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21 heroicus
hērōĭcus, a, um, adj., = hêrôïkos, of or relating to (mythical) heroes, heroic:vetus opinio est, jam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:tempora,
id. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Quint. 1, 11, 17:aetates,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:Medea et Atreus, heroicae personae,
id. N. D. 3, 29, 71:sublimitas heroici carminis,
of the heroic poem, of the epic, Quint. 1, 8, 5; cf.:heroici carminis sonus,
Tac. Or. 10:carmen,
Serv. Verg. A. 1 init.:versus, usually herous versus (v. herous),
Prisc. p. 1256 P.— Adv.: hērōĭcē, in the heroic style:hos quoque (versus Homeri) tamquam heroice incomptos adamavit (Vergilius),
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22 hexameter
hexămĕter ( hexămetrus, Ter. Maur. p. 2430 P.), tri, m., = hexametros (of six measures), with or without versus, a verse consisting of six feet, a hexameter: versus, Lucil. ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 5, 87; so,metrum,
Isid. 1, 38, 6:Antipater ille Sidonius solitus est versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris fundere ex tempore,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:hexametrorum instar versuum,
id. Or. 66, 222:liber scriptus ab eo hexametris versibus,
Suet. Aug. 85:in longis versibus qui hexametri dicuntur,
Gell. 18, 15, 1 (cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68):initium hexametri,
Quint. 9, 4, 78; cf.§ 74: finis hexametri,
id. 9, 4, 75; Ter. Maur. p. 2441:iambicus,
whose sixth foot is an iambus, Diom. p. 516 P. -
23 hexametrus
hexămĕter ( hexămetrus, Ter. Maur. p. 2430 P.), tri, m., = hexametros (of six measures), with or without versus, a verse consisting of six feet, a hexameter: versus, Lucil. ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 5, 87; so,metrum,
Isid. 1, 38, 6:Antipater ille Sidonius solitus est versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris fundere ex tempore,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:hexametrorum instar versuum,
id. Or. 66, 222:liber scriptus ab eo hexametris versibus,
Suet. Aug. 85:in longis versibus qui hexametri dicuntur,
Gell. 18, 15, 1 (cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68):initium hexametri,
Quint. 9, 4, 78; cf.§ 74: finis hexametri,
id. 9, 4, 75; Ter. Maur. p. 2441:iambicus,
whose sixth foot is an iambus, Diom. p. 516 P. -
24 sursum
sursum (collat. form sursus, Lucr. 2, 188: susum, Cato, R. R. 157, 15; Aug. Tract. 8, Ep. 1, Joan. 2; Tract. 10, 5; Lact. Mort. Pers. 19, 4:I.SVRVORSVM,
Inscr. Grut. 204), adv. [contr. from sub-vorsum], from below, i. e. up, upwards, on high (opp. deorsum; class. and very freq.).Denoting motion:b.cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:ascendere in tectum,
id. Am. 3, 4, 25:illuc,
id. ib. 3, 4, 17:quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?
id. Cist. 2, 3, 78:subducere susum animam,
Cato, R. R. 157, 15; cf.infra, II.: flammae expressae sursum (opp. deorsum ferri),
Lucr. 2, 204:adspicit nil sursum,
Mart. 1, 97, 11: sursum ac deorsum diducere, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 105.—Pleon. joined with versus (versum, vorsum), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123:c.vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,
Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 32, 1:sursus enim vorsus gignuntur et augmina sumunt: Et sursum nitidae fruges arbustaque crescunt,
Lucr. 2, 189:cum gradatim sursum versus reditur,
Cic. Or. 39, 135; so,sursum versus,
id. Part. Or. 7, 24; Lact. 3, 24, 1; Gell. 2, 1, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 32 fin. —Sursum deorsum, up and down, to and fro:II.sursum deorsum ultro citroque commeantibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84:ne sursum deorsum cursites,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Prov.:omnia ista sursum deorsum fortuna versavit,
topsy-turvy, Sen. Ep. 44, 4; cf.:quod sursum est, deorsum faciunt,
i. e. they turn every thing upside down, Petr. 65 fin. —Denoting situation or locality, high up, above (very rare): qui colunt deorsum, magis aestate laborant;qui sursum, magis hieme... nec non sursum quam deorsum tardius seruntur ac metuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3:praeterito hac rectā plateā sursum,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35:nares, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,
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25 sursus
sursum (collat. form sursus, Lucr. 2, 188: susum, Cato, R. R. 157, 15; Aug. Tract. 8, Ep. 1, Joan. 2; Tract. 10, 5; Lact. Mort. Pers. 19, 4:I.SVRVORSVM,
Inscr. Grut. 204), adv. [contr. from sub-vorsum], from below, i. e. up, upwards, on high (opp. deorsum; class. and very freq.).Denoting motion:b.cum ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:ascendere in tectum,
id. Am. 3, 4, 25:illuc,
id. ib. 3, 4, 17:quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?
id. Cist. 2, 3, 78:subducere susum animam,
Cato, R. R. 157, 15; cf.infra, II.: flammae expressae sursum (opp. deorsum ferri),
Lucr. 2, 204:adspicit nil sursum,
Mart. 1, 97, 11: sursum ac deorsum diducere, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 105.—Pleon. joined with versus (versum, vorsum), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123:c.vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,
Cato, R. R. 33, 1; 32, 1:sursus enim vorsus gignuntur et augmina sumunt: Et sursum nitidae fruges arbustaque crescunt,
Lucr. 2, 189:cum gradatim sursum versus reditur,
Cic. Or. 39, 135; so,sursum versus,
id. Part. Or. 7, 24; Lact. 3, 24, 1; Gell. 2, 1, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 32 fin. —Sursum deorsum, up and down, to and fro:II.sursum deorsum ultro citroque commeantibus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84:ne sursum deorsum cursites,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Prov.:omnia ista sursum deorsum fortuna versavit,
topsy-turvy, Sen. Ep. 44, 4; cf.:quod sursum est, deorsum faciunt,
i. e. they turn every thing upside down, Petr. 65 fin. —Denoting situation or locality, high up, above (very rare): qui colunt deorsum, magis aestate laborant;qui sursum, magis hieme... nec non sursum quam deorsum tardius seruntur ac metuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3:praeterito hac rectā plateā sursum,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35:nares, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt,
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26 vorsus
1. 2. 3.versus ( vors-), ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the plur. versi, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 712 P.: versorum, Laber. ib.: versis, Val. ib.), m. [verto, a turning round, i. e. of the plough].I.A furrow, Col. 2, 2, 25; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177.—II.Transf., a line, row.A.In gen.:B.in versum distulit ulmos,
Verg. G. 4, 144:remorum,
Liv. 33, 30, 5; cf. Verg. A. 5, 119:foliorum,
Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122:creber catenarum,
Sil. 7, 658.—In partic., a line of writing; and in poetry, a verse:C. III.ut primum versum (legis) attenderet,
Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:deplorat primis versibus mansionem suam,
id. Att. 2, 16, 4; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:magnum numerum versuum ediscere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 14; Nep. Epam. 4, 6; Liv. 41, 24, 13; Quint. 1, 4, 3; 7, 1, 37; 10, 1, 38; 10, 1, 41; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 16; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:si quis minorem gloriae fructum putat ex Graecis versibus percipi quam ex Latinis, vehementer errat,
Cic. Arch. 10, 23; id. de Or. 2, 64, 257; 3, 50, 194; id. Or. 20, 67; Quint. 9, 4, 48 sq.; 11, 2, 39; 11, 2, 51; Hor. S. 1, 10, 54; 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 2, 2, 52; Verg. E. 5, 2.—A land-measure, = Gr. plethron, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1.—IV. -
27 re-vocō
re-vocō āvī, ātus, āre, to call again, call back, recall: Exclusit; revocat; redeam? H.: de medi<*> cursu rei p. voce revocatus: revocatus de exsilio, L.: Caesar in Italiam revocabatur, Cs.—Of troops, to call back, recall, call off, withdraw: legiones revocari atque itinere resistere iubet, Cs.: quae receptui canunt, ut eos etiam revocent: tardius revocati proelio excesserant, S.: equites, Cs.: ab opere legiones, Cs.: consul ab revocando ad incitandos versus milites, L.; cf. fluctūs et flumina signo dato, O.—Of a player or declaimer, to call back, recall, encore: Livius saepius revocatus, L.: hunc vidi revocatum eandem rem dicere: primos trīs versūs, to encore: miliens revocatum est.—To recall to life, revive, bring back: revocatus a morte, V.: gelidos artūs in vivum calorem, O.—To summon again: hominem populus revocat, i. e. prosecute anew: si revocemur in suffragium, are called to vote again, L.—To summon in turn: unde tu me vocasti, inde ibi ego te revoco, i. e. I answer by demanding that you leave (the estate).—To ask again, invite in return: domum suam istum vocabat qui neque revocaturus esset: volpem, Ph.— To draw back, withdraw, turn back: revocata (Lumina) rursus eodem Retuleram, O.: cupidas manūs, O.: pedem ab alto, V.—Fig., to call back, recall, resume, renew, regain, recover: dies revocandae libertatis: et virīs et corpus amisi: sed, facile illa revocabo, will recover: (studia) remissa temporibus: quod, utcunque praetermissum, revocari non posset, L.: veteres artīs, H.: exordia pugnae, i. e. recall to mind, V.: ductores, revocato a sanguine Teucri, i. e. the restored race, V.—To recall, check, control: in vitibus revocantur ea, quae, etc., i. e. are pruned: vinolenti revocant se interdum, bethink themselves.—To recall, withdraw, divert, turn away: revocare se non poterat familiaritate implicatus, could not withdraw: quos spes praedandi ab agriculturā revocabat, Cs.: te a turpitudine: animum ab irā, O.: me ad pristina studia: se ad industriam.—To recall, divert, turn, bring: disceptationem ab rege ad Romanos, L.: ad quae me exempla revocas: comitiis tot civitatum unam in domum revocatis, i. e. crowded: ad spem consulatūs in partem revocandam aspirare, to bring over to themselves (of the plebs), L.—To apply, reduce, refer, subject, submit: omnia ad suam potentiam revocantis esse sententiam: revocata res ad populum est, L.: illa de urbis situ ad rationem: rem ad illam rationem.—To recall, revoke, retract, cancel, undo: libertatem, i. e. to enslave again, Ta.: si facta mihi revocare liceret, O. -
28 sēnārius
sēnārius adj. [seni], of six each: versus, a verse of six feet, Ph.—As subst m. (sc. versus): comicorum senarii.* * *senaria, senarium ADJ -
29 alter
alter, tĕra, tĕrum, adj. (the measure of the gen. sing. āltĕrĭŭs as paeon primus is supported in good Latin only by examples from dactylic verse (but see alterĭus in trochaic measure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 56), in which īpsĭŭs, īllĭŭs, īstĭŭs, ūnĭŭs, etc., are used as dactyls; on the contr., the regular measure āltĕrīŭs, as ditrochaeus, is sufficiently confirmed by the foll. verses of Enn., Ter., and Ter. Maur.: mox cum alterīus abligurias bona, Enn. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. 29 Vahl.):I.alterīus sua comparent commoda? ah!
Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:nec alter[imacracute]us indigéns opís veni,
Ter. Maur. p. 2432 P.;and sescupló vel una víncet alter[imacracute]us singulum,
id. ib. p. 2412 ib.; Prisc. p. 695 ib.; alterius is also commonly used as the gen. of alius, as alīus is little used (v. h. v. fin.).— Dat. sing. f.:alterae,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 30; Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Nep. Eum. 1, 6; Col. 5, 11, 10) [a comp. form of al-ius; cf. Sanscr. antara = alius; Goth. anthar; Lith. antras = secundus; Germ. ander; Gr. heteros; Engl. either, other; also Sanscr. itara = alius], the other of two, one of two, the other, ho heteros.Lit.A.In gen.:B.nam huic alterae patria quae sit, profecto nescio,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45:necesse est enim sit alterum de duobus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:altera ex duabus legionibus,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20: mihi cum viris ambobus est amicitia;cum altero vero magnus usus,
Cic. Clu. 42, 117:alter consulum,
Liv. 40, 59:alter ex censoribus,
id. 40, 52:in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit,
on the other side, Caes. B. G. 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 54:si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, praebe illi et alteram,
Vulg. Matt. 5, 39; 28, 1.—Hence: alter ambove, one or both; commonly in the abbreviation:A. A. S. E. V. = alter ambove si eis videretur: utique C. Pansa, A. Hirtius consules alter ambove S. E. V. rationem agri habeant,
Cic. Phil. 5 fin. Wernsd.; cf. id. ib. 8, 11; 9, 7 fin.; 14, 14 fin.; cf.Brison. Form. pp. 218 and 219: absente consulum altero ambobusve,
Liv. 30, 23: ambo alterve, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100 fin. —Esp.1.a.. In distributive clauses: alter... alter, the one... the other (cf. alius, II. A.): ho heteros... ho heteros:b.Si duobus praefurniis coques, lacunā nihil opus erit. Cum cinere eruto opus erit, altero praefurnio eruito, in altero ignis erit,
Cato, R. R. 38, 9:alteram ille amat sororem, ego alteram,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 68; id. Am. 1, 2, 19; 1, 2, 20; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50:quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit,
Cic. Planc. 35; so id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: namque alterā ex parte Bellovaci instabant;alteram Camulogenus tenebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 59 Herz.:conjunxit alteram (cortinam) alteri,
Vulg. Exod. 36, 10; 36, 22; ib. Joan. 13, 14; ib. Rom. 12, 5.—In same sense, unus... alter, one... the other, as in later Gr. heis men... heteros de: vitis insitio una est per ver, altera est cum uva floret;c.ea optima est,
Cato, R. R. 41, 1: Phorm. Una injuria est tecum. Chrem. Lege agito ergo. Phorm. Altera est tecum, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90: uni epistolae respondi;venio ad alteram,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6:nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella,
Vulg. Gen. 4, 19; ib. Matt. 6, 24:Erant duae factiones, quarum una populi causam agebat, altera optimatium,
Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Liv. 31, 21:consules coepere duo creari, ut si unus malus esse voluisset, alter eum coërceret,
Eutr. 1, 8:Duo homines ascenderunt in templum, unus pharisaeus et alter publicanus,
Vulg. Luc. 18, 10 al. —Sometimes a subst., or hic, ille, etc., stands in the place of the second alter:(α).Epaminondas... Leonidas: quorum alter, etc... Leonidas autem, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Vell. 2, 71, 3:alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:quorum alteri Capitoni cognomen est, iste, qui adest, magnus vocatur,
id. ib.:alterum corporis aegritudo, illum, etc.,
Flor. 4, 7.—Sometimesone alter is entirely omitted (cf. alius, II. A.; heteros, L. and S. I. 2.):(β).duae turmae haesere: altera metu dedita hosti, pertinacior (sc. altera), etc.,
Liv. 29, 33:hujus lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad meridiem spectat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; orthe form changed:d.dialecticam adjungunt et physicam, alteram quod habeat rationem.... Physicae quoque etc.,
Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72, and 3, 22, 73. —Sometimes a further distributive word is added:alter adulescens decessit, alter senex, aliquis praeter hos infans,
Sen. Ep. 66, 39:alter in vincula ducitur, alter insperatae praeficitur potestati, alius etc.,
Amm. 14, 11.—In plur.: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos;e.alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:alteri dimicant, alteri victorem timent,
id. Fam. 6, 3: binas a te accepi litteras; quarum alteris mihi gratulabare... alteris dicebas etc., in one of which,... in the other, id. ib. 4, 14:quorum alteri adjuvabant, alteri etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17: duplices similitudines, unae rerum, alterae verborum, Auct. ad Her. 3, 20. —The second alter in a different case:2.alter alterius ova frangit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49:uterque numerus plenus, alter alterā de causā habetur,
Macr. Somn. Scip. 2:qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant,
Liv. 5, 11:alteri alteros aliquantum attriverant,
Sall. J. 79, 4; so id. ib. 42, 4;53, 7 al. —Also with alteruter: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet,
Nep. Dion. 4, 1.—With unus:quom inter nos sorderemus unus alteri,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 30:dicunt unus ad alterum,
Vulg. Ez. 33, 30:ne unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio,
ib. 1 Cor. 4, 6.—With uterque:uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum,
Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:utrique alteris freti finitimos sub imperium suum coëgere,
Sall. J. 18, 12.—With nemo, nullus, neuter:ut nemo sit alteri similis,
Quint. 2, 9, 2:cum tot saeculis nulla referta sit causa, quae esset tota alteri similis,
id. 7, prooem. 4:neutrum eorum contra alterum juvare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3:ut neutra alteri officiat,
Quint. 1, 1, 3.—After two substt., the first alter generally refers to the first subst., and the second to the second:Philippum rebus gestis superatum a filio, facilitate video superiorem fuisse. Itaque alter semper magnus, alter saepe turpissimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 26; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 21; Brem. ad Suet. Claud. 20.—Sometimes the order is reversed: contra nos (summa gratia et eloquentia) raciunt in hoc tempore;quarum alteram (i. e. eloquentiam) vereor, alteram (i. e. gratiam) metuo,
Cic. Quinct. 1; so id. Off. 3, 18; 1, 12; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 9, 2, 6.—As a numeral = secundus, the second, the next, o heteros:b.primo die, alter dies, tertius dies, deinde reliquis diebus etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus non intermittebas etc.,
id. Phil. 1, 13 Wernsd.:quadriennio post alterum consulatum,
id. Sen. 9:die altero,
Vulg. Jos. 10, 32: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert (= mensā secundā), Hor. C. 4, 5, 31.—So, alterā die, the next day, têi allêi hêmerai, têi heterai:se alterā die ad conloquium venturum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Vulg. Gen. 19, 34; ib. Matt. 27, 62:die altero,
ib. Num. 11, 32; ib. Jos. 5, 11 al.—So in comparative sense:alterā die quam a Brindisio solvit, in Macedoniam trajecit,
Liv. 31, 14; Suet. Vit. 3:intermittere diem alterum quemque oportet,
every other day, Cels. 3, 23; 3, 13; 4, 12:Olea non continuis annis, sed fere altero quoque fructum adfert,
Col. R. R. 5, 8.—With prepp.:qui (Ptolemaeus) tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam,
next after, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; so, fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the second or next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49:alter ab undecimo jam tum me ceperat annus,
id. ib. 8, 39.—Hence,Also with tens, hundreds, etc.:c.accepi tuas litteras, quas mihi Cornificius altero vicesimo die reddidit,
on the twenty-second day, Cic. Fam. 12, 25 Manut.:anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat,
in the three hundred and second year, Liv. 3, 33:vicesima et altera laedit,
Manil. 4, 466.—So of a number collectively:d.remissarios pedum XII., alteros pedum X.,
a second ten, Cato, R. R. 19, 2:ad Brutum hos libros alteros quinque mittemus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
Cat. 5, 7.—So with the numeral understood: aurea mala decem misi;cras altera (sc. decem) mittam,
a second ten, Verg. E. 3, 71.—Hence,Unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other.(α).For two (as in Gr. heis kai heteros):(β).unus et alter dies intercesserat,
Cic. Clu. 26:adductus sum tuis unis et alteris litteris,
id. Att. 14, 18:et sub eā versus unus et alter erunt,
Ov. H. 15, 182; so Suet. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 12 (cf. id. Gram. 24: unum vel alterum, vel, cum plurimos, tres aut quattuor admittere).—More freq. of an indef. number, one and another; and: unusalterve, one or two:e.Unus et item alter,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:mora si quem tibi item unum alterumve diem abstulerit,
Cic. Fam. 3, 9; so id. Clu. 13, 38; 13, 26:versus paulo concinnior unus et alter,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74; so id. S. 1, 6, 102; 2, 5, 24; id. A. P. 15:ex illis unus et alter ait,
Ov. F. 2, 394; id. Am. 2, 5, 22; Petr. 108; Plin. Pan. 45 Schwarz; cf. id. ib. 52, 2; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Galb. 14 al.:paucis loricae, vix uni alterive cassis aut galea,
Tac. G. 6.—Alterum tantum, as much more or again, twice as much (cf. Gr. heteron tosouton or hetera tosauta):f.etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam potius quam sinam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 65:altero tanto aut sesqui major,
Cic. Or. 56, 188:altero tanto longior,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; so Dig. 28, 2, 13:numero tantum alterum adjecit,
Liv. 1, 36; so id. 10, 46; Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Dig. 49, 14, 3 al.—Alteri totidem, as many more:g.de alteris totidem scribere incipiamus,
Varr. L. L. 8, 24 Müll. —To mark the similarity of one object to another in qualities, etc., a second, another (as in English, a second father, my second self, and the like). So,(α).With a proper name, used as an appellative (cf. alius, II. G.):(β).Verres, alter Orcus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50:alterum se Verrem putabat,
id. ib. 5, 33 fin.:Hamilcar, Mars alter,
Liv. 21, 10.—With a com. noun:(γ).me sicut alterum parentem observat,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8:altera patria,
Flor. 2, 6, 42 al. —Alter ego, a second self, of very intimate friends (in the class. per. perh. only in Cic. Ep.; cf. ho hetairos, heteros egô, Clem. Al. 450):(δ).vide quam mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 5:me alterum se fore dixit,
id. Att. 4, 1:quoniam alterum me reliquissem,
id. Fam. 2, 15; Aus. praef. 2, 15.—Alter idem, a second self, like heteroi hautoi, Arist. Eth. M. 8, 12, 3 (on account of the singularity of the expression, introduced by tamquam):3.amicus est tamquam alter idem,
Cic. Lael. 21, 82.—The one of two, either of two, without a more precise designation, for alteruter:II.non uterque sed alter,
Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:fortasse utrumque, alterum certe,
id. Att. 11, 18:melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrūm vivemus,
Liv. 1, 13:nec rogarem, ut mea de vobis altera amica foret,
Ov. A. A. 3, 520:ex duobus, quorum alterum petis, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3:ex duobus (quorum necesse est alterum verum), etc.,
Quint. 5, 10, 69:ac si necesse est in alteram errare partem, maluerim etc.,
id. 10, 1, 26; 1, 4, 24; 9, 3, 6 al.—Once also with a negative, neither of two: hos, tamquam medios, [p. 98] nec in alterius favorem inclinatos, miserat rex, Liv. 40, 20, 4.—Transf.A.Another of a class = alius (as opp. to one's self, to another); subst., another, a neighbor, a fellow-creature, ho pelas (so sometimes heteros, Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 17); cf. Ochsn. Eclog. 90 and 458 (alter designates the similarity of two objects; alius a difference in the objects contrasted): SI. INIVRIAM. FAXIT. ALTERI., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1:B.qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri oportet,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58; id. Am. prol. 84: mox dum alterius abligurias bona, quid censes dominis esse animi? Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 3: qui alteris exitium paret, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:qui nihil alterius causā facit et metitur suis commodis omnia,
Cic. Leg. 1, 14:ut aeque quisque altero delectetur ac se ipso,
id. Off. 1, 17, 56; 1, 2, 4:scientem in errorem alterum inducere,
id. ib. 3, 13, 55 et saep.:cave ne portus occupet alter,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32 Schmid.:nil obstet tibi, dum ne sit te ditior alter,
id. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 33:canis parturiens cum rogāsset alteram, ut etc.,
Phaedr. 1, 19:nec patientem sessoris alterius (equum) primus ascendit,
Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58:in quo judicas alterum, te ipsum condemnas,
Vulg. Rom. 2, 1:nemo quod suum est quaerat, sed quod alterius,
ib. 1 Cor. 10, 24;14, 17: sic in semet ipso tantum gloriam habebit et non in altero,
ib. Gal. 6, 4 al. —Hence, alter with a neg., or neg. question and comp., as an emphatic expression (mostly ante-class.; cf.alius, II. H.): scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,
id. Cist. 4, 1, 8:qui me alter audacior est homo?
id. Am. 1, 1, 1; id. Ep. 1, 1, 24.—The other, the opposite:C.alterius factionis principes,
the leaders of the opposite party, Nep. Pelop. 1, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2:adversariae factioni): studiosiorem partis alterius,
Suet. Tib. 11. —In gen., different:D.quotiens te speculo videris alterum,
Hor. C. 4, 10, 6: abeuntes post carnem alteram (Gr. heteros, q. v. L. and S. III.), Vulg. Jud. 7.—In the lang. of augury, euphem. for infaustus, unfavorable, unpropitious, Fest. p. 6 (v. L. and S. Gr. Lex. s. v. heteros, III. 2.).► The gen.alterius commonly serves as gen. of alius instead of alīus, Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 1; 1, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1; Sall. C. 52, 8; Liv. 21, 13, 3; 22, 14, 4; 26, 8, 2; 28, 37, 6 al.; Col. 8, 17, 2; 11, 2, 87; 12, 22, 2; Sen. Ep. 72, 10; 102, 3; id. Ben. 4, 3, 1; id. Ot. Sap. 4, 1; id. Brev. Vit. 16, 2; id. Q. N. 2, 34, 1 al.; Quint. 7, 9, 8; 8, 3, 73 al.; Tac. A. 15, 25; id. H. 2, 90; Plin. Ep. 10, 114, 2; Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58 al.; Gell. 2, 28 al.—It also stands as correlative to alius:► ‡ altĕras, adv.alius inter cenandum solutus est, alterius continuata mors somno est,
Sen. Ep. 66, 39:cum inventum sit ex veris (gemmis) generis alterius in aliud falsas traducere,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 197; Plin. Pan. 2, 6 (Neue, Formenl. II. p. 216).[alter], for alias, acc. to Paul. ex. Fest. p. 27 Müll. -
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alter, tĕra, tĕrum, adj. (the measure of the gen. sing. āltĕrĭŭs as paeon primus is supported in good Latin only by examples from dactylic verse (but see alterĭus in trochaic measure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 56), in which īpsĭŭs, īllĭŭs, īstĭŭs, ūnĭŭs, etc., are used as dactyls; on the contr., the regular measure āltĕrīŭs, as ditrochaeus, is sufficiently confirmed by the foll. verses of Enn., Ter., and Ter. Maur.: mox cum alterīus abligurias bona, Enn. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. 29 Vahl.):I.alterīus sua comparent commoda? ah!
Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:nec alter[imacracute]us indigéns opís veni,
Ter. Maur. p. 2432 P.;and sescupló vel una víncet alter[imacracute]us singulum,
id. ib. p. 2412 ib.; Prisc. p. 695 ib.; alterius is also commonly used as the gen. of alius, as alīus is little used (v. h. v. fin.).— Dat. sing. f.:alterae,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 30; Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Nep. Eum. 1, 6; Col. 5, 11, 10) [a comp. form of al-ius; cf. Sanscr. antara = alius; Goth. anthar; Lith. antras = secundus; Germ. ander; Gr. heteros; Engl. either, other; also Sanscr. itara = alius], the other of two, one of two, the other, ho heteros.Lit.A.In gen.:B.nam huic alterae patria quae sit, profecto nescio,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45:necesse est enim sit alterum de duobus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:altera ex duabus legionibus,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20: mihi cum viris ambobus est amicitia;cum altero vero magnus usus,
Cic. Clu. 42, 117:alter consulum,
Liv. 40, 59:alter ex censoribus,
id. 40, 52:in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit,
on the other side, Caes. B. G. 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 54:si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, praebe illi et alteram,
Vulg. Matt. 5, 39; 28, 1.—Hence: alter ambove, one or both; commonly in the abbreviation:A. A. S. E. V. = alter ambove si eis videretur: utique C. Pansa, A. Hirtius consules alter ambove S. E. V. rationem agri habeant,
Cic. Phil. 5 fin. Wernsd.; cf. id. ib. 8, 11; 9, 7 fin.; 14, 14 fin.; cf.Brison. Form. pp. 218 and 219: absente consulum altero ambobusve,
Liv. 30, 23: ambo alterve, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100 fin. —Esp.1.a.. In distributive clauses: alter... alter, the one... the other (cf. alius, II. A.): ho heteros... ho heteros:b.Si duobus praefurniis coques, lacunā nihil opus erit. Cum cinere eruto opus erit, altero praefurnio eruito, in altero ignis erit,
Cato, R. R. 38, 9:alteram ille amat sororem, ego alteram,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 68; id. Am. 1, 2, 19; 1, 2, 20; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50:quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit,
Cic. Planc. 35; so id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: namque alterā ex parte Bellovaci instabant;alteram Camulogenus tenebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 59 Herz.:conjunxit alteram (cortinam) alteri,
Vulg. Exod. 36, 10; 36, 22; ib. Joan. 13, 14; ib. Rom. 12, 5.—In same sense, unus... alter, one... the other, as in later Gr. heis men... heteros de: vitis insitio una est per ver, altera est cum uva floret;c.ea optima est,
Cato, R. R. 41, 1: Phorm. Una injuria est tecum. Chrem. Lege agito ergo. Phorm. Altera est tecum, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90: uni epistolae respondi;venio ad alteram,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6:nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella,
Vulg. Gen. 4, 19; ib. Matt. 6, 24:Erant duae factiones, quarum una populi causam agebat, altera optimatium,
Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Liv. 31, 21:consules coepere duo creari, ut si unus malus esse voluisset, alter eum coërceret,
Eutr. 1, 8:Duo homines ascenderunt in templum, unus pharisaeus et alter publicanus,
Vulg. Luc. 18, 10 al. —Sometimes a subst., or hic, ille, etc., stands in the place of the second alter:(α).Epaminondas... Leonidas: quorum alter, etc... Leonidas autem, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Vell. 2, 71, 3:alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:quorum alteri Capitoni cognomen est, iste, qui adest, magnus vocatur,
id. ib.:alterum corporis aegritudo, illum, etc.,
Flor. 4, 7.—Sometimesone alter is entirely omitted (cf. alius, II. A.; heteros, L. and S. I. 2.):(β).duae turmae haesere: altera metu dedita hosti, pertinacior (sc. altera), etc.,
Liv. 29, 33:hujus lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad meridiem spectat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; orthe form changed:d.dialecticam adjungunt et physicam, alteram quod habeat rationem.... Physicae quoque etc.,
Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72, and 3, 22, 73. —Sometimes a further distributive word is added:alter adulescens decessit, alter senex, aliquis praeter hos infans,
Sen. Ep. 66, 39:alter in vincula ducitur, alter insperatae praeficitur potestati, alius etc.,
Amm. 14, 11.—In plur.: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos;e.alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:alteri dimicant, alteri victorem timent,
id. Fam. 6, 3: binas a te accepi litteras; quarum alteris mihi gratulabare... alteris dicebas etc., in one of which,... in the other, id. ib. 4, 14:quorum alteri adjuvabant, alteri etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17: duplices similitudines, unae rerum, alterae verborum, Auct. ad Her. 3, 20. —The second alter in a different case:2.alter alterius ova frangit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49:uterque numerus plenus, alter alterā de causā habetur,
Macr. Somn. Scip. 2:qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant,
Liv. 5, 11:alteri alteros aliquantum attriverant,
Sall. J. 79, 4; so id. ib. 42, 4;53, 7 al. —Also with alteruter: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet,
Nep. Dion. 4, 1.—With unus:quom inter nos sorderemus unus alteri,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 30:dicunt unus ad alterum,
Vulg. Ez. 33, 30:ne unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio,
ib. 1 Cor. 4, 6.—With uterque:uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum,
Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:utrique alteris freti finitimos sub imperium suum coëgere,
Sall. J. 18, 12.—With nemo, nullus, neuter:ut nemo sit alteri similis,
Quint. 2, 9, 2:cum tot saeculis nulla referta sit causa, quae esset tota alteri similis,
id. 7, prooem. 4:neutrum eorum contra alterum juvare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3:ut neutra alteri officiat,
Quint. 1, 1, 3.—After two substt., the first alter generally refers to the first subst., and the second to the second:Philippum rebus gestis superatum a filio, facilitate video superiorem fuisse. Itaque alter semper magnus, alter saepe turpissimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 26; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 21; Brem. ad Suet. Claud. 20.—Sometimes the order is reversed: contra nos (summa gratia et eloquentia) raciunt in hoc tempore;quarum alteram (i. e. eloquentiam) vereor, alteram (i. e. gratiam) metuo,
Cic. Quinct. 1; so id. Off. 3, 18; 1, 12; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 9, 2, 6.—As a numeral = secundus, the second, the next, o heteros:b.primo die, alter dies, tertius dies, deinde reliquis diebus etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus non intermittebas etc.,
id. Phil. 1, 13 Wernsd.:quadriennio post alterum consulatum,
id. Sen. 9:die altero,
Vulg. Jos. 10, 32: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert (= mensā secundā), Hor. C. 4, 5, 31.—So, alterā die, the next day, têi allêi hêmerai, têi heterai:se alterā die ad conloquium venturum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Vulg. Gen. 19, 34; ib. Matt. 27, 62:die altero,
ib. Num. 11, 32; ib. Jos. 5, 11 al.—So in comparative sense:alterā die quam a Brindisio solvit, in Macedoniam trajecit,
Liv. 31, 14; Suet. Vit. 3:intermittere diem alterum quemque oportet,
every other day, Cels. 3, 23; 3, 13; 4, 12:Olea non continuis annis, sed fere altero quoque fructum adfert,
Col. R. R. 5, 8.—With prepp.:qui (Ptolemaeus) tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam,
next after, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; so, fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the second or next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49:alter ab undecimo jam tum me ceperat annus,
id. ib. 8, 39.—Hence,Also with tens, hundreds, etc.:c.accepi tuas litteras, quas mihi Cornificius altero vicesimo die reddidit,
on the twenty-second day, Cic. Fam. 12, 25 Manut.:anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat,
in the three hundred and second year, Liv. 3, 33:vicesima et altera laedit,
Manil. 4, 466.—So of a number collectively:d.remissarios pedum XII., alteros pedum X.,
a second ten, Cato, R. R. 19, 2:ad Brutum hos libros alteros quinque mittemus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
Cat. 5, 7.—So with the numeral understood: aurea mala decem misi;cras altera (sc. decem) mittam,
a second ten, Verg. E. 3, 71.—Hence,Unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other.(α).For two (as in Gr. heis kai heteros):(β).unus et alter dies intercesserat,
Cic. Clu. 26:adductus sum tuis unis et alteris litteris,
id. Att. 14, 18:et sub eā versus unus et alter erunt,
Ov. H. 15, 182; so Suet. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 12 (cf. id. Gram. 24: unum vel alterum, vel, cum plurimos, tres aut quattuor admittere).—More freq. of an indef. number, one and another; and: unusalterve, one or two:e.Unus et item alter,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:mora si quem tibi item unum alterumve diem abstulerit,
Cic. Fam. 3, 9; so id. Clu. 13, 38; 13, 26:versus paulo concinnior unus et alter,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74; so id. S. 1, 6, 102; 2, 5, 24; id. A. P. 15:ex illis unus et alter ait,
Ov. F. 2, 394; id. Am. 2, 5, 22; Petr. 108; Plin. Pan. 45 Schwarz; cf. id. ib. 52, 2; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Galb. 14 al.:paucis loricae, vix uni alterive cassis aut galea,
Tac. G. 6.—Alterum tantum, as much more or again, twice as much (cf. Gr. heteron tosouton or hetera tosauta):f.etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam potius quam sinam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 65:altero tanto aut sesqui major,
Cic. Or. 56, 188:altero tanto longior,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; so Dig. 28, 2, 13:numero tantum alterum adjecit,
Liv. 1, 36; so id. 10, 46; Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Dig. 49, 14, 3 al.—Alteri totidem, as many more:g.de alteris totidem scribere incipiamus,
Varr. L. L. 8, 24 Müll. —To mark the similarity of one object to another in qualities, etc., a second, another (as in English, a second father, my second self, and the like). So,(α).With a proper name, used as an appellative (cf. alius, II. G.):(β).Verres, alter Orcus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50:alterum se Verrem putabat,
id. ib. 5, 33 fin.:Hamilcar, Mars alter,
Liv. 21, 10.—With a com. noun:(γ).me sicut alterum parentem observat,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8:altera patria,
Flor. 2, 6, 42 al. —Alter ego, a second self, of very intimate friends (in the class. per. perh. only in Cic. Ep.; cf. ho hetairos, heteros egô, Clem. Al. 450):(δ).vide quam mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 5:me alterum se fore dixit,
id. Att. 4, 1:quoniam alterum me reliquissem,
id. Fam. 2, 15; Aus. praef. 2, 15.—Alter idem, a second self, like heteroi hautoi, Arist. Eth. M. 8, 12, 3 (on account of the singularity of the expression, introduced by tamquam):3.amicus est tamquam alter idem,
Cic. Lael. 21, 82.—The one of two, either of two, without a more precise designation, for alteruter:II.non uterque sed alter,
Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:fortasse utrumque, alterum certe,
id. Att. 11, 18:melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrūm vivemus,
Liv. 1, 13:nec rogarem, ut mea de vobis altera amica foret,
Ov. A. A. 3, 520:ex duobus, quorum alterum petis, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3:ex duobus (quorum necesse est alterum verum), etc.,
Quint. 5, 10, 69:ac si necesse est in alteram errare partem, maluerim etc.,
id. 10, 1, 26; 1, 4, 24; 9, 3, 6 al.—Once also with a negative, neither of two: hos, tamquam medios, [p. 98] nec in alterius favorem inclinatos, miserat rex, Liv. 40, 20, 4.—Transf.A.Another of a class = alius (as opp. to one's self, to another); subst., another, a neighbor, a fellow-creature, ho pelas (so sometimes heteros, Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 17); cf. Ochsn. Eclog. 90 and 458 (alter designates the similarity of two objects; alius a difference in the objects contrasted): SI. INIVRIAM. FAXIT. ALTERI., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1:B.qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri oportet,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58; id. Am. prol. 84: mox dum alterius abligurias bona, quid censes dominis esse animi? Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 3: qui alteris exitium paret, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:qui nihil alterius causā facit et metitur suis commodis omnia,
Cic. Leg. 1, 14:ut aeque quisque altero delectetur ac se ipso,
id. Off. 1, 17, 56; 1, 2, 4:scientem in errorem alterum inducere,
id. ib. 3, 13, 55 et saep.:cave ne portus occupet alter,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32 Schmid.:nil obstet tibi, dum ne sit te ditior alter,
id. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 33:canis parturiens cum rogāsset alteram, ut etc.,
Phaedr. 1, 19:nec patientem sessoris alterius (equum) primus ascendit,
Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58:in quo judicas alterum, te ipsum condemnas,
Vulg. Rom. 2, 1:nemo quod suum est quaerat, sed quod alterius,
ib. 1 Cor. 10, 24;14, 17: sic in semet ipso tantum gloriam habebit et non in altero,
ib. Gal. 6, 4 al. —Hence, alter with a neg., or neg. question and comp., as an emphatic expression (mostly ante-class.; cf.alius, II. H.): scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,
id. Cist. 4, 1, 8:qui me alter audacior est homo?
id. Am. 1, 1, 1; id. Ep. 1, 1, 24.—The other, the opposite:C.alterius factionis principes,
the leaders of the opposite party, Nep. Pelop. 1, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2:adversariae factioni): studiosiorem partis alterius,
Suet. Tib. 11. —In gen., different:D.quotiens te speculo videris alterum,
Hor. C. 4, 10, 6: abeuntes post carnem alteram (Gr. heteros, q. v. L. and S. III.), Vulg. Jud. 7.—In the lang. of augury, euphem. for infaustus, unfavorable, unpropitious, Fest. p. 6 (v. L. and S. Gr. Lex. s. v. heteros, III. 2.).► The gen.alterius commonly serves as gen. of alius instead of alīus, Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 1; 1, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1; Sall. C. 52, 8; Liv. 21, 13, 3; 22, 14, 4; 26, 8, 2; 28, 37, 6 al.; Col. 8, 17, 2; 11, 2, 87; 12, 22, 2; Sen. Ep. 72, 10; 102, 3; id. Ben. 4, 3, 1; id. Ot. Sap. 4, 1; id. Brev. Vit. 16, 2; id. Q. N. 2, 34, 1 al.; Quint. 7, 9, 8; 8, 3, 73 al.; Tac. A. 15, 25; id. H. 2, 90; Plin. Ep. 10, 114, 2; Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58 al.; Gell. 2, 28 al.—It also stands as correlative to alius:► ‡ altĕras, adv.alius inter cenandum solutus est, alterius continuata mors somno est,
Sen. Ep. 66, 39:cum inventum sit ex veris (gemmis) generis alterius in aliud falsas traducere,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 197; Plin. Pan. 2, 6 (Neue, Formenl. II. p. 216).[alter], for alias, acc. to Paul. ex. Fest. p. 27 Müll. -
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Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
32 Atellana
Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
33 Atellani
Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
34 Atellanicus
Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
35 Atellaniola
Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
36 Atellanius
Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
37 Atellanus
Ātella, ae, f., = Atella.I.An ancient town of the Osci, in Campania, on the Clanius, near the present Aversa, Cic. Agr. 2, 31; Suet. Tib. 75; Sil. 11, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 779.—II.Derivv. Ātellānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atella, Atellan:III.municipium,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.: Ātel-lāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Atella, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—But esp. freq. Atellana fabula, fabella, or simply Ātellāna, ae, f., a comic but not wanton kind of popular farce that originated in Atella, which, with the comedy borrowed from Greece, was highly relished at Rome, especially by the youth, and continued to be represented even to the time of the emperors; the class. passage for it is Liv. 7, 2, 12; Juv. 6, 71; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 39; Gell. 12, 10, 7; 17, 2, 8; Fest. s. v. personata, p. 217 Müll.; Diom. pp. 487 and 488 P.; Varr. L. L. 7, §§ 29, 84; 95 Müll.; Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7 al.; cf. Munk de Fabulis Atellanis, Lips. 1840, and Teuffel, Rom. Lit. §§ 6, 4 and 9 sq.—Hence,Derivv.1.Ātellā-nus, i, m., an actor in an Atellan farce, Suet. Galb. 13; Quint. 6, 3, 47; also as adj.:2.gesticulator,
Tert. Spect. 17.—Ātellā-nĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Atellan farce:3. 4.versus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:ars,
Macr. S. 1, 10.—Ātellānĭŏla, ae, f. dim., a small Atellan piece, M. Aur. ap. Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 3. -
38 cano
căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;I. A.once canituri,
Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.Of men:2.si absurde canat,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:celebrare dapes canendo,
Ov. M. 5, 113:si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,
Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:tibia canentum,
Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:curvo calamo,
Cat. 63, 22:harundine,
Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:cithara,
Tac. A. 14, 14:lituus quo canitur,
Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:movit Amphion lapides canendo,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:B.inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,
Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:C.volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,
Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,
Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:ranae alio translatae canunt,
id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:galli victi silere solent, canere victores,
to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),
the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:II. A.canentes tibiae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:maestae cecinere tubae,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,
and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:2.cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,
Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:carmina quae in epulis canuntur,
id. Brut. 18, 71:in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,
Liv. 4, 20, 2:Ascraeum cano carmen,
Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:neniam,
Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:verba ad certos modos,
Ov. F. 3, 388:Phrygium,
Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—Prov.a.Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—b.Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—B.With definite objects.a.In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:b.laudes mortui,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,
Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:dei laudes,
Lact. 6, 21, 9:deorum laudes,
Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):praecepta,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,
Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:nil dignum sermone,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:quin etiam canet indoctum,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,
Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,
Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,
Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:anser Gallos adesse canebat,
Verg. A. 8, 656:motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,
Lucr. 5, 510:sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,
id. 6, 84.—With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):C. a.canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),
Tac. A. 2, 88:Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,
id. G. 2:Dianam,
Cat. 34, 3:deos regesve,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:Liberum et Musas Veneremque,
id. ib. 1, 32, 10:rite Latonae puerum,
id. ib. 4, 6, 37;1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,
Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:arma virumque,
Verg. A. 1, 1:pugnasque virosque,
Stat. Th. 8, 553:maxima bella et clarissimos duces,
Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,
Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:fama facta atque infecta canit,
Verg. A. 4, 190:fama digna atque indigna canit,
Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:non canimus surdis,
Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—In poetry:b.Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,
Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:horrendas ambages,
Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:fera fata,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,
Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—In prose:III.ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?
id. Sest. 21, 47:eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,
Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,
Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:quaeque diu latuere, canam,
Ov. M. 15, 147.In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.A.Act.:B.bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,
to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,
Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—Neutr.:2.priusquam signa canerent,
Liv. 1, 1, 7:ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,
id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,
Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:classicum apud eos cecinit,
Liv. 28, 27, 15.—Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:b.Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),
Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:cecinit jussos receptus,
Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:nisi receptui cecinisset,
if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,
id. 3, 22, 6.—Trop.:► Examples for the signif.revocante et receptui canente senatu,
Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,
id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,
Quint. 12, 11, 4.to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb. -
39 compono
com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).I.In gen., of different objects.A. 1.Of things in gen.:b.aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—To bring into contact, fit together, join:c.quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:2.omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—Of persons:B.is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—To set in opposition.1.To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:2.Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.(α).With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):(β).nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—With acc. and cum:II.ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.In partic.A.Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.1. (α).With ex:(β).exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —With abl.:(γ).mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—With acc. alone:2.medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:3.qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—Of words, to compound:4.vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—Of writings, speeches, etc.a.To compose, write, construct (very freq.):b.leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:B.tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—From the notion of closing.1.To put away, put aside, put in place:2.armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—To store up, put away, collect:3.nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:4. a.tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:b.cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—Of persons:5.nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.a.With personal object:b.aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—Of places, countries, etc.:c.C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—With abstr. or indef. objects:d.si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—Absol.:C. 1.coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:2.aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—Esp., milit. t. t.:3.se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:4.ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:5.suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.torum,
id. F. 3, 484:jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:D.ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.(α).With acc.:(β).ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:2.cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.(α).In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:(β).quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—With rel.-clause:(γ).cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—With inf.:(δ).ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—Pass. impers.:(ε).ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—With ut and subj.:3.compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):A.ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:B.quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:C.perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:D.ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):(α).verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:(β).tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,(γ).More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3. -
40 compositum
com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).I.In gen., of different objects.A. 1.Of things in gen.:b.aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—To bring into contact, fit together, join:c.quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:2.omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—Of persons:B.is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—To set in opposition.1.To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:2.Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.(α).With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):(β).nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—With acc. and cum:II.ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.In partic.A.Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.1. (α).With ex:(β).exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —With abl.:(γ).mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—With acc. alone:2.medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:3.qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—Of words, to compound:4.vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—Of writings, speeches, etc.a.To compose, write, construct (very freq.):b.leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:B.tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—From the notion of closing.1.To put away, put aside, put in place:2.armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—To store up, put away, collect:3.nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:4. a.tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:b.cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—Of persons:5.nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.a.With personal object:b.aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—Of places, countries, etc.:c.C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—With abstr. or indef. objects:d.si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—Absol.:C. 1.coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:2.aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—Esp., milit. t. t.:3.se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:4.ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:5.suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.torum,
id. F. 3, 484:jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:D.ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.(α).With acc.:(β).ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:2.cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.(α).In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:(β).quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—With rel.-clause:(γ).cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—With inf.:(δ).ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—Pass. impers.:(ε).ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—With ut and subj.:3.compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):A.ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:B.quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:C.perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:D.ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):(α).verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:(β).tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,(γ).More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.
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