veritatis+acc

contentĭo, ōnis, f. [contendo] (acc. to contendo, II.), an eager stretching, a straining, exertion of the powers of body or mind, tension, effort, a vigorous struggling or striving for something, a struggle after (very freq. and in good prose).

In gen.

Prop.:

contentio et summissio vocis,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

vocis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

vocis aut lateris,

Plin. 26, 13, 85, § 137 al.:

gravitatis et ponderum,

of gravitation, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

animi (opp. relaxatio),

id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf. id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.—With gen. of the object:

disputationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

honorum (with ambitio),

id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf.

palmae,

Quint. 1, 2, 24:

dignitatis,

id. 4, 5, 12; cf.:

libertatis dignitatisque,

Liv. 4, 6, 11 al. —

Transf.

Labored, formal speech (opp. talk, conversation): quoniam magna vis orationis est, eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis;

contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum... sermo in circulis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132; 2, 14, 48 Heine ad loc.; cf.: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni;

contentio est oratio acris, etc.,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.—

Gregum = admissura, Censor. 5.—

In partic.

(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 2.) A contest, contention, strife (with weapons or words), a fight, dispute, controversy (so most freq.):

contentiones proeliorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; cf.:

magna belli,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

contentiones, quae cum inimicissimis fiunt,

id. Off. 1, 38, 137; so with cum, id. Phil. 2, 3, 7; id. Leg. 3, 11, 25 al.:

cum aliquo de aliquā re,

Quint. 4, 2, 132:

de aliquā re,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 4, 6, 4; Quint. 5, 14, 12 al.:

adversus procuratores,

Tac. Agr. 9:

inter aliquos,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47; Quint. 10, 1, 47; Suet. Claud. 15 et saep.; cf.:

inter aliquos de aliquā re,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132 et saep.:

contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; Curt. 8, 4, 33.—

(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 3.) A comparison, contrast:

si contentio quaedam et comparatio fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; 1, 43, 152; cf. id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

quaedam hominum ipsorum,

id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Inv. 2, 39, 114:

fortunarum,

id. Pis. 22, 51.—Hence,

T. t.

In rhetoric, a contrasting of one thought with another, antithesis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2.—

In gram., comparison, Varr. L. L. 8, § 75 Müll.

cultor, ōris, m. [id.].

Prop., one who bestows care or labor upon a thing, an elaborator, cultivator, etc.:

agrorum,

Liv. 2, 34, 11; 4, 25, 4:

agri,

id. 40, 29, 3; cf.

agricultor: virentis agelli,

Hor. A. P. 117:

terrae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

vitis,

a vine-dresser, id. Fin. 5, 14, 40:

alveorum,

a bee-master, apiarist, Col. 9, 3, 1.— Poet., of a bullock:

pauperis agri,

Ov. F. 5, 515.—

Absol., a cultivator or tiller of land, a husbandman, planter, Sall. J. 46, 5; Liv. 21, 34, 1; 28, 11, 9; Quint. 2, 19, 2; Verg. A. 8, 8; Ov. M. 1, 425:

cultores (opp. oppidani),

countrymen, Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. H. 2, 87.—

Meton. (acc. to colo, I. B.), an inhabitant, a dweller:

ejus terrae,

Sall. J. 17, 7:

collis ejus (sc. Janiculi),

Liv. 24, 10, 12; cf.:

collis Heliconii,

Cat. 61, 1:

Cupua Tuscis veteribus cultoribus adempta,

Liv. 28, 28, 6: nemorum, Verg. G. 1, 14; 2, 114; cf.:

antiqui (Capuae),

Liv. 7, 38, 5:

(insularum),

id. 22, 31, 3:

caeli (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 13:

Euboicus tumidarum aquarum,

Ov. M. 14, 4. —

Trop. (acc. to colo, II. A. and B.).

A fosterer, supporter:

bonorum (with fautor),

Liv. 9, 46, 13:

fidissimus imperii Romani (Hiero),

id. 26, 32, 4:

juvenum,

a tutor, teacher, Pers. 5, 63:

veritatis, fraudis inimici,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf.

aequi,

Ov. M. 5, 100:

juris et aequarum legum,

Mart. 10, 37, 1:

amicitiae,

Liv. 25, 28, 8; Mart. 9, 84, 4.—

A worshipper, reverencer:

deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 1:

numinis,

Ov. M. 1, 327:

diligentissimus religionum,

Liv. 5, 50, 1.—Also absol., Verg. A. 11, 788.—Hence, in later relig. lang., a priest of some deity:

deūm matris,

a priest of Cybele, Suet. Oth. 8; cf. Inscr. Orell. 938; 1578.

prō-pendeo, di, sum, 2 (in Plaut. As. 2, 2, 39, the correct reading is propendes), v. n., to hang forth or forward, hang down.

Lit. (class.):

ex ramis propendens,

Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; Suet. Galb. 21:

lanx propendet,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51.—

Trop.

(The figure borrowed from the descending scale of a balance.) To weigh more, haec the preponderance:

nec dependes nec propendes,

weighest neither less nor more, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 39:

si bona propendent,

Cic. Tuse. 5, 31, 86.—

To be inclined or disposed to any thing:

si suā sponte quo impellimus, inclinant atque propendent,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 18.—

To be well disposed, favorable:

inclinatione voluntatis propendere in aliquem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 129.—Hence, prō-pensus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., hanging down (post-class.):

propensum labrum,

Sol. 20:

propenso sesquipede,

Pers. 1, 57 dub. —

Transf., = magno pene praeditus (post-class.), Capitol. Gord. 19.—

Trop.

Inclining towards, coming near, approaching (class.); with ad:

disputatio ad veritatis similitudinem propensior,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

ad veritatem,

id. Div. 1, 5, 9. —

Heavy, weighty, important (class.):

illa de meā pecuniā ramenta fiat plumea propensior,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 15:

id fit propensius,

more weighty, important, Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24.—

Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing (syn. proclivis); usually constr. with ad or in and acc.; rarely with dat.

With ad:

non tam propensus ad misericordiam, quam inclinatus ad severitatem videbatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85:

ad dicendum,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

animus propensus ad salutem alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5:

ad liberalitatem,

id. Lael. 9, 31.— Comp.:

paulo ad voluptates propensior,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105:

ad lenitatem,

id. Mur. 31, 64:

animus alius ad alia vitia propensior,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

sunt propensiores ad bene merendum quam ad reposcendum,

id. Lael. 9, 32.—

With in and acc.:

propensus in alteram partem,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 4.— Comp.:

propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62:

in neutram partem propensiores,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—

With dat.:

in divisione regni propensior fuisse Alexandro videbatur,

more disposed to favor Alexander, Just. 16, 1, 2 (al. pro Alexandro).—

Absol., well-disposed, favorable, willing, ready (class.):

propenso animo aliquid facere,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 7; Liv. 37, 54:

propensum favorem petiit,

Ov. M. 14, 706.— Sup.: propensissimā civitatum voluntate, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—Hence, adv.: prōpensē, willingly, readily, with inclination (class.): conspiratio propense facta, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3.— Comp.:

propensius senatum facturum,

Liv. 37, 52:

eoque propensius laudandus est,

App. Flor. p. 98 Oud.

simplex, ĭcis (abl., regul. simplici;

simplice,

Lucr. 1, 1013), adj. [sim-; cf. Sanscr. sam, Gr. hama, with Lat. sin-guli, semel, sem-per; and plico].

In gen., simple, plain, uncompounded, unmixed, = haplous (cf.:

sincerus, purus): aut simplex est natura animantis, ut vel terrena sit, vel ignea, etc.... aut concreta est ex pluribus naturis,

Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 34:

natura (opp. mixta, conexa, etc.),

Lucr. 3, 231; Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 29; id. Sen. 21, 78:

si unum ac simplex (genus inperii) probandum sit, regium probem,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

finis bonorum, qui simplex esse debet, ex dissimillimis rebus misceri et temperari potest,

id. Off. 3, 33, 119:

(comoedia) Duplex quae ex argumento facta'st simplici,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 6:

(auditus) iter simplex et directum (opp. flexuosum),

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144:

simplex est manere, illud (in Hispaniam ire) anceps,

free from risk, id. Att. 12, 7, 1:

unum est et simplex aurium judicium,

free from complication, id. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12):

necessitudines,

unqualified, absolute, id. Inv. 2, 57, 171; cf.:

simplex officium atque una est bonorum omnium causa,

id. Sull. 3, 9:

nihil simplici in genere omnibus ex partibus perfectum natura expolivit,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

res aperta ac simplex,

id. Caecin. 2, 5:

ratio veritatis,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 229; Quint. 8, 3, 87:

decem regii lembi simplici ordine intrarunt urbem,

i. e. one by one, Liv. 44, 12, 6; Tac. H. 5, 23; cf.: simplici directā acie, simplicibus ordinibus, single, Auct. B. Alex. 37, 3 sq.:

acies,

id. B. Afr. 13, 2:

simplex acies media, cornibus duplex,

id. ib. 59, 2:

simplici caule,

Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 74: cum in eo ne simplici quidem genere mortis contenti inimici fuissent, i. e. not with his simple death, but must have torture, Liv. 40, 24, 8:

qui necem suam per venenum inimicis promiserat, non gravius quam simplici morte puniit,

Suet. Caes. 74:

qui proculcari nepotem, quam simplici morte interfici maluit,

Just. 44, 4, 4 al.:

nec via mortis erat simplex,

they died in various ways, Verg. G. 3, 482; cf.:

ne simplici quidem morte moriebantur, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. l. l. (H. 3, 25 Dietsch ad loc.): nec modus inserere atque oculos inponere simplex,

Verg. G. 2, 73:

vulnus,

Ov. M. 6, 254:

(tibia) tenuis simplexque foramine pauco,

Hor. A. P. 203:

simplici myrto nihil allabores,

id. C. 1, 38, 5:

esca,

id. S. 2, 2, 73:

jus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 64:

cibus,

Plin. 11, 53, 117, § 282:

aqua,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 32; Tac. G. 23:

arces dejecit plus vice simplici,

more than once, Hor. C. 4, 14, 13:

verba,

uncompounded, Quint. 1, 5, 3:

voces,

id. 1, 5, 65; but: ornatus verborum duplex, unus simplicium, alius conlocatorum, single, Cic. Or. 24, 80; cf.:

quaedam sunt in rebus simplicia, quaedam complicata,

id. Fat. 13, 30.— Comp.:

quantitas simplicior,

Quint. 11, 3, 15.— Sup.:

ex simplicissimā quāque materiā (opp. multiplex),

Quint. 10, 5, 10:

res,

id. 10, 2, 10.—

In partic., simple in a moral sense, without dissimulation, open, frank, straightforward, direct, guileless, artless, honest, sincere, ingenuous, etc. (cf. candidus).—Of persons:

cum de viro bono quaeritur, quem apertum et simplicem volumus esse, non sunt in disputando vafri, non veteratores, non malitiosi,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; id. Off. 1, 19, 63:

simplicem et communem et consentientem... eligi par est (opp. multiplex ingenium et tortuosum),

id. Lael. 18, 65; id. Ac. 2, 35, 112:

tuum hominis simplicis pectus vidimus,

id. Phil. 2, 43, 111; Liv. 24, 10; Hor. S. 1, 3, 52; 2, 2, 68; id. C. 2, 8, 14; Ov. H. 12, 90; 16, 285:

credebant simplices ac religiosi homines,

Liv. 24, 10, 6.—Of things:

fidelis et simplex et fautrix suorum regio,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

animal sine fraude dolisque, Innocuum, simplex,

Ov. M. 15, 121: animus, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

nihil simplex, nihil sincerum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2:

virtus,

Vell. 2, 129, 1:

verba,

Suet. Tib. 61:

cogitationes,

Tac. G. 22.— Comp.:

simplicior quis,

too straightforward, too blunt, Hor. S. 1, 3, 63.— Sup.:

simplicissimi omnium habentur iracundi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 16, 3:

dux,

Vell. 2, 116, 4:

mens,

Petr. 101, 3.—Hence, adv.: simplĭcĭter (acc. to I.), simply, plainly, straightforwardly, naturally, directly, utterly, without reserve, = haplôs:

quorum (verborum) primum nobis ratio simpliciter videnda est, deinde conjuncte,

Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149:

quaedam genera causarum simpliciter ex suā vi considerantur,

id. Inv. 2, 33, 102:

ipsa inventa exponentur simpliciter sine ullā exornatione,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11:

locuti sunt simpliciter et splendide,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 68:

aut simpliciter quaeritur aut comparate,

id. Top. 22, 84:

si est simpliciter breviterque dicendum,

id. Off. 2, 9, 31; so (with breviter) id. Arch. 12, 32:

illud nomen simpliciter positum, hoc ad aliquid esse,

Quint. 1, 6, 13:

frondes Simpliciter positae, scaena sine arte fuit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 106; Tac. G. 5; cf. comp.:

brevius ac simplicius tradi,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

1: ignorare se dixit, quidnam perplexi sua legatio haberet, cum simpliciter ad amicitiam petendam venissent,

simply, purely, only, Liv. 34, 57, 6:

quidam ludere eum simpliciter, quidam haud dubie insanire, aiebant,

merely, only, id. 41, 20, 4:

Cyrenaica philosophia, quam ille et ejus posteri simpliciter defenderunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62:

in sententiā simpliciter e re publicā ferendā,

id. Red. ad Quir. 10, 24 B. and K.— Comp.:

molluscum simplicius sparsum,

Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.—

(Acc. to II.) Plainly, openly, frankly, artlessly, ingenuously, uprightly, honestly, candidly: simpliciter et candide, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

simpliciter scripserat quae sentiebat,

Curt. 7, 2, 36:

simpliciter et libere (opp. dissimulanter et furtim),

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

simpliciter et palam lusit,

Suet. Aug. 71:

me amice simpliciterque reprehenderent,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1:

qui se simpliciter credunt amicis,

id. ib. 6, 22, 1.— Comp.:

simultates simplicius nutrire (opp. callide),

Tac. H. 3, 53 fin.:

quo simplicius tibi confitebor,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1; Quint. 1, 13, 2; Tac. H. 3, 53. — Sup.:

simplicissime loqui,

Tac. H. 1, 15 fin. —

In the singular number:

dicere,

Hier. in Matt. 1, 2 fin.

dēductor, ōris, m. [id.].

One who brings; a guide, teacher (late Lat.):

alicujus,

Tert. Apol. 21: veritatis, Tert. Cor. mil. 4.—

(Acc. to deduco, no. 1. B. 5.) One who accompanies or attends on a candidate for office, an attendant, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 6.

dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a. [2. lego]. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen., to value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).

Prop.:

nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.:

satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.:

te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.:

diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.

Transf.

Of inanimate objects:

fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,

Cic. Balb. 28; cf.:

Caesaris consilia in re publica,

id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.:

benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,

id. Att. 12, 34 fin.:

aviae memoriam,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

auream mediocritatem,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

Cypron,

id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep. —

Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect:

montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,

Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq. —

With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing:

pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,

Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence,

dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).

In gen.

With praepp.:

qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62:

in exquirendis temporibus,

id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.:

in ostentis animadvertendis,

id. Div. 1, 42 fin.:

in compositione,

id. Quint. 10, 1, 79:

in philosophia,

id. ib. 129:

in eloquendo,

id. ib. 63:

in symmetria,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.:

ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so,

ad reportandum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

ad cetera,

Quint. 1, 1, 7:

diligentes circa hoc,

Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56:

circa aerarium,

Eutr. 8, 7.—

With gen.:

omnis officii diligentissimus,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

veritatis,

Nep. Epam. 3:

imperii,

id. Con. 1, 2:

disciplinae,

Vell. 1, 6; cf.:

litterarum veterum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4:

compositionis,

Quint. 9, 4, 77:

aliarum rerum quae vitam instruunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 3:

temperamenti,

Plin. Pan. 79, 5:

naturae,

attentively investigating it, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; so,

medicinae,

id. 32, 3, 13, § 26 et saep.—

With dat.:

Corinthios video publicis equis assignandis et alendis, orborum et viduarum tributis fuisse quondam diligentes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 32.—

Absol.:

experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.;

for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

assidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.:

diligentior notitia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

stilus,

Tac. Or. 39:

remedia,

Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.—

In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.):

homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf.

opp. negligens,

ib. 4, 13, 8;

and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,

Auct. Her. 4, 34:

cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),

Quint. 9, 3, 65:

ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,

Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently:

accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.— Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.—

dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.:

pueri dilecti Superis,

Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.— Absol.:

luce mihi carior dilectior fili,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.— Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ho erômenos, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.

dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. duc;

but duce,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.— Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. [cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke], to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.:

quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13:

duc ac demonstra mihi,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 36:

suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.:

(difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur,

id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf.

plaustra,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so,

aquam per fundum ejus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

spiritum naribus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so,

spiritum per siccas fauces,

Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.:

aërem spiritu,

Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.:

animam spiritu,

id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.:

vitam et spiritum,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

tura naribus,

to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22:

sucos nectaris,

to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf.

pocula,

id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and:

Liberum,

id. ib. 4, 12, 14.— Poet.:

jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe),

Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.:

mucronem,

to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.:

ferrum vaginā,

Ov. F. 4, 929:

ensem vagina,

Sil. 8, 342;

but: ensem duxerat faber,

had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48:

sortem,

Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22;

hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot,

Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.:

pondus aratri,

to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119:

remos,

to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353:

numerosa brachia,

in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29:

lanas,

to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf.

stamina,

id. ib. 4, 221:

ubera,

to milk, id. ib. 9, 358:

frena manu,

to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2:

manus, of swimming,

id. 3, 20, 2:

ilia,

to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

os,

to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf.

vultum,

Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.:

non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem,

to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.— Absol.:

sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—

Esp.

To lead, conduct, as a way or road:

via ducit (te), in urbem?

Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679:

Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20:

via ad undas,

Ov. M. 3, 602:

via ad infernas sedes,

id. ib. 4, 433; cf.:

iter ad urbem,

id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—

Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go:

jam me ad regem recta ducam,

Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—

A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so,

in jus,

Liv. 2, 27:

illos duci in carcerem jubent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30:

aliquem in carcerem,

Suet. Caes. 20:

in vincula,

id. ib. 79:

ad mortem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.:

ducite, ubi capiat, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45:

decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem,

to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf.

prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —

Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry:

bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc.... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.?

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91:

uxorem domum,

id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68:

filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105:

uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.),

id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.— Absol.:

si tu negaris ducere,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—

In milit. lang.

Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction:

locis apertis exercitum ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1:

exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos,

id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.:

exercitum in fines Suessionum,

id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3;

5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos,

id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57:

cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2:

exercitum Uticam,

id. ib. 2, 26, 1:

reliquas copias contra Labienum,

id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move:

quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.;

not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest,

Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,

In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division:

qua in legatione duxit exercitum,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so,

exercitum,

Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3:

qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1:

ordinem,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1:

partem exercitūs,

Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance:

consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas... inde, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van:

pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin. —

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing:

accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so,

familiam,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45:

ordines,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

classem (discipulorum),

Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.:

funus,

Hor. Epod. 8, 12:

toros,

Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—

To conduct as prisoners in a triumph:

per triumphum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67:

in triumpho,

Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—

With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.:

struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus,

to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf.

muros,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 23:

vallum ex castris ad aquam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2:

fossam,

id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2:

arcum,

Ov. M. 3, 160:

lateres de terra,

Vitr. 2, 3:

vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera),

Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also:

epos,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 44:

carmen,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32:

versus,

id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.:

liniam ex colore,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf.

orbem,

id. 11, 3, 118:

alvum,

to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf.

colaphum,

Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.:

pugnum,

Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.;

so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus,

Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf.

exsequias,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

pompam,

Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699:

choros,

Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf.

choreas,

Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—

To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.):

cicatricem,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12:

rimam,

Ov. M. 4, 65:

situm,

to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

formam,

Ov. M. 1, 402:

colorem,

id. ib. 3, 485; cf.

pallorem,

to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760:

nomina,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 76:

notam,

id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.

Trop.

In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct:

progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas,

Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57:

ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 31:

Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,

id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26:

per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem),

id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.:

ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,

Sen. Ep. 107.—

In partic.

To draw, deduce, [p. 616] derive its origin or beginning from, any thing:

ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium,

Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:

exordium a nostra persona,

Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7:

principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.:

belli initium a fame,

id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21:

initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

originem ab Isocrate,

Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.:

ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc.,

Cic. Or. 3, 11:

honestum ab iis rebus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135:

nomen ex quo,

id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.:

nomen a Graeco,

Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf.

also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando,

Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—

To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.):

ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 18:

nos ducit scholarum consuetudo,

Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21:

ducit te species,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.:

declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc.,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.:

si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.:

eloquentiae laude,

id. Or. 32, 115:

quaestu et lucro,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

hoc errore ut, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 41; cf.:

litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—

In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—

With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.:

bellum longius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3:

bellum in hiemem,

id. ib. 1, 61, 3:

eam rem longius,

id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.:

rem prope in noctem,

id. B. C. 3, 51, 7:

rem leniter,

Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself:

tempus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7:

diem ex die,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed:

ubi se diutius duci intellexit,

id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),

In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy:

aetatem in litteris,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so,

aetatem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202:

vitam,

id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere):

noctes,

Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13:

somnos,

Verg. A. 4, 560.—

In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30:

minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—

Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.

Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero):

duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar,

Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so,

suam quoque rationem,

to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and:

non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem,

Suet. Aug. 42 fin.:

salutis meae rationem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3:

rationem officii, non commodi,

id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16:

rationem officii atque existimationis,

id. Quint. 16, 53.—

In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo;

very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

pro nihilo aliquid,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ea pro falsis ducit,

Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.:

innocentiam pro malevolentia,

id. ib. 12, 1:

vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit,

Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so,

aliquid honori,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3;

aliquem in numero hostium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:

aliquem loco affinium,

Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10:

tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur,

Liv. 21, 41; cf.:

officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 11:

faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret,

id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.:

malum cum amici tuum ducis malum,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet,

Sall. J. 62, 4:

nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.:

sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum,

Verg. A. 6, 690:

ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes,

Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.

fūco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. fucus], to color, paint, dye.

In gen.:

Alba nec Assyrio fucatur lana veneno,

Verg. G. 2, 465; so,

vellera Milesia saturo hyali colore,

id. ib. 4, 334:

tabulas colore,

Tac. A. 2, 14:

pinnas vario veneno,

Nemes. Cyneg. 309:

frena spumis sanguineis (equus),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 350:

humida creta colorque Stercore fucatus crocodili,

i. e. paint made of crocodile's dung, Hor. Epod. 12, 11 (cf. Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 109).—

In partic., with cosmetics, to paint, to rouge.

Lit.:

fucandi cura coloris,

Ov. Tr. 2, 487:

corpora vulsa atque fucata,

Quint. 8 praef. § 19.—

Trop.:

unumquodque genus (dicendi) cum fucatur atque praelinitur, fit praestigiosum,

is embellished too much, Gell. 7, 14, 11.—Hence, fūcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), painted, colored, beautified, falsified, counterfeit (a favorite word of Cic.; syn.: simulatus;

opp. sincerus, verus, naturalis): secerni blandus amicus a vero et internosci tam potest adhibita diligentia quam omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

naturalis non fucatus nitor,

id. Brut. 9, 36; cf.:

fucati medicamenta candoris et ruboris omnia repellentur: elegantia modo et munditia remanebit,

id. Or. 23, 79:

signa probitatis non fucata forensi specie, sed domesticis inusta notis veritatis,

id. Planc. 12, 29:

iisdem ineptiis fucata sunt illa omnia,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

puer subdolae ac fucatae vernilitatis,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.— Comp.:

versus Homeri fucatior (opp. simplicior et sincerior),

Gell. 13, 26, 3.—

* Adv.: fūcāte, with paint or color: fucatius concinnata carmina, Aus. in prosa post Idyll. 3.

mentĭor, ītus, 4 ( fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence],

Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.:

mentiri palam,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89:

mentire,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 18:

adversus aliquem,

id. Aul. 4, 7, 9:

apud aliquem,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 24:

sibi,

id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

mihi,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35:

aperte,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

in re aliquā,

id. Att. 12, 21, 4:

de re aliquā,

id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,

Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely:

certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.:

mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,

Sen. Ep. 106, 5:

si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,

Ov. F. 4, 227.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

in quibus nihil umquam... vetustas mentita sit,

id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—

To deceive one's self, mistake:

mentire, gnate,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.—

Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.:

cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,

had devised such a falsehood, Sall. C. 48:

originem alicujus,

Just. 35, 2, 4:

auspicium,

Liv. 10, 40:

titulum Lyciscae,

to assume falsely, Juv. 6, 123:

noctem,

to promise falsely, Prop. 3, 9, 1:

cur sese daemonia mentiuntur,

Tert. Apol. 23; also, to invent, feign, of a poetical fiction:

ita mentitur (sc. Homerus),

Hor. A. P. 151; cf.:

poëtae Orionem mentiuntur in pelago incidentem,

Lact. 4, 15, 21.— Pass.:

si a debitore, praelato die, pignoris obligatio mentiatur,

Dig. 48, 10, 28.—

Trop., of inanim. subjects: semel fac illud, Mentitur tua quod subinde tussis, do what your cough keeps falsely promising, i. e. die, Mart. 5, 39, 6:

mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis,

id. 3, 43, 1:

color, qui chrysocollam mentitur,

Plin. 35, 6, 29, § 48:

nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

Verg. E. 4, 42: sexum viris denegatum muliebri motu, Col. praef. 1.—Hence, *

mentĭens, entis, m. subst., a fallacy, sophism: quomodo mentientem, quem pseudomenon vocant, dissolvas, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11. —

mentītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., imitated, counterfeit, feigned ( poet.):

mentita tela,

Verg. A. 2, 422:

figurae,

Ov. M. 5, 326:

fama,

id. ib. 10, 28:

nomen,

id. ib. 10, 439; id. H. 11, 73; Sen. Contr. 5, 5, 3; Luc. 2, 512; Val. Fl. 6, 698; 7, 155; Sil. 15, 796; Stat. S. 4, 6, 21; id. Th. 1, 256; 7, 303; 10, 875; Poët. ap. Suet. Oth. 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 58:

mentiti fictique terrores,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15; id. Pan. 81, 3:

divinitas,

Lact. 2, 16, 2; Quint. 12, 10, 76.

rĕ-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go back, fall back, give ground, retire, withdraw, recede.

Lit. (class.; cf.:

decedo, abscedo): pone nos recede,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 34:

ego abs te procul recedam,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

hinc,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

illuc,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 7:

recedere loco,

id. Am. 1, 1, 84; cf.:

centuriones ex eo quo stabant loco recesserunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

non modo illum e Galliā non discessisse, sed ne a Mutinā quidem recessisse,

Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

procul a telo veniente,

Ov. M. 12, 359:

de medio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

ab hoste,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 151:

longius,

Verg. G. 4, 191:

tristis recedo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 35; id. C. 2, 19, 31:

ab Illiturgi,

Liv. 24, 41:

in castra Corneliana,

Caes. B. C. 2, 30 fin. —

In partic., to retire to one's bedchamber, go to rest, Petr. 85, 5; Ov. Ib. 239.—

Transf.

Of inanimate and abstract things:

ut illae undae ad alios accedant, ab aliis autem recedant,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

verba movere loco, quamvis invita recedant,

yield, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 113:

multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimunt,

the departing years, id. A. P. 176:

abeant ac recedant voces illae,

Plin. Pan. 2, 2.—

Of places, things, etc., to stand back, recede (i. e. to be distant or retired;

freq., esp. after the Aug. per.): secreta parentis Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit,

Verg. A. 2, 300; cf. Cat. 64, 43; and:

etsi lata recessit Urbe domus,

Stat. Th. 5, 242; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21:

Palaestina vocabatur, quā contingit Arabas... et quā recedit intus, Damascena,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66:

Magna Graecia in tres sinus recedens Ausonii maris,

id. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 4, 10, 17, § 33; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18.—Of nations:

gens Cappadocum longissime Ponticarum omnium introrsus recedens,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—In a painting, etc.:

pictor vi artis suae efficit, ut quaedam eminere in opere, quaedam recessisse credamus,

Quint. 2, 17, 21; cf.:

venter recessit,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2.— Poet., of places, which appear to recede by our departure from them:

provehimur portu, terraeque urbesque recedunt,

Verg. A. 3, 72:

mea terra recedit,

Ov. M. 8, 139; 11, 466; Sil. 3, 157; Stat. Th. 1, 549 al.—

In gen., to go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place, to abandon a thing, = discedere.

Lit. (in good prose very rare), = discedere, haec effatu' pater, germana, repente recessit, vanished, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 48 Vahl.):

nec vero a stabulis pluviā impendente recedunt Longius (apes),

Verg. G. 4, 191; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2.—

Transf., of things, to separate from any thing (with which it was previously connected):

in aliis ossibus ex toto saepe fragmentum a fragmento recedit,

Cels. 8, 7, 1:

carnes ab ossibus,

Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 22; 19, 5, 23, § 67:

caput e cervice,

Ov. P. 2, 8, 65;

for which also: caput cervice,

id. H. 16, 153; cf. id. F. 6, 708; Luc. 8, 674. —

Trop., to withdraw, depart, desist (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.): si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis, labor ille a vobis cito recedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:

avius a verā longe ratione recedit,

Lucr. 2, 229:

senes, ut in otia tuta recedant, aiunt, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 31:

ab officio recedere,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19; Auct. Her. 3, 3, 5; Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:

ab armis,

i. e. to lay them down, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

penitus a naturā,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

ab eodem exemplo,

Quint. 1, 6, 6; 2, 8, 13; 7, 3, 21:

a sententiis ejus, ab omni voluntate, consiliisque,

Cic. Att. 12, 4, 2: a vitā, i. e. to kill one ' s self, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40 (but Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6, to die, in gen., a doubtful conjecture; Jahn, procedente [p. 1530] vitā):

a veritatis viā longe,

Lact. 2, 8, 1:

ab oppugnatione,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Very freq. of inanimate and abstract subjects:

postquam recessit vita patrio corpore,

Plaut. Merc. prol. 73:

(nomen hostis) a peregrino recessit et proprie in eo, qui arma contra ferret, remansit,

has lost the signification of foreigner, Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; so,

res a consuetudine,

id. Quint. 21, 67; Quint. 2, 13, 11:

figurae sententiarum ab illo simplici modo indicandi recedunt,

id. 9, 2, 1:

ab usu cotidiano,

id. 10, 1, 44 et saep.— Poet., with simple abl.:

sic nunquam corde recedit Nata tuo,

departs, Stat. S. 3, 5, 55.— Absol., to vanish, pass away, disappear:

et pariter Phoebes, pariter maris ira recessit,

Ov. M. 12, 36:

spes,

Luc. 7, 688:

quonam nostri tibi cura recessit?

Verg. A. 2, 595:

fortuna recessit,

id. ib. 3, 53.— With in:

in ventos vita recessit,

passed away into the winds, Verg. A. 4, 705.— Hence, * rĕcessus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), drawn back, receding:

scaena recessior,

standing farther back, Vitr. 5, 8.