vĭtĭo

pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.

pīso, āre and ĕre, v. pinso.

pīso, ōnis, m. [pinso, piso; cf. pistor], a mortar:

marmoreus,

Mart. Emp. 8.

Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia;

v. Calpurnius,

Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109.—Hence,

Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian:

Pisoniana conjuratio,

Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

pīso, āre and ĕre, v. pinso.

pīso, ōnis, m. [pinso, piso; cf. pistor], a mortar:

marmoreus,

Mart. Emp. 8.

Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia;

v. Calpurnius,

Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109.—Hence,

Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian:

Pisoniana conjuratio,

Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

pīso, āre and ĕre, v. pinso.

pīso, ōnis, m. [pinso, piso; cf. pistor], a mortar:

marmoreus,

Mart. Emp. 8.

Pīso, ōnis, m., a Roman surname in the gens Calpurnia;

v. Calpurnius,

Cic. Font. 13, 39; Juv. 5, 109.—Hence,

Pīsōnĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Piso, Pisonian:

Pisoniana conjuratio,

Suet. Ner. 36: Pisoniano vitio, cum loqui nesciret, tacere non potuit (with reference to Cic. Pis. 1, 1, where Cicero charges Piso with lack of eloquence), Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

plĕcto, xi and xŭi, xum, 3, v. a. [root plek-; Gr. plekô, plokê; Lat. plicin sim-plic-is, im-plic-o, etc.; cf. 3. plaga].

To plait, braid, interweave (rare; mostly in the part. perf. and poet.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: plico, flecto, necto].

Lit.:

crines plexueris,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 13:

coronam de spinis,

id. Matt. 27, 29:

plexa colligata significat ex Graeco, cui nos etiam praepositionem adicimus, cum dicimus perplexa,

Fest. p. 230 Müll.:

plexae coronae,

Lucr. 5, 1399:

flores plexi,

Cat. 64, 284:

colligationes,

Vitr. 10, 1.—

Trop.: ple-xus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous (ante-class.): plexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4.—

To twist, bend, turn:

monstrabat vitulus quo se pacto plecteret,

Phaedr. 5, 9, 3 dub. (al. flecteret).

plēcto, ĕre, v. a. [plêttô], to beat, punish; in class. lang. usually in pass., to be punished, suffer punishment, be beaten.

Act. (post-class;

syn. punio): capite aliquem plectere,

Cod. Just. 9, 20, 7: quae sibi ignoscunt et plectunt deum, Aus. Idyll. 6 praef.—

Lit.:

Venusinae Plectantur silvae,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 26:

ego plectar pendens,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43:

tergo plecti,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 105; id. Ep. 1, 2, 14. ut in suo vitio quisque plectatur, Cic. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ut in judiciis culpa plectatur,

id. Clu. 2, 5:

jure igitur plectimur,

id. Off. 2, 8, 28:

multis in rebus neglegentiā plectimur,

because of negligence, id. Lael. 26, 85:

inscia quod crimen viderunt lumina, plector,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 49.—With gen.:

insimulationis falsae plecti,

App. Mag. p. 274, 14. —With abl.:

morte plectendum est (sc. peccatum),

Vulg. Deut. 21, 22.—

Transf., in gen., to blame:

cavit, ne quā in re jure plecteretur,

Nep. Att. 116.

pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308:

posivi,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris,

id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIER unt, Inscr. Orell. 5061:

POSIT, contr. from posivit,

ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = proti, pros, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.

Lit.

In gen.:

tabulas in aerario ponere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

castra,

to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.:

castra iniquo loco,

id. ib. 1, 81:

milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit,

id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

tabulas obsignatas in publico,

Cic. Fl. 9, 21:

sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi,

Liv. 38, 35, 4:

tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur,

Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12:

collum in Pulvere,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.:

artus in litore ponunt,

Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.:

saxo posuit latus,

Val. Fl. 4, 378:

in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt,

seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.—With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione):

Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit,

Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

stipes erat, quem... in flammam triplices posuere sorores,

Ov. M. 8, 452:

omnia pone feros in ignes,

id. R. Am. 719:

oleas in solem,

Cato, R. R. 7:

coronam in caput,

Gell. 3, 15, 3.—With sub and abl.:

pone sub curru nimium propinqui,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

fundamenta,

Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3:

ubi pedem poneret non habebat,

might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

genu or genua,

to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13:

num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit?

id. 4, 6, 28:

oculos,

to cast one's eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6:

faciem,

to turn one's face, id. ib. 42, 15.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops:

ibi praesidium ponit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

praesidium ibi,

id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.:

legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā,

id. ib. 3, 34:

insidias contra aliquem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.—

To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.):

opus,

Ov. M. 8, 160:

templa,

Verg. A. 6, 19:

aras,

id. ib. 3, 404:

tropaeum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so,

in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita,

in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.—

Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art:

Alcimedon duo pocula fecit... Orpheaque in medio posuit,

Verg. E. 3, 46:

hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.—

To set, set out, plant trees, etc. ( poet. and in postAug. prose;

syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites,

Verg. E. 1, 74:

vitem,

Col. 4, 1; cf.:

ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die,

planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.—

To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium;

Ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

pocula fagina,

Verg. E. 3, 36:

invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit,

id. A. 5, 292:

praemia,

id. ib. 5, 486:

praemium,

Liv. 41, 23, 10.—

In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.:

pecuniam apud aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165:

dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. A. P. 421:

pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere,

id. Epod. 2, 70.—

To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere):

Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

custos frumento publico est positus,

Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

puer super hoc positus officium,

Petr. 56, 8.—

To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81:

posito pavone,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422:

positi Bacchi cornua,

Ov. A. A. 1, 231:

vinum,

Petr. 34, 7:

calidum scis ponere sumen,

Pers. 1, 53:

porcum,

Mart. 8, 22, 1:

da Trebio, pone ad Trebium,

Juv. 5, 135.—

To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere):

cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.:

veste positā,

id. ib. 1, 47, 113:

velamina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.:

velamina de corpore,

id. M. 4, 345:

arma,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

sarcinam,

Petr. 117, 11:

barbam,

Suet. Calig. 5; cf.:

bicolor positis membrana capillis,

Pers. 3, 10:

libros de manibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.:

cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

To lay out for the grave:

toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater,

Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.—Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto,

Lucr. 3, 871:

te... patriā decedens ponere terrā,

Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480:

ubi corpus meum positum fuerit,

Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370:

IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT,

ib. 4550; 4495:

HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES,

Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.—

Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider:

si bene calculum ponas,

Petr. 115, 16:

examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin. —

To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono):

qui suas ponunt in statione comas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 434:

quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas?

id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.—

To subdue, calm, allay, quiet:

quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 16:

magnos cum ponunt aequora motus,

Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.—Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate ( poet. and late Lat.):

cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

Verg. A. 7, 27:

tum Zephyri posuere,

id. ib. 10, 103:

simul ac ventus posuit,

Gell. 2, 30, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.):

pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui,

id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā,

Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam):

se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere,

Liv. 44, 14, 7:

in laude positus,

Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

aliquem in metu non ponere,

i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55:

virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9:

aliquid in conspectu animi,

id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.:

sub uno aspectu ponere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199:

super cor,

to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.—With in and acc.:

te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.—Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate's decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.—

In partic.

Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon:

credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

spem in aliquo,

id. ib. 6, 1, 11:

salutis auxilium in celeritate,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.:

spem salutis in virtute,

id. ib. 5, 34, 2:

ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc.,

regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.—In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon:

ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis,

Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate,

id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27:

in te positum est, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8. —

To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing:

tempus in cogitatione ponere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

diem totum in considerandā causā,

id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6:

sumptum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.:

totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione,

id. Mur. 22, 45:

id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere,

id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.:

itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat,

id. Att. 11, 22, 2.—

To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things:

mortem in malis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29:

in beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

in laude,

to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71:

in vitiis poni,

to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.—

To appoint, ordain, make something:

leges,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

festos laetosque ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore,

to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere):

sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63:

qui tibi nomen Insano posuere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to [p. 1397] reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3:

pecuniae,

Dig. 46, 3, 89.—

To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods:

Veneri ponere vota,

Prop. 3, 12, 18:

nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25:

hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo,

Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506:

ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.:

quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100:

recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum;

at, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25:

positum sit igitur in primis, etc.,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

id. Brut. 45, 165:

aliquid pro certo ponere,

Liv. 10, 9 fin.:

nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant... Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur,

Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.—

Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum,

id. ib. 1, 47, 88:

ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum,

id. Top. 11, 50:

horum exempla posui ex jure civili,

id. ib. 14, 58:

horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus,

Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.—

To set before the mind, represent, describe:

nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc.,

Pers. 1, 70:

pone Tigellinum,

Juv. 1, 155.—

To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere):

mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis?

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2:

ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo,

id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.:

ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet,

id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

ponere praemium,

Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.:

doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito,

id. Lael. 5, 17; so,

cum ita positum esset, videri, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.—

To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere):

vitam propera ponere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

vitia,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

curas,

Liv. 1, 19:

metum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6:

iram,

Hor. A. P. 160:

moras,

id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816:

animos feroces,

Liv. 8, 1:

corda ferocia,

Verg. A. 1, 302:

vires (flammae),

id. ib. 5, 681:

ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse,

had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also,

tirocinium,

Just. 12, 4, 6:

animam,

to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.—Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender:

Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant,

Liv. 6, 10, 5:

dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet,

id. 4, 10, 3; cf.:

positis armis,

id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.—

To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.):

cornu tuum ponam ferreum,

Vulg. Mich. 4, 13:

posuit me desolatam,

id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi:

ponam Samariam quasi acervum,

id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.:

posuerunt eam in ruinam,

id. Isa. 23, 13.—

To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.—Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere:

Roma in montibus posita,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

portus ex adverso urbi positus,

Liv. 45, 5:

tumulus opportune ad id positus,

id. 28, 13:

urbs alieno solo posita,

id. 4, 17.— Poet.:

somno positus = sopitus,

lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

prae-dĭtus, a, um, Part. [do].

Endowed, gifted, or provided with, possessed of something (above others) (freq. and class.; syn.: instructus, ornatus); constr. with abl.:

legiones pulchris armis praeditas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 63:

divino praedita sensu,

Lucr. 5, 144:

immortali sunt haec naturā praedita,

id. 1, 236:

parvis opibus ac facultatibus praeditus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69: mundus praeditus animo et sensibus, id. N. D. 1, 8, 18:

spe,

id. Verr. 1, 3, 10:

parvo metu,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, 41:

singulari cupiditate, audaciā, scelere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 6:

praeditus levitate, egestate, perfidiā,

id. Fl. 3:

singulari immanitate et crudelitate,

id. Sull. 3, 7:

vitio grandi et perspicuo,

id. Inv. 1, 47, 88.—

Of a deity, like praepositus, placed or set over, presiding over any thing (post-Aug.); constr. with dat.: deus ei rei praeditus, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. 3, 9 Mai: Mercurius nuntiis praeditus, Front. Eloqu. med.:

Venus praedita optimati amori,

App. Mag. p. 281 med.; id. de Deo Socr. p. 50.

prae-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to fix or fasten before, to set up in front, to fix on the end or extremity of.

Lit. (class., but not in Cic.):

ripa erat acutis sudibus praefixis munita,

Caes. B. G. 5, 18; so,

praefigere aëneos cancellos foraminibus,

Col. 8, 17, 6:

arma puppibus,

Verg. A. 10, 80:

in hastis Praefigunt capita,

id. ib. 9, 466; cf.:

vexillum in biremis puppe,

Suet. Calig. 15:

rostrum lupi villarum portis,

Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157:

caput hastae,

Suet. Caes. 85.— Poet.: nigrum theta (i. e. Th, as a sign of death on Roman inscriptions) vitio, to mark crime with the black theta, i. e. to condemn it, Pers. 4, 13.—

Transf., aliquid aliquā re.

To tip, head, point, etc.:

asseres cuspidibus praefixi,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2: jacula praefixa ferro, Liv. 26, 4, 4:

aere aut ferro praefixae hastae,

Curt. 3, 2, 7:

ferro praefixum robur acuto,

Verg. A. 10, 479:

ora capistris,

to muzzle, id. G. 3, 399.—

To close, block up (post-Aug.):

prospectus om nes,

to wall up, build up, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 59:

fenestrae praefixae,

Dig. 8, 2, 5.—

To pierce, transfix with something:

latus praefixa veru,

Tib. 1, 7, 55 (6, 49).—

To enchant, bewitch, Quint. Decl. 10, 8.

pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root pu, to cleanse; whence putus, puteus, purus, etc.], to clean, cleanse (in the lit. sense very rare; in the trop. very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.:

vellus lavare ac putare,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: pensa lana putata, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39, 1 dub. (al. picare): aurum quoque putatum dici solet, id est expurgatum, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. putus, p. 216 Müll.—

In partic., to trim, prune, or lop trees or vines:

vineas arboresque falce putare,

Cato, R. R. 32 init.; 33, 1:

vitem,

Verg. G. 2, 407; Just. 43, 4, 2:

parcendum vitibus et ideo anguste putandum,

Col. 4, 24, 21; id. Arb. 10, 1; Pall. 3, 12, 1; cf.: putatae vites et arbores, quod decisis impedimentis remanerent purae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 216 Müll.; so, too, in the foll., the passage from Gell. 6, 5, 6:

olivetum,

Cato, R. R. 44:

arborem latius, strictius,

Pall. 1, 6:

vineam,

Vulg. Lev. 25, 3; id. Isa. 5, 6.—

Trop., to clear up, set in order; to arrange, settle, adjust.

In gen.: rationem or rationes, to hold a reckoning, reckon together, settle accounts:

putare veteres dixerunt vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessaria aut etiam obstantia et aliena auferre et excidere, et, quod esset utile ac sine vitio videretur, relinquere. Sic namque arbores et vites et sic etiam rationes putari dictum,

Gell. 6, 5, 6 sq.:

vilicus rationem cum domino crebro putet,

Cato, R. R. 5, 3:

rationes,

id. ib. 2, 5:

putatur ratio cum argentario,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 52:

rationes cum publicanis putare,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

ideo ratio putari dicitur in quā summa fit pura,

Varr. L. L. 5, 9.—

Transf.:

quom eam mecum rationem puto,

think over, consider, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 25.—

In partic.

To reckon, count, compute a thing:

colliciares (tegulae) pro binis putabuntur,

will be counted, Cato, R. R. 14, 4; cf.:

si numerus militum potius quam legionum putatur,

Tac. H. 3, 2.—

Transf.

To believe in, regard:

id ipsum est deos non putare, quae ab iis significantur contemnere,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104.—

To reckon, value, estimate, esteem a thing as any thing (= aestimare):

aliquid denariis quadringentis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

magni putare honores,

id. Planc. 4, 11:

cum unum te pluris quam omnes illos putem,

id. Att. 12, 21, 5:

parvi,

Cat. 23, 25:

tantique putat conubia nostra,

Ov. M. 10, 618.—

To reckon, deem, hold, consider, count, esteem, etc.:

aliquem nihilo,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24: aliquid pro certo, Matius et Trebat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A fin.:

pro nihilo,

Cic. Mil. 24, 64:

imperatorem aliquo in numero putare,

id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37.—With two acc.:

turpem putat lituram,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 167:

id nil puto,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 27; id. Ad. 1, 2, 19; 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 84; 2, 2, 54; id. C. 4, 11, 30:

hominem prae se neminem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135.—

To ponder, consider, reflect upon a thing:

dum haec puto,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 4:

in quo primum illud debes putare,

Cic. Planc. 4, 10:

multa putans,

Verg. A. 6, 332: cum aliquo argumentis, to consider or investigate maturely, to argue, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 45.—

Transf. (as the result of consideration), to judge, suppose, account, suspect, believe, think, imagine, etc. (cf.:

arbitror, opinor, censeo): verbum quoque ipsum puto, quod declarandae sententiae nostrae causā dicimus, non signat profecto aliud, quam id agere nos in re dubiā obscurāque, ut decisis amputatisque falsis opinionibus, quod videatur esse verum et integrum et incorruptum, retineamus,

Gell. 6, 5, 8:

aliquis forsan me Putet non putare hoc verum,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 1:

recte putas,

id. ib. 1, 1, 114:

rem ipsam putasti,

you have hit the precise point, id. Phorm. 4, 5, 6:

nec committere, ut aliquando dicendum sit, Non putaram,

I should not have imagined that, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81; id. Ac. 2, 18, 56:

Cyprus insula et Cappadociae regnum tecum de me loquentur, puto etiam regem Deiotarum,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 15:

noli putare, me maluisse, etc.,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 15, 7; id. Fam. 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 12, 18, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

Numidae remorati dum in elephantis auxilium putant,

Sall. J. 53, 3: stare putes;

adeo procedunt tempora tarde,

one would suppose, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5; id. H. 11, 85:

acies mea videt aut videre putat,

id. ib. 18, 32:

hanc virtutem vestram ultra periculis obicere nimis grande vitae meae pretium puto,

Tac. A. 2, 47; Nep. Paus. 3, 7.—Parenthetically, Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 9, 4; 7, 8, 5; 9, 9, 3;

10, 16, 3: atque intra, puto, septimas Calendas,

Mart. 1, 100, 6.—Ironically, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 2:

ut puto, deus fio,

as I think, in my opinion, Suet. Vesp. 23 fin.; Ov. A. A. 1, 370: non, puto, repudiabis, etc., [p. 1496] I think, I suppose, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. —With gen.:

quaecumque sunt in omni mundo, deorum atque hominum putanda sunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154.—Elliptically, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1; cf. id. ib. 15, 4, 15; id. Fin. 5, 24, 76; Sen. Ep. 76, 11; Tac. Or. 33. —Hence, pŭtă, imper., suppose, for instance, for example, namely ( poet. and postAug.):

Quinte, puta, aut Publi,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 32:

puta, tibi contigisse, ut oculos omnium effugias,

Lact. 6, 24, 17:

puta te servum esse communem,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19, 4; 4, 25, 13; id. Clem. 1, 26, 2; id. Ben. 3, 41, 1; 5, 8, 6:

si ille, puta, consul factus fuerit,

Dig. 28, 5, 23:

hoc, puta, non justum est,

Pers. 4, 9; cf. Prisc. p. 1007 P.:

ut puta (sometimes also written as one word, utputa),

as for instance, as for example, Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 3:

ut puta novum crimen,

Quint. 11, 3, 110; 7, 1, 14; Cels. 5, 26, 51 fin.; Sen. Ep. 47, 15.

rārus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root rah-, to abandon], having wide interstices between its parts, of a loose texture, not thick or dense, thin (opp. densus; freq. and class.).

Lit.:

denseri poterunt ignes, rarique relinqui,

Lucr. 1, 656; cf.:

(terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,

Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.; 1, 419:

textura,

Lucr. 4, 196; cf.

retia,

Verg. A. 4, 131; Hor. Epod. 2, 33:

tunica,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 13; and:

cribrum,

id. M. 12, 437:

rariores silvae,

the thinner, clearer parts of the forest, Tac. Agr. 37:

seges,

Col. 2, 9, 6:

corpus (opp. solidae res),

Lucr. 1, 347; 2, 860; 6, 631 al.:

aër,

id. 2, 107; cf. in the comp., id. 6, 1024:

manus,

i.e. with the fingers spread apart, Quint. 11, 3, 103:

raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

i.e. scarcely visible, Stat. Th. 6, 640.—

Transf.

Of things which stand apart from each other, far apart, here and there, scattered, thin, scanty ( = disjectus;

opp. densus, confertus): cum raris disjectisque ex aedificiis pabulum conquireretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10; cf.:

vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in locis,

scattered, Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

apparent rari nantes,

Verg. A. 1, 118:

foramina,

Lucr. 5, 457:

bacae expanduntur rarae,

Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 60:

frutices in vertice,

Ov. H. 10, 25:

coma,

id. Am. 1, 8, 111; cf. capillus. Suet. Calig. 50:

racemi,

Verg. E. 5, 7:

umbra,

id. ib. 7, 46:

arbores,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

tela,

Ov. M. 12, 600 et saep. — Poet.:

manat rara meas lacrima per genas,

drop by drop, Hor. C. 4, 1, 34. —

In partic., in military lang., far apart, here and there, scattered about, dispersed, straggling, single (opp. confertus). accedebat huc, ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; cf.:

rari in confertos illati,

Liv. 23, 27:

ipsi ex silvis rari propugnabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9; 5, 17; 7, 45; 7, 80; id. B. C. 1, 27 fin.:

Samnites raris ordinibus constiterant,

Liv. 9, 27; Curt. 4, 14, 14:

rara est acies,

Verg. A. 9, 508:

rarior acies,

Tac. H. 3, 25; Front. Strat. 3, 10, 4:

rarior acies,

Curt. 4, 15, 20: ut ordines suos non magnopere servarent. [p. 1525] rari dispersique pugnarent, Caes. B. C. 1, 44; cf. Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 23.—

Of any thing found in small numbers or which seldom takes place, few, rare (cf. paucus):

in omni arte... ut in ipsă virtute, optimum quidque rarissimum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81; cf.:

rarum genus (amicorum) et quidem omnia praeclara rara,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

raris ac prope nullis portibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.; cf.:

etiamsi rarus ejus rei, nonnullus tamen usus,

Quint. 8, 6, 30:

rarus enim est animus ad ea defendenda,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 7 Dietsch:

Idem rarum est, non sine usu tamen,

Quint. 5, 11, 42:

rari domos, plurimi amicorum tecta... petivere,

Tac. H. 1, 79 fin.:

Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur,

id. G. 2:

aliquod solitarium aut rarum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 83:

ut anteponantur rara vulgaribus,

id. Top. 18, 69:

litterae,

Liv. 6, 1; cf. id. 7, 3:

rara hostium apparebant arma,

id. 2, 50:

lites,

Quint. 7, 1, 43:

infelicitas,

id. 11, 2, 49:

quae (littera) est apud nos rarissima in clausulis,

id. 12, 10, 31:

quod est magis rarum,

id. 9, 2, 73:

ex maxime raro genere hominum,

Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf. Quint. 7, 3, 25:

raris vocibus hisco,

Verg. A. 3, 314:

rara per ignotos errent animalia montes,

id. E. 6, 40:

audiet pugnas vitio parentum Rara juventus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 24. —Rarum est, with ut:

rarum est, ut, etc.,

Quint. 3, 10, 3; 6, 3, 38; 10, 7, 24:

rarum dictu, esse aliquid, cui prosit neglegentia,

Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.—

Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the adv. raro, seldom, rarely:

nec Iliacos coetus nisi rarus adibat,

Ov. M. 11, 766; cf.:

rarus, qui tam procul a portu recessisset, reperiebatur,

Quint. 12, prooem. § 3; so,

rarus fuit, qui, etc.,

id. 6, 2, 3:

antiquis scriptoribus rarus obtrectator,

Tac. A. 4, 33; Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 233 Gerl.:

Caesar rarus egressu,

Tac. A. 15, 53; cf.:

leones rari in potu,

Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46:

(calculus) rarus inventu,

id. 28, 15, 61, § 217; cf.:

helxine rara visu est,

id. 21, 16, 56, § 96:

Homerus alias circa picturas pigmentaque rarus,

i. e. rarely speaks of them, id. 33, 7, 38, § 115 —

Poet., in partic., uncommon of its kind, scarce, rare, extraordinary, remarkable:

rara puella fuit,

Prop. 1, 17, 16; so,

Cynthia,

id. 1, 8, 42:

ministra deae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 52; cf.:

rara quidem facie, sed rarior arte canendi,

Ov. M. 14, 337:

facies,

id. H. 17, 93 Ruhnk.:

vestis,

Cat. 69, 3:

avis (sc. pavo),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 26:

fides,

id. C. 1, 35, 21:

artis opus rarae,

Tib. 3, 4, 37:

patulis rarissima ramis,

Ov. M. 7, 622:

rarissima turba,

id. A. A. 2, 281:

rarissimi ingenii homo,

Sen. Contr. 28:

conjux rarissima,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 11.— Hence, adv., usually raro (class.), but sometimes rare (ante - class. and postAug.), rarenter (ante- and post - class.), or rariter (late Lat.).

Form rārō:

raro nimium dabat quod biberem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 20:

potavi, edi, donavi, et enim id raro,

id. Bacch. 4, 10, 6:

si id, quod raro fit, fieri omnino negetur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 43, 80:

evenire insolenter et raro (opp. vulgo),

id. ib. 1, 28, 43:

vinum aegrotis prodest raro, nocet saepissime,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69; id. de Or. 3, 52, 101; cf. id. Or. 24, 80:

sed tamen raro habet in oratione poeticum aliquod verbum dignitatem,

id. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit poena,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 31: admodum raro, Cic. Fat. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12;

for which we find raro admodum,

Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135:

raro umquam,

Quint. 4, 1, 4; 5, 7, 22; Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ita raro,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

sic raro,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 1:

tam raro,

Ov. M. 13, 117:

quam raro,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25:

perquam raro,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 55.— Comp.:

quod si rarius fiet, quam tu exspectabis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1.— Sup.:

istud rarissime accidere,

Col. 5, 5, 7:

non affari nisi rarissime,

Suet. Claud. 3.—

Form rārē (acc. to I.), far apart, thinly, sparsely, here and there:

nisi rare conseritur, vanam et minutam spicam facit,

Col. 2, 9, 5:

tenui vimine rarius contextus saccus,

id. 9, 15, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Of time, seldom, rarely:

vero rare capitur (piscis),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 56.—

Form rārenter, seldom, rarely:

dato rarenter bibere,

Cato, R. R. 103; so, rarenter, Liv. And., Enn., Caecil., Nov., Trab., Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 23 sq.; 164, 25 sq.; App. Flor. 3, p. 357, 22. —

Form rārĭter (very rare): quidquid fit rariter, magis delectat, Schol. Juv. 11, 208.

rārus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root rah-, to abandon], having wide interstices between its parts, of a loose texture, not thick or dense, thin (opp. densus; freq. and class.).

Lit.:

denseri poterunt ignes, rarique relinqui,

Lucr. 1, 656; cf.:

(terra) Rara sit an supra morem si densa requiras... Densa magis Cereri, rarissima quaeque Lyaeo,

Verg. G. 2, 227 sq.; 1, 419:

textura,

Lucr. 4, 196; cf.

retia,

Verg. A. 4, 131; Hor. Epod. 2, 33:

tunica,

Ov. Am. 1, 5, 13; and:

cribrum,

id. M. 12, 437:

rariores silvae,

the thinner, clearer parts of the forest, Tac. Agr. 37:

seges,

Col. 2, 9, 6:

corpus (opp. solidae res),

Lucr. 1, 347; 2, 860; 6, 631 al.:

aër,

id. 2, 107; cf. in the comp., id. 6, 1024:

manus,

i.e. with the fingers spread apart, Quint. 11, 3, 103:

raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

i.e. scarcely visible, Stat. Th. 6, 640.—

Transf.

Of things which stand apart from each other, far apart, here and there, scattered, thin, scanty ( = disjectus;

opp. densus, confertus): cum raris disjectisque ex aedificiis pabulum conquireretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10; cf.:

vides habitari in terrā raris et angustis in locis,

scattered, Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

apparent rari nantes,

Verg. A. 1, 118:

foramina,

Lucr. 5, 457:

bacae expanduntur rarae,

Plin. 17, 10, 11, § 60:

frutices in vertice,

Ov. H. 10, 25:

coma,

id. Am. 1, 8, 111; cf. capillus. Suet. Calig. 50:

racemi,

Verg. E. 5, 7:

umbra,

id. ib. 7, 46:

arbores,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

tela,

Ov. M. 12, 600 et saep. — Poet.:

manat rara meas lacrima per genas,

drop by drop, Hor. C. 4, 1, 34. —

In partic., in military lang., far apart, here and there, scattered about, dispersed, straggling, single (opp. confertus). accedebat huc, ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; cf.:

rari in confertos illati,

Liv. 23, 27:

ipsi ex silvis rari propugnabant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 9; 5, 17; 7, 45; 7, 80; id. B. C. 1, 27 fin.:

Samnites raris ordinibus constiterant,

Liv. 9, 27; Curt. 4, 14, 14:

rara est acies,

Verg. A. 9, 508:

rarior acies,

Tac. H. 3, 25; Front. Strat. 3, 10, 4:

rarior acies,

Curt. 4, 15, 20: ut ordines suos non magnopere servarent. [p. 1525] rari dispersique pugnarent, Caes. B. C. 1, 44; cf. Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 23.—

Of any thing found in small numbers or which seldom takes place, few, rare (cf. paucus):

in omni arte... ut in ipsă virtute, optimum quidque rarissimum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 25, 81; cf.:

rarum genus (amicorum) et quidem omnia praeclara rara,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

raris ac prope nullis portibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.; cf.:

etiamsi rarus ejus rei, nonnullus tamen usus,

Quint. 8, 6, 30:

rarus enim est animus ad ea defendenda,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 7 Dietsch:

Idem rarum est, non sine usu tamen,

Quint. 5, 11, 42:

rari domos, plurimi amicorum tecta... petivere,

Tac. H. 1, 79 fin.:

Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur,

id. G. 2:

aliquod solitarium aut rarum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 83:

ut anteponantur rara vulgaribus,

id. Top. 18, 69:

litterae,

Liv. 6, 1; cf. id. 7, 3:

rara hostium apparebant arma,

id. 2, 50:

lites,

Quint. 7, 1, 43:

infelicitas,

id. 11, 2, 49:

quae (littera) est apud nos rarissima in clausulis,

id. 12, 10, 31:

quod est magis rarum,

id. 9, 2, 73:

ex maxime raro genere hominum,

Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf. Quint. 7, 3, 25:

raris vocibus hisco,

Verg. A. 3, 314:

rara per ignotos errent animalia montes,

id. E. 6, 40:

audiet pugnas vitio parentum Rara juventus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 24. —Rarum est, with ut:

rarum est, ut, etc.,

Quint. 3, 10, 3; 6, 3, 38; 10, 7, 24:

rarum dictu, esse aliquid, cui prosit neglegentia,

Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.—

Mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the adv. raro, seldom, rarely:

nec Iliacos coetus nisi rarus adibat,

Ov. M. 11, 766; cf.:

rarus, qui tam procul a portu recessisset, reperiebatur,

Quint. 12, prooem. § 3; so,

rarus fuit, qui, etc.,

id. 6, 2, 3:

antiquis scriptoribus rarus obtrectator,

Tac. A. 4, 33; Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22, p. 233 Gerl.:

Caesar rarus egressu,

Tac. A. 15, 53; cf.:

leones rari in potu,

Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46:

(calculus) rarus inventu,

id. 28, 15, 61, § 217; cf.:

helxine rara visu est,

id. 21, 16, 56, § 96:

Homerus alias circa picturas pigmentaque rarus,

i. e. rarely speaks of them, id. 33, 7, 38, § 115 —

Poet., in partic., uncommon of its kind, scarce, rare, extraordinary, remarkable:

rara puella fuit,

Prop. 1, 17, 16; so,

Cynthia,

id. 1, 8, 42:

ministra deae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 52; cf.:

rara quidem facie, sed rarior arte canendi,

Ov. M. 14, 337:

facies,

id. H. 17, 93 Ruhnk.:

vestis,

Cat. 69, 3:

avis (sc. pavo),

Hor. S. 2, 2, 26:

fides,

id. C. 1, 35, 21:

artis opus rarae,

Tib. 3, 4, 37:

patulis rarissima ramis,

Ov. M. 7, 622:

rarissima turba,

id. A. A. 2, 281:

rarissimi ingenii homo,

Sen. Contr. 28:

conjux rarissima,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 11.— Hence, adv., usually raro (class.), but sometimes rare (ante - class. and postAug.), rarenter (ante- and post - class.), or rariter (late Lat.).

Form rārō:

raro nimium dabat quod biberem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 20:

potavi, edi, donavi, et enim id raro,

id. Bacch. 4, 10, 6:

si id, quod raro fit, fieri omnino negetur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 43, 80:

evenire insolenter et raro (opp. vulgo),

id. ib. 1, 28, 43:

vinum aegrotis prodest raro, nocet saepissime,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69; id. de Or. 3, 52, 101; cf. id. Or. 24, 80:

sed tamen raro habet in oratione poeticum aliquod verbum dignitatem,

id. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit poena,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 31: admodum raro, Cic. Fat. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12;

for which we find raro admodum,

Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135:

raro umquam,

Quint. 4, 1, 4; 5, 7, 22; Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 93:

ita raro,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

sic raro,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 1:

tam raro,

Ov. M. 13, 117:

quam raro,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25:

perquam raro,

Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 55.— Comp.:

quod si rarius fiet, quam tu exspectabis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1.— Sup.:

istud rarissime accidere,

Col. 5, 5, 7:

non affari nisi rarissime,

Suet. Claud. 3.—

Form rārē (acc. to I.), far apart, thinly, sparsely, here and there:

nisi rare conseritur, vanam et minutam spicam facit,

Col. 2, 9, 5:

tenui vimine rarius contextus saccus,

id. 9, 15, 12.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Of time, seldom, rarely:

vero rare capitur (piscis),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 56.—

Form rārenter, seldom, rarely:

dato rarenter bibere,

Cato, R. R. 103; so, rarenter, Liv. And., Enn., Caecil., Nov., Trab., Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 23 sq.; 164, 25 sq.; App. Flor. 3, p. 357, 22. —

Form rārĭter (very rare): quidquid fit rariter, magis delectat, Schol. Juv. 11, 208.

rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and impers. (plur. rarely personal; v. II. infra) [res - fero; the ancients regarded rē in this word as derived from res; cf. Fest. s. v. refert, p. 282 Müll.]; prop., it follows from or in view of a thing, i. q. ex re est; hence, it is for one ' s interest or advantage, it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, imports, concerns, it is of importance or consequence (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and class.); constr.,

In all periods and in all kinds of composition, refert hoc ( id, illud, etc., a subj.-clause) meā ( tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni ( pluris, quanti, etc., nihil, quid?), or absol.

Hoc meā refert, etc. (in Cic. very rare;

whereas interest meā occurs very freq.): tua istuc refert maxime,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38:

tua istuc refert, si curaveris,

id. Am. 2, 2, 109:

id mea minime refert,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27:

quod refert tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50:

nihilo pol pluris tua hoc, quam quanti illud refert meā,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 27:

meā quidem istuc nihil refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 68:

id tuā refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12:

tuā quod nihil refert, ne Cures,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48:

tuā quod nihil refert, percontari desinas,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12:

non ascripsi id, quod tuā nihil referebat,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5:

quid id meā refert?

Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117:

quid id refert tuā?

id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-clause:

quid meā refert, hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—

Hoc refert, etc.:

quomodo habeas, illud refert, jurene an injuriā,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25:

ne illud quidem refert, consul an dictator an praetor spoponderit,

Liv. 9, 9:

illud permagni referre arbitror, Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58:

primum illud parvi refert, nos publicanis amissis vectigalia postea victoria reciperare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

magni quod refert,

Lucr. 2, 760:

at quibus servis? refert enim magno opere id ipsum,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id refert? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With subject-clause:

parvi retulit Non suscepisse,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.:

parvi refert abs te ipso jus dici aequabiliter, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

quanti refert, te nec recte dicere, qui nihili faciat?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23:

meminero, sed quid meminisse id refert?

id. Mil. 3, 1, 214:

quid mihi refert Chrysalo esse nomen, nisi, etc.,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53:

quid te igitur rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13:

neque refert videre, quid dicendum sit, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

neque enim numero comprehendere refert,

nor indeed is it necessary, need we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, quod referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With [p. 1546] inf. pass.:

jam nec mutari pabula refert,

Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.:

plures e familiā cognosci referre arbitror,

Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-clause (so most freq. in the class. per.):

ipsi animi magni refert quali in corpore locati sint,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni refert, hic quid velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, tantum refert, quam magna dicam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90:

quasi vero referat quam id saepe fiat,

id. Div. 2, 29, 62:

quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?

id. Lael. 8, 26:

quid refert, utrum voluerim fieri, an gaudeam factum?

id. Phil. 2, 12, 29:

quid refert, tanto post ad judices deferantur, an omnino non deferantur?

id. Fl. 9, 21:

quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, quid refert?

id. Div. 2, 34, 72:

tuo vitio rerumne labores, Nil referre putas?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 77:

cum referre negas, quali sit quisque parente Natus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.:

quod tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

tantum retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus,

Col. 3, 9, 7. —

Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) quid ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā refert, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol refert enim? Ge. Si quidem meā refert, operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36:

quid tuā refert, qui cum istac venerit?

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

non plus suā referre, quam si, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 5, 19:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1:

cum nihilo pluris referet, quam si, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20:

nego et negando si quid refert, ravio,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 33:

si servus est, numquid refert?

id. Ps. 2, 4, 28:

quid refert, si hoc ipsum salsum illi et venustum videbatur?

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. —

Entirely absol.:

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, tamquam referret,

as though it mattered, as if there were any difference, Tac. A. 6, 2.—

Analogous to attinet, conducit, and interest; it is of importance; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., refert hoc, id, etc. (once referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; but, with alicujus, once in Sall. and once in Liv.): quam ad rem istuc refert? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.:

quid id ad me aut ad meam rem refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 44:

refert etiam ad fructus, quemadmodum vicinus in confinio consitum agrum habeat,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin. — In plur.:

te ex puellā prius percontari volo, Quae ad rem referunt,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44:

quoi rei id te assimulare rettulit?

id. Truc. 2, 4, 40:

dic, quid referat intra Naturae fines viventi, jugera centum an Mille aret?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 49:

quin et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si citharoedus demoveretur et tragoedus succederet,

Tac. A. 15, 65:

faciundum aliquid, quod illorum magis quam suā retulisse videretur,

Sall. J.111, 1:

praefatus... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos status praesens rerum faceret,

Liv. 34, 27, 6:

quorum nihil refert, ubi litium cardo vertatur,

Quint. 12, 8, 2:

neque refert cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

Tac. A. 4, 33:

ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur,

Juv. 16, 58:

plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas,

Quint. 9, 4, 44:

tu nihil referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, quod deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur?

Plin. Pan. 40 fin.:

quem insignire exempli nonnihil, non insignire humanitatis plurimum refert,

id. Ep. 8, 22, 4:

nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores et quo gallina secetur,

Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely with a subst. as subj.:

adeo magni refert studium atque voluptas, et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines,

Lucr. 4, 984:

adeo incessus in gravida refert,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

longitudo in his refert, non crassitudo,

id. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

multum tamen in iis refert et locorum natura,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 267:

plurimum refert soli cujusque ratio,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).

Lit.:

deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

manus una (navem) regit,

Lucr. 4, 903:

onera navium velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

arte ratem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.

clavum,

Verg. A. 10, 218:

te ventorum regat pater,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:

vela,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:

coërcet et regit beluam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

equum,

Liv. 35, 11:

equos,

Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.

quadrupedes,

id. M. 2, 86:

spumantia ora (equi),

id. ib. 8, 34:

frena,

id. P. 4, 12, 24:

equi impotentes regendi,

Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:

currus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

rege tela per auras,

Verg. A. 9, 409:

tela per viscera Caesaris,

Luc. 7, 350; cf.:

missum jaculum,

Ov. M. 7, 684:

sagittas nusquam,

Luc. 7, 515:

regens tenui vestigia filo,

Cat. 64, 113; cf.:

Daedalium iter lino duce,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:

caeca filo vestigia,

Verg. A. 6, 30:

diverso flamina tractu,

Ov. M. 1, 59:

gressus,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—

In partic., jurid. t. t.:

regere fines,

to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—

Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.

In gen.:

Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

domum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 61:

rem consilio,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:

belli fera munera Mavors regit,

Lucr. 1, 33; cf.

bella,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:

omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

alicujus animum atque ingenium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:

animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:

mores,

Ov. M. 15, 834:

animos dictis,

Verg. A. 1, 153:

animum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

ut me ipse regam,

id. ib. 1, 1, 27:

consilia senatus,

Quint. 12, 1, 26:

valetudines principis,

Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:

valetudinem arbitratu suo,

Suet. Tib. 68 al.:

neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,

Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:

jam regi leges, non regere,

Liv. 10, 13:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:

vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:

Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,

Tac. H. 3, 50:

nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—

Transf.

To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:

quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 26, 41;

1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;

2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,

id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

Frisios,

Tac. A. 4, 72:

populos imperio,

Verg. A. 6, 851:

imperiis Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 230:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.

cohortes,

id. H. 4, 12:

exercitum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:

domum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:

diva, quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:

Diana, quae silentium regis,

id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:

animi partes consilio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,

id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:

Tiberio regente,

Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:

stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

quo regente,

Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:

Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,

i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—

To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):

errantem regere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,

P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:

contemptus regentium,

Tac. A. 12, 54:

in obsequium regentis,

id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:

vita regentis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:

excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:

in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—

rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.

Lit., of horizontal direction:

pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),

Lucr. 4, 439:

sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,

id. 2, 249 Munro:

rectā regione iter instituere,

Liv. 21, 31:

India, rectā regione spatiosa,

Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:

ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:

via,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.

platea,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:

porta,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

ostium,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:

ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),

Lucr. 4, 93:

cursus hinc in Africam,

Liv. 26, 43:

saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:

recto flumine,

Verg. A. 8, 57:

recto ad Iberum itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:

ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,

Verg. A. 8, 209:

recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

velut rectae acies concurrissent,

in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,

acies,

id. 35, 28:

qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,

Sen. Const. 5, 5:

rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,

id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:

oculi,

Suet. Aug. 16; cf.

acies,

Ov. M. 2, 776:

lumen,

Luc. 9, 638:

vultus,

Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:

ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

saxa,

perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:

rectae prope rupes,

id. 38, 20:

truncus,

Ov. M. 7, 640:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:

caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,

Quint. 11, 3, 69:

homines,

straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,

Quintia,

id. 86, 1:

puella,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:

senectus,

Juv. 3, 26:

iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,

does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:

vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,

Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:

crus Rectius,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:

rectior coma,

smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:

longā trabe rectior exstet,

Ov. M. 3, 78:

crura,

Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:

rectissima linea,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

via,

id. 12, 2, 27. —

Trop.

In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:

rectā viā depelli,

Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;

so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,

Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:

recta consilia dare,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:

quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:

sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,

id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:

(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,

id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:

per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),

id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:

recto ac justo proelio dimicare,

Liv. 35, 4 fin.:

rectarum cenarum consuetudo,

a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,

cena,

Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:

recta,

Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:

domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),

Sen. Ep. 100, 6:

nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):

absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,

suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:

rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 89:

cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 6;

so (opp. durum et incomptum),

id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:

mutare aliquid a recto,

id. 2, 13, 11:

recta et vera loquere,

i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,

Quint. 10, 5, 12:

ea plerumque recta sunt,

id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:

rectior divisio,

Quint. 7, 2, 39:

si quid novisti rectius istis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:

rectissima ratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 3.—

In partic.

Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:

nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,

id. Lael. 22, 82;

so with honestum,

id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:

(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:

recta consilia (opp. prava),

Liv. 1, 27:

in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

mens sibi conscia recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604:

fidem rectumque colebat,

Ov. M. 1, 90:

recta ingenia (opp. perversa),

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:

in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

natura,

id. S. 1, 6, 66:

ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.

auditor,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:

vir rectus et sanctus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:

beatus judicii rectus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:

rectum est gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—

In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;

opp. obliqui casus),

Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,

rectā,

rectō,

rectē.

rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):

hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:

jam ad regem rectā me ducam,

id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:

tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:

Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —

rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,

Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—

rectē.

Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):

vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4:

sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—

Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):

recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:

fecisti edepol et recte et bene,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;

so with commode,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:

recte et sapienter facit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:

recte atque ordine factum,

Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

recte atque ordine facere,

id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;

v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

recte atque in loco constare,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

recte factum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:

seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:

seu recte seu perperam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:

recte dictum (opp. absurde),

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:

recte concludere (opp. vitiose),

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

recte factum (opp. turpiter),

Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:

hercle quin tu recte dicis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

non recte judicas de Catone,

Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

rectissime quidem judicas,

id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:

tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:

monere,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:

admonere recte,

id. Men. 5, 9, 33:

suis amicis recte res suas narrare,

properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:

hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,

consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,

duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:

alicui recte dare epistulam,

correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:

cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,

safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,

sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:

alicui suam salutem recte committere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:

si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,

goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:

ludi recte facti,

id. 36, 2:

ver sacrum non esse recte factum,

id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:

valere,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:

apud matrem recte est,

i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,

recte esse,

id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:

recte sit oculis tuis,

Gell. 13, 30, 11:

olivetum recte putare,

properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:

solet illa recte sub manus succedere,

well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

recte cavere,

to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:

deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,

well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,

vortere,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:

nec recte loqui alicui,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:

nec recte dicere in aliquem,

id. As. 1, 3, 3;

and simply nec recte dicere,

id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

hic tibi erit rectius,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:

rectius bella gerere,

Liv. 3, 2 fin.:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —

With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

locus recte ferax,

Cato, R. R. 44:

salvus sum recte,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:

morata recte,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

oneratus recte,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

non recte vinctus est,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—

Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—

So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:

rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,

i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,

in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!

Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and impers. (plur. rarely personal; v. II. infra) [res - fero; the ancients regarded rē in this word as derived from res; cf. Fest. s. v. refert, p. 282 Müll.]; prop., it follows from or in view of a thing, i. q. ex re est; hence, it is for one ' s interest or advantage, it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, imports, concerns, it is of importance or consequence (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and class.); constr.,

In all periods and in all kinds of composition, refert hoc ( id, illud, etc., a subj.-clause) meā ( tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni ( pluris, quanti, etc., nihil, quid?), or absol.

Hoc meā refert, etc. (in Cic. very rare;

whereas interest meā occurs very freq.): tua istuc refert maxime,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38:

tua istuc refert, si curaveris,

id. Am. 2, 2, 109:

id mea minime refert,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27:

quod refert tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50:

nihilo pol pluris tua hoc, quam quanti illud refert meā,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 27:

meā quidem istuc nihil refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 68:

id tuā refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12:

tuā quod nihil refert, ne Cures,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48:

tuā quod nihil refert, percontari desinas,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12:

non ascripsi id, quod tuā nihil referebat,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5:

quid id meā refert?

Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117:

quid id refert tuā?

id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-clause:

quid meā refert, hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—

Hoc refert, etc.:

quomodo habeas, illud refert, jurene an injuriā,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25:

ne illud quidem refert, consul an dictator an praetor spoponderit,

Liv. 9, 9:

illud permagni referre arbitror, Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58:

primum illud parvi refert, nos publicanis amissis vectigalia postea victoria reciperare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

magni quod refert,

Lucr. 2, 760:

at quibus servis? refert enim magno opere id ipsum,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id refert? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With subject-clause:

parvi retulit Non suscepisse,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.:

parvi refert abs te ipso jus dici aequabiliter, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

quanti refert, te nec recte dicere, qui nihili faciat?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23:

meminero, sed quid meminisse id refert?

id. Mil. 3, 1, 214:

quid mihi refert Chrysalo esse nomen, nisi, etc.,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53:

quid te igitur rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13:

neque refert videre, quid dicendum sit, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

neque enim numero comprehendere refert,

nor indeed is it necessary, need we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, quod referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With [p. 1546] inf. pass.:

jam nec mutari pabula refert,

Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.:

plures e familiā cognosci referre arbitror,

Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-clause (so most freq. in the class. per.):

ipsi animi magni refert quali in corpore locati sint,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni refert, hic quid velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, tantum refert, quam magna dicam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90:

quasi vero referat quam id saepe fiat,

id. Div. 2, 29, 62:

quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?

id. Lael. 8, 26:

quid refert, utrum voluerim fieri, an gaudeam factum?

id. Phil. 2, 12, 29:

quid refert, tanto post ad judices deferantur, an omnino non deferantur?

id. Fl. 9, 21:

quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, quid refert?

id. Div. 2, 34, 72:

tuo vitio rerumne labores, Nil referre putas?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 77:

cum referre negas, quali sit quisque parente Natus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.:

quod tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

tantum retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus,

Col. 3, 9, 7. —

Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) quid ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā refert, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol refert enim? Ge. Si quidem meā refert, operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36:

quid tuā refert, qui cum istac venerit?

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

non plus suā referre, quam si, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 5, 19:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1:

cum nihilo pluris referet, quam si, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20:

nego et negando si quid refert, ravio,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 33:

si servus est, numquid refert?

id. Ps. 2, 4, 28:

quid refert, si hoc ipsum salsum illi et venustum videbatur?

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. —

Entirely absol.:

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, tamquam referret,

as though it mattered, as if there were any difference, Tac. A. 6, 2.—

Analogous to attinet, conducit, and interest; it is of importance; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., refert hoc, id, etc. (once referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; but, with alicujus, once in Sall. and once in Liv.): quam ad rem istuc refert? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.:

quid id ad me aut ad meam rem refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 44:

refert etiam ad fructus, quemadmodum vicinus in confinio consitum agrum habeat,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin. — In plur.:

te ex puellā prius percontari volo, Quae ad rem referunt,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44:

quoi rei id te assimulare rettulit?

id. Truc. 2, 4, 40:

dic, quid referat intra Naturae fines viventi, jugera centum an Mille aret?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 49:

quin et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si citharoedus demoveretur et tragoedus succederet,

Tac. A. 15, 65:

faciundum aliquid, quod illorum magis quam suā retulisse videretur,

Sall. J.111, 1:

praefatus... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos status praesens rerum faceret,

Liv. 34, 27, 6:

quorum nihil refert, ubi litium cardo vertatur,

Quint. 12, 8, 2:

neque refert cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

Tac. A. 4, 33:

ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur,

Juv. 16, 58:

plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas,

Quint. 9, 4, 44:

tu nihil referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, quod deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur?

Plin. Pan. 40 fin.:

quem insignire exempli nonnihil, non insignire humanitatis plurimum refert,

id. Ep. 8, 22, 4:

nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores et quo gallina secetur,

Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely with a subst. as subj.:

adeo magni refert studium atque voluptas, et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines,

Lucr. 4, 984:

adeo incessus in gravida refert,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

longitudo in his refert, non crassitudo,

id. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

multum tamen in iis refert et locorum natura,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 267:

plurimum refert soli cujusque ratio,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).

Lit.:

deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

manus una (navem) regit,

Lucr. 4, 903:

onera navium velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

arte ratem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.

clavum,

Verg. A. 10, 218:

te ventorum regat pater,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:

vela,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:

coërcet et regit beluam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

equum,

Liv. 35, 11:

equos,

Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.

quadrupedes,

id. M. 2, 86:

spumantia ora (equi),

id. ib. 8, 34:

frena,

id. P. 4, 12, 24:

equi impotentes regendi,

Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:

currus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

rege tela per auras,

Verg. A. 9, 409:

tela per viscera Caesaris,

Luc. 7, 350; cf.:

missum jaculum,

Ov. M. 7, 684:

sagittas nusquam,

Luc. 7, 515:

regens tenui vestigia filo,

Cat. 64, 113; cf.:

Daedalium iter lino duce,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:

caeca filo vestigia,

Verg. A. 6, 30:

diverso flamina tractu,

Ov. M. 1, 59:

gressus,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—

In partic., jurid. t. t.:

regere fines,

to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—

Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.

In gen.:

Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

domum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 61:

rem consilio,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:

belli fera munera Mavors regit,

Lucr. 1, 33; cf.

bella,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:

omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

alicujus animum atque ingenium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:

animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:

mores,

Ov. M. 15, 834:

animos dictis,

Verg. A. 1, 153:

animum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

ut me ipse regam,

id. ib. 1, 1, 27:

consilia senatus,

Quint. 12, 1, 26:

valetudines principis,

Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:

valetudinem arbitratu suo,

Suet. Tib. 68 al.:

neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,

Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:

jam regi leges, non regere,

Liv. 10, 13:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:

vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:

Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,

Tac. H. 3, 50:

nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—

Transf.

To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:

quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 26, 41;

1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;

2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,

id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

Frisios,

Tac. A. 4, 72:

populos imperio,

Verg. A. 6, 851:

imperiis Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 230:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.

cohortes,

id. H. 4, 12:

exercitum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:

domum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:

diva, quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:

Diana, quae silentium regis,

id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:

animi partes consilio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,

id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:

Tiberio regente,

Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:

stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

quo regente,

Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:

Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,

i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—

To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):

errantem regere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,

P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:

contemptus regentium,

Tac. A. 12, 54:

in obsequium regentis,

id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:

vita regentis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:

excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:

in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—

rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.

Lit., of horizontal direction:

pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),

Lucr. 4, 439:

sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,

id. 2, 249 Munro:

rectā regione iter instituere,

Liv. 21, 31:

India, rectā regione spatiosa,

Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:

ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:

via,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.

platea,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:

porta,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

ostium,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:

ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),

Lucr. 4, 93:

cursus hinc in Africam,

Liv. 26, 43:

saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:

recto flumine,

Verg. A. 8, 57:

recto ad Iberum itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:

ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,

Verg. A. 8, 209:

recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

velut rectae acies concurrissent,

in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,

acies,

id. 35, 28:

qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,

Sen. Const. 5, 5:

rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,

id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:

oculi,

Suet. Aug. 16; cf.

acies,

Ov. M. 2, 776:

lumen,

Luc. 9, 638:

vultus,

Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:

ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

saxa,

perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:

rectae prope rupes,

id. 38, 20:

truncus,

Ov. M. 7, 640:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:

caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,

Quint. 11, 3, 69:

homines,

straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,

Quintia,

id. 86, 1:

puella,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:

senectus,

Juv. 3, 26:

iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,

does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:

vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,

Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:

crus Rectius,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:

rectior coma,

smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:

longā trabe rectior exstet,

Ov. M. 3, 78:

crura,

Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:

rectissima linea,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

via,

id. 12, 2, 27. —

Trop.

In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:

rectā viā depelli,

Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;

so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,

Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:

recta consilia dare,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:

quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:

sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,

id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:

(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,

id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:

per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),

id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:

recto ac justo proelio dimicare,

Liv. 35, 4 fin.:

rectarum cenarum consuetudo,

a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,

cena,

Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:

recta,

Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:

domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),

Sen. Ep. 100, 6:

nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):

absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,

suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:

rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 89:

cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 6;

so (opp. durum et incomptum),

id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:

mutare aliquid a recto,

id. 2, 13, 11:

recta et vera loquere,

i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,

Quint. 10, 5, 12:

ea plerumque recta sunt,

id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:

rectior divisio,

Quint. 7, 2, 39:

si quid novisti rectius istis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:

rectissima ratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 3.—

In partic.

Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:

nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,

id. Lael. 22, 82;

so with honestum,

id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:

(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:

recta consilia (opp. prava),

Liv. 1, 27:

in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

mens sibi conscia recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604:

fidem rectumque colebat,

Ov. M. 1, 90:

recta ingenia (opp. perversa),

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:

in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

natura,

id. S. 1, 6, 66:

ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.

auditor,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:

vir rectus et sanctus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:

beatus judicii rectus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:

rectum est gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—

In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;

opp. obliqui casus),

Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,

rectā,

rectō,

rectē.

rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):

hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:

jam ad regem rectā me ducam,

id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:

tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:

Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —

rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,

Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—

rectē.

Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):

vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4:

sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—

Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):

recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:

fecisti edepol et recte et bene,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;

so with commode,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:

recte et sapienter facit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:

recte atque ordine factum,

Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

recte atque ordine facere,

id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;

v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

recte atque in loco constare,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

recte factum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:

seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:

seu recte seu perperam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:

recte dictum (opp. absurde),

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:

recte concludere (opp. vitiose),

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

recte factum (opp. turpiter),

Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:

hercle quin tu recte dicis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

non recte judicas de Catone,

Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

rectissime quidem judicas,

id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:

tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:

monere,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:

admonere recte,

id. Men. 5, 9, 33:

suis amicis recte res suas narrare,

properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:

hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,

consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,

duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:

alicui recte dare epistulam,

correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:

cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,

safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,

sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:

alicui suam salutem recte committere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:

si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,

goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:

ludi recte facti,

id. 36, 2:

ver sacrum non esse recte factum,

id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:

valere,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:

apud matrem recte est,

i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,

recte esse,

id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:

recte sit oculis tuis,

Gell. 13, 30, 11:

olivetum recte putare,

properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:

solet illa recte sub manus succedere,

well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

recte cavere,

to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:

deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,

well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,

vortere,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:

nec recte loqui alicui,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:

nec recte dicere in aliquem,

id. As. 1, 3, 3;

and simply nec recte dicere,

id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

hic tibi erit rectius,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:

rectius bella gerere,

Liv. 3, 2 fin.:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —

With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

locus recte ferax,

Cato, R. R. 44:

salvus sum recte,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:

morata recte,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

oneratus recte,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

non recte vinctus est,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—

Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—

So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:

rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,

i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,

in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!

Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).

Lit.:

deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

manus una (navem) regit,

Lucr. 4, 903:

onera navium velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

arte ratem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.

clavum,

Verg. A. 10, 218:

te ventorum regat pater,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:

vela,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:

coërcet et regit beluam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

equum,

Liv. 35, 11:

equos,

Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.

quadrupedes,

id. M. 2, 86:

spumantia ora (equi),

id. ib. 8, 34:

frena,

id. P. 4, 12, 24:

equi impotentes regendi,

Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:

currus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

rege tela per auras,

Verg. A. 9, 409:

tela per viscera Caesaris,

Luc. 7, 350; cf.:

missum jaculum,

Ov. M. 7, 684:

sagittas nusquam,

Luc. 7, 515:

regens tenui vestigia filo,

Cat. 64, 113; cf.:

Daedalium iter lino duce,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:

caeca filo vestigia,

Verg. A. 6, 30:

diverso flamina tractu,

Ov. M. 1, 59:

gressus,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—

In partic., jurid. t. t.:

regere fines,

to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—

Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.

In gen.:

Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

domum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 61:

rem consilio,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:

belli fera munera Mavors regit,

Lucr. 1, 33; cf.

bella,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:

omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

alicujus animum atque ingenium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:

animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:

mores,

Ov. M. 15, 834:

animos dictis,

Verg. A. 1, 153:

animum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

ut me ipse regam,

id. ib. 1, 1, 27:

consilia senatus,

Quint. 12, 1, 26:

valetudines principis,

Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:

valetudinem arbitratu suo,

Suet. Tib. 68 al.:

neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,

Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:

jam regi leges, non regere,

Liv. 10, 13:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:

vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:

Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,

Tac. H. 3, 50:

nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—

Transf.

To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:

quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 26, 41;

1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;

2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,

id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

Frisios,

Tac. A. 4, 72:

populos imperio,

Verg. A. 6, 851:

imperiis Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 230:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.

cohortes,

id. H. 4, 12:

exercitum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:

domum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:

diva, quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:

Diana, quae silentium regis,

id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:

animi partes consilio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,

id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:

Tiberio regente,

Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:

stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

quo regente,

Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:

Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,

i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—

To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):

errantem regere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,

P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:

contemptus regentium,

Tac. A. 12, 54:

in obsequium regentis,

id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:

vita regentis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:

excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:

in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—

rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.

Lit., of horizontal direction:

pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),

Lucr. 4, 439:

sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,

id. 2, 249 Munro:

rectā regione iter instituere,

Liv. 21, 31:

India, rectā regione spatiosa,

Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:

ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:

via,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.

platea,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:

porta,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

ostium,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:

ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),

Lucr. 4, 93:

cursus hinc in Africam,

Liv. 26, 43:

saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:

recto flumine,

Verg. A. 8, 57:

recto ad Iberum itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:

ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,

Verg. A. 8, 209:

recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

velut rectae acies concurrissent,

in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,

acies,

id. 35, 28:

qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,

Sen. Const. 5, 5:

rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,

id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:

oculi,

Suet. Aug. 16; cf.

acies,

Ov. M. 2, 776:

lumen,

Luc. 9, 638:

vultus,

Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:

ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

saxa,

perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:

rectae prope rupes,

id. 38, 20:

truncus,

Ov. M. 7, 640:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:

caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,

Quint. 11, 3, 69:

homines,

straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,

Quintia,

id. 86, 1:

puella,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:

senectus,

Juv. 3, 26:

iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,

does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:

vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,

Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:

crus Rectius,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:

rectior coma,

smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:

longā trabe rectior exstet,

Ov. M. 3, 78:

crura,

Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:

rectissima linea,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

via,

id. 12, 2, 27. —

Trop.

In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:

rectā viā depelli,

Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;

so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,

Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:

recta consilia dare,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:

quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:

sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,

id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:

(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,

id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:

per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),

id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:

recto ac justo proelio dimicare,

Liv. 35, 4 fin.:

rectarum cenarum consuetudo,

a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,

cena,

Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:

recta,

Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:

domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),

Sen. Ep. 100, 6:

nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):

absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,

suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:

rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 89:

cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 6;

so (opp. durum et incomptum),

id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:

mutare aliquid a recto,

id. 2, 13, 11:

recta et vera loquere,

i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,

Quint. 10, 5, 12:

ea plerumque recta sunt,

id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:

rectior divisio,

Quint. 7, 2, 39:

si quid novisti rectius istis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:

rectissima ratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 3.—

In partic.

Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:

nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,

id. Lael. 22, 82;

so with honestum,

id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:

(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:

recta consilia (opp. prava),

Liv. 1, 27:

in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

mens sibi conscia recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604:

fidem rectumque colebat,

Ov. M. 1, 90:

recta ingenia (opp. perversa),

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:

in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

natura,

id. S. 1, 6, 66:

ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.

auditor,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:

vir rectus et sanctus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:

beatus judicii rectus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:

rectum est gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—

In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;

opp. obliqui casus),

Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,

rectā,

rectō,

rectē.

rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):

hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:

jam ad regem rectā me ducam,

id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:

tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:

Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —

rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,

Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—

rectē.

Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):

vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4:

sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—

Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):

recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:

fecisti edepol et recte et bene,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;

so with commode,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:

recte et sapienter facit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:

recte atque ordine factum,

Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

recte atque ordine facere,

id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;

v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

recte atque in loco constare,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

recte factum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:

seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:

seu recte seu perperam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:

recte dictum (opp. absurde),

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:

recte concludere (opp. vitiose),

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

recte factum (opp. turpiter),

Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:

hercle quin tu recte dicis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

non recte judicas de Catone,

Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

rectissime quidem judicas,

id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:

tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:

monere,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:

admonere recte,

id. Men. 5, 9, 33:

suis amicis recte res suas narrare,

properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:

hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,

consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,

duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:

alicui recte dare epistulam,

correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:

cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,

safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,

sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:

alicui suam salutem recte committere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:

si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,

goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:

ludi recte facti,

id. 36, 2:

ver sacrum non esse recte factum,

id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:

valere,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:

apud matrem recte est,

i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,

recte esse,

id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:

recte sit oculis tuis,

Gell. 13, 30, 11:

olivetum recte putare,

properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:

solet illa recte sub manus succedere,

well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

recte cavere,

to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:

deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,

well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,

vortere,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:

nec recte loqui alicui,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:

nec recte dicere in aliquem,

id. As. 1, 3, 3;

and simply nec recte dicere,

id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

hic tibi erit rectius,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:

rectius bella gerere,

Liv. 3, 2 fin.:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —

With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

locus recte ferax,

Cato, R. R. 44:

salvus sum recte,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:

morata recte,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

oneratus recte,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

non recte vinctus est,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—

Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—

So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:

rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,

i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,

in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!

Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

rĕ-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (sync. pluperf. remorant, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71; Sil. 11, 175; inf. remosse, Lucr. 3, 69; perf. remorunt, Ov. Ib. 240), v. a., to move back, draw back; to take away, set aside, withdraw, remove (freq. and class.; syn.: amolior, repono, segrego).

Lit.:

tolle hanc patinam, remove pernam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 163 sq.:

pecora,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

equos,

Sall. C. 59, 1:

equos ex conspectu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

dapes,

Ov. M. 8, 571:

mensam,

id. ib. 13, 676:

frena, Hor.S.2, 7, 74: tegimen,

to lay aside, Ov. M. 1, 674:

Aurora removerat ignes,

had driven away, id. ib. 4, 81:

monstra,

id. ib. 5, 216:

remoto atque ablegato viro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 82:

remotis arbitris,

id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

custode remoto,

Hor. A. P. 161:

remoto Hannibale,

Just. 31, 5, 1:

quae jam infantem removerit,

i. e. has weaned, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 72:

naves longas ab onerariis navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

cupas furcis ab opere,

id. B. C. 2, 11:

castra sex milia ab oppido,

Liv. 9, 24:

quae natura occultavit ab oculis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127:

bracchia a latere modice,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

comas a fronte ad aures,

Ov. M. 5, 488:

se a corpore,

Lucr. 3, 895:

se a vulgo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

parvos natos a se,

id. C. 3, 5, 43:

se a conspectu, Auct. B. Afr. 62: plura de medio (with auferre),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

togam inde,

Quint. 11, 3, 124:

oculos,

Cic. Balb. 5, 11:

arcanis oculos profanos,

Ov. M. 7, 256:

tactu viriles virgineo manus,

id. ib. 13, 467:

toto sumus orbe remoti,

id. P. 2, 2, 123: mensae remotae, Verg. A. 1, 216; Ov. M. 13, 676:

cum paulum ab legionibus nostros removissent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16:

aliquem ab exercitu, Auct. B. Afr. 54: praesidia ex iis locis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 3:

se in montes ex urbe,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 16:

ex oculis manus,

Ov. M. 9, 390:

ut propinquis suis ultra ducentesimum lapidem removeretur,

Tac. A. 2, 50.—

Trop.:

removete moram,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37; Quint. 8, prooem. §

3: sumptum removit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

hominum conscientiā remotā,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

remotā subtilitate disputandi,

id. ib. 2, 38, 98:

omnia removistis, avaritiam, imperitiam, superbiam,

Sall. J. 85, 45; cf.:

remoto metu,

id. ib. 87, 4; Tac. Agr. 15:

remoto joco,

jesting aside, Cic. Fam. 7, 11, 3:

remoto personarum complexu,

Quint. 3, 6, 57; 12, 11, 30:

formam anilem,

Ov. M. 6, 43:

soporem,

id. ib. 6, 493:

obstantia fata,

id. ib. 13, 373: remove istaec, no more of that (i. e. do not speak of it), Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 49 fin.:

aliquem ab studio, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 14: aliquem ab republicā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Liv. 5, 11:

aliquem ab hoc sermone,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

aliquem a legibus (sc. ferendis),

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

aliquem a vitā (natura),

Lucr. 5, 350:

se a negotiis publicis,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 69:

se ab omni ejusmodi negotio,

id. Clu. 15, 43:

se ab amicitiā alicujus,

id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.:

se ab aliquo,

id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

se a suspitione,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 22; cf.:

illam suspitionem ab sese removere,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

invidiam a se,

Ov. M. 12, 626:

vim procul hinc,

id. Am. 1, 14, 29:

(levissima) secerni arbitror oportere atque ex oratione removeri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 76, 309:

quartum (statum) ex generalibus,

Quint. 3, 6, 67:

omnes tribu remoti,

Liv. 45, 15 Drak. N. cr.:

ordine,

Tac. A. 13, 11:

quaesturā,

Suet. Tib. 35:

pudorem thalamis,

Ov. M. 8, 157; cf.:

se artibus suis,

Cic. Or. 2, 5:

se ministerio sceleris,

Ov. M. 3, 645:

aliquem tutelā,

Dig. 26, 10, 4.— Absol., Dig. 26, 10, 3. —