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21 mutuor

mūtŭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [mutuus], to borrow something of some one (class.; opp. mutuum do, commodo, credo).
I.
Lit., to obtain a loan of money:
mutuari pecunias,
Caes. B. C. 3, 60:
pecuniam,
Gai. Inst. 4, 73.—Also without acc.:
a Caelio mutuabimur,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 11:
mutuari cogor,
I am obliged to borrow, id. ib. 15, 15, 3.—Of other things than money:
domum,
Tac. Or. 9:
auxilia ad bellum,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 21.—
II.
Trop., to borrow, to take for one's use, to derive, obtain, get, procure:
orator subtilitatem ab Academiā mutuatur,
Cic. Fat. 2, 3:
a viris virtus nomen est mutuata,
id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43:
consilium ab amore,
Liv. 30, 12:
quem (sensum) a Latrone mutuatus est,
Sen. Contr. 3, 10, 8:
figuras ab aliquo,
Quint. 8 prooem. 25:
verba ex proximo mutuari licet,
id. 10, 1, 13:
a personis affectus mutuari,
id. 11, 3, 73; so,
verba,
id. 1, 12, 58; 12, 10, 27:
praesidium ab innocentiā,
Val. Max. 6, 2, 1:
regem a finitimis,
id. ib. 3, 4, 2; App. M. 6, p. 178, 11.
1.
Act. collat. form: mūtŭo, āre, to borrow: ad amicum currat mutuatum: mutuet mea causa, Caecil. ap. Non. 474, 4.—
2.
mūtŭ-ātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:
luna mutu atā a sole luce fulget,
with borrowed light, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mutuor
22 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
23 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
24 capiō

capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
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I
capere, additional forms V TRANS

take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
II
capere, cepi, captus V TRANS

take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
III
capionis N F

taking/seizing

usus capio -- getting ownership by continued possession

Latin-English dictionary > capiō
25 cauta

căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
I.
In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
A.
Absol.:
qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:
faciet, nisi caveo,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:
ego cavebo,
id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:
erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,
Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:
cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:
metues, doctusque cavebis,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—
B.
With ab and abl.:
eo mi abs te caveo cautius,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:
si abs te modo uno caveo,
id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:
sibi ab eo,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:
navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,
id. Men. 2, 2, 70:
pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,
id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:
a crasso infortunio,
id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:
ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,
Cic. Sest. 64, 133:
caveo ab homine impuro,
id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:
a Cassio,
Suet. Calig. 57:
a veneno,
Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:
ab insidiis,
Sall. J. 108, 2:
monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,
App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—
2.
With the simple abl.:
caveo malo,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:
infortunio,
id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:
ipsus sibi cavit loco,
i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—
3.
With cum (rare):
Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,
with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—
4.
With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
C.
Followed by a final clause.
1.
With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;
cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:
caves, ne videat, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:
ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,
id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:
cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:
cave, ne,
Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:
cave sis, ne,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:
caveto ne,
Cato, R. R. 5, 6:
caveas, ne,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:
caveant, ne,
id. A. P. 244:
cavendum est, ne,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—
2.
With ut ne (rare):
quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,
Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—
3.
With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:
cave geras,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:
dixeris,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:
faxis cave,
id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:
sis,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:
contingas,
Lucr. 2, 755:
despuas,
Cat. 50, 19:
ignoscas,
Cic. Lig. 5, 14:
existimes,
id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:
putes,
id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:
cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:
resciscat quisquam,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:
te fratrum misereatur,
Cic. Lig. 5, 14:
roget te,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:
cave quisquam flocci fecerit,
Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:
armis concurrant arma cavete,
Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:
cave dirumpatis,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—
4.
With ut, to take care that:
cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.
D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:
quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,
id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:
cavebitur ut, etc.,
Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):
sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,
App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—
D.
As act.
1.
With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:
profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:
tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,
Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:
caveamus fulminis ictum,
Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;
v. canis: interventum alicujus,
Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:
omnia,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
me,
id. Dom. 11, 28:
vallum caecum fossasque,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28:
quam sit bellum cavere malum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:
vim atque opes,
Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:
male praecinctum puerum,
id. Caes. 456:
periculum,
id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:
insidias,
id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:
exitum,
Suet. Tib. 83:
annum,
id. Ner. 40:
maculas,
Hor. A. P. 353:
jurgia,
Ov. A. A. 1, 591:
hunc tu caveto,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:
proditorem,
Quint. 7, 1, 30:
hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,
had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:
cave quicquam,
be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—
2.
Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:
cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:
cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,
id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):
in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:
quod multis rationibus caveri potest,
id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:
prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:
ego tibi cautum volo,
id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:
satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:
quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:
id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,
Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.
B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,
care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—
3.
With inf.:
in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),
Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:
caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,
Sall. J. 64, 2:
caveto laedere,
Cat. 50, 21:
occursare capro caveto,
Verg. E. 9, 25:
commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,
Hor. A. P. 168:
cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:
ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,
Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.
II.
Esp.
A.
Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:
cum ita caverent, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:
duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,
id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:
cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:
cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,
Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:
cavebatur ut, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 1;
so,
id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:
quae legibus cauta sunt,
Quint. 5, 10, 13:
aliā in lege cautum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:
cautum est de numero,
Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:
heredi caveri,
Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:
si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,
id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:
testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:
sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,
to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—
B.
In the lang. of business.
1.
Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:
tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:
quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,
to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—
2.
To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;
syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),
Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:
pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,
Dig. 46, 3, 89:
cavere summam,
ib. 29, 2, 97:
chirographum,
ib. 46, 3, 89:
cautionem,
ib. 46, 8, 6:
civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,
Caes. B. G. 6, 2:
quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,
id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:
cavere capite pro re aliquā,
Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:
jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,
Suet. Calig. 12:
cavere in duplum,
id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—
C.
In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:
adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,
Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—
D.
Cavere alicui.
1.
To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:
prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,
Cato, R. R. 5, 7:
melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,
Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:
mihi meisque,
id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:
veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,
id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,
Ov. A. A. 1, 84:
securitati,
Suet. Tit. 6:
concordiae publicae,
Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—
2.
Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;
class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:
parum cauti providique,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:
cauti in periculis,
id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:
in scribendo,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:
in credendo,
id. Att. 10, 9, 3:
in verbis serendis,
Hor. A. P. 46:
mensor,
Ov. M. 1, 136:
mariti,
id. ib. 9, 751:
lupus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:
vulpes,
id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:
quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,
Cic. Sest. 18, 41:
dubium cautior an audentior,
Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:
ad praesentius malum cautiores,
Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:
parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,
Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:
erga bona sua satis cautus,
Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:
contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,
Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:
cautum dignos assumere,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:
rei divinae,
Macr. S. 1, 15.—
b.
Transf. to inanimate things:
consilium,
Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:
cautissima senectus,
id. H. 2, 76:
pectus,
Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:
manus,
Ov. F. 2, 336:
terga,
id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:
arma,
Sil. 14, 188:
timor,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:
legum,
the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
B.
Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:
cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:
cautus ab incursu belli,
Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—
2.
Trop., safe, secure (rare):
in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:
(civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,
Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.
1.
(Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:
caute et cogitate rem tractare,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:
pedetentimque dicere,
Cic. Clu. 42, 118:
et cum judicio,
Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—
2.
(Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:
aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,
id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cauta
26 caveo

căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
I.
In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
A.
Absol.:
qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:
faciet, nisi caveo,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:
ego cavebo,
id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:
erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,
Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:
cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:
metues, doctusque cavebis,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—
B.
With ab and abl.:
eo mi abs te caveo cautius,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:
si abs te modo uno caveo,
id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:
sibi ab eo,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:
navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,
id. Men. 2, 2, 70:
pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,
id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:
a crasso infortunio,
id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:
ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,
Cic. Sest. 64, 133:
caveo ab homine impuro,
id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:
a Cassio,
Suet. Calig. 57:
a veneno,
Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:
ab insidiis,
Sall. J. 108, 2:
monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,
App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—
2.
With the simple abl.:
caveo malo,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:
infortunio,
id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:
ipsus sibi cavit loco,
i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—
3.
With cum (rare):
Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,
with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—
4.
With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
C.
Followed by a final clause.
1.
With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;
cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:
caves, ne videat, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:
ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,
id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:
cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:
cave, ne,
Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:
cave sis, ne,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:
caveto ne,
Cato, R. R. 5, 6:
caveas, ne,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:
caveant, ne,
id. A. P. 244:
cavendum est, ne,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—
2.
With ut ne (rare):
quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,
Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—
3.
With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:
cave geras,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:
dixeris,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:
faxis cave,
id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:
sis,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:
contingas,
Lucr. 2, 755:
despuas,
Cat. 50, 19:
ignoscas,
Cic. Lig. 5, 14:
existimes,
id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:
putes,
id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:
cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:
resciscat quisquam,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:
te fratrum misereatur,
Cic. Lig. 5, 14:
roget te,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:
cave quisquam flocci fecerit,
Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:
armis concurrant arma cavete,
Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:
cave dirumpatis,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—
4.
With ut, to take care that:
cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.
D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:
quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,
id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:
cavebitur ut, etc.,
Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):
sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,
App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—
D.
As act.
1.
With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:
profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:
tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,
Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:
caveamus fulminis ictum,
Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;
v. canis: interventum alicujus,
Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:
omnia,
id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:
me,
id. Dom. 11, 28:
vallum caecum fossasque,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28:
quam sit bellum cavere malum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:
vim atque opes,
Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:
male praecinctum puerum,
id. Caes. 456:
periculum,
id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:
insidias,
id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:
exitum,
Suet. Tib. 83:
annum,
id. Ner. 40:
maculas,
Hor. A. P. 353:
jurgia,
Ov. A. A. 1, 591:
hunc tu caveto,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:
proditorem,
Quint. 7, 1, 30:
hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,
had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:
cave quicquam,
be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—
2.
Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:
cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,
Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:
cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,
id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):
in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:
quod multis rationibus caveri potest,
id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:
prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:
ego tibi cautum volo,
id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:
satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:
quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:
id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,
Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.
B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,
care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—
3.
With inf.:
in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),
Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:
caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,
Sall. J. 64, 2:
caveto laedere,
Cat. 50, 21:
occursare capro caveto,
Verg. E. 9, 25:
commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,
Hor. A. P. 168:
cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:
ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,
Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.
II.
Esp.
A.
Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:
cum ita caverent, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:
duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,
id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:
cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:
cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,
Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:
cavebatur ut, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 1;
so,
id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:
quae legibus cauta sunt,
Quint. 5, 10, 13:
aliā in lege cautum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:
cautum est de numero,
Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:
heredi caveri,
Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:
si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,
id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:
testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:
sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,
to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—
B.
In the lang. of business.
1.
Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:
tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:
quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,
to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—
2.
To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;
syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),
Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:
pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,
Dig. 46, 3, 89:
cavere summam,
ib. 29, 2, 97:
chirographum,
ib. 46, 3, 89:
cautionem,
ib. 46, 8, 6:
civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,
Caes. B. G. 6, 2:
quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,
id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:
cavere capite pro re aliquā,
Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:
jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,
Suet. Calig. 12:
cavere in duplum,
id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—
C.
In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:
adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,
Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—
D.
Cavere alicui.
1.
To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:
prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,
Cato, R. R. 5, 7:
melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,
Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:
mihi meisque,
id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:
veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,
id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:
quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,
Ov. A. A. 1, 84:
securitati,
Suet. Tit. 6:
concordiae publicae,
Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—
2.
Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;
class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:
parum cauti providique,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:
cauti in periculis,
id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:
in scribendo,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:
in credendo,
id. Att. 10, 9, 3:
in verbis serendis,
Hor. A. P. 46:
mensor,
Ov. M. 1, 136:
mariti,
id. ib. 9, 751:
lupus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:
vulpes,
id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:
quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,
Cic. Sest. 18, 41:
dubium cautior an audentior,
Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:
ad praesentius malum cautiores,
Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:
parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,
Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:
erga bona sua satis cautus,
Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:
contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,
Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:
cautum dignos assumere,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:
rei divinae,
Macr. S. 1, 15.—
b.
Transf. to inanimate things:
consilium,
Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:
cautissima senectus,
id. H. 2, 76:
pectus,
Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:
manus,
Ov. F. 2, 336:
terga,
id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:
arma,
Sil. 14, 188:
timor,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:
legum,
the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
B.
Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:
cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:
cautus ab incursu belli,
Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—
2.
Trop., safe, secure (rare):
in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:
(civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,
Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.
1.
(Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:
caute et cogitate rem tractare,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:
pedetentimque dicere,
Cic. Clu. 42, 118:
et cum judicio,
Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—
2.
(Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:
aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,
id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caveo
27 consulo

consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
I.
To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
A.
Neutr.
1.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:
consulto opus est,
there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:
dum tempus consulendi est,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:
satis facere consulentibus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,
Liv. 8, 13, 18:
ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,
id. 21, 16, 2:
praesidium consulenti curiae,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
consulere in longitudinem,
to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:
in commune,
for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;
and in the same sense: in medium,
Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:
in unum,
Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:
in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
(γ).
With de and abl.:
bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; so,
de communibus negotiis,
id. J. 105, 1:
de salute suorum,
Cic. Sull. 22, 63:
omnibus de rebus,
Tac. A. 4, 40.—
(δ).
With ut or ne:
consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:
tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,
Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:
ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:
ne deficerent, consulendum esse,
Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
2.
Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:
qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,
famae, pudicitiae tuae,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:
dignitati meae,
id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
suae vitae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 12:
receptui sibi,
id. B. C. 3, 69:
reipublicae juxta ac sibi,
Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:
timori magis quam religioni,
Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:
magis irae quam famae,
Sall. C. 51, 7:
qui mi consultum optime velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,
male patriae,
Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:
melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,
Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
B.
Act.
1.
Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
a.
In gen.:
cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,
Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
te, qui philosophum audis,
id. ib. 9, 26, 1:
Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,
Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:
speculum suum,
Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:
spectatas undas, quid se deceat,
id. M. 4, 312:
nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,
Mart. 9, 60, 11:
diem de gemmis, etc.,
Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:
animum nostrum,
Quint. 4, 2, 52:
aures meas,
id. 9, 4, 93:
suas vires,
id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:
ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,
Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:
nec te id consulo,
Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:
consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,
Petr. 88.—Freq.,
b.
Esp. as t. t.
(α).
In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:
Apollinem de re,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,
Liv. 1, 20, 7:
deos hominum fibris,
Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:
Phoebi oracula,
Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:
Tiresiam conjectorem,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:
haruspicem,
Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,
Liv. 2, 42, 10:
Cumaeam anum,
Ov. F. 4, 158:
avem primum visam augur,
id. ib. 1, 180:
spirantia exta,
Verg. A. 4, 64; so,
trepidantia exta,
Ov. M. 15, 576:
sacras sortes,
id. ib. 11, 412:
Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,
Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:
si publice consuletur... sin privatim,
Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:
senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,
Liv. 39, 5, 9:
consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,
Tac. A. 1, 10.—
(β).
In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:
quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:
consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,
id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:
si jus consuleres, peritissimus,
Liv. 39, 40, 6:
munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,
i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—
With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,
Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
(γ).
In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:
Quirites, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,
senatum,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
senatum de foedere,
id. ib. 39, 2;
62, 10: populum de ejus morte,
Cic. Mil. 7, 16:
plebem in omnia (tribuni),
Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
2.
Aliquid.
a.
To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:
est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:
rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,
Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,
consulere et explorare rem,
Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:
consulis rem nulli obscuram,
Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:
bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
b.
To advise something, to give advice:
tun' consulis quicquam?
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:
ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,
advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
II.
Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
A.
To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
1.
Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:
de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,
Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,
de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,
id. 30, 43, 13:
in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,
id. 3, 36, 7; so,
crudeliter in deditos victosque,
id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
2.
Act.:
quid in concilio consuluistis?
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:
animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,
id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:
pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:
quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,
Sall. C. 51, 4:
nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,
id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:
aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,
Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
B.
With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:
sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,
Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
boni consulendum,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:
tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,
nostrum laborem,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:
hoc munus,
Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:
quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,
Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;
8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,
App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
1.
consultus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:
bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:
ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:
operā consultā,
with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;
in the same sense, consulto consilio,
Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:
consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,
it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:
non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:
juris atque eloquentiae,
Liv. 10, 22, 7:
consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,
id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:
insanientis sapientiae,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:
universae disciplinae,
Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:
tu consultus modo rusticus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:
ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:
consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,
id. Brut. 40, 148:
consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,
Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
2.
Subst.: consultum, i, n.
A.
(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:
Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—
B.
(Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;
1, 2, 5),
Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:
senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,
Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;
for which, consulta Patrum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:
ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:
facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:
facta consultaque Alexandri,
Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:
consulta et decreta,
id. J. 11, 5:
consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,
all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:
ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,
plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:
approbare collegam consulta,
id. 10, 39, 10:
dum consulta petis,
responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:
tua magna,
decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,
mollia,
Tac. A. 1, 40:
mala,
id. ib. 6, 6:
ex consulto factum,
purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
(α).
Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):
utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,
Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
(β).
Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):
qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:
caute atque consulte gesta,
Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consulo
28 recipio

rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:
recepso, for recepero,
Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].
I.
To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
A.
Lit. (very freq. and class.):
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8, 26:
tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:
centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,
Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:
si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:
obsides,
Suet. Aug. 21:
reges,
Liv. 2, 15:
recepto amico,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:
cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,
Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:
Lavinium,
Liv. 2, 39;
so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,
Liv. 3, 63:
praeda omnis recepta est,
id. 3, 3:
signa, quae ademerant Parthi,
Suet. Tib. 9:
arma,
Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,
sagittam ab alterā parte,
Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,
milites defessos,
id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:
exercitum,
Liv. 10, 42:
equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,
Caes. B. C. 3, 58:
illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,
bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—
b.
With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:
se ex eo loco,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:
se e fano,
id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:
se ex opere,
id. Men. 5, 3, 7:
se ex hisce locis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:
se e Siciliā,
id. Brut. 92, 318:
se ex fugā,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:
se inde,
id. B. G. 5, 15:
se hinc,
id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:
recipe te,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:
se,
Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:
sui recipiendi facultas,
id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;
for which: se recipiendi spatium,
Liv. 10, 28:
recipe te ad erum,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:
se ad dominum,
id. ib. 4, 3, 1:
se ad nos,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:
se ad suos,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:
se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),
id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:
se ad agmen,
id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:
se penitus ad extremos fines,
id. B. G. 6, 10:
se ad legionem,
id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:
se ad oppidum llerdam,
id. B. C. 1, 45:
se ad ordines suos,
id. ib. 2, 41:
se ad signa,
id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:
se a pabulo ad stabulum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:
inde se in currus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:
se ex castris in oppidum,
id. B. C. 2, 35:
se in castra,
id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;
4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,
id. ib. 4, 16:
se in Galliam,
id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:
se in montem,
id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:
se in silvas ad suos,
id. B. G. 2, 19:
se in castra ad urbem,
id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:
se retro in castra,
Liv. 23, 36;
and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,
id. 23, 37;
and so, se, with rursus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:
se in novissimos,
Liv. 7, 40:
se intra munitiones,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:
se intra montes,
id. B. C. 1, 65:
se per declive,
id. ib. 3, 51:
se sub murum,
id. ib. 2, 14:
se trans Rhenum,
id. B. G. 6, 41:
se Larissam versus,
id. B. C. 3, 97:
se domum ex hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:
se domum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:
se Adrumetum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 23:
se Hispalim,
id. ib. 2, 20:
se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
se illuc,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:
se huc esum ad praesepim suam,
id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:
se eo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.
of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:
rursum in portum recipimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:
dum recipis,
id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:
actutum face recipias,
id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —
2.
Transf.
(α).
In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):
posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:
aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,
Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—
(β).
To restore (late Lat.):
urbem munitissimam,
to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —
B.
Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:
ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,
Liv. 24, 3:
jus,
Quint. 5, 10, 118:
et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,
got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:
quam (vitam) postquam recepi,
received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.
spiritum,
Quint. 11, 3, 55:
animam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §
13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,
Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:
a pavore animum,
id. 2, 50, 10:
e pavore recepto animo,
id. 44, 10, 1;
for which: animos ex pavore,
id. 21, 5 fin.:
recepto animo,
Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:
animum vultumque,
Ov. F. 4, 615:
mente receptā,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:
(vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,
to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —
In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,
Curt. 4, 12, 17.—
b.
With se.
(α).
To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:
ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,
Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:
ad frugem bonam,
Cic. Cael. 12, 28:
ad reliquam cogitationem belli,
Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:
se a voluptatibus in otium,
Plin. Pan. 82, 8:
se in principem,
to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,
(β).
To recover, to collect one ' s self:
difficulter se recipiunt,
regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:
quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:
nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,
Liv. 10, 28:
se ex terrore ac fugā,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:
se ex timore,
id. ib. 4, 34:
se ex fugā,
id. ib. 4, 27:
nondum totā me mente recepi,
Ov. M. 5, 275.
II.
(Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
A.
Lit.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:
aliquem,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:
hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,
id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;
3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,
Sall. J. 16, 3:
neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,
Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:
nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:
quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:
(Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,
i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:
equus frenum recepit,
received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:
necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —
(β).
With ad:
recipe me ad te,
Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:
aliquem ad epulas,
Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:
ad lusum,
Suet. Ner. 11. —
(γ).
With in and acc.:
recipe me in tectum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:
concubinam in aedes,
id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:
nos in custodiam tuam,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:
Tarquinium in civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:
aliquem in ordinem senatorium,
Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:
aliquem in fidem,
id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:
aliquem in civitatem,
Cic. Balb. 12, 29:
aliquem in caelum,
id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:
aliquem in deditionem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:
aliquem in jus dicionemque,
Liv. 21, 61:
aliquem in amicitiam,
Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:
aliquam in matrimonium,
Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —
(δ).
With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):
aliquem in loco,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:
loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,
Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —
(ε).
With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):
ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,
aliquem tecto,
Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:
exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
aliquem suis urbibus,
id. Fl. 25, 61:
aliquem civitate,
id. Balb. 14, 32:
aliquem finibus suis,
Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:
aliquem oppido ac portu,
id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:
aliquem moenibus,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
Romulus caelo receptus,
Quint. 3, 7, 5:
receptus Terra Neptunus,
Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —
(ζ).
With local acc.:
me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:
aliquem domum suam,
Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:
aliquem domum ad se hospitio,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—
(η).
Absol.:
plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
2.
Transf.
a.
In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:
dena milia sestertia ex melle,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:
pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,
Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:
pecunia, quae recipi potest,
id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —
b.
In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;
for which: totum telum corpore,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:
ense recepto,
Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—
c.
Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;
eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30:
Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,
Liv. 6, 29:
Aegyptum sine certamine,
Just. 11, 11, 1:
eo oppido recepto,
Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:
civitatem,
id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;
3, 16: Aetoliam,
id. ib. 3, 55:
rempublicam armis,
Sall. C. 11, 4:
Alciden terra recepta vocat,
the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —
d.
In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:
antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,
Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—
B.
Trop.
1.
To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:
non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:
jusjurandum,
id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:
quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,
admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:
antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:
nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,
Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:
assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,
id. Lael. 26, 97:
timor misericordiam non recipit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 26:
casus recipere (res),
to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,
aliquem casum (res),
id. ib. 3, 51:
re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,
Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:
sed hoc distinctionem recipit,
Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:
si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,
Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:
in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,
Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:
nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,
id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—
(β).
Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):
alicujus sententiam,
Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:
opinionem,
id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:
spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:
in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,
id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:
verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:
causam Sex. Roscii,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:
mandatum,
id. ib. 38, 112:
officium,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:
curam ad se,
Suet. Tit. 6.—
b.
To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:
ad me recipio: Faciet,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:
promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:
spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,
id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:
promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,
Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:
pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,
Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:
de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.
also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,
had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):
ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:
mihi,
id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:
quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:
mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,
Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;
so,
id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —
c.
In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;
for which: recipere reum,
Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:
aliquem inter reos,
id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,
A.
rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):
auctoritas receptior,
Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—
B.
rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:
satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:
promissum et receptum intervertit,
id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > recipio
29 Senatusconsultum

consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
I.
To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
A.
Neutr.
1.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:
consulto opus est,
there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:
dum tempus consulendi est,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:
satis facere consulentibus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,
Liv. 8, 13, 18:
ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,
id. 21, 16, 2:
praesidium consulenti curiae,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
consulere in longitudinem,
to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:
in commune,
for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;
and in the same sense: in medium,
Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:
in unum,
Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:
in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
(γ).
With de and abl.:
bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; so,
de communibus negotiis,
id. J. 105, 1:
de salute suorum,
Cic. Sull. 22, 63:
omnibus de rebus,
Tac. A. 4, 40.—
(δ).
With ut or ne:
consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:
tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,
Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:
ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:
ne deficerent, consulendum esse,
Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
2.
Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:
qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,
famae, pudicitiae tuae,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:
dignitati meae,
id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
suae vitae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 12:
receptui sibi,
id. B. C. 3, 69:
reipublicae juxta ac sibi,
Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:
timori magis quam religioni,
Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:
magis irae quam famae,
Sall. C. 51, 7:
qui mi consultum optime velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,
male patriae,
Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:
melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,
Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
B.
Act.
1.
Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
a.
In gen.:
cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,
Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
te, qui philosophum audis,
id. ib. 9, 26, 1:
Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,
Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:
speculum suum,
Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:
spectatas undas, quid se deceat,
id. M. 4, 312:
nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,
Mart. 9, 60, 11:
diem de gemmis, etc.,
Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:
animum nostrum,
Quint. 4, 2, 52:
aures meas,
id. 9, 4, 93:
suas vires,
id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:
ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,
Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:
nec te id consulo,
Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:
consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,
Petr. 88.—Freq.,
b.
Esp. as t. t.
(α).
In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:
Apollinem de re,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,
Liv. 1, 20, 7:
deos hominum fibris,
Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:
Phoebi oracula,
Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:
Tiresiam conjectorem,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:
haruspicem,
Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,
Liv. 2, 42, 10:
Cumaeam anum,
Ov. F. 4, 158:
avem primum visam augur,
id. ib. 1, 180:
spirantia exta,
Verg. A. 4, 64; so,
trepidantia exta,
Ov. M. 15, 576:
sacras sortes,
id. ib. 11, 412:
Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,
Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:
si publice consuletur... sin privatim,
Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:
senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,
Liv. 39, 5, 9:
consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,
Tac. A. 1, 10.—
(β).
In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:
quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:
consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,
id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:
si jus consuleres, peritissimus,
Liv. 39, 40, 6:
munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,
i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—
With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,
Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
(γ).
In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:
Quirites, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,
senatum,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
senatum de foedere,
id. ib. 39, 2;
62, 10: populum de ejus morte,
Cic. Mil. 7, 16:
plebem in omnia (tribuni),
Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
2.
Aliquid.
a.
To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:
est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:
rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,
Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,
consulere et explorare rem,
Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:
consulis rem nulli obscuram,
Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:
bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
b.
To advise something, to give advice:
tun' consulis quicquam?
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:
ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,
advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
II.
Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
A.
To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
1.
Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:
de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,
Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,
de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,
id. 30, 43, 13:
in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,
id. 3, 36, 7; so,
crudeliter in deditos victosque,
id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
2.
Act.:
quid in concilio consuluistis?
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:
animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,
id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:
pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:
quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,
Sall. C. 51, 4:
nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,
id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:
aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,
Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
B.
With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:
sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,
Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
boni consulendum,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:
tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,
nostrum laborem,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:
hoc munus,
Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:
quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,
Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;
8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,
App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
1.
consultus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:
bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:
ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:
operā consultā,
with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;
in the same sense, consulto consilio,
Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:
consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,
it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:
non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:
juris atque eloquentiae,
Liv. 10, 22, 7:
consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,
id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:
insanientis sapientiae,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:
universae disciplinae,
Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:
tu consultus modo rusticus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:
ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:
consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,
id. Brut. 40, 148:
consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,
Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
2.
Subst.: consultum, i, n.
A.
(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:
Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—
B.
(Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;
1, 2, 5),
Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:
senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,
Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;
for which, consulta Patrum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:
ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:
facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:
facta consultaque Alexandri,
Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:
consulta et decreta,
id. J. 11, 5:
consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,
all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:
ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,
plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:
approbare collegam consulta,
id. 10, 39, 10:
dum consulta petis,
responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:
tua magna,
decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,
mollia,
Tac. A. 1, 40:
mala,
id. ib. 6, 6:
ex consulto factum,
purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
(α).
Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):
utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,
Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
(β).
Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):
qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:
caute atque consulte gesta,
Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Senatusconsultum
30 caveō

caveō (imper. cave for cavē, T., H., O., Pr.), cāvī, cautus, ēre [1 CAV-], to be on one's guard, take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid: Faciet, nisi caveo, T.: erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit: non fuisse difficile cavere, to take precautions, Cs.: cum animum attendisset ad cavendum, N.: metues, doctusque cavebis, H.— Cave, look out! be careful! T., H.: ab istoc cavendum intellego, T.: ab eruptionibus, Cs.: caveo ab homine impuro: monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur, L.: sibi cavit loco, i. e. got out of the way, T.: caves, ne videat, etc., T.: cavet ne emat ab invito: cavere necubi hosti oportunus fieret, S.: ne sim spernenda, Exemplo caveo, am warned by, O.: cavendum est, ne, etc.: non admissum... venio, sed cautum ne admittant, to prevent, L.: quod ut ne accidat cavendum est. — Beware of, take care not, be sure you do not: cave dixeris, T.: cave faxis Te quicquam indignum, H.: cave sis mentiaris: cave roget te, H.: armis concurrant arma cavete, V.: caveri foedere, ut, etc., that provision should be made: cavisse deos ut libertas defendi posset, L.—With acc, to guard against, be aware of, beware of, provide against, keep clear of: tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admitterest, T.: cur hoc non caves?: cavebat Pompeius omnia, ne, etc.: vallum, Cs.: hunc tu caveto, H.: hoc caverat mens provida, had prevented, H.: Fata cavens, V.: cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas: Quid quisque vitet, numquam homini satis Cautum est, H.: in quibus cave vereri (i. e. noli): caveret id petere a populo R., quod, etc., S.: occursare capro caveto, V.: commisisse cavet, quod, etc., H. —In law, to take care for, provide, order, decree, dispose of, stipulate: cum ita caverent, si: altera (lex) ipsis sepulcris cavet: de quibus (agris) foedere cautum est: sibi se privatim nihil cavere, to stipulate, L.: si cautum esset eos testimonium non esse dicturos. — With ab, to make oneself secure, procure bail, take surety: obsidibus inter se, Cs.: nisi prius a te cavero, ne quis amplius, etc.: ab sese caveat neminem esse acturum, etc., take security: quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem.—To make secure, give security, guarantee, C.: (civitates) obsidibus de pecuniā cavent, Cs.: quoniam obsidibus cavere inter se non possint, Cs.—With dat, to keep from, protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of: quod regi amico cavet, non reprehendo: melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet: aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi, O.
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cavere, cavi, cautus V

beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate

Latin-English dictionary > caveō
31 cōnsulō

cōnsulō luī, ltum, ere [com-+2 SAL-], to meet and consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, consult, take care, have regard, look out, be mindful: tempus consulendi, T.: ad consulendum potestas, L.: ut animi trepidarent magis quam consulerent, L.: praesidium consulenti curiae, H.: inpensius, V.: in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, T.: in commune, for the common good, T.: in medium, V.: de salute suorum: ut illorum solitudo munita sit: custodi et consule longe (with ne), V.: ut urbi satis esset praesidii, consultum est: famae tuae: receptui suo, Cs.: rei p., S.: timori magis quam religioni, Cs.: mi consultum optime esse, T.: rerum summae, O.: male patriae, N. — To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine: de uxore, S.: de nullis quam vobis infestius, L.: gravius in eum, S.: in humiliores libidinose, L.: in deditos durius, Ta.—To consult, inquire of, ask for advice, counsel with, apply to, question: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, O.: pro te hos: si publice consuletur, Ta.: collegium consuli iussit, num, etc., L.: consulta, qualem Optet habere virum, asked, O.: te id, ask your opinion of it. — Supin. acc.: ut esset, quo consultum plebes veniret, L.— To consult (a god, an oracle, etc.): Apollinem de re: deum auguriis, L.: Phoebi oracula, O.: de se ter sortibus consultum, utrum, etc., Cs.: spirantia exta, V.: numen nunc extis nunc per aves, L.: consultus vates, V.— To take counsel (of a lawyer), ask advice: de iure civili consuli: qui consuluntur, i. e. skilled in the law: licet consulere? (a formula of asking advice): consulere licebit? Consule, H.— To refer to (an authority, a legislative body, etc.), consult: senatum, S.: senatum de foedere, Cs.: populum de eius morte: plebem in omnia (tribuni), L. — To deliberate upon, consider: rem ordine, L.: consulere et explorare rem: quid agant, Cs. — To advise, counsel, recommend: tun consulis quicquam? T. — To resolve upon, determine, decide: potestas consulendi quid velis, T.: pessime istuc in te, T.: suae vitae durius, i. e. commit suicide, Cs.: quae reges male consuluerint, S. —In the phrase, boni consulere, to regard favorably, take in good part: tu haec consule missa boni, O.
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consulere, consului, consultus V

ask information/advice of; consult, take counsel; deliberate/consider; advise; decide upon, adopt; look after/out for (DAT), pay attention to; refer to

Latin-English dictionary > cōnsulō
32 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

Latin-English dictionary > accipiō
33 curo

cūro (old orthog. COERO and COIRO, Inscr. Orell. 31; 560; 570:
coeret, coerari, coerandi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. curassis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93; id. Ps. 1, 3, 3; id. Poen. 3, 1, 50; inf. pass. curarier, id. Capt. 3, 5, 79), v. a. [cura], to care for, take or have care of, to be solicitous for, to look or attend to, trouble one's self about, etc. (very freq. in every period and species of composition); constr. with the acc., the acc. with the gerundive, the inf. with ut, ne, the simple subj., the dat. or absol.
I.
In gen.
1.
Of persons.
(α).
With acc.:
curare omnia studiosissime ac diligentissime,
Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7; cf.:
diligenter praeceptum,
Nep. Eum. 9, 5:
magna di curant, parva neglegunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 167:
negotia aliena,
id. Top. 17, 66; Hor. S. 2, 3, 19:
mandatum,
Cic. Att. 5, 7 init.:
cenam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 11; cf.
opsonium,
id. Merc. 3, 3, 22:
domum,
to cleanse, Petr. 71, 7:
vestimenta curare et polire,
Dig. 47, 2, 12 pr.:
funus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 81 Ruhnk.; cf.
in this sense, cadaver,
Suet. Ner. 49; and:
Aegyptii jussi corpus Alexandri suo more curare,
Curt. 10, 10, 13; in other connections, curare corpus means to nourish, take care of one's self, to refresh, invigorate one's self, Lucr. 2, 31; 5, 937:
nunc corpora curare tempus est,
Liv. 21, 54, 2; 3, 2, 10; 26, 48, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 22 al.;
in the same sense, membra,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 81:
cutem,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 29; 1, 4, 15:
pelliculam,
id. S. 2, 5, 38:
se,
Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 1; Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. de Or. 3, 61, 230; cf.:
se suamque aetatem,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:
virum,
Tib. 1, 5, 33; and in part. perf.:
curati cibo,
Liv. 9, 37, 7:
omnes vinoque et cibo curatos domos dimisit,
id. 34, 16, 5: vineam, to tend, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; cf.
apes,
Col. 9, 14 et saep.:
res rationesque eri,
to superintend, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 32:
pensa ac domos, of the women of the family,
Mel. 1, 9, 6:
sociorum injurias,
Sall. J. 14, 19:
sublimia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 5:
preces (Diana),
id. C. S. 71:
prodigia,
to endeavor to avert, ward off, Liv. 1, 20, 7 et saep.:
munus te curaturum scio, Ut mittas mihi,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79; cf.:
aquam mulsam prope ut sit,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28:
te multum amamus, quod ea (signa) abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,
provided, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; cf.
II. C. infra: ego illum cum curā magnā curabo tibi,
Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 7 and 9; so,
aliquem,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 39; 5, 3, 9; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121: curatur a multis, timetur a pluribus, is courted (cf. therapeuein), Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 15 et saep.—With a negative: quos peperisti ne cures, be unconcerned, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 656; Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 50:
alii, quasi corpus nullum sit hominis, ita praeter animum nihil curant,
care for nothing except the mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:
viri nihil perjuria curant (with nihil metuere),
Cat. 64, 148:
non ego istuc curo, qui sit, unde sit,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 95: alia cura, a conversational expression (lit. trouble yourself about something else;
hence),
do not trouble yourself, never mind, id. Mil. 3, 3, 55 and 60;
and in like sense, aliud cura,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 5.—
(β).
With acc. and gerundive, to cause something to be done, to order, to urge on, etc. (in good prose and very freq.;
predominant in Cæsar): pontem in Arari faciundum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
obsides inter eos dandos,
id. ib. 1, 19; 3, 11;
4, 29 et saep.: buculam faciendam,
Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:
epistulam mihi referendam,
id. Att. 8, 5, 1:
fratrem interficiendum,
Nep. Timol. 1, 4 al. —
(γ).
With part. perf pass.:
inventum tibi curabo et mecum adductum Tuom Pamphilum,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 1.—
(δ).
With inf. (most freq. with a negative):
ea nolui scribere, quae nec indocti intellegere possent, nec docti legere curarent,
would take the trouble, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 4;
so negatively,
id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; id. Fam. 1, 9, 16; cf.:
nihil Romae geritur, quod te putem scire curare,
id. ib. 9, 10, 1; 3, 8, 7; Suet. Caes. 86; Hor. C. 2, 13, 39; id. Ep. 1, 17, 58; id. A. P. 133; 297; Ov. M. 11, 370; 11, 682 et saep.—Affirmatively:
si qui sunt, qui illud curent defendere,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:
qui istas res scire curavit,
id. Fl. 27, 64:
mando tibi, uti cures lustrare,
Cato, R. R. 141:
aspice, si quid Et nos, quod cures proprium fecisse, loquamur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 5; 1, 16, 17; id. A. P. 35; 460 sq.; Suet. Dom. 20; id. Gram. 24.—
(ε).
With acc. and inf. pass.:
neque vero haec inter se congruere possent, ut natura et procreari vellet et diligi procreatos non curaret,
Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 62:
symbolos proponi et saxis proscribi curat,
Just. 2, 12, 2; 3, 5, 12.—
(ζ).
With nom. and inf.:
ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis,
Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —
(η).
With ut, ne, or a simple subj.:
pater curabit ut, etc.,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 25 sq.:
si fecisset, se curaturam, ut, etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Quint. 4, 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 92.—So in concluding letters: cura ut valeas, take care of yourself, be careful of your health (for which da operam ut valeas, fac valeas, et al. sim.), Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3; 7, 6, 2; 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6; 3, 8, 6; id. Att. 1, 5, 8; 2, 2, 3 et saep.:
omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,
id. ib. 11, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 1, 34; 2, 5, 24; Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.:
ne illa quidem curo mihi scribas, quae, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:
jam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit,
Phaedr. 5, 2, 6; Petr. 58, 2:
curare uti Romae ne essent,
Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —
(θ).
With dat. (ante-and post-class.):
illis curandum censeo,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 92; so, omnibus, Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:
rebus publicis,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 50:
rebus alienis,
id. Truc. 1, 2, 41:
rebus meis,
App. Mag. p. 297.—
(ι).
With quod:
nam quod strabonus est, non curo,
Petr. 68, 8.—
(κ).
With de:
vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione,
Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—
(λ).
Absol.:
curasti probe,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 6; cf. Plant. Rud. 2, 3, 50: abi intro;
ego hic curabo,
id. Bacch. 2, 2, 49; id. Pers. 1, 3, 5:
ubi quisque legatus aut tribunus curabat,
commanded, Sall. J. 60, 1; cf.:
in eā parte,
id. ib. 60, 5:
in postremo loco cum equitibus,
id. ib. 46, 7.—
(μ).
Impers.:
curabitur,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29:
curetur,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 15. —
2.
Of things ( poet.):
quae causa suscipienda curarit sollemnia sacra,
Lucr. 5, 1163:
nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 30; with ut, Lucr. 5, 1015; 3, 127; 6, 231 Lachm.; with ne:
quod ne miremur sopor atque oblivia curant,
id. 4, 826 (822).—
II.
In partic., t. t.
A.
In state affairs, to take the charge of, to manage the business of, to do a thing in behalf of the state, to administer, govern, preside over, command, etc.
(α).
With acc.:
bellum maritimum curare,
Liv. 7, 26, 10; so,
Asiam,
Tac. A. 4, 36:
Achaiam,
id. ib. 5, 10:
superioris Germaniae legiones,
id. ib. 6, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 31; cf.:
duabus his artibus... se remque publicam curabant,
Sall. C. 9, 3. —
(β).
Absol.:
Faesulanum in sinistrā parte curare jubet,
Sall. C. 59, 3; cf. id. J. 46, 7:
duo additi qui Romae curarent,
Tac. A. 11, 22.—
B.
In medic. lang., to heal, cure.
(α).
With acc.:
an quod corpora curari possint, animorum medicina nulla sit?
Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; id. Clu. 14, 40:
adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,
id. Sen. 19, 67; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:
aegrum,
Liv. 5, 5, 12:
quadrupedes,
Quint. 2, 10, 6:
aliquem frigidis,
Suet. Aug. 81:
aliquem radice vel herbā,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 151 et saep.: morbos, Cels. prooem.; Quint. 2, 3, 6; Curt. 5, 9, 3; 7, 1, 22:
vulnus,
Liv. 2, 17, 4; Quint. 4, 2, 84 et saep.:
apparentia vitia,
Quint. 12, 8, 10. —Rarely, to operate:
qui ferrum medici prius quam curetur aspexit,
Quint. 4, 5, 5. —
(β).
Absol.:
medicinae pars, quae manu curat,
Cels. 7 praef.; so Quint. 2, 17, 39 al. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: cūrans, antis, m., = medicus, a physician:
plurimi sub alterutro curantis errore moriuntur,
Cels. 3, 8, 5.—Also cūrandus, i, m., the patient:
nisi festinare curandi imbecillitas cogit,
Col. 7, 2, 12.—
b.
Trop. (ironically):
cum provinciam curarit, sanguinem miserit, mihi tradiderit enectam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2:
reduviam (corresp. with capiti mederi),
id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.—
C.
In mercantile lang., to take care of money matters, to adjust or settle, pay, etc.:
(nummos) pro signis,
Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; cf.:
pecuniam pro eo frumento legatis,
Liv. 44, 16, 2:
dimidium pecuniae redemptori tuo,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; id. Quint. 4, 15:
me cui jussisset curaturum,
that I would make payment according to his direction, id. Fam. 16, 9, 3.— Hence, cūrātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
1.
Earnest, anxious (post-Aug.):
curatissimae preces,
Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.: interim me [p. 503] quidam... secreto curatoque sermone corripit, monet, etc., Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 10.—
2.
Taken care of, managed, attended to:
boves curatiores,
Cato, R. R. 103:
sacra,
Cic. Balb. 24, 55:
nitida illa et curata vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 26.— Adv.: cūrātē, carefully, diligently; only in comp.:
curatius disserere,
Tac. A. 2, 27; 14, 21; 16, 22; Plin. Ep. 1, 1, 1.

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con-sisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3, v. n., to place one's self anywhere, to stand still, stand, halt, stop, make a stop (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
jam hunc non ausim praeterire, quin consistam et conloquar,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14:
otiose nunc jam ilico hic consiste,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 2:
ubi ad ipsum veni diverticulum, constiti,
id. Eun. 4, 2, 7; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 62:
uti et viatores consistere cogant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 5:
neque is (Demosthenes) consistens in loco, sed inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:
si ludius constitit aut tibicen repente conticuit,
id. Har. Resp. 11, 23; cf. id. Arch. 8, 19:
plura scribam ad te cum constitero: nunc eram plane in medio mari,
id. Att. 5, 12, 3: constitit nusquam primo quam ad Vada venit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2:
in quibus oppidis consistere praetores et conventum agere solebant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:
Romae post praeturam,
id. ib. 2, 1, 39, §
101: ire modo ocius, interdum consistere,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 9:
in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6:
omnes ordines, tota in illā contione Italia constitit,
Cic. Sest. 50, 107:
ad mensam consistere et ministrare,
id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; so,
ad aras,
Ov. M. 10, 274:
ad ramos,
id. ib. 10, 510:
ante domum,
id. ib. 2, 766:
ante torum,
id. ib. 15, 653:
in aede,
id. ib. 15, 674:
in medio,
id. ib. 10, 601; and with a simple abl.:
limine,
id. ib. 4, 486; 9, 397; Stat. Th. 1, 123; Verg. A. 1, 541:
post eum,
Quint. 1, 10, 27:
in pedes,
Sen. Ep. 121, 9:
calce aliquem super ipsum debere consistere,
trample on, Cels. 8, 14, 19.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To set, become hard or solid:
frigore constitit Ister,
has been frozen, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1; cf.
unda,
id. M. 9, 662: sanguis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 38:
alvus,
Cato, R. R. 126; 156, 4; cf.:
cum jam perfecte mustum deferbuit et constitit,
Col. 12, 21, 3:
album ex ovo, quo facilius consistat,
Cels. 4, 20, 15.—
2.
Cum aliquo, to station or place one's self with some one for conversation, to stand with:
in hoc jam loco cum altero Constitit,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 31; id. Curc. 4, 2, 16 sq.:
cum hoc consistit, hunc amplexatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19.—
3.
To take one's place, take position, assume a place or attitude for an action, etc.;
of a musician: ut constitit,
Suet. Ner. 21;
of an actor: in scaenā vero postquam solus constitit,
Phaedr. 5, 5, 13;
of an orator: in communibus suggestis,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:
Aesopus mediā subito in turbā constitit,
Phaedr. 4, 5, 29;
for shooting: post acer Mnestheus adducto constitit arcu,
Verg. A. 5, 507; cf.
of athletes, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 426; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:
inter duas acies,
Liv. 7, 10, 9:
cum aliquo,
Petr. 19, 5.—Hence,
4.
Milit. t. t., to halt, make a halt, take a position, to make a stand (opp. to a march, flight, or disorder):
locus, ubi constitissent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. ib. 1, 24; cf.:
in sinistrā parte acies,
id. ib. 2, 23:
in fluctibus,
id. ib. 4, 24:
sub muro,
id. ib. 7, 48:
juxta,
id. ib. 2, 26 al.:
pro opere,
Sall. J. 92, 8:
equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
constitit utrumque agmen,
Liv. 21, 46, 4:
sic regii constiterant,
id. 42, 58, 10 et saep.:
ut reliquae (legiones) consistere non auderent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:
in locis superioribus consistere,
id. ib. 3, 6:
a fugā,
Liv. 10, 36, 11:
naves eorum nostris adversae constiterunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—
5.
Jurid. t. t., to appear as accuser before a court of justice:
cum debitoribus,
Dig. 5, 3, 49:
cum matre,
Sen. Ira, 2, 7, 3:
adversus dominos,
Dig. 5, 1, 53.—
6.
Poet.:
fert animus propius consistere,
i. e. take a nearer view, Ov. A. A. 3, 467.—
7.
To have a stand as a dealer, occupy a place of business:
ede ubi consistas,
Juv. 3, 296:
in tabernā,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll.:
IN SCHOLA,
Inscr. Orell. 4085; cf.:
locum consistendi Romanis in Galliā non fore,
Caes. B. G. 7, 37; 7, 42.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to rest, remain, stand, Lucr. 2, 332; cf. id. 2, 322:
patiamini eo transire illius turpitudinis infamiam, ubi cetera maleficia consistunt,
Cic. Clu. 30, 83; cf.:
ut unde orta culpa esset, ibi poena consisteret,
Liv. 28, 26, 3:
ante oculos rectum pietasque pudorque constiterant,
Ov. M. 7, 73. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To pause, to dwell upon, delay, stop:
in uno nomine,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:
ipsa mihi veritas manum inicit et paulisper consistere et commorari cogit,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; cf. id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:
in singulis,
id. Part. Or. 35, 120.— Impers. pass.:
ista quae spectantur, ad quae consistitur,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4.—
2.
(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To be or remain firm, unshaken, immovable, steadfast, to be at rest, to stand one's ground, to continue, endure, subsist, be, exist:
mente consistere,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 68; so,
neque mente nec linguā neque ore,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:
praeclare in forensibus causis,
id. Or. 9, 30:
in dicendo,
id. Clu. 39, 108:
verbo quidem superabis me ipso judice, re autem ne consistes quidem ullo judice,
id. Caecin. 21, 59; cf.
of the cause itself: quia magistratus aliquis reperiebatur, apud quem Alfeni causa consisteret,
id. Quint. 22, 71; cf.
also: modo ut tibi constiterit fructus otii tui,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:
in quo (viro) non modo culpa nulla, sed ne suspitio quidem potuit consistere,
id. Rosc. Am. 52, 152; cf. id. Clu. 29, 78:
confiteor... me consistere in meo praesidio sic, ut non fugiendi hostis sed capiendi loci causā cessisse videar,
id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
vitam consistere tutam,
to remain, continue safe, Lucr. 6, 11 Lachm. N. cr.:
constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,
Ov. A. A. 1, 120:
sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 107; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 68:
quales cum vertice celso Aëriae quercus constiterunt,
Verg. A. 3, 679:
nullo in loco, nullā in personā... consistunt (ista quae vires atque opes humanae vocantur),
Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 7: spes est hunc miserum aliquando tandem posse consistere, to take a firm stand (the figure derived from fleeing soldiers), Cic. Quint. 30, 94:
si prohibent consistere vires,
Ov. M. 7, 573.—
* 3.
Cum aliquo, to agree with: videsne igitur Zenonem tuum cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere, cum Aristotele et illis re consentire, verbis discrepare, Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72.—
4.
In gen., to be, exist:
vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse,
Cic. Brut. 97, 333:
sine agricultoribus nec consistere mortales nec ali posse manifestum est,
Col. 1, praef. § 6; Varr. R. R. 3, 8 fin.:
quadringentis centum Venerios non posse casu consistere,
to occur, lake place, be thrown, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: summa studia officii inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: sed non in te quoque constitit idem Exitus, take or have place, Ov. M. 12, 297.—
(β).
With in, ex, or the simple abl. (in Quint. also with circa and inter; v. infra), to consist in or of, to depend upon:
major pars victūs eorum in lacte, caseo, carne consistit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 22:
omnis per se natura duabus Constitit in rebus,
Lucr. 1, 420:
e quibus haec rerum summa consistat,
id. 1, 236; so with ex, id. 1, 839; 1, 873 al.; with abl.:
deveniunt in talis disposturas, Qualibus haec rerum consistit summa,
id. 1, 1028; 5, 61; 5, 66:
vita omnis in venationibus atque in studiis rei militaris consistit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21:
in eo salus et vita optimi cujusque consistit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19:
in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit,
id. Quint. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 40, 182:
causam belli in personā tuā,
id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:
in quibus vita beata,
id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40:
in unā honestate omne bonum,
id. ib. 5, 14, 42:
in nomine controversia,
Quint. 7, 3, 7; 8, 3, 57:
in actu rhetoricen,
id. 2, 18, 2; 6, 3, 42:
spes omnis consistebat Datami in se locique naturā,
Nep. Dat. 8, 3.—With abl., Quint. 12, 10, 59:
omnis quaestio circa res personasque consistere videtur,
id. 3, 5, 7; 6, 3, 19:
quaestio inter utile atque honestum consistet,
id. 3, 8, 24. —
5.
As opp. to progressive motion, to come to a stand, stand still, stop, rest, take rest, cease:
sola Ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 9:
omnis administratio belli consistit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12:
vel concidat omne caelum omnisque terra consistat necesse est,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:
forensium rerum labor et ambitionis occupatio constitisset,
id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:
usura,
id. Att. 6, 1, 7: diarroia, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf.:
videndum, morbus an increscat, an consistat, an minuatur,
remains unchanged, Cels. 3, 2; and:
cursus pituitae,
id. 6, 6:
cum ad Trebiam terrestre constitisset bellum,
Liv. 21, 49, 1:
cum bellum Ligustinum ad Pisas constitisset,
id. 35, 4, 1; 22, 32, 4:
infractaque constitit ira,
Ov. M. 6, 627:
Gaius ejusque posteri in equestri ordine constitere usque ad Augusti patrem,
Suet. Aug. 2; cf.:
maledictum, quod intra verba constitit,
stopped at, went no farther than, Quint. Decl. 279.
► Consisto as v.
a. = constituo formerly stood Lucr. 6, 11; Sall. J. 49, 6; but these passages are corrected in recent editions. It is now found only Gell. 5, 10, 9, a doubtful passage, where Hertz reads: cum ad judices coniiciendae [consistendae] causae gratiā venissent.

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35 recipiō

recipiō cēpī (recepsō for recēperō, Ct.), ceptus, ere [re+capio]. I. To take back, bring back, carry back, retake, get back, regain, recover: dandis recipiendisque meritis, by an exchange of services: si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat, Cs.: reges, L.: canam, recepto Caesare felix, H.: Tarentum, recaptured: praeda recepta est, L.: Pectore in adverso ensem Condidit, et recepit, drew out again, V.: suos omnīs incolumes (sc. ex oppido in castra), withdraw, Cs.: cohortes defessos, Cs.: Illum medio ex hoste, rescue, V.—With pron reflex., to draw back, withdraw, betake oneself, retire, retreat, escape: se ex hisce locis: se ex fugā, Cs.: se recipiendi spatium, L.: se ad Caesarem, Cs.: ex castris in oppidum sese, Cs.: rursus se ad signa, Cs.: se in novissimos, L.: sub murum se, Cs.: eo se, Cs.: Neque sepulcrum quo recipiat habeat, portum corporis (sc. se), Enn. ap. C.—Fig., to bring back: (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum.— To get back, receive again, regain, recover, repossess: antiquam frequentiam recipere urbem pati, L.: et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit, got back, O.: quam (vitam) postquam recepi, recovered, O.: animam, T.: a pavore recepto animo, L.: voltumque animumque, O.: mente receptā, H.—With pron reflex., to betake oneself, withdraw, retire: ad frugem bonam: ad reliquam cogitationem belli, Cs.— To recover, collect oneself, resume self-possession: ut me recepi: nullum spatium recipiendi se dedit, L.: se ex terrore, Cs.: totā me mente, O.— II. To take to oneself, take in, admit, accept, receive, welcome: Excludor, ille recipitur, T.: Xerxem, await the attack of: hos tutissimus portus recipiebat, Cs.: Mosa ex Rheno recepta insulam efficit, Cs.: equus frenum recepit, submitted to, H.: Hominem amicum ad te, T.: hominem ad epulas: gentes in civitatem receptae: deorum in templa, H.: Ilergetes in ius dicionemque, L.: reges in amicitiam, S.: sidera in caelo recepta, O.: tecto recipi, Cs.: illum suis urbibus: oppido ac portu recepti, Cs.: legatos moenibus, S.: eum domum suam: ut domum ad se quisque hospitio reciperet, Cs.—Of money or income, to take in, receive, collect, acquire, gain: pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus: pecunia, quae recipi potest.—Of weapons or fetters, to submit to, accept, receive, expose oneself to: necesse erat ab latere aperto tela recipi, Cs.: ferrum: donec (equus) frenum recepit, H.—Of places, to seize, capture, take, possess, occupy: Praeneste per deditionem, L.: oppido recepto, Cs.: rem p. armis, S. —Fig., to take upon oneself, assume, receive, accept, admit, allow: in semet ipsum religionem, to burden himself with, L.: antiquitas recepit fabulas: nec inconstantiam virtus recipit: timor misericordiam non recipit, Cs.: casūs recipere (res), be liable to, Cs.: re iam non ultra recipiente cunctationem, L. — To take up, undertake, accept, assume: causam Siciliae: id facere, quod recepissem, T.: officium. — To assume an obligation, pledge oneself, take the responsibility, be surety for, warrant, promise, engage: ad me recipio; Faciet, T.: promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.: promitto, recipio, spondeo, Caesarem talem semper fore, etc.: facturum, quod milites vellent, se recepit, L.: fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me, had given him a solemn assurance: ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio: mihi in Cumano se defensurum, etc.: postulabat ut... id ipsi fore reciperent, Cs.—Of a magistrate, with nomen, to entertain a charge against, enter as an accused person, indict: nomen absentis: appellantibus nemo erat auxilio, quin nomina reciperentur, L.
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recipere, recepi, receptus V

keep back; recover; undertake; guarantee; accept, take in; take back

Latin-English dictionary > recipiō
36 tollo

tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3, v. a. ( perf. tollit, Pers. 4, 2:
tollisse,
Dig. 46, 4, 13) [root Sanscr. tul-, tulajāmi, lift up, weigh; Gr. tal-, tel, in tlênai, talanton; cf.: tuli, tlātus (latus), tolerare], to lift or take up, to raise, always with the predom. idea of motion upwards or of removal from a former situation.
I.
To lift up, raise up, elevate, exalt, etc. (syn.: effero, elevo).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: unus erit quem tu tolles in caerula caeli templa, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.): pileum ad caelum tollit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 15:
fulgor ibi ad caelum se tollit,
Lucr. 2, 325;
for which also: aliquem tollere in caelum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:
quem (Herculem) in caelum ista ipsa sustulit fortitudo,
id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
tollam ego ted in collum,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 42:
Phaëthon optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur: sublatus est,
Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf. id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:
aliquem in equum,
id. Deiot. 10, 28:
quos in crucem sustulit,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:
aliquem in crucem,
id. ib. 2, 1, 5, §
13: aquila in sublime sustulit testudinem,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 4:
in arduos Tollor Sabinos,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 22 et saep.:
ut me hic jacentem aliquis tollat,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 2; so,
jacentes,
id. Most. 1, 4, 17: mulum suum tollebat Fufius, lifted up, raised up, Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:
nequeo caput tollere,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 45:
sustulimus manus et ego et Balbus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:
manus,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5:
gradum,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: scorpius caudā sublatā, Lucil. ap. Non. 385, 31:
lubrica convolvit sublato pectore terga (coluber),
Verg. A. 2, 474:
terrā,
Ov. M. 15, 192:
de terrā,
Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:
se tollere a terrā,
id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:
ignis e speculā sublatus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Tollere liberos, to take up, i. e. to accept, acknowledge; and so, to raise up, bring up, educate as one's own (from the custom of laying new-born children on the ground at the father's feet; cf.
suscipio): quod erit natum, tollito,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 3:
puerum,
id. Men. prol. 33; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):
natum filium,
Quint. 4, 2, 42:
nothum,
id. 3, 6, 97:
puellam,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15; cf. id. And. 1, 3, 14.—Also of the mother:
si quod peperissem, id educarem ac tollerem,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 45.—
(β).
Transf., in gen., to get, beget a child:
qui ex Fadiā sustulerit liberos,
Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23:
decessit morbo aquae intercutis, sublato filio Nerone ex Agrippinā,
Suet. Ner. 5 fin. —
b.
Nautical t. t.: tollere ancoras, to lift the anchor, weigh anchor; esp. in part. pass.:
sublatis ancoris,
Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 1, 31; Liv. 22, 19, 6. —
(β).
Transf. out of the nautical sphere, to break up, proceed:
si vultis ancoras tollere,
Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1.—
c.
To build, raise, erect:
tollam altius tectum,
Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 33:
si juxta habeas aedificia, eaque jure tuo altius tollas,
Dig. 39, 2, 26.—
d.
To take on board, carry, of vessels or vehicles:
navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, parasse,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 75:
naves, quae equites sustulerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 28:
altera navis ducentos ex legione tironum sustulerat,
id. B. C. 3, 28;
Auct. B. Afr. 54: tollite me, Teucri,
Verg. A. 3, 601:
ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret,
Liv. 45, 6, 2:
Maecenas me tollere raedā vellet,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 42:
Talem te Bacchus... sustulit in currus,
Ov. A. A. 3, 157. —
B.
Trop.
1.
To raise, lift, lift up, elevate, set up, etc.: tollitur in caelum clamor exortus utrimque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 422 Vahl.):
clamorem in caelum,
Verg. A. 11, 745:
clamores ad sidera,
id. ib. 2, 222; cf.:
clamor magnus se tollit ad auras,
rises, id. ib. 11, 455:
clamor a vigilibus tollitur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:
clamorem,
Flor. 3, 8, 6:
cachinnum,
Cic. Fat. 5, 10:
risum,
Hor. A. P. 381: litterulae meae tui desiderio oblanguerunt: hac tamen epistulā oculos paulum sustulerunt, have opened [p. 1877] their eyes again, have reanimated them, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.—Esp. with animos: ne in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to elevate, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 6:
animos,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 10; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57:
animos alicui,
to raise, excite, animate, Liv. 3, 67, 6:
nec dubium est quin omnis Hispania sublatura animos fuerit,
id. 35, 1, 3;
opp. abicere animos,
Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 7:
aliquid dicendo augere et tollere altius (opp. extenuare et abicere),
Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104:
ad caelum te tollimus verissimis ac justissimis laudibus,
id. Fam. 15, 9, 1:
monumentum illud, quod tu tollere laudibus solebas,
id. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14):
nostras laudes in astra,
id. ib. 2, 25, 1:
Daphnim tuum ad astra,
Verg. E. 5, 51:
tergeminis tollere honoribus,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:
vos Tempe tollite laudibus,
id. ib. 1, 21, 9 (cf. also Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; v. infra, II. A. 2.):
supra modum se tollens oratio,
Quint. 4, 2, 61; cf.:
se eadem geometria tollit ad rationem usque mundi,
id. 1, 10, 46; 1, 2, 26:
amicum Tollere (i. q. consolari),
to cheer up, console, Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.—
2.
To take on one, assume, bear, endure:
providere non solum quid oneris in praesentia tollant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:
at Apollodorus poenas sustulit,
id. N. D. 3, 33, 82. —
II.
To take up a thing from its place, to take away, remove, to bear or carry away, make way with, take away with one (syn.: aufero, adimo).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
frumentum de areā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:
solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,
id. Lael. 13, 47:
ut aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret,
id. ib. 23, 87:
simulacra ex delubris,
id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3; so,
pecunias e fano,
Caes. B. C. 3, 105:
sphaeram ex urbe (Syracusis),
Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21:
praedam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 14:
posita,
id. ib. 6, 17:
patinam,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 80; cf.:
his sublatis,
id. ib. 2, 8, 10:
mensam tolli jubet,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:
me per hostes Denso paventem sustulit aëre,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 14:
jubet sublata reponi Pocula,
Verg. A. 8, 175:
cuncta,
id. ib. 8, 439:
tecum me tolle per undas,
id. ib. 6, 370:
me quoque tolle simul,
Ov. M. 11, 441:
tollite me, Libyes, comitem poenaeque necisque,
Sil. 6, 500.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Pregn., to take off, carry off, make away with, to kill, destroy, ruin, etc.:
aliquem de medio,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:
aliquem e medio,
Liv. 24, 6, 1:
aliquem ferro, veneno,
Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:
Titanas fulmine (Juppiter),
Hor. C. 3, 4, 44: quem febris una potuit tollere, Lucil. ap. Non. 406, 25:
me truncus illapsus cerebro Sustulerat, nisi, etc.,
Hor. C. 2, 17, 28:
tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta,
id. S. 2, 1, 56:
sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,
Pers. 4, 2:
majores nostri Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt,
laid waste, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:
ademptus Hector Tradidit fessis leviora tolli Pergama Graiis,
Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—In a play with I. B. supra: te dixisse, laudandum adulescentem (Caesarem), ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; cf.:
se non esse commissurum, ut tolli posset,
id. ib. 11, 20, 1.—
b.
Milit. t. t.: tollere signa, to break up for marching, to decamp, Caes. B. C. 2, 20; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1.—
B.
Trop., to do away with, remove; to abolish, annul, abrogate, cancel (very freq., esp. in Cic.;
syn.: oblittero, aboleo): rei memoriam tollere ac delere,
Cic. Quint. 21, 70; cf.
metum,
id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:
sublatā benevolentiā amicitiae nomen tollitur,
id. Lael. 5, 19; cf.:
maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam,
id. ib. 22, 82:
dubitationem,
id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
errorem,
id. ib. 1, 24, 38:
librariorum menda,
id. Att. 13, 23, 2:
ut id nomen ex omnibus libris tollatur,
id. ib. 13, 44, 3:
legem,
id. Leg. 2, 12, 31:
veteres leges novis legibus,
id. de Or. 1, 58, 247:
dictaturam funditus ex re publicā,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
sublato Areopago,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
deos,
to deny the existence of, id. N. D. 1, 30, 85; id. Ac. 2, 11, 33:
diem,
to consume in speechmaking, id. Leg. 3, 18, 40; id. Dom. 17, 45:
morbus facile tollitur,
is removed, Cels. 2, 14; 4, 18; so,
dolores et tumores,
Plin. 26, 12, 75, § 122:
foeditates cicatricum maculasque,
id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:
muliebrem luctum,
Hor. Epod. 16, 39:
querelas,
id. Ep. 1, 12, 3.—Hence,
sublātus
, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), elated, proud, haughty (rare):
quo proelio sublati Helvetii,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:
hac victoriā,
id. ib. 5, 38: quibus omnibus rebus, id. B. C. 2, 37:
rebus secundis,
Verg. A. 10, 502:
gloriā,
Tac. A. 13, 11 et saep.:
fidens magis et sublatior ardet,
Ov. Hal. 54. — Adv.:
sublātē
, highly, loftily. *
1.
Lit.:
Nilus diebus centum sublatius fluens, minuitur postea,
higher, Amm. 22, 15, 12. —
2.
Trop.:
sublate ampleque dicere (opp. attenuate presseque),
loftily, with elevation, Cic. Brut. 55, 201:
sublatius dicere,
more proudly, id. Dom. 36, 95:
sublatius insolescentes,
Amm. 15, 12, 1.

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37 ab-dūcō

ab-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere imper. sometimes abdūce, T.), to lead away, take away, carry off, remove, lead aside: filiam abduxit suam, has taken away (from her husband), T.: cohortes secum, Cs.: squalent abductis arva colonis, drafted (for the war), V.: ipsos in lautumias; (poet.): tollite me, Teucri, quascumque abducite terras (i. e. in terras), V.: pluteos ad alia opera, conduct, Cs.: capita retro ab ictu, draw back, V. — Esp., to take home (to dine): tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi, T.—To take (prisoner), arrest: hunc abduce, vinci, T.: e foro abduci, non perduci, arrested for debt, not enticed (by a love-adventure). — To take apart, lead aside (for a private interview): Iugurtham in praetorium, S.—To carry away forcibly, ravish, rob: filia, vi abducta ab tibicine: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, steal betrothed damsels from their bosoms, V.; in jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanimate things, abducere of living beings), C. — Fig., to lead away, separate, distinguish: animum a corpore: divinationem a coniecturis.—To seduce, alienate: legiones a Bruto: equitatum a consule: servum ab avo.—From a study, pursuit, or duty, to withdraw, draw off, hinder: a quo studio abduci negotiis: aliquem a quaestu: ab isto officio incommodo.—To bring down, reduce, degrade: ad hanc hominum libidinem me.

Latin-English dictionary > ab-dūcō
38 peto

pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;
Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:
petistis,
Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:
petissem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:
petisse,
Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
I.
To fall upon any thing.
A.
Lit.
1.
In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:
invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,
Cic. Or. 68, 228:
cujus latus mucro ille petebat,
id. Lig. 3, 9:
non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,
to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:
aliquem spiculo infeste,
Liv. 2, 20:
aliquem mālo,
to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:
alicui ungue genas,
Ov. A. A. 2, 452:
aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,
Suet. Tib. 72:
aëra disco,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:
bello Penatìs,
Verg. A. 3, 603:
armis patriam,
Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
2.
Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:
grues loca calidiora petentes,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:
Cyzicum,
id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:
Dyrrhachium,
id. Planc. 41, 97:
naves,
to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:
caelum pennis,
to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:
Graiis Phasi petite viris,
visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:
Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,
attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:
campum petit amnis,
Verg. G. 3, 522:
mons petit astra,
towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:
reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 717:
ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,
id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:
visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,
to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:
myrrham ad Troglodytas,
id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:
harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,
id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:
collis, in quem vimina petebantur,
id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:
quaeque trans maria petimus,
fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):
aiiquem epistulā,
Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:
aliquem fraude et insidiis,
Liv. 40, 55:
aliquem falsis criminibus,
Tac. A. 4, 31.—
B.
To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
1.
In gen.:
ita petit asparagus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23:
ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:
aliquem in vincula,
Quint. 7, 1, 55:
aliquem ad supplicium,
id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:
ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,
Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:
postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,
Ter. Eun. prol. 11:
qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,
Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;
nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,
id. Clu. 59, 163:
qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,
id. Mil. 27, 74.—
b.
To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:
vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:
a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:
peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 4, 2:
peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,
id. ib. 9, 13, 3:
petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,
id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:
petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,
id. Sull. 19, 55:
pacem ab aliquo,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
opem ab aliquo,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:
vitam nocenti,
Tac. A. 2, 31:
petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,
Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):
arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,
Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):
si de me petisses, ut, etc.,
Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):
M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:
in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,
Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):
eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,
Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
(β).
Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):
nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:
consulatum,
id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:
praeturam,
id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
c.
To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:
libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,
Sall. C. 25, 3:
cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,
Prop. 3, 13, 27:
formosam quisque petit,
id. 3, 32, 4:
multi illam petiere,
Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;
Ne petitum aliunde eat,
Cat. 61, 151.—
d.
To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:
fugā salutem petere,
Nep. Hann. 11, 4:
praedam pedibus,
Ov. M. 1, 534:
gloriam,
Sall. C. 54, 5:
eloquentiae principatum,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,
intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:
bene vivere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:
victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,
Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:
conubiis natam sociare Latinis,
Verg. A. 7, 96:
aliquem transfigere ferro,
Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:
ex hostibus victoriam petere,
Liv. 8, 33, 13:
supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,
id. 28, 19, 11:
imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,
id. 30, 16, 7.—
e.
To fetch any thing:
qui argentum petit,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:
cibum e flammā,
Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:
altius initium rei demonstrandae,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:
aliquid a Graecis,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:
a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,
to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:
suspirium alte,
to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:
latere petitus imo spiritus,
Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:
gemitus alto de corde petiti,
Ov. M. 2, 622:
haec ex veteri memoriā petita,
Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
f.
To take, betake one's self to any thing:
iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96:
diversas vias,
Val. Fl. 1, 91:
alium cursum,
to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:
aliam in partem petebant fugam,
betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
g.
To refer to, relate to ( poet.):
Trojanos haec monstra petunt,
Verg. A. 9, 128.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peto
39 petō

petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
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petere, petivi, petitus V

attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

Latin-English dictionary > petō
40 duco

dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. duc;
but duce,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.— Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. [cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke], to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13:
duc ac demonstra mihi,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 36:
suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.:
(difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur,
id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf.
plaustra,
Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so,
aquam per fundum ejus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:
spiritum naribus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so,
spiritum per siccas fauces,
Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.:
aërem spiritu,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.:
animam spiritu,
id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.:
vitam et spiritum,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:
tura naribus,
to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22:
sucos nectaris,
to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf.
pocula,
id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and:
Liberum,
id. ib. 4, 12, 14.— Poet.:
jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe),
Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.:
mucronem,
to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.:
ferrum vaginā,
Ov. F. 4, 929:
ensem vagina,
Sil. 8, 342;
but: ensem duxerat faber,
had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48:
sortem,
Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22;
hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot,
Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.:
pondus aratri,
to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119:
remos,
to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353:
numerosa brachia,
in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29:
lanas,
to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf.
stamina,
id. ib. 4, 221:
ubera,
to milk, id. ib. 9, 358:
frena manu,
to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2:
manus, of swimming,
id. 3, 20, 2:
ilia,
to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:
os,
to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf.
vultum,
Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.:
non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem,
to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.— Absol.:
sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,
to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To lead, conduct, as a way or road:
via ducit (te), in urbem?
Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679:
Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20:
via ad undas,
Ov. M. 3, 602:
via ad infernas sedes,
id. ib. 4, 433; cf.:
iter ad urbem,
id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—
2.
Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go:
jam me ad regem recta ducam,
Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—
3.
A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so,
in jus,
Liv. 2, 27:
illos duci in carcerem jubent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30:
aliquem in carcerem,
Suet. Caes. 20:
in vincula,
id. ib. 79:
ad mortem,
Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.:
ducite, ubi capiat, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45:
decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem,
to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf.
prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —
4.
Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry:
bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc.... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.?
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91:
uxorem domum,
id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68:
filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4:
eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105:
uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.),
id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.— Absol.:
si tu negaris ducere,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—
5.
In milit. lang.
a.
Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction:
locis apertis exercitum ducere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1:
exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos,
id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.:
exercitum in fines Suessionum,
id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3;
5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos,
id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57:
cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2:
exercitum Uticam,
id. ib. 2, 26, 1:
reliquas copias contra Labienum,
id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move:
quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.;
not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest,
Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,
b.
In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division:
qua in legatione duxit exercitum,
Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so,
exercitum,
Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3:
qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1:
ordinem,
id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1:
partem exercitūs,
Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance:
consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas... inde, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van:
pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin. —
(β).
Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing:
accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit,
Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so,
familiam,
id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45:
ordines,
id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:
classem (discipulorum),
Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.:
funus,
Hor. Epod. 8, 12:
toros,
Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—
c.
To conduct as prisoners in a triumph:
per triumphum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67:
in triumpho,
Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—
6.
With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.:
struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus,
to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf.
muros,
Hor. C. 4, 6, 23:
vallum ex castris ad aquam,
Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2:
fossam,
id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2:
arcum,
Ov. M. 3, 160:
lateres de terra,
Vitr. 2, 3:
vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera),
Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also:
epos,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 44:
carmen,
Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32:
versus,
id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.:
liniam ex colore,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf.
orbem,
id. 11, 3, 118:
alvum,
to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf.
colaphum,
Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.:
pugnum,
Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.;
so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus,
Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf.
exsequias,
Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:
pompam,
Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699:
choros,
Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf.
choreas,
Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—
7.
To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.):
cicatricem,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12:
rimam,
Ov. M. 4, 65:
situm,
to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18:
formam,
Ov. M. 1, 402:
colorem,
id. ib. 3, 485; cf.
pallorem,
to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760:
nomina,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 76:
notam,
id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct:
progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas,
Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57:
ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam,
id. ib. 1, 2, 31:
Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,
id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26:
per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem),
id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.:
ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,
Sen. Ep. 107.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To draw, deduce, [p. 616] derive its origin or beginning from, any thing:
ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium,
Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:
exordium a nostra persona,
Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7:
principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.:
belli initium a fame,
id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21:
initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
originem ab Isocrate,
Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.:
ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc.,
Cic. Or. 3, 11:
honestum ab iis rebus,
id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135:
nomen ex quo,
id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.:
nomen a Graeco,
Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf.
also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando,
Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—
2.
To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.):
ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18:
nos ducit scholarum consuetudo,
Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21:
ducit te species,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.:
declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc.,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.:
si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.:
eloquentiae laude,
id. Or. 32, 115:
quaestu et lucro,
id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:
hoc errore ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 41; cf.:
litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:
omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,
id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—
b.
In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—
3.
With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong:
bellum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.:
bellum longius,
Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3:
bellum in hiemem,
id. ib. 1, 61, 3:
eam rem longius,
id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.:
rem prope in noctem,
id. B. C. 3, 51, 7:
rem leniter,
Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself:
tempus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7:
diem ex die,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed:
ubi se diutius duci intellexit,
id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),
b.
In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy:
aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so,
aetatem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202:
vitam,
id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere):
noctes,
Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13:
somnos,
Verg. A. 4, 560.—
4.
In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30:
minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—
b.
Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.
(α).
Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero):
duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar,
Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so,
suam quoque rationem,
to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and:
non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem,
Suet. Aug. 42 fin.:
salutis meae rationem,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3:
rationem officii, non commodi,
id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:
unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est,
id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16:
rationem officii atque existimationis,
id. Quint. 16, 53.—
(β).
In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo;
very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:
pro nihilo aliquid,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:
ea pro falsis ducit,
Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.:
innocentiam pro malevolentia,
id. ib. 12, 1:
vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit,
Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so,
aliquid honori,
Sall. J. 11, 3:
aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui,
Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3;
aliquem in numero hostium,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:
aliquem loco affinium,
Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10:
tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur,
Liv. 21, 41; cf.:
officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11:
faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret,
id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.:
malum cum amici tuum ducis malum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.:
Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38:
eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet,
Sall. J. 62, 4:
nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.:
sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum,
Verg. A. 6, 690:
ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes,
Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.

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