to+finish

per-pŏlĭo, īvi, ītum ( fut. perpolibo, App. M. 6, 28), 4, v. a., to polish well.

Lit.:

loco calce arenāque perpolito,

Vell. 2, 22, 3:

aurum tritu perpolitum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66:

caudae setas horridas comptā diligentiā perpolibo,

App. M. 6, 28, p. 185; cf. Vell. 2, 22, 4.—

Trop., to polish, perfect, finish, put the finishing hand to (class.):

opus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54:

perpolire et absolvere aliquid,

id. Univ. 13:

perpolire atque conficere,

id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

perpoliendi labor,

id. Balb. 7, 17:

ea, quae habes instituta, perpolies,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 10.— Hence, perpŏlītus, a, um, P. a., thoroughly polished or refined:

homines perfecti in dicendo et perpoliti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

qui non sit omnibus iis artibus perpolitus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 72; so,

litteris perpolitus,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

vita perpolita humanitate (opp. immanis),

id. Sest. 42, 92:

oratio,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:

explicatio,

id. ib. 2, 27, 120.—Hence, adv.: perpŏlītē, in a very polished manner; in sup.:

perfecte et perpolitissime absolutae,

Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44.

prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.

Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.

With acc. and dat.:

linguam alicui,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

manum alicui gladio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

aures, nasum et labia alicui,

Just. 1, 10, 5.—

With acc. and gen.:

collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—

With acc.:

manus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

Petr. 1:

medici membra praecidunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

capillos,

id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

ancoras,

to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

traducem,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—

Transf.

To cut through, cut up (class.):

cotem novaculā,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

naves,

to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—

To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

praecide os tu illi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—

Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

iter,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—

Trop., to cut off, to take away.

Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

maximam partem defensionis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

3: sibi reditum,

id. Pis. 22, 51:

per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

brevi praecidam,

in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

praecide, inquit,

cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—

To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

Liv. 4, 3, 7:

praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—

To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—

Transf.

Castrated (post-class.):

fanatici,

Lampr. Elag. 7:

praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—

Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

Verg. A. 8, 233:

iter,

Sall. J. 92, 7:

rupes,

Quint. 12, 9, 2.—

Trop.

Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

Quint. 10, 2, 17:

comprehensio,

id. 7, 3, 15.—

Troublesome (postclass.):

ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.

In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—

Positively, absolutely (class.):

praecise negare alicui,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

non praecise, sed sub condicione,

Dig. 36, 3, 1.

prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.

Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.

With acc. and dat.:

linguam alicui,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

manum alicui gladio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

aures, nasum et labia alicui,

Just. 1, 10, 5.—

With acc. and gen.:

collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—

With acc.:

manus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

Petr. 1:

medici membra praecidunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

capillos,

id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

ancoras,

to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

traducem,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—

Transf.

To cut through, cut up (class.):

cotem novaculā,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

naves,

to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—

To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

praecide os tu illi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—

Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

iter,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—

Trop., to cut off, to take away.

Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

maximam partem defensionis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

3: sibi reditum,

id. Pis. 22, 51:

per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

brevi praecidam,

in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

praecide, inquit,

cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—

To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

Liv. 4, 3, 7:

praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—

To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—

Transf.

Castrated (post-class.):

fanatici,

Lampr. Elag. 7:

praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—

Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

Verg. A. 8, 233:

iter,

Sall. J. 92, 7:

rupes,

Quint. 12, 9, 2.—

Trop.

Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

Quint. 10, 2, 17:

comprehensio,

id. 7, 3, 15.—

Troublesome (postclass.):

ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.

In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—

Positively, absolutely (class.):

praecise negare alicui,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

non praecise, sed sub condicione,

Dig. 36, 3, 1.

prō-flīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).

Lit.:

inimicos profligare,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75:

copias hostium,

Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37:

classem hostium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

hostes,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8:

proelia,

i. e. the warriors, Tac. A. 14, 36:

aciem virorum,

Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.—

Trop.

To overthrow, ruin, destroy:

rem publicam,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

tantas opes,

Nep. Pelop. 2, 3:

undique se suosque profligante fortunā,

Liv. 33, 19:

valetudinem,

Gell. 19, 5, 2.—

To overwhelm, crush in spirit:

quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.—

To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch:

bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,

Liv. 21, 40, 11:

profligato fere Samnitium bello,

id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11:

profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,

Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2:

profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

omnia ad perniciem profligata,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,

that it would be brought nearly to an end, Suet. Oth. 9:

profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,

Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2:

profligatis in Africā rebus,

Just. 22, 8, 1:

victoriam,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2:

quantum profligatum sit,

how far advanced, Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a.

Wretched, miserable, vile (class.;

syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.—

In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.):

tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65:

homines,

id. Arch. 6, 14:

omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

profligatissimus quisque,

Suet. Tib. 35.—

Of time, advanced (post-Aug.):

profligatae aetatis (homo),

Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.:

in profligato esse,

to be almost ended, Gell. 15, 5, 2.

prō-flīgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to strike down, ruin, destroy (post-class.):

proflictae res,

cast down, ruined, Gell. 15, 5, 2.

termĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [terminus], to set bounds to, mark off by boundaries, to bound, limit (class.; syn.: finio, definio).

Lit.:

terra mare et contra mare terras terminat omnes,

Lucr. 1, 1000:

fines,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; cf.:

quorum alter fines vestri imperii non terrae sed caeli regionibus terminaret,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

locus, quem oleae terminabant,

id. Caecin. 8, 22:

quo (lituo) regiones vineae terminavit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

fana,

Liv. 5, 50, 2:

stomachus palato extremo atque intimo terminatur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

pars prior (togae) mediis cruribus optime terminatur,

Quint. 11, 3, 139 et saep.:

agrum publicum a privato,

Liv. 42, 1, 6; Inscr. Orell. 3260.— Absol.:

(praetores) terminari jussi, quā ulterior citeriorve provincia servaretur,

Liv. 32, 28, 11:

famam qui terminet astris,

Verg. A. 1, 287.—

Trop., to limit, set limits to; to circumscribe, fix, define, determine:

isdem finibus gloriam, quibus vitam,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes suas terminare,

id. Arch. 11, 29:

spem possessionum Janiculo et Alpibus,

id. Mil. 27, 74:

sonos vocis paucis litterarum notis,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

quod ipsa natura divitias, quibus contenta sit et parabiles et terminatas habet,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 46; cf.:

victu atque cultu terminatur pecuniae modus,

id. Par. 6, 3, 50:

modum magnitudinis et diuturnitatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 19, 45:

qui (Epicurus) bona voluptate terminaverit, mala dolore,

id. Off. 3, 33, 117:

summam voluptatem omnis privatione doloris,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

ea (lingua) vocem fingit et terminat,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

ut subjectos campos terminare oculis haud facile queas,

i. e. reach the limits, Liv. 32, 4, 4:

gloriam tantam futuram, ut terminari nullo tempore oblivione possit,

Just. 22, 5, 12:

prooemia intra quattuor sensus,

Quint. 4, 1, 62.—

Transf., to set bounds to, to close, finish, end, terminate:

sententiam numerose,

Cic. Or. 59, 199:

clausulas longa syllaba,

id. de Or. 3, 47, 183; cf.:

ut pariter extrema terminentur,

id. Or. 12, 38:

ut, unde est orsa, in eo terminetur oratio,

id. Marcell. 11, 33:

si, ut Maecenas, etc., dicerentur, genitivo casu non e litterā sed tis syllabā terminarentur,

Quint. 1, 5, 62:

jam imperio annuo terminato,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

si negotium terminatum est,

Dig. 47, 2, 58:

rem judicio,

ib. 50, 16, 230:

litem,

ib. 42, 1, 40.—Hence, adv.: termĭnātē, with limits, Auct. Cas. Lit. Goes. p. 243.

trans-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To drive through, i. e. to thrust or stick a weapon through (syn. traicio):

per pectora transigit ensem,

Sil. 13, 376:

ferrum per ambos pedes,

Sen. Oedip. 857. —

Transf., to stab, pierce one through with a weapon, to transfix, transpierce:

gladio pectus transigit,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 27:

se ipsum gladio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

juvenem (cuspis),

Sil. 5, 473:

viscera (ensis),

Luc. 4, 545:

tempora (jaculum),

id. 9, 824:

semet ictu gladii,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 16:

aliquem ictu,

id. ib. 39, 13.—

To carry through, to bring to an end, to finish, settle, complete, conclude, perform, accomplish, despatch, transact any business (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: absolvo, perficio).

In gen.:

negotium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

illud, quod faciendum primum fuit, factum atque transactum est,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

rebus transactis,

id. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

transactā re, convertam me domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22:

quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus,

Curt. 8, 2, 1:

transactis jam meis partibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

intus transigetur, si quid est, quod restet,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 17:

aliquid per aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

pleraque per se,

Liv. 34, 18, 3:

aliquid cum aliquo,

Sall. J. 29, 5:

prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat,

Liv. 38, 25, 4:

bellorum egregios fines, quotiens ignoscendo transigatur,

i. e. by amnesty, Tac. A. 12, 19:

transigitur rixa caede,

id. G. 22:

bella,

id. H. 2, 38:

fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 151; so,

fabulam,

id. Cas. prol. 84:

comoediam,

id. Truc. prol. 11:

si transactum est,

if all is over, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.: transactum de partibus ratus, Flor 4, 7, 13.—

In partic., in business lang., to settle a difference or controversy, to come to a settlement, agreement, or understanding (syn.:

decerno, statuo): postremo inter se transigant ipsi, ut lubet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 61:

cum reo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

cum aliquo,

id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

cum aliquo HS ducentis millibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

rem cum Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit,

id. Clu. 13, 39:

ut secum aliquid, quālubet condicione transigeret,

id. Quint. 31, 97.— Absol.:

cum debitore,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.—

Transf., in gen.: transigere cum aliquā re, to make an end of, put an end to, be done with a thing (mostly post-Aug.):

optimum visum est committere rem fortunae et transigere cum Publilio certamen,

Liv. 9, 12, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

transigite cum expeditionibus,

Tac. Agr. 34:

tenebris imis abscondita jam cum luce transegerat,

App. M. 8, p. 204.— Impers. pass.:

cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur,

Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 1, 44.—

To dispose of, sell:

ubi facultas est transigendi,

Pall. 3, 26, 2:

quod teneriores matres generant transigendum est,

id. 12, 13, 8.—

Of time, to bring to an end, to lead, pass, spend (perh. only post-Aug.;

syn. ago): tempus per ostentationem aut officiorum ambitum,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

adulescentiam per haec fere,

Suet. Tib. 7:

maximam aetatis partem per haec ac talia,

id. Claud. 10:

transacto tribuniciae potestatis tempore,

id. Tib. 11:

vixdum mense transacto,

id. Vit. 8:

placidas sine suspirio noctes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 41:

noctem,

Suet. Calig. 59:

non multum venatibus, plus per otium transigunt,

Tac. G. 15:

sponsalia filiae natalemque geniti nepotis silentio,

Suet. Claud. 12:

pios et insontes amoeno in loco dicimus perpetuitatem transacturos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 19 med.:

diem sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 4.—Hence, transactus, a, um, P. a., completed, settled:

exceptio transacti negotii,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.— Subst.: transactum, i, n. (sc. negotium), a completed business, settlement, Dig. 2, 15, 2.

trans-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To drive through, i. e. to thrust or stick a weapon through (syn. traicio):

per pectora transigit ensem,

Sil. 13, 376:

ferrum per ambos pedes,

Sen. Oedip. 857. —

Transf., to stab, pierce one through with a weapon, to transfix, transpierce:

gladio pectus transigit,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 27:

se ipsum gladio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

juvenem (cuspis),

Sil. 5, 473:

viscera (ensis),

Luc. 4, 545:

tempora (jaculum),

id. 9, 824:

semet ictu gladii,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 16:

aliquem ictu,

id. ib. 39, 13.—

To carry through, to bring to an end, to finish, settle, complete, conclude, perform, accomplish, despatch, transact any business (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: absolvo, perficio).

In gen.:

negotium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

illud, quod faciendum primum fuit, factum atque transactum est,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

rebus transactis,

id. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

transactā re, convertam me domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22:

quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus,

Curt. 8, 2, 1:

transactis jam meis partibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

intus transigetur, si quid est, quod restet,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 17:

aliquid per aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

pleraque per se,

Liv. 34, 18, 3:

aliquid cum aliquo,

Sall. J. 29, 5:

prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat,

Liv. 38, 25, 4:

bellorum egregios fines, quotiens ignoscendo transigatur,

i. e. by amnesty, Tac. A. 12, 19:

transigitur rixa caede,

id. G. 22:

bella,

id. H. 2, 38:

fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 151; so,

fabulam,

id. Cas. prol. 84:

comoediam,

id. Truc. prol. 11:

si transactum est,

if all is over, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.: transactum de partibus ratus, Flor 4, 7, 13.—

In partic., in business lang., to settle a difference or controversy, to come to a settlement, agreement, or understanding (syn.:

decerno, statuo): postremo inter se transigant ipsi, ut lubet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 61:

cum reo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

cum aliquo,

id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

cum aliquo HS ducentis millibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

rem cum Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit,

id. Clu. 13, 39:

ut secum aliquid, quālubet condicione transigeret,

id. Quint. 31, 97.— Absol.:

cum debitore,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.—

Transf., in gen.: transigere cum aliquā re, to make an end of, put an end to, be done with a thing (mostly post-Aug.):

optimum visum est committere rem fortunae et transigere cum Publilio certamen,

Liv. 9, 12, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

transigite cum expeditionibus,

Tac. Agr. 34:

tenebris imis abscondita jam cum luce transegerat,

App. M. 8, p. 204.— Impers. pass.:

cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur,

Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 1, 44.—

To dispose of, sell:

ubi facultas est transigendi,

Pall. 3, 26, 2:

quod teneriores matres generant transigendum est,

id. 12, 13, 8.—

Of time, to bring to an end, to lead, pass, spend (perh. only post-Aug.;

syn. ago): tempus per ostentationem aut officiorum ambitum,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

adulescentiam per haec fere,

Suet. Tib. 7:

maximam aetatis partem per haec ac talia,

id. Claud. 10:

transacto tribuniciae potestatis tempore,

id. Tib. 11:

vixdum mense transacto,

id. Vit. 8:

placidas sine suspirio noctes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 41:

noctem,

Suet. Calig. 59:

non multum venatibus, plus per otium transigunt,

Tac. G. 15:

sponsalia filiae natalemque geniti nepotis silentio,

Suet. Claud. 12:

pios et insontes amoeno in loco dicimus perpetuitatem transacturos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 19 med.:

diem sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 4.—Hence, transactus, a, um, P. a., completed, settled:

exceptio transacti negotii,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.— Subst.: transactum, i, n. (sc. negotium), a completed business, settlement, Dig. 2, 15, 2.

vŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root gar-, to swallow; Gr. root bor- in bibrôskô, to devour; cf. also gramen], to swallow whole, swallow up, eat greedily, devour (cf. absorbeo).

Lit.:

animalium alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122; Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196:

vitulum (balaena),

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 61:

edim atque ambabus malis expletis vorem,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 73:

mella avide (apes),

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:

Lucrina (ostrea),

Mart. 6, 11, 5: resinam ex melle Aegyptiam vorato, salvum feceris, swallow or gulp down, take, as medicine, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31;

so of medicine,

Mart. 1, 88, 2; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 24.—Prov.:

meus hic est: hamum vorat,

swallows, takes, Plaut. Curc. 3, 61; id. Truc. 1, 1, 21; cf.: hamum voras, Ambros. Tob. n. 7.—

Transf.

Of things, to devour, swallow up, overwhelm, destroy, etc.:

vorat haec (Charybdis) raptas revomitque carinas,

Ov. M. 13, 731:

navem (rapidus vortex),

Verg. A. 1, 117; cf. poet.:

agmina (vortex pugnae),

Sil. 4, 230:

corpus (ulcus),

Cels. 5, 28, 3: viam, to finish or perform quickly, Cat. 35, 7:

Thracia quinque vadis Istrum vorat Amphitrite,

takes in, swallows up, Claud. B. Get. 337.—

Of property, to use up, consume, squander:

idem in reliquis generis ejus (murrhinorum vasorum) quantum voraverit, licet existimare,

Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 19.—

Trop., to devour, i. e. to acquire with eagerness, pursue passionately (rare but class.):

litteras,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 2. —In mal. part., Cat. 80, 6; Mart. 2, 51, 6; 7, 67, 15.—

To consume, waste:

amor vorat tectas penitus medullas,

Sen. Hippol. 282; 642.