to+establish

to approve fully/ to confirm, prove, establish.

erect, establish, build

to arrange, decide, appoint, settle, found, set up.

to set up, place, establish, post, station.

to fix, station, place, cause to stand, set

to shut in, enclose, establish a siege, surround.

(past indidi)

to establish, cause, occasion.

to establish, found, institute.

-ui -utum

3, put in place, begin

ap-prŏbo ( adp-, Fleck., Bait., Halm, Weissenb.; app-, Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To assent to as good, to regard as good, to approve, to favor (freq. and class.; syn.: probo, laudo): id si non fama adprobat, * Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 12:

(populus Romanus) meum jus jurandum unā voce et consensu approbavit,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

approbatā laudatāque Cottae sententiā,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

aliquid magno clamore,

id. Arch. 10, 24:

legiones clamore donum adprobantes,

Liv. 7, 37; 7, 41:

consilium vehementer adprobare,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4 et saep.—So of the gods, to allow a thing to take place, to favor (cf. admitto, II. B.):

quod actum est di adprobent,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15; 1, 9, 19:

musis omnibus adprobantibus,

id. ib. 7, 23, 2; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 13.—

To show as being good and true, to make evident, to prove, demonstrate, confirm, establish:

hoc autem nihil attinet approbari,

Cic. Inv. 1, 36 fin.:

innocentiam adprobare,

Tac. A. 1, 44:

excusationem,

id. Agr. 42.—With acc. and inf.:

vivere eos approbant,

Plin. 9, 57, 83:

quo magis degenerāsse eum a civili more approbaret,

Suet. Aug. 17:

Cajo talem et se et exercitum approbavit, ut, etc.,

Suet. Galb. 6 al. —

Aliquid alicui adprobare, to make good to one, to render acceptable, satisfactory:

opus manu factum regi adprobavit,

Vitr. 9, 3:

prima castrorum rudimenta duci adprobavit,

his first military duties he learned to the satisfaction of his commander, Tac. Agr. 5; Dig. 19, 2, 24; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 63.

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.

Lit.:

patinas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:

apertis lateribus,

Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:

capite aperto esse,

Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;

p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

caput aperuit,

id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:

capita,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:

aperto pectore,

Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:

apertae pectora matres,

id. ib. 13, 688:

ramum,

Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:

dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,

id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:

densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,

Tac. Agr. 38:

lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,

Liv. 3, 15:

novam aciem dies aperuit,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,

opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,

Metaph.

1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aperite aliquis ostium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:

forem aperi,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:

fores,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:

januas carceris,

Vulg. Act. 5, 19:

fenestram,

ib. Gen. 8, 6:

liquidas vias,

to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:

sucum venis fundere apertis,

to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:

saccum,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:

os,

ib. ib. 22, 28:

labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,

ib. Act. 9, 8:

accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,

Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;

6, 3: aperire librum,

Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:

testamentum,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:

testamentum resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:

sigillum aperire,

to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:

ferro iter aperiundum est,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

locum... asylum,

to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:

subterraneos specus,

Tac. G. 16:

navigantibus maria,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:

arbor florem aperit,

id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,

aures aperire,

to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:

multus apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:

tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

philosophiae fontes,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,

alicujus cor aperire,

ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:

occasionem ad invadendum,

id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,

Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:

annum,

Verg. G. 1, 217:

contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),

Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:

Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:

fuste aperire caput,

i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—

Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);

most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,

Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:

Syriam,

Tac. A. 2, 70:

omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,

id. H. 4, 64:

novas gentes,

id. Agr. 22:

gentes ac reges,

id. G. 1:

Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,

Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:

Eoas,

id. 4, 352:

pelagus,

Val. Fl. 1, 169.—

Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:

occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,

id. Or. 33, 116:

alicui scripturas aperire,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

tua probra aperibo omnia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;

hi partem aperient,

Ter. Ad. prol. 23:

non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:

eo praesente conjurationem aperit,

Sall. C. 40, 6:

naturam et mores,

id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:

lux fugam hostium aperuit,

Liv. 27, 2:

aperiri error poterat,

id. 26, 10:

casus aperire futuros,

to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:

futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:

tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,

show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

studio aperimur in ipso,

Ov. A. A. 3, 371:

exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:

cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,

Liv. 44, 28:

domino navis, quis sit, aperit,

Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.

the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.

Lit.

Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):

naves apertae,

without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:

locus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:

caelo invectus aperto,

Verg. A. 1, 155:

aether,

id. ib. 1, 587:

aperta serena prospicere,

id. G. 1, 393.—

Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):

Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,

since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:

oculi,

id. 4, 339:

oculorum lumine aperto,

id. 4, 1139 et saep.:

nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:

caelum patens atque apertum,

id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:

vidit caelos apertos,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:

apertus et propatulus locus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

iter,

Liv. 31, 2:

apertior aditus ad moenia,

id. 9, 28:

campi,

id. 38, 3:

per apertum limitem (viae),

Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:

fenestrae,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:

ostia,

ib. ib. 13, 39:

aequor,

Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:

in aperto,

Lucr. 3, 604:

per apertum fugientes,

Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:

impetum ex aperto facerent,

Liv. 35, 5:

castra in aperto posita,

id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:

volantem in aperto,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:

in aperta prodeunt,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23.—

Trop.

a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:

nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,

nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,

id. Manil. 24:

quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?

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

quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?

Liv. 41, 24:

non furtim, sed vi aperta,

id. 25, 24:

apertus animi motus,

Quint. 10, 3, 21:

invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,

Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:

multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,

Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,

To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:

ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,

Sall. J. 5, 3.—

To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):

agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,

there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:

hostes aggredi in aperto foret,

id. H. 3, 56:

vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,

id. Agr. 33.—

Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:

animus apertus et simplex,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

pectus,

id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.

In gen.:

tam aperte irridens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:

cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

Liv. 1, 27:

aperte quod venale habet ostendit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

aperte revelari,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:

non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

aperte adulari,

Cic. Am. 26, 99:

aperte mentiri,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:

cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:

ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:

hinc empta apertissime praetura,

Cic. Verr. 1, 100:

equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,

id. Har. Resp. 30:

largiri,

id. ib. 56:

praedari,

id. Verr. 1, 130.—

Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:

nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:

aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:

narrare,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

scribere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:

Planius atque apertius dicam,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

distinguere,

Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:

istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:

aliquid apertissime ostendere,

Quint. 5, 12, 11.

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.

Lit.:

patinas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:

apertis lateribus,

Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:

capite aperto esse,

Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;

p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

caput aperuit,

id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:

capita,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:

aperto pectore,

Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:

apertae pectora matres,

id. ib. 13, 688:

ramum,

Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:

dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,

id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:

densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,

Tac. Agr. 38:

lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,

Liv. 3, 15:

novam aciem dies aperuit,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,

opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,

Metaph.

1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aperite aliquis ostium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:

forem aperi,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:

fores,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:

januas carceris,

Vulg. Act. 5, 19:

fenestram,

ib. Gen. 8, 6:

liquidas vias,

to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:

sucum venis fundere apertis,

to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:

saccum,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:

os,

ib. ib. 22, 28:

labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,

ib. Act. 9, 8:

accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,

Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;

6, 3: aperire librum,

Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:

testamentum,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:

testamentum resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:

sigillum aperire,

to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:

ferro iter aperiundum est,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

locum... asylum,

to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:

subterraneos specus,

Tac. G. 16:

navigantibus maria,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:

arbor florem aperit,

id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,

aures aperire,

to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:

multus apertus cursus ad laudem,

id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:

tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,

id. Fam. 6, 11:

philosophiae fontes,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,

alicujus cor aperire,

ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:

occasionem ad invadendum,

id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:

Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,

Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:

annum,

Verg. G. 1, 217:

contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),

Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:

Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:

fuste aperire caput,

i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—

Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);

most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,

Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:

Syriam,

Tac. A. 2, 70:

omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,

id. H. 4, 64:

novas gentes,

id. Agr. 22:

gentes ac reges,

id. G. 1:

Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,

Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:

Eoas,

id. 4, 352:

pelagus,

Val. Fl. 1, 169.—

Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:

occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,

id. Or. 33, 116:

alicui scripturas aperire,

Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:

tua probra aperibo omnia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;

hi partem aperient,

Ter. Ad. prol. 23:

non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:

eo praesente conjurationem aperit,

Sall. C. 40, 6:

naturam et mores,

id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:

lux fugam hostium aperuit,

Liv. 27, 2:

aperiri error poterat,

id. 26, 10:

casus aperire futuros,

to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:

futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:

tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,

show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

studio aperimur in ipso,

Ov. A. A. 3, 371:

exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,

Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:

cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,

Liv. 44, 28:

domino navis, quis sit, aperit,

Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.

the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.

Lit.

Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):

naves apertae,

without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:

locus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:

caelo invectus aperto,

Verg. A. 1, 155:

aether,

id. ib. 1, 587:

aperta serena prospicere,

id. G. 1, 393.—

Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):

Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,

since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:

oculi,

id. 4, 339:

oculorum lumine aperto,

id. 4, 1139 et saep.:

nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:

caelum patens atque apertum,

id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:

vidit caelos apertos,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:

apertus et propatulus locus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:

iter,

Liv. 31, 2:

apertior aditus ad moenia,

id. 9, 28:

campi,

id. 38, 3:

per apertum limitem (viae),

Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:

fenestrae,

Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:

ostia,

ib. ib. 13, 39:

aequor,

Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:

in aperto,

Lucr. 3, 604:

per apertum fugientes,

Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:

impetum ex aperto facerent,

Liv. 35, 5:

castra in aperto posita,

id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:

volantem in aperto,

Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:

in aperta prodeunt,

id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:

disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23.—

Trop.

a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:

nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,

nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,

id. Manil. 24:

quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?

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

quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?

Liv. 41, 24:

non furtim, sed vi aperta,

id. 25, 24:

apertus animi motus,

Quint. 10, 3, 21:

invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,

Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:

multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,

Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,

To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:

ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,

Sall. J. 5, 3.—

To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):

agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,

there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:

hostes aggredi in aperto foret,

id. H. 3, 56:

vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,

id. Agr. 33.—

Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:

animus apertus et simplex,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

pectus,

id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.

In gen.:

tam aperte irridens,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:

cum Fidenae aperte descissent,

Liv. 1, 27:

aperte quod venale habet ostendit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:

aperte revelari,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:

non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,

Tac. A. 11, 28:

aperte adulari,

Cic. Am. 26, 99:

aperte mentiri,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:

cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:

ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,

Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:

hinc empta apertissime praetura,

Cic. Verr. 1, 100:

equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,

id. Har. Resp. 30:

largiri,

id. ib. 56:

praedari,

id. Verr. 1, 130.—

Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:

nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:

aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:

Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:

narrare,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:

scribere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:

Planius atque apertius dicam,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

distinguere,

Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:

istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:

aliquid apertissime ostendere,

Quint. 5, 12, 11.

ap-prŏbo ( adp-, Fleck., Bait., Halm, Weissenb.; app-, Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To assent to as good, to regard as good, to approve, to favor (freq. and class.; syn.: probo, laudo): id si non fama adprobat, * Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 12:

(populus Romanus) meum jus jurandum unā voce et consensu approbavit,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

approbatā laudatāque Cottae sententiā,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

aliquid magno clamore,

id. Arch. 10, 24:

legiones clamore donum adprobantes,

Liv. 7, 37; 7, 41:

consilium vehementer adprobare,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4 et saep.—So of the gods, to allow a thing to take place, to favor (cf. admitto, II. B.):

quod actum est di adprobent,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15; 1, 9, 19:

musis omnibus adprobantibus,

id. ib. 7, 23, 2; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 13.—

To show as being good and true, to make evident, to prove, demonstrate, confirm, establish:

hoc autem nihil attinet approbari,

Cic. Inv. 1, 36 fin.:

innocentiam adprobare,

Tac. A. 1, 44:

excusationem,

id. Agr. 42.—With acc. and inf.:

vivere eos approbant,

Plin. 9, 57, 83:

quo magis degenerāsse eum a civili more approbaret,

Suet. Aug. 17:

Cajo talem et se et exercitum approbavit, ut, etc.,

Suet. Galb. 6 al. —

Aliquid alicui adprobare, to make good to one, to render acceptable, satisfactory:

opus manu factum regi adprobavit,

Vitr. 9, 3:

prima castrorum rudimenta duci adprobavit,

his first military duties he learned to the satisfaction of his commander, Tac. Agr. 5; Dig. 19, 2, 24; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 63.

compăro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [compar], to couple together in the same relation, to connect in pairs, to pair, match, unite, join; constr. aliquid cum aliquā re, alicui rei, aliqua inter se, or absol.

Lit. (rare but class.).

In gen.:

ut inter ignem et terram aquam deus animamque poneret, eaque inter se compararet et proportione conjungeret, ut, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 5 med.:

comparari postremo,

id. ib. 5:

ambo cum simul aspicimus, non possumus non vereri, ne male comparati sitis,

Liv. 40, 46, 4:

L. Volumnius cum Ap. Claudio consul est factus, priore item consulatu inter se conparati,

id. 10, 15, 12:

labella cum labellis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: quin meum senium cum dolore tuo conjungam et comparem, Att. ap. Non. p. 255, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 90 Rib.).— Hence,

Esp. of combatants, for the usu. compono, to bring together to a contest, to match:

ut ego cum patrono disertissimo comparer,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

cum Aesernino Samnite Pacideianus comparatus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 257, 18:

Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum certamen comparati duces,

Liv. 30, 28, 8:

hunc Threci comparavit,

Suet. Calig. 35.—

Trop.

To count one object fully equal to another, to place on the same footing, put on an equality with (rare but class.): neminem tibi profecto hominem ex omnibus aut anteposuissem umquam aut etiam comparassem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 256, 4; cf. Nep. Iphic. 1, 1; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Cat. 61, 65 al.:

cum quibus (hominibus) comparari sordidum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; so id. Fam. 12, 30, 7:

et se mihi comparat Ajax?

Ov. M. 13, 338.—

In gen., to place together in comparison, to compare (the usu. signif. of the word in prose and poetry):

homo quod rationis est particeps similitudines comparat,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

majora, minora, paria,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 172; id. Top. 18, 68:

metaphora rei comparatur, quam volumus exprimere,

Quint. 8, 6, 8.—With dat.:

equi fortis et victoris senectuti, comparat suam,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

si regiae stirpi comparetur ignobilis,

Curt. 8, 4, 25:

restat ut copiae copiis conparentur vel numero vel, etc.,

Liv. 9, 19, 1:

se majori pauperiorum turbae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 112:

Periclem fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparat,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf. id. 12, 10, 65:

necesse est sibi nimium tribuat, qui se nemini comparat,

id. 1, 2, 18:

nec tantum inutilibus comparantur utilia, sed inter se quoque ipsa,

id. 3, 8, 33; cf id. 3, 6, 87.—With cum and abl.:

hominem cum homine et tempus cum tempore et rem cum re,

Cic. Dom. 51, 130; id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

cum illo... ceteris rebus nullo modo comparandus es,

id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

cum meum factum cum tuo comparo,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 2; 2, 6, 20:

corporis commoda cum externis et ipsa inter se corporis,

id. ib. 2, 25, 88:

longiorem orationem cum magnitudine utilitatis,

id. ib. 2, 6, 20:

victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo,

Nep. Them. 5, 3:

totam causam nostram cum tota adversarii causā,

Quint. 7, 2, 22; 12, 7, 3.—With ad:

nec comparandus hic quidem ad illum est,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14:

sed nihil comparandi causā loquar,

I will institute no comparison, Cic. Pis. 1, 3.— Hence,

With rel.-clause, to reflect, consider, judge; or to prove, show, by comparing (rare): id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, quo pacto magnam molem minuam, Att. ap. Non. p. 256, 20:

cum comparetur, utrum, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45:

comparando quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset irae plebis in patres, etc.,

Liv. 2, 32, 12; cf. Tac. A. 3, 5:

deinde comparat, quanto plures deleti sint homines, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16.—

Comparare inter se, t. t., of colleagues in office, to agree together in respect to the division of duties, to come to an agreement (freq. in Liv., esp. of the consuls, who made an arrangement between themselves in respect to their provinces):

inter se decemviri comparabant, quos ire ad bellum, quos praeesse exercitibus oporteret,

Liv. 3, 41, 7:

senatusconsultum factum est, ut consules inter se provincias Italiam et Macedoniam compararent sortirenturve,

id. 42, 31, 1; 8, 20, 3; 32, 8, 1; 33, 43, 2; 26, 8, 8;

41, 6, 1: (consules) comparant inter se ut, etc.,

id. 8, 6, 13; 10, 15, 12:

ut consules sortirentur conparerentve inter se, uter, etc.,

id. 24, 10, 2;

of the tribunes of the people,

id. 29, 20, 9;

of the proprætors,

id. 40, 47, 1.—

(In acc. with I. B.) Si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, opposes to this, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63.—Hence, * compărātē, adv., in or by comparison, comparatively:

quaerere (opp. simpliciter),

Cic. Top. 22, 84.

com-păro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.

To prepare something with zeal, care, etc., to make ready, to set in order, furnish, provide, etc. (class.)

Lit.:

magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42:

sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one ' s self ready, to prepare one ' s self, id. Mil. 10, 28:

se ad respondendum,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

se ad iter,

Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4:

se ad omnis casus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79:

insidias alicui per aliquem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.:

dolum ad capiendos eos,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

comparare et constituere accusationem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.:

comparare accusatorem filio suo,

id. Clu. 67, 191:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium [p. 387] ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10:

iter ad regem,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.:

vultum e vultu,

to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.—

In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum,

Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.:

arma, milites, classem,

Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.:

arma latroni,

Quint. 12, 1, 1.— Pass. in mid. force:

ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt,

made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—

Absol.:

ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

tempore ad comparandum dato,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—

With inf.:

urere tecta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 267:

an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,

place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—

Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.:

ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10:

more majorum comparatum est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.:

ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc.,

Liv. 39, 29, 5:

est ita natura comparatum ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5:

praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7:

jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 21, 57:

eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt,

Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons:

sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—

To procure what one does not yet possess or what is not yet in existence, to procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect.

Prop.:

negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2:

mihi quadraginta minas,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15:

pecudes carius,

Suet. Calig. 27:

merces,

Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.:

ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17:

Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3:

gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas,

Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—

Of abstract things:

amicitias,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

auctoritatem sibi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

laudes artibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tribunicium auxilium sibi,

Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—

Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

com-prŏbo ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Subject., to approve wholly of something, to assent to, sanction, acknowledge (class and very freq., esp in prose):

istam tuam sentent. am laudo vehementissimeque comprobo,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

decretum consulum,

id. Att. 16, 16, D, 14 sq.:

orationem omnium assensu,

Liv. 5, 9, 7; cf. Suet. Aug. 68; 53:

consensu potius eruditorum quam puerorum amore comprobari,

Quint. 10, 1, 130 et saep.:

has comproba tabulas,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 72:

ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum comprobabimus?

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Nep. Hann. 3, 1.—

Object., to prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, verify something to others as true, good, excellent, virtuous, etc.:

ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 5; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 94:

nec hoc oratione solum, sed multo magis vita et factis et moribus conprobavit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

patris dictum sapiens temeritas filii comprobavit,

id. Or. 63, 214:

comprobat hominis consilium fortuna,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58 fin.; cf.

61, 62:

rem alicujus testimonio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; cf.:

indicio conprobato,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

perceleri (servi) interitu esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum,

the quality of the poison was tested, Cic. Cael. 24, 58.

compăro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [compar], to couple together in the same relation, to connect in pairs, to pair, match, unite, join; constr. aliquid cum aliquā re, alicui rei, aliqua inter se, or absol.

Lit. (rare but class.).

In gen.:

ut inter ignem et terram aquam deus animamque poneret, eaque inter se compararet et proportione conjungeret, ut, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 5 med.:

comparari postremo,

id. ib. 5:

ambo cum simul aspicimus, non possumus non vereri, ne male comparati sitis,

Liv. 40, 46, 4:

L. Volumnius cum Ap. Claudio consul est factus, priore item consulatu inter se conparati,

id. 10, 15, 12:

labella cum labellis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: quin meum senium cum dolore tuo conjungam et comparem, Att. ap. Non. p. 255, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 90 Rib.).— Hence,

Esp. of combatants, for the usu. compono, to bring together to a contest, to match:

ut ego cum patrono disertissimo comparer,

Cic. Quint. 1, 2:

cum Aesernino Samnite Pacideianus comparatus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 257, 18:

Scipio et Hannibal, velut ad supremum certamen comparati duces,

Liv. 30, 28, 8:

hunc Threci comparavit,

Suet. Calig. 35.—

Trop.

To count one object fully equal to another, to place on the same footing, put on an equality with (rare but class.): neminem tibi profecto hominem ex omnibus aut anteposuissem umquam aut etiam comparassem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 256, 4; cf. Nep. Iphic. 1, 1; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Quint. 10, 1, 98; Cat. 61, 65 al.:

cum quibus (hominibus) comparari sordidum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; so id. Fam. 12, 30, 7:

et se mihi comparat Ajax?

Ov. M. 13, 338.—

In gen., to place together in comparison, to compare (the usu. signif. of the word in prose and poetry):

homo quod rationis est particeps similitudines comparat,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

majora, minora, paria,

id. de Or. 2, 40, 172; id. Top. 18, 68:

metaphora rei comparatur, quam volumus exprimere,

Quint. 8, 6, 8.—With dat.:

equi fortis et victoris senectuti, comparat suam,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

si regiae stirpi comparetur ignobilis,

Curt. 8, 4, 25:

restat ut copiae copiis conparentur vel numero vel, etc.,

Liv. 9, 19, 1:

se majori pauperiorum turbae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 112:

Periclem fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparat,

Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf. id. 12, 10, 65:

necesse est sibi nimium tribuat, qui se nemini comparat,

id. 1, 2, 18:

nec tantum inutilibus comparantur utilia, sed inter se quoque ipsa,

id. 3, 8, 33; cf id. 3, 6, 87.—With cum and abl.:

hominem cum homine et tempus cum tempore et rem cum re,

Cic. Dom. 51, 130; id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

cum illo... ceteris rebus nullo modo comparandus es,

id. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

cum meum factum cum tuo comparo,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 2; 2, 6, 20:

corporis commoda cum externis et ipsa inter se corporis,

id. ib. 2, 25, 88:

longiorem orationem cum magnitudine utilitatis,

id. ib. 2, 6, 20:

victoria, quae cum Marathonio possit comparari tropaeo,

Nep. Them. 5, 3:

totam causam nostram cum tota adversarii causā,

Quint. 7, 2, 22; 12, 7, 3.—With ad:

nec comparandus hic quidem ad illum est,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 14:

sed nihil comparandi causā loquar,

I will institute no comparison, Cic. Pis. 1, 3.— Hence,

With rel.-clause, to reflect, consider, judge; or to prove, show, by comparing (rare): id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, quo pacto magnam molem minuam, Att. ap. Non. p. 256, 20:

cum comparetur, utrum, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45:

comparando quam intestina corporis seditio similis esset irae plebis in patres, etc.,

Liv. 2, 32, 12; cf. Tac. A. 3, 5:

deinde comparat, quanto plures deleti sint homines, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16.—

Comparare inter se, t. t., of colleagues in office, to agree together in respect to the division of duties, to come to an agreement (freq. in Liv., esp. of the consuls, who made an arrangement between themselves in respect to their provinces):

inter se decemviri comparabant, quos ire ad bellum, quos praeesse exercitibus oporteret,

Liv. 3, 41, 7:

senatusconsultum factum est, ut consules inter se provincias Italiam et Macedoniam compararent sortirenturve,

id. 42, 31, 1; 8, 20, 3; 32, 8, 1; 33, 43, 2; 26, 8, 8;

41, 6, 1: (consules) comparant inter se ut, etc.,

id. 8, 6, 13; 10, 15, 12:

ut consules sortirentur conparerentve inter se, uter, etc.,

id. 24, 10, 2;

of the tribunes of the people,

id. 29, 20, 9;

of the proprætors,

id. 40, 47, 1.—

(In acc. with I. B.) Si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, opposes to this, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63.—Hence, * compărātē, adv., in or by comparison, comparatively:

quaerere (opp. simpliciter),

Cic. Top. 22, 84.

com-păro ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.

To prepare something with zeal, care, etc., to make ready, to set in order, furnish, provide, etc. (class.)

Lit.:

magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42:

sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one ' s self ready, to prepare one ' s self, id. Mil. 10, 28:

se ad respondendum,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

se ad iter,

Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4:

se ad omnis casus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79:

insidias alicui per aliquem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.:

dolum ad capiendos eos,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

comparare et constituere accusationem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.:

comparare accusatorem filio suo,

id. Clu. 67, 191:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium [p. 387] ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10:

iter ad regem,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.:

vultum e vultu,

to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.—

In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum,

Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.:

arma, milites, classem,

Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.:

arma latroni,

Quint. 12, 1, 1.— Pass. in mid. force:

ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt,

made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—

Absol.:

ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur,

Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

tempore ad comparandum dato,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—

With inf.:

urere tecta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 267:

an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,

place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—

Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.:

ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10:

more majorum comparatum est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.:

ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc.,

Liv. 39, 29, 5:

est ita natura comparatum ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5:

praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7:

jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 21, 57:

eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt,

Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons:

sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—

To procure what one does not yet possess or what is not yet in existence, to procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect.

Prop.:

negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2:

mihi quadraginta minas,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 19:

aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15:

pecudes carius,

Suet. Calig. 27:

merces,

Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.:

ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17:

Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3:

gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas,

Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—

Of abstract things:

amicitias,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

auctoritatem sibi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

laudes artibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tribunicium auxilium sibi,

Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—

Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

com-prŏbo ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Subject., to approve wholly of something, to assent to, sanction, acknowledge (class and very freq., esp in prose):

istam tuam sentent. am laudo vehementissimeque comprobo,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

decretum consulum,

id. Att. 16, 16, D, 14 sq.:

orationem omnium assensu,

Liv. 5, 9, 7; cf. Suet. Aug. 68; 53:

consensu potius eruditorum quam puerorum amore comprobari,

Quint. 10, 1, 130 et saep.:

has comproba tabulas,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 72:

ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum comprobabimus?

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Nep. Hann. 3, 1.—

Object., to prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, verify something to others as true, good, excellent, virtuous, etc.:

ut beneficium verbis initum nunc re comprobes,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 5; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 94:

nec hoc oratione solum, sed multo magis vita et factis et moribus conprobavit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

patris dictum sapiens temeritas filii comprobavit,

id. Or. 63, 214:

comprobat hominis consilium fortuna,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58 fin.; cf.

61, 62:

rem alicujus testimonio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; cf.:

indicio conprobato,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

perceleri (servi) interitu esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum,

the quality of the poison was tested, Cic. Cael. 24, 58.

con-sīdo, sēdi (also -sīdi, Enn. ap. Gell. 4, 7, v. Sat., v. 14 Vahl.; Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 1; cf. Wagner ad Verg. E. 7, 1; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 501), sessum, 3, v. n., to sit down (esp. of a multitude), take a seat, be seated, to settle (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with in and abl., sub and abl., ante, the simple abl., or absol.

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

salutatio hospitalis... fuit, positisque sedibus consederunt,

Liv. 42, 39, 8:

scio apud vos filio in conspectu matris nefas esse considere,

Curt. 5, 2, 22:

illi jussi considere affirmant, etc.,

id. 7, 6, 6:

nec aut recubet aut considat pastor,

Col. 7, 3, 26:

vix consideramus, et nox, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14.—

With designation of place:

si videtur, considamus hic in umbrā,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7; cf.:

in pratulo propter Platonis statuam,

id. Brut. 6, 24:

certo in loco,

id. Sen. 18, 63:

in arā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

in molli herbā,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

in illo caespite,

Ov. M. 13, 931:

examen in arbore consederat,

Liv. 21, 46, 2:

in rupe,

Curt. 3, 1, 4:

in sellā,

id. 5, 2, 13:

in turre consedit avis,

id. 4, 6, 11:

dormienti in labellis (apes),

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

sub argutā ilice,

Verg. E. 7, 1:

hic corylis mixtas inter ulmos,

id. ib. 5, 3:

ante focos scamnis longis,

Ov. F. 6, 305:

super ripam stagni,

id. M. 6, 373:

transtris,

Verg. A. 4, 573:

ipsae (apes) medicatis sedibus,

id. G. 4, 65:

solio medius consedit avito,

id. A. 7, 169:

mecum saxo,

Ov. M. 1, 679:

tergo tauri,

id. ib. 2, 869.— Impers.:

in silvam venitur et ibi considitur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18.—Of soldiers in battle array:

triarii sub vexillis considebant, sinistro crure porrecto, scuta innixa umeris... tenentes,

Liv. 8, 8, 10.—

In partic.

In assemblies of the people, courts of justice, theatres, etc., to take one's place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, to be in session:

cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16;

so of senators,

Suet. Aug. 35.—Of judges:

quo die primum judices, citati in hunc reum consedistis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; Liv. 26, 48, 9; Ov. M. 11, 157; 12, 627:

ad jus dicendum,

Liv. 34, 61, 15:

introductum in tabernaculum (Persea) adversus advocatos in consilium considere jussit,

id. 45, 7, 5; Suet. Calig. 38:

in orchestrā,

id. Aug. 44:

inter patres,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Milit. t. t., to encamp, pitch a camp, take post somewhere; with in and abl.:

quo in loco Germani consederant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so Sall. J. 49, 1; Liv. 4, 17, 12; 10, 4, 11.—With sub: sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 21; Sall. C. 57, 3:

trans flumen,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

contra eum duūm milium spatio,

id. ib. 3, 17:

nuntiant Jugurtham circiter duūm milium intervallo ante eos consedisse,

Sall. J. 106, 5:

prope Cirtam haud longe a mari,

id. ib. 21, 2:

inter virgulta,

id. ib. 49, 5:

superioribus locis,

id. ib. 51, 3:

ubi cuique vallis abdita spem praesidii aut salutis aliquam offerebat, consederat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf. Curt. 7, 7, 31:

haud procul,

id. 4, 12, 4.—

To settle down for a long time or permanently, to take up one's abode, to establish one's self:

qui etiam dubitem, an hic Antii considam,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2:

antequam aliquo loco consedero, neque longas a me neque semper meā manu litteras exspectabis,

id. ib. 5, 14, 1:

Belgas propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

in Ubiorum finibus,

id. ib. 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 31:

vultis et his mecum pariter considere regnis?

Verg. A. 1, 572:

terrā,

id. ib. 4, 349.—With in and acc.:

in novam urbem,

Curt. 7, 4, 23.—

Of inanim. objects, esp. of places, to settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, etc.:

in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae,

Liv. 30, 38, 8; cf.:

terra in ingentem sinum consedit,

id. 30, 2, 12:

(Alpes) jam licet considant!

may now sink down, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

omne mihi visum considere in ignis Ilium,

to sink down, Verg. A. 2, 624; 9, 145; cf.:

Ilium ardebat, neque adhuc consederat ignis,

Ov. M. 13, 408:

in cinerem,

Stat. Th. 3, 185:

cum omnia sacra profanaque in ignem considerent,

Tac. H. 3, 33 fin.: quā mitescentia Alpium juga considunt, sink, i. e. are lower, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

patiemur picem considere, et cum siderit, aquam eliquabimus,

Col. 12, 24, 2:

donec consideret pulvis,

Curt. 5, 13, 12:

cum in cacuminibus montium nubes consident,

Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356:

tumidi considunt fluctus,

Sil. 17, 291.—

Trop.

In gen.:

multa bona in pectore consident,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; Cic. Univ. 2:

justitia cujus in mente consedit,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 50; id. Har. Resp. 12, 24.— Poet.: totam videmus Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk or immersed in grief, Verg. A. 11, 350 (in luctum esse demersum, Serv.). —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To settle down permanently, sink:

in otio,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:

hoc totum (genus dicendi) in eā mediocritate consedit,

id. Or. 27, 96:

antequam ego incipio secedere et in aliā parte considere,

i. e. change the subject, Sen. Ep. 117, 4.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To lose force, abate, subside, diminish; to be appeased, quieted, to cease:

ardor animi cum consedit, omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris exstinguitur,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

consederit furor,

id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ferocia ab re bene gestā,

Liv. 42, 62, 3:

primus terror ab necopinato visu,

id. 33, 7, 5:

bella,

Sil. 16, 218:

quia praesentia satis consederant,

Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.:

consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā,

i. e. has since that time ceased, Cic. Mur. 8, 18.—

Of discourse, to sink; to conclude, end:

eorum verborum junctio nascatur a proceris numeris ac liberis... sed varie distincteque considat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.