to+have+the+means

sustento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [sustineo], to hold up or upriqht, to uphold, support, prop, sustain (syn. sustineo).

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

multos per annos Sustentata ruet moles et machina mundi,

Lucr. 5, 96: Hercule quondam [p. 1822] Sustentante polum, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 143:

Alcanor fratrem ruentem Sustentat dextrā,

Verg. A. 10, 339:

in Tiberim abjectum,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

naufraga sustentant... vela (i. e. navem) Lacones,

Claud. B. Gild. 222; cf.:

aegre seque et arma sustentans,

Curt. 8, 4, 15.—

To bear, wear:

catenas,

Vop. Aur. 34.—

Trop., to keep up, uphold, sustain, maintain, support, bear, uplift, preserve (class. and freq.).

In gen.:

exsanguem jam et jacentem (civitatem),

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

rem publicam,

id. Mur. 2, 3:

imbecillitatem valetudinis tuae sustenta et tuere,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

valetudo sustentatur notitiā sui corporis,

id. Off. 2, 24, 86; Vell. 2, 114, 1:

Terentiam, unam omnium aerumnosissimam, sustentes tuis officiis,

Cic. Att. 3, 23, 5:

tu velim tete tuā virtute sustentes,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 5:

me una consolatio sustentat, quod, etc.,

id. Mil. 36, 100:

per omnis difficultates animo me sustentavi,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

1: litteris sustentor et recreor,

Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

praeclarā conscientiā sustentor, cum cogito, etc.,

id. ib. 10, 4, 5:

Pompeius intellegit, C. Catonem a Crasso sustentari,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4:

jurisconsultus, non suo artificio sed alieno sustentatus,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

amicos suos fide,

id. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

si qua spes reliqua est, quae fortium civium mentes cogitationesque sustentet,

id. Fl. 2, 3:

spes inopiam sustentabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

res publica magnis meis laboribus sustentata,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3:

Venus Trojanas sustentat opes,

Verg. A. 10, 609:

multa virum meritis sustentat fama tropaeis,

upholds, id. ib. 11, 224:

Arminius manu, voce, vulnere sustentabat pugnam,

kept up, maintained, Tac. A. 2, 17:

aciem,

id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. H. 2, 15.—

In partic.

To support, sustain, maintain, preserve by food, money, or other means:

familiam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 36:

cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

idem (aër) spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantis,

id. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

qui se subsidiis patrimonii aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant,

id. Prov. Cons. 5, 12:

eo (frumento) sustentata est plebs,

Liv. 2, 34, 5:

sustentans fovensque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 3:

saucios largitione et curā,

Tac. A. 4, 63 fin.:

animus nullā re egens aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; cf.:

furtim rapta sustentat pectora terra,

refreshes, Stat. Th. 6, 875:

parsimoniam patrum suis sumptibus,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

tenuitatem alicujus,

id. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

egestatem et luxuriem domestico lenocinio sustentavit,

id. Red. Sen. 5, 11:

Glycera venditando coronas sustentaverat paupertatem,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 125; cf.:

ut milites pecore ex longinquioribus vicis adacto extremam famem sustentarent,

Caes. B.G. 7, 17.—Mid.:

mutando sordidas merces sustentabatur,

supported himself, got a living, Tac. A. 4, 13; for which in the act. form: Ge. Valuistin' bene? Pa. Sustentavi sedulo, I have taken good care of myself, have kept myself in good case, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 8; cf. impers. pass.: Ge. Valuistin' usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. ib. 3, 2, 14. —

To keep in check, hold back, restrain:

milites, paulisper ab rege sustentati, paucis amissis profugi discedunt,

Sall. J. 56, 6; cf. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 82: aquas, Auct. Cons. Liv. 221. —

To bear, hold out, endure, suffer (rare but class.;

syn.: fero, patior): miserias plurimas,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 3:

moerorem doloremque,

Cic. Pis. 36, 89. — Absol. (sc. morbum), Suet. Tib. 72:

procellas invidiae,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 265:

aegre is dies sustentatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

quorum auxiliis atque opibus, si qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint,

id. ib. 2, 14 fin.—Impers. pass.:

aegre eo die sustentatum est,

a defence was made, Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

hostem,

Tac. A. 15, 10 fin.:

bellum,

Vell. 2, 104, 2: impetus legionum, Auct. B. Hisp. 17, 3. — Absol.:

nec, nisi in tempore subventum foret, ultra sustentaturi fuerint,

Liv. 34, 18, 2. —

To put off, defer, delay (Ciceron.;

syn. prolato): rem, dum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

aedificationem ad tuum adventum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 7:

id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest... celeriter vobis vindicandum est,

id. Cat. 4, 3, 6; cf. Ov. R. Am. 405.

at-qui (in MSS. sometimes adqui, e. g. Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 Mai, and often confounded with atque), conj. (the form atquin is incorrect and post-class.; for Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 55, should be read at quin separately, Fleck.; cf. Caper Orth. p. 2441) [qui, abl. of indef. quis, used adverbially; so pr. but anyhow; cf.: alioqui, ceteroqui].

In gen., serving to connect-an adversative clause or assertion, but anyhow, but any way or wise, yet, notwithstanding, however, rather, but now, but nevertheless, and yet, alla dê, alla dêpou, alla mên (a purely adversative particle, a more emphatic at, while atque is regularly copulative; v. atque; syn.: at, sed, verum, autem; comparatively rare in all periods, it being scarcely more than an emphasized form of at): Th. Quid aïs, venefica? Py. Atqui certo comperi, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9: Sy. Gratiam habeo. De. Atqui, Syre, Hoc verumst et re ipsā experiere propediem, id. Ad. 5, 5, 7: Cl. Satis scite promittit tibi. Sy. Atqui tu hanc jocari credis? but yet do you believe that she is jesting? id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:

cum omnia vi et armis egeris, accuses eum, qui se praesidio munierit, non ut te oppugnaret, sed ut vitam suam posset defendere? Atqui ne ex eo quidem tempore id egit Sestius, ut, etc.,

and yet, Cic. Sest. 37, 79: tum, ut me Cotta vidit, peropportune, inquit, venis... atqui mihi quoque videor, inquam, venisse, ut dicis, opportune, rather I seem to myself, etc., alla mên kai emoi dokô, id. N. D. 1, 7, 16: vitas hinnuleo me similis Chloe... atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor, but yet, alla toi, Hor. C. 1, 23, 1-10: Jam vero videtis nihil esse tam morti simile quam somnum;

atqui dormientium animi maxime declarant divinitatem suam,

but yet, Cic. Sen. 22, 81:

tum dixisse (Lysandrum), mirari se non modo diligentiam, sed etiam sollertiam ejus, a quo essent illa dimensa atque descripta: et ei Cyrum respondisse: Atqui (sc. ne putes alium id fecisse) ego omnia ista sum dimensus,

id. ib. 17, 59.—

Esp.

In adding a thought confirmatory of a preceding one, but not antithetical (v. at init.), but indeed, but certainly, by all means: Do. Salvos sis, adulescens Sa. Siquidem hanc vendidero pretio suo. To. Atqui aut hoc emptore vendes pulcre aut alio non potest, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31: Et Philus: praeclaram vero causam ad me defertis, cum me improbitatis patrocinium suscipere vultis. Atqui id tibi, inquit Laelius, verendum est, but certainly (ironically), Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8; id. Leg. 1, 1, 4.—Sometimes with pol or sic:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80: Py. Scis eam civem hinc esse? Pa. Nescio. Py. Atqui sic inventast, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 30: hunc ego non diligam? non admirer? non omni ratione defendendum putem? Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimis accepimus, etc., yet so we have certainly heard, etc., Cic. Arch. 8, 18.—

So also atqui si, adversative, but if, or continuative, if now, if indeed (cf.:

quod si): sine veniat. Atqui si illam digito attigerit, oculi illi ilico ecfodientur,

if, however, he do but touch her, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 1 (Fleck., Qui): quae et conscripta a multis sunt diligenter et sunt humiliora quam illa, quae a nobis exspectari puto. Att. Atqui si quaeris ego quid exspectem, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62:

atqui, si ita placet, inquit Antonius, trademus etiam,

well now, if, id. de Or. 2, 50, 204: atqui Si noles sanus, curres hydropicus, but now if you are unwilling, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33:

atqui si tempus est ullum jure hominis necandi, quae multa sunt, certe illud est,

but if now there is any time, Cic. Mil. 4 init. —

To modify a preceding negation or negative interrogation, yet, still, instead of that, rather: Ni. Numquam auferes hinc aurum. Ch. Atqui jam dabis, but, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 26: Non sum apud me. Se. Atqui opus est nunc quom maxime ut sis, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 27:

O rem, inquis, difficilem et inexplicabilem. Atqui explicanda est,

nevertheless, Cic. Att. 8, 3; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114:

magnum narras, vix credibile. Atqui Sic habet,

but in fact, so it is, Hor. S. 1, 9, 52; Curt. 6, 10, 5:

modum statuarum haberi nullum placet? Atqui habeatur necesse est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 3, 86; id. Parad. 1, 1, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 53; Curt. 6, 10, 10.—

To connect a minor proposition in a syllogism (both an affirmative and a negative, while atque only connects an affirm. proposition), but, but now, now:

Ergo cum sol igneus sit, quia nullus ignis sine pastu aliquo possit permanere, necesse est aut ei similis sit igni, quem... aut ei, qui... atqui hic noster ignis etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40 and 41:

qui fortis est, idem est fidens... Qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit... Atqui in quem cadit aegritudo, in eundem timor... Ita fit, ut fortitudini aegritudo repugnet,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:

(mors) aut plane neglegenda est... aut etiam optanda, si, etc. Atqui tertium certe nihil inveniri potest. Quid igitur timeam si, etc.,

id. Sen. 19, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40. (Vid. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 513-524.)

at-qui (in MSS. sometimes adqui, e. g. Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 Mai, and often confounded with atque), conj. (the form atquin is incorrect and post-class.; for Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 55, should be read at quin separately, Fleck.; cf. Caper Orth. p. 2441) [qui, abl. of indef. quis, used adverbially; so pr. but anyhow; cf.: alioqui, ceteroqui].

In gen., serving to connect-an adversative clause or assertion, but anyhow, but any way or wise, yet, notwithstanding, however, rather, but now, but nevertheless, and yet, alla dê, alla dêpou, alla mên (a purely adversative particle, a more emphatic at, while atque is regularly copulative; v. atque; syn.: at, sed, verum, autem; comparatively rare in all periods, it being scarcely more than an emphasized form of at): Th. Quid aïs, venefica? Py. Atqui certo comperi, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9: Sy. Gratiam habeo. De. Atqui, Syre, Hoc verumst et re ipsā experiere propediem, id. Ad. 5, 5, 7: Cl. Satis scite promittit tibi. Sy. Atqui tu hanc jocari credis? but yet do you believe that she is jesting? id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:

cum omnia vi et armis egeris, accuses eum, qui se praesidio munierit, non ut te oppugnaret, sed ut vitam suam posset defendere? Atqui ne ex eo quidem tempore id egit Sestius, ut, etc.,

and yet, Cic. Sest. 37, 79: tum, ut me Cotta vidit, peropportune, inquit, venis... atqui mihi quoque videor, inquam, venisse, ut dicis, opportune, rather I seem to myself, etc., alla mên kai emoi dokô, id. N. D. 1, 7, 16: vitas hinnuleo me similis Chloe... atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor, but yet, alla toi, Hor. C. 1, 23, 1-10: Jam vero videtis nihil esse tam morti simile quam somnum;

atqui dormientium animi maxime declarant divinitatem suam,

but yet, Cic. Sen. 22, 81:

tum dixisse (Lysandrum), mirari se non modo diligentiam, sed etiam sollertiam ejus, a quo essent illa dimensa atque descripta: et ei Cyrum respondisse: Atqui (sc. ne putes alium id fecisse) ego omnia ista sum dimensus,

id. ib. 17, 59.—

Esp.

In adding a thought confirmatory of a preceding one, but not antithetical (v. at init.), but indeed, but certainly, by all means: Do. Salvos sis, adulescens Sa. Siquidem hanc vendidero pretio suo. To. Atqui aut hoc emptore vendes pulcre aut alio non potest, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31: Et Philus: praeclaram vero causam ad me defertis, cum me improbitatis patrocinium suscipere vultis. Atqui id tibi, inquit Laelius, verendum est, but certainly (ironically), Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8; id. Leg. 1, 1, 4.—Sometimes with pol or sic:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80: Py. Scis eam civem hinc esse? Pa. Nescio. Py. Atqui sic inventast, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 30: hunc ego non diligam? non admirer? non omni ratione defendendum putem? Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimis accepimus, etc., yet so we have certainly heard, etc., Cic. Arch. 8, 18.—

So also atqui si, adversative, but if, or continuative, if now, if indeed (cf.:

quod si): sine veniat. Atqui si illam digito attigerit, oculi illi ilico ecfodientur,

if, however, he do but touch her, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 1 (Fleck., Qui): quae et conscripta a multis sunt diligenter et sunt humiliora quam illa, quae a nobis exspectari puto. Att. Atqui si quaeris ego quid exspectem, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62:

atqui, si ita placet, inquit Antonius, trademus etiam,

well now, if, id. de Or. 2, 50, 204: atqui Si noles sanus, curres hydropicus, but now if you are unwilling, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33:

atqui si tempus est ullum jure hominis necandi, quae multa sunt, certe illud est,

but if now there is any time, Cic. Mil. 4 init. —

To modify a preceding negation or negative interrogation, yet, still, instead of that, rather: Ni. Numquam auferes hinc aurum. Ch. Atqui jam dabis, but, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 26: Non sum apud me. Se. Atqui opus est nunc quom maxime ut sis, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 27:

O rem, inquis, difficilem et inexplicabilem. Atqui explicanda est,

nevertheless, Cic. Att. 8, 3; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114:

magnum narras, vix credibile. Atqui Sic habet,

but in fact, so it is, Hor. S. 1, 9, 52; Curt. 6, 10, 5:

modum statuarum haberi nullum placet? Atqui habeatur necesse est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 3, 86; id. Parad. 1, 1, 7; Flor. 4, 2, 53; Curt. 6, 10, 10.—

To connect a minor proposition in a syllogism (both an affirmative and a negative, while atque only connects an affirm. proposition), but, but now, now:

Ergo cum sol igneus sit, quia nullus ignis sine pastu aliquo possit permanere, necesse est aut ei similis sit igni, quem... aut ei, qui... atqui hic noster ignis etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40 and 41:

qui fortis est, idem est fidens... Qui autem est fidens, is profecto non extimescit... Atqui in quem cadit aegritudo, in eundem timor... Ita fit, ut fortitudini aegritudo repugnet,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14:

(mors) aut plane neglegenda est... aut etiam optanda, si, etc. Atqui tertium certe nihil inveniri potest. Quid igitur timeam si, etc.,

id. Sen. 19, 66; id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40. (Vid. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 513-524.)

plānus, a, um, adj. [for placnus; root plac-; Gr. plakous; cf. 2. plaga, planca], even, level, flat, plane (class.; cf. aequor).

Lit.:

facilis et plana via,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

planum et aequabile corpus universitatis,

id. Univ. 5:

planus et aequus locus,

id. Caecin. 17, 50:

litus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

carina,

id. ib. 3, 13:

pisces,

flat-fish, Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

aedificia, quae plano pede instituuntur,

on level ground, Vitr. 6, 11:

postquam jacuit planum mare,

Juv. 12, 62:

planā faciem contundere palmā,

flat, id. 13, 128.— Comp.:

aditus planior,

Liv. 34, 29.— Sup.:

planissimus locus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96. —

Subst.: plānum, i, n., level ground, a plain:

aciem in planum deducit,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

per planum ire,

Ov. A. A. 2, 243:

cadere in plano,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 17:

in planum deferre aliquid,

Sen. Tranq. 10, 6:

castra in plano erant,

Flor. 4, 12, 59:

de plano,

on level ground, Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21:

ad planiora,

Vulg. Judic. 1, 34.—In partic., jurid. t. t.: e plano or de plano, on level ground, below, not on the bench, i. e. out of court, extrajudicially:

aut e plano aut e quaesitoris tribunali,

Suet. Tib. 33:

custodiae non solum pro tribunali, sed et de plano audiri possunt,

Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.—

Trop.

Lowly, inconsiderable, humble (post-Aug.):

haec magnanimitas melius in tribunali, quam in plano conspicitur,

shows better in one of high than of low station, Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 3:

fortunam suam in planum deferre,

id. Tranq. 10, 6: de plano, without difficulty, easily ( poet.):

hoc tibi de plano possum promittere,

Lucr. 1, 411.—

Plain, clear, distinct, intelligible (class.):

satin' haec sunt tibi plana et certa!

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

narrationes,

Cic. Top. 26, 97:

conjectatio,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22:

pol planum id quidem est,

it is plain, clear, evident, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 32: planum facere, to make plain, clear, or intelligible, to set forth, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 1, 20, § 52;

2, 5, 64, § 165: planum facere multis testibus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 40:

planum facere atque probare,

Lucr. 2, 932.—

Easy, free from danger:

illam viam vitae, quam ante praecipitem et lubricam esse ducebat, huic planae et stabili praeponendam esse,

Cic. Flac. 42, 105.—Hence, adv.: plānē, plainly, evenly; trop., simply, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly.

Lit. (class.):

videre,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 64:

scribere,

id. As. 4, 1, 10:

scire,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 9:

plane loqui,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 30:

plane et dilucide loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 32:

plane et perspicue expedire aliquid,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

plane et Latine loqui,

to speak plainly, right out, without circumlocution, id. Phil. 7, 6, 17.— Comp.:

quo pacto excludi potis est planius, quam, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5:

planius dicere (opp. dicere obscurius),

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329:

planius atque apertius dicere,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

quid, hoc planius egissem, si, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

ostendere,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273.— Sup.:

apertissime planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156.—

Transf., wholly, entirely, completely, quite (class.), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 55:

perdidisti mulierem,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 115:

illam plane amo,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 6:

carere sensu communi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

quod reliquos coheredes convenisti, plane bene,

you have acted quite right, Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2:

illud plane moleste tuli, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 11:

non plane par,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ex rebus penitus perspectis, planeque cognitis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

propemodum, vel plane potius,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

explicari mihi tuum consilium plane volo, ut penitus intellegam,

thoroughly, id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

planissime perii,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 67:

plane perfecteque eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 81, 282:

plane atque omnino rem defuisse,

id. ib. 59, 214:

plane cum,

particularly as, Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.:

et plane quid rectum esset diutius cogitare malui,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.—

By all means, assuredly:

eo acrius te rogo ut plane ad nos advoles,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin. —

In partic., in affirmative answers, certainly, to be sure, exactly so (anteclass.): ego et domi privatus sum et perii. Ge. Plane istuc est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam argentum est ultro objectum, ut sit, qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—

Besides, but (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.

plănus, i, m., = planos, a juggler, impostor, cheat (class.; cf.

erro): ille planus improbissimus,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto [p. 1385] crure planum attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.