ventris+n+m

commōtĭo, ōnis, f. [commoveo], a moving, motion.

Lit. (only post-class.):

vasorum,

Pall. Oct. 14, 5:

ventris,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 13; 2, 9:

capitis,

id. Tard. 1, 1, 41; Vulg. Psa. 43, 15.—

Trop., a rousing, exciting, agitation, commotion (cf. commoveo, II. B.) (class.): commotionem accipi volunt temporarium animi motum, sicut iram, pavorem, * Quint. 5, 10, 28:

commotio suavis jucunditatis in corpore,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13:

animi,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 8.—In plur.:

animorum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 28, 61;

and without animi, of the emotions or passions: temperantia moderatrix omnium commotionum,

id. ib. 5, 14, 42; Lact. 6, 15, 9; 7, 10, 2.

compressĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [com primo], a pressing together, compression.

Prop.

In gen.:

aurum compressione coactum,

Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.:

ventris,

Gell. 16, 3:

musculorum,

Scrib. Comp. 84.—

Esp.,

An embracing: artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —

Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—

Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—

A suppression, repression:

bellorum civilium,

Oros. 7, 6:

corporalium cupiditatum,

Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

compressĭo ( conp-), ōnis, f. [com primo], a pressing together, compression.

Prop.

In gen.:

aurum compressione coactum,

Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.:

ventris,

Gell. 16, 3:

musculorum,

Scrib. Comp. 84.—

Esp.,

An embracing: artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —

Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—

Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—

A suppression, repression:

bellorum civilium,

Oros. 7, 6:

corporalium cupiditatum,

Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.

contāmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [contamino] (post-class.).

A polluting, contamination, defilement:

mulieris,

Dig. 48, 5, 2:

expositionis,

Arn. 5, 168.—

Corruption, disease: ventris, Jul. Obseq. Prodig. 89.

contĭnentĭa, ae, f. [contineo].

A holding back, repressing.

Lit.:

(crepitūs ventris),

Suet. Claud. 32 fin. —

Trop. (acc. to contineo, I. B. 2. b., and continens, B.), a briding, restraining of one's passions and desires, abstemiousness, continence, temperance, moderation, enkrateia (the common signif.; most freq. in Cic.; it is diff. from abstinentia, v. in h. v.;

opp. libido): continentia est, per quam cupiditas consilii gubernatione regitur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164; id. Off. 2, 24, 86; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 121:

conferte hujus libidines cum illius continentiā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115; cf.:

ubi pro continentiā et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere,

Sall. C. 2, 5;

connected with modestia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52; cf. Quint. 2, 21, 3; 3, 7, 15 al.—

(Acc. to contineo, I. B. 3., and continens, C.) The contents of a work (only late Lat.):

operis,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 12, § 2; Hier. in Isa. 5, 20 init.; 5, 23, 11; so the title of the work of Fulgentius: De Expositione Vergilianae Continentiae, etc.—

(Acc. to contineo, II., and continens, A. 1.) Contiguity, proximity:

regionum (just before: cohaerentia regionum),

Macr. S. 5, 15, 5.

contĭnentĭa, ium, n., v. contineo, P. a.

crĕpĭtus, ūs, m. [crepo], a rattling, creaking, clattering, clashing, rustling, a noise, etc. (in good prose).

In gen.:

cardinum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; cf.

claustrorum (with sonitus),

id. ib. 1, 3, 47:

carbasi,

Lucr. 6, 110:

e motu frenorum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 12:

dentium,

a chattering, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

pedum,

id. Top. 12, 52:

armorum,

Liv. 25, 6, 21; 38, 17, 5: alarum (anserum). id. 5, 47, 4:

plagarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162:

inlisae manus umeris,

Sen. Ep. 56, 1:

tibiarum et scabellorum,

Suet. Calig. 54:

arboris,

Plin. 10, 18, 20, § 40:

imbrium,

a pattering, id. 12, 1, 5, § 10:

sonitus, tonitrus,

a crash, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10: digitorum, a snapping of the fingers, as the signal of a command (cf. crepo and concrepo), Mart. 14, 119.—

In partic.: crepitus (sc. ventris), a breaking wind with noise, = pordê (diff. from flatus, without noise), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16; Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 5: Sen. Ep. 91, 19; Plin. 27, 12, 87, § 110 al.;

with flatus,

Suet. Claud. 32.

cūr (old orthog. quor; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.; and in MSS. sometimes cor, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 171 sq.), adv. [contr. from quare; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2231 P. and the letter C; acc. to Voss, Etym. s. h. v.; Analog. 4, 21, and Hand, Turs. II. p. 175, from cui rei; cf.:

quoi rei,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 33 ], = quam ob rem, for what reason, wherefore, why, to what purpose, from what motive.

Rel.:

duae causae sunt, cur tu frequentior in isto officio esse debeas quam nos,

Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2; so,

causae, cur,

Quint. 11, 3, 16; and:

ea causa, cur,

id. 2, 3, 11:

non fuit causa, cur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. id. Clu. 61, 169; so,

causa non esset, cur,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 9:

causa nulla est, cur,

id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

nihil est causae, cur,

Quint. 11, 3, 59:

quae causa est, cur? etc.,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quid est causae, cur, etc.,

id. Fl. 2, 5; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

negare et adferre rationem cur negarent,

id. ib. 6, 8, 1:

id satis magnum esse argumentum dixisti, cur esse deos confiteremur,

id. N. D. 1, 23, 62;

so after argumenta,

id. ib. 3, 4, 10; id. Div. 1, 3, 5:

est vero cur quis Junonem laedere nolit,

Ov. M. 2, 518;

and with a negative: neque est, cur, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51:

non tamen est, cur,

Ov. H. 10, 144.- -And in dependent questions:

quid est, cur tu in isto loco sedeas?

Cic. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 21, 43, 12 et saep.:

ne cui sit vestrum mirum, cur, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 1 al.:

miror, cur me accusas,

Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 1; 5, 12, 30; id. Phil. 2, 20, 49 (v. miror, admiror, etc.):

quā in re primum illud reprehendo et accuso, cur, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16:

quod me saepe accusas, cur hunc meum casum tam graviter feram,

id. Att. 3, 13, 2; 3, 12, 1; id. Sest. 37, 80; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3:

consules invasit, cur silerent,

Tac. A. 6, 4.—

Pregn., = cujus causā, propter quod, on account of which, by reason of which:

quid ergo accidit, cur consilium mutarem?

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 10:

quid obstat, cur non verae fiant,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 76:

fecerit aliquid Philippus, cur adversus eum... hoc decerneremus: quid Perseus meruit... cur soli omnium hostes ei simus?

Liv. 41, 24, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Caedicius negare, se commissurum, cur sibi... quisquam imperium finiret,

id. 5, 46, 6; 10, 18, 14; Suet. Calig. 15; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 2:

quid Aristides commisisset, cur tantā poenā dignus duceretur,

Nep. Arist. 1, 3:

multa quidem dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7.—

Interrog.: Ag. Quor mi haec irata est? Mi. Quor haec irata est tibi? Quor ego id curem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143 sq.:

quor perdis adulescentem nobis? quor amat? Quor potat?

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36 sq.; cf.:

quid agis? quor te is perditum?

id. And. 1, 1, 107:

quor non introëo in nostram domum?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

quorsum tan dem, aut cur ista quaeris?

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: Er. Jube tibi agnum huc adferri propere pinguem. He. Quor? Er. Ut sacrufices, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 82: Me. Non possum. Ch. Quor non? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111:

cur ego plebeios magistratus... video, etc.,

Liv. 2, 34, 9; 6, 15, 12.—In the poets sometimes placed after one or more words of a clause:

stratege noster, quor hic cessat cantharus?

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 28:

obsequium ventris mihi perniciosius est cur?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 104; 2, 3, 187.—

Esp.

Pregn.

Implying censure, indignation, remonstrance, etc.:

quor id aussu's facere?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 114:

cur es ausus subigitare, etc.,

id. Mil. 5, 9; id. Men. 3, 2, 28:

sed quid ego? quor me excrucio? quor me macero?

Ter. And. 5, 3, 15:

cur imperium illi, aut cur illo modo prorogatum est,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

cur me querelis exanimas tuis?

Hor. C. 2, 17, 1.—

Implying grief, sorrow, and, with negatives, desire, etc.: eheu me miserum, quor non aut istaec mihi Aetas et formast, etc., Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 17:

heu me miserum, cur senatum cogor reprehendere?

Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Fam. 2, 7, 5; id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

cur ego tecum non sum?

id. ib. 16, 6, 2.—

With potential subj., in excusing, deprecating censure, etc.:

quor ego apud te mentiar?

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 24; id. Most. 2, 2, 24:

cur hunc tam temere quisquam ab officio discessurum judicaret?

Caes. B. G. 1, 40: pro urbis salute, cur non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 15; Cic. Cael. 29, 68 al.—

Emphatic after si, cum, etc., implying a logical conclusion:

tum id si falsum fuerat, filius quor non refellit?

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 53:

nam, si res publica defenditur, cur ea consule isto ipso defensa non est?

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; cf.:

fac esse distentam... cur tam multos deos nihil agere patitur?

id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

cur autem quidquam ignoraret animus hominis, si esset deus?

id. ib. 1, 11, 28; Nep. Eum. 11, 4; Ov. F. 1, 257.—

Strengthened by particles of inference: nam, enim, igitur, etc.: Am. Pestis te tenet. So. Nam quor istuc Dicis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31:

nam cur me miseram verberas?

id. Aul. 1, 1, 3:

quor simulas igitur?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 21:

cur enim, inquies, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55; Suet. Calig. 34; id. Claud. 4; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 175- 183.

dēlectātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a delighting, delight, pleasure, amusement (freq. and good prose): delectatio voluptas suavitate auditus animum deleniens, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 9:

homo videndi et audiendi delectatione ducitur,

id. Off. 1, 30; so,

conviviorum,

id. de Sen. 13, 45. More freq. without gen.:

mira quaedam in cognoscendo suavitas et delectatio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 193; so,

jucunditas delectatioque,

id. ib. 3, 38, 155;

with voluptas,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 2:

(doctrina et literae), quae secundis rebus delectationem modo habere, videbantur, nunc vero etiam salutem,

id. ib. 6, 12 fin.:

gratiam et delectationem afferunt,

Quint. 2, 13, 11; 9, 4, 9 et saep.; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 34:

in amicitia,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 18.—In plural, Cic. Mur. 19, 39 al.—

As medic. t. t., a straining, effort, tenesmus (late Lat.):

frequens ventris egerendi,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 6, 88; 4, 3, 46.

ēgestus, a, um, Part., from egero.

ēgestus, ūs, m. [egero], a carrying out, emptying, voiding (post-Aug. and very rare):

alto egestu penitus cavare terras,

Stat. S. 4, 3, 42:

ventris,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4.

ēlŭvĭes, em, e, f. [eluo], a washing away of impurities, a flowing off, discharge.

Lit., Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Juv. 3, 32: ventris, Lucil. ap. Non. 103, 33; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9 fin. —

In gen., an overflowing, an inundation of a river, etc.:

eluvie mons est deductus in aequor,

Ov. M. 15, 267; Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Meton., a chasm, abyss, ravine produced by the violent rushing of water, Curt. 5, 4 fin. (shortly before: vorago concursu cavata torrentium); 6, 4 fin. —In plur. (with voragines), id. 8, 11.—

Trop., of a ruinous law:

ad illam labem atque eluviem civitatis pervenire,

Cic. Dom. 20, 53 fin.