to+defend

• While we breathe, we shall defend

3, claim, defend

to cover, shield, protect, defend.

to defend, ward off, protect, shelter.

to fortify, defend, protect / build a road.

to protect, defend, support, patronize.

as-sisto ( ads-, Fleck., Lachm., B. and K., Rib., Halm; ass-, Merk.), astĭti, no sup., 3, v. n. (cf. absisto), to place one's self somewhere, to stand, post one's self.

In gen.:

Mane tu atque adsiste ilico,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 2:

Adsistite omnes contra me,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 23:

ut adsisterent coram Domino,

Vulg. Job, 1, 6; ib. 2 Par. 9, 7:

adsiste altrinsecus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 123:

hic propter hunc adsiste,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15:

Qui nunc hic adsistunt,

Vulg. Zach. 3, 7:

Accede, nate, adsiste,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21:

ut ipsi ad fores adsisterent, imperat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut contra omnes hostium copias in ponte unus (Cocles) adsisteret,

id. Leg. 2, 4, 10:

Quem Turnus super adsistens,

Verg. A. 10, 490:

Donec Laërtius heros Astitit,

Ov. M. 13, 125. —

Esp.

As indicating a completed action, to stand somewhere, to stand at or by:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus adsistat,

may stand erect, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

Nec refert quibus adsistas regionibus ejus,

Lucr. 1, 964:

lecto assistere,

Ov. F. 5, 457:

precanti,

id. ib. 1, 631: adsisto divinis, * Hor. S. 1, 6, 114:

neque enim scribenti, ediscenti et cogitanti praeceptor adsistit,

Quint. 1, 2, 12.—With acc.:

equos,

Stat. Th. 3, 299.— Trop.:

consulum tribunalibus Italia et publicae provinciae adsisterent, i. e. comparerent jura accepturi,

Tac. A. 13, 4.—

Alicui.

To stand by one (as counsel) before a tribunal, to defend, assist, aid (post-Aug. for the class. adesse, q. v.):

adsistebam Vareno,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 3; 7, 10, 85; Dig. 6, 1, 54; App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 3.—

To stand before one on trial, in judgment (eccl. Lat.):

Caesari oportet te adsistere,

Vulg. Act. 27, 23.

ad-sum (Ribbeck has written assum in Novius by conj. from suum of the MSS., Com. Trag. p. 262; in Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 67, adsum must be pronounced assum, as the pun on the word requires, Roby, I. p. 49), adfui (affui, Merkel, L. Müller), adesse, v. n. (arfui = adfui, S. C. de Bacch.; arf = adfuerunt, ib.; arfuise = adfuisse, ib.; v. ad init.;

adsiem = adsim,

Verg. Cat. 5, 6 ( dicam, Rib.):

adsiet,

Cato, R. R. 141, 4; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 9; Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 11:

adsient,

id. Phorm. 2, 18, 3: adfore now and then takes the place of adfuturus esse, and adforem of adessem, which is written with one s, adesent, in S. C. de Bacch.), to be at or near a person or place, to be somewhere, to be present (opp. absum, to be distant, removed, absent).

Lit.

Absol.: visus Homerus adesse poëta, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Ann. v. 6 Vahl.), imitated by Verg. A. 2, 271, and Ov. M. 7, 635; v. below: Hegio adsum;

si quid me vis, impera,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 1; so id. Truc. 2, 6, 33; 4, 3, 52:

quasi adfuerim simulabo,

id. Am. 1, 1, 45. —

With adv. or adj.:

etsi abest, hic adesse erum Arbitror,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 11:

Philolaches jam hic aderit,

id. Most. 5, 1, 29; and id. Ps. 1, 2, 48:

quod adest praesto,

Lucr. 5, 1412:

ut quasi coram adesse videare, cum scribo aliquid ad te,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16; id. Att. 5, 18, 3; Verg. A. 1, 595:

non quia ades praesens dico hoc,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 39.—

With prepp.:

ad exercitum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 6:

in tabernaculo,

id. ib. 1, 1, 269:

adsum apud te,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 67:

mulier ad eam rem divinam ne adsit,

Cato, R. R. 83:

ad portam,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

ante oculos maestissimus Hector Visus adesse mihi,

Verg. A. 2, 271:

ante oculos eadem mihi quercus adesse... visa est,

Ov. M. 7, 635. —

With dat.:

adsum praesens praesenti tibi,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27:

DVM. NE. MINVS. SENATORIBVS. C. ADESENT. S. C. de Bacch. (see Append. to this dictionary): portis,

Verg. A. 2, 330:

senatui,

Tac. A. 4, 55:

convivio,

Suet. Tib. 61 fin.:

quaestioni,

id. ib. 62: pugnae. id. Oth. 9.

Trop.

Of time, to be present, be at hand:

dum tempestates adsunt,

Lucr. 1, 178:

Vesper adest,

Cat. 62, 1:

jamque dies aderit,

Ov. M. 3, 519; 9, 285; 12, 150:

aderat judicio dies,

Liv. 3, 12:

cum jam partus adesset,

Ov. M. 9, 674.—

Of other abstr. things, to be present, to be at hand (incorrectly made syn. with the simple esse).

Absol.:

nunc adest occasio benefacta cumulare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,

id. Men. prol. 16:

omnia adsunt bona, quem penes est virtus,

id. Am. 2, 2, 21:

ut tranquillitas animi et securitas adsit,

Cic. Off. 1, 20:

tanti aderant morbi vesicae et viscerum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30.—

With dat.:

hominum quīs pudor paulum adest,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 6:

vigilantibus hinc aderant solacia somni,

Lucr. 5, 1405:

vis ad resistendum nulli aderat,

Vell. 2, 61; 2, 21:

vim adfore verbo Crediderat,

Verg. A. 10, 547:

tantus decor adfuit arti,

Ov. M. 6, 18:

simplicitas puerilibus adfuit annis,

id. ib. 5, 400:

quantus adest equis Sudor,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 9:

uti mox Nulla fides damnis adsit,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 57:

quousque patieris, Caesar, non adesse caput reipublicae?

to be in his place, to be present, Tac. A. 1, 13 et saep.—

Animo or animis, to be present in mind, with attention, interest, sympathy; also, with courage (cf. animus); to give attention to something, to give heed, observe, attend to; also, to be fearless, be of good courage:

ut intellegeretis eum non adfuisse animo, oum ab illis causa ageretur,

Cic. Caecin. 10 fin.:

adestote omnes animis, qui adestis corporibus,

id. Sull. 11, 33; id. Phil. 8, 10, 30 (cf. Ter. And. prol. 24, and Phorm. prol. 30: adeste aequo animo): [p. 46] quam ob rem adeste animis, judices, et timorem, si quem habetis, deponite, Cic. Mil. 2, 4:

ades animo et omitte timorem,

id. Rep. 6, 10 fin. —

Poet., to be present with one, to be associated with, to attend:

Tu ducibus Latiis aderis, cum laeta Triumphum Vox canet,

Ov. M. 1, 560;

of the cypress: aderis dolentibus,

id. ib. 10, 142. —

To be present with one's aid or support; to stand by, to assist, aid, help, protect, defend, sustain (esp. freq. of advocati; cf.

absum): ibo ad forum atque aliquot mihi amicos advocabo, ad hanc rem qui adsient,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82; id. Eun. 4, 6, 26:

omnes enim hi, quos videtis adesse in hac causa, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 29; id. Sull. 29; id. Phil. 2, 37, 95; Quint. 1, 4; 8, 30 et saep.:

ego tamen tuis rebus sic adero ut difficillimis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 14 fin.; so id. Att. 1, 1:

Camulogenus suis aderat atque eos cohortabatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 62:

dictator intercessioni adero,

Liv. 6, 38:

cui sententiae adest Dicaearchus,

Plin. 2, 65, 65:

Aderam Arrionillae, Timonis uxori,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 5; 2, 11, 2:

quod ille adversus privatum se intemperantius adfuisset,

had taken part, Suet. Claud. 38 Bremi.—With inf.:

non Teucros delere aderam,

Sil. 9, 532;

so of a protecting, aiding divinity, esp. in invocations, adsis, adsit, etc.: adsis, o Tegeaee, favens,

Verg. G. 1, 18; id. A. 4, 578:

adsis, o Cytherea,

id. Cat. 6, 11:

ades, Dea, muneris auctor,

Ov. M. 10, 673; so,

Huc ades,

Tib. 1, 7, 49:

di omnes nemorum, adeste,

Ov. M. 7, 198:

nostris querelis adsint (dii),

Liv. 3, 25:

frugumque aderit mea Delia custos,

Tib. 1, 5, 21:

si vocata partubus Lucina veris adfuit,

Hor. Epod. 5, 6:

origini Romanae et deos adfuisse et non defuturam virtutem,

Liv. 1, 9; 5, 51 al.— To be present as a witness:

(testes) adsunt cum adversariis,

Cic. Fl. 23;

promissi testis adesto,

Ov. M. 2, 45; hence the t. t. scribendo adesse, to be present as a witness to some writing or contract (usually placed at the beginning of the writing), S. C. de Bacch. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 and 6 al.—

Involving the idea of motion, to come, to appear (most freq. in post-Aug. prose): adsum atque advenio Acherunte, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37;

jam ego hic adero,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 7; Ter. And. 4, 2, 32; id. Heaut. 3, 1, 96; id. Eun. 4, 7, 41:

hi ex Africa jam adfuturi videntur,

Cic. Att. 11, 15:

Hymen ades o Hymenaee,

Cat. 62, 5:

Galli per dumos aderant,

Verg. A. 8, 657; 11, 100:

huc ades, o formose puer,

id. E. 2, 45; 7, 9; Ov. M. 8, 598; 2, 513 (cf. also adesdum):

ecce Arcas adest,

appears, is arrived, id. ib. 2, 497; so 3, 102; 528; 4, 692; 5, 46; 8, 418; 9, 200, 304, 363, 760; 11, 349; 12, 341;

13, 73, 82, 662, 906: adfore tempus, quo, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 256;

cum hostes adessent, i. e. appropinquarent,

Liv. 2, 10:

truci clamore aderant semisomnos in barbaros,

Tac. A. 4, 25:

infensi adesse et instare,

Sall. J. 50:

quod serius adfuisset,

Suet. Aug. 94 al. —In App. with acc.:

cubiculum adero, Met. 2, p. 119 Elm.: scopulum aderunt,

ib. 5, p. 160.—

As judicial t. t., to appear before a tribunal:

C. Verrem altera actione responsurum non esse, neque ad judicium adfuturum... quod iste certe statuerat non adesse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1:

augures adsunt,

id. Dom. 34:

augurem adesse jusserunt,

Vell. 2, 10; cf. Brisson. de Form. V. p. 446.—

Of the senate, to attend, to convene:

edixit ut adesset senatus frequens a. d. viii. Kal. Decembris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 19:

ne sine causa videretur edixisse, ut senatus adcsset,

id. ib. 24.

as-sisto ( ads-, Fleck., Lachm., B. and K., Rib., Halm; ass-, Merk.), astĭti, no sup., 3, v. n. (cf. absisto), to place one's self somewhere, to stand, post one's self.

In gen.:

Mane tu atque adsiste ilico,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 2:

Adsistite omnes contra me,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 23:

ut adsisterent coram Domino,

Vulg. Job, 1, 6; ib. 2 Par. 9, 7:

adsiste altrinsecus,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 123:

hic propter hunc adsiste,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15:

Qui nunc hic adsistunt,

Vulg. Zach. 3, 7:

Accede, nate, adsiste,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21:

ut ipsi ad fores adsisterent, imperat,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

ut contra omnes hostium copias in ponte unus (Cocles) adsisteret,

id. Leg. 2, 4, 10:

Quem Turnus super adsistens,

Verg. A. 10, 490:

Donec Laërtius heros Astitit,

Ov. M. 13, 125. —

Esp.

As indicating a completed action, to stand somewhere, to stand at or by:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus adsistat,

may stand erect, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54:

Nec refert quibus adsistas regionibus ejus,

Lucr. 1, 964:

lecto assistere,

Ov. F. 5, 457:

precanti,

id. ib. 1, 631: adsisto divinis, * Hor. S. 1, 6, 114:

neque enim scribenti, ediscenti et cogitanti praeceptor adsistit,

Quint. 1, 2, 12.—With acc.:

equos,

Stat. Th. 3, 299.— Trop.:

consulum tribunalibus Italia et publicae provinciae adsisterent, i. e. comparerent jura accepturi,

Tac. A. 13, 4.—

Alicui.

To stand by one (as counsel) before a tribunal, to defend, assist, aid (post-Aug. for the class. adesse, q. v.):

adsistebam Vareno,

Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 3; 7, 10, 85; Dig. 6, 1, 54; App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 3.—

To stand before one on trial, in judgment (eccl. Lat.):

Caesari oportet te adsistere,

Vulg. Act. 27, 23.

causa (by Cicero, and also a little after him, caussa, Quint. 1, 7, 20; so Fast. Praenest. pp. 321, 322; Inscr. Orell. 3681; 4077; 4698 al.; in Mon. Ancyr. 3, 1 dub.), ae, f. [perh. root cav- of caveo, prop. that which is defended or protected; cf. cura], that by, on account of, or through which any thing takes place or is done; a cause, reason, motive, inducement; also, in gen., an occasion, opportunity (opp. effectis, Quint. 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 29:

factis,

id. 4, 2, 52; 12, 1, 36 al.; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of discourse. In its different meanings syn. with ratio, principium, fons, origo, caput; excusatio, defensio; judicium, controversia, lis; partes, actio; condicio, negotium, commodum, al.).

In gen.: causa ea est, quae id efficit, cujus est causa; ut vulnus mortis; cruditas morbi;

ignis ardoris. Itaque non sic causa intellegi debet, ut quod cuique antecedat, id ei causa sit, sed quod cuique efficienter antecedat,

Cic. Fat. 15, 34:

justa et magna et perspicua,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: id. Phil. 2, 22, 53; id. Att. 16, 7, 6:

sontica causa, v. sonticus.—Followed by a particle of cause: causa, quamobrem, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 18; id. Eun. 1, 2, 65; id. [p. 304] Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. Hec. 3, 3, 22; 3, 5, 2; 4, 4, 73; Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 44:

causa, quare, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

causa, cur, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10; Quint. 11, 3, 16; 2, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 16, 19 al.:

causa quod, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109; id. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Quint. 2, 1, 1; 5, 10, 30 al.:

ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4 al.:

haud causa quin, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

quae causa est quin,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 103:

quid causae est quin,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; Hor. S. 1, 1, 20:

nulla causa est quin,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

causa quominus,

Sall. C. 51, 41; Liv. 34, 56, 9:

causa ne,

id. 34, 39, 9:

nihil causae est cur non, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 59:

causae propter quas, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 12; 5, 7, 24; 8, 6, 23.—With gen. obj.:

is, qui causa mortis fuit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7; Liv. 21, 21, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 18; 7, 4, 42:

salutis,

Lucr. 3, 349:

morbi,

id. 3, 502; Verg. G. 4, 397; Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:

nos causa belli sumus,

Liv. 1, 13, 3:

causa mortis fuistis,

Quint. 7, 3, 32; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 3:

explicandae philosophiae,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6:

nec vero umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit,

id. Off. 2, 8, 29; so,

belli,

Sall. C. 2, 2; Verg. A. 7, 553; Hor. C. 2, 1, 2; id. S. 1, 3, 108; id. Ep. 1, 2, 9:

felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,

Verg. G. 2, 490:

vera objurgandi causa,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; cf. with ad:

causa ad objurgandum,

id. ib. 1, 1, 123; id. Hec. 4, 4, 71; and poet. with inf.:

consurgere in arma,

Verg. A. 10, 90:

perire,

Tib. 3, 2, 30:

gestare carinas,

Luc. 5, 464.— With prepp.:

cum causā,

with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4:

sine causā,

without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. Fat. 9, 18; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; id. Att. 13, 22, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 35; 1, 12, 9:

his de causis,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6:

id nisi gravi de causā non fecisset,

id. ib. 7, 7, 3:

justis de causis,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quā de causā,

id. Off. 1, 41, 147; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

quibus de causis,

Quint. 4, 2, 15;

less freq. in ante-Aug. prose: quā ex causa,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; id. Mur. 17, 36; but very freq. in Quint., Sen., and the younger Plin.; so,

nullā aliā ex causā,

Sen. Ep. 29, 1:

multis ex causis,

Quint. 5, 12, 3:

quibus ex causis,

id. 4, 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8:

ex plurimis causis,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6:

ex his (causis),

id. ib. 5, 8, 6:—ob eam causam scribo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4:

illa festinatio fuit ob illam causam, ne, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

ob eam causam, quia, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

ob eas causas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

ob eam ipsam causam,

Cic. Brut. 7, 29:

quam ob causam,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

propter eam quam dixi causam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

causae propter quas,

Quint. 4, 2, 12.—In causā esse, to be the cause of, responsible for, etc. (rare):

in causā haec sunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur,

Liv. 40, 26, 5:

verecundiam multis in causā fuisse, ut, etc.,

Quint. 12, 5, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; 7, 5, 1; Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; cf.:

tarditatis causa in senatu fuit,

Liv. 4, 58, 4.—

Causā, in abl. with gen. or possess. adj. (usu. put after the noun), as patris causā, meā causā, on account of, for the sake of (in the best prose, almost always referring to the future, and implying a purpose; cf. propter with acc. of the pre-existing cause or motive):

honoris tui causā huc ad te venimus,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 25; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35; Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2 al.:

animi causa, v. animus, II., etc.: exempli causā, v. exemplum: causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 160; id. Am. 1, 3, 42 al.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 41; 5, 5, 23 al.;

causā meāpte,

id. ib. 4, 3, 8:

nostra causa,

id. Phorm. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120; Quint. 7, 4, 9:

vestrā magis hoc causā volebam quam meā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35. 162:

aliena potius causa quam sua,

Quint. 3, 7, 16.—Put before the noun:

rastros capsit causă potiendi agri,

Enn. Ann. 324 Vahl.:

quidquid hujus feci, causā virginis Feci,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 122; so Liv. 26, 32, 6; 31, 12, 4; 39, 14, 8; 40, 41 fin.; 40, 44, 10.—Rarely with propter in the same sense:

vestrarum sedum templorumque causā, propter salutem meorum civium,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45.—With gen. of pers. or reflex. pron. instead of possess. very rare (v. Lahmeyer ad Cic. Lael. 16, 57):

quod illi semper sui causā fecerant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121.

Esp.

= justa causa, good reason, just cause, full right:

cum causā accedere ad accusandum,

with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; so,

cum causā,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; 3, 16, 7;

and the contrary: sine causā,

without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2 al.—

An apology, excuse, Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 42; Cic. Fam. 16, 19 fin.; Verg. A. 9, 219 al.—

Causam alicui dare alicujus rei, occasion:

qui (Nebatius) mihi dedit causam harum litterarum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 8;

for which poët.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit,

Verg. G. 2, 455 Forbig. ad loc.—

A feigned cause, a pretext, pretence, = praetextus, prophasis:

habere causam,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 44:

fingere falsas causas,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; id. And. 1, 3, 8 Ruhnk.; 4, 1, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 4:

fingit causas ne det,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58; cf. Tib. 1, 6, 11:

morae facere,

to pretend reasons for the delay, Sall. J. 36, 2:

inferre causam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 2:

causam interponere,

Nep. Them. 7, 1; cf. id. Milt. 4, 1:

bellandi,

id. Ham. 3, 1:

belli,

Tac. A. 12, 45:

jurgii,

Phaedr. 1, 1, 4 al. (On the other hand, causa, a true cause, is opp. to praetextus, a pretext, Suet. Caes. 30.)—So freq. per causam, under the pretext, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; 3, 76; 3, 87; Liv. 2, 32, 1 Drak.; 22, 61, 8; Suet. Caes. 2; id. Oth. 3; id. Vesp. 1; Tib. 1, 6, 26; Ov. H. 20, 140; id. Tr. 2, 452.—

In judic. lang. t. t., a cause, judicial process, lawsuit:

privatae,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

publicae,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 74; id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

capitis aut famae,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

causam agere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Quint. 6, 1, 54; 7, 2, 55; 10, 7, 30;

11, 1, 67 et saep.: constituere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

perorare,

id. Quint. 24, 77:

defendere,

Quint. 3, 6, 9; 12, 1, 24; 12, 1, 37; Suet. Caes. 49:

exponere,

Quint. 2, 5, 7:

perdere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

obtinere,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 1:

tenere (= obticere),

Ov. M. 13, 190: causā cadere, v. cado, II.: causam dicere, to defend one ' s self, or to make a defence (as an advocate), Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 12 and 13; 21, 54; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Quint. 8, 31; Liv. 29, 19, 5; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 8, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 30 et saep.— Poet.: causa prior, the first part of the process, i. e. the trial, Ov. M. 15, 37.—Hence,

Out of the sphere of judicial proceedings, the party, faction, cause that one defends:

ne condemnare causam illam, quam secutus esset, videretur, etc.,

Cic. Lig. 9, 27 sq.:

suarum partium causa,

Quint. 3, 8, 57:

causa Caesaris melior,

id. 5, 11, 42; Tac. A. 1, 36 al. —Hence,

Meton.

A relation of friendship, connection:

quīcum tibi adfininitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48:

explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; id. Fam. 13, 19, 1.—

In gen., = condicio, a condition, state, situation, relation, position:

ut nonnumquam mortem sibi ipse consciscere aliquis debeat, alius in eādem causā non debeat: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, alia ceteri, qui se in Africā Caesari tradiderunt?

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; so Caes. B. G. 4, 4 Herz.:

(Regulus) erat in meliore causā quam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Agr. 3, 2, 9 (where for causa in the foll. clause is condicio):

atque in hoc genere mea causa est, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 4, 1; cf. id. ib. 9, 13, 1.—

= negotium, a cause, business undertaken for any one, an employment:

cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 170:

quod nemo eorum rediisset, qui super tali causā eodem missi erant,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—

In medic. lang., a cause for disease:

causam metuere,

Cels. 3, 3; so Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11 fin.; Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—Hence in late Lat. for disease, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 95; id. Acut. 2, 29, 157; Veg. 1, 25, 1; 3, 6, 11; 3, 45, 5; 4, 4, 2 al.—

That which lies at the basis of a rhetorical representation, matter, subject, hupothesis, Cic. Top. 21, 79; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Quint. 3, 5, 7 sq.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

dēfenso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. intens. [defendo].

To fend off diligently, ward off:

metus,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105.—

To defend diligently, protect (rare; mostly ante-class. and poet., not in Cic. or Caes.):

moenia,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 30; Sall. J. 26, 1; 60, 3:

alios ab hostibus,

id. ib. 97:

humeros,

Ov. M. 12, 376:

se ipsa moenia,

Liv. 26, 45 (al. defendebant):

se injuria,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 39.— Absol.:

dum defensamus (sc. armentum),

Ov. M. 11, 374. [p. 529]

ē-mūnĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to fortify, secure, provide with a wall (not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

locum arcis in modum,

Liv. 24, 21 fin.:

non opus est arduos colles emunire,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 6.—

Transf.

To strengthen, make secure:

obice postes,

Verg. A. 8, 227:

murum opere,

Liv. 26, 46, 2:

caveam retibus,

Col. 8, 8, 4:

sola et latera horreorum,

id. 1, 6, 16.—

To protect, defend:

vites caveis ab injuria pecoris,

Col. 5, 6, 21.—

To build up, elevate for defence:

murus, ut in suspecto loco, supra ceterae modum altitudinis, emunitus erat,

Liv. 21. 7, 7:

locus in modum arcis emunitus,

id. 24, 21, 12.—

To pile up, heap up:

toros ostro auroque,

Stat. Th. 1, 518.—

To clear, to make passable:

silvas ac paludes,

Tac. Agr. 31.—

Trop.:

emunivit animum,

Sen. Contr. 3, 17, 10, p. 226 Bip.

fĭdes, ĕi ( gen. sing. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102.— Ante-class. and poet. form of the gen. fide, like die, facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1; id. Poen. 4, 2, 68; Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; Charis. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90.— Dat. fide, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 105; Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f. [fido], trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).

Lit.

In gen.:

si sciat noster senex, fidem non esse huic habitam,

that he has not been trusted, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52; cf.:

fides ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest... iis fidem habemus, quos plus intelligere quam nos arbitramur... bonis viris ita fides habetur, ut nulla sit in iis fraudis injuriaeque suspicio... prudentia sine justitia nihil valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc.,

to give confidence, produce confidence, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant;

ut non tam fides non habenda, quam ratio quaerenda sit,

to give credence, id. Rep. 1, 10; cf.:

quod si insanorum visis fides non est habenda, quia falsa sunt, cur credatur somniantium visis, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

si ita posset defendere, tamen fides huic defensioni non haberetur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148:

me miseram! forsitan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; cf.:

cum jam minor fabulis haberetur fides,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10:

(fidem) majorem tibi habui quam paene ipsi mihi,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 7, 18, 1:

ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4:

cui maximam fidem suarum rerum habeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; cf.:

cui summam omnium rerum fidem habebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere,

Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113:

testimonio fidem tribuere,

id. Sull. 3, 10; cf.:

Cratippus iisdem rebus fidem tribuit,

id. Div. 1, 3, 5:

et auctoritatem orationi affert et fidem,

id. Or. 34, 120:

si tota oratio nostra omnem sibi fidem sensibus confirmat,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

constituere fidem,

id. Part. Or. 9, 31: fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief, id. Brut. 50, 187; cf.:

quoniam auribus vestris... minorem fidem faceret oratio mea,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 4:

aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37, 1;

so with dare (rare): res ipsa fidem sermoni meo dabit,

App. M. 4, p. 146, 25:

Hercules cui ea res immortalitatis fidem dedit,

assured of, Just. 24, 4, 4; Plin. Pan. 74, 3.—With object-clauses:

fac fidem, te nihil nisi populi utilitatem et fructum quaerere,

evince, show, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., will convince, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.:

mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

cum vix fides esset, rem ullo modo successuram,

Suet. Vesp. 7:

male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41:

quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum suspicio derogavit,

Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.:

alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and:

omnibus abrogatur fides,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 36:

quae res fidem abrogat orationi,

Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17:

imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to give credence (opp. fidem demere):

ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,

Tac. G. 3 fin. —

In partic., in mercant. lang., credit:

cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, neque creditae pecuniae solverentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.:

scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

fides de foro sublata erat,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

labefacta jam fide,

credit being impaired, Suet. Vesp. 4:

pecunia suā aut amicorum fide sumpta mutua,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

non contentus agrariis legibus fidem moliri coepit,

Liv. 6, 11, 8; cf.:

fidem abrogare,

id. 6, 41, 11:

fidemque remque, perdere,

credit and means, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 36; cf.:

res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

nisi fide staret res publica, opibus non staturam,

Liv. 23, 48, 9 Drak.; freq.: res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, i. e. entire resources, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24; 38; id. Most. 1, 2, 64; Sall. J. 73, 6 Cort.—

Beyond the mercant. sphere ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

segetis certa fides meae,

i. e. return, yield, Hor. C. 3, 16, 30:

at tibi... Persolvat nullā semina certa fide,

Tib. 2, 3, 62:

fallax fides unius anni,

Plin. Pan. 32, 4:

quia hanc ejus terrae fidem Menander eludit,

Quint. 12, 10, 25.

Transf., that which produces confidence or belief.

The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth, etc.

In gen. (erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; v. the foll. passages):

fundamentum justitiae est fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, quia fiat, quod dictum est, appellatam fidem,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.:

justitia creditis in rebus fides nominatur,

id. Part. Or. 22, 78:

meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99; cf.:

fides fidelitasque amicum erga,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 2:

homo antiqua virtute ac fide,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88; cf.:

exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

esse summa probitate ac fide,

id. ib. 3, 17:

vir aequissimus, singulari fide,

id. ib. 3, 17:

quorum fides est laudata,

id. ib. 2, 36:

quibus facillime justitia et fides convalescit,

id. ib. 2, 14:

unde justitia, fides, aequitas?

id. ib. 1, 2:

cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati (Gallia) commendata est,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

aequitas et fides,

id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.:

si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

quanta fide, quanta religione,

id. Font. 6, 13:

hinc fides, illinc fraudatio,

id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.):

mea eraga te fides et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1:

pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

in fide atque amicitia civitatis Aeduae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 2:

in fide manere,

id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.:

sincera fide in pace Ligures esse,

Liv. 40, 34, 11:

si tibi optima fide sua omnia concessit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

praestare fidem,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 55: Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona, Plaut. Mil. 4, 10, 42:

de pace cum fide agere,

Liv. 32, 33, 10:

jussas cum fide poenas luam,

Hor. Epod. 17, 37:

haecne marita fides?

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11:

Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque,

faithful bail, Ov. M. 12, 365:

perjura patris fides,

perjured faith, dishonesty, Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep.—Prov.:

fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo numquam redit,

Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.):

fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo,

id. 166.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

nam cum Gabinii levitas... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc.,

trustworthiness, credibility, Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.:

nunc vero quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt (litterae)?

id. Fl. 9, 21; and:

visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt,

id. Ac. 2, 18, 58 fin.; and:

qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit,

truth, Quint. 10, 1, 32:

aliter oraculorum, aliter haruspicum fides confirmari aut refelli potest,

id. 5, 7, 36:

probationum,

id. 4 praef. §

6: liber spectatae fidei,

Gell. 1, 7, 1:

paulum distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum fide multi existimant Lygdinos, etc.,

in faithful preservation, keeping in good condition, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62.—

In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise:

dicta fides sequitur,

Ov. M. 3, 527 (cf.:

res dicta secuta est,

id. ib. 4, 550):

vota fides sequitur,

id. ib. 8, 713:

promissa exhibuere fidem,

were fulfilled, id. ib. 7, 323; cf.:

en haec promissa fides est?

is this the fulfilment of the oracle? Verg. A. 6, 346.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously:

arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA,

Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA;

fideique bonae, nomen existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: praetor ait: QVI [p. 747] BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.:

bonae fidei emptori subrepta re quam emerit,

Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15:

ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona fides possidenti nihil prodest,

Dig. 41, 3, 24:

tot judicia de fide mala, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt, etc.,

i. e. deception, dishonesty, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

bonā fide = certissime,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 30; id. Aul. 4, 10, 42; id. Capt. 4, 2, 110; cf.:

mala fide,

Dig. 41, 2, 1, § 6.—

An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.

In gen.:

fide data, credamus,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

atque etiam, si quid singuli temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso fides conservanda: ut primo Punico bello Regulus... ad supplicium redire maluit, quam fidem hosti datam fallere,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

fidem dare, violare, in fide non stare,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

Pompei fides, quam de me Caesari dederat,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 12:

inter se fidem et jusjurandum dare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:

obligare fidem alicui,

to plight one's faith, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

fidem reliquis interponere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6 fin.:

fide mea spondeo, futurum ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

diffidens, de numero dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 1:

si fidem mecum servas,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 48:

tecum servavi fidem,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 10; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33:

fides juris jurandi cum hoste servanda,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

fidem erga imperatorem conservare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 84, 3:

fidem erga populum Romanum servare,

Liv. 24, 4, 5:

servata erga Galbam,

Tac. H. 1, 71:

in regem suum servata,

Curt. 6, 5, 2:

ut fidem vobis praestaremus,

Liv. 28, 39, 2; so,

fidem alicui praestare,

Curt. 6, 4, 9; Liv. 30, 15, 5; Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

non servata fides deditis est,

Liv. 24, 1, 10; cf. Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; Sen. Ep. 71, 17:

fidem suam liberare,

to perform his promise, Cic. Fl. 20, 47; cf.:

fidem alicujus liberare,

id. Fam. 12, 7, 2: so,

fidem exsolvere,

Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8; 24, 16, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6; Luc. 9, 98 al.:

fidem frangere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16;

for which violare, v. above,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

fidem amittere,

Nep. Eum. 10:

istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king), id. Deiot. 1, 1:

contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem,

confirmed, Liv. 2, 24, 6.—

Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, in gen., protection, guardian care:

introduxi Vulturcium sine Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu senatus dedi,

promised him protection, security, in the name of the public, Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: Vulturcius interrogatus... primo fingere alia;

post, ubi fide publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti gesta erant aperit,

Sall. C. 47, 1:

cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si fides publica data esset,

id. ib. 48, 4:

uti L. Cassius ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita fide publica Romam duceret,

id. J. 32, 1; cf.:

privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, quam ille non minoris quam publicam ducebat,

id. ib. fin.:

qui Romam fide publica venerat,

id. ib. 35, 7; so,

too, simply fides: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti,

Cic. Brut. 23, 89:

fide accepta ab legatis, vim abfuturam,

Liv. 38, 33, 3:

Thais patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 9; cf.:

se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106:

quaere in cujus fide sint et clientela,

id. ib. 33, 93:

aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere,

Liv. 38, 31, 2:

frugi hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra fide ac potestate: atque ita, ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati,

Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.:

se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2:

in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire,

id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

in fide alicujus esse,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2:

ea (jura) fidei suae commissa,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

civitas in Catonis fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

recipere aliquid in fidem,

id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.:

aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere,

id. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

recipere aliquem in fidem,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3:

hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur,

id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant, Verg. A. 2, 541:

di, obsecro vostram fidem!

your protection, assistance, help, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11; id. Am. 5, 1, 78; id. Most. 1, 1, 74; 2, 2, 97; cf.:

fidem vestram oro atque obsecro, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86:

deum atque hominum fidem implorabis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25;

so in colloq. lang. frequently elliptic. as an exclamation: Di vostram fidem!

by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 58, id. Men. 5, 2, 119; id. Poen. 4, 78 al.; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5; id. Eun. 3, 1, 28 al.; cf.:

tuam fidem, Venus!

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40:

pro deum atque hominum fidem!

id. ib. 5, 3, 16; id. Ep. 4, 2, 10; Ter. And. 1. 5, 2; 1, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9 al.; Sall. C. 20, 10 al.;

for which: pro deorum atque hominum fidem!

Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

and in a different order: pro deorum fidem atque hominum,

id. Lael. 15, 52;

also simply pro deum fidem,

Liv. 3, 67, 7 Drak. N. cr.; and:

per fidem!

Petr. 100, 5; Tac. Or. 35; App. M. 6, p. 175.—

The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief (eccl. Lat.):

domicilium fidei,

Lact. 4, 30 fin.; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 12 al.

Fides, personified as a goddess:

praeclare Ennius: O Fides alma, apta pinnis, et jus jurandum Jovis! Qui jus igitur jurandum violat, is Fidem violat,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Enn. Trag. v. 410 ed. Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; 2, 23, 61; 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 11, 28; Plaut. Cas. prol. 2; id. Aul. 3, 6, 46; 50; 4, 2, 14; Verg. A. 1, 292; Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; 4, 5, 20; id. C. S. 57.

fĭdes, ium, plur., or fides, is, sing., f. [= sphidê], a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.

Lit.

In gen.

In plur. (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.:

(hominis) omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216;

so different from nervi,

id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.):

ut in fidibus aut tibiis, atque in cantu ipso ac vocibus concentus est quidam tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77;

with tibiae,

Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59:

Orpheus, Threïciā fretus citharā fidibusque canoris,

Verg. A. 6, 120:

fidibus cantare alicui,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:

fidibus canere praeclare,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

uti,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

dicere longum melos,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 4:

placare deos,

id. ib. 1, 36, 1:

discere,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

docere aliquem,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

scire,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53:

vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 12:

fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet,

i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes in Latin poetry, id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—

Sing. ( poet.):

sume fidem et pharetram: fies manifestus Apollo,

Ov. H. 15, 23; so,

Teïa,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 18:

Cyllenea,

id. Epod. 13, 9:

quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem,

id. C. 1, 24, 14.—

Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—

Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre:

cedit clara Fides Cyllenia,

Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12;

in the form Fidis,

Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—

Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument:

quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus,

Prud. Cath. 3, 81.

infĭtĭae ( infĭcĭae), ārum, f. [2. infateor], denial; only in the acc. in connection with ire, and very rarely without a negative, except in ante-class. Lat.: infitias ire, to deny (not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with acc. and inf., aliquid or absol.:

quī lubet ire infitias mihi facta quae sunt?

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 45:

ille infitias ibit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 41:

omnia infitias ire,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 9;

so without a negative: infitias eunt mercedem se belli Romanis inferendi pactos,

Liv. 10, 10, 8. — With a negative:

ne infitias eat,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76:

quod nemo it infitias,

Nep. Epam. 10, 4:

neque infitias eo, quasdam esse, etc.,

Quint. 3, 7, 3:

neque nego, neque infitias eo, nos enixe operam dedisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 4; id. 9, 9, 4; 31, 31, 9:

nec eo infitias, quin, etc.,

Front. Aquaed. 72; Gell. 2, 26, 7; 19, 8, 5.—

Esp., to defend an action at law:

jurare debent non calumniae causa litem intendere, et non calumniae causa ad infitias ire,

Dig. 10, 2, 44, § 4.