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  • 21 audio

    audĭo, īvi or ii, itum, 4, v. a. ( imperf. audibat, Ov F. 3, 507: audibant. Cat. 84, 8; fut. audibo, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1:

    audibis,

    id. ib.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 86; id. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.; id. ap. Non. l. l.; cf. Struve, p. 137 sq.: audin = audisne, as ain = aisne; inf. perf. audīsse better than audivisse, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 17) (cf. the Lacon. aus = hous; auris; Lith. ausis; Goth. auso; Germ. Ohr, and Engl ears [p. 202] the Fr. ouïr, and Lat. ausculto; Curtius also compares the Gr. aïô, to hear, perceive, and the Sanscr. av, to notice, to favor; v. ausculto, 1. aveo init., and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll.], to hear, to perceive or understand by hearing, to learn (audio pr. differs from ausculto as the Gr. akouô from akroaomai, the Germ. hören from horchen, and the Engl. to hear from to listen, the former of these words denoting an involuntary, the latter a voluntary act; other syn.: exaudio, sentio, cognosco, oboedio, dicor).
    I.
    A.. In gen.
    a.
    Aliquid:

    auribus si parum audies terito cum vino brassicam, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 157 fin.:

    ubi molarum strepitum audibis maximum, Enn. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. v. 7 Vahl. p. 153): verba,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Vulg. Gen. 24, 30:

    quae vera audivi, taceo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

    Mane, non dum audīsti, Demea, Quod est gravissumum,

    id. Ad. 3, 4, 21:

    vocem,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 2:

    vera an falsa,

    id. And. 5, 4, 19:

    mixtos vagitibus aegris Ploratus,

    Lucr. 2, 579:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 4, 439; Hor. C. 3, 7, 22; Vulg. Gen. 3, 8; ib. Matt. 2, 18:

    strepitus,

    Verg. A. 9, 394:

    sonitum,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:

    haec,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 51:

    aquas,

    Ov. Am. 3, 11, 30:

    gemitus,

    id. M. 7, 839; Vulg. Exod. 2, 24: ait se omnia audivisse, Titinn. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    ut quod te audīsse dicis numquam audieris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

    Nihil enim habeo praeter auditum,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    quod quisque eorum de quāque re audierit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 5:

    Hac auditā pugnā maxima pars sese Crasso dedidit,

    id. ib. 3, 27:

    Auditis hostium copiis respicerent suum ipsi exercitum,

    Liv. 42, 52, 10:

    quod cum audīsset Abram,

    Vulg. Gen. 14, 14:

    auditis sermonibus,

    ib. 4 Reg. 22, 19; ib. Heb. 4, 3: clangorem tubae, ib:

    Isa. 18, 3: symphoniam,

    ib. Luc. 15, 25:

    animal,

    ib. Apoc. 6, 3; 6, 5 al. persaep.
    b.
    Constr., the person from whom one hears or learns any thing, with ex (so most freq.), ab, de, acc. and part., acc. and inf., cum or dum.
    (α).
    With ex:

    verbum ex aliquo,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; so id. And. 2, 1, 2; 5, 4, 24; id. Eun. 1, 2, 34; id. Hec. 4, 1, 35; id. And. 3, 3, 2:

    audivi ex majoribus natu hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasicā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    hoc ex aliis,

    id. Att. 5, 17:

    ex obviis,

    Liv. 28, 26; so Suet. Caes. 29; id. Dom. 12 al.. saepe audivi ex majoribus natu mirari solitum C. Fabricium etc., Cic. Sen. 13, 43; so Suet. Claud. 15.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    a quibus cum audi/sset non multum superesse munitionis,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    equidem saepe hoc audivi de patre et de socero meo,

    i. e. from his mouth, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133; so id. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Brut. 26, 100.—
    (δ).
    With acc. and part. pres. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

    636): ut neque eum querentem quisquam audierit neque etc.,

    Nep. Timol. 4, 1; so Suet. Calig. 22; Cat. 9, 6; 61, 125; 67, 41 al.—
    (ε).
    With acc. and inf.:

    mihi non credo, quom illaec autumare illum audio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 260:

    Audin (eum) lapidem quaeritare?

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:

    erilem filium ejus duxisse audio Uxorem,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 5; 2, 1, 59:

    saepe hoc majores natu dicere audivi,

    Cic. Mur. 28:

    Gellius audierat patruom objurgare solere,

    Cat. 74, 1; Verg. A. 1, 20; 4, 562:

    audiet cives acuisse ferrum, Audiet pugnas juventus,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 21 sq.:

    audire videor pios Errare per lucos,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 5. —Hence also pass. with nom. and inf. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

    607): Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syriā,

    was said, Cic. Att. 5, 18; so Caes. B. G. 7, 79.—
    (ζ).
    With cum or dum (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

    749): id quidem saepe ex eo audivi, cum diceret sibi certum esse,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    quis umquam audivit, cum ego de me nisi coactus ac necessario dicerem?

    id. Dom. 35; so id. Brut. 56; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; id. de Or. 1, 28, 129; 1, 2, 99; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5:

    auditus est certe, dum ex eo quaerit,

    Suet. Dom. 4. —Diff. from the preced. constr. with de is audire de aliquo (aliquid); more freq. in pass. sense, to hear any thing concerning any one:

    de psaltriā hac audivit,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 5:

    illos etiam convenire aveo, de quibus audivi et legi,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83; so id. Att. 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    aliquid in aliquem,

    to hear something against, something bad of any one, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285 al. —
    B.
    In conversation.
    (α).
    Audi, as a call to gain attention, hear, attend, give ear, listen, = hoc age:

    audi cetera,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 127:

    audi heus tu,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 52:

    Dorio, audi, obsecro,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 1: Hoc audi, id. And. 3, 4, 11;

    4, 1, 36: Quin tu audi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 42:

    quin tu hoc audi,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 9.—
    (β).
    Audis or audin = audisne? do you hear? atque audin? Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 70:

    Equidem deciens dixi: Et domi [nunc] sum ego, inquam, ecquid audis?

    id. Am. 2, 1, 27; id. Trin. 3, 2, 91:

    Heus, audin quid ait? Quin fugis?

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 60:

    cura adversandum atque audin? quadrupedem constringito,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 24; 1, 5, 64:

    Audin tu? Hic furti se adligat,

    id. Eun. 4, 7, 39:

    Audin quid dicam?

    id. Hec. 1, 2, 3.—
    c.
    Audito, with a clause for its subject, as abl. absol. in the histt., upon the receipt of the news that, at the tidings that: audito, Q. Marcium in Ciliciam tendere, when news came that Q. Marcius etc., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1130 P.:

    audito Machanidam famā adventūs sui territum refugisse Lacedaemonem,

    Liv. 28, 7:

    audito venisse missu Agrippinae nuntium Agerinum,

    Tac. A. 14, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    1.. In a pregnant signif., to listen to a person or thing, to give ear to, hearken to, attend:

    etsi a vobis sic audior, ut numquam benignius neque attentius quemquam auditum putem,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63; so id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:

    sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui doceri possent,

    Liv. 42, 48; 1, 32; 5, 6:

    ut legationes audiret cubans,

    Suet. Vesp. 24; id. Caes. 32; id. Ner. 22; 23; Vulg. Job. 11, 2; ib. Psa. 33, 12; ib. Matt. 10, 14; ib. Heb. 3, 7 al.—
    2.
    Aliquem, of pupils, to hear a teacher, i. e. to receive instruction from, to study under:

    te, Marce fili, annum jam audientem Cratippum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

    Jam Polemonem audiverant adsidue Zeno et Arcesilas,

    id. Ac. 1, 9, 34; so id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 3, 1, 2; id. Fat. 2, 4:

    Diogenes venientem eum, ut se extra ordinem audiret, non admiserat,

    Suet. Tib. 32; id. Gram. 10, 20 al.— Absol.: possumne aliquid audire? (i. e. will you communicate something to me?) tu vero, inquam, vel audire vel dicere, Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

    ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo,

    id. ib. 2, 4.—
    3.
    De aliquā re or aliquid, aliquem, of judges, to listen or hearken to, to examine:

    nemo illorum judicum clarissimis viris accusantibus audiendum sibi de ambitu putavit,

    Cic. Fl. 39, 98:

    de capite,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 12 al. — Trop.:

    de pace,

    Liv. 27, 30:

    dolos,

    Verg. A. 6, 567:

    nequissimum servum,

    Suet. Dom. 11; so id. Aug. 93; id. Tib. 73; id. Claud. 15; id. Dom. 14; 16; Dig. 11, 3, 14 fin.; 28, 6, 10; 39, 2, 18 et saep.—
    4.
    Of prayer or entreaty, to hear, listen to, lend an ear to, regard, grant:

    in quo di immortales meas preces audiverunt,

    Cic. Pis. 19:

    Curio ubi... neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

    velut si sensisset auditas preces,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    audivit orationem eorum,

    Vulg. Psa. 105, 44:

    audisti verba oris mei,

    ib. ib. 137, 1:

    Audiat aversā non meus aure deus,

    Tib. 3, 3, 28:

    audiit et caeli Genitor de parte serenā Intonuit laevum,

    Verg. A. 9, 630:

    minus audientem carmina Vestam,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 27; 4, 13, 1:

    audivit Dominus,

    Vulg. Psa. 29, 11 al. —Also aliquem, to hear one, to grant his desire or prayer:

    puellas ter vocata audis,

    Hor. C. 3, 22, 3; so id. C. S. 34; 35:

    Ferreus orantem nequiquam, janitor, audis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 27; id. M. 8, 598 al.:

    Audi nos, domine,

    Vulg. Gen. 23, 6; 23, 8:

    semper me audis,

    ib. Joan. 11, 42.—
    B.
    Aliquem, aliquid, or absol. audio, to hear a person or thing with approbation, to assent to, agree with, approve, grant, allow:

    nec Homerum audio, qui Ganymeden ab dis raptum ait, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    Socratem audio dicentem cibi condimentum esse famem, sed qui ad voluptatem omnia referens vivit ut Gallonius, non audio,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. de Or. 1, 15, 68; 3, 28, 83; id. Marcell. 8, 25: audio ( I grant it, well, that I agree to, that is granted):

    nunc dicis aliquid, quod ad rem pertineat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 5, 27:

    non audio,

    that I do not grant, id. ib. 2, 3, 34.—
    C.
    To hear, to listen to, to obey, heed; orig. and class. only with acc., but also with dat.—
    a.
    With acc.:

    tecum loquere, te adhibe in consilium, te audi, tibi obtempera,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20, 55:

    ne ego sapientiam istam, quamvis sit erudita, non audiam,

    id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    si me audiatis, priusquam dedantur, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 9:

    Non, si me satis audias, Speres etc.,

    Hor. C.1, 13, 13; 4, 14, 50; id. Ep. 1, 1, 48:

    patris aut matris imperium,

    Vulg. Deut. 21, 18 al. — Poet. transf. to inanimate things:

    neque audit currus habenas,

    heeds, Verg. G. 1, 514; so Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 187 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13: equi frenato est auris in ore; and Pind. Pyth. 2, 21: harmata peisichalina):

    nec minus incerta (sagitta) est, nec quae magis audiat arcum,

    which better heeds the bow, Ov. M. 5, 382:

    teque languenti manu Non audit arcus?

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 980; so Stat. Th. 5, 412; Luc. 3, 594; 9, 931; Sil. 14, 392.—
    b.
    With dat.: nam istis qui linguam avium intellegunt, magis audiendum censeo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (B. and K. isti):

    sibi audire,

    App. Mag. p. 326, 34; so, dicto audientem esse, to listen to one's word, to be obedient to one's word, to obey (not in Ter.):

    dicto sum audiens,

    I obey, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Trin. 4, 3, 55; id. As. 3, 1, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 89:

    qui dicto audientes in tantā re non fuisset,

    Cic. Deiot. 8, 23 ' sunt illi quidem dicto audientes, id. Verr. 1, 88:

    quos dicto audientes jussi,

    id. ib. 5, 104.—And, on account of the signif. to obey, with a second personal dat.: dicto audientem esse alicui, to obey one (freq. and class.); cf.

    Stallb. ad Rudd. Gr. II. p. 124, n. 38: vilicus domino dicto audiens sit,

    Cato, R. R. 142: si habes, qui te audiat;

    si potest tibi dicto audiens esse quisquam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44; 2, 4. 12; 2, 5, 32; id. Phil. 7, 2:

    dicto audiens fuit jussis absentium magistratuum,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 2; id. Lys. 1, 2; id. Iphicr. 2, 1:

    interim Servio Tullio jubere populum dicto audientem esse,

    Liv. 1, 41; 4, 26; 29, 20;

    41, 10 al.—Once pleon. with oboedio: ne plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

    Liv. 5, 3.—
    D.
    To hear thus and thus, i. e. to be named or styled somehow (as in Gr. akouô; and in Engl. to hear, as Milton: Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, P. L. III. 7); and with bene or male (as in Gr. kalôs or kakôs akouein; cf. Milton: For which Britain hears ill abroad, Areop.; and Spenser: If old Aveugles sonnes so evil hear, F. Q. I. 5, 23), to be in good or bad repute, to be praised or blamed, to have a good or bad character:

    benedictis si certāsset, audīsset bene (Bene audire est bene dici, laudari, Don.),

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 20:

    tu recte vivis, si curas esse quod audis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 17:

    rexque paterque Audisti coram,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 38; so id. S. 2, 6, 20; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 12; Cic. Att. 6, 1; id. Fin. 3, 17, 57; id. Leg. 1, 19; Nep. Dion, 7, 3:

    Ille, qui jejunus a quibusdam et aridus habetur, non aliter ab ipsis inimicis male audire quam nimiis floribus et ingenii afluentia potuit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 13 al. —In a play upon words: erat surdaster M. Crassus;

    sed aliud molestius quod male audiebat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; so,

    minus commode: quod illorum culpā se minus commode audire arbitrarentur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58.—
    E.
    As it were to hear, to hear mentally, i. e. to understand, to supply, something (later subaudio): cum subtractum verbum aliquod satis ex ceteris intellegitur, ut, stupere gaudio Graecus. Simul enim auditur coepit, is understood, is to be supplied, Quint. 9, 3, 58; 8, 5, 12.—Hence, audĭens, entis, P. a. subst.
    A.
    (Acc. to II. A.) A hearer, auditor ( = auditor, q. v., or qui audit, Cic. Brut. 80, 276)' ad animos audientium permovendos, Cic. Brut. 23, 89; 80, 279:

    cum adsensu audientium egit,

    Liv. 21, 10 al. —Hence, in eccl. Lat., a catechumen, Tert. Poen. 6.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. C.) With the gen.: tibi servio atque audiens sum imperii, a hearer of, i. e. obedient to, your command, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > audio

  • 22 cerno

    cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:

    cineris bene creti,

    Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:

    certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,

    Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].
    I.
    To separate, sift (rare):

    per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:

    in cribris omnia cerne cavis,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:

    per densa foramina,

    id. ib. 89:

    cineris bene creti,

    well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;

    7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:

    tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,

    Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:

    quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

    id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:

    acute,

    id. 4, 811; cf.:

    cerno acutum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

    altaria exhalare vapore,

    Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2;

    or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

    nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

    quae cernere et videre non possumus,

    id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:

    ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ut ea cernimus quae videmus,

    id. Mil. 29, 79:

    omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,

    id. Clu. 24, 66:

    coram aliquid,

    to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:

    aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    acies a nostris cernebatur,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

    Quint. 8, 5, 29:

    simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,

    id. 2, 6, 7:

    me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:

    Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,

    id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:

    neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,

    Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

    cernis ut insultent Rutuli?

    Verg. A. 10, 20:

    cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,

    Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:

    cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr. — So impers. with rel. -clause:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,
    b.
    Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:

    fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

    atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—
    * c.
    Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:

    ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?

    Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—
    B.
    Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:

    intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,

    id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,
    b.
    Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:

    cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—
    C.
    To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):

    quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:

    quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:

    illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    priusquam id sors cerneret,

    Liv. 43, 12, 2:

    certā sorte,

    after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:

    cernere ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,

    cernere certamen,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):

    seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,

    Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—
    D.
    In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:

    acribus inter se cum armis confligere,

    id. ib. p. 261, 6:

    te mihi amicam esse crevi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,
    E.
    In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.
    1.
    To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—
    2.
    To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—
    3.
    = adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

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  • 23 compraehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

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  • 24 compraendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

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  • 25 comprehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > comprehendo

  • 26 conprehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conprehendo

  • 27 conspiciens

    1.
    con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    in tabernam,

    Petr. 140, 14.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

    quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

    id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

    si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

    Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

    ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

    id. ib. 1, 47:

    ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 12;

    2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

    qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

    conspici inter se,

    to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    cum inter se conspecti essent,

    id. 33, 6, 4:

    hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

    Cat. 64, 86:

    conspectis luminibus crebris,

    Liv. 31, 24, 7:

    locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

    Verg. A. 9, 237:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526:

    super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

    Curt. 3, 3, 8:

    conspecto delatore ejus,

    Suet. Dom. 11:

    rugas in speculo,

    Ov. M. 15, 232:

    cornua in undā,

    id. ib. 1, 640:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 794:

    scopulum,

    id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

    si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

    quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

    strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

    Lucr. 1, 315:

    superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

    quos laborantes,

    id. ib. 4, 26:

    aliquos ex nave egredientes,

    id. ib.:

    aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

    naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

    id. Hann. 11, 6:

    (Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

    Liv. 21, 4, 7:

    adrasum quendam,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

    quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

    id. C. 3, 7, 26:

    cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

    Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

    v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

    Col. 7, 12, 4.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

    Lucr. 6, 706:

    qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    centum procurrere currus,

    Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—
    B.
    Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.
    (α).
    Act.:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

    Liv. 1, 26, 9:

    Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

    id. 39, 53, 2:

    quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

    cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—
    (β).
    Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

    inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

    sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

    Sall. C. 7, 6:

    supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5:

    quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

    Liv. 1, 47, 5:

    maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

    id. 5, 23, 5:

    vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

    id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

    quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

    tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

    Ov. M. 4, 19:

    prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

    id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

    carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

    satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

    quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

    id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

    nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

    ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

    Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —
    B.
    conspectus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

    tumulus hosti conspectus,

    Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

    agmina inter se satis conspecta,

    id. 22, 4, 6. —
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

    victor Tyrio in ostro,

    id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

    juventus,

    Ov. M. 12, 553:

    patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

    Liv. 45, 7, 3:

    conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

    id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—
    C.
    conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

    Tib. 1, 2, 70:

    Nemesis donis meis,

    id. 2, 3, 52:

    Hyas formā,

    Ov. F. 5, 170:

    mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

    id. ib. 5, 118:

    eques,

    id. Tr. 2, 114:

    opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

    Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.
    2.
    conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conspiciens

  • 28 conspicio

    1.
    con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    in tabernam,

    Petr. 140, 14.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

    quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

    id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

    si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

    Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

    ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

    id. ib. 1, 47:

    ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 12;

    2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

    qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

    conspici inter se,

    to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    cum inter se conspecti essent,

    id. 33, 6, 4:

    hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

    Cat. 64, 86:

    conspectis luminibus crebris,

    Liv. 31, 24, 7:

    locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

    Verg. A. 9, 237:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526:

    super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

    Curt. 3, 3, 8:

    conspecto delatore ejus,

    Suet. Dom. 11:

    rugas in speculo,

    Ov. M. 15, 232:

    cornua in undā,

    id. ib. 1, 640:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 794:

    scopulum,

    id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

    si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

    quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

    strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

    Lucr. 1, 315:

    superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

    quos laborantes,

    id. ib. 4, 26:

    aliquos ex nave egredientes,

    id. ib.:

    aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

    naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

    id. Hann. 11, 6:

    (Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

    Liv. 21, 4, 7:

    adrasum quendam,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

    quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

    id. C. 3, 7, 26:

    cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

    Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

    v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

    Col. 7, 12, 4.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

    Lucr. 6, 706:

    qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    centum procurrere currus,

    Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—
    B.
    Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.
    (α).
    Act.:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

    Liv. 1, 26, 9:

    Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

    id. 39, 53, 2:

    quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

    cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—
    (β).
    Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

    inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

    sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

    Sall. C. 7, 6:

    supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5:

    quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

    Liv. 1, 47, 5:

    maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

    id. 5, 23, 5:

    vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

    id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

    quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

    tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

    Ov. M. 4, 19:

    prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

    id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

    carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

    satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

    quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

    id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

    nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

    ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

    Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —
    B.
    conspectus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

    tumulus hosti conspectus,

    Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

    agmina inter se satis conspecta,

    id. 22, 4, 6. —
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

    victor Tyrio in ostro,

    id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

    juventus,

    Ov. M. 12, 553:

    patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

    Liv. 45, 7, 3:

    conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

    id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—
    C.
    conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

    Tib. 1, 2, 70:

    Nemesis donis meis,

    id. 2, 3, 52:

    Hyas formā,

    Ov. F. 5, 170:

    mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

    id. ib. 5, 118:

    eques,

    id. Tr. 2, 114:

    opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

    Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.
    2.
    conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

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  • 29 dispicio

    di-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. n. and a., to see through all parts (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 236 and 237), to see with an effort, to open wide the eyes in order to see, to look through, to see; to glance, to gaze; and actively, to descry, discern, perceive (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. Lachm. l. l. prefers dispicere in many passages where the best editions have despicere, e. g. Verg. A. 1, 224; id. G. 2, 187; Ov. M. 2, 178; 3, 44; 7, 223; id. F. 4, 569; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. Conington ad Verg. A. 1, 224; Munroad Lucr. 4, 418 N. cr.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    isti autem tantis effusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; cf.:

    tanta oborta caligo est ut dispicere non posset,

    Suet. Ner. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 fin.:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi, qui modo nati,

    id. Fin. 4, 23 fin.:

    ut primum dispexit,

    id. ib. 2, 30, 97:

    ad terram aspice et dispice, Oculis investigans astute augura,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25.—
    (β).
    Act.:

    nubila,

    Lucr. 4, 418 Lachm.:

    longe cunctas in partis,

    id. 6, 648:

    dispecta est et Thule,

    Tac. Agr. 10:

    ut nequit ullam dispicere oculus rem,

    Lucr. 3, 564.—
    B.
    Transf., to investigate, make an examination:

    dispicientibus consistorianis et militaribus,

    Amm. 15, 5, 12.—
    II.
    Trop., to perceive mentally, discern, discover (commonly as act.):

    si imbecilli animi verum dispicere non possint,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39; cf. Liv. 44, 6 fin.:

    mentem principis,

    Tac. A. 3, 22:

    merita,

    id. ib. 13, 27:

    in ea re Pompeius quid velit, non dispicio,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:

    sine jam aliquid dispiciam,

    to find out, Ter. And. 3, 5, 16; cf. Cic. Att. 2, 20.—
    B.
    Meton. (mostly in the imperat.), to consider, think, reflect upon:

    nunc velim dispicias res Romanas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 8:

    discerne et dispice insidiatorem et petitum insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 10; Just. Inst. 1, 8 pr.:

    dispice, an tu, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5:

    dispice, ne sit, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 5:

    prius dispiciamus de his, quae, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 1, § 143; cf. Dig. 14, 1, 1; and absol.:

    virtus est, ubi occasio admonet, dispicere,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 15.

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  • 30 exaudio

    ex-audĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a.
    I.
    To hear or perceive clearly (class.):

    Nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen, Quae loquerentur,

    Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 55; cf. id. Merc. 4, 3, 8; id. Men. 3, 2, 13; id. Trin. 3, 3, 25:

    cum aliquantulum progressus esset, subito exaudivit hinnitum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.; cf. id. Att. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 6, 39, 1; 7, 61, 3; id. B. C. 1, 66, 1; 3, 105, 3; Liv. 1, 29; 2, 27; 5, 52;

    8, 33 et saep.: maxima voce, ut omnes exaudire possint, dico semperque dicam,

    Cic. Sull. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 12, 34; id. Leg. 3; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1; id. B. C. 3, 94, 6; Liv. 1, 27.—With acc. and inf., Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 4.—
    II.
    Less freq. in the signif. of audio.
    A.
    To hear, perceive by hearing:

    quam multa, quae nos fugiunt in cantu, exaudiunt in eo genere exercitati,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    exaudi, vultusque attolle jacentes,

    Ov. M. 4, 144:

    tum denique saxa non exauditi rubuerunt sanguine vatis,

    id. ib. 11, 19:

    Haec vix proximis exaudientibus dixerat,

    Curt. 7, 7: fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis, Hor. A. P. 50.— Poet.:

    licet has exaudiat herbas (i. e. hos cantus),

    Luc. 6, 715.—
    B.
    To hearken, listen to; to regard, grant:

    tantum miserere precesque Supplicis exaudi,

    Ov. M. 13, 856; so,

    preces,

    Luc. 6, 706; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13:

    dirae exauditae ab omnibus diis,

    Liv. 40, 5, 1:

    vota precesque,

    Verg. A. 11, 157; Stat. Th. 11, 616:

    vota populi,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 10:

    quae optamus,

    Plin. Pan. 94, 2.— Absol., Ov. Am. 2, 9, 51; Lact. 7, 16, 12; 7, 17, 11; Vulg. Psa. 142, 1 et saep.—
    C.
    To give heed to, to obey:

    ridebit monitor non exauditus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 14:

    exaudi,

    Ov. M. 9, 122.—
    D.
    To understand, comprehend = intellegere:

    nomina,

    Dig. 33, 10, 7; cf.

    verba,

    ib. 45, 1, 99.

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  • 31 percipio

    per-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (old form of the pluperf. percepset for percepisset, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98; v. Trag. Rel. p. 207 Rib.), v. a. [capio], to take wholly, to seize entirely (cf. occupo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To take possession of, to seize, occupy:

    mihi horror misero membra percipit dictis tuis,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66:

    priusquam percipit (eum) insania,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 22; id. Stich. 2, 2, 17:

    neque urbis odium me umquam percipit,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:

    vitae percipit humanos odium,

    Lucr. 3, 80; 5, 605.—
    B.
    To take to one's self, to assume:

    varii sensus animantibus insunt, quorum quisque suam proprie rem percipit in se,

    Lucr. 6, 985:

    rigorem,

    Ov. M. 4, 745:

    colorem,

    Plin. 21, 5, 13, § 26:

    sucum thymi,

    Col. 11, 3, 40.—
    C.
    To get, obtain, receive:

    serere, percipere, condere fructus,

    to gather, collect, Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    praemia,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    fructum ex oleā,

    Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3:

    civitatem ab aliquo,

    Just. 43, 5, 13:

    hereditatem,

    Suet. Tib. 15; Petr. 141.—
    II.
    Trop. (so most freq. in class. lang.; syn.: sentio, intellego, comprehendo).
    A.
    To perceive, observe:

    ne, quod hic agimus, erus percipiat fieri,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 2:

    quod neque oculis, neque auribus, neque ullo sensu percipi potest,

    Cic. Or. 2, 8:

    crebraeque nunc querelae, nunc minae percipiebantur,

    were heard, Caes. B. C. 3, 84; Liv. 2, 3, 5:

    quae dicam,

    i. e. hear, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27:

    et aures, cum sonum percipere debeant,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141; so,

    percipe auribus,

    hear, give ear, Vulg. Psa. 16, 1 et saep.—
    B.
    To feel:

    neque majorem voluptatem ex infinito tempore aetatis percipi posse, quam ex hoc percipiatur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 63:

    voluptatem,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 37:

    luctus,

    id. Fam. 14, 11:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 14, 11:

    gaudia,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 60.—
    C.
    To learn, [p. 1335] know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive, etc.:

    res percepta et cognita,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

    percipere et comprehendere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 26:

    cognosci et percipi posse,

    id. Fin. 1, 19, 64:

    aliquid animo,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

    artificium aliquod,

    id. ib. 1, 28, 127:

    virtutem et humanitatem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10:

    philosophiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 219:

    praecepta artis,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 60:

    omnium civium nomina perceperat,

    knew, id. Sen. 7, 21:

    nomen Graecum, sed perceptum usu a nostris,

    known, id. N. D. 2, 36, 91.—Hence, perceptus, a, um, P. a., perceived, observed. —Hence, subst.: percep-ta, ōrum, n., doctrines, principles, rules of an art or science: percepta appello, quae dicuntur Graecis theôrêmata, Cic. Fat. 6, 11. — Sing.:

    pro percepto liquere,

    as proved, certain, Gell. 14, 1, 11.

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  • 32 provideo

    prō-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit., to see forwards or before one's self, to see in the distance, to discern, descry (very rare):

    ubi, quid petatur, procul provideri nequeat,

    Liv. 44, 35, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be provident or cautious, to act with foresight, to take care (rare but class.; syn. praecaveo): actum de te est, nisi provides. Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

    nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157.—
    2.
    To see to, look after, care for; to provide, make preparation or provision for any thing (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with dat., de, ut, ne: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    nihil me curassis, ego mihi providero,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    condicioni omnium civium,

    Cic. Cael. 9, 22:

    ut consulas omnibus, ut provideas saluti,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 31.— Impers. pass.:

    a dis vitae hominum consuli et provideri,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

    est autem de Brundusio providendum,

    id. Phil. 11, 11, 26; cf.:

    de re frumentariā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    de frumento,

    id. B. G. 3, 3:

    ut quam rectissime agantur omnia providebo,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—So with ne, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

    cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

    id. Att. 11, 3, 3:

    ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf. impers.:

    provisum est, ne, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14:

    provisum atque praecautum est, ne quid, etc.,

    Liv. 36, 17.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit., to see or perceive in the distance (very rare):

    nave provisā,

    Suet. Tib. 14; id. Dom. 14.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In respect of time, to see or perceive beforehand, to foresee; to see before or earlier (class.): si qui, quae eventura sunt, provideant, Pac. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 407 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    rem, quam mens providit,

    Lucr. 4, 884:

    quod ego, priusquam loqui coepisti, sensi atque providi,

    Cic. Vatin. 2, 4; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 30:

    medicus morbum ingravescentem ratione providet, insidias imperator, tempestates gubernator,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16:

    providere, quid futurum sit,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    quod adhuc conjecturā provideri possit,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

    tempestas ante provisa,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

    ratio explorata atque provisa,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15:

    non hercle te provideram,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 44:

    aliquem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—
    2.
    To see to, look after, care for, give attention to; to prepare or provide for any thing:

    eas cellas provident, ne habeant in solo umorem,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 21:

    providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

    omnia,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    ea, quae ad usum navium pertinerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

    rem frumentariam,

    id. ib. 6, 9; cf.:

    frumento exercitui proviso,

    id. ib. 6, 44:

    provisi ante commeatūs,

    Tac. A. 15, 4:

    verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

    Hor. A. P. 311:

    omnia quae multo ante memoi provisa repones,

    Verg. G. 1, 167; cf.: providebam Dominum in conspectu meo, kept in view, i. e. in mind, Vulg. Psa. 15, 8.—
    3.
    Providere aliquid, to prevent, obviate an evil (syn. cavere):

    neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant,

    Sall. J. 99, 2 Kritz:

    quicquid provideri potest, provide,

    Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1:

    quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 2; Liv. 36, 17, 2; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30 Sillig; 34, 7, 18, § 40; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 6.—Hence,
    A.
    prōvĭ-dens, entis, P. a., foreseeing, provident, prudent (class.):

    homo multum providens,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9.— Comp.:

    id est providentius,

    more prudent, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1.— Sup.:

    providentissimus quisque,

    Tac. H. 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6.— Adv.: prōvĭdenter, with foresight, providently, prudently, Sall. J. 90, 1; Plin. Pan. 1; Dig. 47, 3, 1.— Comp.:

    quanto melius quanto providentius,

    Quint. Decl. 14, 8.— Sup.:

    providentissime,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; 10, 77 (81), 1.—
    * B.
    prōvīsō, adv., with foresight or forethought, prudently:

    temere, proviso,

    Tac. A. 12, 39.

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  • 33 sagio

    sāgĭo, īre, v. n. [root sagh-, to be sharp; Sanscr. saghnomi, kill; Gr. sagaris, battle-axe; cf.: sagus, sagax, sagitta], to perceive quickly or keenly by the senses; trop., to perceive acutely with the intellect: sagire sentire acute est: ex quo sagae anus, quia multa scire volunt;

    et sagaces dicti canes. Is igitur, qui ante sagit quam oblata res est, dicitur praesagire, id est futura ante sentire,

    Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65.

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  • 34 suboleo

    sŭb-ŏlĕo ( - ŏlo, pres. subj. subolat, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 26; cf. oleo init.), ēre, v. n. (prop. to emit a smell; only trop. and in third pers. sing.): hoc subolet alicui, or impers. subolet (alicui), to smell, scent, perceive any thing; I ( thou, etc.), perceive, detect, etc. (ante-class.):

    id jam pridem sensi et subolet mihi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 7; id. Cas. 2, 3, 59; 3, 2, 24; Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 10:

    propemodum quod illic festinet, sentio et subolet mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 14 Brix ad loc.:

    scio equidem te, animatus ut sis: video, subolet, sentio,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 72; id. Cas. 2, 3, 48.

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  • 35 subolo

    sŭb-ŏlĕo ( - ŏlo, pres. subj. subolat, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 26; cf. oleo init.), ēre, v. n. (prop. to emit a smell; only trop. and in third pers. sing.): hoc subolet alicui, or impers. subolet (alicui), to smell, scent, perceive any thing; I ( thou, etc.), perceive, detect, etc. (ante-class.):

    id jam pridem sensi et subolet mihi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 7; id. Cas. 2, 3, 59; 3, 2, 24; Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 10:

    propemodum quod illic festinet, sentio et subolet mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 14 Brix ad loc.:

    scio equidem te, animatus ut sis: video, subolet, sentio,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 72; id. Cas. 2, 3, 48.

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  • 36 accipiō

        accipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [ad+capio], to take without effort, receive, get, accept. — Of voluntary taking, to take, accept, take into possession, receive: obsides, Cs.: divitias, N.: aliquid a patre, inherit, N.: suspitio acceptae pecuniae ob rem iudicandam (of a bribe): pecuniam per Volcatium, by the hands of: alqm gremio, V.: milites urbe tectisve, L.: sucos ore aut volnere, O. — Fig.: oculis aut pectore noctem, V.—To admit, let in: armatos in arcem, L.: alqm in amicitiam: (parentes) in civitatem, to citizenship, L.— To take under protection: (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo, T.: taedā accepta iugali, i. e. wedded, O.—To receive as a guest, entertain, welcome: Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean, V.: quam Delos orantem accepit, O.: (eum) in vestram fidem, into your confidence.— Ironically, to entertain, deal with, treat: indignis modis, T.: quo te modo accepissem, nisi iratus essem: eum male acceptum... coegit, etc. (of a defeated enemy), N.—In busines, to collect (money): a praetore pecuniam. — acceptus, P., received, collected: accepta pecunia. — Esp. in the phrase, referre acceptum (alqd), to credit, give credit for: amplius sestertium ducentiens acceptum hereditatibus rettuli, entered to the credit of inheritance, i. e. owe to bequests: alcui vitam suam referre acceptam, acknowledge that he owes his life, etc.: salutem imperi uni omnes acceptam relaturos, Cs. — In law: sponsionem acceptam facere, to discharge the bond, acknowledge payment of the sponsio.—Of involuntary taking, to receive, get, be the recipient of, take, submit to, suffer, bear: volnera tergo, V.: graviore volnere accepto, Cs.: cum semel accepit solem (leo), has felt the power of, H.: hunc metum, i. e. take this risk, T.: contumeliam, T. — Esp. of places, to admit, take in, receive, open to: Strophadum me litora primum Accipiunt, V.: nullae eum urbes accipiunt, nulla moenia, L.: illum unda accipit sinu vasto, V. — Fig., of perception and thought: quae accepi auribus, T.: mandata auribus: quem ipse accepi oculis animoque sensum, hunc, etc., the impression I received.—In gen., to take, hear, attend to, perceive, understand, learn: Accipe nunc Danaum insidias, listen to, V.: sicut ego accepi, as I have heard, S.: ut accepi a senibus: accipite... veterem orationem Archytae: quae postea acciderant, Cs.: reliquos ne famā quidem acceperunt, have not heard of them, Cs.: si te aequo animo ferre accipiet, T.: hoc sic fieri solere accepimus: ex parente ita accepi, munditias mulieribus convenire, S.: ut celeriter acciperet quae tradebantur, understood, N.— Absol: non recte accipis, T.: volenti animo de ambobus acceperant, had eagerly welcomed news of both, S.—In partic., of a word or pledge, take: accipe daque fidem, i. e. exchange solemn assurances, V.—Praegn., to take, interpret, explain: ad contumeliam omnia, to regard as an insult, T.: his in maius acceptis, being exaggerated, L.: hoc in bonam partem, take kindly: alqd durius: facinus severe accipere, with displeasure: aliter tuom amorem atque est, T.: aequo animo, S. — Accipere aliquid in omen, to regard a thing as an omen, accept the omen: id a plerisque in omen magni terroris acceptum, L.; but accipere omen, to receive as a ( favorable) omen, L.—With ellips. of omen: Accipio, adgnoscoque deos, I accept ( the omen) and, etc., V.—To accept, be satisfied with, approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta. Pam. Accipio, T.: ‘equi te esse feri similem, dico.’ Ridemus et ipse Messius, ‘accipio,’ I allow it, exactly so, H.: ab hoste armato condicionem, Cs.— To take upon one, undertake, assume, undergo: bellum, quod novus imperator noster accipiat, in which... succeeds to the command: causam: eos (magistratūs): iudicium (of the defendant), stand the trial: iudicium accipere pro Quinctio, i. e. agree for Q. to stand trial.
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    accipere, accepi, acceptus V TRANS
    take, grasp, receive, accept, undertake; admit, let in, hear, learn; obey

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  • 37 āgnōscō (ad-gn- or ad-n-)

        āgnōscō (ad-gn- or ad-n-) nōvī, nitus, ere,    to recognize, identify, make out: illa reminiscendo: nomine audito virum, L.: veterem amicum, V.: non agnoscendum os, O.: hominem, Ph.: Augusti laudes, praise appropriate to Augustus, H.: accipio adgnoscoque deos, accept the omen, and discern the hand of the gods, V.: adgnoscunt spolia inter se, i. e. by the spoils identify the dead, V.: Ipse certe agnoscet, will recognize (the picture I drew of him): virtus cum suum lumen agnovit in alio, appreciated.—To declare, recognize, acknowledge as one's own: mihi tantum tribui quantum nec agnosco nec postulo, admit as due to me: quem ille natum non agnorat, at his birth, N.: prolem, O.: me ducem, L.— Pass: cuius (Iovis) oraculo adgnoscor, as his son, Cu.—To acknowledge as true, recognize, assent to, approve: me non esse inopem: facti gloriam: crimen.—With ex, to acquire knowledge by, know through: Deum ex operibus eius: agnosco ex me, from my own experience.—To understand, mark, perceive the meaning of: verbum: gemitum, V.: sonitum, V.

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  • 38 animadvertō or -vortō or (older) animum advertō

        animadvertō or -vortō or (older) animum advertō (constr. as one word), tī, sus, ere    [animum + adverto], to direct the mind, give attention to, attend to, consider, regard, observe: tuam rem, T.: eadem in pace: sed animadvertendum est diligentius quae sit, etc.: animum advertere debere, qualis, etc., N.: ad mores hominum regendos, L.: illud animadvertisse, ut ascriberem, etc. consul animadvertere proximum lictorem iussit, to call attention to the consul's presence, L.—To mark, notice, observe, perceive, see, discern: horum silentium: puerum dormientem: quod quale sit: Postquam id vos velle animum advorteram, T.: innocentes illos natos, etc., N.: haec... utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, whatever attention or consideration be given, L.: his animadversis, V.: illud ab Aristotele animadversum, the fact observed by. — To attend to, censure, blame, chastise, punish: ea ab illo animadvortenda iniuria est, deserves to be punished, T.: O facinus animadvortendum, worthy of punishment, T.: vox... in quā nihil animadverti possit, there is nothing censurable: neque animadvertere... nisi sacerdotibus permissum, Ta.: verberibus in civīs, S.: si in hunc animadvertissem: cum animadversum esset in iudices.

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  • 39 cōgnōscō

        cōgnōscō gnōvī (often contr., cōgnōstī, cōgnōrō, cōgnōsse, etc.), gnitus, ere    [com- + (g)nōscō], to become acquainted with, acquire knowledge of, ascertain, learn, perceive, understand ; perf., to know: regiones, Cs.: domūs atque villas, S.: amnem, V.: quam (antiquitatem) habuit cognitam, N.: casūs nostros, V.: miserias sociorum: quis sim, ex eo, S.: per exploratores montem teneri, Cs.: furto postridie cognito: quibus (scriptis) cognitis, after reading, N.: id se a Gallicis armis cognovisse, knew by their weapons, Cs.: fide cognitā, tested, N.: ab his, non longe oppidum abesse, Cs.: sed Metello experimentis cognitum erat, genus infidum esse, S.: quem plane perditum cognorat: vos fortīs, S.: aliter ac sperarat rem p. se habentem, N.: alqm magni animi: alqm paratissimo animo: tandem qui siem, T.: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, S.: cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, L.—Poet.: casus multis hic cognitus, experienced by, Iu. — Supin. acc.: promissa eius cognitum ex praesentibus inisit, S.—Supin. abl.: pleraque digna cognitu. — To recognize, acknowledge, identify: in eā re utilitatem meam, T.: alii, ne cognoscerentur, ad necem rapiebantur: inter ceteras Veturiam, L.: ostendimus Cethego signum, cognovit: signa sua, S.: cognoscenti similis fuit, seemed to recognize him, O.: pecus exceptum est, quod cognovissent, identified, L.: neque currentem se cognoscit, is like himself, V.: eum Syracusis, to identify.—To seek to know, inquire into, investigate, examine: Verres cognoscebat, Verres iudicabat: accusationem causamque: numerum militum: de agro Campano: de hereditate.—To criticise, appreciate: ut neque spectari neque cognosci (fabula) potuerit, T.: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi peccati locus, T. — To reconnoitre, spy, act as scout: qualis esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent, misit, Cs.
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    cognoscere, cognovi, cognitus V TRANS
    become acquainted with/aware of; recognize; learn, find to be; inquire/examine

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  • 40 com-prehendō (conp-)

        com-prehendō (conp-) or comprēndō, dī, sus, ere,    to bind together, unite: eas navīs funibus, L.—To take hold of, seize, catch, grasp, apprehend: quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?: comprehendunt utrumque et orant, Cs.: comprensa manūs effugit imago, V.: forcipe linguam, O.—To include: circuitus rupis XXXII. stadia comprehendit, Cu.—To attack, seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend, capture: hunc pro moecho, T.: hostem: fures, Ct.: lictores, L.: alqm in furto: alqm in fugā, Cs.—To detect, discover: adulterium: res indicio. — Of places, to occupy, seize upon: aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt, Cs. — Of fire: ignem, to catch, Cs.: flammā comprehensā naves sunt combustae, Cs.: ignis robora comprendit, V.: avidis comprenditur ignibus agger, O.: comprehensa aedificia, L. — Fig., to take in, grasp, perceive, comprehend: opinionem mentibus: omnia animis: sensu: alqd memoriā, hold.—To comprise, express, describe, recount, narrate: breviter comprehensa sententia: alqd brevi: aliquid dictis, O.: (species) numero, to enumerate, V.: numerum, to reckon, O.—To include, bind, embrace: multos amicitiā: omnibus officiis, per patrem, totam praefecturam.

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