unconcerned about

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sē-cūrus, a, um, adj. [se = sine and cura], i. q. non or nibil curans, free from care, careless, unconcerned, untroubled, fearless, quiet, easy, composed.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.; cf. tutus); constr. absol., with de, ab, gen., or a rel.-clause:

ut, meis ab tergo tutis, securus bellum Nabidi inferam,

Liv. 31, 25:

securus solutusque,

id. 25, 39;

(with otiosus),

Quint. 5, 13, 59:

securus Hermippus Temnum proficiscitur,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

sine militis usu Mollia securae peragebant otia gentes,

Ov. M. 1, 100; 11, 423; 12, 129:

non secura quidem, fausto tamen omine laeta Mater abit templo,

id. ib. 9, 784; cf.:

a non securo Eumene,

Liv. 45, 19:

Ceres natā secura receptā,

easy now that she had found, Ov. M. 5, 572; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 77 (v. infra, b.):

de linguā Latinā securi es animi,

Cic. Att. 12, 52 fin.:

de bello Romano,

Liv. 36, 41:

de facilitate credentis,

Tac. A. 16, 2: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; so,

ab hac parte,

Suet. Tib. 11.— Comp.:

securior ab Samnitibus,

Liv. 9, 22:

Romani securi pro salute de gloriā certabant,

Tac. Agr. 26:

aut pro vobis sollicitior, aut pro me securior,

id. H. 4, 58.— With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ne sis secura futuri,

Ov. M. 6, 137; so, suis ( gen. of sus), id. ib. 7, 435:

extremi sepulcri,

Stat. Th. 12, 781:

pelagi atque mei,

unconcerned about, Verg. A. 7, 304:

amorum germanae,

id. ib. 1, 350;

10, 326: poenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 17:

tam parvae observationis (Cicero),

Quint. 8, 3, 51:

odii,

Tac. Agr. 43:

potentiae,

id. A. 3, 28:

nec securam incrementi sui patiebatur esse Italiam,

Vell. 2, 109, 4:

qui (motus) Campaniam numquam securam hujus mali...vastavit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 2:

quem (rogum) uxoria pietas mortis secura conscendit,

Val. Max. 2, 6, ext. 14:

his persuadet, ut securo fugae suae Eumeni superveniant,

Just. 13, 8, 5:

periculi,

Curt. 5, 10, 15:

discurrunt securi casus ejus, qui supervenit ignaris,

id. 9, 9, 8 (v. infra, b.). —With rel.-clause:

gestit nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; id. S. 2, 4, 50 (opp. laboret); id. C. 1, 26, 6.— With ne and subj.:

ne quis etiam errore labatur vestrum quoque, non sum securus,

Liv. 39, 16, 6.—

Of inanim. things.

Free from care, untroubled, tranquil, serene, cheerful, bright ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

deos securum agere aevum,

Lucr. 5, 82; 6, 58; Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

quies (leti),

Lucr. 3, 211; 3, 939:

otia,

Verg. G. 3, 376:

dies,

Tib. 3, 4, 54:

merum,

id. 2, 1, 46:

mensa,

id. 3, 6, 30:

convivia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26:

artus (Herculis),

Ov. M. 9, 240:

gaudia nato recepto,

id. ib. 7, 455:

summa malorum,

careless, id. ib. 14, 490:

olus,

i.e. of the careless idler, Hor. S. 2, 7, 30 et saep.; Quint. 10, 5, 8:

causae,

id. 11, 3, 151:

vox securae claritatis,

id. 11, 3, 64:

tempus securius,

more free from care, id. 12, 1, 20; cf.:

securior materia,

Tac. H. 1, 1 et saep.:

securos ab eo metu somnos,

Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 149. —With gen.:

vota secura repulsae,

safe against, Ov. M. 12, 199.—

Poet., that frees from care or anxiety:

latices,

Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).—

In a bad sense, careless, reckless, heedless, negligent (post-Aug. and very rare):

reus,

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 2, 55; 11, 3, 3.—Of abstract things: castrensis jurisdictio, easy, off-hand (shortly after, opp. gravis, intentus), Tac. Agr. 9:

luxus,

id. A. 3, 54.—

Transf., object., of a thing or place, free from danger, safe, secure (not till after the Aug. period, and rare for the class. tutus):

hostis levis et velox et repentinus, qui nullum usquam tempus, nullum locum quietum aut securum esse sineret,

Liv. 39, 1:

domus,

Plin. Pan. 62, 7:

Tripolim securissimam reddidit,

Spart. Sev. 18:

securiorem,

Tac. Or. 3:

quorum (hominum) ea natura est, ut secura velint,

safety, security, id. ib. 37 fin. —With gen.:

subitā inundatione Tiberis non modo jacentia et plana urbis loca sed secura ejusmodi casuum implevit,

secure from such accidents, Tac. H. 1, 86.— Adv., in two forms,

sē-cūrē.

(Acc. to I.) Carelessly, heedlessly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, quietly (not ante-Aug.):

lente ac secure aliquid ferre,

Suet. Ner. 40; Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 3 (with neglegenter); Vell. 2, 129, 3; Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. al.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 18, 8.—

(Acc. to II.) Safely, securely, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6.—

sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.

sē-cūrus, a, um, adj. [se = sine and cura], i. q. non or nibil curans, free from care, careless, unconcerned, untroubled, fearless, quiet, easy, composed.

Lit.

In a good sense (class.; cf. tutus); constr. absol., with de, ab, gen., or a rel.-clause:

ut, meis ab tergo tutis, securus bellum Nabidi inferam,

Liv. 31, 25:

securus solutusque,

id. 25, 39;

(with otiosus),

Quint. 5, 13, 59:

securus Hermippus Temnum proficiscitur,

Cic. Fl. 20, 46:

sine militis usu Mollia securae peragebant otia gentes,

Ov. M. 1, 100; 11, 423; 12, 129:

non secura quidem, fausto tamen omine laeta Mater abit templo,

id. ib. 9, 784; cf.:

a non securo Eumene,

Liv. 45, 19:

Ceres natā secura receptā,

easy now that she had found, Ov. M. 5, 572; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 77 (v. infra, b.):

de linguā Latinā securi es animi,

Cic. Att. 12, 52 fin.:

de bello Romano,

Liv. 36, 41:

de facilitate credentis,

Tac. A. 16, 2: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; so,

ab hac parte,

Suet. Tib. 11.— Comp.:

securior ab Samnitibus,

Liv. 9, 22:

Romani securi pro salute de gloriā certabant,

Tac. Agr. 26:

aut pro vobis sollicitior, aut pro me securior,

id. H. 4, 58.— With gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ne sis secura futuri,

Ov. M. 6, 137; so, suis ( gen. of sus), id. ib. 7, 435:

extremi sepulcri,

Stat. Th. 12, 781:

pelagi atque mei,

unconcerned about, Verg. A. 7, 304:

amorum germanae,

id. ib. 1, 350;

10, 326: poenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 17:

tam parvae observationis (Cicero),

Quint. 8, 3, 51:

odii,

Tac. Agr. 43:

potentiae,

id. A. 3, 28:

nec securam incrementi sui patiebatur esse Italiam,

Vell. 2, 109, 4:

qui (motus) Campaniam numquam securam hujus mali...vastavit,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 2:

quem (rogum) uxoria pietas mortis secura conscendit,

Val. Max. 2, 6, ext. 14:

his persuadet, ut securo fugae suae Eumeni superveniant,

Just. 13, 8, 5:

periculi,

Curt. 5, 10, 15:

discurrunt securi casus ejus, qui supervenit ignaris,

id. 9, 9, 8 (v. infra, b.). —With rel.-clause:

gestit nummum in loculos demittere, post hoc Securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; id. S. 2, 4, 50 (opp. laboret); id. C. 1, 26, 6.— With ne and subj.:

ne quis etiam errore labatur vestrum quoque, non sum securus,

Liv. 39, 16, 6.—

Of inanim. things.

Free from care, untroubled, tranquil, serene, cheerful, bright ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

deos securum agere aevum,

Lucr. 5, 82; 6, 58; Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

quies (leti),

Lucr. 3, 211; 3, 939:

otia,

Verg. G. 3, 376:

dies,

Tib. 3, 4, 54:

merum,

id. 2, 1, 46:

mensa,

id. 3, 6, 30:

convivia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26:

artus (Herculis),

Ov. M. 9, 240:

gaudia nato recepto,

id. ib. 7, 455:

summa malorum,

careless, id. ib. 14, 490:

olus,

i.e. of the careless idler, Hor. S. 2, 7, 30 et saep.; Quint. 10, 5, 8:

causae,

id. 11, 3, 151:

vox securae claritatis,

id. 11, 3, 64:

tempus securius,

more free from care, id. 12, 1, 20; cf.:

securior materia,

Tac. H. 1, 1 et saep.:

securos ab eo metu somnos,

Plin. 28, 9, 42, § 149. —With gen.:

vota secura repulsae,

safe against, Ov. M. 12, 199.—

Poet., that frees from care or anxiety:

latices,

Verg. A. 6, 715 (securos ab effectu, Serv. ad l. l.).—

In a bad sense, careless, reckless, heedless, negligent (post-Aug. and very rare):

reus,

Quint. 6, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 2, 55; 11, 3, 3.—Of abstract things: castrensis jurisdictio, easy, off-hand (shortly after, opp. gravis, intentus), Tac. Agr. 9:

luxus,

id. A. 3, 54.—

Transf., object., of a thing or place, free from danger, safe, secure (not till after the Aug. period, and rare for the class. tutus):

hostis levis et velox et repentinus, qui nullum usquam tempus, nullum locum quietum aut securum esse sineret,

Liv. 39, 1:

domus,

Plin. Pan. 62, 7:

Tripolim securissimam reddidit,

Spart. Sev. 18:

securiorem,

Tac. Or. 3:

quorum (hominum) ea natura est, ut secura velint,

safety, security, id. ib. 37 fin. —With gen.:

subitā inundatione Tiberis non modo jacentia et plana urbis loca sed secura ejusmodi casuum implevit,

secure from such accidents, Tac. H. 1, 86.— Adv., in two forms,

sē-cūrē.

(Acc. to I.) Carelessly, heedlessly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, quietly (not ante-Aug.):

lente ac secure aliquid ferre,

Suet. Ner. 40; Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 3 (with neglegenter); Vell. 2, 129, 3; Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. al.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 18, 8.—

(Acc. to II.) Safely, securely, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6.—

sēcūrĭter (late Lat.), Aug. in Joan. Ep. ad Parth. Tr. 10, 8.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., [p. 1198] in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. [nec-lego] (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.

In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):

si mandatum neglecturus es,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

maculam judiciorum,

id. Clu. 47, 130:

rem familiarem neglegebat,

Nep. Them. 1, 2:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:

despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

tantam pecuniam captam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:

cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

legem,

id. Vatin. 2, 5:

minas,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

imperium alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

injurias alicujus,

to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:

iram alicujus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:

deos,

Sall. C. 10, 4:

se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—

With an objectclause:

verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,

neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,

id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:

improvidi et neglegentes duces,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:

socors alicujus natura neglegensque,

id. Brut. 68, 239:

in amicis deligendis neglegentes,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

in aliquem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:

legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:

amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),

Tac. H. 3, 38:

lenocinii,

Suet. Aug. 79:

domus tuae neglegentissimus,

Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:

circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,

Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:

post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:

alarum neglegens sudor,

that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:

neglegentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

neglegens sermo,

id. 10, 7, 28; cf.

stilus,

id. 2, 4, 13.—

In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:

in sumptu neglegens,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,

Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter ( neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:

scribere (opp. diligenter),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:

gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17:

audientes,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

petere pilam,

id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.— Comp.:

neglegentius asservare aliquid,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.— Sup.:

neglegentissime amicos habere,

Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—

neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:

cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

castra soluta neglectaque,

Liv. 28, 1:

religio,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

di,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:

forma viros decet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 509.— Sup.:

neglectissima progenies,

Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:

neglectius incedebat,

Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., [p. 1198] in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. [nec-lego] (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.

In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):

si mandatum neglecturus es,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

maculam judiciorum,

id. Clu. 47, 130:

rem familiarem neglegebat,

Nep. Them. 1, 2:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:

despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

tantam pecuniam captam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:

cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

legem,

id. Vatin. 2, 5:

minas,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

imperium alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

injurias alicujus,

to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:

iram alicujus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:

deos,

Sall. C. 10, 4:

se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—

With an objectclause:

verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,

neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,

id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:

improvidi et neglegentes duces,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:

socors alicujus natura neglegensque,

id. Brut. 68, 239:

in amicis deligendis neglegentes,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

in aliquem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:

legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:

amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),

Tac. H. 3, 38:

lenocinii,

Suet. Aug. 79:

domus tuae neglegentissimus,

Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:

circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,

Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:

post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:

alarum neglegens sudor,

that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:

neglegentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

neglegens sermo,

id. 10, 7, 28; cf.

stilus,

id. 2, 4, 13.—

In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:

in sumptu neglegens,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,

Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter ( neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:

scribere (opp. diligenter),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:

gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17:

audientes,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

petere pilam,

id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.— Comp.:

neglegentius asservare aliquid,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.— Sup.:

neglegentissime amicos habere,

Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—

neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:

cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

castra soluta neglectaque,

Liv. 28, 1:

religio,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

di,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:

forma viros decet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 509.— Sup.:

neglectissima progenies,

Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:

neglectius incedebat,

Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., [p. 1198] in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. [nec-lego] (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.

In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):

si mandatum neglecturus es,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

maculam judiciorum,

id. Clu. 47, 130:

rem familiarem neglegebat,

Nep. Them. 1, 2:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:

despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

tantam pecuniam captam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:

cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

legem,

id. Vatin. 2, 5:

minas,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

imperium alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

injurias alicujus,

to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:

iram alicujus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:

deos,

Sall. C. 10, 4:

se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—

With an objectclause:

verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,

neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,

id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:

improvidi et neglegentes duces,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:

socors alicujus natura neglegensque,

id. Brut. 68, 239:

in amicis deligendis neglegentes,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

in aliquem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:

legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:

amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),

Tac. H. 3, 38:

lenocinii,

Suet. Aug. 79:

domus tuae neglegentissimus,

Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:

circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,

Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:

post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:

alarum neglegens sudor,

that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:

neglegentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

neglegens sermo,

id. 10, 7, 28; cf.

stilus,

id. 2, 4, 13.—

In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:

in sumptu neglegens,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,

Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter ( neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:

scribere (opp. diligenter),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:

gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17:

audientes,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

petere pilam,

id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.— Comp.:

neglegentius asservare aliquid,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.— Sup.:

neglegentissime amicos habere,

Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—

neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:

cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

castra soluta neglectaque,

Liv. 28, 1:

religio,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

di,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:

forma viros decet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 509.— Sup.:

neglectissima progenies,

Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:

neglectius incedebat,

Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., [p. 1198] in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. [nec-lego] (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.

In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):

si mandatum neglecturus es,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

maculam judiciorum,

id. Clu. 47, 130:

rem familiarem neglegebat,

Nep. Them. 1, 2:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:

despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

tantam pecuniam captam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:

cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

legem,

id. Vatin. 2, 5:

minas,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

imperium alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

injurias alicujus,

to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:

iram alicujus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:

deos,

Sall. C. 10, 4:

se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—

With an objectclause:

verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,

neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,

id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:

improvidi et neglegentes duces,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:

socors alicujus natura neglegensque,

id. Brut. 68, 239:

in amicis deligendis neglegentes,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

in aliquem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:

legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:

amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),

Tac. H. 3, 38:

lenocinii,

Suet. Aug. 79:

domus tuae neglegentissimus,

Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:

circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,

Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:

post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:

alarum neglegens sudor,

that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:

neglegentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

neglegens sermo,

id. 10, 7, 28; cf.

stilus,

id. 2, 4, 13.—

In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:

in sumptu neglegens,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,

Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter ( neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:

scribere (opp. diligenter),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:

gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17:

audientes,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

petere pilam,

id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.— Comp.:

neglegentius asservare aliquid,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.— Sup.:

neglegentissime amicos habere,

Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—

neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:

cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

castra soluta neglectaque,

Liv. 28, 1:

religio,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

di,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:

forma viros decet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 509.— Sup.:

neglectissima progenies,

Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:

neglectius incedebat,

Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., [p. 1198] in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. [nec-lego] (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.

In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):

si mandatum neglecturus es,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

maculam judiciorum,

id. Clu. 47, 130:

rem familiarem neglegebat,

Nep. Them. 1, 2:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:

despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

tantam pecuniam captam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:

cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

legem,

id. Vatin. 2, 5:

minas,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

imperium alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

injurias alicujus,

to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:

iram alicujus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:

deos,

Sall. C. 10, 4:

se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—

With an objectclause:

verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,

neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,

id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:

improvidi et neglegentes duces,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:

socors alicujus natura neglegensque,

id. Brut. 68, 239:

in amicis deligendis neglegentes,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

in aliquem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:

legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:

amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),

Tac. H. 3, 38:

lenocinii,

Suet. Aug. 79:

domus tuae neglegentissimus,

Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:

circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,

Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:

post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:

alarum neglegens sudor,

that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:

neglegentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

neglegens sermo,

id. 10, 7, 28; cf.

stilus,

id. 2, 4, 13.—

In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:

in sumptu neglegens,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,

Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter ( neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:

scribere (opp. diligenter),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:

gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17:

audientes,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

petere pilam,

id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.— Comp.:

neglegentius asservare aliquid,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.— Sup.:

neglegentissime amicos habere,

Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—

neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:

cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

castra soluta neglectaque,

Liv. 28, 1:

religio,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

di,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:

forma viros decet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 509.— Sup.:

neglectissima progenies,

Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:

neglectius incedebat,

Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.

neglĕgo (less correctly neglĭgo and neclĕgo), exi, ectum, 3 ( perf subj. neglegerit, acc. to the form of the simple verb, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. 366 P.; and id. ap. Prisc. p. 895 P.; also, acc. to the best MSS., [p. 1198] in Sall. J. 40, 1, neglegisset; v. Kritz and Fabri, ad h. l.), v. a. [nec-lego] (qs. not to pick up, i. e.), to not heed, not trouble one's self about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to; constr. with acc. or an object-clause; rarely with de or absol.

In gen., opp. to curare (cf. desum):

si mandatum neglecturus es,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

maculam judiciorum,

id. Clu. 47, 130:

rem familiarem neglegebat,

Nep. Them. 1, 2:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 37.—

With an object-clause:

erus quod imperavit, neglexisti persequi,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 39:

diem edicti obire neglexit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20. —

With de:

de Theopompo negleximus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33.—

In partic., to make light of, not to care for, to slight, despise, disregard, contemn, neglect (syn.:

despicio, sperno, contemno, fastidio): qui periculum fortunarum et capitis sui pro meā salute neglexit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

tantam pecuniam captam,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 94, § 218:

cum et bellum ita necessarium sit, ut neglegi non possit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

legem,

id. Vatin. 2, 5:

minas,

id. Quint. 30, 92:

imperium alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

injurias alicujus,

to pass over, overlook, id. ib. 1, 36:

iram alicujus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 97:

deos,

Sall. C. 10, 4:

se semper credunt neglegi, i. e. contemni,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16.—

With an objectclause:

verba verbis quasi coagmentare neglegat,

neglect, disdain, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

Theopompum, expulsum a Trebonio, confugere Alexandriam neglexistis,

id. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

fraudem committere,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Tib. 2, 6, 37.—

With a foll. ne:

neglegens, ne quā populus laboret,

unconcerned, careless, Hor. C. 3, 8, 25 (securus, non timens, Schol.).—

Absol.:

bonus tantummodo segnior fit, ubi negligas,

when you neglect him, Sall. J. 31, 28.—Hence,

neglĕgens ( neglĭg-, neclĕg-), entis, P. a., heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful.

In gen.: neclegens dictus est non legens neque dilectum habens, quid facere debeat, omissā ratione officii sui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.:

improvidi et neglegentes duces,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

quoniam pater tam neglegens ac dissolutus est,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162:

socors alicujus natura neglegensque,

id. Brut. 68, 239:

in amicis deligendis neglegentes,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

in aliquem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—With gen.:

legum, officii, rei publicae, sociorum atque amicorum neglegentior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 143:

amicorum inimicorumque (= prae stupore haud discernens),

Tac. H. 3, 38:

lenocinii,

Suet. Aug. 79:

domus tuae neglegentissimus,

Pacat. Pan. Th. 31.—With circa:

circa deos ac religiones neglegentior,

Suet. Tib. 69.—With inf.:

post illa obtegere eam neglegens fui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 61.—Of things:

alarum neglegens sudor,

that proceeds from neglect, Petr. 128:

neglegentior amictus,

Quint. 11, 3, 147:

neglegens sermo,

id. 10, 7, 28; cf.

stilus,

id. 2, 4, 13.—

In partic., with respect to one's fortune, heedless, careless, improvident:

in sumptu neglegens,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

adulescentia neglegens luxuriosaque,

Liv. 27, 8; Quint. 7, 2, 29.—Hence, adv.: neglĕgenter ( neglĭg-), heedlessly, carelessly, negligently:

scribere (opp. diligenter),

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 7:

gerunt et ferarum pelles, proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius,

Tac. G. 17:

audientes,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

petere pilam,

id. 6, 3, 62; 2, 4, 17.— Comp.:

neglegentius asservare aliquid,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 73.— Sup.:

neglegentissime amicos habere,

Sen. Ep. 63, 7.—

neglectus, a, um, P. a., neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised:

cum ipsi inter nos abjecti neglectique simus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

castra soluta neglectaque,

Liv. 28, 1:

religio,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

di,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 7:

forma viros decet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 509.— Sup.:

neglectissima progenies,

Stat. Th. 7, 146.— Hence, * adv.: neglectē, carelessly, negligently:

neglectius incedebat,

Hier. Ep. 39, n. 1.

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.

In gen.

Of persons.

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.—

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. —

With part. perf pass.:

inventum tibi curabo et mecum adductum Tuom Pamphilum,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 1.—

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.—

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.—

With nom. and inf.:

ego capitis mei periculo patriam liberavi, vos liberi sine periculo esse non curatis,

Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66. —

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. —

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.—

With quod:

nam quod strabonus est, non curo,

Petr. 68, 8.—

With de:

vides, quanto hoc diligentius curem quam aut de rumore aut de Pollione,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3.—

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.—

Impers.:

curabitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 70; id. Men. 3, 3, 15; Ter. And. 2, 3, 29:

curetur,

id. Hec. 2, 2, 15. —

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).—

In partic., t. t.

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.

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. —

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.—

In medic. lang., to heal, cure.

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. —

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.—

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.—

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.).

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.—

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.

lāna, ae, f. [Gr. lachnê, lachnos, lênos, Dor. lanos; cf. laoios, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.], wool, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 12; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277; Col. 7, 2, 4:

lanam cārĕre,

to card wool, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46; so,

lanam trahere,

Juv. 2, 54:

lanam deducere,

id. 7, 224:

lanas ducere,

to spin wool, Ov. M. 4, 34:

lanam expediendam conducere,

for carding and spinning, Dig. 7, 8, 12:

lanas tingere murice,

to dye, Ov. M. 6, 9; cf.:

lanam fucare veneno Assyrio,

Verg. G. 2, 465:

medicata fuco,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 28:

aurea lana,

the golden fleece, Ov. F. 3, 876:

lana legata, sive succida sive lota sit, sive pectinata sive versicoloria, legato cedit,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 82; cf.

§ 85: si ex lana mea vestimentum feceris, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 2, 79.—

Transf.

In gen., a working in wool:

lana et tela victum quaeritans,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 48:

Lucretia lanae dedita,

Liv. 1, 57:

lanam facere,

Ov. M. 6, 31.— Plur.:

te lanae... non citharae decent,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 13:

admotaque lanis quae cessat acu,

Juv. 6, 497.—Prov.: cogitare de lana sua, to be thinking about her work, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ov. A. A. 2, 686.—

Of things resembling wool, soft hair or feathers, down:

lana leporina et anserina et caprina,

Dig. 32, 1, 70; Mart. 14, 161:

celantur simili ventura Cydonia lana,

id. 10, 42; cf. Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38.—Of thin, fleecy clouds:

tenuia lanae vellera,

Verg. G. 1, 397; cf. Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356.—Prov.:

rixari de lana caprina,

i. e. to dispute about trifles, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15.