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  • 41 отговорка

    ж.
    (lame) excuse [-s]; ( предлог) pretext

    без отгово́рок! — no excuses!

    э́то отгово́рки! — those are lame excuses!

    отде́лываться отгово́рками (оправдываться) — (try to) get away with excuses; ( уклоняться от ответа) (try to) get away with irrelevant comments, (try to) dodge the question; give (i) the runaround

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  • 42 أدلى بحجة إلخ

    أدْلَى بِحُجّةٍ إلخ
    to adduce, present, advance, offer, give, make, use (as an argument, plea, excuse, pretext); to plead, invoke, allege, claim, maintain

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  • 43 causor

    causor ( causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and trans. [causa].
    I.
    In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—
    II.
    Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    multa,

    Lucr. 1, 398:

    aves aut omina dira,

    Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.:

    omina Visaque,

    Ov. M. 9, 768:

    nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros,

    id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

    ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante,

    Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13:

    negotia,

    Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.:

    valetudinem,

    id. H. 3, 59 fin.:

    adversam patris voluntatem,

    id. A. 13, 44:

    diei tempus,

    Curt. 4, 16, 18 al. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56.—
    (γ).
    With acc. [p. 305] and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —
    (δ).
    With quod:

    causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    causari accipere rationes,

    to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.

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  • 44 caussor

    causor ( causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and trans. [causa].
    I.
    In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—
    II.
    Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    multa,

    Lucr. 1, 398:

    aves aut omina dira,

    Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.:

    omina Visaque,

    Ov. M. 9, 768:

    nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros,

    id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12:

    ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante,

    Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13:

    negotia,

    Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.:

    valetudinem,

    id. H. 3, 59 fin.:

    adversam patris voluntatem,

    id. A. 13, 44:

    diei tempus,

    Curt. 4, 16, 18 al. —
    (β).
    Absol.:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56.—
    (γ).
    With acc. [p. 305] and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —
    (δ).
    With quod:

    causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    causari accipere rationes,

    to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.

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  • 45 jacto

    jacto, āvi, ātum (jactarier, Lucr. 6, 556; Enn. Tr. 130), 1, v. freq. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, hurl.
    I.
    Lit.:

    semen,

    to scatter, Varr. R. R. 1, 42:

    semina per undas,

    Ov. M. 4, 748:

    jactato flore tegente vias,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 50:

    irrita sacrilega jactas incendia dextra,

    id. M. 14, 539:

    hastas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 316:

    vestem argentumque de muro,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

    lapides vacuum in orbem,

    Verg. G. 1, 62:

    cinerem per agros,

    id. ib. 1, 81:

    se muris in praeceps,

    Curt. 5, 6, 7;

    of casting a net: rete,

    Dig. 19, 1, 12;

    also of dicethrowing: talos arripio, jacto basilicum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79; cf.:

    numerosque manu jactabat eburnos,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 203; id. ib. 3, 355; Suet. Aug. 71.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To throw or toss about; to shake, flourish:

    crura,

    Lucr. 4, 991:

    brachia in numerum,

    id. 4, 769:

    manus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 179; 10, 3, 21:

    umeros,

    id. 11, 3, 130:

    tinnula manu,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38:

    tintinnabulum,

    Phaedr. 2, 7, 5:

    onerosa pallia,

    Juv. 6, 236:

    cerviculam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49:

    nisi se suo more jactavisset,

    i. e. to make gestures, id. Brut. 60, 217:

    cum multum se Curio ex more jactasset,

    Quint. 11, 3, 129:

    exsultare immoderateque jactari,

    Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

    corpus in suo sanguine,

    to wallow, Ov. M. 10, 721:

    videntes,

    Verg. G. 2, 355:

    a facie manus,

    to throw kisses, Juv. 3, 106; cf.: jactare basia, id. 4, 118:

    oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 1133:

    lumina,

    Ov. H. 3, 11:

    jugum,

    i. e. to be restless, rebellious, Juv. 13, 22.—
    2.
    To drive hither and thither, to drive about:

    cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; Ov. H. 17, 235; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 15:

    ut Aeneas pelago... omnia circum Litora jactetur,

    Verg. A. 1, 668; 10, 48; 1, 182:

    jactati aequore toto Troes,

    id. ib. 1, 29; Ov. M. 11, 441 al.:

    si quando, ut fit, jactor in turba, etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

    jactatur domi suae homo honestissimus,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

    aestu febrique jactari,

    id. Cat. 1, 13.—So of the sea:

    ut jactetur aqua,

    Lucr. 6, 553:

    cito mutata est jactati forma profundi,

    Ov. H. 19, 77:

    aequora,

    id. Tr. 4, 4, 57.—
    3.
    To throw away:

    merces,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

    arma,

    Liv. 9, 12; Curt. 3, 3, 9.—Esp., to throw overboard, throw into the sea, Dig. 47, 2, 43, § 10; 14, 2, 4, § 2:

    jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima,

    Juv. 12, 52.—
    4.
    To throw out, emit, spread:

    luna suam jactat de corpore lucem,

    Lucr. 5, 576:

    voces per umbram,

    Verg. A. 2, 768.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To torment, disquiet, disturb:

    jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4:

    nolo te jactari diutius,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 59:

    ipsa velut navis jactor,

    Ov. H. 21, 41:

    jactari morbis,

    Lucr. 3, 507:

    clamore et convicio,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5:

    aliquem,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—
    B.
    Jactare se or jactari, not to be firm, to waver, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10.—Of money, to fluctuate in value:

    jactabatur temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80. —
    C.
    To consider, examine, discuss:

    pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    multa totā die in concilio variis jactata sermonibus erant,

    i. e. discussed, not decided, Liv. 1, 50, 3:

    pectore curas,

    Verg. A. 1, 227:

    jactari magis quam peragi accusatio ejus poterat,

    discussed without a conclusion, to no purpose, Liv. 10, 46, 16.—
    D.
    To discuss, mention, intimate, pronounce, throw out, utter, speak, say, name, propose a thing:

    rem jactare sermonibus,

    Liv. 8, 29:

    ultro citroque,

    id. 7, 9:

    jactamus jam pridem omnis te Roma beatum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 18:

    talia jactanti, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 102:

    jactatum in condicionibus nequiquam de Tarquiniis in regnum restituendis,

    Liv. 2, 13, 3:

    hanc autem jactari magis causam quam veram esse,

    to be rather the pretext than the true reason, id. 5, 53, 2.—
    E.
    To throw or fling out threats, etc.:

    jactare et opponere terrorem,

    Cic. Sest. 23, 52:

    minas,

    id. Quint. 14, 47:

    probra in quempiam,

    Liv. 29, 9; cf.:

    convicia,

    Prop. 3, 8, 11.—
    F.
    To boast of, vaunt a thing:

    ostentare honorem aetatis, jactare urbanam gratiam et dignitatem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

    ingenium,

    Quint. 3, 1, 3:

    genus et nomen,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 13:

    regna et virtutem,

    Ov. H. 16, 81:

    quo te jactas creatum,

    id. M. 9, 23; Curt. 8, 1, 23.—
    G.
    With se, to talk boastfully of one's self, to boast, make an ostentatious display.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    intolerantius se jactare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52, § 209:

    non jactandi mei causā,

    Quint. Decl. 268.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    se alicui,

    to boast of one's self to a person, Ov. H. 12, 175:

    se Iliae querenti ultorem,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 18; Liv. 35, 49, 3:

    ipse cum se jactaret amicae,

    Juv. 1, 62.—
    (γ).
    With in or simple abl.:

    cum in eo se in contione jactavisset,

    Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    ne quis sit lucus, quo se plus jactet Apollo,

    Verg. E. 6, 73.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    jactat se jamdudum de Calidio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
    (ε).
    With gen.:

    se justitiae,

    Hier. Ep. 23, 34. —
    (ζ).
    With two acc.:

    se jactare formosum,

    Phaedr. 3, 8, 6.—
    H.
    To carry one's self confidently or conceitedly:

    qui antea solitus esset jactare se magnificentissime in illo loco,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3.—
    I.
    To be officious or active in, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to a thing:

    jactare se in causis centumviralibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

    nostrum hoc tempus aetatis forensi labore jactari,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:

    in qua (re publica) tu non valde te jactas,

    id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

    se actionibus tribuniciis,

    Liv. 3, 1.—
    K.
    Se in pecuniis, to be prodigal of one's money, Cic. Cat. 2, 9.—Hence, jactans, antis, P. a., boasting, bragging, boastful, vainglorious.
    1.
    Lit.: insolens, arrogans, jactans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 322, 13:

    epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

    neque vereor ne jactantior videar, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 23; so Verg. A. 6, 815: jactantior hic paulo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—With gen.:

    tumidus ae sui jactans,

    Quint. 11, 1, 50:

    plebis jactantissimus amator,

    Spart. Hadr. 17.—
    2.
    Transf., proud, noble, splendid:

    septemgemino jactantior aethera pulset Roma jugo,

    Stat. S. 4, 1, 6; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 1.— Adv.: jactanter, boastfully, ostentatiously:

    minae jactanter sonantes,

    Amm. 27, 2, 3; Prud. Ham. 170.— Comp.:

    jactantius maerere,

    Tac. A. 2, 77:

    litteras componere,

    id. H. 3, 53; Prud. Ham. 170.

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  • 46 legatio

    lēgātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. lego], the sending of an ambassador; hence, the office of an ambassador, an embassy, legation.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cum legatione in provinciam esset profectus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:

    legationem obire,

    id. Ac. 2, 2, 5:

    is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    legationis officium conficere,

    id. B. C. 3, 103:

    in legationem proficisci,

    Liv. 21, 63:

    in legatione esse,

    Quint. 7, 1, 50:

    legatio male gesta,

    id. 4, 4, 5:

    munus legationis recusare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 33: legationem renuntiare, to make a report or give an account of one's embassy, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.;

    v. renuntio, I. B.: legationem ementiri,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 7:

    a Treveris Germanos crebris legationibus sollicitari,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

    per legationes petere foedus,

    Tac. A. 2, 45.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Libera legatio, a free legation, i. e. permission granted to a senator to visit one or more provinces on his private affairs in the character of an ambassador, but without performing the duties of one (such an embassy was called free, because while it lasted the holder of it was at liberty to come to the city of Rome and leave it again without resigning his office):

    negotiorum suorum causa legatus est in Africam legatione libera,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 21:

    habent opinor liberae legationes definitum tempus lege Julia,

    id. Att. 15, 11;

    called simply legatio,

    id. Leg. 3, 8, 18; id. Fl. 34:

    qui libera legatione abest, non videtur rei publicae causa abesse: hic enim non publici causa, sed sui abest,

    Dig. 50, 7, 14.—
    2.
    Legatio votiva, a free embassy assumed for the purpose (often a mere pretext) of paying a vow in a province, Cic. Att. 4, 2 fin.; 15, 8; 15, 11.—
    3.
    The charge of a legatus Augusti (v. legatus, B. 2.), Tac. Agr. 9; v. Orell. ad h. l.—
    II.
    Transf., the persons attached to an embassy, an embassy, legation:

    communem legationem ad Crassum mittunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    cujus legationis Divico princeps fuit,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    quas legationes Caesar ad se reverti jussit,

    id. ib. 2, 35:

    ab Eumene legatio de victoria gratulatum venit,

    Liv. 45, 13. [p. 1047]

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  • 47 nomen

    nōmen, ĭnis (archaic form of gen. sing. NOMINVS, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. Inscr. Lat. 196, 8), n. [for gnōmen, from root gno, whence gnosco, nosco, co-gnosco], a name, appellation (syn. vocabulum).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nomen est, quod unicuique personae datur, quo suo quaeque proprio et certo vocabulo appellatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 134:

    imponere nova rebus nomina,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

    qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt,

    id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:

    appellare aliquem nomine,

    id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    huic urbi nomen Epidamno inditum est,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37; cf. Liv. 7, 2, 6:

    Theophrastus divinitate loquendi nomen invenit,

    Cic. Or. 19, 62:

    lituus ab ejus litui, quo canitur, similitudine nomen invenit,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13 et saep.:

    ludi, Pythia de domitae serpentis nomine dicti,

    Ov. M. 1, 447:

    clari nominis vir,

    Vell. 2, 34, 4:

    nominis minoris vir,

    id. 2, 100, 5; cf. id. 2, 112, 2; 2, 103, 1: est mihi nomen, inditur mihi nomen, with nom.:

    cui saltationi Titius nomen est,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

    eique morbo nomen est avaritia,

    id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

    canibus pigris... Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo,

    Juv. 8, 36.—With dat.:

    haec sunt aedes, hic habet: Lesbonico'st nomen,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 110:

    juventus nomen fecit Peniculo mihi,

    id. Men. 1, 1, 1:

    nam mihi est Auxilio nomen,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 6:

    huic ego die nomen Trinummo facio,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 1:

    nomen Arcturo est mihi,

    id. Rud. prol. 5:

    cantus cui nomen neniae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

    puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum,

    Liv. 1, 34:

    est illis strigibus nomen,

    Ov. F. 6, 139.—With gen.:

    cujus nomen est Viventis,

    Vulg. Gen. 25, 11.—Rarely with ad:

    ut det nomen ad molas coloniam,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—Nomen dare, edere, profiteri, ad nomina respondere, to give in one's name, be enrolled, enlist; to answer to one's name when summoned to military duty:

    ne nomina darent,

    Liv. 2, 24:

    nomina profiteri,

    id. 2, 24:

    nominis edendi apud consules potestas,

    id. 2, 24:

    virgis caesi, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

    id. 7, 4; also,

    dare nomen in conjurationem,

    to join the conspiracy, Tac. A. 15, 48:

    ab re nomen habet (terra),

    is named for, Liv. 38, 18, 4:

    quae (sapientia) divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitione hoc nomen apud antiquos adsequebatur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

    dea (Viriplaca) nomen hoc a placandis viris fertur adsecuta,

    Val. Max. 2, 1, 6.—Esp.:

    nomen accipere = nominari: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 1; Quint. 3, 3, 13; Just. 1, 5, 1; Tac. A. 6, 37; 15, 74; Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 8.—
    2.
    In partic., the middle name of the three which every freeborn Roman had, as distinguished from the praenomen and cognomen. The nomen distinguished one gens from another, the cognomen one familia from another, and the praenomen one member of the familia from another, Quint. 7, 3, 27.—But sometimes nomen is used in the signif. of praenomen:

    id nomen (sc. Gaja),

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27.—So, too, in the signif. of cognomen:

    Sex. Clodius, cui nomen est Phormio,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; cf.:

    tamquam habeas tria nomina,

    i. e. as if you were a Roman, Juv. 5, 127.—
    3.
    Esp. in phrase: sub nomine, under the assumed name:

    qui litteras exitiales Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant,

    Liv. 40, 54, 9:

    sub nomine meo,

    Quint. 7, 2, 24:

    carmina sub alieno nomine edere,

    Suet. Aug. 55:

    multa vana sub nomine celebri vulgabantur,

    Tac. A. 6, 12; 13, 25; id. H. 1, 5; cf.:

    rogatio repente sub unius tribuni nomine promulgatur,

    Liv. 43, 16, 6; Suet. Aug. 29; Plin. Pan. 50, 5; cf. also II. B. infra.—
    4.
    A title of power or honor:

    imperatoris,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 14.—
    5.
    In gram., a noun, Quint. 1, 4, 18; 1, 5, 42 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Nomen alicu jus deferre, to bring an accusation against, to accuse a person:

    nomen alicujus de parricidio deferre,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28: nomen recipere, to receive the accusation:

    palam de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat: si quis absentem Sthenium rei capitalis reum facere vellet, sese ejus nomen recepturum: et simul, ut nomen deferret, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; cf. context.—
    2.
    A bond, note, a demand, claim, a debt: tituli debitorum nomina dicuntur praesertim in iis debitis, in quibus hominum nomina scripta sunt, quibus pecuniae commodatae sunt, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    repromittam istoc nomine solutam rem futuram,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 48:

    si neque in tuas tabulas ullum nomen referres, cum tot tibi nominibus acceptum Curtii referrent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 102:

    qui tibi, ut ais, certis nominibus grandem pecuniam debuit,

    on good bonds, good security, id. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

    egone hos digitos meos impellere potui, ut falsum perscriberent nomen?

    id. Rosc. Com. 1, 1:

    volo persolvere, ut expungatur nomen, ne quid debeam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40; so,

    solvere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 7:

    expedire, exsolvere,

    id. ib. 16, 6, 3:

    nomina sua exigere,

    to collect one's debts, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    hoc nomen, quod urget, nunc, cum petitur, dissolvere,

    id. Planc. 28, 68:

    transcribere in alium,

    Liv. 35, 7:

    qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen,

    comes with a huge ledger to sue for a doubtful debt, Juv. 7, 110.—
    b.
    Nomina facere, in the case of written obligations, to set down or book the items of debt in the account-book:

    nomina se facturum, qua ego vellem die,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    emit homo cupidus (Canius) tanti, quanti Pythius voluit et emit instructos: nomina facit (Pythius), negotium conficit,

    id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    nomina facturi diligenter in patrimonium et vasa debitoris inquirimus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 2.—
    c.
    Nomen locare, to offer as surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1 (dub.).—
    d.
    Transf., an item of debt; and hence, a debtor:

    hoc sum assecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer,

    i. e. a good payer, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:

    lenta nomina non mala,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 7, 29, 2; Col. 1, 7, 2.—
    3.
    A family, race, stock, people, nation:

    C. Octavium in familiam nomenque adoptavit,

    Suet. Caes. 83:

    Crispum C. Sallustius in nomen ascivit,

    Tac. A. 3, 30; Luc. 7, 584.—
    4.
    With national names: nomen Romanum, whatever is called Roman, i. e. the Roman dominion, nation, power; esp. of the army:

    gens infestissuma nomini Romano,

    Sall. C. 52, 24: CEIVIS ROMANVS NEVE NOMINVS LATINI NEVE SOCIVM QVISQVAM, etc., S. C. de Bacch.; so,

    concitatis sociis et nomine Latino,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41:

    ubi deletum omnibus videretur nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 23, 6, 3:

    relicum Romani nominis,

    id. 22, 55, 5; 27, 33, 11; 1, 10, 3; cf. id. 9, 7, 1:

    Aeolio regnatas nomine terras,

    Sil. 14, 70:

    Volscūm nomen prope deletum est,

    Liv. 3, 8, 10:

    nomen Atheniensium tueri,

    Just. 5, 6, 9.—
    5.
    Poet.
    a.
    A thing:

    infaustum interluit Allia nomen,

    Verg. A. 7, 717.—
    b.
    A person:

    popularia nomina Drusos,

    Luc. 6, 759; 1, 311:

    nec fidum femina nomen,

    Tib. 3, 4, 61:

    in diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus,

    i. e. the love of a mother and sister, Ov. M. 8, 464; id. H. 8, 30.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Name, fame, repute, reputation, renown (syn.:

    existimatio, fama): hujus magnum nomen fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    nomen habere,

    id. ib. 69, 244:

    magnum in oratoribus nomen habere,

    id. Or. 6, 22:

    officere nomini alicujus, Liv. praef. § 3: et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 89:

    nomen gerere,

    Lact. 1, 20, 3; 4, 29, 15 al.:

    multi Lydia nominis Romanā vigui clarior Iliā,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 7:

    nomen alicujus stringere,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 350:

    homines nonnullius in litteris nominis, Plin Ep. 7, 20, 3: parentes, quorum maximum nomen in civitatibus est suis,

    Liv. 22, 22, 13.—Of ill repute, bad reputation: malum nomen (only rare and late Lat.): magis eligendum in paupertate nomen bonum quam in divitiis nomen pessimum, Hier. Com. Ep. Tit., Paris, 1546, p. 104 H.—
    2.
    Of inanimate things:

    ne vinum nomen perdat,

    Cato, R. R. 25:

    nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat,

    Verg. G. 2, 240.—
    B.
    A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf, etc.: alio nomine et aliā de causā abstulisse. Cic. Rosc. Com. [p. 1214] 14, 40:

    legis agrariae simulatione atque nomine,

    id. Agr. 2, 6, 15:

    classis nomine pecuniam imperatam queruntur,

    id. Fl. 12, 27:

    haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine,

    id. Fam. 12, 12, 3; 2, 1, 1:

    nomine sceleris conjurationisque damnati,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    quid exornamus philosophiam, aut quid ejus nomine gloriosi sumus?

    id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

    qui cum luxuriose viverent, non reprehenderentur eo nomine,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21:

    gratias boni viri agebant et tuo nomine gratulabantur,

    on your account, id. Phil. 1, 12, 30:

    Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi,

    on your behalf, id. Att. 1, 16, 16:

    legationes tuo nomine proficiscentes,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    quem quidem tibi etiam suo nomine commendo,

    for his own sake, id. ib. 13, 21, 2:

    meo nomine,

    Tac. H. 1, 29:

    feminarum suarum nomine,

    id. G. 8:

    bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14:

    decretae eo nomine supplicationes,

    Tac. A. 14, 59;

    but: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine,

    on your responsibility, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7.—
    C.
    A name, as opposed to the reality:

    me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum),

    Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1:

    Campani magis nomen ad praesidium sociorum, quam vires cum attulissent,

    Liv. 7, 29:

    nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 740.—
    III.
    In eccl. Lat.,
    1.
    Periphrastically:

    invocavit nomen Domini,

    Vulg. Gen. 13, 4:

    omnipotens nomen ejus,

    ib. Exod. 15, 3:

    psallam nomini Domini,

    ib. Psa. 7, 18:

    blasphemare nomen ejus,

    ib. Apoc. 13, 6.—
    2.
    Delegated power:

    in nomine tuo daemones eicimus,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 22:

    in quo nomine fecistis,

    ib. Act. 4, 7:

    locuti sunt in nomine Domini,

    ib. Jacob. 5, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nomen

  • 48 προτίθημι

    προτίθημι (also thematic forms, [ per.] 3sg.
    A

    προτιθεῖ Hdt.1.133

    , [ per.] 3pl.

    προτιθεῖσι Id.7.197

    ), [tense] fut.

    - θήσω Th.3.67

    : [tense] aor.

    προὔθηκα Il.24.409

    , etc. (for προθέουσι v. προθέω (B)):—[voice] Med. (v. infr.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. 1

    προὐτέθην E.Ph. 803

    , Pl.Phd. 90b, etc.; but [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. [voice] Pass. are usu. supplied by πρόκειμαι:—set before, set out, esp. of meals, τραπέζας νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν ([dialect] Ep. for προὐτίθεσαν) Od.1.112;

    βοῦν Hes.Th. 537

    ;

    τούτοισι προθεῖναι δαῖτα Hdt.1.207

    , cf. S.Aj. 1294, Ant. 775, Ph. 274, etc.;

    ξείνια στρατῷ Hdt.7.29

    :—[voice] Med., set before oneself, have set before one,

    δαῖτα Id.1.133

    , 4.26;

    κλίνας καὶ τραπέζας Plu.2.99e

    ; also προτίθεσθαί τισι ἄριστον cause it to be set before them, Chionid.7.
    b π. τινὰ κυσίν throw him to the dogs, Il.24.409; τινὰ θηρσὶν ἁρπαγὴν π. E. El. 896.
    2 expose a child, Hdt.1.112;

    π. τινὰ ἔρημον S.Ph. 268

    :—[voice] Pass.,

    ὁ θανάτῳ προτεθείς E.Ph. 803

     (lyr.).
    b set up as a mark or prize,

    στέφανόν τισι τῶν ἀγώνων Th.2.46

    ;

    σκοπὸν κάλλιστον ἐν τῷ ζῆν Plb.7.8.9

    :—[voice] Pass.,

    προὐτέθην ἐγὼ ἆθλον.. δορός E.Hel.42

    .
    4 fix, set, ἐς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆς ζόης ἀνθρώπῳ π. Id.1.32:—[voice] Med.; οὖρον π. ἐνιαυτόν ib.74.
    5 appoint as a task or duty,

    τινί τι S.Tr. 1049

    ;

    νεωτέρῳ τοῦτο βαστάζειν πρόθες Id.Ant. 216

    ; δμῳαῖς π. πένθος οἰκεῖον στένειν ib. 1249, cf. Hdt. 9.94:—[voice] Med., propose to oneself as a task or object,

    ὅπερ προὐθέμεθα σκέψασθαι Pl.Phdr. 259e

    , R. 352d, cf. Sph. 221a, Tht. 169c;

    π. ψέγειν αὐτὸ ἢ ἐπαινεῖν Id.Lg. 638c

    , cf. Arist.EN 1142b19 (dub.), Hipparch. 1.1.6, Luc.Nec.19.
    b [voice] Med., c. [tense] fut. inf., propose to oneself, intend,

    προτεθειμένου κατοικήσειν ἐνταῦθα Syr.D. 13.256

     (Seleucia in Pieria, ii B.C.).
    6 [voice] Med., also, put forth on one's own part, display, show,

    εὐλάβειαν S.El. 1334

    ;

    ἀνδραγαθίαν Th.3.64

    ;

    ἔχθραν Id.8.85

    .
    7 [voice] Med., θνητοὺς ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος setting before oneself in pity, feeling compassion for, A.Pr. 241.
    II π. νεκρόν lay out a dead body, let it lie in state, Hdt.5.8:—[voice] Med., E.Alc. 664, Supp.53 (lyr.), Ar.Lys. 611, Th.2.34, Lys.12.18, etc.;

    ποτήρια χρύσεα προθεῖτο Hdt.3.148

    .
    2 set out wares for show or sale, Luc.Nigr.25, al.
    3 display a public notice,

    τὸ λεύκωμα πρὸ τοῦ ναοῦ IG9(2).1109.35

     (Coropa, ii B.C.);

    ἐπ' αὐτῆς τῆς οἰκίας π. ἐν λευκώματι UPZ 106.20

     (ii B.C.);

    τὸ ὑπογεγραμμένον ἔκθεμα OGI664.4

     (Egypt, i A.D.), cf. POxy.2108.8 ([voice] Pass., iii A.D.); notify publicly,

    τοὺς [προέδρους] προτιθέναι περὶ ὧν δεῖ βουλεύεσθαι IG42(1).68.80

     (Epid., iv B.C.); περὶ ὧν.. οἱ ἄρχοντες προτίθεισι Ἀρχ.Δελτ.9 παρ.53 ([place name] Eresus), cf. IG 12(2).526a21 (ibid., iv B.C.), 645b35 (Nesus, iv B.C.); τὰς πράξεις (exactions).. τῶν προτιθεμένων ([voice] Pass.)

    κατὰ τὰς ἐγγραφάς Arist.Pol. 1321b42

    ; call a case for trial by means of a public notice,

    τῶν κατ' αὐτοὺς προτεθέντων UPZ118.18

     (ii B.C.); οἱ προτεθέντες ἐπ' ἐμὲ καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσαντες ἴστωσαν ὅτι .. PHamb.29.6 (i A.D.); advertise for sale or other purpose, BGU 992 i 7 ([voice] Pass., ii B.C.), PLips.64.44 (iv A.D.), etc.; τοῖς συλλημψομένοις ὑμῖν γέρα προτιθέντα advertising rewards to those of you who apprehend (robbers), POxy.1408.16 (iii A.D.).
    4 propose, bring forward a thing to be examined and debated, also give an opportunity for debate, voting,

    ἐς μέσον σφι π. πρῆγμα Hdt.1.206

    ;

    π. τὸν λόγον Id.8.59

    ;

    γνώμας σφίσιν αὐτοῖς Th. 1.139

    ; π. λόγον (sc. εἰς ἐκκλησίαν) Aeschin.2.65;

    λόγον περί τινος X.Mem.4.2.3

    ; γνώμας π. αὖθις Ἀθηναίοις, of the Prytanes, Th.6.14, cf. 3.36; π. τὴν διαγνώμην αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων ib.42, cf. Isoc.8.15; π. βουλὴν εἴτε.. εἴτε .. D.H.6.15;

    τὸν ἐπιμήνιον, ἢν μὴ προθῇ, ἑκατὸν στατῆρας ὀφείλειν SIG58.10

     (Milet., v B.C.), cf. 141.12 (Corc. Nigra, iv B.C.), 167.13 (Mylasa, iv B.C.), al.; προθεῖναι αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων λέγειν propose a discussion about.., Th.3.38;

    τὸ συμφέρον ἡ πόλις προὐτίθει σκοπεῖν D.18.273

    , etc.; π. αὐτοῖς κρίσιν appoint a trial for them, Lys.27.8;

    π. αὐτοῖς ἀγορὰν δικῶν Luc.

    Bis Acc.4; προέθηκε.. λέγειν τὰ ἑκατέροισι.. κατέργασται has proposed (or initiated) a recital of what each has done, Hdt.9.27: c. dat. pers. et inf., Id.3.38: c. acc. et inf.,

    π. γνώμην ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸν βουλόμενον Id.8.49

    :—[voice] Med.,

    ἤν τις προθῆται ψῆφον, ὥστε μὴ εἶναι τὸν νόμον τοῦτον SIG45.33

     (Halic., v B.C.):—[voice] Pass., οὐ προὐτέθη σφίσι λόγος speech was not allowed them, X.HG1.7.5;

    ψῆφος περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσα D.19.65

    .
    III put forward, as one foot before the other,

    βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων E.Hec.67

     (anap.).
    2 hold out as a pretext,

    αἰτίαν S.Aj. 1051

    :—[voice] Med.,

    τὴν συγγένειαν Plb. 2.19.1

    , etc.
    IV put before or first, προτιθέντι ἀνάγκη.. λέγειν, opp. ἐπιλέγοντι, Arist.Rh. 1394a15, cf. b28;

    π. τοῦ λόγου προοίμιον Pl. Lg. 723c

    ; set down first in writing, προθεὶς ἄρχοντα Νικόμαχόν φησιν οὕτως· ἐπὶ τούτου κτλ." Did. in D.1.19, cf. 8.17, al., Gal.19.183:— [voice] Med., put in front,

    τοὺς γροσφομάχους Plb.1.33.9

    ; premise,

    λόγον Id.3.118.11

    ;

    τὰς προειρημένας αἰτίας Id.4.25.6

    :—[voice] Pass.,

    τὸ μὴ καὶ τὸ οὒ προτιθέμενα τῶν ἐπιόντων ὀνομάτων Pl.Sph. 257c

    : metaph., Th.2.42.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προτίθημι

  • 49 dalih

    equivocation; pretext
    berdalih: to give excuses
    berdalih-dalihan: to blame one another
    mendalihkan: to feign; to pretend

    Malay-English cyber dictionary > dalih

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