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  • 1 obperior

    oppĕrĭor ( obp-), pĕrītus and pertus, 4 (arch. forms, fut. opperibor, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 107 al.; inf. opperirier, id. ib. 2, 3, 5; v. infra; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 51), v. dep. n. and a. [kindred with experior, from perior, whence peritus].
    I.
    Neutr., to wait (class.;

    syn.: exspecto, praestolor): opperiri exspectare,

    Fest. p. 187 Müll.:

    pol, quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23:

    vel sex mensis opperibor,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 89:

    non quis parumper durare opperirier?

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 5:

    aut ibidem opperiar, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 10, 1:

    ego in Arcano opperior, dum ista cognosco,

    id. ib. 10, 3, 1:

    unam praeterea horam ne oppertus sies,

    wait a whole hour, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 30.—Followed by ut with subj.:

    simul opperiens, ut terrestris copiae traicerentur,

    Liv. 42, 48, 10; Tac. A. 15, 68; Tiro ap. Gell. 6, 3, 42.—
    II.
    Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing.
    (α).
    With a personal object:

    servom, quem ego me jusseram hic opperiri,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 18:

    abi intro: ibi me opperire,

    Tert. And. 3, 2, 43:

    hostem,

    Verg. A. 10, 771:

    imperatorem,

    Tac. A. 4, 66.—
    (β).
    With an inanim. object:

    seni non otium erat, id sum opperitus,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 101:

    tempora sua,

    Liv. 1, 56, 8:

    tempus dextrum,

    to wait for the right time, Sil. 5, 85.

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  • 2 opperior

    oppĕrĭor ( obp-), pĕrītus and pertus, 4 (arch. forms, fut. opperibor, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 107 al.; inf. opperirier, id. ib. 2, 3, 5; v. infra; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 51), v. dep. n. and a. [kindred with experior, from perior, whence peritus].
    I.
    Neutr., to wait (class.;

    syn.: exspecto, praestolor): opperiri exspectare,

    Fest. p. 187 Müll.:

    pol, quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23:

    vel sex mensis opperibor,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 89:

    non quis parumper durare opperirier?

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 5:

    aut ibidem opperiar, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 10, 1:

    ego in Arcano opperior, dum ista cognosco,

    id. ib. 10, 3, 1:

    unam praeterea horam ne oppertus sies,

    wait a whole hour, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 30.—Followed by ut with subj.:

    simul opperiens, ut terrestris copiae traicerentur,

    Liv. 42, 48, 10; Tac. A. 15, 68; Tiro ap. Gell. 6, 3, 42.—
    II.
    Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing.
    (α).
    With a personal object:

    servom, quem ego me jusseram hic opperiri,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 18:

    abi intro: ibi me opperire,

    Tert. And. 3, 2, 43:

    hostem,

    Verg. A. 10, 771:

    imperatorem,

    Tac. A. 4, 66.—
    (β).
    With an inanim. object:

    seni non otium erat, id sum opperitus,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 101:

    tempora sua,

    Liv. 1, 56, 8:

    tempus dextrum,

    to wait for the right time, Sil. 5, 85.

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  • 3 ex-spectō or expectō

        ex-spectō or expectō āvī, ātus, āre,    to look out for, await, wait for: diem ex die, ut statuerem: alius alium exspectantes, S.: eventum pugnae, Cs.: ultima semper Exspectandi dies homini est, O.: cenantes comites, i. e. till they have done eating, H.: seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, H.: exspectandus erit annus, I must wait a year, Iu.: quid velis, await your pleasure, T.: utri victoria sit data regni, Enn. ap. C.: quid hostes consili caperent, Cs.: quam mox comitia edicerentur, L.: dum cognatus veniret, T.: dum hostium copiae augerentur, Cs.: exspectem, libeat dum proelia Turno pati? V.: exspectavere eum fata, dum, etc., respited him, Cu.: quoad ne vestigium quidem relinquatur: si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant, Cs.: mea lenitas hoc exspectavit, ut id erumperet: exspectaverant, uti consul comitia haberet, L.: exspectari diutius non oportere, quin iretur, there should be no delay in going, Cs.: Karthagine qui nunc Exspectat, loiters, V.: cum expectaret Aetolos in fidem suam venturos, L.—To hope for, long for, expect, desire, anticipate, fear, dread, apprehend: ubi te expectatum eiecisset foras, after waiting in hope of your death, T.: (rem) avidissime: finem laborum, Cs.: fama mortis meae exspectata est, L.: nescio quod exspecto malum, dread, T.: miseriis suis remedium mortem, S.: qui classem exspectabant, whose minds were fixed on, Ta.: Exspectate solo Laurenti, V.: ex suā amicitiā omnia: a te hoc: quae (pauca) ab suā liberalitate, Cs.: quam ob rem exspectem non fore? T.: te ita illud defendere: Silvarumque aliae pressos propaginis arcūs Exspectant, await, (for their growth), i. e. need, V.

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  • 4 praestōlor

        praestōlor ātus, ārī, dep.    [1 STAR-], to stand ready for, wait for, expect: ad Clupeam, Cs.: tibi ad Forum Aurelium: quem praestolare? T.
    * * *
    praestolari, praestolatus sum V DEP
    stand ready for, expect, wait for (w/DAT or ACC)

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  • 5 respecto

    respecto, āre, v. freq. n. and a. [id.], to look back, look round or behind repeatedly or intently, to look or gaze about; to look at any thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Neutr. absol.:

    quid respectas? nihil pericli est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 3:

    ubi respectantes hostium antesignanos vidit,

    Liv. 8, 39; Quint. 12, 3, 2; Verg. A. 11, 630:

    respectans abit,

    Sil. 12, 729; Stat. Th. 3, 377:

    ad tribunal,

    Liv. 3, 48:

    respecto identidem, ne senex, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 13; so,

    identidem, ne,

    id. Men. 1, 2, 51. — Poet.:

    leti janua patet immani et vasto respectat hiatu,

    Lucr. 5, 375.—
    (β).
    Act.:

    dictatore arcem Romanam respectante,

    Liv. 4, 18, 6:

    funera respectans,

    Lucr. 6, 1234:

    sine fine Caesarem,

    Vell. 2, 107, 2:

    alium (alius),

    Tac. Agr. 37 fin.:

    suos,

    Sil. 11, 594.—
    II.
    Trop., to cast a look behind, to wait; to wait for, look for, expect; to care for, regard, respect.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    verum haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes et respectantes relinquamus,

    Cic. Sest. 5, 13: animus non me deserens, sed respectans in ea loca discessit, id. Sen. 23, 84:

    taciti respectabant somnoque sepulti, Dum, etc.,

    i. e. waited, Lucr. 5, 974. —
    (β).
    Act.:

    si qua pios respectant numina,

    regard, Verg. A. 1, 603:

    neque hoc liberis nostris interdicendum est, ne observent tribules suos... ne par ab iis munus in suā petitione respectent,

    look for, expect, Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

    meum amorem,

    Cat. 11, 21.

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  • 6 sedeo

    sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.
    I.
    Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    hi stant ambo, non sedent,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

    quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    sedens iis assensi,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    lumbi sedendo dolent,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

    supplex ille sedet,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in subselliis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

    sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

    in proscaenio,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

    in sellā,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in saxo (ejecti),

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

    in arā (mulieres supplices),

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

    in solio,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

    in equo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

    in leone,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

    in conclavi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

    in hemicyclio domi,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

    bubo in culmine,

    Ov. M. 6, 432:

    cornix in humo,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

    musca in temone,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—
    (γ).
    With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

    bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

    Ov. M. 6, 72:

    solio,

    id. ib. 6, 650;

    14, 261: sede regiā,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    eburneis sellis,

    id. 5, 41:

    sellā curuli,

    id. 30, 19:

    carpento,

    id. 1, 34:

    cymbā,

    Ov. M. 1, 293:

    puppe,

    id. F. 6, 471:

    humo,

    id. M. 4, 261:

    equo,

    Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

    dorso aselli,

    Ov. F. 3, 749:

    delphine,

    id. M. 11, 237:

    columbae viridi solo,

    Verg. A. 6, 192:

    recessu,

    Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

    theatro,

    id. A. A. 1, 497.—
    (δ).
    With other prepp. and advv. of place:

    inter ancillas,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

    ante fores,

    Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    ad tumulum supplex,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    sub arbore,

    Ov. M. 4, 95:

    sub Jove,

    id. ib. 4, 261:

    ducis sub pede,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

    post me gradu uno,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

    apud quem,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

    non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

    illic,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—
    2.
    Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

    sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

    Spart. Hadr. 22;

    Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

    Sol. 45:

    animalia sedentur,

    Veg. 2, 28, 12.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

    (Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

    Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

    ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

    id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

    si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

    judex,

    Liv. 40, 8:

    Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

    id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

    sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

    Minos arbiter,

    Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

    sedeo pro tribunali,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

    nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

    dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

    sedente Claudio,

    Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

    sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—
    2.
    To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

    isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

    majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

    1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    an sedere oportuit Domi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

    iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

    quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

    in villā totos dies,

    Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

    circum argentarias cottidie,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

    sedemus desides domi,

    Liv. 3, 68:

    statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

    non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

    sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

    ante sacras fores,

    Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    custos ad mea busta sedens,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

    meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

    Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

    et frustra credula turba sedet,

    id. 4, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

    hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

    Naev. 6, 2:

    dum apud hostes sedimus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

    sedendo expugnare urbem,

    Liv. 2, 12:

    sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

    id. 22, 24:

    quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

    id. 44, 27:

    ad Suessulam,

    id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

    apud moenia Contrebiae,

    Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

    compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

    Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

    vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—
    3.
    For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

    sordido in loco sedere,

    Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

    cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

    Tib. 4, 1, 42:

    quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

    Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

    Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

    Ov. F. 1,110:

    sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

    Liv. 22, 4:

    sedet vox auribus,

    sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

    sedisse immensos montes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—
    2.
    Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

    nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 823. —
    3.
    Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

    campo Nola sedet,

    Sil. 12, 162:

    mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

    Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

    lactuca sedens,

    i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—
    B.
    In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

    tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

    Ov. M. 15, 337:

    in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

    stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

    so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

    id. F. 1, 576:

    cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 40:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

    alta sedent vulnera,

    Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

    ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

    sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

    toga umero,

    id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

    quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

    sicco jam litore sedit,

    Luc. 8, 726:

    naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

    stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

    cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

    aliquid fideliter in animo,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

    unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

    Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

    Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

    Ov. H. 2, 76:

    sedere coepit sententia haec,

    to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

    nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

    Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

    si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

    idque pio sedet Aeneae,

    id. ib. 5, 418:

    bellum,

    Flor. 2, 15, 4:

    consilium fugae,

    id. 2, 18, 14:

    haec,

    Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

    tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 324:

    vacuo petere omina caelo,

    id. ib. 3, 459:

    Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

    Val. Fl. 2, 383.

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  • 7 opperior (oper-)

        opperior (oper-) pertus, īrī, dep.    [ob+1 PAR-], to wait, attend: in Arcano dum ista cognosco: unam horam ne oppertus sies, wait a whole hour, T.: simul opperiens, ut copiae traicerentur, L.—To wait for, await, expect, attend: virum interea opperibor, T.: (te) tardum, H.: fortunam, S.: hostem, V.: tempora sua, L.

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  • 8 sub-sīdō

        sub-sīdō sēdī, sessus, ere,    to sit down, crouch down, squat, settle down, sink down: adversus emissa tela, L.: Poplite subsidens, V.: subsedit in illā Ante fores arā, O.—With dat: iuvet ut tigrīs subsidere cervis, to yield, H.—To fall, subside, sink, settle: undae, V.: venti, O.: Extremus galeāque imā subsedit Acestes, remained at the bottom, V.: ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis, ceditque, gives way, O.—To settle down, establish oneself, remain, abide, stay: in Siciliā: in castris, Cs.: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri, V.—To crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush: eo in loco: in insidiis, L.—With acc: devictam Asiam subsedit adulter (i. e. Agamemnonem), lay in wait for, V.

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  • 9 Manto

    1.
    manto, āre, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [maneo].
    I.
    Neutr., to stay, remain, wait (ante-class.): in eādem mantat malitiā, Caecil. ap. Non. 505, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 87 Rib.):

    manta,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 49; id. Rud. 2, 4, 26:

    usque mantant,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 34. —
    II.
    Act., to wait for, await a person:

    nos apud aedem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 52: jam me adeo manta, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 133 (Com. Rel. v. 34 Rib.).
    2.
    Manto, ūs, f., = Mantô.
    I.
    The daughter of Tiresias, a prophetess, and mother of the seer Mopsus, Ov. M. 6, 157; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Hyg. Fab. 128; Stat. Th. 7, 758; 10, 679.—
    II.
    An Italian nymph who had the gift of prophecy, the mother of Ocnus, who founded the city of Mantua:

    (Ocnus) Fatidicae Mantūs et Tusci filius amnis,

    Verg. A. 10, 198.

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  • 10 manto

    1.
    manto, āre, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [maneo].
    I.
    Neutr., to stay, remain, wait (ante-class.): in eādem mantat malitiā, Caecil. ap. Non. 505, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 87 Rib.):

    manta,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 49; id. Rud. 2, 4, 26:

    usque mantant,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 34. —
    II.
    Act., to wait for, await a person:

    nos apud aedem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 52: jam me adeo manta, Caecil. ap. Fest. p. 133 (Com. Rel. v. 34 Rib.).
    2.
    Manto, ūs, f., = Mantô.
    I.
    The daughter of Tiresias, a prophetess, and mother of the seer Mopsus, Ov. M. 6, 157; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Hyg. Fab. 128; Stat. Th. 7, 758; 10, 679.—
    II.
    An Italian nymph who had the gift of prophecy, the mother of Ocnus, who founded the city of Mantua:

    (Ocnus) Fatidicae Mantūs et Tusci filius amnis,

    Verg. A. 10, 198.

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  • 11 subsido

    sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.:

    subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt,

    Liv. 28, 2:

    partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit,

    id. 1, 14; cf.:

    poplite subsidens,

    Verg. A. 12, 492:

    alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes,

    Liv. 44, 5:

    subsedit in illā Ante fores ara,

    Ov. M. 9, 297.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink, settle, subside:

    sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa,

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    valles,

    Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

    limus mundi ut faex,

    Lucr. 5, 497; cf.:

    faeces in fundis vasorum,

    Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

    in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc.,

    Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344:

    undae,

    subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820;

    hence, transf., venti,

    Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.— Poet.:

    extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes,

    remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498:

    ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque,

    gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284:

    multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,

    are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590:

    terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes,

    Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay:

    si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:

    subsedi in ipsā viā,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

    in Siciliā,

    id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

    quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,

    Suet. Vit. 1 fin.:

    in oppido Reatino,

    id. Vesp. 1:

    commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

    Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    in Nilo navicula subsedit,

    ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—
    b.
    To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush:

    cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?

    Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

    si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,

    id. ib. 19, 49:

    partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,

    Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—
    c.
    Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male ( poet. and very rare):

    maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),

    Lucr. 4, 1198:

    juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—
    B.
    Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare):

    in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,

    Quint. 3, 8, 60:

    nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),

    id. 11, 3, 24:

    vitia subsidunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 69:

    formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,

    id. ib. 13, 12.—
    2.
    To settle down:

    hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,

    i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,

    Verg. A. 11, 268:

    leonem,

    Sil. 13, 221:

    copiosos homines,

    Amm. 28, 4, 22:

    insontem,

    id. 16, 8, 3:

    serpens foramen,

    to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).

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  • 12 captō

        captō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [capio], to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture: fugientia Flumina, H.: simulacra fugacia, O.: laqueis feras, V.: naribus auras, V.: auribus aëra, listen eagerly for, V.: captata Hesperie, watched for, O.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, catch at, grasp: solitudines: quid cum illo consili captet, T.: plausūs: risūs, provoke: populi suffragia, H.: incerta pro certis, S.: nubīs et inania, H.: tempus, opportunity, L.: occasionem, to watch for, L.: prendique et prendere captans, O.: laedere aliquem, Ph.—To watch for craftily, lie in wait for, entice, allure: quā viā te captent, T.: emolumento alqm: hostem insidiis, L.—To court, plot for: testamenta senum, H.: Coranum, Iu. — To take up, begin: ubi captat<*> sermone, etc., O.
    * * *
    captare, captavi, captatus V TRANS
    try/long/aim for, desire; entice; hunt legacy; try to catch/grasp/seize/reach

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  • 13 aucupor

    aucŭpor, ātus, 1, v. dep. and act. [auceps], to go bird-catching or fowling.
    I.
    Lit.:

    Alio loco ut seras ac colas silvam caeduam, alio ubi aucupare,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Dig. 41, 1, 3.—Also of taking bees:

    spes aucupandi examina,

    Col. 3, 8, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., to chase, give chase to, strive for, be on the look-out for, lie in wait for; watch for, etc. (a favorite figure in prose and poetry; in Cic. perh. twenty times;

    syn.: insidior, sequor): Viden scelestus ut aucupatur?

    how he gives chase? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 49:

    nos longis navibus tranquillitates aucupaturi eramus,

    Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4:

    tempus,

    id. Rosc Am. 8, 22:

    alicujus imbecillitatem,

    id. Fl. 37, 92:

    ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnis undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

    id. Sest. 56, 119; id. Verr. 1, 3, 9; id. Or. 2, 7 fin.; 14, 59; 63, 256; 19, 63; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

    L. Cassio omnes ramusculos popularis aurae aucupante,

    id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; id. Fam. 5, 12, 6 al.: occasionem, Auct. B. Afr. 3 fin.: obtrectatione alienae scientiae famam sibi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 30;

    33, 2, 8, § 32: studium populi ac favorem,

    Flor. 3, 13, 1:

    reconditas voces,

    Suet. Aug. 86:

    absentiam alicujus,

    Just. 29, 4:

    somnos,

    Ov. H. 13, 107.
    ► a.
    Act. form aucŭpo, āre, to watch for, etc.: fructus verborum aures aucupant, Enn. ap. Non. p. 467, 14:

    prospectum aucupo, Pac. ib.: in consilio id reges Argivom aucupant, Att. ib.: id ego aucupavi, Titinn. ib.: Paulisper mane: Aucupemus ex insidiis clanculum quam rem gerant,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 31:

    num quis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 42; so Sen. Herc. Oet. 483:

    ex insidiis aucupa,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 12:

    qui aucupet me quid agam,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 5:

    Lepide, mecastor, aucupavi,

    id. Truc. 5, 72.—
    * b.
    Pass. form aucupor:

    Multa divulgata ac per rumorem vicissim aucupata discuntur,

    Lact. 5, 22.

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  • 14 capto

    capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].
    I.
    Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

    (syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

    aquam hianti ore,

    Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

    imbrem ore hianti,

    id. 4, 7, 14:

    laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

    Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

    (meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    muscas,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    modo cervicem, modo crura,

    Ov. M. 9, 37:

    collum,

    id. ib. 3, 428:

    patulis naribus auras,

    Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

    plumas ore,

    id. ib. 8, 198:

    umbras et frigora,

    Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

    auribus aëra,

    to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

    captata Hesperie,

    watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—
    II.
    Figuratively.
    A.
    In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

    class.): sermonem,

    to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

    sonitum aure admota,

    Liv. 38, 7, 8;

    solitudines,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

    quid consili,

    to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

    assensiones alicujus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

    plausus,

    to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

    misericordiam,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    voluptatem,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

    risus,

    to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

    favorem,

    Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

    incerta pro certis,

    Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

    nubes et inania,

    Hor. A. P. 230:

    libertatis auram,

    Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

    auram incertae famae,

    Curt. 4, 5, 8:

    occasionem,

    to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

    tempus rei,

    Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

    tempestates,

    id. 5, 6, 4:

    brevitatem,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    elegantiam actoris,

    id. 11, 3, 184:

    leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

    id. 11, 1, 53:

    solas sententias multas,

    id. 8, 5, 30:

    auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

    id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

    vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

    id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

    prendique et prendere captans,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    laedere aliquem,

    Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

    opprimere,

    id. 5, 3, 2:

    acquirere voluptates,

    Col. 8, 11, 1.—

    With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

    Suet. Tib. 14.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

    magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

    captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

    astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

    id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

    hostem insidiis,

    Liv. 2, 50, 3:

    inter se,

    id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,
    2.
    A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

    testamenta senum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

    hereditatem,

    Dig. 29, 6, 1:

    homines,

    Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—
    3.
    To take up, begin, of discourse:

    ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

    Ov. M. 3, 279.

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  • 15 longus

    longus, a, um, adj. [cf. langazô, longazô], long.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    longo interjecto intervallo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30:

    longissima epistula,

    id. Att. 16, 11:

    Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    proficisci longissimo agmine,

    id. ib. 5, 31:

    stant longis annixi hastis,

    Verg. A. 9, 229:

    umbilicus septem pedes longus,

    Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

    longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos,

    id. 27, 12, 86, § 110:

    ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes,

    in length, Liv. 21, 8:

    scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas,

    Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, manof-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); [p. 1077] Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38:

    longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

    Juv. 10, 57:

    sesquipede est quam tu longior,

    taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58:

    longus homo, i. q. longurio,

    a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so,

    Maura,

    Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand:

    an nescis longas regibus esse manus,

    Ov. H. 17, 166;

    on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus,

    unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—
    B.
    In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare):

    remeans longis oris,

    Sil. 6, 628:

    longa a domo militia,

    Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—
    C.
    Great, vast, spacious ( poet.):

    pontus,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43:

    Olympus,

    Verg. G. 3, 223:

    classemque ex aethere longo prospexit,

    id. A. 7, 288:

    caelum,

    Ov. M. 6, 64.—
    II.
    Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious:

    in tam longa aetate,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 66:

    vita longior,

    id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

    horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur,

    id. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    uno die longior mensis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

    longa interjecta mora,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    post longum tempus,

    Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12:

    per longum tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 57:

    vita,

    Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6:

    spatium (sc. temporis),

    id. 9, 18, 10:

    error,

    protracted, id. 5, 33:

    caedes,

    id. 6, 8, 7:

    longi aliorum principatus,

    Tac. H. 2, 55:

    longae pacis mala,

    Juv. 6, 292:

    bellum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 56:

    memoriam nostri longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3:

    morbus,

    Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1:

    longo tempore,

    after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.:

    longo post tempore,

    id. E. 1, 29:

    longa dies,

    length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265:

    longa syllaba,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

    littera,

    id. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 36:

    vocalis,

    id. 9, 4, 85:

    longae pretium virtutis,

    Luc. 2, 258:

    longa Lethe,

    id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85:

    exordium nimis longum,

    Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11:

    longior quam oportet sermo,

    Quint. 8, 3, 53:

    nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est,

    Juv. 6, 221:

    quantis longa senectus plena malis,

    id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence:

    longum est,

    it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12: experire;

    non est longum,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 10:

    arcessere tormenta longum videbatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly:

    ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    ac ne longum fiat, videte,

    id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

    ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer:

    nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for:

    respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39;

    but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus,

    nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time:

    nec in longum dilata res,

    Liv. 5, 16:

    in longum dilata conclusio,

    drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56:

    otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit,

    Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20:

    in longum sufficere,

    id. H. 4, 22:

    odia in longum jaciens, ia. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans,

    id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time:

    per longum celata fames,

    Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back:

    collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies,

    Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity:

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious:

    nolo esse longus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior,

    Quint. 10, 1, 118:

    (testis) longus protrahi potest,

    id. 5, 7, 26:

    longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum),

    slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.
    A.
    Form longē, long, in length.
    1.
    Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

    longe absum, audio sero,

    id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

    quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    longe mihi obviam processerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N D. 2, 15, 40:

    Di vim suam longe lateque dmundunt,

    id. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    longe gradi,

    to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572:

    Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16:

    Rhenum non longe a mari transire,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 1:

    tu autem abes longe gentium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.— Comp.:

    fontes longius a praesidiis aberant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

    longius non discedam,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.:

    longius meare,

    Col. 9, 8, 9.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317):

    longe prospicere futuros casus,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

    stupet Dares, longeque recusat,

    Verg. A. 5, 406:

    nec longe,

    id. ib. 10, 317:

    quae venientia longe ante videris,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.— Comp.:

    Varro vitam Naevii producit longius,

    Cic. Brut. 15, 60:

    paulo longius tolerare,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

    longius anno remanere,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.— Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24:

    quid longissime meministi in patria tua,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 52:

    quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—
    b.
    Of speech, long, at length, diffusely:

    haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat,

    Cic. Or. 48, 162:

    longius aliquid circumducere,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17.—
    c.
    Longe esse, abesse.
    (α).
    To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail:

    longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    longe illi dea mater erit,

    Verg. A. 12, 52:

    quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae,

    Ov. H. 12, 53:

    longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore,

    Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—
    (β).
    Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing:

    ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 3.—
    d.
    Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and ( poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.:

    errat longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40:

    longe ante videre,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12:

    longe melior,

    Verg. A. 9, 556:

    minor,

    Liv. 24, 28, 5:

    longe acrius,

    Tac. A. 4, 40:

    praestantior,

    Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67:

    tumultuosior,

    Vell. 2, 74:

    proelium longe magis prosperum,

    id. 2, 51:

    longe omnium longissima est,

    Plaut. Most. 8, 3, 8:

    longe nobilissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    longe doctissimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 3:

    longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 35:

    longe princeps,

    id. Fam. 13, 13:

    longe praestare,

    id. Brut. 64, 230:

    ceteris antecellere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    anteponere alicui rei aliquid,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 98:

    dissentire,

    id. Lael. 9, 32 init.:

    quod longe secus est,

    id. ib. 9, 29 fin.:

    longe aliter se habet ac,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    longe dissimilis contentio,

    id. Sull. 17, 49:

    longe ante alias specie insignis,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris,

    id. 1, 12, 8:

    longe mihi alia mens est,

    Sall. C. 52, 2:

    a quo mea longissime ratio... abhorrebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

    longissime diversa ratio est,

    id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

    (istae facultates) longe sunt diversae,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

    longe omnes multumque superare,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    longe et multum antecellere,

    id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated:

    plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

    sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa,

    Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—
    e.
    In post-class. Lat. = valde:

    longe gravis,

    Stat. Th. 10, 140:

    longe opulentus,

    App. M. 1, p. 112, 1:

    par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar),

    far from equal, Stat. Achill. 1, 176.—
    * B.
    Form longĭter, far:

    non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat,

    Lucr. 3, 676.—
    C.
    Form longum, long, a long while ( poet.):

    nimis longum loquor,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

    nimis diu et longam loquor,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 21:

    nec longum laetabere,

    Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65:

    clamare,

    Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > longus

  • 16 cursus

    cursus, ūs, m. [id.], a running ( on foot, on a horse, chariot, ship, etc.), a course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey, etc. (very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of living beings:

    ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94:

    ibi cursu, luctando... sese exercebant,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24; cf. id. Most. 1, 2, 73, and Hor. A. P. 412:

    quique pedum cursu valet, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 67:

    cursu superare canem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 51:

    milites cursu exanimati,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

    huc magno cursu intenderunt,

    at full speed, id. ib. 3, 19:

    magno cursu concitatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 70:

    cursu incitatus,

    id. ib. 1, 79; 3, 46; Auct. B. Alex. 20; cf.:

    in cursu esse,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1; cf. II. fin. infra:

    strictis gladiis cursu in hostem feruntur,

    advance at a run, Liv. 9, 13, 2:

    effuso cursu,

    id. 2, 50, 6:

    eo cursu proripere, ut, etc.,

    id. 24, 26, 12; 31, 21, 6:

    eo cursu, Auct. B. Alex 30: eodem cursu contendere,

    right onward, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf. id. B. G. 6, 67: citato cursu. Just. 11, 15, 2:

    cursus in Graeciam per tuam provinciam,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 10:

    quis umquam tam brevi tempore tot loca adire, tantos cursus conficere potuit?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

    (terrae) tuis non dicam cursibus, sed victoriis lustratae sunt,

    id. ib. 2, 5:

    agmen cursūs magis quam itineris modo ducit,

    Curt. 5, 13, 5; 6, 1, 12; Just. 15, 3, 11; 11, 8, 2:

    Miltiades cursum direxit, quo tendebat,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 6; Vell. 2, 19, 4; 1, 4, 1:

    Ulixi per mare,

    Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:

    iterare cursus relictos,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 4:

    Naxon, ait Liber, cursus advertite vestros,

    Ov. M. 3, 636 et saep.; cf. B.: cursum per [p. 504] auras Derigere, Verg. A. 6, 194; so of flying, Ov. M. 2, 838; 4, 787 al.—
    b.
    Cursum tenere (in a march or on shipboard), to hold one's course, to maintain a direct course:

    equites cursum tenere atque insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    Dionysius cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. 2. b. —
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    solis cursus lunaeque meatus Expediam,

    Lucr. 5, 77; cf. id. 5, 772 al.:

    lunae,

    id. 5, 629; cf. id. 5, 630:

    stellarum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint,

    Lucr. 1, 1003:

    si lacus emissus lapsu et cursu suo ad mare profluxisset,

    Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; so of the course or flow of a stream, Ov. M. 1, 282; 9, 18; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85:

    longarum navium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. Cic. Mur. 15, 33; id. Off. 3, 12, 50 al.:

    Aquilonis et Austri,

    Lucr. 5, 688; cf. id. 6, 302:

    menstrui,

    Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 230:

    quadripertiti venarum,

    id. 16, 39, 76, § 195 et saep.—
    b.
    Cursum tenere, as supra, 1. b.:

    tanta tempestas subito coorta est, ut nulla earum (navium) cursum tenere posset,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    Cursum exspectare, to wait for a fair wind (lit. for a passage), Cic. Att. 5, 8, 1.—
    2.
    (Abstr. pro concr.) Cursus publici, in the time of the emperors, posts or relays divided into stations, for the speedy transmission of information upon state affairs, Cod. Just. 12, 51; Cod. Th. 8, 5; Inscr. Orell. 3181; 3329; cf.

    . equi publici,

    Amm. 14, 6, 16:

    vehicula publica,

    id. 21, 13, 7:

    cursus vehicularius,

    Capitol. Ant. P. 12, 3:

    vehicularis,

    Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 4:

    cursus fiscalis,

    Spart. Had. 7; v. Suet. Aug. 49.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), a course, progress, direction, way:

    qui cursus rerum, qui exitus futurus sit,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; cf. Tac. H. 4, 34; id. Agr. 39:

    implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

    Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    reliquus vitae cursus,

    id. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

    totius vitae cursum videre,

    id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    omnem vitae suae cursum conficere,

    id. Cael. 17, 39:

    in omni vitae cursu optimum visum est, ut, etc.,

    Macr. S. 1, 2, 3:

    temporum,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 2:

    tuorum honorum,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 2; cf. Tac. H. 1, 48:

    continuus proeliorum,

    id. Agr. 27 al.:

    cursus vocis per omnis sonos,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

    cursus verborum,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 161; so of the motion or flow of discourse, etc., id. Part. Or. 15, 52; Quint. 8, prooem. § 27;

    9, 4, 70: cursus hic et sonus rotundae volubilisque sententiae,

    Gell. 11, 13, 4:

    quem enim cursum industria mea tenere potuisset sine forensibus causis, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 11; cf. id. Or. 1, 4:

    nos in eodem cursu fuimus a Sullā dictatore ad eosdem fere consules,

    id. Brut. 96, 328; so,

    esse in cursu,

    to go on, continue, Ov. M. 13, 508; id. F. 6, 362.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cursus

  • 17 insidior

    insĭdĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. ( act. form insidiaverint for insidiati erunt, Dig. 48, 19, 28, § 11) [insidiae], to lie in ambush, lie in wait for; constr. with dat.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quam diu mihi, Catilina, insidiatus es,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11:

    apris,

    Mart. 12, 14, 10:

    in legatis insidiandis,

    Cic. Cael. 21, 51.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    somno maritorum,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

    tempori,

    to watch for, seize upon the favorable moment, Liv. 23, 35, 15: temporibus, to watch the changes of the times, to turn them to one ' s own advantage, Vell. 2, 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > insidior

  • 18 īnsidior

        īnsidior ātus, ārī, dep.    [insidiae], to lie in ambush, lie in wait for: ex occulto, Cs.: mihi: dolis vitae suae, S.: lupus insidiatus ovili, V.: in legatis insidiandis.—Fig., to watch for, plot against, seize stealthily: Hiscine contra, T.: somno maritorum: tempori, L.
    * * *
    insidiari, insidiatus sum V DEP

    Latin-English dictionary > īnsidior

  • 19 maneō

        maneō mānsī, mānsus, ēre    [1 MAN-], to stay, remain, abide, tarry: mansum oportuit, T.: in loco, Cs.: ad urbem, L.: uno loco, N.: omnia excogitantur, quā re nec sine periculo maneatur, Cs.: fixus manebat, V.: hic maneri diutius non potest. — To stay, tarry, stop, abide, pass the night: apud me: in tabernaculo: sub Iove frigido, H.: extra domum patris, L.: Casilini eo die mansurus, L.: triduom hoc, T.— To remain, last, endure, continue, abide, persist: boni fidelesque mansere, S.: Manere adfinitatem hanc inter nos volo, T.: si in eo manerent, quod convenisset, abide by, Cs.: in vitā, remain alive: in sententiā, adhere to: in condicione, fulfil: in voluntate: Tu modo promissis maneas, abide by, V.: at tu dictis maneres! would thou hadst kept thy word, V.: te vocanti Duram difficilis mane, H.: maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id numquam esse utile, be it a settled principle: mansura urbs, abiding, V.: quia nihil semper suo statu maneat: munitiones, Cs.: semper laudes (tuae) manebunt, V.: Laudo manentem (fortunam), H.: manent ingenia senibus: manere iis bellum, go on, L.— To stay for, await, expect: mansurus patruom pater est, T.: hostium adventum, L.: te domi, H.: aulaea, i. e. the end of the play, H.— To await, be about to befall, be destined to: Sed terrae graviora (pericla) manent, are in reserve, V.: cuius quidem tibi fatum manet: qui si manet exitus urbem, O.: quae (acerba) manent victos, L.: inmatura manebat Mors gnatum, V.
    * * *
    manere, mansi, mansus V
    remain, stay, abide; wait for; continue, endure, last; spend the night (sexual)

    Latin-English dictionary > maneō

  • 20 exspecto

    to look for, expect, await, wait for.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > exspecto

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