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  • 1 persibus

    per-sĭbus, a, um, adj. [sibus, callidus sive acutus, Fest. p. 336], very knowing, very acute, Plaut. and Naev. ap. Fest. p. 217 Müll.; cf. Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.

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  • 2 jurisprudens

    prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens].
    I.
    Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:

    ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

    quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

    belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris,

    Nep. Con. 1, 2:

    locorum,

    Liv. 34, 28 fin.:

    animus rerum prudens,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 35:

    artis,

    Ov. H. 5, 150:

    animorum provinciae prudens,

    Tac. Agr. 19:

    doli prudens,

    id. H. 2, 25:

    agricolationis,

    Col. 2, 2, 15.— Comp.:

    prudentiores rerum rusticarum,

    Col. 4, 2, 1; so,

    earum rerum,

    Gell. 14, 2, 4.— Sup.:

    adulandi gens prudentissima,

    Juv. 3, 86.—
    (β).
    With in:

    prudens in jure civili,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—
    (γ).
    With inf. or acc. and inf.:

    nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

    prudens otii vitia negotio discuti,

    Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111:

    sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse,

    Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—
    b.
    Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

    quos prudens praetereo,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.:

    imprudens praeteriisse videris,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269):

    ibis sub furcam prudens,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 66:

    nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras,

    id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364:

    an prudens imprudensve rupisset,

    Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo:

    et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27:

    ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin. —
    B.
    In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):

    vir naturā peracutus et prudens,

    Cic. Or. 5, 18:

    quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior,

    id. Clu. 38, 107:

    prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum,

    id. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

    in existimando admodum prudens,

    id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.:

    prudentissimi in disserendo,

    id. ib. 31, 118:

    virum ad consilia prudentem,

    id. Font. 15, 43:

    quo nemo prudentior,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 10:

    vir bonus et prudens,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445:

    si divitiae prudentem reddere possent,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 155:

    prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior,

    Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.:

    prudens alia,

    Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things:

    prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58:

    prudens animi sententia,

    Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433:

    prudentissimum consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —
    C.
    Cautious, circumspect (very rare):

    malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.):

    facere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    rationem excogitare,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 23:

    multa ab eo prudenter disputata,

    id. Lael. 1, 1:

    multa provisa prudenter,

    id. ib. 2, 6.— Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.— Sup.:

    defendere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    scribere,

    id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.

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  • 3 prudens

    prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens].
    I.
    Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:

    ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

    quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

    belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris,

    Nep. Con. 1, 2:

    locorum,

    Liv. 34, 28 fin.:

    animus rerum prudens,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 35:

    artis,

    Ov. H. 5, 150:

    animorum provinciae prudens,

    Tac. Agr. 19:

    doli prudens,

    id. H. 2, 25:

    agricolationis,

    Col. 2, 2, 15.— Comp.:

    prudentiores rerum rusticarum,

    Col. 4, 2, 1; so,

    earum rerum,

    Gell. 14, 2, 4.— Sup.:

    adulandi gens prudentissima,

    Juv. 3, 86.—
    (β).
    With in:

    prudens in jure civili,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—
    (γ).
    With inf. or acc. and inf.:

    nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

    prudens otii vitia negotio discuti,

    Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111:

    sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse,

    Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—
    b.
    Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

    quos prudens praetereo,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.:

    imprudens praeteriisse videris,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269):

    ibis sub furcam prudens,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 66:

    nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras,

    id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364:

    an prudens imprudensve rupisset,

    Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo:

    et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27:

    ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin. —
    B.
    In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):

    vir naturā peracutus et prudens,

    Cic. Or. 5, 18:

    quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior,

    id. Clu. 38, 107:

    prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum,

    id. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

    in existimando admodum prudens,

    id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.:

    prudentissimi in disserendo,

    id. ib. 31, 118:

    virum ad consilia prudentem,

    id. Font. 15, 43:

    quo nemo prudentior,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 10:

    vir bonus et prudens,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445:

    si divitiae prudentem reddere possent,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 155:

    prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior,

    Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.:

    prudens alia,

    Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things:

    prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58:

    prudens animi sententia,

    Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433:

    prudentissimum consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —
    C.
    Cautious, circumspect (very rare):

    malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.):

    facere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    rationem excogitare,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 23:

    multa ab eo prudenter disputata,

    id. Lael. 1, 1:

    multa provisa prudenter,

    id. ib. 2, 6.— Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.— Sup.:

    defendere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    scribere,

    id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.

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  • 4 prudenter

    prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens].
    I.
    Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:

    ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem,

    Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

    quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

    belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris,

    Nep. Con. 1, 2:

    locorum,

    Liv. 34, 28 fin.:

    animus rerum prudens,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 35:

    artis,

    Ov. H. 5, 150:

    animorum provinciae prudens,

    Tac. Agr. 19:

    doli prudens,

    id. H. 2, 25:

    agricolationis,

    Col. 2, 2, 15.— Comp.:

    prudentiores rerum rusticarum,

    Col. 4, 2, 1; so,

    earum rerum,

    Gell. 14, 2, 4.— Sup.:

    adulandi gens prudentissima,

    Juv. 3, 86.—
    (β).
    With in:

    prudens in jure civili,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—
    (γ).
    With inf. or acc. and inf.:

    nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

    prudens otii vitia negotio discuti,

    Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111:

    sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse,

    Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—
    b.
    Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

    quos prudens praetereo,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.:

    imprudens praeteriisse videris,

    Cic. Brut. 77, 269):

    ibis sub furcam prudens,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 66:

    nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras,

    id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364:

    an prudens imprudensve rupisset,

    Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo:

    et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27:

    ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin. —
    B.
    In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):

    vir naturā peracutus et prudens,

    Cic. Or. 5, 18:

    quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior,

    id. Clu. 38, 107:

    prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum,

    id. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

    in existimando admodum prudens,

    id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.:

    prudentissimi in disserendo,

    id. ib. 31, 118:

    virum ad consilia prudentem,

    id. Font. 15, 43:

    quo nemo prudentior,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 10:

    vir bonus et prudens,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445:

    si divitiae prudentem reddere possent,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 155:

    prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior,

    Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.:

    prudens alia,

    Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things:

    prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58:

    prudens animi sententia,

    Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433:

    prudentissimum consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —
    C.
    Cautious, circumspect (very rare):

    malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.):

    facere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

    rationem excogitare,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 23:

    multa ab eo prudenter disputata,

    id. Lael. 1, 1:

    multa provisa prudenter,

    id. ib. 2, 6.— Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.— Sup.:

    defendere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    scribere,

    id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.

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  • 5 conscientia

    conscĭentĭa, ae, f. [conscio], a knowing of a thing together with another person, joint knowledge, consciousness (in good prose, and very freq.).
    I.
    A joint knowledge of something, a being privy to, a knowing along with others, privity, cognizance, etc.
    (α).
    With gen. subj.:

    omnium horum,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; so,

    hominum,

    id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    plurium,

    Liv. 2, 54, 7:

    liberti unius,

    Tac. A. 6, 21; cf. Suet. Calig. 56 al.:

    generis humani,

    Tac. Agr. 2.—
    (β).
    With gen. obj. (thus for the most part in Tac.):

    in conscientiam facinoris pauci asciti,

    Tac. H. 1, 25:

    facti,

    id. A. 2, 22:

    conjurationis,

    id. H. 1, 42:

    stupri,

    Dig. 48, 5, 29.— Plur.:

    consilia conscientiaeque ejus modi facinorum,

    Cic. Clu. 20, 56. —
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    non modo eos persequi, ad quos maxime culpa corrupti judicii, sed etiam illos, ad quos conscientiae contagio pertinebit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    qui non modo a facti verum etiam a conscientiae suspitione afuit,

    id. Cael. 10, 23:

    nocte perfugit Tanagram, suam conscientiam metuens,

    Liv. 33, 28, 10:

    simulare,

    Tac. A. 2, 40; 4, 3; cf. id. H. 1, 28; Curt. 7, 1, 31.—
    II.
    Consciousness, knowledge, feeling, sense.
    A.
    In gen. (rare).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    unde haec illis tanta modestia, nisi a conscientiā virium et nostrarum et suarum?

    Liv. 8, 4, 10 (cf. g); so,

    contracti culpā periculi,

    id. 3, 2, 11:

    suae infirmitatis,

    Quint. 1, 2, 10:

    rebellionis,

    Tac. A. 12, 31; cf.

    defectionis,

    id. Agr. 16:

    victoriae,

    id. ib. 27:

    unionum in somno quoque,

    Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40:

    amissae fortunae,

    a recollection, Flor. 2, 12, 10:

    ipsa pulcherrimi facti,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

    officii mei benevolentiaeque,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 6 fin.:

    scelerum tuorum,

    id. Pis. 17, 39; cf. Sall. C. 5, 7:

    peccatorum,

    Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

    culpae,

    Liv. 28, 19, 1 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Clu. 20, 56:

    te conscientiae stimulant maleficiorum tuorum,

    id. Par. 2, 2, 18; cf. under B. 2.—
    * (β).
    With de: satisfactionem ex nullà conscientiā de culpā proponere decrevi, Cat. ap. Sall. C. 35, 2; cf. conscius, I. d—
    (γ).
    With rel.-clause (very rare):

    illi conscientia, quid abesset virium, detrectavere pugnam,

    Liv. 3, 60, 6; 28, 19, 5.—
    (δ).
    Absol.: ut nostram stabilem conscientiam contemnamus, aliorum errantem opinionem aucupemur, self-consciousness, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

    illud se tacere suam conscientiam non pati,

    Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    in veris quoque sufficit conscientia,

    consciousness, Quint. 11, 1, 17: sine hac quidem conscientiā ipsa illa ex tempore dicendi facultas inanem modo loquacitatem dabit, without this feeling, equiv. to without this persuasion, id. 10, 3, 2:

    quamvis capite defectionis ablato manebat plerisque militum conscientia,

    Tac. H. 1, 5.— So pregn., with ne, a conscientious fear, guilty fear, Tac. Agr. 42.—
    B.
    In partic., a consciousness of right or wrong, the moral sense, conscience:

    magna vis est conscientiae... in utramque partem, ut neque timeant qui nihil commiserint et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent qui peccarint,

    Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf.:

    et virtutis et vitiorum grave ipsius conscientiae pondus,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    bona conscientia turbam advocat, mala etiam in solitudine anxia atque sollicita est,

    Sen. Ep. 43, 5:

    ad purgandam publicam conscientiam,

    Just. 31, 4, 3:

    recta,

    a good conscience, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4; cf.

    egregia,

    Liv. 29, 33, 9: bona, Cels. ap. Quint. 2, 15, 32; Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Tac. Agr. 1:

    optima,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

    salvā bonā conscientiā,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. §

    15: integra,

    Front. 1, 9, 3; Lact. 5, 19, 32:

    mala,

    a bad conscience, Sall. J. 62, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 3:

    infelix,

    id. 6, prooem. § 10.—
    * b.
    Prov.:

    conscientia mille testes,

    Quint. 5, 11, 41.—
    2.
    Sometimes absol. for a good, or for a bad conscience.
    a.
    A good conscience:

    mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; cf.:

    illud est hominis magni... maximi aestimare conscientiam mentis suae, etc.,

    id. Clu. 58, 159:

    in quibus ego nec dissentire a nostris salvā gratiā nec consentire salvā conscientiā possum,

    Sen. Ep. 117, 1:

    ad sacrificium integrā conscientiā venire,

    Lact. 5, 19, 32; Front. Strat. 1, 9, 3.—
    b.
    A bad conscience:

    hunc tu quas conscientiae labes in animo censes habuisse?

    Cic. Off. 3, 21, 85; id. Cat. 2, 6, 13; id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; Sall. C. 15, 4; id. J. 35, 4; Quint. 5, 13, 46.—In the same sense:

    animi,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54; id. Att. 13, 49 fin.; Caes. B. C. 3, 60; Phaedr. 3, prol. 47; and in plur.:

    suae (quemque) malae cogitationes conscientiaeque animi terrent,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 67.

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  • 6 inscius

    in-scĭus, a, um, adj., not knowing, ignorant of a thing (not used by Plaut. or Ter.; v. Ritschl, Proleg. p. 64 sq.; and cf. insciens); constr., absol., with gen., rarely with de, an acc., an inf., or a rel. clause (class.).
    (α).
    Absol.:

    distinguere artificem ab inscio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

    is, quem vos ad mortem inscii misistis,

    ignorantly, id. Planc. 16, 40:

    inscios inopinantesque Menapios oppresserunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 4:

    omnibus insciis, neque suspicantibus,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 37.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnium rerum,

    Cic. Brut. 85, 292:

    haedulus inscius herbae,

    Juv. 11, 66. —
    (γ).
    With de aliqua re:

    de malitia,

    Dig. 16, 3, 31.—
    * (δ).
    With acc.: at enim scies ea, quae fuisti inscius, Turp. ap. Non. 501, 18.—
    * (ε).
    With inf.:

    imperii flectere molem haud inscius,

    Stat. Th. 3, 387 sq.: sutrinas facere inscius, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 17.—
    (ζ).
    With rel. clause:

    inscii quid in Aeduis gereretur,

    not knowing, Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    unde vitam sumeret inscius,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 37.—
    (η).
    With subj., Verg. A. 1, 718. —
    B.
    Special phrase: non sum inscius, I am by no means unaware, I know very well:

    nec vero sum inscius, esse utilitatem in historia,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 51.—
    * II.
    Pass., unknown:

    trames,

    App. M. 5, p. 170, 12; cf. nescius.— Adv.: inscĭē, ignorantly, App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 7.

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  • 7 sapio

    săpĭo, īvi or ĭi (sapui, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; id. Ep. 102, 10; but sapivi, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.; id. ap. Non. 508, 21:

    saPisti,

    Mart. 9, 6, 7:

    sapisset,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 8), 3, v. n. and a. [kindr. with opos, saphês, and sophos], to taste, savor; to taste, smack, or savor of, to have a taste or flavor of a thing (cf. gusto).
    I.
    Lit. (so only in a few examples).
    1.
    Of things eaten or drunk:

    oleum male sapiet,

    Cato, R. R. 66, 1:

    occisam saepe sapere plus multo suem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 104:

    quin caseus jucundissime sapiat,

    Col. 7, 8, 2:

    nil rhombus nil dama sapit,

    Juv. 11, 121.—With an acc. of that of or like which a thing tastes:

    quis (piscis) saperet ipsum mare,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 18, 2:

    cum in Hispaniā multa mella herbam eam sapiunt,

    Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18:

    ipsum aprum (ursina),

    Petr. 66, 6.— Poet.: anas plebeium sapit, has a vulgar taste, Petr. poët. 93, 2:

    quaesivit quidnam saperet simius,

    Phaedr. 3, 4, 3.—
    * 2.
    Of that which tastes, to have a taste or a sense of taste (perh. so used for the sake of the play upon signif. II.):

    nec sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24.—
    3.
    Transf., of smell, to smell of or like a thing (syn.: oleo, redoleo; very rare): Cicero, Meliora, inquit, unguenta sunt, quae terram quam crocum sapiunt. Hoc enim maluit dixisse quam redolent. Ita est profecto;

    illa erit optima, quae unguenta sapiat,

    Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38:

    invenitur unguenta gratiosiora esse, quae terram, quam quae crocum sapiunt,

    id. 13, 3, 4, § 21.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. II.: istic servus quid sapit? Ch. Hircum ab alis, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 47.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1. a.
    To resemble (late Lat.):

    patruos,

    Pers. 1, 11.—
    b.
    To suggest, be inspired by:

    quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt,

    Vulg. Matt. 16, 23; id. Marc. 8, 33.—
    c.
    Altum or alta sapere, to be high-minded or proud:

    noli altum sapere,

    Vulg. Rom. 11, 20:

    non alta sapientes,

    id. ib. 12, 16.—
    2.
    To have good taste, i.e. to have sense or discernment; to be sensible, discreet, prudent, wise, etc. (the predominant signif. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the P. a.).
    (α).
    Neutr., Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 14:

    si aequum siet Me plus sapere quam vos, dederim vobis consilium catum, etc.,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 73 sq.:

    jam diu edepol sapientiam tuam abusa est haec quidem. Nunc hinc sapit, hinc sentit,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 30; cf.:

    populus est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit tuerique vult per se constitutam rem publicam,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65;

    so (with sentire),

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 292; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 19; id. Merc. 2, 2, 24; id. Trin. 3, 2, 10 sq.; cf.:

    qui sapere et fari possit quae sentiat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 9; Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 14:

    magna est admiratio copiose sapienterque dicentis, quem qui audiunt intellegere etiam et sapere plus quam ceteros arbitrantur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48:

    veluti mater Plus quam se sapere Vult (filium),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 27:

    qui (puer) cum primum sapere coepit,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 1; Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1:

    malo, si sapis, cavebis,

    if you are prudent, wise, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; so,

    si sapis,

    id. Eun. 1, 1, 31; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Am. 1, 1, 155; id. Aul. 2, 9, 5; id. Curc. 1, 1, 28 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 138:

    si sapias,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 39; 4, 4, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 138; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33; Ov. H. 5, 99; 20, 174:

    si sapies,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 78; id. Rud. 5, 3, 35; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; Ov. M. 14, 675:

    si sapiam,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 38; id. Rud. 1, 2, 8:

    si sapiet,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 74:

    si saperet,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 16: hi sapient, * Caes. B. G. 5, 30: Ph. Ibo. Pl. Sapis, you show your good sense, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 9; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40:

    hic homo sapienter sapit,

    id. Poen. 3, 2, 26:

    quae (meretrix) sapit in vino ad rem suam,

    id. Truc. 4, 4, 1; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 28:

    ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

    haud stulte sapis,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 82:

    te aliis consilium dare, Foris sapere,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 50:

    pectus quoi sapit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12; id. Mil. 3, 1, 191; id. Trin. 1, 2, 53; cf.:

    cui cor sapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    id (sc. animus mensque) sibi solum per se sapit, id sibi gaudet,

    Lucr. 3, 145.—
    (β).
    Act., to know, understand a thing (in good prose usually only with general objects):

    recte ego rem meam sapio,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 81:

    nullam rem,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 45: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Att. 14, 5, 1; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 65; cf.:

    quamquam quis, qui aliquid sapiat, nunc esse beatus potest?

    Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1:

    quantum ego sapio,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

    jam nihil sapit nec sentit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 22:

    nihil,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45:

    plane nihil,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: nihil parvum, i. e. to occupy one ' s mind with nothing trivial (with sublimia cures), Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf.: cum sapimus patruos, i.e. resemble them, imitate them in severity, Pers. 1, 11. —
    3.
    Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise behind the time; or, as the Engl. saying is, are troubled with afterwit:

    sero sapiunt Phryges proverbium est natum a Trojanis, qui decimo denique anno velle coeperant Helenam quaeque cum eā erant rapta reddere Achivis,

    Fest. p. 343 Müll.:

    in Equo Trojano (a tragedy of Livius Andronicus or of Naevius) scis esse in extremo, Sero sapiunt. Tu tamen, mi vetule, non sero,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—Hence, să-pĭens, entis ( abl. sing. sapiente, Ov. M. 10, 622; gen. plur. sapientum, Lucr. 2, 8; Hor. S. 2, 3, 296;

    but sapientium,

    id. C. 3, 21, 14), P. a. (acc. to II.), wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious (cf. prudens).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut quisque maxime perspicit, quid in re quāque verissimum sit, quique acutissime et celerrime potest et videre et explicare rationem, is prudentissimus et sapientissimus rite haberi solet,

    Cic. Off. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

    sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui quod opus sit ipsi veniat in mentem: proxume acceder illum, qui alterius bene inventis obtemperet,

    id. Clu. 31, 84:

    M. Bucculeius, homo neque meo judicio stultus et suo valde sapiens,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 179:

    rex aequus ac sapiens,

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

    Cyrus justissimus sapientissimusque rex,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    bonus et sapiens et peritus utilitatis civilis,

    id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

    o, Neptune lepide, salve, Neque te aleator ullus est sapientior,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 29:

    quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissima?

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 66:

    (Aurora) ibat ad hunc (Cephalum) sapiens a sene diva viro,

    wise, discreet, Ov. H. 4, 96 Ruhnk.; so,

    puella,

    id. M. 10, 622:

    mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 3, 3, 114 et saep.—With gen. (analogous to gnarus, peritus, etc.):

    qui sapiens rerum esse humanarum velit,

    Gell. 13, 8, 2.— Subst.: săpĭens, entis, m., a sensible, shrewd, knowing, discreet, or judicious person:

    semper cavere hoc sapientes aequissimumst,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 20; cf.:

    omnes sapientes suom officium aequom est colere et facere,

    id. Stich. 1, 1, 38; id. Trin. 2, 2, 84:

    dictum sapienti sat est,

    id. Pers. 4, 7, 19; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 8; Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

    insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

    sapiens causas reddet,

    id. S. 1, 4, 115:

    quali victu sapiens utetur,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 63; 1, 3, 132.—In a lusus verbb. with the signif. of sapio, I., a person of nice taste:

    qui utuntur vino vetere sapientes puto Et qui libenter veteres spectant fabulas,

    good judges, connoisseurs, Plaut. Cas. prol. 5: fecundae [p. 1630] leporis sapiens sectabitur armos, Hor. S. 2, 4, 44.—As a surname of the jurists Atilius, C. Fabricius, M'. Curius, Ti. Coruncanius, Cato al., v. under B. fin. —
    b.
    Of abstract things:

    opera,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

    excusatio,

    Cic. Att. 8, 12, 2:

    modica et sapiens temperatio,

    id. Leg. 3, 7, 17:

    mores,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 25:

    verba,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 7:

    consilium,

    Ov. M. 13, 433:

    Ulixes, vir sapienti facundiā praeditus,

    Gell. 1, 15, 3:

    morus, quae novissima urbanarum germinat, nec nisi exacto frigore, ob id dicta sapientissima arborum,

    Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102.—
    B.
    After the predominance of Grecian civilization and literature, particularly of the Grecian philosophy, like sophos, well acquainted with the true value of things, wise; and subst., a wise man, a sage (in Cic. saepiss.): ergo hic, quisquis est, qui moderatione et constantiā quietus animo est sibique ipse placatus ut nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec sitienter quid expetens ardeat desiderio nec alacritate futili gestiens deliquescat;

    is est sapiens quem quaerimus, is est beatus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

    sapientium praecepta,

    id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

    si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est: sapientem esse portentum est. Saepius enim mulam peperisse arbitror, quam sapientem fuisse,

    id. Div. 2, 28, 61:

    statuere quid sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

    id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; cf. id. Rep. 1, 29, 45.—So esp. of the seven wise men of Greece:

    ut ad Graecos referam orationem... septem fuisse dicuntur uno tempore, qui sapientes et haberentur et vocarentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

    eos vero septem quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    sapienti assentiri... se sapientem profiteri,

    id. Fin. 2,3, 7.—Ironically:

    sapientum octavus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 296.—With the Romans, an appellation of Lœlius: te, Laeli, sapientem et appellant et existimant. Tribuebatur hoc modo M. Catoni: scimus L. Atilium apud patres nostros appellatum esse sapientem, sed uterque alio quodam modo: Atilius, qui prudens esse in jure civili putabatur;

    Cato quia multarum rerum usum habebat... propterea quasi cognomen jam habebat in senectute sapientis... Athenis unum accepimus et eum quidem etiam Apollinis oraculo sapientissimum judicatum,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6; cf.:

    numquam ego dicam C. Fabricium, M'. Curium, Ti. Coruncanium, quos sapientes nostri majores judicabant, ad istorum normam fuisse sapientes,

    id. ib. 5, 18:

    ii, qui sapientes sunt habiti, M. Cato et C. Laelius,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16; Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 7; Lact. 4, 1.—Hence, adv.: săpĭen-ter, sensibly, discreetly, prudently, judiciously, wisely:

    recte et sapienter facere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; id. Mil. 3, 3, 34:

    consulere,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 90:

    insipienter factum sapienter ferre,

    id. Truc. 4, 3, 33:

    factum,

    id. Aul. 3, 5, 3:

    dicta,

    id. Rud. 4, 7, 24:

    quam sapienter jam reges hoc nostri viderint,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31:

    provisa,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

    a majoribus prodita fama,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

    considerate etiam sapienterque fecerunt,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 6; 13, 6, 13:

    vives sapienter,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 44:

    agendum,

    Ov. M. 13, 377:

    temporibus uti,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 1; Hor. C. 4, 9, 48.— Comp.:

    facis sapientius Quam pars latronum, etc.,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 15; id. Poen. prol. 7:

    nemo est, qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

    sapientius fecisse,

    id. Brut. 42, 155.— Sup.:

    quod majores nostros et probavisse maxime et retinuisse sapientissime judico,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63.

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  • 8 scio

    scĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (old imperf. scibam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 89; id. Ps. 1, 5, 84; 1, 5, 86; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 68; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:

    scibas,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 24; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85:

    scibat,

    id. Am. prol. 22; Lucr. 5, 934:

    scibatis,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 47:

    scibant,

    Lucr. 5, 949; 5, 953; Cat. 68, 85.— Fut. scibo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 4, 3, 5; id. Men. 2, 3, 35; 5, 2, 57; id. Ps. 1, 2, 41; 1, 5, 65; id. Truc. 2, 6, 69; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 58; id. Ad. 3, 3, 7; 5, 2, 5; id. Hec. 2, 2, 4:

    scibis,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Ep. 2, 2, 101; 5, 1, 49; id. Mil. 4, 8, 55; id. Ps. 4, 4, 2; id. Poen. 5, 4, 57; id. Pers. 2, 2, 37; id. Rud. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 35; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:

    scibit,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 5; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 51; id. Mil. 3, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38:

    scibimus,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 57:

    scibunt,

    id. Poen. 2, 16.— Perf. sciit, Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 17.— Pass. scibitur, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

    scin' for scisne,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 200; 2, 2, 39; 5, 1, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Aul. 1, 1, 8 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 47; 3, 1, 47; 4, 6, 6; 4, 7, 30 et saep.— Perf. sync. scisti, Ov. A. A. 1, 131; id. F. 4, 527:

    scirint,

    Tac. Dial. 33; so, regularly, inf. scisse, e. g. Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), v. a. [root sci-; Gr. keiô (for skeiô), keazô, to split, divide; cf.: scisco, plebiscitum, etc., prop. to distinguish, discern].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to know, in the widest signif. of the word; to understand; perceive; to have knowledge of or skill in any thing, etc.:

    plurimā mutatione figuramus, Scio, Non ignoro, et Non me fugit, et Non me praeterit, et Quis nescit? et Nemini dubium est. Sed etiam ex proximo mutuari licet. Nam et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

    Quint. 10, 1, 13 (freq. in all styles and periods; cf. nosco).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiam si maxime sciemus, nec, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

    ut vilicus naturam agri novit, dispensator litteras scit, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

    quod nec didicerint nec umquam scire curaverint,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

    ego omnem rem scio Quemadmodum est,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69:

    id equidem ego certo scio,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

    quod pro certo sciam,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 13: Mi. Ubi ipse est? Ch. Nescio. Nihil jam me oportet scire... nescio etiam id quod scio, id. ib. 4, 6, 21:

    haec scivisti et me celavisti?

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

    is omnes linguas scit: sed dissimulat sciens, Se scire,

    id. Poen. prol. 112 (cf. supra, litteras, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5): comoediam, Titin. ap. Non. 277, 26:

    bene id opus,

    id. ib. 3, 21:

    artem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

    juventutis mores qui sciam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: remuneremini nos, ac quae scitis, proferatis in me dium:

    nemo enim omnia potest scire,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    nec scire fas est omnia,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 22:

    SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, S. C. de Bacch. 23, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173: quod scio, omne ex hoc scio,

    I know all from him, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 7:

    aliquid ex aliquo,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 45; id. Most. 3, 2, 58; Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 2, 3 al. (v. infra, g and d; and cf. in the foll., with de instead of ex):

    quod sciam,

    for aught I know, as far as I know, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.:

    quantum ego quidem sciam,

    Quint. 3, 1, 19.— Pass.:

    quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

    ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

    an nihil certum sciri possit,

    id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf., or more freq. with object-clause:

    qui uti sciat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

    si sciret regibus uti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14:

    antequam declamare sciat,

    Quint. 2, 1, 3:

    si docere sciant et velint,

    id. 10, 5, 19:

    digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,

    id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.:

    vincere scis, Hannibal,

    Liv. 22, 51, 4:

    qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,

    id. 22, 29, 8:

    qui tegere liberos sciat,

    id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14:

    scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41:

    scio, tibi ita placere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

    quas (leges) scitis exstare,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6:

    scis, In breve te cogi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so,

    scire licet,

    id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al.—So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Kurou paideian reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5:

    scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.:

    istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129.—Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi:

    si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.:

    sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,

    id. ib. 10, 27, 1:

    si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra):

    interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1:

    Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,

    Capitol. in Max. 19:

    totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 144.— Impers.:

    hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,

    Cic. Sest. 38, 82.— Pass., with nom. and inf.:

    Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,

    Arn. 1, 48.—
    (γ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13:

    ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

    scin' quam iracundus siem?

    id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12:

    cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

    cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

    Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,

    id. Fam. 13, 8, 1:

    ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 46:

    ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

    coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.:

    scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187:

    quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an.— Pass.:

    hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito... nec, [p. 1644] quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2.—With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

    scitin' quid ego vos rogo?

    id. Men. 5, 9, 92:

    scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24:

    jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,

    id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.:

    ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,

    id. Am. 1, 3, 26:

    ex hoc scibo quid siet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace... scisse,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31:

    quom videbis, tum scies,

    id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13:

    quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so,

    ut scitis, parenthetically,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.

    scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281:

    ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,

    id. As. 2, 2, 111:

    quam tu propediem effliges scio,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

    scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,

    Pers. 1, 27:

    nemo ex me scibit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38.— Pass.:

    non opus est dicto... at scito huic opus est,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14:

    plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause:

    non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so,

    Latine,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27:

    luculenter Graece,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    Graece,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,

    and that she was skilled in music, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53 (cf.: docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    discere fidibus,

    id. Lael. 8, 26).—
    (ζ).
    With de:

    de legibus instituendis, de bello, de pace, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

    cum is, qui de omnibus scierit, de Sullā se scire negavit,

    id. Sull. 13, 39.—
    (η).
    With non (very rare for nescio; cf.:

    non scire barbarum jam videtur, nescire dulcius,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    quis enim erat qui non sciret studiosiorem Mithridatem fuisse, etc.,

    id. Fl. 25, 59:

    tam imperitus, ut non sciret, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    quid? non sciunt ipsi viam, domum quā veniant?

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 19.—
    b.
    Ellipt.: scin' quomodo? do you know how (I shall serve you)? a threatening phrase in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 200; id. Aul. 5, 21; id. Rud. 3, 5, 18.—
    B.
    In partic., of a woman, to know carnally a man (cf. of a man, cognosco), Treb. xxx. Tyr. 30.—
    * II.
    Transf., publicists' t. t. for the usual scisco (v. h. v. II.), of the people, to ordain, decree, appoint any thing after knowledge obtained regarding it:

    ut tribunus plebis rogationem ferret sciretque plebs, uti, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 33, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    a scire for asciscere,

    Tac. Agr. 19; id. H. 4, 80.—Hence, scĭens, entis, P. a., knowing, i. e.
    A.
    Pregn., knowingly, wittingly, purposely, intentionally, etc. (freq. and class.): tu verbis conceptis conjuravisti sciens sciente animo tuo, Scip. Afric. minor ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9:

    ubi verbis conceptis sciens libenter perjuraris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16:

    amore ardeo et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27; so (with prudens) Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

    equidem plus hodie boni Feci imprudens, quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; so (opp. imprudens) id. Phorm. 4, 3, 55; Cic. Planc. 16, 41; (opp. insciens) id. Balb. 5, 13:

    habebit igitur te sciente et vidente curia senatorem, etc.,

    id. Clu. 46, 129:

    an ille me tentat sciens?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 40; id. Ps. 1, 1, 90; id. Poen. prol. 112; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 6 al.:

    heia vero, inquit, geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 et saep.—So the formula: si sciens fallo; v. fallo.—
    B. (α).
    Absol.:

    id ego jam nunc tibi renuntio, ut sis sciens,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

    quod me non scientem feceris,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 34;

    Ter Heaut. 4, 8, 32: vites pampinari: sed a sciente,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    quis igitur hoc homine scientior umquam fuit?

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    scientior venefica,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 72:

    quae (navis) scientissimo gubernatore utitur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58.— Sup.: sit oportet idem scientissimus, Col. 11, 1.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    dominum scientem esse oportet earum rerum, quae, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 1:

    locorum,

    Sall. J. 97, 3:

    pugnae,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 24:

    citharae,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    Latinae linguae,

    Tac. A. 2, 13:

    juris,

    id. ib. 3, 70; 6, 26 et saep.— Sup.:

    M. Scaurus, vir regendae rei publicae scientissimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 13.—
    * (γ).
    Poet., with inf.:

    quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25.— Adv.: scĭenter (acc. to B.), knowingly, understandingly, wisely, skilfully, expertly, etc.:

    scienter et perite et ornate dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    uti (with modice),

    id. ib. 1, 29, 132; id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

    sese distribuunt in duas partes,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 55.— Comp.:

    neminem in eo genere scientius versatum Isocrate,

    Cic. Or. 52, 175; Caes. B. G. 7, 22.— Sup.:

    coepit rationem hujus operis (sphaerae) scientissime Gallus exponere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.

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  • 9 ignoro

    ignōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of inf. pres. pass. ignorarier, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 38), v. a. and n. [ignarus], not to know (a person or thing), to have no knowledge of, to be unacquainted with, to be ignorant of, to mistake, misunderstand (a person or thing—class.; cf. nescio).—Constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or rel. clause, with de, quin, or absol.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

    erras si id credis et me ignoras, Clinia,

    do not know me, mistake me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:

    isti te ignorabant,

    id. Eun. 5, 8, 59; cf.:

    qui illum ignorabant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

    et illum et me vehementer ignoras,

    id. Rab. Post. 12, 33; Just. 13, 2, 11; Liv. 26, 12:

    cum exercitu tirone, ignoto adhuc duci suo ignorantique ducem,

    id. 21, 43, 14; cf.

    § 18: illi iniqui jus ignorant,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 37:

    si haec ignoremus, multa nobis et magna ignoranda sint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    istam voluptatem Epicurus ignorat?

    id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:

    quod tu quidem minime omnium ignoras,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    ignoro causam (belli), detestor exitum,

    id. Phil. 8, 2, 7 fin.:

    Juppiter, ignoro pristina furta tua,

    Prop. 2, 2, 4:

    motus astrorum,

    Juv. 3, 43.—In pass., not to be [p. 882] known or recognized:

    ignoratur parens,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 10:

    fugitive, etiam nunc credis, te ignorarier?

    id. ib. 5, 7, 38:

    sciscitantes quisnam esset, nam ignorabatur,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    ignoratus Romanos palantes repente aggreditur,

    unknown, undiscovered, Sall. J. 54, 9; cf.:

    servili habitu per tenebras ignoratus evasit,

    Tac. H. 4, 36; 3, 23; 74:

    haec omnia ignorari possunt,

    Quint. 3, 5, 6; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 18:

    Archimedis ignoratum a Syracusanis indagavi sepulcrum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

    Cn. Octavii eloquentia, quae fuerat ante consulatum ignorata,

    id. Brut. 47, 176:

    aut ignoratae premit artis crimine turpi,

    Hor. A. P. 262.— Hence, to be changed, disguised: pallam illam ad phrygionem ut referas, ut reconcinnetur.... Men. Hercle;

    eādem ea ignorabitur, ne uxor cognoscat te habere,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 74:

    non esse eam dices faxo: ita ignorabitur,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    quis ignorabat, Q. Pompeium fecisse foedus, eādem in causā esse Mancinum?

    Cic. Rep. 3, 18;

    Quint. prooem. § 1: neque ignoro, toto illo tempore vix tantum effici, quantum, etc.,

    id. 1, 1, 17; 2, 4, 38; 3, 6, 78; cf.:

    neque illud ignoro, in iisdem fere esse et ornatum,

    id. 8, 6, 3.—
    (γ).
    With rel. or interrog.-clause:

    cum id quam vere fiat ignores,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 97:

    ignorante rege, uter eorum esset Orestes,

    id. ib. 7, 24:

    ipsa vero sapientia, si se ignorabit, sapientia sit necne, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 24:

    non ignoro, quanti ejus nomen putetis,

    id. N. D. 3, 31, 78:

    non ignorans, quanta ex dissensionibus incommoda oriri consuessent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33, 1:

    quid optandum foret ignorasse,

    Juv. 10, 103.—
    * (δ).
    With de:

    ignorat etiam de filio,

    Cic. Att. 8, 14, 3.—
    (ε).
    With quin:

    quis ignorat quin, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 27, 64; Quint. 12, 7, 8; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 8. —
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    an vero vos soli ignoratis? vos hospites in hac urbe versamini,

    Cic. Mil. 12, 33; Quint. 9, 4, 119:

    cur ego, si nequeo ignoroque, poëta salutor?

    Hor. A. P. 87:

    ita nunc ignorans suo sibi servit patri,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 50.—
    (η).
    With inf. (very rare):

    laetitiae causas ignorat dicere miles, Laetaturque tamen,

    Claud. Nupt. Hon. 186. —
    II.
    To take no notice of, pay no attention to, ignore, disregard (rare):

    mille modis amor ignorandust,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:

    quorum ego nec benevolentiam erga me ignorare, nec auctoritatem aspernare debeam,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:

    haec tamen ignorat quid sidus triste minetur Saturni,

    Juv. 6, 569.—Hence, ignōrans, antis, P. a., not knowing, unaware, ignorant of a thing (very rare):

    ille, eventus belli non ignorans,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 42, 1.— Adv.: ignō-ranter, ignorantly:

    ignoranter vel simpliciter non faciunt, quod, etc.,

    Cypr. Ep. 63.

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  • 10 persciens

    per-scĭens, entis, Part. [scio], knowing well. —With acc.:

    animum persciens,

    Lampr. Commod. 5, 2.—Hence, adv.: per-scĭenter, very knowingly, very discreetly, Cic. Brut. 55, 202.

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  • 11 perscienter

    per-scĭens, entis, Part. [scio], knowing well. —With acc.:

    animum persciens,

    Lampr. Commod. 5, 2.—Hence, adv.: per-scĭenter, very knowingly, very discreetly, Cic. Brut. 55, 202.

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  • 12 modus

        modus ī, m    [3 MA-], a measure, extent, quantity: agri: numerum modumque carinis Praecipiant, V.: trunci, girth, O.: longo nullus lateri modus (sit), i. e. be the flank excessively long, V.— A proper measure, due measure: suus cuique (rei) modus est: modum haberi nullum placet, moderation: servare modum, V.: vox quasi extra modum absona, immoderately: cum lacus praeter modum crevisset, excessively: in dicendo: sine modo modestiāque, S.— A measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time: vocum: fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos, H.: saltare ad tibicinis modos, the music of the flute, L.: modum Voce dabat remis, time, O.: verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae, moral harmonies, H.— A measure, bound, limit, end, restriction: sumptūs Cotidianos fieri nec fieri modum, T.: lubidini modum facere, S.: modum aliquem et finem orationi facere, bounds: cum modum irae nullum faceret, L.: modum transire: modum Exit, O.: modum lugendi aliquando facere, make an end.—A way, manner, mode, method, fashion, style: Sine meo me vivere modo, T.: oratoris modo mandata deferre, as an ambassador, Cs.: vitae, way of life: id quibus modis adsequeretur, i. e. by what means, S.: Haud ignara modi, i. e. well knowing how, V.: si quis modus (est), i. e. if it is possible, V.: servorum modo, like slaves, L.: mirum in modum, wonderfully, Cs.: ad hunc modum distributis legionibus, thus, Cs.: si humano modo peccasset, after the manner of men: multa Carneadeo more et modo disputata: apis Matinae More modoque, H.: tali modo, in such wise, N.: nullo modo, by no means: omni modo egi cum rege, in every way, i. e. urgently: omnibus modis miser sum, every way, T.: laudare miris modis, extravagantly, L.: modis inolescere miris, wondrously, V.: eum tibi commendo in maiorem modum, very greatly: Nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex, V.—In genit. with eius or cuius: eius modi, of that sort, of such a kind, such (often written eiusmodi): in eius modi casu, Cs.: eius modi litteras misit: cuiusque modi genus hominum, S.: cuius modi, of what sort: cuicuimodi, of what sort soever: huius modi casūs, such, Cs.: illius modi, of that kind.
    * * *
    manner, mode, way, method; rule, rhythm, beat, measure, size; bound, limit

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  • 13 cognitio

    cognĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [cognosco].
    I.
    In gen., a becoming acquainted with, learning to know, acquiring knowledge, knowledge as a consequence of perception or of the exercise of our mental powers, knowing, acquaintance, cognition (in good prose; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.).
    A.
    Abstr.:

    cognitio contemplatioque naturae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153:

    rerum occultarum,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 13:

    rerum,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 17:

    animi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:

    deorum,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    urbis,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40:

    in studiis sententiae cognitionisque versabitur,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 44, 158; id. Fin. 5, 12, 34:

    illi, quorum studia vitaque omnis in rerum cognitione versata est,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155; cf. id. ib. §

    157: quorum ego copiam magnitudinem cognitionis atque artis non contemno,

    culture, id. de Or. 1, 51, 219; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 12, 11, 17 al.:

    omnia, quae cognitione digna sunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5:

    cognitione atque hospitio dignus,

    id. Arch. 3, 5; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 90:

    cognitio et aestimatio rerum,

    id. 2, 18, 1; 4, 2, 40.—
    B.
    Concr.
    1.
    ( = notio, katalêpsis.) A conception, notion, idea:

    intellegi necesse est esse deos, quoniam insitas eorum vel potius innatas cognitiones habemus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; 1, 14, 36; id. Fin. 2, 5, 16 Madv.; 3, 5, 17.—
    2.
    Knowledge, a branch of learning (late Lat.):

    studiosus cognitionum omnium princeps,

    Amm. 21, 1, 7: 25, 4, 7.—
    II.
    Specif., a legal t. t., a judicial examination, inquiry, cognizance, trial (very freq.):

    ne quod judicium, neve ipsius cognitio illo absente de existimatione ejus constitueretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 60:

    lex earum rerum consulibus cognitionem dedit,

    id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11; cf. id. ib. §

    12: captorum agrorum,

    id. Agr. 2, 22, 60; so,

    principum et senatūs,

    Quint. 3, 10, 1; 7, 2, 20:

    patrum,

    Tac. A. 1, 75:

    magistratuum,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    praetoria,

    Quint. 3, 6, 70:

    rerum capitalium,

    Liv. 1, 49, 4:

    falsi testamenti,

    Suet. Claud. 9:

    caedis,

    id. Rhet. 6:

    vacantium militiae munere,

    Liv. 4, 26, 12:

    de Christianis,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 97:

    de famosis libellis,

    Tac. A. 1, 72:

    de ejusmodi criminibus ac reis,

    Suet. Tib. 28:

    de Votieno Montano,

    Tac. A. 4, 42:

    inter patrem et filium,

    Liv. 1, 50, 9:

    dies cognitionis,

    the day of trial, Cic. Brut. 32, 87.—
    III.
    In Terence twice for agnitio, recognition, discovery (cf. cognosco), Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 33; id. Eun. 5, 3, 12.

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  • 14 doceo

    dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

    pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

    hunc hominem cursuram,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

    aliquem artem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

    aliquem litteras,

    id. Pis. 30:

    aliquem ejusmodi rem,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    pueros elementa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

    is reliqua frustra docetur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

    doctus militiam,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

    docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

    equi variare gyros docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

    ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

    Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

    Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

    de ejus injuriis judices docere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    aliquem de aliqua re,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

    doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

    coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

    aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

    also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

    Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

    docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

    cum doceo et explano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

    also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.
    II.
    In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

    minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

    Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

    doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

    adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

    id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

    fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

    docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

    Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

    nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

    Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

    fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

    Verg. A. 10, 225:

    legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

    Gell. 13, 12, 1:

    sagittarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

    artis lanificae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

    (Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

    dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    omnia,

    Stat. Th. 2, 692:

    litteras,

    Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

    doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

    ad delinquendum doctior,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

    in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

    id. H. 21, 182:

    Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

    more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

    docta puella,

    Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

    2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

    Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

    Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

    Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

    doctus in se semper divitias habet,

    Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—
    2.
    Of things as subjects:

    frontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

    tibia,

    Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

    carmina,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    vox,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

    voces Pythagoreorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    sermo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

    prece,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

    manus artificis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

    falx,

    Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—
    B.
    In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

    malum, callidum, doctum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

    also, dolus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.
    1.
    Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—
    2.
    Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

    docte et sapienter dicis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

    docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    docte sapere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

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  • 15 docti

    dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

    pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

    hunc hominem cursuram,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

    aliquem artem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

    aliquem litteras,

    id. Pis. 30:

    aliquem ejusmodi rem,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    pueros elementa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

    is reliqua frustra docetur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

    doctus militiam,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

    docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

    equi variare gyros docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

    ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

    Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

    Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

    de ejus injuriis judices docere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    aliquem de aliqua re,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

    doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

    coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

    aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

    also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

    Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

    docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

    cum doceo et explano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

    also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.
    II.
    In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

    minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

    Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

    doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

    adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

    id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

    fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

    docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

    Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

    nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

    Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

    fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

    Verg. A. 10, 225:

    legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

    Gell. 13, 12, 1:

    sagittarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

    artis lanificae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

    (Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

    dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    omnia,

    Stat. Th. 2, 692:

    litteras,

    Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

    doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

    ad delinquendum doctior,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

    in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

    id. H. 21, 182:

    Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

    more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

    docta puella,

    Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

    2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

    Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

    Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

    Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

    doctus in se semper divitias habet,

    Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—
    2.
    Of things as subjects:

    frontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

    tibia,

    Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

    carmina,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    vox,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

    voces Pythagoreorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    sermo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

    prece,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

    manus artificis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

    falx,

    Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—
    B.
    In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

    malum, callidum, doctum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

    also, dolus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.
    1.
    Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—
    2.
    Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

    docte et sapienter dicis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

    docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    docte sapere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

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  • 16 gnaruris

    gnārus, a, um (also ante- and postclass. form gnārŭris, e, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17; id. Poen. prol. 47; Aus. Ep. 22, 19; Arn. 3, 113; and cf.: gnaruris gnôrimos, Gloss. Philox.—Another form is ‡ nārus, like navus, notus, acc. to Cic. Or. 47, 158), adj. [Sanscr. gna-, ganāmi, know; Gr. gignôskô; Lat. gnosco, nosco, narrare, etc.], knowing or acquainted with a thing; skilful, practised, expert (syn. doctus, eruditus, peritus).
    I.
    Lit. (rare but class.); constr. with gen., or with a rel. or object-clause; ante- and post-class. with acc.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    nec loci gnara sum,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28: loci, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 700 P.;

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

    armorum et militiae,

    Col. 1 praef. §

    4: artis,

    Just. 11, 7:

    temporis,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 30; cf. Tac. Agr. 6:

    si modo vinitor gnarus est iis utendi,

    Col. 4, 25, 1:

    nostri tergi,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 6:

    venandi,

    Vulg. Gen. 25, 27.—
    (β).
    With rel.clause:

    Periclem uberem et fecundum fuisse, gnarumque, quibus orationis modis, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 4, 15:

    nemine gnaro aut opinante, quidnam coepturus esset,

    Suet. Calig. 46.—
    (γ).
    With object-clause:

    Hasdrubal satis gnarus, Hannibalem transitus quosdam pretio mercatum,

    Liv. 23, 29, 5; cf. id. 33, 5, 4; Tac. H. 2, 29; 65; 5, 19 al.:

    concha cum manum videt, comprimit sese operitque opes suas, gnara propter illas se peti,

    Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110.—
    (δ).
    With acc.:

    simul gnarures vos volo esse hanc rem mecum,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17:

    ut mecum sitis gnarures,

    id. Poen. prol. 47.—
    II.
    Transf., pass., known (for the usual notus; post-Aug.;

    very rare, except in Tac.): in paludem gnaram vincentibus,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    idque nulli magis gnarum quam Neroni,

    id. ib. 15, 61; cf.:

    gnarum id Caesari,

    id. ib. 1, 5 (opp. incognita), App. Mag. p. 281, 9.— Absol.:

    conspicui eoque gnari,

    Tac. A. 6, 35.— Comp. not in use.— Sup., Sol. 51 fin.

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  • 17 gnarus

    gnārus, a, um (also ante- and postclass. form gnārŭris, e, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17; id. Poen. prol. 47; Aus. Ep. 22, 19; Arn. 3, 113; and cf.: gnaruris gnôrimos, Gloss. Philox.—Another form is ‡ nārus, like navus, notus, acc. to Cic. Or. 47, 158), adj. [Sanscr. gna-, ganāmi, know; Gr. gignôskô; Lat. gnosco, nosco, narrare, etc.], knowing or acquainted with a thing; skilful, practised, expert (syn. doctus, eruditus, peritus).
    I.
    Lit. (rare but class.); constr. with gen., or with a rel. or object-clause; ante- and post-class. with acc.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    nec loci gnara sum,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28: loci, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 700 P.;

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

    armorum et militiae,

    Col. 1 praef. §

    4: artis,

    Just. 11, 7:

    temporis,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 30; cf. Tac. Agr. 6:

    si modo vinitor gnarus est iis utendi,

    Col. 4, 25, 1:

    nostri tergi,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 6:

    venandi,

    Vulg. Gen. 25, 27.—
    (β).
    With rel.clause:

    Periclem uberem et fecundum fuisse, gnarumque, quibus orationis modis, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 4, 15:

    nemine gnaro aut opinante, quidnam coepturus esset,

    Suet. Calig. 46.—
    (γ).
    With object-clause:

    Hasdrubal satis gnarus, Hannibalem transitus quosdam pretio mercatum,

    Liv. 23, 29, 5; cf. id. 33, 5, 4; Tac. H. 2, 29; 65; 5, 19 al.:

    concha cum manum videt, comprimit sese operitque opes suas, gnara propter illas se peti,

    Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110.—
    (δ).
    With acc.:

    simul gnarures vos volo esse hanc rem mecum,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 17:

    ut mecum sitis gnarures,

    id. Poen. prol. 47.—
    II.
    Transf., pass., known (for the usual notus; post-Aug.;

    very rare, except in Tac.): in paludem gnaram vincentibus,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    idque nulli magis gnarum quam Neroni,

    id. ib. 15, 61; cf.:

    gnarum id Caesari,

    id. ib. 1, 5 (opp. incognita), App. Mag. p. 281, 9.— Absol.:

    conspicui eoque gnari,

    Tac. A. 6, 35.— Comp. not in use.— Sup., Sol. 51 fin.

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  • 18 notitia

    nōtĭtĭa, ae ( gen. sing. notitiāï, Lucr. 2, 124.—Collat. form nōtĭtĭes, Lucr. 5, 182; 1047; Vitr. 6 prooem.), f. [1. notus], a being known, celebrity, note, fame.
    I.
    Lit. (very rare):

    hi propter notitiam sunt intromissi,

    Nep. Dion. 9, 4:

    tanta notitia te invasit,

    Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    plus notitiae quam fuit ante dedit,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 49:

    virtus Notitiam serae posteritatis habet,

    id. ib. 4, 8, 48.—
    II.
    Transf. (class.)
    A.
    Acquaintance with a person:

    quamquam haec inter nos nuper admodum notitia est,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 1:

    fama adulescentis paulum haesit ad metas notitia nova mulieris,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 75; Ov. M. 4, 59.—
    2.
    In partic.: notitiam feminae habere, to know or have carnal knowledge of a woman, Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 5; cf. cognosco.—
    B.
    In gen. a knowing, knowledge, an idea, conception, notion of a thing:

    notitiam praebere,

    Lucr. 5, 124:

    nostrae menti corpora posse vorti in notitiam,

    id. 2, 745:

    notitiam habere dei,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24:

    valetudo sustentatur notitiā sui corporis,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 86: notitiae rerum, quas Graeci tum ennoias, tum prolêpseis vocant, id. Ac. 2, 10, 30:

    natura ingenuit sine doctrinā notitias parvas rerum maximarum,

    id. Fin. 5, 21, 59:

    habere notitiam alicujus rei,

    Quint. 6, 4, 8:

    locorum,

    Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 48; Liv. 4, 19, 6:

    hoc venit mihi in notitiam,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 6:

    tradere aliquid notitiae hominum,

    id. 3, 5, 9, § 57; Vell. 2, 7, 4:

    antiquitatis,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 12:

    in notitiam hominum pervenire,

    to become generally known, Sen. Contr. 6, 2, 5:

    quo notitia supplicii ad posteros perveniret,

    Val. Max. 6, 3, 1:

    in notitiam populi pervenire,

    Liv. 22, 26, 2:

    in notitiam alicujus perferre aliquid,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 18, 2.

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  • 19 scisco

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scisco

  • 20 sciscor

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sciscor

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