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  • 1 tueor

        tueor tūtus, ērī, dep.,    to look at, gaze upon, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine: tuendo Terribilīs oculos, voltum, etc., V.: Talia dicentem iam dudum aversa tuetur, V.—Fig., to keep in mind, regard: quod ego tuebar ac si usus essem. —To look to, care for, watch over, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect: id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse: eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praeesse: personam in re p.: simulacrum pristinae dignitatis: aedem Castoris habuere tuendam, to maintain: Servilio media pugna tuenda data, L.: copias: castra, Cs.: oram maritimam, Cs.: finīs ab excursionibus: A furibus domum, Ph.: alquos contra illius audaciam: se adversus Romanos, L.: turris tuenda ad omnīs repentinos casūs, Cs.: Numidas in proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt, S.
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    I
    tueri, tuitus sum V DEP
    see, look at; protect, watch; uphold
    II
    tueri, tutus sum V DEP
    see, look at; protect, watch; uphold

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  • 2 retineō

        retineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [re-+teneo], to hold back, keep back, keep, detain, retain, restrain: me, T.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Cs.: in loco milites, Cs.: venit id tempus, ut retinendus esset, must be kept (to dinner): biduum tempestate retentus, detained, Cs.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines: euntem, O.: consulem, L.: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security, L.: manūs ab ore, O.— To hold fast, keep possession of, retain, keep: arcum manu: retentā utrāque nave, Cs.: mansuetudine provinciam: oppidum, Cs.—Fig., to hold in check, keep within bounds, restrain, check, repress: Pudore liberos, i. e. control, T.: cursum in suā potestate: Gaudia, O.: verba dolore, O.: quos natura retinere in officio non potuisset: si ab hostibus metu retenti sumus, L.: lingua retenta metu, O.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum inrumperent, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, retain: amicos observantiā: gravitatem: ferociam animi in voltu, S.: proeliorum memoriam, Cs.: Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, H.— To keep, preserve, maintain, uphold: retinere in vitā: integram causam: suum ius: pristinam virtutem, Cs.: caritatem in pastores: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae: vehementer id retinebatur, ne, etc., was insisted on. —To occupy, engross, fix the attention of: studium in legendo erectum retinetur: animos hominum in legendo: Ore suo volucrīs vagas, O.
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    retinere, retinui, retentus V
    hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve

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  • 3 sustentō

        sustentō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [sustineo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, support, prop, sustain: fratrem dextrā, V.: aegre seque et arma, Cu.—Fig., to keep up, uphold, sustain, maintain, cherish, support, bear, uplift, preserve: imbecillitatem valetudinis tuae: valetudo sustentatur notitiā sui corporis: me una consolatio sustentat, quod, etc.: spes inopiam sustentabat, Cs.: Venus Troianas sustentat opes, V.— To feed, nourish, support, sustain, maintain: familiam, T.: idem (aër) spiritu ductus sustentat animantīs: se subsidiis patrimoni: eo (frumento) sustentata est plebs, L.: luxuriem domestico lenocinio.— To bear, hold out, endure, suffer: quorum auxiliis, si qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint, Cs.: macrorem doloremque: aegre is dies sustentatur, Cs.: aegre eo die sustentatum est, a defence was made, Cs.— To put off, defer, delay: aedificationem ad tuum adventum: id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest.— To check, hold back, restrain: milites, paulisper ab rege sustentati, S.
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    sustentare, sustentavi, sustentatus V
    endure, hold out

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  • 4 sustineō

        sustineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [subs (see sub)+ teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain: umeris bovem: arma membraque, L.: infirmos baculo artūs, O.: manibus clipeos, O.: lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, H.: aër volatūs alitum sustinet: iam se sustinere non posse, i. e. to stand, Cs.: se a lapsu, L.: se alis, O.— To hold back, keep in, stay, check, restrain, control: currum equosque: remos: manum, O.: a iugulo dextram, V.: aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit, L.: perterritum exercitum, Cs.: se ab omni adsensu, i. e. refrain. —Fig., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve: civitatis dignitatem et decus: causam publicam: trīs personas, characters: (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram, V.— To furnish with means of support, nourish, sustain, support, maintain: hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur ac sustinemur: qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere: meretriculae munificentiā sustineri, L.: hinc patriam parvosque Penatīs Sustinet, V.: plebem, L.— To bear, undergo, endure, tolerate, hold out, withstand: sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: nec sustinuissent Romani, nisi, etc., L.: labores: certamen, L.: vim hostium, N.: volnera, Cs.: senatus querentes eos non sustinuit, L.: iusta petentem deam, O.: ultra certamen, sustain the conflict longer, L.: sustineri ira non potuit, quin, etc., L.: non artūs Sustinuit spectare parens, O.: nec sustinet ullus queri, O.: conloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit, Cu.: quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit, presumed, O.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus... non credidisse?— To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain, keep back: est igitur prudentis sustinere impetum benevolentiae: hostium impetum, Cs.: consilio bellum, avoided, L. — To put off, defer, delay: sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani: ad noctem oppugnationem, Cs.: rem in noctem, L.
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    sustinere, sustinui, sustentus V
    support; check; put off; put up with; sustain; hold back

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  • 5 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 6 sustento

    sustento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [sustineo], to hold up or upriqht, to uphold, support, prop, sustain (syn. sustineo).
    I.
    Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    multos per annos Sustentata ruet moles et machina mundi,

    Lucr. 5, 96: Hercule quondam [p. 1822] Sustentante polum, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 143:

    Alcanor fratrem ruentem Sustentat dextrā,

    Verg. A. 10, 339:

    in Tiberim abjectum,

    Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

    naufraga sustentant... vela (i. e. navem) Lacones,

    Claud. B. Gild. 222; cf.:

    aegre seque et arma sustentans,

    Curt. 8, 4, 15.—
    B.
    To bear, wear:

    catenas,

    Vop. Aur. 34.—
    II.
    Trop., to keep up, uphold, sustain, maintain, support, bear, uplift, preserve (class. and freq.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    exsanguem jam et jacentem (civitatem),

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

    rem publicam,

    id. Mur. 2, 3:

    imbecillitatem valetudinis tuae sustenta et tuere,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

    valetudo sustentatur notitiā sui corporis,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 86; Vell. 2, 114, 1:

    Terentiam, unam omnium aerumnosissimam, sustentes tuis officiis,

    Cic. Att. 3, 23, 5:

    tu velim tete tuā virtute sustentes,

    id. Fam. 6, 4, 5:

    me una consolatio sustentat, quod, etc.,

    id. Mil. 36, 100:

    per omnis difficultates animo me sustentavi,

    Quint. 12, prooem. §

    1: litteris sustentor et recreor,

    Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

    praeclarā conscientiā sustentor, cum cogito, etc.,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 5:

    Pompeius intellegit, C. Catonem a Crasso sustentari,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4:

    jurisconsultus, non suo artificio sed alieno sustentatus,

    id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    amicos suos fide,

    id. Rab. Post. 2, 4:

    si qua spes reliqua est, quae fortium civium mentes cogitationesque sustentet,

    id. Fl. 2, 3:

    spes inopiam sustentabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

    res publica magnis meis laboribus sustentata,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 3:

    Venus Trojanas sustentat opes,

    Verg. A. 10, 609:

    multa virum meritis sustentat fama tropaeis,

    upholds, id. ib. 11, 224:

    Arminius manu, voce, vulnere sustentabat pugnam,

    kept up, maintained, Tac. A. 2, 17:

    aciem,

    id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. H. 2, 15.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To support, sustain, maintain, preserve by food, money, or other means:

    familiam,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 36:

    cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

    idem (aër) spiritu ductus alit et sustentat animantis,

    id. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

    qui se subsidiis patrimonii aut amicorum liberalitate sustentant,

    id. Prov. Cons. 5, 12:

    eo (frumento) sustentata est plebs,

    Liv. 2, 34, 5:

    sustentans fovensque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 3:

    saucios largitione et curā,

    Tac. A. 4, 63 fin.:

    animus nullā re egens aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; cf.:

    furtim rapta sustentat pectora terra,

    refreshes, Stat. Th. 6, 875:

    parsimoniam patrum suis sumptibus,

    Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

    tenuitatem alicujus,

    id. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    egestatem et luxuriem domestico lenocinio sustentavit,

    id. Red. Sen. 5, 11:

    Glycera venditando coronas sustentaverat paupertatem,

    Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 125; cf.:

    ut milites pecore ex longinquioribus vicis adacto extremam famem sustentarent,

    Caes. B.G. 7, 17.—Mid.:

    mutando sordidas merces sustentabatur,

    supported himself, got a living, Tac. A. 4, 13; for which in the act. form: Ge. Valuistin' bene? Pa. Sustentavi sedulo, I have taken good care of myself, have kept myself in good case, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 8; cf. impers. pass.: Ge. Valuistin' usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. ib. 3, 2, 14. —
    2.
    To keep in check, hold back, restrain:

    milites, paulisper ab rege sustentati, paucis amissis profugi discedunt,

    Sall. J. 56, 6; cf. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 82: aquas, Auct. Cons. Liv. 221. —
    3.
    To bear, hold out, endure, suffer (rare but class.;

    syn.: fero, patior): miserias plurimas,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 3:

    moerorem doloremque,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 89. — Absol. (sc. morbum), Suet. Tib. 72:

    procellas invidiae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 265:

    aegre is dies sustentatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 39:

    quorum auxiliis atque opibus, si qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint,

    id. ib. 2, 14 fin.—Impers. pass.:

    aegre eo die sustentatum est,

    a defence was made, Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

    hostem,

    Tac. A. 15, 10 fin.:

    bellum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 2: impetus legionum, Auct. B. Hisp. 17, 3. — Absol.:

    nec, nisi in tempore subventum foret, ultra sustentaturi fuerint,

    Liv. 34, 18, 2. —
    4.
    To put off, defer, delay (Ciceron.;

    syn. prolato): rem, dum, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    aedificationem ad tuum adventum,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 7:

    id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest... celeriter vobis vindicandum est,

    id. Cat. 4, 3, 6; cf. Ov. R. Am. 405.

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  • 7 sustineo

    sustĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [subs for sub, and teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, to bear up, keep up, support, sustain (syn. fulcio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    onus alicui,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68:

    quantum hominum terra sustinet,

    id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Men. 1, 1, 13:

    cum Milo umeris sustineret bovem vivum,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

    arma membraque,

    Liv. 23, 45, 3; Curt. 6, 1, 11; 7, 5, 8:

    infirmos baculo artus,

    to support, Ov. M. 6, 27:

    furcis spectacula,

    Liv. 1, 35, 9:

    ingenuā speculum manu,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 216:

    fornice exstructo, quo pons sustinebatur, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 4: manibus clipeos et hastam Et galeam,

    Ov. H. 3, 119:

    vix populum tellus sustinet illa suum,

    id. ib. 15 (16), 182:

    lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 117:

    vas ad sustinenda opsonia,

    Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140:

    aër volatus alitum sustinet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: lacus omnia illata pondera sustinens, bearing on its surface, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 127:

    ecce populus Romanus universus veluti duobus navigiis inpositus binis cardinibus sustinetur,

    id. 36, 15, 24, § 119:

    domum pluribus adminiculis fulcit ac sustinet,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3: se, to support one ' s self, hold one ' s self up, stand, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 25; so,

    se a lapsu,

    Liv. 21, 35:

    se alis,

    Ov. M. 4, 411. —
    B.
    In partic., to hold or keep back, to keep in, stay, check, restrain, control, etc. (syn.: refreno, supprimo, moror): currum equosque, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    currum,

    id. Lael. 17, 63 (v. infra, II. B. 3.):

    equos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    remos,

    Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

    manum,

    Ov. F. 5, 302:

    sustinet a jugulo dextram,

    Verg. A. 11, 750:

    a jugulo nitentem sustinet hastam,

    Stat. Th. 2, 648:

    flumina Threiciā lyrā,

    Prop. 3, 2, 2 (4, 1, 42):

    nunc agendo, nunc sustinendo agmen,

    Liv. 25, 36, 1:

    aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit,

    id. 5, 39, 2:

    signa,

    id. 31, 24, 8:

    gradum,

    Ov. F. 6, 398:

    perterritum exercitum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 71:

    se,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Val. Fl. 3, 100:

    se ab omni assensu,

    i. e. to refrain, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

    se a respondendo,

    id. ib. 2, 32, 104. — Poet.:

    celeres vias,

    i. e. to halt, Sen. Hippol. 794.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve:

    dignitatem et decus civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    causam rei publicae,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 2; cf.:

    causam publicam,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

    exspectationem,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

    tris personas unus sustineo,

    characters, id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:

    personam magistri,

    to personate, Suet. Gram. 24:

    quid muneris in rem publicam fungi ac sustinere velitis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

    historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100: vitam, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.— Poet.:

    (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram,

    Verg. G. 2, 297.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sustain, support, maintain, by food, money, or other means:

    hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur et sustinemur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, § 11:

    veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fortunā, fide,

    id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

    qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere,

    id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

    alicujus munificentiā sustineri,

    Liv. 39, 9, 6:

    hinc patriam parvosque nepotes Sustinet,

    Verg. G. 2, 515:

    necessitates aliorum,

    Liv. 6, 15, 9:

    plebem,

    id. 3, 65, 6:

    penuriam temporum,

    Col. 9, 14, 17.—
    2.
    To bear, undergo, endure; to hold out against, withstand (so most freq.;

    syn.: fero, tolero, patior): mala ferre sustinereque,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    non tu scis, quantum malarum rerum sustineam,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 8:

    innocens suspitionem hanc sustinet causā meā,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 32:

    labores,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

    aestatem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 39, 3:

    dolorem pedum,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 8:

    certamen,

    Liv. 33, 36, 12:

    vim hostium,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    periculum,

    Dig. 18, 6, 1:

    o dii, quis hujus potentiam poterit sustinere?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

    alicujus imperia,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    vulnera,

    id. ib. 1, 45:

    Philo ea sustinere vix poterat, quae contra Academicorum pertinaciam dicebantur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    Peloponnesum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7: eos (rogantes), Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3; Liv. 31, 13:

    senatus querentes eos non sustinuit,

    id. 31, 13, 4:

    justa petentem deam,

    Ov. M. 14, 788:

    ferrum ignemque Jovemque,

    id. ib. 13, 385 et saep.— Absol.: expectes et sustineas necesse est, Mart. 9, 3, 13:

    neque jam sustineri poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 12, 6, 4; Liv. 29, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    With obj.-clause (mostly with a negative: non sustinet, he cannot bear, cannot endure; he does not take upon himself, does not venture):

    non sustineo esse conscius mihi dissimulati judicii mei,

    Quint. 3, 6, 64:

    non impositos supremis ignibus artus Sustinuit spectare parens,

    Ov. M. 13, 584;

    so negatively,

    id. ib. 1, 530; 6, 367; 6, 606; 9, 439; 10, 47; id. F. 4, 850; Vell. 2, 86, 2. —

    In a negative interrog.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus, etc.... non credidisse? tantae populi Romani voluntati restitisse? Sustineant. Reperiemus, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    hoc quidem quis hominum sustineat petulans esse ad alterius arbitrium?

    Quint. 12, 9, 10; 3, 6, 64:

    deserere officii sui partes,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16; 9, 13, 6:

    Parmenionem rursus castigare non sustinebat,

    Curt. 4, 13, 8; 6, 1, 15:

    nec solus bibere sustineo,

    id. 7, 5, 12; 7, 6, 15; 8, 5, 7; Vell. 2, 86, 2; Suet. Caes. 75.—Affirmatively:

    quem in vinculis habituri erant, sustinuere venerari,

    Curt. 5, 10, 13:

    colloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit,

    id. 6, 8, 16; 7, 5, 38; 10, 5, 25:

    quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit,

    took upon herself, presumed, Ov. M. 11, 322; so,

    sustinet ire illuc,

    id. ib. 4, 447; 6, 563; id. H. 5, 32; Phaedr. 4, 16, 8: aliquem videre, Auct. Cons. Liv. 135:

    si quis aquam... haurire sustineat,

    Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 64:

    mentiri,

    Petr. 116.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain; to keep back, put off, defer, delay:

    est igitur prudentis sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63; so,

    impetum hostis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 26; 2, 11;

    3, 2 et saep.: subitas hostium incursiones,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; cf.:

    Curio praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    bellum consilio,

    Liv. 3, 60, 1:

    assensus lubricos,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

    sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani,

    id. Att. 12, 51, 3:

    oppugnationem ad noctem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 6:

    rem in noctem,

    Liv. 5, 35, 7:

    iram,

    id. 2, 19, 4.

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  • 8 teneo

    tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

    tetinerit,

    Att. ib. 178, 12:

    tetinisse,

    Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
    I.
    Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

    argentum,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

    cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

    for which: aliquid manu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

    aliquid dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 99:

    digitis,

    id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

    lacertis,

    id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

    radicem ore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    cibum ore,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: decoctum diu in ore,

    Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

    aliquem in sinu,

    Ov. H. 3, 114;

    for which: aliquem sinu,

    id. ib. 13, 157:

    flabellulum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    facem,

    Verg. A. 6, 224:

    telum,

    Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

    philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

    cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

    id. Clu. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

    possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

    Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

    colles praesidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

    Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

    tenente Caesare terras,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

    summam imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

    equitum centurias,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

    alterum cornu,

    to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

    provincias aliaque omnia,

    Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

    Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

    Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

    teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

    et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

    Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

    teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
    b.
    With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

    legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    montes teneri,

    id. B. G. 3, 2:

    haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    Capitolia celsa tenebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    quo teneam Protea nodo?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

    te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

    id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

    in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

    at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

    Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

    Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    agri qui diu aquam tenent,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

    classem ibi tenebat,

    Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

    vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

    cursum,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

    quo iter,

    Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

    (lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

    Lucr. 5, 714:

    tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

    Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
    c.
    With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

    montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

    Liv. 1, 37, 4:

    regionem,

    id. 30, 25, 11:

    Tenum,

    id. 36, 21, 1:

    terram,

    id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

    26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

    Ov. F. 1, 498:

    portus,

    id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

    cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

    id. H. 2, 9.—
    d.
    With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

    naves, quae vento tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

    si id te non tenet, advola,

    id. Fam. 16, 19:

    septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

    id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

    Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

    Liv. 24, 20, 7:

    non tenebo te pluribus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

    ne diutius teneam,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19 med.:

    tene linguam,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    pecus omne tenendum,

    Verg. G. 2, 371:

    vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

    manus,

    id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

    manum stomachumque teneto,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

    saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

    id. C. 1, 18, 13:

    et Phoebi tenuere viam,

    i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

    quo me decet usque teneri?

    Verg. A. 5, 384:

    lacrimas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

    lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

    Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
    (β).
    Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

    Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

    nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

    id. 3, 26, 3:

    Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

    id. 23, 26, 2:

    se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

    ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

    mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

    id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

    se intra silentium tenuit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

    multum me intra silentium tenui,

    id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

    percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

    tenes, quid dicam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

    teneo,

    I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

    teneo quid erret,

    id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

    quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

    quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    alicujus reconditos sensus,

    id. Sest. 10, 22:

    quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

    et teneo melius ista,

    Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

    nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

    cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
    b.
    To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

    sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

    portum,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    statum,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    si jus suum populi teneant,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

    nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    morem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

    foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

    id. Sen. 11, 37:

    silentium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
    c.
    To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

    illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

    hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

    illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

    quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

    id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

    propositum tenere,

    to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

    suas leges,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

    causam apud centumviros,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    locum quendam cum aliquo,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

    plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

    Liv. 4, 30, 16:

    ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

    id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

    tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

    Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
    d.
    Of memory:

    alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

    to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

    memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

    you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

    memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

    satin' haec meministi et tenes?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    Verg. E. 9, 45:

    dicta tenere,

    Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

    quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
    e.
    To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

    per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

    Liv. 4, 3, 12:

    teneri res aliter non potest,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    multa tenuisse,

    Liv. 42, 11, 8:

    causam,

    Ov. M. 13, 190.—
    f.
    To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

    refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    dolorem,

    id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    cupiditates,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

    somnum,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    risum,

    id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

    iram,

    Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

    to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
    g.
    Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

    quamquam leges eum non tenent,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

    interdicto non teneri,

    id. Caecin. 14, 41:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

    Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

    olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

    cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

    Liv. 3, 55, 3:

    teneri alienis foederibus,

    id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

    to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

    caedis teneri,

    Quint. 5, 14, 11:

    teneri repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

    furti,

    Dig. 6, 1, 4:

    injuriarum,

    ib. 47, 10, 11:

    mandati,

    ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

    nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
    h.
    Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

    quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

    has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    magna me spes tenet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

    si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

    Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

    teneri desiderio,

    id. Sen. 10, 33:

    studio philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    magno amore,

    Verg. A. 1, 675:

    pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

    to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

    ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
    k.
    To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

    haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

    ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

    dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
    II.
    Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

    quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

    Liv. 32, 5, 12:

    duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

    id. 3, 62, 7:

    tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 505.—
    2.
    For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

    Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

    Liv. 1, 1, 4:

    Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

    Liv. 31, 45, 14:

    ad Mendaeum,

    id. 21, 49, 2:

    Diam,

    Ov. M. 3, 690:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 13, 706:

    Hesperiam,

    id. F. 1, 498:

    Ausoniam,

    id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

    medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

    Ov. M. 2, 140.—
    B.
    Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

    imber per noctem totam tenuit,

    Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

    incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

    id. 24, 47, 15:

    per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

    tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

    id. 1, 17, 6:

    fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

    id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

    tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

    consuetudo, ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 2:

    nomen illud tenet,

    id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

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  • 9 fulciō

        fulciō fulsī, fultus, īre,    to prop up, keep up by props, stay, support: porticum: caelum vertice, V.: vitis, nisi fulta sit, fertur ad terram: pravis fultus male talis, supported, H.: fultus toro meliore, resting on, Iu.: caput fultum, bolstered, V.: fultos obice postīs, fastened, V.: pedibus pruinas, to press, Pr.—Fig., to support, sustain, uphold: amicum labentem: prope cadentem rem p.: consulum ruinas virtute: totis viribus fulta hostium acies, L.: recentibus subsidiis fulta acies, L.: causa gravissimis rebus est fulta.
    * * *
    fulcire, fulsi, fultus V
    prop up, support

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  • 10 obtineō (opt-)

        obtineō (opt-) tinuī, tentus, ēre    [ob+teneo], to hold fast, have, occupy, possess, preserve, keep, maintain: quas (regiones) Suebi obtinerent, Cs.: Galliam armis, L.: cum imperio Hispaniam citeriorem, be governor in: ex quā insulā nummus nullus, me obtinente, erogabatur, during my administration.—To maintain, keep, preserve, uphold: ad obtinendos exercitūs evocari, Cs.: necessitudinem cum publicanis: pol Crito antiquom obtines, your old self, T.: causam, maintain, Cs.: noctem insequentem eadem caligo obtinuit, prevailed during, L.: quae (fama) plerosque obtinet, is generally accepted, S.: quod fama obtinuit, L.: proverbi locum, i. e. to become proverbial: numerum deorum, be numbered among: pontem, would not yield, L.—To assert, maintain, show, prove, demonstrate: possumus hoc teste... quod dicimus, obtinere?: duas contrarias sententias.—To get possession of, gain, acquire, obtain: malas causas, gained: Romani si rem obtinuerint, gained the victory, Cs.— To bring about, bring to pass, obtain: ut consulerentur patres, L.

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  • 11 fulcio

    to support, strengthen, uphold/ to besiege, oppress.

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  • 12 fulcio

    fulcĭo, fulsi, fultum, 4 (late form perf. FVLCIVIT, Inscr. ap. Mur. 466, 3.— Part. perf.:

    fulcītus,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 46), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf.: falx, flccto; Corss. refers it to root dhar-; v. firmus, Ausspr. 1, 476], to prop up, to keep upright by props, to stay, support (class.; syn.: sustento, sustineo, munio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui fulcire putatur porticum Stoicorum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75:

    aliquid trabibus,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 89:

    Atlas, caelum qui vertice fulcit,

    Verg. A. 4, 247:

    vitis nisi fulta est, fertur ad terram,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

    ruentes ceras,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23:

    illum Balbutit Scaurum pravis fultum male talis,

    supported, Hor. S. 1, 3, 48; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 88:

    quod non Taenariis domus est mihi fulta columnis,

    Prop. 3 (4), 1, 49:

    longis Numidarum fulta columnis cenatio,

    Juv. 7, 182; 3, 193:

    si mutuatus pecuniam aedificia ruentia fulserit,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 73:

    me prior fultusque toro meliore,

    Juv. 3, 82: et pulvino fultus, supported by, resting on the pillow, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 53:

    ille (juvencus) latus niveum molli fultus byacintho,

    Verg. E. 6, 53; cf. effultus; so absol.:

    colloco, fulcio,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 10:

    caput nivei fultum Pallantis,

    propped up, bolstered, Verg. A. 11, 39.— Impers.:

    sat sic fultumst mihi,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 37.— Poet.:

    tu (potes) pedibus teneris positas fulcire pruinas?

    i. e. to tread the fallen snow, Prop. 1, 8, 7:

    stant fulti pulvere crines,

    supported, stiffened, Stat. Th. 3, 326.—
    B.
    Transf., to make strong or fast, to fasten, secure, support, strengthen ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    fultosque emuniit obice postes,

    fastened, guarded, Verg. A. 8, 227; cf.:

    appositā janua fulta serā,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 244:

    et dura janua fulta sera,

    Tib. 1, 2, 6:

    omnia debet cibus integrare novando Et fulcire cibus, cibus omnia sustentare,

    to support, strengthen, Lucr. 2, 1147:

    stomachum cibo,

    Sen. Ep. 68 med.:

    venas cadentes vino,

    id. ib. 95; cf. Col. 6, 24, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To support, sustain, uphold:

    veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fortuna, fide,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43; cf.:

    labantem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

    id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

    domum pluribus adminiculis ante fundatam fulcit ac sustinet,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3;

    cf: ingenia rudia nullisque artium bonarum adminiculis fulta,

    Gell. 6, 2, 8:

    hoc consilio et quasi senatu fultus et munitus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    aliquem litteris,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 14:

    magnis subsidiis fulta res publica est,

    id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    imperium gloria fultum et benevolentiā sociorum,

    id. Off. 3, 22, 88:

    his fultus societatibus atque amicitiis,

    Liv. 42, 12, 8; 3, 60, 9; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 11; cf.:

    quia nullis recentibus subsidiis fulta prima acies fuit,

    Liv. 9, 32, 9:

    quo praesidio cum fulta res Romana esset,

    id. 7, 12, 8:

    causa Gaditanorum gravissimis et plurimis rebus est fulta,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 35:

    serie fulcite genus,

    i. e. to keep up, preserve, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 69.—
    * B.
    Poet., to besiege, oppress:

    (Pacuvii) Antiopa aerumnis cor luctificabile fulta,

    Pers. 1, 78 (perh. a word of Pacuv.).

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  • 13 luctor

    luctor, ātus, 1 ( part. gen. plur. luctantūm, Prop. 4 (5), 22, 9; act. collat. form: viri validis viribus luctant, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 8: plurimum luctavimus, Plaut. ap. Non. 468, 32; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, § 61 Müll.:

    dum luctat,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31), v. dep. [lucta, q. v.], to wrestle.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ibi cursu luctando disco hasta... sese exercebant (juventus),

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24:

    luctabitur Olympiis Milo,

    Cic. Fat. 13:

    fulvā luctantur harenā,

    Verg. A. 6, 643:

    luctabatur adsidue,

    Suet. Ner. 53:

    paucae (feminae) luctantur,

    Juv. 2, 53:

    umeris, ut luctaturi solent, ad occipitium ductis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 160.—
    B.
    Transf, to wrestle, struggle, strive, contend.
    a.
    Of living creatures:

    in pestilenti atque arido solo luctari,

    Liv. 7, 38, 7:

    boves luctari,

    Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177:

    luctandum in turbā,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 28:

    inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi,

    Verg. G. 2, 526:

    non luctor de nomine hujus temporis,

    Ov. F. 6, 69.—
    (β).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    et infracta luctatur harundine telum Eripere,

    Verg. A. 12, 387:

    deducere versum,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 13:

    compescere risum,

    id. H. 17, 161; id. M. 15, 300.—
    b.
    Of inanimate things:

    et in lento luctantur marmore tonsae,

    Verg. A, 7, 28:

    tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 147:

    luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 15; cf.:

    luctantes venti,

    Verg. A. 1, 53.—
    2.
    In partic., in mal. part.:

    cum aliquo,

    Prop. 2, 1, 13.—
    II.
    Trop., of mental or moral strife, to struggle, strive, contend:

    non luctabor tecum amplius,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74:

    cum aliquo luctari,

    id. Sull. 16, 47:

    Plancus diu, quarum esset partium secum luctatus,

    Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 28:

    cum latentibus nodis,

    Curt. 3, 1, 18:

    cum ardore et siccitate regionis,

    id. 4, 7, 7.—
    (β).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    luctataeque diu tenebris hiemique sibique,

    Stat. Th. 11, 522:

    crudo pelago,

    Sil. 14, 453:

    morti,

    id. 10, 296.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    ignis viridi luctetur robore,

    Luc. 3, 503; Vell. 2, 86, 2.—Hence, luctans, antis, P. a., struggling, reluctant:

    luctantia oscula carpere,

    Ov. M. 4, 358:

    composuit luctantia lumina somnus,

    Sil. 7, 204.—
    B.
    In partic., as subst., of cross-beams, rafters, because they oppose and uphold each other like wrestlers, Isid. Orig. 19, 19.

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  • 14 tueor

    tŭĕor, tuĭtus, 2 ( perf. only post-Aug., Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 10; collat. form tūtus, in the part., rare, Sall. J. 74, 3; Front. Strat. 2, 12, 13; but constantly in the P. a.; inf. parag. tuerier, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35; collat. form acc. to the 3d conj. tŭor, Cat. 20, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 151:

    tuĕris,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

    tuimur,

    Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 224; 4, 449;

    6, 934: tuamur,

    id. 4, 361:

    tuantur,

    id. 4, 1004; imper. tuĕre, id. 5, 318), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to see, to look or gaze upon, to watch, view; hence, pregn., to see or look to, to defend, protect, etc.: tueri duo significat; unum ab aspectu, unde est Ennii illud: tueor te senex? pro Juppiter! (Trag. v. 225 Vahl.);

    alterum a curando ac tutela, ut cum dicimus bellum tueor et tueri villam,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. sq.—Accordingly,
    I.
    To look at, gaze at, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine, etc. (only poet.; syn.: specto, adspicio, intueor): quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 32; 414, 3:

    e tenebris, quae sunt in luce, tuemur,

    Lucr. 4, 312:

    ubi nil aliud nisi aquam caelumque tuentur,

    id. 4, 434:

    caeli templa,

    id. 6, 1228 al.:

    tuendo Terribiles oculos, vultum, etc.,

    Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 713:

    talia dicentem jam dudum aversa tuetur,

    id. ib. 4, 362:

    transversa tuentibus hircis,

    id. E. 3, 8:

    acerba tuens,

    looking fiercely, Lucr. 5, 33; cf. Verg. A. 9, 794:

    torva,

    id. ib. 6, 467.—
    (β).
    With object-clause:

    quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur (homines), etc.,

    Lucr. 1, 152; 6, 50; 6, 1163.—
    II.
    Pregn., to look to, care for, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect, etc. (the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf.:

    curo, conservo, tutor, protego, defendo): videte, ne... vobis turpissimum sit, id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    ut quisque eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praefuerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, 140:

    omnia,

    id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

    mores et instituta vitae resque domesticas ac familiares,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

    societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

    concordiam,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 10: rem et gratiam et auctoritatem suam, id. Fam. 13, 49, 1:

    dignitatem,

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    L. Paulus personam principis civis facile dicendo tuebatur,

    id. Brut. 20, 80:

    personam in re publicā,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 29; cf.: tuum munus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1:

    tueri et sustinere simulacrum pristinae dignitatis,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

    aedem Castoris P. Junius habuit tuendam,

    to keep in good order, id. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

    Bassum ut incustoditum nimis et incautum,

    id. Ep. 6, 29, 10:

    libertatem,

    Tac. A. 3, 27; 14, 60:

    se, vitam corpusque tueri,

    to keep, preserve, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    antea majores copias alere poterat, nunc exiguas vix tueri potest,

    id. Deiot. 8, 22:

    se ac suos tueri,

    Liv. 5, 4, 5:

    sex legiones (re suā),

    Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45:

    armentum paleis,

    Col. 6, 3, 3:

    se ceteris armis prudentiae tueri atque defendere,

    to guard, protect, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172; cf.:

    tuemini castra et defendite diligenter,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 94:

    suos fines,

    id. B. G. 4, 8:

    portus,

    id. ib. 5, 8:

    oppidum unius legionis praesidio,

    id. B. C. 2, 23:

    oram maritimam,

    id. ib. 3, 34:

    impedimenta,

    to cover, protect, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2.—With ab and abl.:

    fines suos ab excursionibus et latrociniis,

    Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

    domum a furibus,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: mare ab hostibus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 2.—With contra:

    quos non parsimoniā tueri potuit contra illius audaciam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

    liberūm nostrorum pueritiam contra inprobitatem magistratuum,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153; Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Tac. A. 6, 47 (41).—With adversus:

    tueri se adversus Romanos,

    Liv. 25, 11, 7:

    nostra adversus vim atque injuriam,

    id. 7, 31, 3:

    adversus Philippum tueri Athenas,

    id. 31, 9, 3; 42, 46, 9; 42, 23, 6:

    arcem adversus tres cohortes tueri,

    Tac. H. 3, 78; Just. 17, 3, 22; 43, 3, 4.—In part. perf.:

    Verres fortiter et industrie tuitus contra piratas Siciliam dicitur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 35 (al. tutatus):

    Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

    Sall. J. 74, 3.
    ► 1.
    Act. form tŭĕo, ēre:

    censores vectigalia tuento,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    ROGO PER SVPEROS, QVI ESTIS, OSSA MEA TVEATIS,

    Inscr. Orell. 4788.—
    2.
    tŭĕor, ēri, in pass. signif.:

    majores nostri in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his tuebantur,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 4; Lucr. 4, 361:

    consilio et operā curatoris tueri debet non solum patrimonium, sed et corpus et salus furiosi,

    Dig. 27, 10, 7:

    voluntas testatoris ex bono et aequo tuebitur,

    ib. 28, 3, 17.—Hence, tūtus, a, um, P. a. (prop. well seen to or guarded; hence), safe, secure, out of danger (cf. securus, free from fear).
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta... contra tuam cupiditatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

    cum victis nihil tutum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    nec se satis tutum fore arbitratur,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; cf.:

    me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 63; Ov. M. 8, 368:

    tutus bos rura perambulat,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 17:

    quis locus tam firmum habuit praesidium, ut tutus esset?

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

    mare tutum praestare,

    id. Fl. 13, 31:

    sic existimabat tutissimam fore Galliam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 54:

    nemus,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 5:

    via fugae,

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 44; cf.:

    commodior ac tutior receptus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    perfugium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

    tutum iter et patens,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 7:

    tutissima custodia,

    Liv. 31, 23, 9:

    praesidio nostro pasci genus esseque tutum,

    Lucr. 5, 874:

    vitam consistere tutam,

    id. 6, 11:

    tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam hominum reddere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: est et fideli tuta silentio Merces, secure, sure (diff. from certa, definite, certain), Hor. C. 3, 2, 25:

    tutior at quanto merx est in classe secundā!

    id. S. 1, 2, 47:

    non est tua tuta voluntas,

    not without danger, Ov. M. 2, 53:

    in audaces non est audacia tuta,

    id. ib. 10, 544:

    externā vi non tutus modo rex, sed invictus,

    Curt. 6, 7, 1:

    vel tutioris audentiae est,

    Quint. 12, prooem. §

    4: cogitatio tutior,

    id. 10, 7, 19:

    fuit brevitas illa tutissima,

    id. 10, 1, 39:

    regnum et diadema tutum Deferens uni,

    i. e. that cannot be taken away, Hor. C. 2, 2, 21: male tutae mentis Orestes, i. e. unsound, = male sanae, id. S. 2, 3, 137: quicquid habes, age, Depone tutis auribus, qs. carefully guarded, i. e. safe, faithful, id. C. 1, 27, 18 (cf. the opp.: auris rimosa, id. S. 2, 6, 46).— Poet., with gen.:

    (pars ratium) tuta fugae,

    Luc. 9, 346.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.: tutus ab insidiis inimici, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2:

    ab insidiis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 117:

    a periculo,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

    ab hoste,

    Ov. H. 11, 44:

    ab hospite,

    id. M. 1, 144:

    a conjuge,

    id. ib. 8, 316:

    a ferro,

    id. ib. 13, 498:

    a bello, id. H. (15) 16, 344: ab omni injuriā,

    Phaedr. 1, 31, 9.—
    (γ).
    With ad and acc.:

    turrim tuendam ad omnis repentinos casus tradidit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

    ad id, quod ne timeatur fortuna facit, minime tuti sunt homines,

    Liv. 25, 38, 14:

    testudinem tutam ad omnes ictus video esse,

    id. 36, 32, 6.—
    (δ).
    With adversus:

    adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus suum reddere,

    Cels. 5, 23, 3:

    quo tutiores essent adversus ictus sagittarum,

    Curt. 7, 9, 2:

    loci beneficio adversus intemperiem anni tutus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 1:

    per quem tutior adversus casus steti,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2:

    quorum praesidio tutus adversus hostes esse debuerat,

    Just. 10, 1, 7.—
    (ε).
    With abl.: incendio fere tuta est Alexandria, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3.—
    b.
    Tutum est, with a subj. -clause, it is prudent or safe, it is the part of a prudent man:

    si dicere palam parum tutum est,

    Quint. 9, 2, 66; 8, 3, 47; 10, 3, 33:

    o nullis tutum credere blanditiis,

    Prop. 1, 15, 42:

    tutius esse arbitrabantur, obsessis viis, commeatu intercluso sine ullo vulnere victoriā potiri,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24; Quint. 7, 1, 36; 11, 2, 48:

    nobis tutissimum est, auctores plurimos sequi,

    id. 3, 4, 11; 3, 6, 63.—
    2.
    As subst.: tūtum, i, n., a place of safety, a shelter, safety, security: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 42:

    tuta et parvula laudo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 42:

    trepidum et tuta petentem Trux aper insequitur,

    Ov. M. 10, 714:

    in tuto ut collocetur,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11:

    esse in tuto,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

    ut sitis in tuto,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

    in tutum eduxi manipulares meos,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 7:

    in tutum receptus est,

    Liv. 2, 19, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., watchful, careful, cautious, prudent (rare and not ante-Aug.;

    syn.: cautus, prudens): serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

    Hor. A. P. 28:

    tutus et intra Spem veniae cautus,

    id. ib. 266:

    non nisi vicinas tutus ararit aquas,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36:

    id suā sponte, apparebat, tuta celeribus consiliis praepositurum,

    Liv. 22, 38, 13:

    celeriora quam tutiora consilia magis placuere ducibus,

    id. 9, 32, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms, tūtē and tūtō, safely, securely, in safety, without danger.
    a.
    Posit.
    (α).
    Form tute (very rare):

    crede huic tute,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 102:

    eum tute vivere, qui honeste vivat,

    Auct. Her. 3, 5, 9:

    tute cauteque agere,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 13.—
    (β).
    Form tuto (class. in prose and poetry):

    pervenire,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 179:

    dimicare,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    tuto et libere decernere,

    id. B. C. 1, 2:

    ut tuto sim,

    in security, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3:

    ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —
    b.
    Comp.:

    ut in vadis consisterent tutius,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

    tutius et facilius receptus daretur,

    id. B. C. 2, 30:

    tutius ac facilius id tractatur,

    Quint. 5, 5, 1:

    usitatis tutius utimur,

    id. 1, 5, 71:

    ut ubivis tutius quam in meo regno essem,

    Sall. J. 14, 11.—
    c.
    Sup.
    (α).
    Form tutissime: nam te hic tutissime puto fore, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 11, A.—
    (β).
    Form tutissimo:

    quaerere, ubi tutissimo essem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; cf. Charis. p. 173 P.:

    tutissimo infunduntur oboli quattuor,

    Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tueor

  • 15 tutum

    tŭĕor, tuĭtus, 2 ( perf. only post-Aug., Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 10; collat. form tūtus, in the part., rare, Sall. J. 74, 3; Front. Strat. 2, 12, 13; but constantly in the P. a.; inf. parag. tuerier, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35; collat. form acc. to the 3d conj. tŭor, Cat. 20, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 151:

    tuĕris,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

    tuimur,

    Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 224; 4, 449;

    6, 934: tuamur,

    id. 4, 361:

    tuantur,

    id. 4, 1004; imper. tuĕre, id. 5, 318), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to see, to look or gaze upon, to watch, view; hence, pregn., to see or look to, to defend, protect, etc.: tueri duo significat; unum ab aspectu, unde est Ennii illud: tueor te senex? pro Juppiter! (Trag. v. 225 Vahl.);

    alterum a curando ac tutela, ut cum dicimus bellum tueor et tueri villam,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. sq.—Accordingly,
    I.
    To look at, gaze at, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine, etc. (only poet.; syn.: specto, adspicio, intueor): quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 32; 414, 3:

    e tenebris, quae sunt in luce, tuemur,

    Lucr. 4, 312:

    ubi nil aliud nisi aquam caelumque tuentur,

    id. 4, 434:

    caeli templa,

    id. 6, 1228 al.:

    tuendo Terribiles oculos, vultum, etc.,

    Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 713:

    talia dicentem jam dudum aversa tuetur,

    id. ib. 4, 362:

    transversa tuentibus hircis,

    id. E. 3, 8:

    acerba tuens,

    looking fiercely, Lucr. 5, 33; cf. Verg. A. 9, 794:

    torva,

    id. ib. 6, 467.—
    (β).
    With object-clause:

    quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur (homines), etc.,

    Lucr. 1, 152; 6, 50; 6, 1163.—
    II.
    Pregn., to look to, care for, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect, etc. (the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf.:

    curo, conservo, tutor, protego, defendo): videte, ne... vobis turpissimum sit, id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    ut quisque eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praefuerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, 140:

    omnia,

    id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

    mores et instituta vitae resque domesticas ac familiares,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

    societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque,

    id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

    concordiam,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 10: rem et gratiam et auctoritatem suam, id. Fam. 13, 49, 1:

    dignitatem,

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    L. Paulus personam principis civis facile dicendo tuebatur,

    id. Brut. 20, 80:

    personam in re publicā,

    id. Phil. 8, 10, 29; cf.: tuum munus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1:

    tueri et sustinere simulacrum pristinae dignitatis,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

    aedem Castoris P. Junius habuit tuendam,

    to keep in good order, id. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

    Bassum ut incustoditum nimis et incautum,

    id. Ep. 6, 29, 10:

    libertatem,

    Tac. A. 3, 27; 14, 60:

    se, vitam corpusque tueri,

    to keep, preserve, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    antea majores copias alere poterat, nunc exiguas vix tueri potest,

    id. Deiot. 8, 22:

    se ac suos tueri,

    Liv. 5, 4, 5:

    sex legiones (re suā),

    Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45:

    armentum paleis,

    Col. 6, 3, 3:

    se ceteris armis prudentiae tueri atque defendere,

    to guard, protect, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172; cf.:

    tuemini castra et defendite diligenter,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 94:

    suos fines,

    id. B. G. 4, 8:

    portus,

    id. ib. 5, 8:

    oppidum unius legionis praesidio,

    id. B. C. 2, 23:

    oram maritimam,

    id. ib. 3, 34:

    impedimenta,

    to cover, protect, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2.—With ab and abl.:

    fines suos ab excursionibus et latrociniis,

    Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

    domum a furibus,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: mare ab hostibus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 2.—With contra:

    quos non parsimoniā tueri potuit contra illius audaciam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

    liberūm nostrorum pueritiam contra inprobitatem magistratuum,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153; Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Tac. A. 6, 47 (41).—With adversus:

    tueri se adversus Romanos,

    Liv. 25, 11, 7:

    nostra adversus vim atque injuriam,

    id. 7, 31, 3:

    adversus Philippum tueri Athenas,

    id. 31, 9, 3; 42, 46, 9; 42, 23, 6:

    arcem adversus tres cohortes tueri,

    Tac. H. 3, 78; Just. 17, 3, 22; 43, 3, 4.—In part. perf.:

    Verres fortiter et industrie tuitus contra piratas Siciliam dicitur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 35 (al. tutatus):

    Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

    Sall. J. 74, 3.
    ► 1.
    Act. form tŭĕo, ēre:

    censores vectigalia tuento,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    ROGO PER SVPEROS, QVI ESTIS, OSSA MEA TVEATIS,

    Inscr. Orell. 4788.—
    2.
    tŭĕor, ēri, in pass. signif.:

    majores nostri in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his tuebantur,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 4; Lucr. 4, 361:

    consilio et operā curatoris tueri debet non solum patrimonium, sed et corpus et salus furiosi,

    Dig. 27, 10, 7:

    voluntas testatoris ex bono et aequo tuebitur,

    ib. 28, 3, 17.—Hence, tūtus, a, um, P. a. (prop. well seen to or guarded; hence), safe, secure, out of danger (cf. securus, free from fear).
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta... contra tuam cupiditatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

    cum victis nihil tutum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    nec se satis tutum fore arbitratur,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; cf.:

    me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 63; Ov. M. 8, 368:

    tutus bos rura perambulat,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 17:

    quis locus tam firmum habuit praesidium, ut tutus esset?

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

    mare tutum praestare,

    id. Fl. 13, 31:

    sic existimabat tutissimam fore Galliam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 54:

    nemus,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 5:

    via fugae,

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 44; cf.:

    commodior ac tutior receptus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    perfugium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

    tutum iter et patens,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 7:

    tutissima custodia,

    Liv. 31, 23, 9:

    praesidio nostro pasci genus esseque tutum,

    Lucr. 5, 874:

    vitam consistere tutam,

    id. 6, 11:

    tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam hominum reddere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: est et fideli tuta silentio Merces, secure, sure (diff. from certa, definite, certain), Hor. C. 3, 2, 25:

    tutior at quanto merx est in classe secundā!

    id. S. 1, 2, 47:

    non est tua tuta voluntas,

    not without danger, Ov. M. 2, 53:

    in audaces non est audacia tuta,

    id. ib. 10, 544:

    externā vi non tutus modo rex, sed invictus,

    Curt. 6, 7, 1:

    vel tutioris audentiae est,

    Quint. 12, prooem. §

    4: cogitatio tutior,

    id. 10, 7, 19:

    fuit brevitas illa tutissima,

    id. 10, 1, 39:

    regnum et diadema tutum Deferens uni,

    i. e. that cannot be taken away, Hor. C. 2, 2, 21: male tutae mentis Orestes, i. e. unsound, = male sanae, id. S. 2, 3, 137: quicquid habes, age, Depone tutis auribus, qs. carefully guarded, i. e. safe, faithful, id. C. 1, 27, 18 (cf. the opp.: auris rimosa, id. S. 2, 6, 46).— Poet., with gen.:

    (pars ratium) tuta fugae,

    Luc. 9, 346.—
    (β).
    With ab and abl.: tutus ab insidiis inimici, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2:

    ab insidiis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 117:

    a periculo,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

    ab hoste,

    Ov. H. 11, 44:

    ab hospite,

    id. M. 1, 144:

    a conjuge,

    id. ib. 8, 316:

    a ferro,

    id. ib. 13, 498:

    a bello, id. H. (15) 16, 344: ab omni injuriā,

    Phaedr. 1, 31, 9.—
    (γ).
    With ad and acc.:

    turrim tuendam ad omnis repentinos casus tradidit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

    ad id, quod ne timeatur fortuna facit, minime tuti sunt homines,

    Liv. 25, 38, 14:

    testudinem tutam ad omnes ictus video esse,

    id. 36, 32, 6.—
    (δ).
    With adversus:

    adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus suum reddere,

    Cels. 5, 23, 3:

    quo tutiores essent adversus ictus sagittarum,

    Curt. 7, 9, 2:

    loci beneficio adversus intemperiem anni tutus est,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 1:

    per quem tutior adversus casus steti,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2:

    quorum praesidio tutus adversus hostes esse debuerat,

    Just. 10, 1, 7.—
    (ε).
    With abl.: incendio fere tuta est Alexandria, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3.—
    b.
    Tutum est, with a subj. -clause, it is prudent or safe, it is the part of a prudent man:

    si dicere palam parum tutum est,

    Quint. 9, 2, 66; 8, 3, 47; 10, 3, 33:

    o nullis tutum credere blanditiis,

    Prop. 1, 15, 42:

    tutius esse arbitrabantur, obsessis viis, commeatu intercluso sine ullo vulnere victoriā potiri,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24; Quint. 7, 1, 36; 11, 2, 48:

    nobis tutissimum est, auctores plurimos sequi,

    id. 3, 4, 11; 3, 6, 63.—
    2.
    As subst.: tūtum, i, n., a place of safety, a shelter, safety, security: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 42:

    tuta et parvula laudo,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 42:

    trepidum et tuta petentem Trux aper insequitur,

    Ov. M. 10, 714:

    in tuto ut collocetur,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11:

    esse in tuto,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

    ut sitis in tuto,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

    in tutum eduxi manipulares meos,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 7:

    in tutum receptus est,

    Liv. 2, 19, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., watchful, careful, cautious, prudent (rare and not ante-Aug.;

    syn.: cautus, prudens): serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

    Hor. A. P. 28:

    tutus et intra Spem veniae cautus,

    id. ib. 266:

    non nisi vicinas tutus ararit aquas,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36:

    id suā sponte, apparebat, tuta celeribus consiliis praepositurum,

    Liv. 22, 38, 13:

    celeriora quam tutiora consilia magis placuere ducibus,

    id. 9, 32, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms, tūtē and tūtō, safely, securely, in safety, without danger.
    a.
    Posit.
    (α).
    Form tute (very rare):

    crede huic tute,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 102:

    eum tute vivere, qui honeste vivat,

    Auct. Her. 3, 5, 9:

    tute cauteque agere,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 13.—
    (β).
    Form tuto (class. in prose and poetry):

    pervenire,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 179:

    dimicare,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    tuto et libere decernere,

    id. B. C. 1, 2:

    ut tuto sim,

    in security, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3:

    ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —
    b.
    Comp.:

    ut in vadis consisterent tutius,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

    tutius et facilius receptus daretur,

    id. B. C. 2, 30:

    tutius ac facilius id tractatur,

    Quint. 5, 5, 1:

    usitatis tutius utimur,

    id. 1, 5, 71:

    ut ubivis tutius quam in meo regno essem,

    Sall. J. 14, 11.—
    c.
    Sup.
    (α).
    Form tutissime: nam te hic tutissime puto fore, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 11, A.—
    (β).
    Form tutissimo:

    quaerere, ubi tutissimo essem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; cf. Charis. p. 173 P.:

    tutissimo infunduntur oboli quattuor,

    Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tutum

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