eye, to perceive, mark, observe, discern, understand, comprehend, be aware, know, etc. (class.;

syn. percipio): ad te, ut video, comminus accessit,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

quem exitum ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

id. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

aperte enim adulantem nemo non videt,

sees through, detects, id. Lael. 26, 99:

si dormientes aliquid animo videre videamur,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

aliquid in somnis,

id. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

somnia,

id. Div. 2, 71, 147:

quod ego, cur nolim, nihil video,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 2:

nonne vobis videtur is animus qui plus cernat et longius, videre se ad meliora proficisci: ille autem cui obtusior est acies non videre?

id. Sen. 23, 83.—With comp., plus, etc.:

ut is qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur,

to have seen farther, had more insight, Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

videre acutius atque acrius vitia in dicente quam recta,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 116:

aliena melius videre et dijudicare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 97 (95): cum me vidisse plus fateretur, se speravisse meliora, that I had seen farther, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 39; cf.:

sin autem vos plus in re publicā vidistis,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; cf.:

vos universos in consule deligendo plurimum vidisse fateantur,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 103:

di vatesque eorum in futurum vident,

Liv. 6, 12.—With two accs.:

quem virum Crassum vidimus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 61; cf.:

officiorum conjunctione me privatum videbam,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

cum invidiosum se propter nimias opes viderit,

Just. 32, 4, 4.—With ut and ind. (poët.):

nonne vides, croceos ut Tmolus odores, India mittit ebur,

Verg. G. 1, 56.—

In partic.

To look at, look to, consider, to think or reflect upon (cf.:

reputo, considero): duae condiciones sunt: utram tu accipias, vide,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 118:

nunc ea videamus, quae contra ab his disputari solent,

Cic. Ac. 2, 13, 40:

id primum videamus, quātenus amor in amicitiā progredi debeat,

id. Lael. 11, 36:

sed videamus Herculem ipsum,

id. Tusc. 2, 8, 20 Klotz ad loc.:

quamobrem et haec videnda et pecuniae fugienda cupiditas,

id. Off. 1, 20, 68:

te moneo: videas etiam atque etiam et consideres, quid agas, quo progrediare, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174:

legi Bruti epistolam non prudenter rescriptam: sed ipse viderit,

let him see to that himself, id. Att. 12, 21, 1; so,

viderit,

Ov. A. A. 2, 371; id. Tr. 5, 2, 43; cf.:

quam id recte faciam, viderint sapientes,

Cic. Lael. 3, 10; and:

quae (ars) quam sit facilis, illi viderint, qui, etc.... deinde etiam tu ipse videris, qui eam artem facilem esse dicis,

id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

viderint ista officia viri boni,

id. Quint. 17, 55.—

To look out for, see to, care for, provide:

atque idem (sapiens) ita acrem in omnis partis aciem intendit, ut semper videat sedem sibi ac locum sine molestiā vivendi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38:

antecesserat Statius, ut prandium nobis videret,

i. e. provide, id. Att. 5, 1, 3:

dulciculae potionis aliquid videamus et cibi,

id. Tusc. 3, 19, 46:

aliud lenius (vinum),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 50:

Philippum dixisse constabat, videndum sibi aliud esse consilium, illo senatu se rem publicam gerere non posse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 2:

absque eo esset, Recte ego mihi vidissem,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12.—

To take care, see to it, make sure, with final clause:

navem idoneam ut habeas, diligenter videbis,

Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; cf.:

videret, ut quam primum tota res transigeretur,

id. Quint. 5, 20:

ne fortuna mea desit, videte,

Liv. 6, 18, 8.— Impers. pass.:

videndum est, ne absit benignitas... tum, ut pro dignitate cuique tribuatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42:

ut Latine loquamur, non solum videndum est ut verba efferamus ea, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 40; cf.:

vos videte, quid aliae faciant isto loco feminae: et ne, cum velitis, exire non liceat,

id. Fam. 14, 18, 2.—

To see, i. e. reach, attain, obtain, enjoy.

In gen.:

qui suo toto consulatu somnum non viderit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.—

Esp., to see, live to see a period or event:

ex multis diebus, quos in vitā celeberrimos laetissimosque viderit,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

utinam eum diem videam, cum, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 11, 1:

duxi uxorem: quam ibi miseriam vidi!

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 13:

spero multa vos liberosque vestros in re publicā bona esse visuros,

Cic. Mil. 28, 78:

multas jam summorum imperatorum clarissimas victorias aetas nostra vidit,

id. ib. 28, 77:

tantum pro! degeneramus a parentibus nostris, ut praeter quam oram illi Punicas vagari classes dedecus esse imperii sui duxerint, eam nos nunc plenam hostium jam factam videamus,

Liv. 22, 14, 6; cf. id. 6, 14, 4.—

Pregn., to see, i. e. go to see, visit (colloq.; cf.:

viso, inviso): sed Septimium vide et Laenatem,

Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

quā re etiam Othonem vide,

id. ib. 12, 37, 4:

videbis ergo hominem, si voles,

id. ib. 4, 12 init.:

mane videas Plinium domi,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; Suet. Tib. 7.— Pass., to receive attention, be visited, Amm. 14, 7, 10.—

Me vide, rely on me, trust me, believe me, a formula of exhortation and assurance (ante-class.), Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 79 Brix ad loc.; id. Mil. 2, 4, 23 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Rud. 3, 3, 18; id. Merc. 5, 4, 53; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; id. Phorm. 4, 4, 30.—

Pass., to be looked upon or regarded in any manner, i. e. to seem, appear to be or do any thing:

numquam periculi fugā committendum est, ut imbelles timidique videamur,

Cic. Off. 1, [p. 1989] 24, 83:

ne id, quod speciem haberet honesti, pugnaret cum eo, quod utile videretur,

id. ib. 3, 2, 7:

multo rem turpiorem fore et iniquiorem visum iri intellegebant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 42:

ex quo illorum beata mors videtur, horum vita laudabilis,

id. Lael. 7, 23.—Parenthet. (cf. c. infra):

cum ceteris, ut quidem videor, tum mihi ipse displiceo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

ea vocabula non, ut videntur, easdem res significant,

id. ib. 3, 34, 84.—With dat. of pers.:

cetera, quae quibusdam admirabilia videntur, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

digna mihi res cum omnium cognitione tum nostrā familiaritate visa est,

id. ib. 1, 4:

idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae, etc.,

id. ib.:

a naturā mihi videtur potius quam ab indigentiā orta amicitia,

id. ib. 8, 27:

quae Aristoni et Pyrrhoni omnino visa sunt pro nihilo,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:

quod idem Scipioni videbatur,

id. ib. 4, 14.—Parenthet. (cf. c. infra):

quam nostris libris satis diligenter, ut tibi quidem videmur, expressimus,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

Philargyrus omnia de te, ut mihi quidem visus est, narravit,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 3.—

With inf.:

de familiari illo tuo videor audisse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40; id. N. D. 1, 21, 58:

satis facere rei publicae videmur, si, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 2:

ut beate vixisse videar, quia, etc.,

id. Lael. 4, 15:

solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,

id. ib. 13, 47:

videre jam videor populum a senatu disjunctum,

id. ib. 12, 41; cf.:

te vero, Caecili, quem ad modum sit elusurus, videre jam videor,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

vere videor posse contendere,

Nep. Att. 12, 4:

audire videor undique congerentes nomina poëtarum,

Quint. 10, 1, 56; Vell. 2, 14, 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; id. Pan. 17, 1.—With dat. of pers., Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

videor mihi perspicere ipsius animum,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5:

hoc mihi videor videre,

id. Inv. 2, 57, 171. —

With nom. and inf.:

ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,

id. ib. 1, 3:

quae (sapientia) videtur in hominem cadere posse,

id. ib. 26, 100: visus 'st in somnis pastor ad me adpellere, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44 B. and K.:

ut Aratus ab Jove incipiendum putat, ita nos rite coepturi ab Homero videmur,

Quint. 10, 1, 46.—With dat. of pers.:

divitior mihi et affluentior videtur esse vera amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58.—

Impers., with acc. and inf. (rare; cf.

creditur, in the same constr., and dicitur): non mihi videtur, ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12:

aliis videtur, non incohatam sed perfectam probationem hoc nomen accipere,

Quint. 5, 10, 5 Spald.:

quae vult videri, se esse prudentiam,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 71:

quia videbatur et Limnaeam eodem tempore oppugnari posse,

Liv. 36, 13, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.— Absol.:

sed mihi contra ea videtur,

Sall. J. 85, 2:

seque facile, ut mihi videtur, expediunt,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66; id. Marcell. 3, 10.—

In official decisions, as a guarded opinion instead of a positive declaration:

majores nostri voluerunt, quae jurati judices cognovissent, ea non ut esse facta, sed ut videri pronuntiarent,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

fecisse videri pronuntiat,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

cum pontifices decressent, videri posse sine religione eam partem areae mihi restitui,

id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

consul adjecit Senatusconsultum, Ambraciam non videri vi captam esse,

Liv. 38, 44, 6:

Scipionis sententiam sequuntur, uti ante certam diem Caesar exercitum dimittat: si non faciat, eum adversus rempublicam facturum videri,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2.—

Pregn., videtur (alicui), it seems proper, right, or fit, it seems good to any one; he ( she, etc.) pleases, likes.

With dat. of pers.:

tibi si videbitur, villis iis utere, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 3:

velim Lentulum puerum visas eique de mancipiis, quae tibi videbitur, attribuas,

id. Att. 12, 28, 3:

qui imitamur, quos cuique visum est,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118:

ut consul, quem videretur ei, cum imperio mitteret, qui, etc.,

Liv. 31, 3, 2; 29, 20, 4: si ei videretur, integram rem ad senatum reiceret, if he pleased, a formula of politeness, Liv. 26, 16, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.;

31, 4, 2: ut, si videretur ei, maturaret venire,

id. 34, 46, 5.—

Without dat.:

ubi visum est, sub vesperum dispersi discedunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58: eam quoque, si videtur, correctionem explicabo, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 35:

nunc, si videtur, hoc, illud alias,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23: M. Num non vis audire, etc.? A. Ut videtur, as you will, id. ib. 1, 32, 77:

si videatur,

Liv. 6, 25, 2; 26, 22, 7.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6:

supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

victor Tyrio in ostro,

id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6:

supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

victor Tyrio in ostro,

id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.

To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).

Lit.:

deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

in agris,

id. ib. 6, 30:

in ponte,

Sall. C. 45:

nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

deprehensis internuntiis,

id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

litterae deprehensae,

intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

onerarias naves,

to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

volucres jaculis,

Sil. 16, 566:

cursu deprendere telum,

Stat. Th. 6, 568:

subito deprehensus locutus est,

taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—

Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

deprensa navigia,

caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—

In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.

Lit.:

deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

in maximo scelere,

Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

in facinore manifesto,

Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

in alio maleficio,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in adulterio,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

dolis deprehensus,

Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

nocte ferro deprehensus,

Quint. 7, 6, 8:

sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

(mulier) deprensa,

caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

in mendacio,

Quint. 5, 7, 30:

aliquos flentes,

id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

aliquem occisum, Suet,

Caes. 35 et saep.—

Of inanimate objects:

venenum,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

sacrilegium,

id. 8, 6, 26.—

Trop.

To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

hominum erga se mentes,

Suet. Calig. 60:

falsas gemmas,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

Quint. 12, 1, 34:

quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

id. 4, 2, 59:

in Livio Patavinitatem,

id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—

With acc. et inf.:

species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

Quint. 9, 2, 44:

quosdam mitti,

Suet. Aug. 44:

deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

Quint. 1, 6, 7.—

To overtake, equal, imitate:

juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—

To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

extra carmen non deprendas,

Quint. 1, 5, 18:

quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

id. 9, 3, 40.—

With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.

Lit.:

inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

Curt. 7, 4, 4:

in fovea,

id. 5, 3, 19:

flamina deprensa silvis,

i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —

Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

deprensi pudorem explicant,

Quint. 6, 3, 100:

(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

id. 5, 7, 11 al.

per-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (old form of the pluperf. percepset for percepisset, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98; v. Trag. Rel. p. 207 Rib.), v. a. [capio], to take wholly, to seize entirely (cf. occupo).

Lit.

To take possession of, to seize, occupy:

mihi horror misero membra percipit dictis tuis,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66:

priusquam percipit (eum) insania,

id. Men. 5, 5, 22; id. Stich. 2, 2, 17:

neque urbis odium me umquam percipit,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:

vitae percipit humanos odium,

Lucr. 3, 80; 5, 605.—

To take to one's self, to assume:

varii sensus animantibus insunt, quorum quisque suam proprie rem percipit in se,

Lucr. 6, 985:

rigorem,

Ov. M. 4, 745:

colorem,

Plin. 21, 5, 13, § 26:

sucum thymi,

Col. 11, 3, 40.—

To get, obtain, receive:

serere, percipere, condere fructus,

to gather, collect, Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

praemia,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

fructum ex oleā,

Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3:

civitatem ab aliquo,

Just. 43, 5, 13:

hereditatem,

Suet. Tib. 15; Petr. 141.—

Trop. (so most freq. in class. lang.; syn.: sentio, intellego, comprehendo).

To perceive, observe:

ne, quod hic agimus, erus percipiat fieri,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 2:

quod neque oculis, neque auribus, neque ullo sensu percipi potest,

Cic. Or. 2, 8:

crebraeque nunc querelae, nunc minae percipiebantur,

were heard, Caes. B. C. 3, 84; Liv. 2, 3, 5:

quae dicam,

i. e. hear, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27:

et aures, cum sonum percipere debeant,

id. N. D. 2, 56, 141; so,

percipe auribus,

hear, give ear, Vulg. Psa. 16, 1 et saep.—

To feel:

neque majorem voluptatem ex infinito tempore aetatis percipi posse, quam ex hoc percipiatur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 63:

voluptatem,

id. ib. 1, 11, 37:

luctus,

id. Fam. 14, 11:

dolores,

id. ib. 14, 11:

gaudia,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 60.—

To learn, [p. 1335] know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive, etc.:

res percepta et cognita,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

percipere et comprehendere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 26:

cognosci et percipi posse,

id. Fin. 1, 19, 64:

aliquid animo,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

artificium aliquod,

id. ib. 1, 28, 127:

virtutem et humanitatem,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10:

philosophiam,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 219:

praecepta artis,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60:

omnium civium nomina perceperat,

knew, id. Sen. 7, 21:

nomen Graecum, sed perceptum usu a nostris,

known, id. N. D. 2, 36, 91.—Hence, perceptus, a, um, P. a., perceived, observed. —Hence, subst.: percep-ta, ōrum, n., doctrines, principles, rules of an art or science: percepta appello, quae dicuntur Graecis theôrêmata, Cic. Fat. 6, 11. — Sing.:

pro percepto liquere,

as proved, certain, Gell. 14, 1, 11.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.