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  • 21 perteneo

    per-tĕnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. a., to hold constantly, keep hold of, hold fast (late Lat.):

    utinam (me) pertinuisset,

    Hier. Ep. 66, n. 13.

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  • 22 adligati

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 23 adligo

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 24 alligati

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 25 alligo

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 26 obtineo

    obtinere, obtinui, obtentus V
    get hold of; maintain; obtain; hold fast, occupy; prevail

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  • 27 optineo

    optinere, optinui, optentus V
    get hold of; maintain; obtain; hold fast, occupy; prevail

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  • 28 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 29 ad-ligō (all-)

        ad-ligō (all-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to bind to, tie to: reliquos ad palum.—Esp., to bind up, bandage: volnus, L.—To fetter, shackle: adligari se patitur, Ta.—To hold fast: adligat ancora (navīs), V.— Fig., to hinder, detain, keep back: illi filium, i. e. keep at home, T.: populum... novo quaestionis genere, to hamper: palus inamabilis undā Adligat (sc. eos), keeps imprisoned, V.—To bind, oblige, lay under obligation: alqm beneficio: nuptiis adligatus: lex omnīs adligat: furti se adligat, convicts himself, T.—To impugn, accuse: adligatum Oppianici nomen esse. — Of words: verba certā lege versūs, by a fixed metrical form.

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  • 30 antīquus (-īcus)

        antīquus (-īcus) adj. with comp. and sup.    [ante], ancient, former, of old times: tua duritia, former severity, T.: causa antiquior memoriā tuā: patria, L.: urbs, V.: antiquae leges et mortuae. — Plur m. as subst, the ancients, ancient writers: antiquorum auctoritas: traditus ab antiquis mos, H.—Old, long in existence, aged: hospes, T.: genus, N.: Graiorum antiquissima scripta, H.: antiquissimum quodque tempus spectare, i. e. longestablished rights, Cs.: antiquum obtinere, to hold fast an old custom, T.: morem antiquum obtines, T. — Fig., old, venerable, reverend, authoritative: fanum Iunonis: templa deum, H.: longe antiquissimum ratus sacra facere, etc., a most venerable custom, L.: antiquior alia causa (amicitiae), more original.—Old-fashioned: (cives) antiquā virtute, T.: homines: vestigia antiqui officii. — Comp, more desirable, preferable: ne quid vitā existimem antiquius: antiquior ei fuit gloria quam regnum: id antiquius consuli fuit, was of more pressing importance, L.

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  • 31 attineō (adt-)

        attineō (adt-) tinuī, —, ēre.    I. Trans, to hold fast, detain, delay: quam attinendi dominatūs sient, how retained, T. ap. C.: Romanos spe pacis, S.: dextram vi, Ta.—    II. Intrans, to stretch, reach: Scythae ad Tanain attinent, Cu.—Fig., to belong to, concern, relate to, be of consequence: ea nil quae ad te attinent, T.: quod ad te attinet, as far as you are concerned, T.: quod ad me attinet, for my part: tamquam ad rem attineat quicquam, H.: quid attinebat quaeri de eo, etc., of what consequence was it?: nec victoribus mitti attinere puto, of any importance, L.: Te nihil attinet tentare, does you no good, H.: dicere quae nihil attinent, matters of no concern, H.

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  • 32 impediō (inp-)

        impediō (inp-) īvī, ītus, īre    [PED-], to entangle, ensnare, shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast: Impediunt vincula nulla pedes, O.: illis Crura, O. —To clasp, bind, encircle, embrace. narrare parantem Impedit amplexu, O.: caput myrto, H.: equos frenis, bridle, O.: clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbīs Impediunt, encircle, V.—To block up, make inaccessible: saxa iter impediebant, Cs.: munitionibus saltum, L.—Fig., to entangle, embarrass: impeditum in eā (re) expedivi animum meum, T.: stultitiā suā impeditus: me et se hisce nuptiis, T.: mentem dolore: sententia neu se Impediat verbis, H.—To be in the way, hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede: omnia removentur, quae impediunt: nisi rei p. tempora impedient: de Fausto impedit tribunus, interposes a veto, Cs.: me cotidie aliud ex alio impedit: aetate et morbo impeditus: metus rem inpediebat, S.: sinistra impedita, Cs.: somno et metu inpedita fuga, S.: a re p. bene gerendā impediri: se a suo munere: a populo R. in suo iure impediri, Cs.: eloquentia Hortensi ne me dicendo impediat: alquos ad cupiendam fugam, Cs.: impeditus a tribunis ne portaret, etc., S.: ne rem agerent, bello inpediti sunt, L.: ut nullā re impedirer, quin, etc.: nec aetas impedit, quo minus, etc.: impedior religione, quo minus exponam, etc.: me ea improbare: me haec exquirere.

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  • 33 mordicus

        mordicus adv.    [mordeo], by biting, with bites, with the teeth: premere capita: auriculam fortasse abstulisset, would have bitten off: divellere agnam, H.—Fig.: rem tenere, hold fast.
    * * *
    by biting, with the teeth; tenaciously

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  • 34 obtineō (opt-)

        obtineō (opt-) tinuī, tentus, ēre    [ob+teneo], to hold fast, have, occupy, possess, preserve, keep, maintain: quas (regiones) Suebi obtinerent, Cs.: Galliam armis, L.: cum imperio Hispaniam citeriorem, be governor in: ex quā insulā nummus nullus, me obtinente, erogabatur, during my administration.—To maintain, keep, preserve, uphold: ad obtinendos exercitūs evocari, Cs.: necessitudinem cum publicanis: pol Crito antiquom obtines, your old self, T.: causam, maintain, Cs.: noctem insequentem eadem caligo obtinuit, prevailed during, L.: quae (fama) plerosque obtinet, is generally accepted, S.: quod fama obtinuit, L.: proverbi locum, i. e. to become proverbial: numerum deorum, be numbered among: pontem, would not yield, L.—To assert, maintain, show, prove, demonstrate: possumus hoc teste... quod dicimus, obtinere?: duas contrarias sententias.—To get possession of, gain, acquire, obtain: malas causas, gained: Romani si rem obtinuerint, gained the victory, Cs.— To bring about, bring to pass, obtain: ut consulerentur patres, L.

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  • 35 offīrmō

        offīrmō āvī, ātus, āre    [ob+firmo], to hold fast, persevere: viam quam decrevi persequi, T.: ne tam offirma te, be obstinate, T.: censen posse me offirmare Perpeti? can persist in bearing it, T.
    * * *
    offirmare, offirmavi, offirmatus V
    secure; bolt, lock, fasten, bar; be determined/inflexible; persevere in

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  • 36 inhaereo

    inhaerere, inhaesi, inhaesus V
    stick/hold fast/to, cling, adhere, fasten on; haunt, dwell in; get teeth in

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  • 37 emo

    ĕmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 ( perf. subj. emissim, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 39), v. a. [the same word with EMERE=accipere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 4, 18, and 76, 1 Müll.; cf. adimo and demo; prop., to take; root yam; Sanscr. yamati, hold fast, Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 158 sq.; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 598 note], to buy, purchase (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
    I.
    Lit.:

    is postquam hunc emit, dedit eum, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 19:

    qui puellam ab eo emerat,

    id. Rud. prol. 59:

    emit hosce de praeda,

    id. Capt. prol. 34; 1, 2, 2; id. Epid. 1, 1, 62:

    aliquid de aliquo,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 64; Cic. Att. 10, 5, 3; 13, 31, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6.—With gen. or abl. pretii (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 444): Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili. Ep. Quot minis? Th. Quadraginta minis, Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 49 sq.; so,

    quanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41:

    tanti, quanti, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    minoris aut pluris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 7; id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Att. 10, 5, 3 al.:

    duodeviginti minis,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 74:

    duobus milibus nummum,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    magno, parvo,

    id. Att. 13, 29 fin.:

    immenso quaedam,

    Suet. Calig. 39 al.:

    bene,

    i. e. cheap, Cic. Att. 1, 13 fin.; 12, 23, 3:

    male,

    i. e. dear, id. ib. 2, 4, 1; cf.

    care,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

    quatuor tabernas in publicum,

    for the public, Liv. 39, 44; 44, 16 fin.:

    piper in libras,

    by the pound, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 28:

    fundum in diem,

    on time, on credit, Nep. Att. 9, 5:

    per assem et libram,

    i. e. to adopt, Suet. Aug. 64 al. — Perf. part. pass. as subst.
    (α).
    empta, ae, f., she who is bought, the slave, Prop. 1, 9, 4.—
    (β).
    emptum, i, n., the purchase, contract of purchase:

    quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

    through buying and selling, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74;

    so in jurid. lang.: ex empto,

    Dig. 17, 1, 14; cf.

    the title: De actionibus empti et venditi,

    Dig. 19, 1; Cod. Just. 4, 49.—

    Prov.: emere oportet, quem oboedire velis tibi,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to buy, buy up, to purchase, gain, acquire, procure, obtain:

    aliquando desinat ea se putare posse emere, quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jusjurandum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62; cf.:

    sententias (judicum),

    id. Clu. 36 fin.; and:

    animos centurionum,

    Tac. H. 4, 57:

    ex his (tribunis plebis) emitur ab inimicis meis is, quem, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

    militem,

    Tac. H. 1, 5 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15:

    exercitum,

    Flor. 3, 1, 9:

    percussorem in aliquem,

    Curt. 4, 1 et saep.:

    aliquem beneficiis,

    to gain over, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 57; cf. Verg. G. 1, 31:

    aliquem dote,

    Ov. M. 8, 54:

    spem pretio,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11:

    immortalitatem morte,

    Quint. 9, 3, 71; cf.:

    aeternum nomen sanguine,

    Ov. Am. 2, 10, 32:

    pulmenta laboribus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48:

    voluptatem dolore,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 55 et saep.—With a clause as object, Sil. 7, 620:

    furtis in manibus emptum est Oedipodae sedisse loco,

    Stat. Th. 1, 163:

    quantine emptum velit Hannibal, ut nos Vertentes terga aspiciat?

    Sil. 10, 287; Just. 23, 2, 8.

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  • 38 empta

    ĕmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 ( perf. subj. emissim, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 39), v. a. [the same word with EMERE=accipere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 4, 18, and 76, 1 Müll.; cf. adimo and demo; prop., to take; root yam; Sanscr. yamati, hold fast, Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 158 sq.; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 598 note], to buy, purchase (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
    I.
    Lit.:

    is postquam hunc emit, dedit eum, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 19:

    qui puellam ab eo emerat,

    id. Rud. prol. 59:

    emit hosce de praeda,

    id. Capt. prol. 34; 1, 2, 2; id. Epid. 1, 1, 62:

    aliquid de aliquo,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 64; Cic. Att. 10, 5, 3; 13, 31, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6.—With gen. or abl. pretii (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 444): Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili. Ep. Quot minis? Th. Quadraginta minis, Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 49 sq.; so,

    quanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41:

    tanti, quanti, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    minoris aut pluris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 7; id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Att. 10, 5, 3 al.:

    duodeviginti minis,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 74:

    duobus milibus nummum,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    magno, parvo,

    id. Att. 13, 29 fin.:

    immenso quaedam,

    Suet. Calig. 39 al.:

    bene,

    i. e. cheap, Cic. Att. 1, 13 fin.; 12, 23, 3:

    male,

    i. e. dear, id. ib. 2, 4, 1; cf.

    care,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

    quatuor tabernas in publicum,

    for the public, Liv. 39, 44; 44, 16 fin.:

    piper in libras,

    by the pound, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 28:

    fundum in diem,

    on time, on credit, Nep. Att. 9, 5:

    per assem et libram,

    i. e. to adopt, Suet. Aug. 64 al. — Perf. part. pass. as subst.
    (α).
    empta, ae, f., she who is bought, the slave, Prop. 1, 9, 4.—
    (β).
    emptum, i, n., the purchase, contract of purchase:

    quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

    through buying and selling, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74;

    so in jurid. lang.: ex empto,

    Dig. 17, 1, 14; cf.

    the title: De actionibus empti et venditi,

    Dig. 19, 1; Cod. Just. 4, 49.—

    Prov.: emere oportet, quem oboedire velis tibi,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to buy, buy up, to purchase, gain, acquire, procure, obtain:

    aliquando desinat ea se putare posse emere, quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jusjurandum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62; cf.:

    sententias (judicum),

    id. Clu. 36 fin.; and:

    animos centurionum,

    Tac. H. 4, 57:

    ex his (tribunis plebis) emitur ab inimicis meis is, quem, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

    militem,

    Tac. H. 1, 5 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15:

    exercitum,

    Flor. 3, 1, 9:

    percussorem in aliquem,

    Curt. 4, 1 et saep.:

    aliquem beneficiis,

    to gain over, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 57; cf. Verg. G. 1, 31:

    aliquem dote,

    Ov. M. 8, 54:

    spem pretio,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11:

    immortalitatem morte,

    Quint. 9, 3, 71; cf.:

    aeternum nomen sanguine,

    Ov. Am. 2, 10, 32:

    pulmenta laboribus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48:

    voluptatem dolore,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 55 et saep.—With a clause as object, Sil. 7, 620:

    furtis in manibus emptum est Oedipodae sedisse loco,

    Stat. Th. 1, 163:

    quantine emptum velit Hannibal, ut nos Vertentes terga aspiciat?

    Sil. 10, 287; Just. 23, 2, 8.

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  • 39 emptum

    ĕmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 ( perf. subj. emissim, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 39), v. a. [the same word with EMERE=accipere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 4, 18, and 76, 1 Müll.; cf. adimo and demo; prop., to take; root yam; Sanscr. yamati, hold fast, Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 158 sq.; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 598 note], to buy, purchase (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
    I.
    Lit.:

    is postquam hunc emit, dedit eum, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 19:

    qui puellam ab eo emerat,

    id. Rud. prol. 59:

    emit hosce de praeda,

    id. Capt. prol. 34; 1, 2, 2; id. Epid. 1, 1, 62:

    aliquid de aliquo,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 64; Cic. Att. 10, 5, 3; 13, 31, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6.—With gen. or abl. pretii (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 444): Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili. Ep. Quot minis? Th. Quadraginta minis, Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 49 sq.; so,

    quanti,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41:

    tanti, quanti, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    minoris aut pluris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 7; id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Att. 10, 5, 3 al.:

    duodeviginti minis,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 74:

    duobus milibus nummum,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    magno, parvo,

    id. Att. 13, 29 fin.:

    immenso quaedam,

    Suet. Calig. 39 al.:

    bene,

    i. e. cheap, Cic. Att. 1, 13 fin.; 12, 23, 3:

    male,

    i. e. dear, id. ib. 2, 4, 1; cf.

    care,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

    quatuor tabernas in publicum,

    for the public, Liv. 39, 44; 44, 16 fin.:

    piper in libras,

    by the pound, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 28:

    fundum in diem,

    on time, on credit, Nep. Att. 9, 5:

    per assem et libram,

    i. e. to adopt, Suet. Aug. 64 al. — Perf. part. pass. as subst.
    (α).
    empta, ae, f., she who is bought, the slave, Prop. 1, 9, 4.—
    (β).
    emptum, i, n., the purchase, contract of purchase:

    quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

    through buying and selling, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74;

    so in jurid. lang.: ex empto,

    Dig. 17, 1, 14; cf.

    the title: De actionibus empti et venditi,

    Dig. 19, 1; Cod. Just. 4, 49.—

    Prov.: emere oportet, quem oboedire velis tibi,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to buy, buy up, to purchase, gain, acquire, procure, obtain:

    aliquando desinat ea se putare posse emere, quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jusjurandum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62; cf.:

    sententias (judicum),

    id. Clu. 36 fin.; and:

    animos centurionum,

    Tac. H. 4, 57:

    ex his (tribunis plebis) emitur ab inimicis meis is, quem, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

    militem,

    Tac. H. 1, 5 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15:

    exercitum,

    Flor. 3, 1, 9:

    percussorem in aliquem,

    Curt. 4, 1 et saep.:

    aliquem beneficiis,

    to gain over, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 57; cf. Verg. G. 1, 31:

    aliquem dote,

    Ov. M. 8, 54:

    spem pretio,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11:

    immortalitatem morte,

    Quint. 9, 3, 71; cf.:

    aeternum nomen sanguine,

    Ov. Am. 2, 10, 32:

    pulmenta laboribus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48:

    voluptatem dolore,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 55 et saep.—With a clause as object, Sil. 7, 620:

    furtis in manibus emptum est Oedipodae sedisse loco,

    Stat. Th. 1, 163:

    quantine emptum velit Hannibal, ut nos Vertentes terga aspiciat?

    Sil. 10, 287; Just. 23, 2, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > emptum

  • 40 impedio

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > impedio

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