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121 incīdō
incīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere [1 in+caedo], to cut into, cut through, cut open, cut away: venas hominis: teneris arboribus incisis, Cs.: pinnas, clip: vites falce, V.: pulmo incisus, divided: linum, sever.—To cut upon, carve, engrave: incisa notis marmora publicis, H.: tabula his incisa litteris, L.—To make by cutting, cut in, carve, engrave, inscribe: ferro dentes, O.: faces, V.: incidebantur domi leges: id in aere incisum: in quā basi grandibus litteris nomen erat incisum: carmen incisum in sepulcro: leges in aes incisae, L.: verba ceris, O.: amores arboribus, V.: leges ligno, H.: alquid titulis, i. e. among your titles, Iu.— Fig., to break off, interrupt, stop, put an end to: poëma ad Caesarem: novas lites, V.: ludum, H.: vocis genus crebro incidens, interrupting (the speech): aequaliter particulas, i. e. short clauses. —To cut off, cut short, take away, remove: media: spe omni reditūs incisā, L.* * *incidere, incidi, incasus Vhappen; fall into, fall in with, meet; fall upon, assail -
122 pōnō
pōnō posuī (posīvērunt, C.), positus, ere [for * posino; old praep. port- (pro) + sino], to put down, set down, put, place, set, fix, lay, deposit: tabulas in aerario, Cs.: castra iniquo loco, pitch, Cs.: tabulas in publico, deposit: collum in Pulvere, H.: in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: in Prytaneum vasa aurea, L.: omnia pone feros in ignes, O.: ubi pedem poneret habere, might set his foot: posito genu, kneeling, O.: num genu posuit? Cu.: ova, O.: fetum, give birth to, Ph.—Of troops and guards, to place, post, set, station, fix: praesidium ibi, Cs.: insidias contra Pompei dignitatem: Dumnorigi custodes, ut, etc., Cs.— To set up, erect, build: opus, O.: urbem, V.: castella, Ta.: aras, V.: tropaeum, N.— To form, fashion, mould, depict: duo pocula fecit... Orphaeque in medio posuit, V.: nunc hominem nunc deum, H.—Of plants, to set, set out, plant: ordine vites, V.: nefasto (arborem) die, H.—Of wagers or prizes, to offer, propose, promise, lay, stake, wager: pocula fagina, V.: praemium proposuerunt, si quis nomen detulisset, L.— To put out at interest, loan, invest: pecuniam in praedio: dives positis in faenore nummis, H.— To serve, serve up, set forth: posito pavone, H.: positi Bacchi cornua, O.: Da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iu.— To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down: veste positā: velamina de corpore, O.: librum: arma, i. e. surrender, Cs.: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, L.: positis armis, L.— To lay out, arrange for burial: toro Mortua componar, O.: positum adfati corpus, V.— To lay in the grave, bury, inter: te... patriā decedens ponere terrā, V.: quā positis iusta feruntur avis, O.— To arrange, deck, set in order: suas in statione comas, O.— To subdue, calm, allay, quiet: quo non arbiter Hadriae Maior, tollere seu ponere volt freta, H.—Of winds, to fall, abate: Cum venti posuere, V.—Of an anchor, to cast, fix: ancoris positis, L.—Fig., to set, place, put, lay, bring: pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs: se in gratiā reconciliatae pacis, L.: in laude positus: illa in conspectu animi: cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, my name is added to the record.—To put, place, cause to rest: credibile non est, quantum ego in prudentiā tuā ponam, count upon: spem salutis in virtute, Cs.: in te positum est, ut, etc., rests with you.—To lay out, spend, employ, occupy, consume: tempus in cogitatione: diem totum in considerandā causā: totos nos in rebus perspiciendis: itinera ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat.— To put, place, count, reckon, consider, regard: mortem in malis: inter quos me ipse dubiā in re poni malim, L.: Hoc metuere, alterum in metu non ponere, regard with fear, Poët. ap. C.: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful, L.: haec in magno discrimine, attach great importance to, L.: in vitiis poni, be regarded as a fault, N.— To appoint, ordain, make: leges: sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, to be applied: Laurentisque ab eā (lauro) nomen colonis, V.: tibi nomen Insano, H.—Of vows or votive offerings, to make, render, pay, consecrate: Veneris (tabellas) in aede, O.: hic funalia, H.: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphis, N.— To lay down as true, state, posit, fix, assume, assert, maintain, allege: ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.: Verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., T.: positum sit igitur in primis, etc.: hoc posito, esse quandam, etc., agreed: id pro certo, L.: rem ipsam.— To cite, set forth, refer to: eorum exempla.— To set forth, represent, describe: Tigellinum, Iu.— To propose, offer, fix upon, set forth: mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam ponitis?: ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet: doctorum consuetudo ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent.— To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender: vitia: curas, L.: moras, H.: corda ferocia, V.: ponendus est ille ambitus (verborum), non abiciendus, i. e. to be closed without abruptness.* * *Iponere, posivi, - Vput, place, set; station; (archaic form of perf. of pono)IIponere, posui, positus Vput, place, set; station -
123 re-petō
re-petō īvī, ītus, ēre, to fall upon again, attack anew, strike again: regem repetitum ad terram adfixit, after repeated attacks, L.: repetita per ilia ferrum, O.: ad Nolam armis repetendam, L.—To seek again, return to, revisit: fratresque virumque, O.: Hispanā Penatīs ab orā, H.: viam, quā venisset, retrace, L.: domum, H.: Africam, L.: praesaepia, V.: quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)? L.—To seek again, demand anew: Gallum a Verticone, qui litteras deferat, Cs.: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur imperium, the demand was made again, L.—To seek again, demand back, retake, demand in compensation, claim: pro illā quidquam abs te preti, T.: abs te sestertium miliens ex lege: quae erepta sunt: obsides, Cs.: si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas, H.: Politorium rursus bello repetitum, was retaken, L.: eam, quam patri suo spoponderim, dignitatem: pro eo (beneficio) gratiam, L.: parentum poenas a filiis: ne mors quidem in repetendā libertate fugienda, in the effort to recover: per occasionem libertatem, L.: beneficia ab nullo, S.—In phrases, with res, in war or at law, to demand restitution, require satisfaction: fetialīs mittendi ad res repetendas, L.: bellum rebus repetitis indictum, i. e. for reprisals. —With pecuniam: pecuniam repetere, to sue for the recovery of money: lex de pecuniis repetundis, concerning extortion: pecuniarum repetundarum reus, of extortion, S.: alqm repetundis postulare (sc. pecuniis), sue for extortion, Ta.—To fetch back, bring again, retake, recall: Repudiatus repetor, I was rejected, and am recalled, T.: ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda, Cs.: alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac traiecti sunt, were brought and passed over, L.—To take hold of again, undertake anew, enter upon again, recommence, resume, renew, repeat: praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur: eadem vetera consilia: Hoc opus, H.: repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit, O.: auspicia de integro, L.: repetita suis percussit pectora palmis, i. e. again and again, O.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, by drawing out repeatedly, O.: haec decies repetita placebit, H.—In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive, go back to, seek, trace: populum a stirpe: repetere populi originem: usque a Corace nescio quo: narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur: res remotas ex litterarum monumentis: tam alte repetita oratio: primā repetens ab origine, V.: longius: repetitis atque enumeratis diebus, reckoned backwards, Cs.—To think over, trace in thought, call to mind, recall, recollect: mearum praecepta litterarum: supra repetere ac paucis instituta maiorum disserere, S.: noctem, O.: te animo repetentem exempla tuorum, V.: memoriā vetera: memoriam ex annalibus, L. -
124 abverto
ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).I.Lit.A.In gen.a.Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):b.ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,
id. Am. 3, 2, 18:(M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,
Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:aliquid ab oculis,
id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,
turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:locis seminis ic tum,
Lucr. 4, 1273:Italiā Teucrorum regem,
Verg. A. 1, 42:a ceteris omnium in se oculos,
Liv. 2, 5, 6:in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,
id. 3, 24, 9:ab hominibus ad deos preces,
id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,
Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,
Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,
id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),
put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:c.equus fontes avertitur,
Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,
Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:B.ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:ecce avortit,
id. ib. 2, 2, 50:dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,
Verg. A. 1, 402:tum prora avertit,
id. ib. 1, 104:avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,
Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:II.pecuniam publicam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,
Tac. H. 1, 53:aliquid domum tuam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:praedam omnem domum avertebant,
Caes. B. C. 3, 59:intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:auratam Colchis pellem,
to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:quattuor a stabulis tauros,
Verg. A. 8, 208:avertere praedas,
id. ib. 10, 78:carā pisces avertere mensā,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—Trop.A.To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:B.accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,
Cic. Mur. 21:avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,
Liv. 9, 24, 11:qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,
Cic. Sest. 31:ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,
Liv. 1, 28, 5:animum a pietate,
id. 7, 5, 7:aliquem ab incepto avertit,
id. 23, 18, 9:a philosophiā,
Suet. Ner. 52.—Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:A.legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,
Cic. Phil. 10, 3:ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,
had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,
id. ib. 3, 79:popularium animos,
Sall. J. 111, 2:futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:nobis mentem deorum,
Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:B.et adversus et aversus impudicus es,
before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,
Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,
from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:aversos proterere,
id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;32: aversum ferro transfixit,
Nep. Dat. 11, 5:aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,
backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,
Tac. A. 1, 66:scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,
upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:milites aversi a proelio,
withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):per aversa castrorum receptus est,
Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:per aversa urbis fugam dederat,
Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:aversa montis,
Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,
id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.(α).With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):(β).aversus a Musis,
Cic. Arch. 9, 20:aversus a vero,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,
id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,
id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,
Sen. Ep. 50.—With dat.:(γ).aversus mercaturis,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:vilicus aversus contubernio,
Col. 12, 1, 2:defensioni aversior,
Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—Absol.:aversa deae mens,
Verg. A. 2, 170:aversa voluntas,
id. ib. 12, 647:aversos soliti componere amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:aversus animus,
Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:vultus aversior,
Sen. Ira, 2, 24:aversi animis,
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125 adnitendus
I.Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):II.natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,
Cic. Lael. 23, 88:hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,
Verg. A. 12, 92:stant longis adnixi hastis,
id. ib. 9, 229:Latona oleae adnisa,
Tac. A. 3, 61.—Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).(α).With ut or ne:(β).quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,
id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:(γ).With de:(δ).nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,
Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—With pro:(ε).patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,
Liv. 2, 61.—With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—(ζ).With inf.:(η).adnitentibus retinere morem,
Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—Absol.:adnitente Crasso,
Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),
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126 adnitor
I.Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):II.natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,
Cic. Lael. 23, 88:hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,
Verg. A. 12, 92:stant longis adnixi hastis,
id. ib. 9, 229:Latona oleae adnisa,
Tac. A. 3, 61.—Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).(α).With ut or ne:(β).quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,
id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:(γ).With de:(δ).nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,
Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—With pro:(ε).patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,
Liv. 2, 61.—With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—(ζ).With inf.:(η).adnitentibus retinere morem,
Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—Absol.:adnitente Crasso,
Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),
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127 annitor
I.Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):II.natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,
Cic. Lael. 23, 88:hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,
Verg. A. 12, 92:stant longis adnixi hastis,
id. ib. 9, 229:Latona oleae adnisa,
Tac. A. 3, 61.—Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).(α).With ut or ne:(β).quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,
id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:(γ).With de:(δ).nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,
Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—With pro:(ε).patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,
Liv. 2, 61.—With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—(ζ).With inf.:(η).adnitentibus retinere morem,
Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—Absol.:adnitente Crasso,
Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),
Gell. 2, 12, 5. -
128 aut
aut, conj. [aut, Osc. auti, Umbr. ote, ute, may be a modification of autem, as at of et, the suffix -t being a relic of the demonstrative -tem, which appears in item, and is the same as -dem in quidem, and -dam in quondam, and of which the demonstrative adverbs, tam and tum, are absolute forms; the first part of these words may be compared with the Gr. au (cf. aute and autar), and with the Sanscr. vā = or, with which again may be compared ve and vel; v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 595, and also pp. 130, 223, 411], or; and repeated: aut... aut, either... or; so in Sanscr. vā... vā.I.In gen. it puts in the place of a previous assertion another, objectively and absolutely antithetical to it, while vel indicates that the contrast rests upon subjective opinion or choice; i. e. aut is objective, vel subjective, or aut excludes one term, vel makes the two indifferent.a.Used singly, or:b.omnia bene sunt ei dicenda, qui hoc se posse profitetur aut eloquentiae nomen relinquendum est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:quibusnam manibus aut quibus viribus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:Vinceris aut vincis,
Prop. 2, 8, 10:cita mors venit aut victoria laeta,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 8:ruminat herbas aut aliquam in magno sequitur grege,
Verg. E. 6, 55 et persaep. (cf. on the contrary, Tac. G. 8: quae neque confirmare argumentis, neque refellere in animo est: ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem).—Repeated, aut... aut, either... or:c.Ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni, aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?
Cic. Sen. 16, 57:Nam ejus per unam, ut audio, aut vivam aut moriar sententiam,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 3,1,11 sq.:aut, quicquid igitur eodem modo concluditur, probabitis, aut ars ista nulla est,
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:partem planitiae aut Jovis templum aut oppidum tenet,
Liv. 44, 6, 15:terra in universum aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,
Tac. G. 5:hoc bellum quis umquam arbitraretur aut ab omnibus imperatoribus uno anno aut omnibus annis ab uno imperatore confici posse?
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11,31.—More than twice repeated:d.aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum, aut ad philosophos, Ter And. 1, 1, 29: Uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat Aut tete amare aut potare atque animo obsequi,
id. Ad. 1, 1, 7 sq.; so four times in Lucr. 4, 935 sq.; five times in Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; and Prop. 4, 21, 26 sqq.; and six times in Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—Sometimes double disjunctive phrases with aut... aut are placed together:e.Adsentior Crasso, ne aut de C. Laelii soceri mei aut de hujus generi aut arte aut gloriā detraham,
Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35:res ipsa et rei publicae tempus aut me ipsum, quod nolim, aut alium quempiam aut invitabit aut dehortabitur,
id. Pis. 39, 94.—Repeated after negatives:f.ne aut ille alserit Aut ceciderit atque aliquid praefregerit,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:ne tanti facinoris immanitas aut exstitisse aut non vindicata esse videatur,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14; id. Sull. 43; id. Sest. 37; 39:neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa post commissa,
id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; id. Off. 1, 20, 66; 1, 11, 36; 1, 20, 68; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:nec milites ad scelus missos aut numero validos aut animo promptos,
Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 1, 18; id. Or. 12:nec erit mirabilis illic Aut Stratocles aut cum molli Demetrius Haemo,
Juv. 3, 98 sq.:neque aut quis esset ante detexit aut gubernatorem cedere adversae tempestati passus est,
Suet. Caes. 58; id. Ner. 34:Nec aut Persae aut Macedones dubitavere,
Curt. 4, 15, 28: Non sum aut tam inhumanus aut tam alienus a Sardis. Cic. Scaur. 39; id. Cat. 1, 13:Nihil est tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam etc.,
id. Mil. 36 al. —In interrogations:g.quo modo aut geometres cernere ea potest, quae aut nulla sunt aut internosci a falsis non possunt aut is, qui fidibus utitur, explere numeros et conficere versus?
Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22; so id. de Or. 1, 9, 37; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118; id. N. D. 1, 43, 121.—In comparative clauses:II.talis autem simulatio vanitati est conjunctior quam aut liberalitati aut honestati,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 44.—Esp.A.Placed singly, to connect to something more important that which is less so, or at least.a.Absol.:b.Incute vim ventis submersasque obrue puppes, Aut age diversos et dissice corpora ponto,
Verg. A. 1, 69 sq. Rib. (furens Juno et irata, quod gravissimum credebat, optavit, deinde quod secundum intulit, Diom. p. 411 P.):quaero, num injuste aut improbe fecerit,
or at least unfairly, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54:a se postulari aut exspectari aliquid suspicantur,
id. ib. 2, 20, 69:quā re vi aut clam agendum est,
or at least by stealth, id. Att. 10, 12:profecto cuncti aut magna pars Siccensium fidem mutavissent,
Sall. J. 56, 6:Audendum est aliquid universis aut omnia singulis patienda,
Liv. 6, 18, 7:pars a centurionibus aut praetoriarum cohortium militibus caesi,
Tac. A. 1, 30:potentiā suā numquam aut raro ad impotentiam usus,
Vell. 2, 29.—With certe, etc., v. infra, F. 2.—B.To connect something which must take place, if that which is previously stated does not, or, otherwise, or else, in the contrary case, = alioqui:C.Redduc uxorem, aut quam obrem non opus sit cedo,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 76:id (principium) nec nasci potest nec mori, aut concidat omne caelum etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (Seyffert ad h. l., but preferring ut non; B. and K. and Kühner, vel):nunc manet insontem gravis exitus: aut ego veri Vana feror,
Verg. A. 10, 630:effodiuntur bulbi ante ver: aut deteriores fiunt,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 96:Mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis... Aut dicant iste mihi, quae sit alia ratio discendi,
Quint. 1, 12, 6; 2, 17, 9.—To restrict or correct an expression which is too general or inaccurate, or, or rather, or more accurately.a.Absol.:b.de hominum genere, aut omnino de animalium loquor,
Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 5, 20, 57; id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:Aut scilicet tua libertas disserendi amissa est, aut tu is es, qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36: cenaene causā, aut tuae mercedis gratiā Nos nostras aedīs postulas comburere? or rather, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 11.—In this signification aut sometimes begins a new clause: Potestne igitur quisquam dicere, inter eum, qui doleat, et inter eum, qui in voluptate sit, nihil interesse? Aut, ita qui sentiet, non apertissime insaniat? or is not rather, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:Quid est enim temeritate turpius? Aut quid tam temerarium tamque indignum sapientis gravitate atque constantiā, quam, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 3.—With potius (v. infra, F. 4.).—D.Neque... aut sometimes, but chiefly in the poets, takes the place of neque... neque: Neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam;E.nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni,
Verg. A. 4, 339:Si neque avaritiam neque sordes aut mala lustra Obiciet vere quisquam mihi,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 68 Bentl., but ac, K. and H.:Nunc neque te longi remeantem pompa triumphi Excipit aut sacras poscunt Capitolia lauros,
Luc. 1, 287:Nam neque plebeiam aut dextro sine numine cretam Servo animam,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 66:Neque enim Tyriis Cynosura carinis Certior aut Grais Helice servanda magistris,
Val. Fl. 1, 17; so also Tacitus: nec litore tenus adcrescere aut resorberi, Agr. 10; G. 7 ter; H. 1, 32; so after non:Non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, aut quo etc.,
Cic. Quinct. 5:non jure aut legibus cognoscunt,
Tac. Or. 19; id. Agr. 41; id. G. 24; after haud:Haud alias populus plus occultae vocis aut suspicacis silentii permisit,
id. A. 3, 11; after nihil:nihil caedis aut praedae,
id. A. 15, 6; 13, 4; id. H. 1, 30.—The poets connect by aut... vel, vel... aut, instead of aut... aut, or vel... vel: Quotiens te votui Argu [p. 211] rippum Conpellare aut contrectare conloquive aut contui? Plaut. As. 3, 1, 19:F.aut appone dapes, Vare, vel aufer opes,
Mart. 4, 78, 6 (this epigram is rejected by Schneid.):Non ars aut astus belli vel dextera deerat,
Sil. 16, 32.—In connection with other particles.1.Aut etiam, to complete or strengthen an assertion, or also, or even:2.quid ergo aut hunc prohibet, aut etiam Xenocratem, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:conjectura in multas aut diversas, aut etiam in contrarias partes,
id. Div. 2, 26, 55; id. Off. 1, 9, 28:si aut ambigue aut inconstanter aut incredibiliter dicta sunt, aut etiam aliter ab alio dicta,
id. Part. Or. 14, 51:etsi omnia aut scripta esse a tuis arbitror, aut etiam nuntiis ac rumore perlata,
id. Att. 4, 1.—So with one aut:quod de illo acceperant, aut etiam suspicabantur,
Cic. Fam. 1, 19, 36; Cels. 4, 18:si modo sim (orator), aut etiam quicumque sim,
Cic. Or. 3, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76.—Aut certe, aut modo, aut quidem, or aut sane, to restrict a declaration, or at least (cf. II. A.).a.Aut certe:b.ac video hanc primam ingressionem meam aut reprehensionis aliquid, aut certe admirationis habituram,
Cic. Or. 3, 11; id. Top. 17, 64:quo enim uno vincebamur a victā Graeciā, id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,
id. Brut. 73, 254; so Dolabella ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1; Liv. 2, 1, 4; 40, 46, 2; Cels. 1, 2; 5, 26; Prop. 4, 21, 29.—Aut modo:c.Si umquam posthac aut amasso Casinam, aut obcepso modo,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 22.—Aut quidem:d.Proinde desinant quidam quaerere ultra aut opinari... aut quidem vetustissimā nave impositos jubebo avehi,
Suet. Caes. 66.—Aut sane:3.Afer aut Sardus sane,
Cic. Scaur. 15.—Aut vero, to connect a more important thought, or indeed, or truly:4.Quem tibi aut hominem, aut vero deum, auxilio futurum putas?
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 78:Quis enim tibi hoc concesserit, aut initio genus hominum se oppidis moenibusque saepsisse? Aut vero etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 9, 36.—Aut potius, for correction or greater definiteness, or rather (cf. II. C.):5.Erravit, aut potius insanivit Apronius?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 119:proditores aut potius apertos hostes,
id. Sest. 35:nemo est injustus, aut incauti potius habendi sunt improbi,
id. Leg. 1, 14, 40:Quae est ergo ista ratio, aut quae potius ista amentia?
id. Verr. 3, 173.—Aut ne... quidem:► Aut regularly precedes the words of its clause, but sometimes in the poets it takes the second place:ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,
Cic. Att. 3, 22 fin.Saturni aut sacram me tenuisse diem,
Tib.1, 3, 18 Lachm.:justos aut reperire pedes,
id. 2, 5, 112:Persequar aut studium linguae etc.,
Prop. 4, 21, 27:Fer pater, inquit, opem! Tellus aut hisce, vel istam, etc.,
Ov. M. 1, 545 (Merk., ait):Balteus aut fluxos gemmis adstrinxit amictus,
Luc. 2, 362, where some read haud. See more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 525-558.
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