undertaking

mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [moenia, lit. to wall; hence], to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.).

Lit.:

arcem ad urbem obsidendam,

Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

palatium,

Liv. 1, 7:

locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.:

Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

domum praesidiis,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

castra vallo fossāque,

with palisades and a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

locum muro,

id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous object, prov.:

magna moenis moenia,

you are undertaking a great thing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73:

duovir urbis moeniendae,

Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:

Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2:

hortum ab incursu hominum,

Col. 11, 3, 2:

spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,

he defended, protected, covered himself, Suet. Aug. 82. —

To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it:

quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,

Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

rupem,

Liv. 21, 37:

itinera,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

TEMPE MVNIVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 587. —

Trop.

To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.:

fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,

to maintain, support, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. munero).— Am strengthening myself:

munio me ad haec tempora,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2:

imperium,

to secure, Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

muniri adversus fraudes,

to secure one's self, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn):

se contra ruborem,

Tac. Agr. 45:

se multorum benevolentiā,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

se contra perfidiam,

id. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

aliquid auctoritate,

Vell. 2, 127, 2:

domum terrore,

Plin. Pan. 48, 3.—

Munire viam, to make or open a way:

haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant,

prepared the way for your accusation, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sibi viam ad stuprum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.):

nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.— Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. herkos odontôn), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.— Comp.:

se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.— Sup.:

munitissima castra,

Caes. B. G. 4, 55.— Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.):

munitius,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.

munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.

ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;

contr. obit for obiit,

Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.

Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.:

donec vis obiit,

until force intervene, Lucr. 1, 222:

dum acris vis obeat,

id. 1, 247:

obit infera Perseus in loca,

Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718):

ad omnes hostium conatus,

to go to meet, to oppose, Liv. 31, 21. —

In partic.

Of constellations, to go down, to set:

abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210:

an sidera obirent, nascerenturve,

Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the sun:

in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen,

Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by:

tres noctes,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—

Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.:

occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera,

Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to die:

malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045;

tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 24:

simul se cum illis obituros,

Liv. 5, 39, 13:

gaudio,

to die of joy, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

morbo,

of a disease, id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5:

voluntariā morte obiit,

Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17:

morte subitā,

id. 8, 15:

repentinā morte,

id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—

Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.

In gen.:

Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,

to reach, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—

In partic.

To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit:

nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,

Verg. A. 6, 801:

tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

villas,

to visit, id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

comitia,

id. Att. 1, 4, 1:

cenas,

id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —

To run over with the eyes, to survey, review:

oculis exercitum,

to survey, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13:

omnia visu,

Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount:

oratione omnes civitates,

to enumerate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.—

To go around, surround, overspread, envelop ( poet.):

chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

clipeum,

Verg. A. 10, 482.—

To apply [p. 1234] one's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing:

obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

hereditatum obeundarum causā,

to enter upon, take possession of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

facinus,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

pugnas,

to engage in battle, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710:

judicia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

legationem,

to enter upon, undertake, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4:

consularia munera,

Liv. 2, 8:

munus vigiliarum,

id. 3, 6:

publica ac privata officia,

Just. 41, 3, 4:

neque privatam rem... neque publicam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit,

Liv. 10, 25, 14:

rusticum opus,

Col. 12, 3:

bella,

Liv. 4, 7:

sacra,

id. 1, 20:

imperia,

to perform, execute, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—

To meet:

vadimonium,

to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time, Cic. Quint. 17, 54:

diem,

to appear on the day appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

annum petitiones tuae,

i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die:

ea diem suom obiit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so,

diem supremum,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6;

and simply, diem,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

mortem,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.:

morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam),

id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead:

obitis libatione profunditur,

App. de Mund. p. 68:

OBITAE,

Inscr. Orell. 2673.

ŏbĭtus, a, um, Part., from obeo.

ŏbĭtus, ūs ( gen. obiti, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24 med.), m. [obeo].

A going [p. 1235] to, approaching; an approach, a visit (perhaps only ante- and post-class.; syn. adventus): obitu dicebant pro aditu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.: ecquis est qui interrumpit sermonem meum obitu suo? Turp. ap. Non. 357, 21 sq.: ut voluptati obitus, sermo, adventus suus quocumque adveneris, Semper siet, * Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 19 (obitus occursus: ob enim significat contra;

ergo obitus aditus): civitatum multarum,

App. M. 9, 13.—

A going down, setting (the class. signif. of the word; syn. occasus).

Of the heavenly bodies:

solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum ortus, obitus motusque,

Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128; id. de Or. 1, 42, 187:

lunae,

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19; Lucr. 4, 393:

stellarum ortus atque obitus,

Cat. 66, 2:

signorum obitus et ortus,

Verg. G. 1, 257. —

Pregn., downfall, ruin, destruction, death, etc. (syn. interitus):

post obitum vel potius excessum Romuli,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; cf.

of the same: post optimi regis obitum,

id. ib. 1, 41, 64: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

obitus consulum,

id. Brut. 11, 10, 2:

post eorum obitum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 29 fin.:

immaturus,

Suet. Calig. 8:

longum miserata dolorem Difficilesque obitus,

her painful death, Verg. A. 4, 694:

ducum,

id. ib. 12, 501: post obitum occasumque nostrum, since my ruin (i. e. exile), Cic. Pis. 15, 34:

omnium interitus atque obitus,

id. Div. 2, 16, 37 (al. leg. ortus):

dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,

Ov. M. 3, 137.—

(Acc. to obeo, II. B. 4.) An entering upon, undertaking a thing (post-class.): fugae, Tert. Fug. ap. Persec. 1.

occāsĭo, ōnis, f. [occĭdo, a falling out, a happening, hap; hence], an occasion, opportunity, fit time, convenient season, favorable moment for doing any thing; eukairia, kairos (syn.: opportunitas, locus, facultas).

In gen.:

occasio est pars temporis, habens in se alicujus rei idoneam faciendi aut non faciendi opportunitatem... in occasione, ad spatium temporis, faciendi quaedam opportunitas intellegitur adjuncta,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: tempus actionis opportunum Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: occasio opportunitas temporis casu quodam provenientis est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.:

dum datur mihi occasio Tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30; cf.:

nunc occasio est et tempus,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 3; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 4:

an ego occasionem tantam, tam brevem, tam optatam, tam insperatam Amitterem?

id. Eun. 3, 5, 56:

minima,

Suet. Calig. 14; cf.

summa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 2 infra: occasionem nancisci, Afran. ap. Non. 308, 13:

quem, si interficere voluisset, quantae quoties occasiones, quam praeclarae fuerunt,

Cic. Mil. 14, 38:

occasio opprimendi,

id. ib. 15:

inrumpendi in urbem,

Curt. 4, 5, 16:

resistendi,

id. 7, 4, 4: majores occasiones ad opitulandum haberem, more opportunities, Planc [p. 1250] up. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

ut primum occasio data est rem publicam defendendi,

as soon as an opportunity presented itself, Cic. Fam. 12, 242:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse arbitratur,

has presented itself, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

occasio mirifica,

id. Att. 2, 14, 2:

opportuna,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 3:

quo faciliorem occasionem Salvio praebuit perficiendi conata,

Suet. Galb. 17:

occasio minor opinione,

id. Caes. 3:

tam bona,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

lepida,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 30:

bellissima,

Petr. S. 25:

occasionem amittere,

to lose, let slip, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15:

omittere,

Suet. Cal. 14; so,

praetermittere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

capere,

to seize, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

arripere,

Liv. 35, 12, 17:

occasiones quaerere,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 4:

rapere de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

amplecti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 1:

sumere,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

occasione uti,

Just. 38, 5, 1:

non deesse occasioni,

not to miss, to profit by, Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

cunctationem hostium suam fore occasionem rati,

Curt. 4, 6, 13:

dum datur mihi occasio tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 29:

ne a fortunā datam occasionem liberandae Graeciae dimitterent,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3; id. Alc. 8, 5:

cujus (rei) se occasio dederit,

Quint. 12, 2, 12: (paratus) depugnare, si occasio tulerit, mori, si casus inciderit, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

occasionem aperire ad invadendum,

Liv. 4, 53, 9:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

occasione datā,

should an opportunity offer, id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; cf.:

occasione oblatā simultates deponere,

Suet. Caes. 73:

praebere,

id. Galb. 17:

offerre,

id. Aug. 16:

per occasionem,

on a favorable opportunity, Liv. 30, 3:

rem inmaturam nisi per occasionem aperire noluerat,

id. 1, 5, 5; 1, 53, 7; 2, 11, 2; Sall. C. 51, 6:

fratris memoriā per omnem occasionem celebratā,

on every occasion, Suet. Claud. 11; id. Aug. 67:

ad occasionem aurae evehi,

the wind being fair, taking advantage of a fair wind, id. ib. 97:

levia proelia ex occasione hujus aut illius partis oriebantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 17:

ex occasione,

as occasion offered, Suet. Caes. 60:

occasione omni,

on every occasion, id. Claud. 42.—With inf.:

nunc adest occasio Benefacta cumulare = occasio cumulandi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

nunc est illa occasio inimicum ulcisci,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 15:

agere tuam rem occasio est,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 46; 5, 4, 42; id. Curc. 1, 1, 60; cf.:

summa eludendi occasio'st mihi nunc senes Et Phaedriae curam adimere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 45.—With ut and subj.:

fuit occasio, si vellet, jam pridem argentum ut daret,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 51:

quoniam occasio fuit Mea virtute parta ut quantum velles sumeres,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 22:

rara haec occasio est, ut referri possint divini honores,

Quint. 3, 7, 17.—

Personified: Occasio, Opportunity, as a goddess, Phaedr. 5, 8; Aus. Epigr. 12, 3.—

In partic.

Facility or means of having a thing:

solitudinis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—

A supply, stock (post-Aug.):

oleae,

Col. 9, 1:

lapidum,

Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

vetusti olei,

id. 23, 4, 40, § 82.—

A pretext, plea, plausible explanation:

hāc illi opus est occasione, ne illum talium precum pudeat,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

occasiones et ex causis et ex dictis adversariorum oriuntur,

id. 6, 1, 5; 12, 10, 13:

quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irae,

Juv. 13, 183.—

Occasion, motive, reason:

non habeo ullam occasionem, ut apud te falsa fabuler,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 38.—

Milit. t. t., a dash, raid, surprise:

occasionis esse rem, non proelii,

they were undertaking a surprise, not a battle, Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

cujus (belli) maxima momenta in occasionibus sunt,

Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1:

occasionibus imminere,

Front. 2, 5, 22. —

A cause (late Lat.): cum calcis ictu mortis occasio praebita videatur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 10, 1.

orsa, ōrum, n. [ordior].

Beginnings, commencements, an undertaking, attempt: ut (di) orsis tanti operis successus prosperos darent, Liv. praef. fin.:

Orsa juvare,

Val. Fl. 1, 21.—

In partic., words, speech ( poet.):

sic orsa vicissim Ore refert,

Verg. A. 7, 435; 10, 632; 11, 124; Val. Fl. 5, 472:

Menandri, i. e. carmina,

Aus. Idyll. 4, 46.

orsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. ordior.

orsus, ūs, m., [ordior], a beginning, commencement; an undertaking, attempt ( poet.):

pectoris, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63: tenuis,

Verg. Cul. 1.

rătĭo, onis (abl. rationi, Lucr. 6, 66), f. [reor, ratus], a reckoning, account, calculation, computation.

Lit.

Sing.: Les. Nequaquam argenti ratio conparet tamen. Sta. Ratio quidem hercle adparet: argentum oichetai, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

rationem putare... bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

id. Most. 1, 3, 141; 146; cf.: ad calculos vocare amicitiam, ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

itur, putatur ratio cum argentario... Ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 53 sq.:

dextera digitis rationem computat,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 49:

magna ratio C. Verruci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188:

direptio ejus pecuniae, cujus ratio in aede Opis confecta est,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 16; cf.:

quibus in tabulis nominatim, ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc.,... Quarum omnium rerum summa erat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29: auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est, the account agrees, i. e. is correct, Cic. Fl. 28, 69 (v. consto):

decumo post mense, ut rationem te dictare intellego,

to make the reckoning, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 38 (al. ductare):

rationem ducere,

to make a computation, to compute, calculate, reckon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; so, rationem habere, to take an account, make a computation:

omnium proeliorum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 53; cf.:

hujus omnis pecuniae conjunctim ratio habetur,

id. B. G. 6, 19; and:

piratarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

rationem inire,

to cast up, reckon, calculate, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23; cf.:

tibi ego rationem reddam?

id. Aul. 1, 1, 6; id. Trin. 2, 4, 114:

rationem referre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 98:

rationem repetere de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Clu. 37, 104: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem millia. Py. Tantum esse oportet:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47 et saep.:

drachumae, quas de ratione debuisti,

according to the account, id. Trin. 2, 4, 24:

grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant,

how they should bring it into their accounts, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106.—

Plur.: rationes putare argentariam, frumentariam, pabuli causa quae parata sunt;

rationem vinariam, oleariam, quid venierit, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 2, 5:

rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli... quas rationes si cognoris, intelleges, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

ut rationes cum publicanis putarent,

id. Att. 4, 11, 1:

rationes a colono accepit,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

quid opus est? inquam. Rationes conferatis. Assidunt, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12:

rationes referre... rationes deferre,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum diducere,

Hor. A. P. 325 et saep.:

A RATIONIBVS,

an accountant, Inscr. Orell. 1494; 2973; 2986; 4173 et saep. (cf. ab).—

Transf.

A list, roll, register (rare):

cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur, quo quisque die datus in custodiam, quo mortuus, quo necatus sit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

rationes imperii, ab Augusto proponi solitas, sed a Tiberio intermissas, publicavit (sc. Caligula),

Suet. Calig. 16 ( = breviarium) totius imperii, id. Aug. 101 fin.:

rationarium imperii,

id. ib. 28.—

A sum, number (rare), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11:

nunc lenonum et scortorum plus est fere Quam olim muscarum est. Ea nimia est ratio,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:

pro ratione pecuniae liberalius est Brutus tractatus quam Pompeius,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. II. B. 1. c. infra.—

A business matter, transaction, business; also, a matter, affair, in gen. (a favorite word of Cicero):

res rationesque eri Ballionis curo,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 31:

res rationesque vestrorum omnium,

id. Am. prol. 4:

re ac ratione cum aliquo conjunctus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana inter se multa communicare,

id. Quint. 4, 15:

cum (Druides) in reliquis fere rebus, publicis privatisque rationibus, Graecis utantur litteris,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14 (metaphrast. pragmasi):

ratio nummaria,

Cic. Att. 10, 11, 2:

aeraria ratio,

id. Quint. 4, 15:

ratio domestica... bellica,

id. Off. 1, 22, 76:

quod ad popularem rationem attinet,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

rationes familiares componere,

Tac. A. 6, 16 fin.:

fori judiciique rationem Messala suscepit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; cf.:

in explicandis rationibus rerum civilium,

id. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

rationes civitatis,

id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum... nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,

id. Mur. 17, 35:

propter rationem Gallici belli,

id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19; so id. ib. 8, 14, 35:

ad omnem rationem humanitatis,

id. Mur. 31, 66: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime perspicies, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6 fin.:

ad eam rationem existimabam satis aptam naturam meam,

id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—

Pregn.: meae (tuae, etc.) rationes, my ( thy, etc.) interest, my ( thy, etc.) advantage (cf. in Engl. to find one's account in any thing):

me ad ejus rationes adjungo, quem tu in meis rationibus tibi esse adjungendum putasti,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2; cf.:

exemplum meis alienissimum rationibus,

id. Corn. Fragm. 1, 7 B. and K.:

consideres, quid tuae rationes postulent,

Sall. C. 44, 5: servitia repudiabat... alienum suis rationibus existimans videri causam civium cum servis fugitivis communicasse, inconsistent with his policy or interests, id. ib. 56, 5:

si meas rationes unquam vestrae saluti anteposuissem,

Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 1.

Trop., a reckoning, account, computation:

postquam hanc rationem cordi ventrique edidi,

presented this reckoning, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 12:

itidem hic ut Acheronti ratio accepti scribitur,

i.e. things are taken only, nothing is given back, id. Truc. 4, 2, 36:

nomen (comoediae) jam habetis, nunc rationes ceteras Accipite,

an account of the rest, id. Poen. prol. 55; cf.:

census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 30; so,

rationem dare, for the more usual rationem reddere,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Mull.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92 Zumpt:

(argentarii) ratione utuntur,

make a reckoning, settle up, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

cum eam mecum rationem puto,

go into that calculation, think over the matter, id. ib. 3, 2, 25; cf.:

frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 54:

(Medea et Atreus) inita subductaque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71:

quod posteaquam iste cognovit hanc rationem habere coepit,

to make the following calculation, reflection, id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101; cf.: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicavit, ut si, etc.,... si, etc.,... sin, etc., drew the plan of the whole undertaking according to the following calculation, that if, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 78;

and herewith cf.: rationem consilii mei accipite,

id. ib. 3, 86:

ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc.,

that you may calculate, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28; cf.:

nihil est, quod minus ferendum sit, quam rationem ab altero vitae reposcere eum, qui non possit suae reddere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28;

and with this cf.: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent,

will call you to account, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: clarorum virorum atque magnorum non minus otii, quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, an account must be capable of being given, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

tam otii quam negotii rationem reddere majores censuisse,

Col. 11 fin.: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur, that the account is not correct unless, etc., Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.:

mirum est quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; 1, 5, 16 et saep.; cf. Just. praef. 5.—

Transf.

Relation, reference, respect to a thing:

(agricolae) habent rationem cum terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium,

have an account, have to do, have dealings with the earth, Cic. Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

ubi ratio cum Orco habetur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3;

for which: ubi sit cum Orco ratio ponenda,

Col. 1, 3, 2:

cum omnibus Musis rationem habere cogito,

Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2:

cum hac (muliere) aliquid adulescentem hominem habuisse rationis,

id. Cael. 20, 50; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190. omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, assunt, defendunt, id. Quint. 23, 75; cf.

. quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat?

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

pacis vero quae potest esse cum eo ratio, in quo est incredibilis crudelitas, fides nulla?

id. Phil. 4, 6, 14:

quod si habenda cum M. Antonii latrocinio pacis ratio fuit, etc.,

id. ib. 12, 7, 17:

fontes ad nostrorum annalium rationem veteres, ad ipsorum sane recentes,

in respect to our annals, id. Brut. 13, 49.—

Pregn., a respect, regard, concern, consideration, care for a thing (usu. in the connection habere and ducere alicujus rei rationem): ad hanc rationem quoniam maximam vim natura habet, fortuna proximam: utriusque omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

quorum (civium Romanorum) nobis pro vestra sapientia, Quirites, habenda est ratio diligenter,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

id. Leg. 2, 7, 15:

cujus absentis rationem haberi proximis comitiis populus jussisset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9; so,

absentis,

id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 82 fin.:

sauciorum et aegrorum habita ratione,

id. ib. 3, 75:

moneret, frumenti rationem esse habendam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34;

so (al. frumentandi), rationem habere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 75 Oud.; cf. id. ib. 7, 71:

alicujus vel dignitatis vel commodi rationem non habere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: ut summae rei publicae rationem habeamus, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, c, 3:

alicujus salutis rationem habere,

i. e. to regard, care for, be concerned about, Caes. B. G. 7, 71; so id. B. C. 1, 20:

turpissimae fugae rationem habere,

id. ib. 2, 31:

ut in ceteris habenda ratio non sui solum sed etiam aliorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

proinde habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

habere nunc se rationem officii pro beneficiis Caesaris,

id. B. G. 5, 27:

non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

cum hujusce periculi tum ceterorum quoque officiorum et amicitiarum ratio,

id. Clu. 42, 117:

omnis hac in re habenda ratio et diligentia est, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 89; cf.:

didici ex tuis litteris, te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut mihi consuleres,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

habeo rationem, quid a populo Romano acceperim,

bring into consideration, consider, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me salva lege Cornelia convenias, ego veni, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam nequitiamque venisse,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38; cf.:

hoc rationis habebant, facere eos nullo modo posse, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 29, e70.—

Relation to a thing, i. e.

Subject., course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, etc. (cf. consilium):

nunc sic rationem incipissam, hanc instituam astutiam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 82; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 175 sqq.:

ubi cenas hodic, si hanc rationem instituis?

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26; id. Truc. 1, 1, 3:

tua ratio est, ut secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias: mea, ut ante primos ludos comperendinem. Ita fiet, ut tua ista ratio existimetur astuta, meum hoc consilium necessarium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34; cf.:

ratio viaque defensionis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 4:

itaque in praesentia Pompeii insequendi rationem omittit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

mea autem ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

dicendi,

id. Or. 32, 114; id. de Or. 3, 15, 56; cf.:

aliquot ante annis inita ratio est, ut, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

ut, quo primum occurreretur, vix ratio iniri possit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24:

quia reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex inire rationem potuerit,

Liv. 42, 3 fin. —In plur.:

hoc aditu laudis non mea me voluntas sed meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae prohibuerunt,

plan of life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

de rationibus rerum publicarum aut constituendarum aut tuendarum,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.—

Object., relation, condition, nature, kind, sort, fashion, way, etc. (cf. modus):

sed ratio ordoque agminis aliter se habebat ac Belgae ad Nervios detulerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf.:

ut rei militaris ratio atque ordo postulabat,

id. ib. 2, 22; so,

rei militaris,

id. ib. 4, 23:

ratio atque usus belli,

the art and practice of war, id. ib. 4, 1; id. B. C. 1, 76 fin.; 2, 18; 3, 17 et saep. al.; cf.:

novae rationes bellandi,

id. ib. 3, 50:

ratio equestris proelii,

id. B. G. 5, 16:

quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 25; cf.: rationem pontis hanc instituit;

tigna bina, etc.,

id. B. G. 4, 17:

serpit per omnium vitas amicitia, nec ullam aetatis degendae rationem patitur esse expertem sui,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.:

ita ratio comparata est vitae naturaeque nostrae, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 27, 101; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

civitas (Platonis) non quae possit esse, sed in qua ratio rerum civilium perspici posset,

id. Rep. 2, 30, 52 init.; cf.:

reliqui disseruerunt de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

id. ib. 2, 11, 22;

1, 8, 13: quam creberrimis litteris faciam ut tibi nota sit omnis ratio dierum atque itinerum meorum,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 4: quoniam eadem est ratio juris in utroque, id. Rep. 3, 12, 21; cf.:

haec eadem ratio est in summa totius Galliae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 11 fin.:

ab nostris eadem ratione, qua pridie, resistitur,

id. ib. 5, 40; id. B. C. 3, 100; cf. id. ib. 3, 101:

docet, longe alia ratione esse bellum gerendum atque antea sit gestum,

id. B. G. 7, 14:

hoc si Romae fieri posset, certe aliqua ratione expugnasset iste,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, ee130:

quid refert, qua me ratione cogatis?

id. Lael. 8, 26:

quod fuit illis conandum atque omni ratione efficiendum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.; 1, 67 fin.:

simili ratione Pompeius in suis castris consedit,

id. ib. 3, 76:

auxilium ferri nulla ratione poterat,

id. ib. 1, 70:

nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quem ad modum uti victoria deberent, cogitabant,

id. ib. 3, 83 fin.; 3, 58; 3, 18 fin. et saep.—

With gen. of a subst. in circumlocution for the subst. itself (v. Zumpt, Gram. §

678): vereor ne oratio mea aliena ab judiciorum ratione esse videatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, ee109:

multa autem propter rationem brevitatis praetermittenda,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40, ee

103: quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum?

id. Mur. 17, 35:

nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,

id. ib. 17, 36:

praedicere tempestatum rationem et praedonum,

id. ib. 2, 4:

tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est,

id. Off. 2, 17, 60.—

Pregn., that faculty of the mind which forms the basis of computation and calculation, and hence of mental action in general, i. e. judgment, understanding, reason: duplex est vis animorum atque natura: una pars in appetitu posita est, quae est hormê Graece, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit;

altera in ratione, quae docet et explanat, quid faciendum, quid fugiendum sit. Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101:

homo, quod rationis est particeps, per quam consequentia cernit, causas rerum videt earumque progressus et quasi antecessiones non ignorat, similitudines comparat rebusque praesentibus adjungit atque annectit futuras, facile totius vitae cursum videt ad eamque degendam praeparat res necessarias. Eademque natura vi rationis hominem concilia homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11 sq.:

haud scio, an melius fuerit, humano generi motum istum celerem cogitationis, acumen, sollertiam, quam rationem vocamus, non dari omnino quam tam munifice et tam large dari, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 27, 69:

lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae jubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. Eadem ratio, cum est in hominis mente confirmata et confecta, lex est,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret,

id. N. D. 1, 42, 118:

mens et ratio et consilium in senibus est,

id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. Liv. 28, 28:

si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit, si ratio, consilium, prudentia, Pompeius antistat,

Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; cf. id. Quint. 16, 53; and:

si ratio et prudentia curas aufert,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 25:

quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio nec consilium valet,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; cf.:

illa de urbis situ revoces ad rationem quae a Romulo casu aut necessitate facta sunt,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; and:

moneo ut agentem te ratio ducat, non fortuna,

Liv. 22, 39 fin.: mulier abundat audacia;

consilio et ratione deficitur,

Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

Ariovistum magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse. Cui rationi contra homines barbaros locus fuisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40: arma amens capio;

nec sat rationis in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 314:

rationis egens,

id. ib. 8, 299 et saep.:

iracundia dissidens a ratione,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

majora quam hominum ratio consequi possit,

id. ib. 1, 10, 15:

quantum ratione provideri poterat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.:

quantumque in ratione esset, exploratum habuit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 6 init.:

nec majore ratione bellum administrari posse,

Caes. B. C. 7, 21:

minari divisoribus ratio non erat,

it was not reasonable, was contrary to reason, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; so, nulla ratio est, with an objectclause, id. Caecin. 5, 15; so,

too, minime rationis est,

Col. 3, 5, 3; cf. with dat.:

Vitellianus exercitus, cui acquiescere Cremonae ratio fuit,

which, as reason dictated, ought to have rested at Cremona, Tac. H. 3, 22:

quod domi te inclusisti, ratione fecisti,

reasonably, sensibly, judiciously, Cic. Att. 12, [p. 1527] 14, 3.—

The reasonable cause of a thing, a ground, motive, reason:

ratio est causa, quae demonstrat, verum esse id, quod intendimus, brevi subjectione. Rationis confirmatio est ea, quae pluribus argumentis corroborat breviter expositam rationem,

Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28:

quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quamobrem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; cf.:

nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: deinde contraria refutare,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 80:

noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos,

id. Or. 14, 44 (v. also argumentum):

si mei consilii causam rationemque cognoverit,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1; cf.:

ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:

quam habet rationem, non quaero aequitatis, sed ipsius improbitatis atque impudentiae?... facti, si non bonam, at aliquam rationem afferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, e196; cf.:

deinde nihil rationis affert, quamobrem, etc.,

id. Caecin. 33, 96:

non deest hoc loco copia rationum, quibus docere velitis, humanas esse formas deorum: primum quod, etc.... deinde quod, etc.... tertiam rationem affertis, quod, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 76:

et quidem, cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,

id. Div. 2, 50, 104:

idcirco minus existimo te nihil nisi summa ratione fecisse,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, §

5: nunc non modo agendi rationem nullam habeo, sed ne cogitandi quidem,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

rationes in ea disputatione a te collectae vetabant me rei publicae penitus diffidere,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; cf. id. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

rationibus conquisitis de voluptate et dolore disputandum putant,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31; cf.:

quod cum disputando rationibusque docuisset,

id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

his rationibus tam certis tamque illustribus opponuntur ab his, qui contra disputant primum labores, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

num parva causa aut prava ratio est?

reason, excuse, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 27.—

In rhet., a showing cause, argument, reasoning in support of a proposition:

ratio est, quae continet causam, quae si sublata sit, nihil in causa controversiae relinquatur, hoc modo: Orestes si accusetur matricidii, nisi hoc dicat, Jure feci, illa enim patrem meum occiderat, non habet defensionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18:

ad propositum subjecta ratio, et item in distributis supposita ratio,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4; 5, 14, 1; 16; 7, 8, 3.—

Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order, conformity, etc.:

in omnibus, quae ratione docentur et via, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

in a reasonable, regular manner, Cic. Or. 33, 116; cf.:

ut ratione et via procedat oratio,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:

modo et ratione aliquid facere (along with recte atque ordine facere),

id. Quint. 7, 28; cf.:

quae res Nec modum habet neque consilium, ratione modoque Tractari non vult,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 266:

nihil est, quod ratione et numero moveri possit sine consilio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43:

intervallis imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis,

divided proportionally by rule, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf.:

ex summis et infimis et mediis interjectis ordinibus ut sonis moderata ratione civitas concinit,

in symmetrical proportion, id. ib. 2, 42, 69:

in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

order, system, id. ib. 2, 33, 57;

5, 5, 7: declinatio si cum ratione fiet,

reasonably, id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

ratio et distributio,

a reasonable division, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 1.—

A theory, doctrine, or system based upon reason; science, and (less freq.), subject., knowledge:

erat enim tunc haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13;

2, 39, 66: si animum contulisti in istam rationem et quasi artem,

id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:

omnes tacito quodam sensu sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; id. Brut. 74, 258:

continet enim totam hanc quaestionem ea ratio, quae est de natura deorum,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

Epicuri ratio, quae plerisque notissima est,

doctrine, system, philosophy, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:

Stoicorum ratio disciplinaque,

id. Off. 3, 4, 20:

Cynicorum ratio,

id. ib. 1, 41, 148; so id. Fin. 3, 20, 68: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis et disciplina populorum, the art of living... statesmanship, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4; cf.:

etiamsi cui videbitur illa in optimis studiis et artibus quieta vitae ratio beatior, haec civilis laudabilior est certe et illustrior,

id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

improba navigii ratio tum caeca jacebat,

Lucr. 5, 1004: saltationis ac musicae rationis studiosi, Col. prooem. e3 al.—Subject., knowledge:

si qua (est in me) exercitatio dicendi aut si hujus rei ratio aliqua, ab optimarum artium studiis ac disciplina profecta,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—

A view or opinion resting upon reasonable grounds:

mea sic est ratio,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 43; cf.:

inventus est nemo, cujus non haec et sententia esset et oratio, non esse metuendum, etc.... Haec cum omnes sentirent et cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68 sq.; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 1:

cujus ratio etsi non valuit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 6 (just before: hujus cum sententiam plurimi essent secuti).—

In philos. lang., a production of proof, argumentation, reasoning: (Epicurus) tollit definitiones; nihil de dividendo ac partiendo docet;

non, quo modo efficiatur concludaturque ratio, tradit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 10, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 158:

ratio ipsa coget, et ex aeternitate quaedam esse vera et ea non esse nexa causis aeternis, etc.,

id. Fat. 16, 38; cf.:

ergo, ubi tyrannus est, ibi non vitiosam ut heri dicebam, sed, ut nunc ratio cogit, dicendum est, plane nullam esse rem publicam,

id. Rep. 3, 31, 43.

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].

To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.

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.—

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. —

Transf.

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.—

To restore (late Lat.):

urbem munitissimam,

to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —

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.—

With se.

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.,

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.

(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.

Lit.

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. —

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. —

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. —

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.). —

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. —

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.—

Absol.:

plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—

Transf.

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. —

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.—

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. —

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).—

Trop.

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.—

Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

alicujus sententiam,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:

opinionem,

id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—

In partic.

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.—

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. —

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,

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.—

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.

rĕ-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a., to press back, keep back; to check, curb, restrain (class., partic. in the trop. sense; cf.: repello, refuto).

Lit.: illa praedicta Veientium, si lacus Albanus redundasset, Romam periturum;

si repressus esset, Veios,

Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69:

amnem,

Flor. 1, 1, 3:

fontes,

Stat. Th. 5, 522:

alvum,

Cels. 2, 12; cf.:

medicamenta reprimentia,

id. 6, 6, 2; 6, 16, 2 al.:

vulvas procidentes,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182:

sudorem,

id. 20, 13, 51, § 142:

labra,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 16:

dextram,

Verg. A. 12, 939:

ensem,

Stat. Th. 11, 309:

retro pedem cum voce,

Verg. A. 2, 378.—

Of personal objects: represso jam Lucterio et remoto,

forced back, Caes. B. G. 7, 8; cf.:

aliquem repressum, non oppressum relinquere,

Cic. Mur. 15, 32.—

Trop. (the figure borrowed from the restraining, confining of a stream), to check, curb, restrain, limit, confine, repress:

difficilem quandam temperantiam postulant in eo, quod semel admissum coërceri reprimique non potest,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

furorem exsultantem reprimere,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

intellego hanc rei publicae pestem paulisper reprimi, non in perpetuum comprimi posse,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

memoria, non exstincta, sed repressa vetustate,

suppressed, id. Cael. 30, 71:

impetus hostium repressos esse intellegunt ac retardatos,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

iis regios spiritus repressit,

Nep. Dion, 5, 5:

animi incitationem atque alacritatem non reprimere sed augere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92 fin.:

cursum,

id. ib. 3, 93:

itinera,

Cic. Att. 10, 9:

fugam hostium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

iracundiam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8; 9:

nunc reprimam susceptam objurgationem,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 9 (15):

illius conatus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:

consuetudinem peccandi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 22, §

53: fletum,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

gemitum,

Ov. M. 9, 163 et saep.:

odium suum a corpore alicujus,

Cic. Sest. 55, 117:

famam,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 23:

ferocitatem,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

impetum,

id. Leg. 3, 12, 27.— Poet., with inf.: ast occasus ubi tempusve audere repressit, the bold undertaking, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 292 Vahl.).—

Of personal objects: quem neque fides, neque jusjurandum... Repressit,

has restrained, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9:

me... horum aspectus in ipso cursu orationis repressit,

Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

quem L. Murena repressum magnā ex parte, non oppressum reliquit,

id. Mur. 15, 32: reprimam me, ne aegre quicquam ex me audias, I will control myself, check or restrain myself, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; so,

me,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 44:

hac repressi castigatione in proelium redeunt,

Just. 1, 6, 15; cf.

mid.: vix reprimor, quin te manere jubeam,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 58:

se ab omni contagione vitiorum,

Plin. Pan. 83, 2.— Hence, adv.: rĕpressē, with restraint, constrainedly:

repressius peccare,

Gell. 12, 11, 5:

repressius actum est,

Amm. 29, 2, 12.

susceptĭo, ōnis, f. [suscipio], a taking in hand, undertaking (good prose):

quae proficiscuntur a virtute, susceptione primā, non perfectione, recta sunt judicanda,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32:

laborum dolorumque,

id. Ac. 1, 6, 23:

causae,

id. Mur. 1, 2:

rerum istarum,

Gell. 9, 3, 5.—

An acceptance:

fidelium,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, 6.

suscĭpĭo (sometimes succĭpĭo; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 175 and 144; Vel. Long. p. 2226 P.), cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [sus, a contraction of subs, for sub; v. sub fin., and capio], qs. to take hold of in order to support, i. e. to take or catch up, to take upon one.

To support, hold up, sustain.

Lit.:

quid loquar lapideas moles, quibus porticus suscipimus,

Sen. Ep. 90, 26:

theatrum fulturis ab substructionibus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 38, 2:

latera puteorum structurā,

Pall. Aug. 9, 2:

labentem domum,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 5: balnea suscepta crepidine, supported, resting on, etc., Stat. S. 1, 3, 43:

habenas,

Sen. Troad. 728.—

Trop.

To support, defend:

famam defuncti pudoremque,

Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2:

qui temere nocentis reos susciperet,

Quint. 11, 1, 74:

cum periculo suscepti litigatoris,

id. 2, 12, 4. —

To take upon one, undertake, assume, begin, incur, enter upon (esp. when done voluntarily and as a favor; recipio, when done as a duty or under an obligation).

Of actions, obligations, etc. (class. and freq.):

aut inimicitias aut laborem aut sumptus suscipere nolunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:

inimicitias,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 34; Nep. Pelop. 1, 3; cf. Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

personā susceptā viri boni,

id. Clu. 36, 101:

honestam rem actionemve,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

bellum,

id. Leg. 2, 14, 34; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; Caes. B. G. 1, 16; 7, 37 al.:

rei publicae partem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10; id. Mil. 15, 40:

causam populi,

id. Rep. 4, 8, 27:

patrocinium improbitatis, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 5, 8; id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

negotium,

id. Cat. 3, 2, 5:

iter Asiaticum,

id. Att. 4, 15, 2:

omnia alter pro altero suscipiet,

id. Lael. 22, 82:

aes alienum amicorum,

id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

cum inaudita ac nefaria sacra susceperis,

id. Vatin. 6, 14: porcam praecidaneam, Varr. ap. Non. 163, 21:

pulvinar,

Liv. 5, 52, 6:

prodigia (with curare),

id. 1, 20:

votum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 75; Liv. 27, 45, 8; Ov. F. 6, 246:

disputationem de re publicā,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; cf. id. Off. 1, 2, 7:

nec enim hoc suscepi, ut, etc., tamquam magister persequerer omnia,

id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:

permagnum quiddam,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:

quae si suscipiamus,

undertake to prove, id. Div. 2, 40, 84; so with obj.-clause:

qui suscipiant, posse animum manere corpore vacantem, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78.— Rarely with dat. of reflex. pron.:

legationem ad civitates sibi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3; cf.:

tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 152:

mihi auctoritatem patriam severitatemque suscipio,

id. Cael. 16, 37.—

Of feelings, experiences, etc., to undergo, submit to, bear, accept:

morbos durumque dolorem,

Lucr. 3, 460; so,

dolorem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

dolorem gemitumque,

id. Vatin. 8, 19:

invidiam atque offensionem apud populos,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 137:

odium,

id. Att. 6, 1, 25:

molestiam,

id. Caecin. 6, 17.—With in and acc.:

miserius qui suscipit in se scelus quam si qui alterius facinus subire cogitur,

i. e. wilfully incurs guilt, Cic. Phil. 11, 4, 9; cf.:

si esset inventus, qui in se suscipere istius culpam crimenque cuperet,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91:

negotiatoribus Claudius certa lucra proposuit, suscepto in se damno, si cui, etc.,

Suet. Claud. 18. —

To take, catch, take up, receive.

In gen. (so only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sol aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,

to catch up, Lucr. 5, 402:

dominam ruentem,

Verg. A. 11, 806:

suscipiunt famulae,

id. ib. 4, 391:

cruorem pateris,

id. ib. 6, 249; cf.:

cava suscepto flumine palma sat est,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 36 (al. succepto):

ignem foliis,

Verg. A. 1, 175. —

In partic.

To take up a new-born child from the ground; hence, to acknowledge, recognize, bring up as one ' s own (class.; cf.

tollo): simul atque editi in lucem et suscepti sumus,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

puerum,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 27:

haec ad te die natali meo scripsi, quo utinam susceptus non essem!

Cic. Att. 11, 9, 3.—

In gen., to get, beget, or bear children:

filia, quam ex te suscepi,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 34: filiam ex uxore, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 50:

liberos ex libertini filiā,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 17; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 74:

inde filiam,

id. ib. 5, 8 (9), 18:

susceperas liberos non solum tibi, sed etiam patriae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset Ante fugam suboles,

Verg. A. 4, 327; Vulg. Judic. 11, 2.—

To take, receive, as a citizen, under one's protection, as a pupil, etc. (rare but class.):

Cato cum esset Tusculi natus, in populi Romani civitatem susceptus est,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5: suscipe me totum, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1:

suscepi candidatum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 9:

susceptos a se discipulos,

Quint. 2, 5, 1; 11, 1, 55:

pancratiasten docendum,

id. 2, 8, 13:

aliquos erudiendos,

id. 2, 8, 1.—

To receive, get:

pecuniam,

Dig. 22, 3, 25:

pretio, quod dominus suscepit,

App. M. 8, p. 213, 20.—

Trop.:

suscepit vita hominum consuetudoque communis, ut, etc.,

has allowed, admitted, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62.—

To take up, resume, continue a speech, answer:

suscipit Stolo: Tu, inquit, invides, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 24; cf.:

ad quod... sermonem suscipit Polus,

Quint. 2, 15, 28; Verg. A. 6, 723; App. M. 4, p. 150, 8; 9, p. 227, 12. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: susceptum, i, n., an undertaking:

susceptaque magna labore Crescere difficili,

Ov. M. 11, 200.

ūsurpātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a taking into use, a making use, using, use of a thing (cf. usus).

In gen.:

usurpatio et renovatio doctrinae,

Cic. Brut. 71, 250:

civitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 166:

vocis,

Liv. 27, 19, 5:

superba nominis,

Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31:

vetustatis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

itineris insoliti,

the undertaking of a journey so uncommon, Liv. 41, 23, 14:

bonae mentis,

enjoyment, possession, Val. Max. 4, 4, 1.—

In partic., in jurid. lang.,

A seizing or using unlawfully, usurpation:

qui sanctitatem baptismatis illicitā usurpatione geminaverit,

Cod. Just. 1, 6, 1:

per vim et usurpationem vindicare ac tenere aliquid,

ib. 1, 4, 6.—

A using by another party, whereby a prescription or usucaption is interrupted:

usurpatio est usucapionis interruptio,

Dig. 41, 3, 2.

vulpes ( volp-), is (collat. form, nom. vulpis, Petr. 58; Avien. 40, 7), f. [cf. Gr. alôpêx], a fox.

Lit., Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 165; Hor. S. 2, 3, 186; id. Ep. 1, 1, 73; id. C. 3, 27, 4 al.—

Trop., cunning, craftiness:

animi sub vulpe latentes,

Hor. A. P. 437; Pers. 5, 117.—Prov.

Jungere vulpes, for any absurd or impossible undertaking, Verg. E. 3, 91.—

Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores, Suet. Vesp. 16.—

Tam facile, quam pirum vulpes comest, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32.—

Transf.: vulpes marina, a kind of shark: Squalus alopecia, Linn.; Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145.