to+oppose

rĕluctor, ātus, 1 ( abl. part. pres. reluctanti, Ov Am. 3, 4, 14), v. dep. n., to struggle against any thing, to resist ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: repugno, renitor, adversor).

Lit.:

visit cubiculum, in quo reluctantis et impulsae (uxoris) vestigia cernebantur,

Tac. A. 4, 22:

huic spiritus oris Multa reluctanti obstruitur,

Verg. G. 4, 301:

reluctantes dracones,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 11; Ov. Am. 3, 4, 14:

hostis reluctans,

id. ib. 2, 9, 12; Curt. 6, 2, 6.— Poet., with inf.:

equites illic poscentia cursum Ora reluctantur pressis sedare lupatis,

Claud. in Ruf 2, 354. —

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

Mycale, quam deduxisse canendo Saepe reluctatae constabat cornua lunae,

Ov. M. 12, 264:

inter obstantia saxa fractis aquis ac reluctantibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

reluctantur faces,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1729:

domitare ventos reluctantes,

Plin. Pan. 81, 4.—

Trop., to oppose, resist; to be adverse or reluctant:

reluctatus invitusque revertens in Italiam,

Vell. 2, 102, 5; cf.:

diu sum equidem reluctatus, Quint. prooem. § 1: diuque precibus ipsum reluctatum aegre vicerunt, ut, etc.,

Curt. 8, 2, 11; cf. Mart. 5, 35, 5:

his tot tantisque rationibus, quamquam multum reluctata verecundia Principis nostri, tandem tamen, cessit,

Plin. Pan. 60, 4:

fatis reluctantibus,

Petr. 111.

Act. collat. form:

faucibus ipsis hiantis Cerberi reluctabat,

App. M. 4, p. 151, 28:

pectus et venter reluctabat,

id. ib. 7, p. 189, 38; Fulg. contr Verg.—

Reluctatus, in a pass. signif., Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 42.

rĕ-nŭo, ŭi, ĕre, v. n. and a. [nuo, whence nutum; abnuo], to nod back the head, to deny by a motion of the head; to deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuse, = recusare (rare before the Aug. per.; syn.: abnuo, abnego).

Neutr.:

renuit negitatque Sabellus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 49:

renuit Tiberius,

Tac. A. 1, 76:

renuenti et gestu in aliud tempus differenti (Caesari),

Suet. Caes. 82:

renuente deo,

against the will of the god, Ov. M. 8, 325; Tib. 1, 5, 20; Mart. 2, 14, 14; cf.:

fato renuente,

Sil. 10, 49:

credere me tamen hoc oculo renuente negavi,

with an incredulous eye, Ov. H. 17, 89.—With dat.:

dixerunt hic modo nobiscum ad haec subsellia: quibus superciliis renuentes huic decem millium crimini!

they deny this charge, Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 36:

idem Subrio Flavio annuenti an destringeret gladium renuit infregitque impetus,

checked, Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.:

vocavi et renuistis,

Vulg. Prov. 1, 24.—

Act.:

renuis tu quod jubet alter,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 63:

convivium,

to decline, Cic. Cael. 11, 27: nec laudem Danai tanto renuere labori, refused, Sabin. 1, 27:

plaga renuit curari,

Vulg. Jer. 15, 18.

rĕ-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n.

To stand back, remain standing anywhere (cf. resideo); to stand still, halt, stop, stay; to stay behind, remain, continue (class.; less freq. than consistere).

Lit.: dabo mega kakon, nisi resistis... Mane... Mane atque asta, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 10; cf. id. Truc. 4, 2, 38; 41:

Resiste!

Stop! Halt! Ter. And. 2, 2, 7; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 10; Poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 89, 6:

quaeso ubinam illic restitit miles modo?

Plaut. Poen. 2, 22; cf.:

ubi restiteras?

id. Ps. 4, 1, 9:

heus! heus! tibi dico, Chaerea, inquit, restiti,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 2, 3, 12:

ubi ille saepius appellatus aspexit ac restitit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf.:

ad haec revocantis verba resistit,

Ov. M. 1, 503:

ad omnes municipiorum villarumque amoenitates,

Tac. H. 2, 87:

restitere Romani, tamquam caelesti voce jussi,

Liv. 1, 12, 7:

neque certum inveniri poterat, obtinendine Brundisii causā ibi remansisset... an inopiā navium ibi restitisset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

postero die cum duabus legionibus in occulto restitit,

id. B. G. 7, 35:

Jubam revocatum finitimo bello restitisse in regno,

id. B. C. 2, 38: Vettius negabat, se umquam cum Curione restitisse, that he had stopped (to talk), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2 (al. constitisse):

nihil est ubi lapsi resistamus,

id. Mur. 39, 84:

hostes dat in fugam, sic ut omnino pugnandi causă restiterit nemo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:

qui restitissent (sc. in urbe),

Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 3; Liv. 37, 21:

nec ante restitit, quam, etc.,

id. 2, 59:

cernes saepe resistere equos,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 54.—

Transf., of things:

sidus nusquam resistens,

Sen. Q. N. 1, praef. med.:

rota,

id. Med. 744:

proluvies ventris,

Col. 6, 7, 4.—

Trop.:

nec resistet (vita) extra fores limenque carceris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 80:

quod optabile, id expetendum: quod expetendum, laudabile: deinde reliqui gradus. Sed ego in hoc resisto,

I stop at this, pause here, id. Fin. 4, 18, 50; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 55; cf.:

ad thalami clausas, Musa, resiste fores,

Ov. A. A. 2, 704:

incipit effari mediāque in voce resistit,

Verg. A. 4, 76:

cursus ad singula vestigia resistit,

Quint. 10, 7, 14:

resistens ac salebrosa oratio,

id. 11, 2, 46 Spald.:

verba resistunt,

Ov. H. 13, 121:

in secundo loco,

Plin. Pan. 10, 4.—

To withstand, oppose, resist; to make opposition or resistance (so most freq.; cf.: repugno, adversor).

Esp. in milit. lang., constr. usu. with dat. or absol.

With dat.:

cum legiones hostibus resisterent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22:

paulisper nostris,

id. ib. 4, 14:

venientibus, signa inferentibus,

id. B. C. 1, 55; 1, 82 fin.:

eruptionibus,

id. B. G. 7, 24 fin.:

repentinae Gallorum conjurationi,

id. ib. 5, 27.— Pass. impers.:

alicui in acie,

Nep. Hann. 5, 4:

neque ulla multitudine in unum locum coactā, resisti posse Romanis,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 2. —

Absol.:

resistere neque deprecari,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7; 2, 23; 4, 12;

5, 7 et saep.: acerrime,

id. ib. 7, 62:

audacius,

id. ib. 2, 26:

fortiter,

id. ib. 3, 21:

fortissime,

id. ib. 4, 12:

aegre,

id. B. C. 3, 63:

caeco Marte resistunt,

Verg. A. 2, 335:

nihil de resistendo cogitabat,

Caes. B. C. 2. 34: ibi resistere ac propulsare, Sall. J. 51, 1:

nedum resistendi occasionem fuerit habiturus,

Curt. 7, 4, 4.— Impers. pass.:

ab nostris eādem ratione quā pridie resistitur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40; so,

resisti,

id. ib. 1, 37; id. B. C. 3, 63.—

In gen.:

omnia consilia consulatūs mei, quibus illi tribuno plebis pro re publicā restitissem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48:

alicui rei publicae causā,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 6:

injuriis,

id. ib. 1, 5, b, 2:

fortiter dolori ac fortunae,

id. ib. 5, 17, 3; cf.:

vix dolori,

id. ib. 4, 6, 1:

defensioni,

i. e. to reply to, id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

factioni inimicorum,

Sall. C. 34, 2:

sceleri,

Ov. M. 10, 322:

resistere et repugnare contra veritatem non audet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 51.— Impers. pass.:

omnibus his (sententiis) resistitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Cic. Lael. 12, 41; Quint. 4, 2, 14; 6, 4, 10:

cui nec virtute resisti potest,

Ov. M. 9, 200 al. — Absol.: restitit et pervicit Cato, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

resistentibus collegis,

Sall. J. 37, 2:

patricii contra vi resistunt,

Liv. 3, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

ne qua sibi statua poneretur, restitit,

Nep. Att. 3, 2.— Impers. pass.:

cum a Cottā primisque ordinibus acriter resisteretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30:

vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse,

Liv. 4, 43. —

Transf., of things:

(plaustra) adversus tempestatem nocentem non resistunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2; cf.:

(fundamenta) valenter resistent contra ea, quae, etc.,

Col. 1, 5, 9:

(Symplegades) Quae nunc immotae perstant ventisque resistunt,

Ov. M. 15, 339; cf.:

indejecta domus tanto malo,

id. ib. 1, 288:

radices frigori,

Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 68:

silex vehementer igni,

id. 36, 22, 49, § 169:

haec gemmarum genera scalpturae,

id. 37, 7, 30, § 104. — Hence, of medicines, to resist, act against a disease:

amiantus veneficiis resistit omnibus,

Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139; 23, 8, 80, § 152; 30, 11, 28, § 93 al.:

vis tribunicia libidini restitit consulari,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6.— Absol.:

ut ripae fluminis cedunt aut prominentia montium resistunt,

projecting mountains advance into it, Tac. A. 2, 16:

ni vis humana resistat,

Lucr. 5, 207:

mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19 fin. —

To rise again (very rare, and only trop.; syn. resurgo): post ex fluvio fortuna resistet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.):

nihil est jam, unde nos reficiamus, aut ubi lapsi resistamus,

we can raise ourselves up, rise again, Cic. Mur. 39, 84.

rixor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [rixa], to quarrel, brawl, wrangle, dispute.

Lit. (rare but class.):

multo cum sanguine saepe rixantes,

Lucr. 6, 1286: cum esset cum eo de amiculā rixatus, * Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

de lanā caprinā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15. — Absol.:

non pugnat sed rixatur (orator),

Tac. Or. 26:

rixantis modo,

Quint. 11, 3, 172; 6, 4, 9.—

Transf., in gen., to oppose; to clash, disagree, conflict:

(herbae) dum tenerae sunt vellendae, prius enim aridae factae rixantur,

i. e. offer resistance, Varr. R. R. 1, 47:

rami arborum inter se,

i. e. to grow across each other, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6:

consonantes asperiores in commissura verborum rixantur,

Quint. 9, 4, 37:

cum ore concurrente rixari,

id. 11, 3, 121 (for which, colluctatio); id. 11, 3, 121, § 56:

cum theatro saeculoque,

Mart. 9, 27, 9:

dum inter se non rixentur cupiditas et timor,

Sen. Ep. 56, 5.

► Act. collat. form rixo, āre, Varr. ap. Non. 477, 22 sq.

rŏgātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

Publicists' t. t., an inquiry of the people as to whether they will decree this or that, a proposal to the people for passing a law or decree, a proposed law or decree, a bill:

quae (rogatio) de Pompeio a Gellio et a Lentulo consulibus lata est,

was proposed, presented, introduced, Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

quibus lege aut rogatione civitas aut libertas erepta sit,

id. Caecin. 84, 100 Halm ad loc.:

rogationem ferre de aliquo,

id. Sull. 23, 65:

in aliquem,

id. Brut. 23, 89:

ad populum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 1:

ad plebem,

Liv. 33, 25:

in dissuasione rogationis ejus, quae contra coloniam Narbonensem ferebatur,

Cic. Clu. 51, 140:

Piso lator rogationis idem erat dissuasor,

id. Att. 1, 14, 5:

rogationem promulgare,

Sall. J. 40, 1; cf.:

promulgantur uno eodemque tempore rogationes ab eodem tribuno de meā pernicie et de provinciis consulum,

Cic. Sest. 10 fin.; Liv. 41, 6:

suasit rogationem,

recommended, spoke in favor of it, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

intercedere rogationi,

to oppose it, id. de Or. 2, 47, 197:

rogationem accipere,

to accept it, id. Att. 1, 14, 5;

for which: rogationes jubere (opp. antiquare),

Liv. 6, 39:

per vim rogationem perferre,

to carry through, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3:

cum provocatione rogationem pertulit,

Liv. 3, 54, 15:

recitare rogationis carmen,

id. 3, 64, 10. — The formula made use of in such a rogation runs thus, in Gell. 5, 19, 9: velitis jubeatis uti, etc. (here follows the proposed law; at the close): haec ita uti dixi ita vos Quirites rogo.—

Transf., in gen.,

A question, interrogation, only as a figure of speech:

rogatio atque huic finitima quasi percontatio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 29. —

An asking, demanding; a prayer, entreaty, request (very rare):

ego Curtium non modo rogatione sed etiam testimonio tuo diligo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; id. Planc. 10, 25:

injusta amici,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 4; Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 4.

sub-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to take a stand or position, to stand still, remain standing; to stop, halt.

Lit.

In gen.:

reliqui in itinere substiterant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

in locis campestribus,

id. ib. 1, 79:

in eodem loco,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 16: ad insulam Tauridem, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 1: circa ima (opp. ad summa niti), Quint. prooem. § 20.— Absol.:

quo proelio sublati Helvetii audacius subsistere... coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

substitit Aeneas et se collegit in arma,

Verg. A. 12, 491; 12, 622; Petr. 111, 8; 115, 8; Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:

in aliquo flexu viae... occultus subsistebat,

stationed himself in ambush, Liv. 22, 12; so,

occultus,

id. 9, 23.—

Of things:

substitit unda,

Verg. A. 8, 87:

amnis,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

lacrimae,

Quint. 11, 1, 54:

ros salsus in alarum sinu,

Plin. 27, 9, 47, § 71:

subsistit radius cubiti,

remains in its place, Cels. 8, 16:

substitit auspicii lingua timore mali,

Ov. H. 13, 86.—

In partic.

To stay, tarry, abide, remain in a place:

locus ubi nationum subsisterent legati,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.:

erimus ibi die dedicationis: subsistemus fortasse et sequenti,

Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

intra tecta (opp. in aperto vagari),

id. ib. 6, 16, 15:

ut eā die domi subsisteret, orabat,

Vell. 2, 57, 2.—

Esp. (late Lat.), to remain alive, Dig. 34, 4, 30, § 3; Vulg. Job, 32, 22.—

To make a stand, i. e. to stand firm, hold out; to withstand, oppose, resist:

nisi suffulcis firmiter, Non potes subsistere,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 78: Hannibali atque ejus armis, Liv. 27, 7:

clipeo juvenis,

Verg. A. 9, 806.—

Of things:

quod neque ancorae funesque subsisterent, neque, etc.,

stood, held out, Caes. B. G. 5, 10.—

Trop.

In gen., to stop, halt, pause; to stay, continue, remain, subsist:

subsistere (in dicendo),

Quint. 4, 5, 20; Ov. M. 12, 147:

subsistit omnis sententia,

Quint. 8, 5, 27:

altius ibunt qui ad summa nitentur, quam qui circa ima substiterint,

id. 1, prooem. 20:

intra priorem paupertatem subsistere,

Tac. A. 12, 53: equitum nomen subsistebat in turmis equorum publicorum, still remains or subsists only in, etc., Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 30:

servum quoque et filium familias procuratorem posse habere aiunt: et quantum ad filium familias, verum est: in servo subsistimus,

we pause, hesitate, are in doubt, Dig. 3, 3, 33; 12, 1, 32.—

In partic.

To stand still permanently, i. e. to come to a stop, to cease:

substitit ut clamor pressus gravitate regentis,

Ov. M. 1, 207:

ingeniumque meis substitit omne malis,

id. H. 15, 196: si nihil refert, brevis an longa sit ultima, idem pes erit;

verum nescio quo modo sedebit hoc, illud subsistet,

Quint. 9, 4, 94.—

(Acc. to A. 2. c.) To stand, withstand, be adequate to, sustain, support a thing: non si Varronis thesauros haberem, subsistere sumptui possem, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 5: tantis periclis, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 368:

liti,

Dig. 21, 2, 62, § 1.—

To stand by, support any one (Appuleian):

meis extremis aerumnis subsiste,

App. M. 11, p. 257, 39; so id. ib. 2, p. 126, 23; 3, p. 139, 28; 5, p. 167, 9; 6, p. 174, 14. —

To stand or hold good, to subsist (late Lat.):

non eo minus sententia adversus te latā juris ratione subsistit,

Cod. Just. 2, 13, 14; 7, 2, 11.—

To withstand, make resistance:

aut hanc esse veram religionem, cui ad vincendum tanta vis inest, aut illam falsam, quae subsistere non potest,

Lact. 4, 27, 6.—

Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. c.), to make a stand against, withstand, encounter any one (very rare):

praepotentem armis Romanum subsistere,

Liv. 9, 31:

feras,

id. 1, 4.

vĕto, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (old form vŏto:

votes,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 56:

votitus,

id. As. 4, 1, 44; cf. Non. 45, 4; perf. ( poet. and late Lat.) vetavit, Pers. 5, 90:

vetati sunt,

Vulg. Act. 16, 6), v. a. [etym. dub.], not to suffer a thing to take place, not to permit, to advise against, oppose, forbid, prohibit a thing; and, with a personal object, not to permit one to do a thing, to prevent or hinder him from doing it, not to grant, to forbid him a thing, etc. (syn.: interdico, inhibeo); constr. most freq. with acc. and inf., less freq. with the simple inf., the simple acc., with ut, ne, or the simple subj., or absol.

In gen.

With acc. and inf.:

lex peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100; cf.:

quae (lex naturae) vetat ullam rem esse cujusquam, nisi ejus, qui tractare et uti sciat,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

ab opere legatos Caesar discedere vetuerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

rationes a te collectae vetabant, me rei publicae penitus diffidere,

Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 25:

non me ulla vetabunt Frigora Parthenios canibus circumdare saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 56:

hos vetuit me numerare timor,

Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 4;

2, 32 (3, 30), 8: cum leges duo ex unā familiā non solum magistratus creari vetarent, sed, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

castra... vallo muniri vetuit,

id. B. C. 1, 41:

quae (lex) de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,

Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.— Pass.:

cum equites Romani flere pro me edictis vetarentur,

Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13:

sterni vetabere terrā,

Luc. 4, 647:

Nolani muros portasque adire vetiti,

Liv. 23, 16, 9:

redemptoribus vetitis frumentum parare,

id. 34, 9, 12:

ut a praefecto morum Hasdrubal cum eo vetaretur esse,

Nep. Ham. 3, 2; Luc. 6, 470; 7, 371.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj. ( poet.):

sive jubebat, Ut faceret quid, Sive vetabat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 124:

edicto vetuit, ne quis se praeter Apellen Pingeret,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 239; id. S. 2, 3, 187:

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae, sub isdem Sit trabibus,

id. C. 3, 2, 26; Tib. 2, 6, 36.—

With quin (ante- and postclass. and rare):

nemo hinc prohibet nec votat, Quin quod palam'st venale, emas,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 33; Sen. Contr. 1, praef. 17.—

With quominus (rare):

at haec (sapientiā) nullā re, quo minus se exerceat, vetari potest,

Sen. Ep. 95, 8.—

With inf. ( poet.):

tabulae peccare vetantes,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 23:

nec laevus vetet ire picus,

id. C. 3, 27, 15:

unde proferre pedem pudor vetet,

id. A. P. 135; cf. id. C. 1, 6, 10; Mart. 6, 91, 1: quid vetat? with a foll. inf., Hor. S. 1, 10, 56; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 35; id. F. 1, 295.— Impers.:

ait esse vetitum intro ad eram accedere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6 (7), 24.—

With acc.

Of the thing:

quia bella vetabat,

Verg. A. 2, 84:

nec majora veto,

Ov. F. 2, 541: quid jubeatve vetetve, id. M. [p. 1983] 11, 493:

iter mediis natura vetabat Syrtibus,

Luc. 9, 301:

tristia damna vetabo,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 173: Val. Fl. 8, 304:

solem vetuit Delia tardior,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 150:

quercus Phoebum vetat,

keeps off, id. ib. 1624.— Pass.:

fossam praeduxit, quā incerta Oceani vetarentur,

Tac. A. 11, 20:

(ludere) vetitā legibus aleā,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 58:

vetiti hymenaei,

Verg. A. 6, 623:

vetitae terrae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 21:

factum vetitum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

vetito ponto,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1585.—

Of the person:

cum Graecos facerem Versiculos, vetuit me tali voce Quirinus, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 32:

quos vetat igne Creon,

keeps off, Stat. Th. 12, 558.— Pass.:

acta agimus: quod vetamur vetere proverbio,

Cic. Lael. 22, 85; cf.:

vetustissimi mortalium nihil per metum vetabantur,

Tac. A. 3, 26:

propter eandem causam facere debebimus, propter quam vetamur,

Quint. 4, 1, 65:

quippe vetor fatis,

Verg. A. 1, 39:

mathematici, genus hominum, quod in civitate nostrā et vetabitur semper et retinebitur,

Tac. H. 1, 22.—

Absol.:

lex omnis aut jubet aut vetat,

Quint. 7, 5, 5: optat supremo collocare Sisyphus In monte saxum;

sed vetant leges Jovis,

Hor. Epod. 17, 69:

res ipsa vetat,

Ov. M. 10, 354:

a patria pelago vela vetante datis,

id. H. 13, 128; 13, 131.—

In partic.: veto, I forbid it, I protest; the word with which the tribunes of the people declared their protest against any measure of the Senate or of the magistrates, Liv. 3, 13, 6; 6, 35, 9; Suet. Tib. 2 fin.:

ut vim fieri vetarent,

Gell. 13, 12, 9.—Of the protest of the praetor against any unlawful measure, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36; Dig. 42, 1, 14. —And in the lang. of augury:

vetat haruspex,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28:

volucres,

Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80:

si vetet auspicium,

Ov. F. 6, 764.—Hence, vĕtĭtum, i, n.

That which is forbidden or prohibited, a forbidden or prohibited thing:

nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17:

sed jam de vetito quisque parabat opes,

id. F. 5, 282:

venerem In vetitis numerant,

id. M. 10, 435:

crebrescit occultis primum sermonibus, ut vetita solent,

Tac. A. 2, 39:

agebat quaedam vetita legibus,

Amm. 28, 6, 3.—

A prohibition, protest:

jussa ac vetita populorum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9; 3, 3, 10:

quae contra vetitum discordia?

Verg. A. 10, 9; Suet. Caes. 43.