videor

narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [for gnarigo (gnarigavit, Fest. p. 95) from gnarus; Sanscr. gnā, know; Gr. gignôskô; cf.: nosco (gnosco), ignoro], to tell, relate, narrate, report, recount, set forth (syn.: memoro, nuntio, trado).

Lit.:

quid mihi istaec narras?

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 18:

ego tibi ea narro quae tu melius scis, quam ipse, qui narro,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 6:

garrula pericula,

Juv. 12, [p. 1187] 82.—With acc. and inf.:

mihi Philargyrus narravit, te interdum sollicitum esse vehementius,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

Clitarchus tibi narravit Darium ab Alexandro esse superatum,

id. ib. 2, 10, 3:

ne narres te sudavisse ferendo Carmina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 16:

narrare virtutem alicujus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

cibos suos homini narrabimus,

set forth, explain, id. 20 praef.:

narrat, ut virgo ab se integra etiam tum siet,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 70.— Pass.:

ut ita narrentur ut gestae res erunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29:

haec inter paucos palam secreto narrantur,

id. Fam. 8, 1, 4:

in comoediis res ipsa narratur,

id. ib. 9, 22, 1:

quae in provinciis facta narrabantur,

Liv. 39, 6, 6; Quint. 3, 8, 11; 4, 2, 76; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3; Suet. Calig. 22:

rationes... satis narratas,

Tac. A. 11, 11.—With de:

quā (epistulā) Crassi libertum ais tibi de meā sollicitudine macieque narrāsse,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1:

mores ejus, de quo narres,

id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:

de quibus nos narrabimus,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf. in the foll.: male, bene narrare, to tell bad or good news:

male narras de Nepotis filio,

Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4:

Othonem quod speras posse vinci, sane bene narras,

id. ib. 13, 33, 2.—Of things:

quid istaec tabellae narrant?

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

si res publica tibi narrare posset, quomodo sese haberet,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1:

cum ejus oratio de animo tuo, de sermonibus, quos de me haberes cotidie, mihi narraret,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1: narratur and narrant, it is said, they say:

Paridis propter narratur amorem Graecia Barbariae lento collisa duello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 6; Ov. H. 6, 19:

versiculos in me narratur scribere Cinna,

Mart. 3, 9, 1; but narratur with acc. and inf. is rare:

nunc Chamavos et Angrivarios immigrāsse narratur,

Tac. G. 33 init.:

eoque terrore aves tunc siluisse narratur,

Plin. 35, 11, 28, § 121 (Jan. narrantque; cf.

Zumpt, Gram. § 607): narrant, et in Ponto Caecian in se trahere nubes,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126; 2, 106, 110, § 236; 32, 7, 24, § 75 et saep.: narror, narraris = narratur de me, de te, to be the subject of talk, it is said of me, thee, etc.:

rideor ubique, narror, ostendor,

Quint. Decl. 14, 12 init.:

dulcis in Elysio narraris fabula campi,

Mart. 12, 52, 5: Sibi narrare, to inform one's self, learn: Cape has tabellas;

tute hinc narrato tibi, quae me miseria contabefecit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 18.—

Transf., in gen., to say, speak, tell:

narra, quid est, quid ait?

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 67:

ego quid narres nescio,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 19; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 54:

non possum satis narrare quos ludos praebueris intus,

id. Eun. 5, 7, 9:

quantum distet ab Inacho Codrus,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 3.— Hence, narro tibi, I tell you, I assure you, in fact, seriously, a form of asseveration:

narro tibi: plane relegatus mihi videor, postea quam in Formiano sum,

Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1:

narro tibi, haec loca venusta sunt, abdita certe,

id. ib. 15, 16, B;

15, 21, 1: navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,

talks, Prop. 2, 1, 43:

ne res per quemquam narraretur,

Just. 1, 9, 19.—

Esp., to dedicate: librum alicui, Plin. praef. § 1.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: narrātum, i, n., that which is told or narrated:

hoc quoque, Tiresia, praeter narrata petenti Responde,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 1.

nĕcessĭtas, ātis ( gen. plur. -ātium, Caes. B. G. 7, 89, 1), f. [necesse], unavoidableness, inevitableness, necessity, compulsion, force, exigency.

Lit.: hinc exsistit illa fatalis necessitas, quam heimarmenên dicitis, ut, quidquid accidat, id ex aeternā veritate, causarumque continuatione fluxisse dicatis, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 55:

ut, etiam si naturā tales (i. e. feroces) non sint, necessitate esse coguntur,

by the compulsion of circumstances, id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

id. ib. 4, 9, 2:

veniam necessitati dare,

id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

necessitatem alicui afferre,

id. Phil. 10, 1, 2. necessitas mihi obvenit alicujus rei, id. Off. 2, 21, 74:

ex necessitate aliquid facere,

Tac. H. 3, 62:

ac nescio an majores necessitates vobis, quam captivis vestris, fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43:

extrema necessitas,

i. e. death, Sall. H. 1, 41, 15 Dietsch; Tac. A. 15, 61; id. H. 1, 72:

necessitate me, mala ut fiam, facis,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 54.—Prov.:

facere de necessitate virtutem,

to make a virtue of necessity, Hier. in Ruf. 3, n. 2; id. Ep. 54, n. 6:

quam cum pecuniam profudisset, et sibi nihil non modo ad cupiditates suas, sed ne ad necessitatem quidem reliquisset,

Cic. Clu. 25, 68.—

Transf.

Fate, destiny, a law of nature:

signorum ortus et obitus... quadam ex necessitate semper eodem modo fiunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

humana consilia divina necessitate esse superata,

id. Lig. 6, 17:

ut vita, quae necessitati deberetur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

ut id fatum vim necessitatis adferret,

id. Fat. 17, 39:

et vis omnium rerum,

id. ib. 20, 48:

fati,

Liv. 1, 42.—

In plur. concr., necessaries, necessary things, necessary expenses:

reliquis autem tribus virtutibus necessitates propositae sunt ad eas res parandas, quibus actio vitae continetur,

Cic. Off. 1, 5, 17:

vitae necessitatibus servire,

id. Div. 1, 49, 110:

suarum necessitatum causa,

wants, interests, Caes. B. G. 7, 89:

publicae necessitates,

Liv. 23, 48, 10:

necessitates ac largitiones,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—

Necessity, need, want (mostly post-Aug.):

famem et ceteras necessitates tantopere tolerabant, ut, etc.,

Suet. Caes. 68; id. Tib. 47:

quod pro honore acceptum etiam necessitatibus subvenit,

Tac. G. 15:

neque enim necessitatibus tantummodo nostris provisum est, usque in delicias amamur,

Sen. Ben. 4, 5, 1; cf.:

sustinere necessitates aliorum,

Liv. 6, 15, 9.—

For necessitudo, connection, relationship, friendship:

si nostram necessitatem familiaritatemque violāsset,

Cic. Sull. 1, 2:

magnam necessitatem possidet paternus maternusque sanguis,

bond of affection, intimacy, id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66: equidem mihi videor pro nostrā necessitate non labore defuisse, Caes. ap. Gell. 13, 3, 5 (cited ap. Non. 354, 11).—

Personified: Necessitas, the goddess of necessity, the Gr. Anankê:

te semper anteit saeva Necessitas,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 17; cf. Macr. S. 1, 19; and v. clavus.

noscĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [nosco], to know, to recognize (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

noscito hanc, nam videor, nescio ubi, me vidisse prius,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 14:

aliquem facie,

Liv. 22, 6:

noscitabatur tamen in tantā deformitate,

id. 2, 23, 4:

praefectos,

Curt. 3, 11, 10:

ducem,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

aliquem vocibus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14:

facile inscieis noscitetur ab omnibus,

Cat. 61, 219.—

To perceive, observe:

haut est dissimilis, meam quom formam noscito,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 5:

circumspectare omnibus fori partibus senatorem, raroque usquam noscitare,

Liv. 3, 38, 9.—

Transf., to examine, explore:

aedes noscitat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21:

nunc vestigia, si qua sunt, noscitabo,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 14.

numquam or nunquam (both in good use; the former prevails before the Augustan age), adv. [ne-umquam], at no time, never:

numquam edepol med istoc vinces,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 13:

quod (principium) si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27; id. Att. 14, 13, 6:

videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,

id. ib. 7, 1, 2:

illum numquam, dum haec natio viveret sine curā futurum,

id. Sest. 63, 132:

numquam ante hoc tempus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

numquam donec,

Liv. 34, 23.—

Followed by a negative.

By a clause with quin, ut non, to denote that which always occurs:

numquam fui usquam, quin me omnes amarent plurimum,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 62:

numquam epistulam tuam accipio, ut non protinus una simus,

Sen. Ep. 40, 1.—

With a negative in the same clause, affirmatively:

numquam non ineptum,

always, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112; id. Fam. 12, 18, 1; Sen. Ep. 11, 4; cf.:

probi mores numquam non plurimum profuerint,

Quint. 7, 2, 33:

numquam nisi honorificentissime Pompeium appellat,

never otherwise than, always, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 10.—

For non, not, by no means:

qui hodie numquam ad vesperam vivam!

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 40:

numquam omnes hodie moriemur inulti,

Verg. A. 2, 670:

numquam hodie effugies,

by no means, id. E. 3, 49; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 270; id. Mil. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 44:

nihil in mentem? numquam quidquam ( = prorsus nihil),

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 8.

postĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [posterus], future time, futurity, after - ages, succeeding generations, posterity (class.):

sperare videor, Scipionis et Laelii amicitiam notam posteritati fore,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

infinita,

id. Att. 12, 19, 1:

hujus rei ne posteritatem quidem omnium saeculorum, umquam immemorem esse,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

sera,

a late posterity, Ov. P. 4, 8, 48:

aeterna,

id. H. 16, 374:

posteritati servire,

one's fame with posterity, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 35:

posteritatis otio consulere,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13: in posteritatem, in the distant future, hereafter:

quanta tempestas invidiae nobis...in posteritatem impendeat,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22; Just. 2, 3, 15:

sola posteritatis dilectio,

desire for offspring, Vulg. Tob. 8, 9.—

Transf., of animals, offspring ( poet.), Juv. 8, 62.—

Trop., the last place, inferiority (eccl. Lat.):

principalem veritati, et posteritatem mendacitati deputare,

Tert. Praescr. 31.

praestō (old collat. form praestū, acc. to Curtius Valerianus in Cassiod. p. 2289 P.: qui praestu sunt, Inscr. Carina Via Appia, 1, p. 217. In later time as adj.: prae-stus, a, um:

bonorum officio praestus fui,

Inscr. Grut. 669, 4), adv. [dat. from praestus, a sup. form from prae, so that praesto esse alicui = to be or stand in the foremost place for or as respects one], at hand, ready, present, here; usually with esse (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

ni tua propitia pax foret praesto,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: sed ubi est frater? Chaer. Praesto adest, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 120; so Att. Tr. 498:

quod adest praesto in primis placet,

Lucr. 5, 1412; Lact. 3, 7, 10:

sacrificiis omnibus praesto adesse,

id. 2, 16, 10;

more freq., praesto esse: ibi mihi praesto fuit L. Lucilius,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt,

id. Pis. 23, 55:

tibi nulla fuit clementia praesto?

hadst thou no compassion? Cat. 64, 137: praesto esse, to arrive, appear:

hirundines aestivo tempore praesto sunt,

Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61.—Without esse ( poet.):

era, eccum praesto militem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 1:

ipsum adeo praesto video,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 4; Stat. Th. 6, 643.—

In partic: praesto esse or adire

To be at hand, to attend or wait upon, to serve, aid:

ero meo ut omnibus locis sine praesto,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

jus civile didicit, praesto multis fuit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 19:

praesto esse clientem tuum?

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

saluti tuae praesto esse, praesto esse virtutes ut ancillulas,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69; id. Fam. 4, 14, 4:

ut ad omnia, quae tui velint, ita assim praesto, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 8, 1; id. Att. 4, 12, 1 fin.;

also with videor,

id. ib. 4, 12, 1 fin. —With adire:

pauper erit praesto semper tibi, pauper adibit primus,

will be at hand, at your service, Tib. 1, 5, 61.—

With esse, to present one's self in a hostile manner, to resist, oppose:

si quis mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus,

Cic. Caecin. 30, 87:

quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 11.

prae-sto, ĭti (post-class. also praestāvi), ātum or ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to stand before or in front.

Lit.:

dum primae praestant acies,

Luc. 4, 30.—

Trop., to stand out, be superior, to distinguish one's self, to be excellent, distinguished, admirable; constr. alicui aliquā re, alicui rei, in aliquā re, or absol. (class.):

cum virtute omnibus praestarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

quantum praestiterint nostri majores prudentiā ceteris gentibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 192:

quā re homines bestiis praestent,

id. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

hoc praestat amicitia propinquitati, quod, etc.,

id. Lael. 5, 19:

Zeuxin muliebri in corpore pingendo plurimum aliis praestare,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

ceteris,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

suos inter aequales longe praestitit,

id. Brut. 64, 230:

omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 3:

quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia,

Liv. 1, 57, 7:

cernere, quantum eques Latinus Romano praestet,

id. 8, 7, 7:

quantum vel vir viro vel gens genti praestat!

id. 31, 7, 8:

genere militum praestare tironibus,

id. 42, 52, 10:

tantum Romana in bellis gloria ceteris praestat,

Quint. 1, 10, 14:

qui eloquentiā ceteris praestet,

id. 2, 3, 5; 2, 16, 17; Curt. 8, 14, 13; Just. 18, 3, 14; 28, 2, 11; 44, 3, 9:

sacro, quod praestat, peracto,

Juv. 12, 86:

probro atque petulantiā maxume praestabant,

were pre-eminent, distinguished themselves, Sall. C. 37, 5:

truculentiā caeli praestat Germania,

Tac. A. 2, 24:

cur alias aliis praestare videmus Pondere res rebus?

Lucr. 1, 358.—

Praestat, with a subjectclause, it is preferable or better:

nimio impendiosum praestat te, quam ingratum dicier,

it is much better, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 12:

mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati,

it was better, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2:

praestare dicunt, Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

it is better, Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

motos praestat componere fluctus,

Verg. A. 1, 135; 3, 429; 6, 39.

To surpass, outstrip, exceed, [p. 1431] excel (not in Cic. or Cæs.; constr. usually aliquem aliquā re): qui primus in alterutrā re praestet alios, Varr. ap. Non. 502, 23; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; 3, 1, 3:

quantum Galli virtute ceteros mortales praestarent,

Liv. 5, 36, 4:

qui belli gloriā Gallos omnes Belgasque praestabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 6:

praestate virtute peditem, ut honore atque ordine praestatis,

Liv. 3, 61, 7:

ut vetustate et gradu honoris nos praestent,

id. 7, 30, 4; 34, 34, 14; 37, 30, 2:

praestat ingenio alius alium,

Quint. 1, 1, 3; Val. Max. 3, 2, 21; 3, 2, ext. 7;

7, 2, 17: honore ceteros,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; 3, 3; id. Reg. 3, 5:

imperatores prudentiā,

id. Hann. 1, 1:

eloquentiā omnes eo tempore,

id. Epam. 6, 1.—Only aliquem, Stat. Th. 4, 838.—

To become surety for, to answer or vouch for, to warrant, be responsible for, to take upon one's self, etc. (class.):

ut omnes ministros imperii tui rei publicae praestare videare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

quem tamen ego praestare non poteram,

id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

quanto magis arduum est alios praestare quam se, tanto laudabilius,

Plin. Pan. 83:

communem incertumque casum neque vitare quisquam nostrum, nec praestare ullo pacto potest,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3: simus eā mente ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, that we need only answer for guilt, i. e. keep ourselves clear of guilt, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

impetus populi praestare nemo potest,

no one can be held to answer for the outbreaks of the people, id. de Or. 2, 28, 124:

periculum judicii,

id. Mur. 2, 3:

damnum alicui,

id. Off. 3, 16:

invidiam,

id. Sest. 28, 61:

nihil,

to be responsible for nothing, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; cf. in pass.:

cum id, quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, evenerit,

what none could vouch for that it would not happen, id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34. —With ab aliquā re:

ego tibi a vi praestare nihil possum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—With de:

quod de te sperare, de me praestare possum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2.—With an objectclause:

quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29; cf.:

(praedones) nullos fore, quis praestare poterat?

id. Fl. 12, 28:

meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum,

Juv. 14, 212.—With ut:

illius lacrimae praestant ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris,

Juv. 6, 539.—

In gen., to fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute:

arbitramur nos ea praestitisse, quae ratio et doctrina praescripserit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 7:

ultima exspectato, quae ego tibi et jucunda et honesta praestabo,

id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

suum munus,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 38:

hospitii et amicitiae jus officiumque,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

ne quem ejus paeniteret, praestiti,

I took care, exerted myself, Liv. 30, 30; Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 19:

quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo,

I will fulfil, keep the promise, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

fidem alicui,

Liv. 30, 15:

pacem cum iis populus Romanus non ab se tantum, sed ab rege etiam Masinissa praestitit,

maintained, id. 40, 34:

tributa,

to pay, Juv. 3, 188:

annua,

id. 6, 480:

triplicem usuram,

id. 9, 7.— Pass.:

promissum id benignius est ab rege quam praestitum,

Liv. 43, 18, 11:

mea tibi tamen benevolentia fidesque praestabitur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; so,

quibus (victoribus) senatūs fides praestabitur,

id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

virtus vetat spectare fortunam dum praestetur fides,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79:

ni praestaretur fides publica,

Liv. 2, 28, 7.—

In partic.

To keep, preserve, maintain, retain:

pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem publicam debuisse,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5; Ov. M. 11, 748:

omnes socios salvos praestare poteramus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

mors omnia praestat Vitalem praeter sensum calidumque vaporem,

Lucr. 3, 214. —

To show, exhibit, to prove, evince, manifest:

Pomptinius praestat tibi memoriam benevolentiamque, quam debet,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

neque hercule in iis ipsis rebus eam voluntatem, quam exspectaram, praestiterunt,

id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

virtutem,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

benevolentiam,

Cic. Att. 11, 1, 1:

consilium suum fidemque,

id. de Or. 3, 33, 134. —With se, to show, prove, or behave one's self as: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

se incolumem,

Lucr. 3, 220:

se invictum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 104:

teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae,

show thyself constant, id. ib. 4, 5, 23:

Victoria nunc quoque se praestet,

show itself, id. ib. 2, 169: sed ne ad illam quidem artissimam innocentiae formulam praestare nos possumus, prove ourselves innocent even according to that rule, Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 1:

juris periti consultatoribus se praestabant,

showed themselves accessible, Dig. 1, 2, 2.— Poet.:

vel magnum praestet Achillem,

should show, prove, approve himself a great Achilles, Verg. A. 11, 438.—

To show, exhibit, manifest:

honorem debitum patri,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

fratri pietatem,

id. Brut. 33, 126:

virtutem et diligentiam alicui,

id. Fam. 14, 3, 2:

frequentiam et officium alicui honores petenti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

obsequium,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 8:

sedulitatem alicui rei,

to apply, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6.—

To give, offer, furnish, present, expose:

alicui certam summam pecuniae,

Suet. Dom. 9: cervicem, Sen. ap. Diom. p. 362 P.:

caput fulminibus,

to expose, Luc. 5, 770:

Hiberus praestat nomen terris,

id. 4, 23:

anser praestat ex se pullos atque plumam,

Col. 8, 13:

cum senatui sententiam praestaret,

gave his vote, Cic. Pis. 32, 80:

terga hosti,

to turn one's back to the enemy, to flee, Tac. Agr. 37:

voluptatem perpetuam sapienti,

to assume, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 89.— Pass.:

pueri, quibus id (biduum) praestabatur,

was devoted, Quint. 1, prooem. § 7; cf.:

corpus, cui omnia olim tamquam servo praestabantur, nunc tamquam domino parantur,

Sen. Ep. 90, 19.—Hence, praestans, antis, P. a., pre-eminent, superior, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary.

In gen. (class.).

Of persons:

omnibus praestans et ingenio et diligentiā,

far surpassing all, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

usu et sapientiā praestantes,

noted for their experience and wisdom, Nep. Timoth. 3, 2.— Comp.:

virginibus praestantior omnibus Herse,

superior to all, Ov. M. 2, 724.— Sup.:

in illis artibus praestantissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

praestantissimi studio atque doctrinā,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—With gen.:

o praestans animi juvenis,

distinguished for courage, Verg. A. 12, 19:

belli,

Sil. 5, 92:

armorum,

Stat. Th. 1, 605:

praestantissimus sapientiae,

Tac. A. 6, 6.— Poet., with objectclause:

quo non praestantior alter Aere ciere viros,

whom no other excelled in rousing the men, Verg. A. 6, 164.—

Of things, pre-eminent, excellent, remarkable, extraordinary, distinguished:

praestanti corpore Nymphae,

Verg. A. 1, 71:

praestanti corpore tauri,

id. G. 4, 550:

formā,

id. A. 7, 483:

naturā excellens atque praestans,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:

qui a te tractatus est praestanti et singulari fide,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

praestans prudentiā in omnibus,

Nep. Alc. 5, 1; Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

quid praestantius mihi potuit accidere?

id. Vatin. 3, 8.—

In partic.

Efficacious:

medicina,

Plin. 13, 24, 47, § 130:

usus praestantior,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 126:

calamus praestantior odore,

id. 12, 22, 48, § 105:

sucus sapore praestantissimus,

id. 15, 1, 2, § 5:

praestantissima auxilia,

id. 27, 13, 120, § 146.—

Sup.:

Praestantissimus,

a title of the later emperors, Nazar. 26; Tert. Cor. Mil. 1.— Hence, adv.: praestanter, excellently, admirably (post-Aug.); sup.:

praestantissime,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.

praestō (old collat. form praestū, acc. to Curtius Valerianus in Cassiod. p. 2289 P.: qui praestu sunt, Inscr. Carina Via Appia, 1, p. 217. In later time as adj.: prae-stus, a, um:

bonorum officio praestus fui,

Inscr. Grut. 669, 4), adv. [dat. from praestus, a sup. form from prae, so that praesto esse alicui = to be or stand in the foremost place for or as respects one], at hand, ready, present, here; usually with esse (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

ni tua propitia pax foret praesto,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: sed ubi est frater? Chaer. Praesto adest, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 120; so Att. Tr. 498:

quod adest praesto in primis placet,

Lucr. 5, 1412; Lact. 3, 7, 10:

sacrificiis omnibus praesto adesse,

id. 2, 16, 10;

more freq., praesto esse: ibi mihi praesto fuit L. Lucilius,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

togulae lictoribus ad portam praesto fuerunt,

id. Pis. 23, 55:

tibi nulla fuit clementia praesto?

hadst thou no compassion? Cat. 64, 137: praesto esse, to arrive, appear:

hirundines aestivo tempore praesto sunt,

Auct. Her. 4, 48, 61.—Without esse ( poet.):

era, eccum praesto militem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 1:

ipsum adeo praesto video,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 4; Stat. Th. 6, 643.—

In partic: praesto esse or adire

To be at hand, to attend or wait upon, to serve, aid:

ero meo ut omnibus locis sine praesto,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

jus civile didicit, praesto multis fuit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 19:

praesto esse clientem tuum?

id. Att. 10, 8, 3:

saluti tuae praesto esse, praesto esse virtutes ut ancillulas,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69; id. Fam. 4, 14, 4:

ut ad omnia, quae tui velint, ita assim praesto, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 8, 1; id. Att. 4, 12, 1 fin.;

also with videor,

id. ib. 4, 12, 1 fin. —With adire:

pauper erit praesto semper tibi, pauper adibit primus,

will be at hand, at your service, Tib. 1, 5, 61.—

With esse, to present one's self in a hostile manner, to resist, oppose:

si quis mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus,

Cic. Caecin. 30, 87:

quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 11.

prae-sto, ĭti (post-class. also praestāvi), ātum or ĭtum, 1, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to stand before or in front.

Lit.:

dum primae praestant acies,

Luc. 4, 30.—

Trop., to stand out, be superior, to distinguish one's self, to be excellent, distinguished, admirable; constr. alicui aliquā re, alicui rei, in aliquā re, or absol. (class.):

cum virtute omnibus praestarent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

quantum praestiterint nostri majores prudentiā ceteris gentibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 192:

quā re homines bestiis praestent,

id. Inv. 1, 4, 5:

hoc praestat amicitia propinquitati, quod, etc.,

id. Lael. 5, 19:

Zeuxin muliebri in corpore pingendo plurimum aliis praestare,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

ceteris,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

suos inter aequales longe praestitit,

id. Brut. 64, 230:

omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae,

Nep. Chabr. 4, 3:

quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia,

Liv. 1, 57, 7:

cernere, quantum eques Latinus Romano praestet,

id. 8, 7, 7:

quantum vel vir viro vel gens genti praestat!

id. 31, 7, 8:

genere militum praestare tironibus,

id. 42, 52, 10:

tantum Romana in bellis gloria ceteris praestat,

Quint. 1, 10, 14:

qui eloquentiā ceteris praestet,

id. 2, 3, 5; 2, 16, 17; Curt. 8, 14, 13; Just. 18, 3, 14; 28, 2, 11; 44, 3, 9:

sacro, quod praestat, peracto,

Juv. 12, 86:

probro atque petulantiā maxume praestabant,

were pre-eminent, distinguished themselves, Sall. C. 37, 5:

truculentiā caeli praestat Germania,

Tac. A. 2, 24:

cur alias aliis praestare videmus Pondere res rebus?

Lucr. 1, 358.—

Praestat, with a subjectclause, it is preferable or better:

nimio impendiosum praestat te, quam ingratum dicier,

it is much better, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 12:

mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati,

it was better, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 2:

praestare dicunt, Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

it is better, Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

motos praestat componere fluctus,

Verg. A. 1, 135; 3, 429; 6, 39.

To surpass, outstrip, exceed, [p. 1431] excel (not in Cic. or Cæs.; constr. usually aliquem aliquā re): qui primus in alterutrā re praestet alios, Varr. ap. Non. 502, 23; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; 3, 1, 3:

quantum Galli virtute ceteros mortales praestarent,

Liv. 5, 36, 4:

qui belli gloriā Gallos omnes Belgasque praestabant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 6:

praestate virtute peditem, ut honore atque ordine praestatis,

Liv. 3, 61, 7:

ut vetustate et gradu honoris nos praestent,

id. 7, 30, 4; 34, 34, 14; 37, 30, 2:

praestat ingenio alius alium,

Quint. 1, 1, 3; Val. Max. 3, 2, 21; 3, 2, ext. 7;

7, 2, 17: honore ceteros,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; 3, 3; id. Reg. 3, 5:

imperatores prudentiā,

id. Hann. 1, 1:

eloquentiā omnes eo tempore,

id. Epam. 6, 1.—Only aliquem, Stat. Th. 4, 838.—

To become surety for, to answer or vouch for, to warrant, be responsible for, to take upon one's self, etc. (class.):

ut omnes ministros imperii tui rei publicae praestare videare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3:

quem tamen ego praestare non poteram,

id. Att. 6, 3, 5:

quanto magis arduum est alios praestare quam se, tanto laudabilius,

Plin. Pan. 83:

communem incertumque casum neque vitare quisquam nostrum, nec praestare ullo pacto potest,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3: simus eā mente ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, that we need only answer for guilt, i. e. keep ourselves clear of guilt, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

impetus populi praestare nemo potest,

no one can be held to answer for the outbreaks of the people, id. de Or. 2, 28, 124:

periculum judicii,

id. Mur. 2, 3:

damnum alicui,

id. Off. 3, 16:

invidiam,

id. Sest. 28, 61:

nihil,

to be responsible for nothing, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; cf. in pass.:

cum id, quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, evenerit,

what none could vouch for that it would not happen, id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34. —With ab aliquā re:

ego tibi a vi praestare nihil possum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—With de:

quod de te sperare, de me praestare possum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2.—With an objectclause:

quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29; cf.:

(praedones) nullos fore, quis praestare poterat?

id. Fl. 12, 28:

meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum,

Juv. 14, 212.—With ut:

illius lacrimae praestant ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris,

Juv. 6, 539.—

In gen., to fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute:

arbitramur nos ea praestitisse, quae ratio et doctrina praescripserit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 7:

ultima exspectato, quae ego tibi et jucunda et honesta praestabo,

id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

suum munus,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 38:

hospitii et amicitiae jus officiumque,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

ne quem ejus paeniteret, praestiti,

I took care, exerted myself, Liv. 30, 30; Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 19:

quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo,

I will fulfil, keep the promise, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

fidem alicui,

Liv. 30, 15:

pacem cum iis populus Romanus non ab se tantum, sed ab rege etiam Masinissa praestitit,

maintained, id. 40, 34:

tributa,

to pay, Juv. 3, 188:

annua,

id. 6, 480:

triplicem usuram,

id. 9, 7.— Pass.:

promissum id benignius est ab rege quam praestitum,

Liv. 43, 18, 11:

mea tibi tamen benevolentia fidesque praestabitur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; so,

quibus (victoribus) senatūs fides praestabitur,

id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

virtus vetat spectare fortunam dum praestetur fides,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79:

ni praestaretur fides publica,

Liv. 2, 28, 7.—

In partic.

To keep, preserve, maintain, retain:

pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem publicam debuisse,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 5; Ov. M. 11, 748:

omnes socios salvos praestare poteramus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

mors omnia praestat Vitalem praeter sensum calidumque vaporem,

Lucr. 3, 214. —

To show, exhibit, to prove, evince, manifest:

Pomptinius praestat tibi memoriam benevolentiamque, quam debet,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

neque hercule in iis ipsis rebus eam voluntatem, quam exspectaram, praestiterunt,

id. ib. 1, 9, 5:

virtutem,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

benevolentiam,

Cic. Att. 11, 1, 1:

consilium suum fidemque,

id. de Or. 3, 33, 134. —With se, to show, prove, or behave one's self as: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

se incolumem,

Lucr. 3, 220:

se invictum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 104:

teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae,

show thyself constant, id. ib. 4, 5, 23:

Victoria nunc quoque se praestet,

show itself, id. ib. 2, 169: sed ne ad illam quidem artissimam innocentiae formulam praestare nos possumus, prove ourselves innocent even according to that rule, Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 1:

juris periti consultatoribus se praestabant,

showed themselves accessible, Dig. 1, 2, 2.— Poet.:

vel magnum praestet Achillem,

should show, prove, approve himself a great Achilles, Verg. A. 11, 438.—

To show, exhibit, manifest:

honorem debitum patri,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:

fratri pietatem,

id. Brut. 33, 126:

virtutem et diligentiam alicui,

id. Fam. 14, 3, 2:

frequentiam et officium alicui honores petenti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

obsequium,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 8:

sedulitatem alicui rei,

to apply, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6.—

To give, offer, furnish, present, expose:

alicui certam summam pecuniae,

Suet. Dom. 9: cervicem, Sen. ap. Diom. p. 362 P.:

caput fulminibus,

to expose, Luc. 5, 770:

Hiberus praestat nomen terris,

id. 4, 23:

anser praestat ex se pullos atque plumam,

Col. 8, 13:

cum senatui sententiam praestaret,

gave his vote, Cic. Pis. 32, 80:

terga hosti,

to turn one's back to the enemy, to flee, Tac. Agr. 37:

voluptatem perpetuam sapienti,

to assume, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 89.— Pass.:

pueri, quibus id (biduum) praestabatur,

was devoted, Quint. 1, prooem. § 7; cf.:

corpus, cui omnia olim tamquam servo praestabantur, nunc tamquam domino parantur,

Sen. Ep. 90, 19.—Hence, praestans, antis, P. a., pre-eminent, superior, excellent, distinguished, extraordinary.

In gen. (class.).

Of persons:

omnibus praestans et ingenio et diligentiā,

far surpassing all, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 22:

usu et sapientiā praestantes,

noted for their experience and wisdom, Nep. Timoth. 3, 2.— Comp.:

virginibus praestantior omnibus Herse,

superior to all, Ov. M. 2, 724.— Sup.:

in illis artibus praestantissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217:

praestantissimi studio atque doctrinā,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—With gen.:

o praestans animi juvenis,

distinguished for courage, Verg. A. 12, 19:

belli,

Sil. 5, 92:

armorum,

Stat. Th. 1, 605:

praestantissimus sapientiae,

Tac. A. 6, 6.— Poet., with objectclause:

quo non praestantior alter Aere ciere viros,

whom no other excelled in rousing the men, Verg. A. 6, 164.—

Of things, pre-eminent, excellent, remarkable, extraordinary, distinguished:

praestanti corpore Nymphae,

Verg. A. 1, 71:

praestanti corpore tauri,

id. G. 4, 550:

formā,

id. A. 7, 483:

naturā excellens atque praestans,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 56:

qui a te tractatus est praestanti et singulari fide,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

praestans prudentiā in omnibus,

Nep. Alc. 5, 1; Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38:

quid praestantius mihi potuit accidere?

id. Vatin. 3, 8.—

In partic.

Efficacious:

medicina,

Plin. 13, 24, 47, § 130:

usus praestantior,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 126:

calamus praestantior odore,

id. 12, 22, 48, § 105:

sucus sapore praestantissimus,

id. 15, 1, 2, § 5:

praestantissima auxilia,

id. 27, 13, 120, § 146.—

Sup.:

Praestantissimus,

a title of the later emperors, Nazar. 26; Tert. Cor. Mil. 1.— Hence, adv.: praestanter, excellently, admirably (post-Aug.); sup.:

praestantissime,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.

quantus, a, um, adj. [quam], how great.

Bellum, Nep. Dat. 5, 1:

calamitates,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 51:

gravitas,

Vell. 2, 129, 2.—Corresp. with tantus:

videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2.—With sup.:

tanta est inter eos, quanta maxima esse potest, morum studiorumque distantia,

the greatest possible difference, Cic. Lael. 20, 74.—Without tantus:

quantus non unquam antea, exercitus venit,

Liv. 9, 37, 2:

quanta maxime poterat vi perculit,

id. 9, 10, 10; cf. id. 7, 9, 8; 42, 15, 1; 24, 35, 5; Verg. A. 12, 701; 3, 641:

quanta mea sapientia est,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62.—Quantus quantus, for quantuscumque, how great or much soever (ante-class.):

denegabit quantum quantum ad eum erit delatum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 28:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

quanta quanta haec mea paupertas est, tamen,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 10. — In quantum, as far as, according as, in how far, in so far as, to whatever extent:

in quantum satis erat,

Tac. Or. 2:

declamatio, in quantum maxime potest, imitetur eas actiones,

Quint. 2, 10, 4; Sen. Ben. 2, 23, 1:

pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,

Ov. M. 11, 71:

in quantum potuerit,

as far as possible, Plin. Ep. 10, 75. — With a preceding in tantum, as greatly... as:

vir in tantum laudandus, in quantum intellegi virtus potest,

Vell. 1, 9.—

Of number, value, etc., how much, how many:

quanta milia,

Prop. 1, 5, 10; Val. Fl. 3, 261. —And with or without tantus, as much as, as many as, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; Liv. 23, 21.—

As a designation of multitude, quantum = emphatic omnis: ut te quidem omnes di deaeque, quantum est, perduint,

as many as there are of them, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 6:

quantum in terra degit, hominum perjurissime!

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 117.— quantum, subst., with gen., as much of... as:

quantum est frumenti hornotini, exaraverunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.— Quanti, as gen. pretii, how high, how dear, or as dear as, as high as: quanti emi potest minime, how cheap? Ep. Ad quadraginta minas, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 110:

quanti emit?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6 (5), 14:

quanti locaverint, tantam pecuniam redemptori solvendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

vide, quanti apud me sis,

how highly I prize you, how dear you are to me, id. Fam. 7, 19 init.:

noli spectare, quanti sit homo,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4:

(tu) qui scias quanti Tulliam faciam,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

quanti est ista hominum gloria,

of how trifling worth, id. Rep. 6, 23, 25; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

quanti est sapere!

what a fine thing it is! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 21:

quanti ejus intersit,

Dig. 43, 18, 3.—Quanti quanti, at whatever price:

sed quanti quanti, bene emitur quod necesse est,

Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3.—Quanto opere, sometimes as one word, quantopere (q. v.), with what care, how greatly, how much (answering to tanto opere or tantopere, so greatly, so much):

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

quantoque opere ejus municipii causā laborarem,

id. Fam. 13, 7, 1.—Hence,

quantum, adv., as much as, so much as:

scribe, quantum potes,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 7.—Quantum possum or potest, as soon as possible:

domum me rursum, quantum potero, tantum recipiam,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40: rescribas ad me, quantum potest, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1:

erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit,

so far as I hear, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

quantum suspicor,

as far as I can conjecture, id. Eun. 1, 2, 62.—Quantum in or ad me, so far as concerns me:

non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse,

i. e. for all you have shown to the contrary, Cic. N. D. 3, 7, 15; cf. id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

quantum ad Pirithoum, Phaedra pudica fuit,

as far as concerned, with respect to, Ov. A. A. 1, 744:

quantum ad jus attinet,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34, 16; 3, 16, 1.—With compp. for quanto, the more, the greater, etc. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 488, A, 2).—Followed by eo:

quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tenebant,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; 44, 7, 6; Col. 12, 23 init. —Followed by tanto:

quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto majore, etc.,

Liv. 5, 10, 5; 6, 38, 5; 27, 47, 11; cf. id. 32, 5, 1. — Also without a correl.:

quantum... et minus,

Liv. 44, 36, 5.—

quantō, adv., by how much, by as much as, according as, the:

quanto diutius Abest, magis cupio tanto,

the longer he is away, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 15:

quanto gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

quanto magis philosophi delectabunt, si, etc.,

how greatly, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

quanto praeclarior vita, tanto,

Sall. J. 85, 22 Kritz. — With verbs which contain the idea of comparison:

Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat fortitudine cunctas nationes,

Nep. Hann. 1, 1.—With posit.:

tanto acceptius in vulgum, quanto modicus privatis aedificationibus,

inasmuch as, Tac. A. 6, 45:

quanto frequenter impellitur, tanto firmiter roboratur,

Lact. 5, 7, 9.—With ante, secus, aliud:

quo minus exponam, quam multa ad me detulerit, quanto ante providerit,

Cic. Sest. 3, 8: videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, how differently, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.:

ut manifesto appareat, quanto sit aliud proximum esse, aliud secundum,

Quint. 10, 1, 53.

quis, quid (old nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = nemo; Gr. tis], who? which? what? what man? (while qui, quae, quod, interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and infra.—Quis is properly used only of more than two; uter, which of two? v. infra).

Masc. and fem. quis; lit.,

As subst., in a direct question.

Of males:

unde es? cujus es?

whose are you? to whom do you belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis homo est? Pa. Ego sum Pamphilus, who is there? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1:

quis clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? quis potentior?

Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

quis Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non Plato?

id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—

Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. (ante- and post-class.): et quis illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): quis tu es mulier, quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.:

quis ea est, quam? etc.,

who is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48:

quis haec est?

id. Pers. 2, 2, 18:

quis illaec est mulier, quae? etc.,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

sed haec quis mulier est?

id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: quis nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: quis haec est simia? Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 84.—

As adj.

Absol., what? i. e. what sort of a person or thing? quis videor? Cha. Miser aeque atque ego, in what state or condition do I seem? what do you think of me now? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19:

quis ego sum? aut quae in me est facultas?

Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —

With nouns.

With words denoting a person (class.):

quis eum senator appellavit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12:

quis gracilis puer,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—

In gen. (in Cic. only before a vowel, for qui):

quis color,

Verg. G. 2, 178:

quisve locus,

Liv. 5, 40:

quod caedis initium? quis finis?

Tac. A. 1, 48:

quis esset tantus fructus?

Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —

In neutr.

Lit.

In simple constr.:

quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

quid est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est?

what is bribing the court, if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28:

quid ais? quid tibi nomen est?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—

With gen. partit., what? i. e. what sort of? what kind of a? quid mulieris Uxorem habes? what sort of a woman have you for a wife? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21:

quid illuc est hominum secundum litus?

what is that knot of people? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60:

quid caelati argenti, quid stragulae vestis, quid pictarum tabularum... apud illum putatis esse?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf.

esp.: hoc enim, quis homo sit, ostendere est, non quid homo sit, dicere,

i. e. to point out an individual, not to define a class, Gell. 4, 1, 12.—

Esp. in phrase quid dico? what do I say? in correcting or strengthening the speaker's own expression:

Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid dico? Volumus? Immo vero cogimur,

Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—

Transf.

Quid? how? why? wherefore? quid? tu me hoc tibi mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

quid hoc?

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25:

quid? eundem nonne destituisti?

id. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

eloquere, quid venisti?

why? wherefore? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221:

sed quid ego argumentor? quid plura disputo?

Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —

In quid? wherefore? for what? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —

Quid, with particles:

quid, quod?

what shall be said to this, that? how is it that? and furthermore, moreover, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.:

quid ita?

why so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: quid ni, also in one word, quidni? why not? (in rhet. questions, while cur non expects an answer); always with subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf.

separated: quid ego ni teneam?

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28;

and pleonastically: quid ni non,

Sen. Ep. 52: quid si? how if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

quid si illud addimus,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

quid tum?

what then? how then? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230:

quid ergo, ironically,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14:

quid enim,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—

In indirect discourse:

quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces,

Sall. C. 44, 5:

rogitat quis vir esset,

Liv. 1, 7, 9:

videbis, quid et quo modo,

Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quis quem, who... whom? who... the other? considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, who is said to have defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:

quos autem numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, nunc dicendum est,

what... with what? id. Or. 58, 196:

notatum in sermone, quid quo modo caderet,

Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid with gen.:

exponam vobis breviter, quid hominis sit,

what sort of a man he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

sciturum, quid ejus sit,

what there is in it, how much of it may be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for uter, which of two, whether:

incerti quae pars sequenda esset,

Liv. 21, 39, 6:

proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, satis discerni poterat,

id. 7, 9, 7:

ut dii legerent, qui nomen novae urbi daret,

id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam exercitus, propior aput Pannoniam;

quos igitur anteferret?

Tac. A. 1, 47.

quis, quid, pron. indef.

As subst.

Alone, any one, any body, any thing; some one, somebody, something:

aperite, heus! Simoni me adesse, quis nunciate,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37:

simplicior quis, et est, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 63:

quantum quis damni professus erat,

Tac. A. 2, 26:

quanto quis clarior,

id. H. 3, 58:

injuriam cui facere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—

In connection with si, ne, nisi, cum:

si te in judicium quis adducat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

ne cui falso assentiamur,

id. Fin. 3, 21, 72:

si tecum agas quid,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

si quid in te peccavi ignosce,

id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

si quis quid de re publicā rumore acceperit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20:

si quo usui esse posset,

Liv. 40, 26, 8:

ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34:

nisi quid existimas, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:

neve quis invitam cogeret esse suam,

Prop. 1, 3, 30:

cum quid,

Col. 4, 25.—

As adj.:

jam quis forsitan hostis Haesura in nostro tela gerit latere,

Tib. 1, 10, 13.

quīs, for quibus, v. quis and qui.

rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:

recepso, for recepero,

Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].

To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.

Lit. (very freq. and class.):

dandis recipiendisque meritis,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:

centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,

Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:

si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:

obsides,

Suet. Aug. 21:

reges,

Liv. 2, 15:

recepto amico,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:

cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,

Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:

Lavinium,

Liv. 2, 39;

so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,

Liv. 3, 63:

praeda omnis recepta est,

id. 3, 3:

signa, quae ademerant Parthi,

Suet. Tib. 9:

arma,

Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,

sagittam ab alterā parte,

Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,

milites defessos,

id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:

exercitum,

Liv. 10, 42:

equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,

bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—

With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:

se ex eo loco,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:

se e fano,

id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

se ex opere,

id. Men. 5, 3, 7:

se ex hisce locis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:

se e Siciliā,

id. Brut. 92, 318:

se ex fugā,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:

se inde,

id. B. G. 5, 15:

se hinc,

id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:

recipe te,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:

se,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:

sui recipiendi facultas,

id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;

for which: se recipiendi spatium,

Liv. 10, 28:

recipe te ad erum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:

se ad dominum,

id. ib. 4, 3, 1:

se ad nos,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:

se ad suos,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:

se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),

id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:

se ad agmen,

id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:

se penitus ad extremos fines,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

se ad legionem,

id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

se ad oppidum llerdam,

id. B. C. 1, 45:

se ad ordines suos,

id. ib. 2, 41:

se ad signa,

id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:

se a pabulo ad stabulum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:

inde se in currus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

se ex castris in oppidum,

id. B. C. 2, 35:

se in castra,

id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;

4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,

id. ib. 4, 16:

se in Galliam,

id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:

se in montem,

id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:

se in silvas ad suos,

id. B. G. 2, 19:

se in castra ad urbem,

id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:

se retro in castra,

Liv. 23, 36;

and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,

id. 23, 37;

and so, se, with rursus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:

se in novissimos,

Liv. 7, 40:

se intra munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:

se intra montes,

id. B. C. 1, 65:

se per declive,

id. ib. 3, 51:

se sub murum,

id. ib. 2, 14:

se trans Rhenum,

id. B. G. 6, 41:

se Larissam versus,

id. B. C. 3, 97:

se domum ex hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:

se domum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:

se Adrumetum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 23:

se Hispalim,

id. ib. 2, 20:

se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,

id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

se illuc,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:

se huc esum ad praesepim suam,

id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:

se eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.

of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:

rursum in portum recipimus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:

dum recipis,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:

actutum face recipias,

id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —

Transf.

In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):

posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:

aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,

Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—

To restore (late Lat.):

urbem munitissimam,

to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —

Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:

ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,

Liv. 24, 3:

jus,

Quint. 5, 10, 118:

et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,

got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:

quam (vitam) postquam recepi,

received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.

spiritum,

Quint. 11, 3, 55:

animam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §

13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,

Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:

a pavore animum,

id. 2, 50, 10:

e pavore recepto animo,

id. 44, 10, 1;

for which: animos ex pavore,

id. 21, 5 fin.:

recepto animo,

Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:

animum vultumque,

Ov. F. 4, 615:

mente receptā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

(vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,

to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —

In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,

Curt. 4, 12, 17.—

With se.

To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:

ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:

ad frugem bonam,

Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

ad reliquam cogitationem belli,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:

se a voluptatibus in otium,

Plin. Pan. 82, 8:

se in principem,

to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,

To recover, to collect one ' s self:

difficulter se recipiunt,

regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

Liv. 10, 28:

se ex terrore ac fugā,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

se ex timore,

id. ib. 4, 34:

se ex fugā,

id. ib. 4, 27:

nondum totā me mente recepi,

Ov. M. 5, 275.

(Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.

Lit.

With simple acc.:

quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:

aliquem,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:

hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,

id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;

3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,

Sall. J. 16, 3:

neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,

Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:

nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:

quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:

(Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,

i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

equus frenum recepit,

received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —

With ad:

recipe me ad te,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:

aliquem ad epulas,

Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:

ad lusum,

Suet. Ner. 11. —

With in and acc.:

recipe me in tectum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:

concubinam in aedes,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:

nos in custodiam tuam,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:

Tarquinium in civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

aliquem in ordinem senatorium,

Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

aliquem in fidem,

id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:

aliquem in civitatem,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

aliquem in caelum,

id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:

aliquem in deditionem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:

aliquem in jus dicionemque,

Liv. 21, 61:

aliquem in amicitiam,

Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —

With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):

aliquem in loco,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:

loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,

Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —

With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):

ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,

aliquem tecto,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

aliquem suis urbibus,

id. Fl. 25, 61:

aliquem civitate,

id. Balb. 14, 32:

aliquem finibus suis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:

aliquem oppido ac portu,

id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:

aliquem moenibus,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

Romulus caelo receptus,

Quint. 3, 7, 5:

receptus Terra Neptunus,

Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —

With local acc.:

me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:

aliquem domum suam,

Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:

aliquem domum ad se hospitio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—

Absol.:

plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—

Transf.

In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:

dena milia sestertia ex melle,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:

pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

pecunia, quae recipi potest,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —

In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;

for which: totum telum corpore,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:

ense recepto,

Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—

Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;

eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,

Liv. 6, 29:

Aegyptum sine certamine,

Just. 11, 11, 1:

eo oppido recepto,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

civitatem,

id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;

3, 16: Aetoliam,

id. ib. 3, 55:

rempublicam armis,

Sall. C. 11, 4:

Alciden terra recepta vocat,

the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —

In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:

antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,

Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—

Trop.

To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:

non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:

jusjurandum,

id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:

quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,

admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:

antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:

nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,

Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

timor misericordiam non recipit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

casus recipere (res),

to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,

aliquem casum (res),

id. ib. 3, 51:

re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,

Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:

sed hoc distinctionem recipit,

Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:

si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:

nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,

id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—

Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

alicujus sententiam,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:

opinionem,

id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—

In partic.

To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:

spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:

in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:

verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

causam Sex. Roscii,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

mandatum,

id. ib. 38, 112:

officium,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

curam ad se,

Suet. Tit. 6.—

To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:

ad me recipio: Faciet,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:

promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:

pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,

Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:

de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,

Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.

also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,

had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):

ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:

mihi,

id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:

quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:

mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;

so,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —

In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;

for which: recipere reum,

Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:

aliquem inter reos,

id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,

rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):

auctoritas receptior,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—

rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:

satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:

promissum et receptum intervertit,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

săcer, sā̆cra, sā̆crum (ante-class. collat. form sacer, sacris, sacre; plur.:

sacres porci,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 4, 16; sing. acc.: sacrem porcum, Fest. s. h. v. p. 318 Müll.), adj. [root sa-; Gr. saos, sôos, safe; whence Lat. sānus], dedicated or consecrated to a divinity, holy, sacred, = hieros (cf.: sanctus, augustus): Gallus Aelius ait, sacrum esse quocumque modo atque instituto civitatis consecratum sit, sive aedis, sive ara, sive signum, sive locus, sive pecunia, sive quid aliud quod dis dedicatum atque consecratum sit, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.; cf.:

quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3.

In gen.

Absol.:

quicquam (opp. profanum),

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27; id. Trin. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 129; so,

locus sacer et profanus,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 38:

miscebis sacra profanis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 54; id. A. P. 397; Nep. Them. 6, 5; Sall. C. 11, 6:

villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31; so (with religiosus) id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; Suet. Tib. 61:

mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 37:

(legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

Quint. 2, 4, 33; cf. in the sup.:

deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

Ov. H. 9, 159:

aedes,

Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 14, 315:

lucus late sacer,

Verg. A. 5, 761:

arvum Martis,

Ov. M. 7, 101:

ara,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20:

aurum,

Liv. 5, 50; cf.

pecunia (opp. privata),

Quint. 4, 2, 8:

arma,

Liv. 24, 21:

tus,

Ov. M. 14, 130:

sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

Cat. 68, 75:

ales (so called from its use in augury),

Verg. A. 11, 721:

luces (with profestae),

Hor. C. 4, 15, 25; cf.

dies (with religiosus),

Suet. Tib. 61:

tempus,

Hor. C. S. 4:

commissum,

a crime against religion, Cic. Leg. 2, 9 et saep.— Poet.: vitis (as sacred to Bacchus), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 149 Vahl.); Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; so,

laurus,

id. ib. 3, 4, 18; Verg. A. 7, 60:

robur,

Ov. M. 8, 752:

aqua,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 22:

fontes,

Ov. M. 2, 464; Verg. E. 1, 53:

focus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

Tarentum,

id. C. 1, 28, 29:

fines,

Sil. 3, 501; cf.

montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

id. 4, 70;

vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

Hor. C. 4, 9, 28; Tib. 2, 5, 113; cf.:

sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

Hor. A. P. 391;

and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 11; so,

Cybebe,

id. 3 (4), 22, 3 (but in Liv. 3, 19: ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, so used only on account of the lusus verbb. with sacrosancti;

v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

a hill about three miles from Rome, beyond the Anio, and on the right of the Via Nomentana, to which the Roman people retired during their controversy with the Senate, Liv. 2, 32; 3, 52; Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; id. Brut. 14, 54:

os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4: Sacra Via, or ( poet.) Sacer Clivus, a street in Rome leading from the Forum to the Capitol, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; Hor. S. 1, 9, 1; id. C. 4, 2, 35; Mart. 1, 70, 5;

v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

the epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4:

sacer lapis,

a stone landmark, a mere-stone, Liv. 41, 13: os sacrum, anatom. t. t., = Gr. hieron osteon, the lowest bone of the spine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 24:

litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

the Scriptures, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 15.—For its combinations with ignis, via, etc., v. those words.—

With gen. (class.):

ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 38; so,

urna Veneris,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 16 (for which:

urna Veneria,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18):

Dianae celebris dies,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 20:

sepulcrum Batti veteris,

Cat. 7, 6; cf. Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.—As a predicate: terra, ut focus domiciliorum, sacra deorum omnium est (a transl. of the Platon. Gê hiera pantôn theôn), Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48.—

With dat. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

Ov. M. 7, 623:

esculus Jovi sacra,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 11:

Nymphis cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 109:

Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

Verg. A. 6, 484:

pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

Tac. A. 15, 53:

cupressus Diti sacra,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

aesculus Jovi,

id. 16, 4, 5, § 11.—As a predicate:

Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

Ov. F. 2, 52, quercus antiqua, quae erat Marti sacra, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. sacrata).—

Transf., in gen., holy, sacred, awful, venerable (not till after the Aug. per., and very rare):

silentium,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 29:

laedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 11:

lingua (Ciceronis),

Mart. 5, 69, 7:

Maro,

id. 8. 56, 3:

quaedam patris memoria,

Quint. 11, 1, 59:

O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

Luc. 9, 983:

heu sacri vatum errores,

Sil. 8, 100.—So used of the emperors;

disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

Suet. Tib. 27.—But soon after Tiberius in general use:

auris Caesaris,

Mart. 7, 99, 4:

sacri lateris custos,

id. 6, 76, 1:

apud aures sacras mentitus est,

Amm. 28, 6, 26 (cf.:

se Imperatori mentitum,

id. 28, 6, 26, § 21); and hence, for ecclesiastical: domus, comitatus, scrinia, largitiones, etc., in the law books et saep.

In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.

With dat.: si quisquam aliuta faxit, ipsos Jovi sacer esto, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.; cf.: ut caput ejus Jovi sacrum esset, an ancient plebiscitum ap. Liv. 3, 55, 7:

non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 7.—

Absol.: homo sacer is est, quem populus judicavit ob maleficium; neque fas est eum immolari; sed qui occidit, parricidii non damnatur. Nam lege tribuniciā primā cavetur: si quis eum, qui eo plebei scito sacer sit, occiderit, parricida ne sit. Ex quo quivis homo malus atque improbus sacer appellari solet, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.: PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, LEX XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 181:

eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

Liv. 3, 55.—

Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14; Afran. ap. Non. 397, 22 (with malus); Lucil. ib. 397, 27.— Sup., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 67:

homo sacerrimus,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Rud. 1, 2, 69; Turp. ap. Non. 397, 29 (with pessimus). —

Of things: sacerrimum domicilium, Turp. ap. Non. 397, 30:

di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

Cat. 14, 12:

hircus alarum,

id. 71, 1:

auri fames,

Verg. A. 3, 57 (for which:

aurum fame,

Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6:

venenum (Medeae),

Val. Fl. 7, 165:

nox,

id. 8, 25:

arma metu,

id. 4, 185; cf.

pavor,

id. 1, 798:

insania,

Stat. Th. 10, 804:

morbus,

i. e. epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.—With dat.:

ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 20.— Comp. and adv. do not appear (as for the comp. v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.).—Hence, subst.: sā̆crum, i, n., something consecrated; a holy or sacred thing, a sacred vessel or utensil; a sanctuary, a temple; a religious act, a sacrifice, etc.; in plur. in gen., sacred rites, religious worship, religion (both of the State and of single races and families; and even of individuals; v. infra, b; class.; most freq. in plur.).

Lit.

Sing.:

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 52:

metuens velut contingere sacrum,

id. S. 2, 3, 110:

apud Cluacinae sacrum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 6:

Minervae,

Dict. Cret. 5, 12 fin.:

theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

Quint. 3, 8, 29: [p. 1611] quae (sacerdos Cereris) Graecum illud sacrum monstraret et faceret, Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

sacrum Herculi facere,

Liv. 1, 7:

facere Junoni,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 43:

facto per Magos sacro,

Suet. Ner. 34:

sollemne sacrum conficere,

Flor. 1, 13, 16:

ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

Quint. 1, 5, 67:

arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

Liv. 41, 12:

sacrum piaculare fieri,

id. 29, 19:

sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

Suet. Aug. 94; Ov. M. 12, 33:

pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

id. ib. 14, 80:

nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 13:

neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

according to the Grecian rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 26:

morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

in sacro est,

id. 18, 12, 30, § 118.—

Plur.: sacra deosque penates.. ex aedibus suis eripuisse dixit, sacred vessels or utensils, holy things, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; cf. Liv. 5, 40:

sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

Ov. M. 2, 713:

Troïa,

Tib. 2, 5, 40:

velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11; cf.

of the same,

Verg. A. 2, 293; 2, 717 Heyne; Ov. F. 1, 527; id. H. 7, 80; 7, 158:

cumque suis penetralia sacris,

i. e. the images of the gods, Penates, id. M. 1, 287:

jactata aequoribus sacra,

Hor. C.4,4,54:

pueri Sacra canunt,

sacred songs, Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

sacred gifts, offerings, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 11:

neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84 (for which:

sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

(Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

Liv. 1, 7; cf.:

sacra Jovi facturus erat,

Ov. M. 3, 26:

sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

Verg. A. 4, 638:

ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

Liv. 1, 20:

densi circumstant sacra ministri,

Ov. M. 2, 717:

arcana sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; Ov. M. 10, 436:

fera,

id. ib. 13, 454:

nefanda,

id. ib. 10, 228:

mystica,

id. H. 2, 42:

horrida,

Sil. 3, 140:

veneranda,

id. 7, 382:

casta,

Stat. Achill. 1, 370.

Divine worship or religion in gen.: publica sacra, quae publico sumptu pro populo fiunt, quaeque pro montibus, pagis, curiis, sacellis: at privata, quae pro singulis hominibus, familiis, gentibus fiunt, Fest. pp. 244 and 245 Müll.; Liv. 5, 52:

quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 18; so,

religio sacrorum,

id. Fl. 28, 69:

sacra Cereris conficere,

id. Balb. 24, 55; so,

Cereris,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14 (cf. supra, a fin.):

Eleusina,

Suet. Claud. 23:

Junonis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11:

Orphica,

rites, solemnity, festival, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58:

Bacchia,

Ov. M. 3, 518:

trieterica Bacchi,

id. ib. 6, 587:

Dianae,

id. ib. 7, 94;

15, 489: Isidis,

Suet. Oth. 12 et saep.—

The private religious rites of a gens, a family, etc. (observed by the Romans with the greatest care):

sacra privata perpetua manento,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 47:

an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

Liv. 5, 52:

ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

Cic. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 49:

magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

id. Off. 1, 17, 55; cf.:

ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

Liv. 4,2:

sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

sacrorum alienatio,

id. Or. 42, 144 (v. alienatio); cf. sing.:

sacrum familiare,

Macr. S. 1, 16:

nuptialia,

marriage solemnities, Quint. 1, 7, 28;

called also jugalia,

Ov. M. 7, 700; cf. respecting the sacra privata of the Romans, Savigny, in his Zeitschr. 2, p. 397 sq.—

Poet., poems (as sacred to the Muses):

mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

vatum,

Pers. prol. 7:

Maronis,

Mart. 7, 63, 5. —

Prov.

Inter sacrum saxumque stare, to stand between the victim and the knife, i. e. to be between the door and the wall, to be in great straits, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 84; cf.:

inter sacrum et saxum positus,

App. M. 11, p. 271 fin. —

Hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great profit without trouble, = a rose without thorns, meat without bone, etc. (because the keeping up of the sacra privata was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8, and id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—

Transf., in gen. (the figure being borrowed from secret religious rites), in plur.: sacra, secrets, mysteries (not till after the Aug. period, and very rare):

sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

Ov. M. 7, 709:

peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

Quint. 5, 14, 27 (cf.:

omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

id. 5, 13, 60):

litterarum colere,

id. 10, 1, 92:

studiorum profanare,

Tac. Or. 11.

sătis, and abbreviated, săt (cf. the letter S.: satin', contr. for satisne; v.the foll.), adv. [root in Gr. adên, hadên, orig. a comp. form, weakened from satius; cf.: magis, nimis, etc.], enough, sufficiently (objectively, so that one needs nothing more; whereas affatim subjectively, so that one wishes nothing more).

Posit.

Adject., enough, sufficient, satisfactory.

Form sătis:

quod (faenum et pabulum) bubus satis siet, qui illic sient,

Cato, R. R. 137: cui, si conjuret populus, vix totu' satis sit, were enough, adequate, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 193 P.: libram aiebant satis esse ambobus farris Intritae, Titin. ap. Non. 81, 13; Hor. S. 1, 5, 68:

duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Ad. 5, 3, 24:

dies mihi hic ut sit satis vereor Ad agendum,

id. And. 4, 2, 22; cf. Liv. 21, 17:

quicquid adjecissent ipsi terroris satis ad perniciem fore rati,

id. 21, 33; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 19:

animo satis haec vestigia parva sagaci Sunt, per quae possis cognoscere cetera tute,

Lucr. 1, 402:

satis est tibi in te, satis in legibus, satis in mediocribus amicitiis praesidium,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

ut semper vobis auxilium adversus inimicos satis sit,

Liv. 6, 18:

satis esse Italiae unum consulem censebat,

id. 34, 43; Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

ipse Romam venirem, si satis consilium quādam de re haberem,

id. Att. 12, 50:

id modo si mercedis Datur mihi... satis Mihi esse ducam,

will content myself, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 16:

satis hoc tibi est,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 40:

animo istuc satis est, auribus non satis,

Cic. Or. 63, 215:

dicebant de re publicā quod esset illis viris et consulari dignitati satis,

id. Brut. 35, 135; hence, in a play on the word: Le. Jam satis est mihi. Li. Tum igitur tu dives es factus? Plaut. As. 2, 2, 64:

quidvis satis est, dum vivat modo,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 28; id. Hec. 5, 2, 17:

qui non sentirent, quid esset satis,

Cic. Or. 22, 73:

sum avidior etiam, quam satis est, gloriae,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 2:

plus quam satis doleo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 123:

semel fugiendi si data est occasio, Satis est,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 9:

satis esse deberet, si, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 174:

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

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11:

ars satis praestat, si, etc.,

Quint. 7, 10, 15:

non satis efficit oratio, si, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 62:

satis superque est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14:

poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 66:

satis superque habere dicit, quod sibi ab arbitrio tribuatur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

tanta repente caelo missa vis aquae, ut ea modo exercitui satis superque foret,

Sall. J. 75, 7; cf.:

satis una excidia,

Verg. A. 2, 642 (v. infra, g and 2. b); cf.:

plura quam satis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 46:

ultra quam satis est,

id. ib. 1, 6, 16.—

Satis est (habeo, credo, etc.), with inf. or a subject- ( object-) clause:

huic satis illud erit planum facere atque probare,

Lucr. 2, 934; Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

satis erat respondere Magnas: ingentes, inquit,

id. Lael. 26, 98:

velut satis sit, scire ipsos,

Quint. 8, 2, 19:

si oratori satis esset docere,

id. 10, 1, 78:

nunc libertatem repeti satis est,

Liv. 3, 53 fin.:

vos satis habebatis animam retinere,

Sall. J. 31, 20:

illud satis habeo dicere,

Quint. 6, 5, 11: satis habeo with si, Nep. Them. 8, 4; id. Timol. 2, 4; Liv. 5, 21, 9; Tac. A. 2, 37; 4, 38.—With quod, Liv. 40, 29, 13; Just. 22, 8, 14:

satis putant vitio carere,

Quint. 2, 4, 9:

si res nudas atque inornatas indicare satis videretur,

id. 2, 4, 3:

Herennium et Numisium legatos vinciri satis visum,

Tac. H. 4, 59. —Rarely with ut:

Fabio satis visum, ut ovans urbem iniret,

Liv. 7, 11, 9.—Negatively:

quarum (rerum) unam dicere causam Non satis est, verum plures,

Lucr. 6, 704:

nec vero habere virtutem satis est, nisi utare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

opera exstruentibus satis non est, saxa atque materiam congerere,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

1: non satis est, pulchra esse poëmata,

Hor. A. P. 99 et saep.—With inf. perf. (not freq. till after the Aug. period; cf.

Zumpt, Gram. § 590): nunc satis est dixisse: ego mira poëmata pango, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 416:

quod hactenus ostendisse satis est,

Quint. 6, 3, 62:

atque id viro bono satis est, docuisse quod sciret,

id. 12, 11, 8:

illud notasse satis habeo,

id. 9, 4, 15.—Negatively:

non ille satis cognosse Sabinae Gentis habet ritus,

Ov. M. 15, 4:

non satis credunt excepisse quae relicta erant,

Quint. 2, 1, 2.— Absol.: gaudeo. Ch. Satis credo, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 21.—

With gen.: As. Salve. St. Satis mihi est tuae salutis, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4:

satis historiarum est,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 48:

verborum,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 16:

satis mihi id habeam supplicii,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 15:

ea amicitia non satis habet firmitatis,

Cic. Lael. 5, 19:

ad dicendum temporis satis habere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 2; cf. Quint. 10, 2, 15: satis praesidii, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84 Madv. N. cr.:

satis poenarum dedisse,

Quint. 7, 4, 18:

jam satis terris nivis atque dirae Grandinis misit pater,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 1:

satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45; so, satis superque, with gen.:

vitae,

Liv. 2, 42, 6; 63, 67, 3; 25, 32, 6; 28, 29, 7; Hor. Epod. 17, 19.— Comp.: satius; v. infra, B. —

Form săt (most freq. in the poets):

quibus (dis) sat esse non queam?

to be sufficient, equal to, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 27:

pol vel legioni sat est (obsonium),

id. Aul. 3, 6, 24:

in jure causam dicito, hic verbum sat est,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 28; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37; id. Truc. 2, 8, 14:

tantum quantum sat est,

Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

tantum sat habes?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 40:

si hoc sat est,

Quint. 2, 11, 7:

amabo jam sat est,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 117; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; id. Eun. 4, 4, 38; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 34:

paene plus quam sat erat,

id. ib. 5, 3, 14:

sat habeo,

id. And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 22 et saep.—

Sat est (habeo, credo, etc.), with inf. or a subject- ( object-) clause:

nonne id sat erat, Accipere ab illo injuriam?

Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3:

perdere posse sat est,

Ov. H. 12, 75: qui non sat habuit conjugem illexe in stuprum, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68.—

With gen.:

sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 79: Ar. Mater salve. Art. Sat salutis't, id. As. 5, 2, 61:

vocis,

id. Truc. 2, 3, 29:

signi,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 39:

poenae,

Prop. 1, 17, 10 et saep.—

Adverb., enough, sufficiently.

Form sătis.

With verbs:

si sis sanus, aut sapias satis,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 23:

satis deludere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 45:

satis jam dolui ex animo et curā me satis Et lacrimis maceravi,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 7:

satin' me illi hodie scelesti ceperunt dolo?

id. ib. 3, 4, 120:

ego istuc satis scio,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 37; Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 53:

satis ostenderit, reliquos, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 31, 54 et saep.: quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 322 Müll.:

neque audio neque oculis prospicio satis,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 7:

contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 110; Hor. Epod. 1, 31; cf.:

quidque furor valeat, Penthea caede satisque Ac super ostendit,

Ov. M. 4, 429 (v. in the foll. II. D. 1. a).—

With adjectives:

satis dives,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 74:

dotata,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

dicacula,

id. As. 3, 1, 8:

satis multa restant,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:

video te testimoniis satis instructum,

id. ib. 1, 38, 59:

rura tibi magna satis,

Verg. E. 1, 48 et saep.:

satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

Liv. 3, 53 fin. —Sometimes, like the Engl. enough, it denotes diminution, tolerably, moderately:

videor mihi nostrum illum consularem exercitum bonorum omnium, etiam satis bonorum, habere firmissimum,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 4:

satis litteratus (with nec infacetus),

id. Off. 3, 14, 58:

satis bonus (locus),

Cato, R. R. 136:

res satis amplae,

Just. 2, 1, 1; cf. the foll. g and b. b.—

With adverbs or adverbial phrases:

satis audacter,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 208:

satis certo scio,

id. Ps. 4, 5, 5:

satis superbe illuditis me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 22:

satis scite,

id. Heaut. 4, 4, 7:

non satis honeste,

Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

satis cum periculo,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 104: et quidem hercle formā luculentā (haec meretrix). Ch. Sic satis, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 12:

satis opportune occidisse,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

satis recte,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 53:

satis saepe,

Sall. J. 62, 1:

satis bene ornatae,

dressed well enough, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 73; hence satis bene sometimes, like the Engl. well enough, = tolerably, moderately, or pretty well:

a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere. Quid quartum? Arare,

Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89 (for which, in the same narration, mediocriter pascere, Col. 6, praef. § 4; and Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30); cf. supra, a. b, and infra, b. b.—

Form săt.

With verbs:

sat scio,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 25; Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 34; id. Ad. 3, 2, 41; 3, 3, 6; 4, 1, 10; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 31:

sat prata biberunt,

Verg. E. 3, 111.—

With adjectives:

accusator sat bonus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 89:

non sat idoneus Pugnae,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 26: sat planum. Liv. 6, 18 fin. —Signifying diminution, like the Engl. enough, tolerably, moderately, passably:

laetantibus omnibus bonis, etiam sat bonis,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1; so, sat bonus (less than bonus): [p. 1634] sl me voltis esse oratorem, si etiam sat bonum, si bonum denique, non repugnabo, id. de Or. 3, 22, 84.—

With adverbs:

qui sat diu vixisse sese arbitrabitur,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 12:

sat commode,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 17:

sat recte,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43.—

Comp.: satius (prop. more satisfying; hence), better, more serviceable, fitter, preferable.

Adject., in the phrase satius est, with a subject-clause (cf. supra, 1. a. b, and b. b) followed by quam:

scire satius est quam loqui Servum hominem,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 3, 2, 11; id. Cas. 1, 24; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 66; 5, 2, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Att. 7, 1, 4; id. Inv. 2, 32, 100; Liv. 26, 29; 42, 23 fin. al.; cf.:

nimio satius est, ut opu'st, te ita esse, quam ut animo lubet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 30:

quanto satius est, te id dare operam... Quam id loqui, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 7; cf.

also: satius multo fuisse, non moveri bellum adversus eum, quam omitti motum,

Liv. 34, 33:

nonne fuit satius tristis Amaryllidis iras pati?

Verg. E. 2, 14:

hos te satius est docere, ut, quando agas, quid agant, sciant,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 49:

mori me satius est,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 2; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63; cf.:

repertus est nemo, qui mori diceret satius esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

mortuom hercle me duco satius,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 34:

terga impugnare hostium satius visum est,

Liv. 3, 70; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 34.—In a positive signif., it serves, benefits, is of use: nihil phluarein satius est, miles (perh. in reference to the preceding speech of the miles:

mortuum me duco satius),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 36: satius putare, with an object-clause, to believe it to be better, Nep. Paus. 5, 1.—

Adverb., with a verb, rather (syn. potius):

ego quod magis pertineat ad Fundanii valetudinem, satius dicam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26.

Particular phrases.

Sat agito (also in one word, satagito), and sat agere suarum rerum, to have enough to do, have one ' s hands full; to be busy, be troubled (only in the foll. passages):

nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23:

is quoque suarum rerum sat agitat, tamen, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 13 Bentl., followed by Umpfenb.; and so ap. Charis. p. 193 P. (Fleck. sat agit, tamen).—

Satis ago or sat ago (also in one word, satago).

T. t. in business lang., to satisfy, content, pay a creditor:

nunc satagit,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34.—

To have enough to do, have one ' s hands full; to be in trouble (the predom. signif. of the word).

Form satis ago (class.): jam apud vallum nostri satis agebant, Cato ap. Charis. p. 193 P.:

cum Pyrrhus rex in terrā Italiā esset satisque agerent Romani,

Gell. 3, 8, 1:

ego nocte hac proximā In somnis egi satis et fui homo exercitus,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 4:

complorantibus omnibus nostris atque in sentinā satis agentibus,

Gell. 19, 1, 3; 9, 11, 4:

satis agentes rerum suarum,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 6.— Impers. pass.:

pugnatur acriter: agitur tamen satii,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9.—

Form sat ago (satago) (very rare): Caesar alte-ram alam mittit, qui satagentibus celeriter occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 7; cf. supra, II. A.—

To bustle about, make a to-do, be full of business, polupragmoneuô (postAug. and very rare):

(Domitius) Afer venuste Mallium Suram multum in agendo discursantem, salientem, manus jactantem, etc.... non agere dixit, sed satagere. Est enim dictum per se urbanum satagere, etc.,

Quint. 6, 3, 54; cf. id. 11, 3, 126:

curris, stupes, satagis tamquam mus in matellā,

Petr. 58, 9.—Also act.: interea haec satagens, busily doing or performing, Petr. 137, 10.—

Satis accipio, caveo, do, exigo, peto, offero, etc., t: t. of business lang., to take, give, ask, offer, etc., sufficient bail or security:

satis accipio,

Cic. Quint. 13, 44 sq.; id. Rosc. Com. 14, 40; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115; Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 4; Dig. 36, 4, 5; 45, 1, 4; 46, 1, 33.— Pass., Cato, R. R. 2, 6:

satis acceptum habere,

to be fully assured, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 90; 1, 3, 67:

satis caveo,

Dig. 7, 1, 60 (cf. caveo, II. 2.):

satis do (also as one word, satisdo),

Cic. Quint. 13, 44 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146; 2, 2, 24, § 60; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35; id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2; id. Att. 5, 1, 2; Dig. 1, 2, 8; 1, 2, 7 fin.; 36, 4, 1; 36, 4, 5; 46, 6, 1.—With gen.:

judicatae pecuniae,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 8:

damni infecti,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6:

fidei commissi,

Dig. 36, 4, 5; 46, 4, 5: satisdato (caveo, promitto, debeo, etc.), by giving bail or security, ib. 5, 1, 2 fin.; 2, 11, 4 fin.; 40, 5, 4; Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2:

satis exigo,

Dig. 26, 7, 45 fin.; 36, 3, 18:

satis offero,

to tender security, ib. 26, 10, 5; 36, 4, 3; 48, 17, 1:

satis peto,

to demand security, ib. 35, 1, 70.—

Sătis făcĭo, or, in one word, sătisfăcĭo ( pass. satisfacitur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 789 P.), to give satisfaction, to satisfy, content:

satisfacere dicimur ei, cujus desiderium implemus,

Dig. 2, 8, 1 (very freq. and class.).

In gen.

With dat.:

ut illis satis facerem ex disciplinā,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 28:

Siculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

alicui petenti,

id. Or. 41, 140:

operam dabo ut tibi satisfaciam,

id. Att. 2, 4, 3:

deo pie et caste,

id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

domino vel populo (gladiatores),

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.—In mal. part., Petr. 75; 77.—Of things:

cum aut morte aut victoriā se satisfacturum rei publicae spopondisset,

Cic. Phil. 14, 9, 26:

cui (vitae meae) satis feci vel aetate vel factis,

id. Fam. 10, 1, 1:

me omnibus satis esse facturum,

id. Balb. 1, 2:

causae atque officio satis facere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; cf.:

satis officio meo, satis illorum voluntati, qui a me hoc petiverunt, factum esse arbitrabor,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 130:

gravibus seriisque rebus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

etsi nullo modo poterit oratio mea satis facere vestrae scientiae,

id. Phil. 2, 23, 57; cf.:

qui et naturae et legibus satis fecit,

id. Clu. 10, 29:

amicitiae nostrae,

id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

me plus satis nostrae conjunctioni amorique facturum,

id. ib. 4, 8, 2:

ut omnium vel suspicioni vel malevolentiae vel crudelitati satis fiat,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 45:

mihi vero satis superque abs te videtur istorum studiis... esse factum,

id. de Or. 1, 47, 204:

se avarissimi hominis cupiditati satis facere posse,

id. Verr. 1, 14, 41:

odio alicujus,

Suet. Tib. 66 fin.:

libidini alicujus,

Lact. 6, 11, 23:

voluntati voluntate satisfecimus,

Sen. Ben. 2, 35, 1:

condicioni,

Dig. 36, 1, 77.—

With in aliquā re:

qui (histriones) in dissimillimis personis satisfaciebant,

Cic. Or. 31, 109; so,

in historiā,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

in jure civili,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

in omni genere,

id. Att. 16, 5, 2.—

With dat. and obj.-clause (rare):

quibus quoniam satisfeci me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod ad sanandum me pertineret, reliquum est, ut, etc.,

Nep. Att. 21, 5.—

Absol.:

quamobrem tandem non satisfacit?

Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—With de:

nos plene et statim de eo satis esse facturos,

Quint. 4, 5, 18.—

In partic.

T. t. of business lang., to satisfy, content (by payment or security), to pay or secure a creditor:

pecunia petitur ab Hermippo: Hermippus ab Heraclide petit, ipse tamen Fufiis satisfacit absentibus et fidem suam liberat,

Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

cum de visceribus tuis et filii tui satis facturus sis quibus debes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7: ut si mihi in pecuniā minus satisfecisset, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 60 fin.; Dig. 40, 1, 4:

omnis pecunia exsoluta esse debet aut eo nomine satisfactum esse: satisfactum autem accipimus, quemadmodum voluit creditor, licet non sit solutum, etc.,

ib. 13, 7, 9; so (opp. solvere) ib. 18, 1, 19:

Stichus servus meus heredi meo mille nummos si solverit, satisve fecerit, etc.,

ib. 40, 4, 41; 40, 7, 39, § 1.—With gen. of the thing:

cui ususfructus legatus esset, donec ei totius dotis (sc. nomine) satis fieret, etc.,

Dig. 33, 2, 30.—

To give satisfaction (by word or deed); to make amends or reparation; to make excuse; to ask pardon, apologize to a person offended, injured, etc.

With dat.:

aut satisfaciat mihi ille, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 8:

si Aeduis de injuriis... item si Allobrogibus satisfaciant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

deinde reliquae legiones per tribunos militum egerunt, ut Caesari satisfacerent, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 41:

acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut mihi satisfieri paterer a te,

Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 49.—

With de and abl.:

omnibus rationibus de injuriis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7.—

With gen.:

injuriarum satisfecisti L. Labieno,

Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37.—

Absol.:

missis ad Caesarem satisfaciundi causā legatis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54:

in quā civitate legatus populi Romani aliquā ex parte violatus sit, nisi publice satis factum sit, el civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

satisfacientes aut supplicantes summittimus (manus),

Quint. 11, 3, 115 et saep.—

To give satisfaction by suffering a penalty: saepe satisfecit praedae venator, Mart. 12, 14, 3.

sĕorsus, a, um, adj. [abbrev. from sevorsus, from se-vorto], sundered, separate, apart (syn. separatus).

Adj. (so only ante- and post-class.): seorsum atque diversum pretium, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.: vocabulum, id. ap. Gell. 7, 10, 2:

syllabae,

Ter. Maur. p. 2398 P.:

seorsa quae (videor tractasse),

id. p. 2439 fin. ib.; cf.

studia,

Aus. Idyll. 17, 5.—Hence,

Adv.: sĕorsum (often erroneously written sĕorsim; collat. form sĕor-sus, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 27; Afran. ap. Charis, p. 195 P.; Lucr. 4, 494; 5, 448; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 3 Orell. N. cr.; Liv. 9, 42, 8 Weissenb.; in both forms in the poets; usu. dissyl.; but trisyl. Lucr. 3, 551; 4, 491. —Another collat. form sorsum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95; Lucr. 3, 631 sq.; 4, 495; 5, 447; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061), asunder, separately, apart (syn. separatim; freq., but mostly ante-class.; not found in Cæs., Verg., or Hor.; and in Cic. only once, in the etymological definition of the word seditio).

With ab:

me hodie senex seduxit solum, sorsum ab aedibus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95 Fleck.; so,

seorsum ab rege exercitum ductare,

Sall. J. 70, 2:

seorsum tractandum est hoc ab illo,

Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7: seorsum a collegā omnia paranda, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 3:

abs te seorsum sentio,

otherwise, differently, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52; cf.; ut abs te seorsus sentiam De uxoriā re, Afran. ap Charis, p. 195 P.—

With abl. (Lucretian):

seorsum corpore,

Lucr. 3, 564:

animā,

id. 3, 631 MSS. (Lachm. and Munro, animae).—

Absol.: quā arte natio sua separata seorsum, Cato ap. Charis. p. 195; Lucr. 5,447 sq.:

in aediculam istanc seorsum concludi volo,

Plaut. Ep 3, 3, 20;

in custodiā habitus,

Liv. 9, 42, 8; cf. id. 22, 52, 3:

castris positis, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 2: ea dissensio civium, quod seorsum eunt alii ad alios, seditio dicitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 1, 1: omnibus gratiam habeo, et seorsum tibi praeterea, * Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 14:

proin, viator, hunc deum vereberis, Manumque seorsum habebis,

wilt hold afar, Cat. 20, 17

sĕorsus, a, um, adj. [abbrev. from sevorsus, from se-vorto], sundered, separate, apart (syn. separatus).

Adj. (so only ante- and post-class.): seorsum atque diversum pretium, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.: vocabulum, id. ap. Gell. 7, 10, 2:

syllabae,

Ter. Maur. p. 2398 P.:

seorsa quae (videor tractasse),

id. p. 2439 fin. ib.; cf.

studia,

Aus. Idyll. 17, 5.—Hence,

Adv.: sĕorsum (often erroneously written sĕorsim; collat. form sĕor-sus, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 27; Afran. ap. Charis, p. 195 P.; Lucr. 4, 494; 5, 448; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 3 Orell. N. cr.; Liv. 9, 42, 8 Weissenb.; in both forms in the poets; usu. dissyl.; but trisyl. Lucr. 3, 551; 4, 491. —Another collat. form sorsum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95; Lucr. 3, 631 sq.; 4, 495; 5, 447; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061), asunder, separately, apart (syn. separatim; freq., but mostly ante-class.; not found in Cæs., Verg., or Hor.; and in Cic. only once, in the etymological definition of the word seditio).

With ab:

me hodie senex seduxit solum, sorsum ab aedibus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95 Fleck.; so,

seorsum ab rege exercitum ductare,

Sall. J. 70, 2:

seorsum tractandum est hoc ab illo,

Auct. Her. 3, 4, 7: seorsum a collegā omnia paranda, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 3:

abs te seorsum sentio,

otherwise, differently, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52; cf.; ut abs te seorsus sentiam De uxoriā re, Afran. ap Charis, p. 195 P.—

With abl. (Lucretian):

seorsum corpore,

Lucr. 3, 564:

animā,

id. 3, 631 MSS. (Lachm. and Munro, animae).—

Absol.: quā arte natio sua separata seorsum, Cato ap. Charis. p. 195; Lucr. 5,447 sq.:

in aediculam istanc seorsum concludi volo,

Plaut. Ep 3, 3, 20;

in custodiā habitus,

Liv. 9, 42, 8; cf. id. 22, 52, 3:

castris positis, Auct. B. Afr. 48, 2: ea dissensio civium, quod seorsum eunt alii ad alios, seditio dicitur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 1, 1: omnibus gratiam habeo, et seorsum tibi praeterea, * Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 14:

proin, viator, hunc deum vereberis, Manumque seorsum habebis,

wilt hold afar, Cat. 20, 17

sordĕo, ēre, v. n. [cf. Goth. svarts; Germ. schwarz, black], to be dirty, filthy, foul (rare; not in Cic.; syn. squaleo).

Lit.: Di. Jam lavisti? Ph. Num tibi sordere videor? Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 28: cui manus materno sordet sparsa sanguine, Att. ap. Non. 170, 6:

non splendeat toga: ne sordeat quidem,

Sen. Ep. 5, 2:

nullā teneri lanugine vultus,

Mart. 1, 32, 5:

Albanoque cadum sordentem promere fumo,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 39:

incola sordentium ganearum,

Gell. 9, 2, 6.—

Trop., to be mean, base, low, or sordid: haud sordere visus est Festus dies, i. e. had nothing mean or sordid in its appearance, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 6: convivium inopiā, Favor. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 20:

ignobilia et sordentia (verba),

low, vulgar, Gell. 19, 13, 3 (shortly before, sordidum verbum).—

Transf., to seem base or paltry; to be despised, slighted, or held of no account:

suis sordere (with contemni),

Liv. 4, 25, 11; Quint. 8, prooem. §

26: sordent tibi munera nostra,

Verg. E. 2, 44; Stat. S. 1, 3, 98:

cunctane prae campo sordent?

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 4:

pretium aetas altera sordet,

a renewal of youth seems too small a price, id. ib. 1, 18, 18:

quippe sordent prima quaeque, cum majora sperantur,

Curt. 10, 10, 8:

si conferas et componas Graeca ipsa, oppido quam jacere atque sordere incipiunt, quae Latina sunt,

to seem paltry, of small account, Gell. 2, 23, 3.

tam-dĭū (also separately, tam diu; and less correctly, tandiu), adv., so long, for so long a time.

With comp.-clause understood (cf. tam, II. B.): quid illaec nunc tam diu intus Remoratur? as long as she does, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 10:

haud quidquam est quod cupiam tam diu,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 15:

quid tam intus fuisse te dicam diu?

id. Mil. 4, 5, 2:

quid illic tam diu restitisti?

id. Most. 3, 2, 100:

credo ego miseram fuisse Penelopam quae tam diu viro suo caruit,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 2:

sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedes stetit?

id. Truc. 2, 3, 14:

in ludo qui fuisti tam diu,

id. As. 1, 3, 73:

ubi te oblectasti tam diu?

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9:

quae tam permansit diu,

id. ib. 3, 1, 25:

abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

te abfuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: ducenti ferme et decem anni colliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur. for so long a time as this has Germany been defeated, Tac. G. 37. —

As antecedent of a temporal clause, introduced by quam diu (diu repeated, cf. tam, I. B. 2.), quam, dum, quoad: tam diu... quam diu, etc., as long as.

By quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf. indic.):

ego tam diu requiesco quam diu aut ad te scribo aut tuas litteras lego,

Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1:

ratio tam diu potens est, quam diu deducta est ab affectibus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 3:

(Verres) tam diu in imperio suo classem vidit quam diu convivium ejus praetervecta est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

(Bibulus) se oppido munitissimo tam diu tenuit quam diu in provinciā Parthi fuerunt,

id. Fam. 12, 19, 2:

quorum (oratorum) quam diu mansit imitatio, tam diu genus illud dicendi vixit,

id. Or. 2, 23, 94:

cur ea (signa) quam diu alium praetorem de te in judicium iturum putasti, tam diu domi fuerunt?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:

ignominia illa tam diu in illo homine fuit, quam diu iste in provinciā mansit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

67: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

qui urcus, cum recipit salem... tam diu jam torretur, quam diu strepitum edit,

Col. 12, 21, 2.—With subj.:

tam diu discendum est, quam diu nescias,

Sen. Ep. 76, 3; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25.—

By quam:

Hortensius vixit tam diu quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

M. Piso tenuit locum tam diu quam ferre potuit laborem,

id. ib. 67, 236.—

By dum:

Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus habuit ornatum,

only so long, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

Gracchus tam diu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Romanarum manebit,

id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

eas litteras cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tam diu dum lego,

id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

(Bajae nostrae) tam diu dum tu ades sunt oblitae sui,

id. Fam. 9, 12, 1.—With subj.:

ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum ex eis (servis) de patris morte quaeratur?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 78; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 96.—

By quoad (very rare):

tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

By donec (very rare):

tam diu incenditur, donec, etc.,

Col. 12, 18, 6:

tam diu deferuntur atque incerta sunt, donec in solido resederunt,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 3; 3, 15, 5. —

By ut (very rare):

(Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

quae inductio ante tam diu subigenda est, ut rutrum mundum levemus,

Pall. 1, 15.

tam-dĭū (also separately, tam diu; and less correctly, tandiu), adv., so long, for so long a time.

With comp.-clause understood (cf. tam, II. B.): quid illaec nunc tam diu intus Remoratur? as long as she does, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 10:

haud quidquam est quod cupiam tam diu,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 15:

quid tam intus fuisse te dicam diu?

id. Mil. 4, 5, 2:

quid illic tam diu restitisti?

id. Most. 3, 2, 100:

credo ego miseram fuisse Penelopam quae tam diu viro suo caruit,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 2:

sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedes stetit?

id. Truc. 2, 3, 14:

in ludo qui fuisti tam diu,

id. As. 1, 3, 73:

ubi te oblectasti tam diu?

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9:

quae tam permansit diu,

id. ib. 3, 1, 25:

abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

te abfuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: ducenti ferme et decem anni colliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur. for so long a time as this has Germany been defeated, Tac. G. 37. —

As antecedent of a temporal clause, introduced by quam diu (diu repeated, cf. tam, I. B. 2.), quam, dum, quoad: tam diu... quam diu, etc., as long as.

By quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf. indic.):

ego tam diu requiesco quam diu aut ad te scribo aut tuas litteras lego,

Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1:

ratio tam diu potens est, quam diu deducta est ab affectibus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 3:

(Verres) tam diu in imperio suo classem vidit quam diu convivium ejus praetervecta est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

(Bibulus) se oppido munitissimo tam diu tenuit quam diu in provinciā Parthi fuerunt,

id. Fam. 12, 19, 2:

quorum (oratorum) quam diu mansit imitatio, tam diu genus illud dicendi vixit,

id. Or. 2, 23, 94:

cur ea (signa) quam diu alium praetorem de te in judicium iturum putasti, tam diu domi fuerunt?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:

ignominia illa tam diu in illo homine fuit, quam diu iste in provinciā mansit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

67: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

qui urcus, cum recipit salem... tam diu jam torretur, quam diu strepitum edit,

Col. 12, 21, 2.—With subj.:

tam diu discendum est, quam diu nescias,

Sen. Ep. 76, 3; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25.—

By quam:

Hortensius vixit tam diu quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

M. Piso tenuit locum tam diu quam ferre potuit laborem,

id. ib. 67, 236.—

By dum:

Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus habuit ornatum,

only so long, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

Gracchus tam diu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Romanarum manebit,

id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

eas litteras cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tam diu dum lego,

id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

(Bajae nostrae) tam diu dum tu ades sunt oblitae sui,

id. Fam. 9, 12, 1.—With subj.:

ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum ex eis (servis) de patris morte quaeratur?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 78; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 96.—

By quoad (very rare):

tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

By donec (very rare):

tam diu incenditur, donec, etc.,

Col. 12, 18, 6:

tam diu deferuntur atque incerta sunt, donec in solido resederunt,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 3; 3, 15, 5. —

By ut (very rare):

(Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

quae inductio ante tam diu subigenda est, ut rutrum mundum levemus,

Pall. 1, 15.

tam-dĭū (also separately, tam diu; and less correctly, tandiu), adv., so long, for so long a time.

With comp.-clause understood (cf. tam, II. B.): quid illaec nunc tam diu intus Remoratur? as long as she does, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 10:

haud quidquam est quod cupiam tam diu,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 15:

quid tam intus fuisse te dicam diu?

id. Mil. 4, 5, 2:

quid illic tam diu restitisti?

id. Most. 3, 2, 100:

credo ego miseram fuisse Penelopam quae tam diu viro suo caruit,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 2:

sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedes stetit?

id. Truc. 2, 3, 14:

in ludo qui fuisti tam diu,

id. As. 1, 3, 73:

ubi te oblectasti tam diu?

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9:

quae tam permansit diu,

id. ib. 3, 1, 25:

abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

te abfuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: ducenti ferme et decem anni colliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur. for so long a time as this has Germany been defeated, Tac. G. 37. —

As antecedent of a temporal clause, introduced by quam diu (diu repeated, cf. tam, I. B. 2.), quam, dum, quoad: tam diu... quam diu, etc., as long as.

By quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf. indic.):

ego tam diu requiesco quam diu aut ad te scribo aut tuas litteras lego,

Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1:

ratio tam diu potens est, quam diu deducta est ab affectibus,

Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 3:

(Verres) tam diu in imperio suo classem vidit quam diu convivium ejus praetervecta est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

(Bibulus) se oppido munitissimo tam diu tenuit quam diu in provinciā Parthi fuerunt,

id. Fam. 12, 19, 2:

quorum (oratorum) quam diu mansit imitatio, tam diu genus illud dicendi vixit,

id. Or. 2, 23, 94:

cur ea (signa) quam diu alium praetorem de te in judicium iturum putasti, tam diu domi fuerunt?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:

ignominia illa tam diu in illo homine fuit, quam diu iste in provinciā mansit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

67: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

qui urcus, cum recipit salem... tam diu jam torretur, quam diu strepitum edit,

Col. 12, 21, 2.—With subj.:

tam diu discendum est, quam diu nescias,

Sen. Ep. 76, 3; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25.—

By quam:

Hortensius vixit tam diu quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

M. Piso tenuit locum tam diu quam ferre potuit laborem,

id. ib. 67, 236.—

By dum:

Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus habuit ornatum,

only so long, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

Gracchus tam diu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Romanarum manebit,

id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

eas litteras cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tam diu dum lego,

id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

(Bajae nostrae) tam diu dum tu ades sunt oblitae sui,

id. Fam. 9, 12, 1.—With subj.:

ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum ex eis (servis) de patris morte quaeratur?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 78; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 96.—

By quoad (very rare):

tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—

By donec (very rare):

tam diu incenditur, donec, etc.,

Col. 12, 18, 6:

tam diu deferuntur atque incerta sunt, donec in solido resederunt,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 3; 3, 15, 5. —

By ut (very rare):

(Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

quae inductio ante tam diu subigenda est, ut rutrum mundum levemus,

Pall. 1, 15.