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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].
I.
(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):
pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:
perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:
ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:
Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:
deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:
aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:
aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:
in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.
also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:
alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:
si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:
ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:
a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:
magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:
quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:
apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:
at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;
with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:
cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:
plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;
without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:
omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:
Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:
gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:
gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:
inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:
quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:
L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:
cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:
non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—
B.
Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:
corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:
quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:
unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:
plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;
12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:
brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:
omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:
uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,
2.
As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.
II.
Favor which one shows to another, mark of favor, kindness, courtesy, service, obligation.
A.
In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):
ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:
gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:
petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:
quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:
hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:
juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:
alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:
qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.
also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:
alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:
deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:
in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.
also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:
nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—
B.
In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):
quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:
gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:
immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:
renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):
dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:
L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:
eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:
justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:
quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:
nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:
magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:
praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:
ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:
me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:
gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:
alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:
alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:
merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:
meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:
pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:
gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:
pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:
dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:
hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;
rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:
unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;
discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):
dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:
A.
grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).
(α).
With gen.:
sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:
tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:
honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:
simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;
non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:
hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:
quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:
profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:
brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:
decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:
difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:
aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:
praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):
ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:
tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:
hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:
colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:
placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:
simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:
sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:
amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:
elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:
recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:
vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,
verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,
exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;
for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:
eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:
propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:
gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §
18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:
lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:
significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—
(β).
With pron. (mostly ante-class.):
meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:
qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:
abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,
eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:
sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:
id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:
id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—
B.
grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:
gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:
si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:
quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:
quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:
hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:
gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:
id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:
gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:
tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:
virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:
is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §
48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,
habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:
habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Gratia
2 gratia

grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].
I.
(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):
pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:
perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:
ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:
Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:
deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:
aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:
aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:
in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.
also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:
alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:
si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:
ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:
a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:
magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:
quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:
apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:
at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;
with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:
cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:
inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:
plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;
without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:
omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:
Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:
gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:
gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:
inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:
quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:
L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:
cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:
non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—
B.
Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:
corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:
quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:
unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:
plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;
12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:
brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:
omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:
uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,
2.
As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.
II.
Favor which one shows to another, mark of favor, kindness, courtesy, service, obligation.
A.
In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):
ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:
gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:
petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:
quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:
hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:
juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:
alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:
qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.
also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:
alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:
deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:
in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.
also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:
nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—
B.
In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):
quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:
gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:
immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:
renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):
dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:
L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:
eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:
Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:
justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:
quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:
nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:
magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:
praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:
ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:
me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:
gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:
alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:
alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:
merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:
meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:
pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:
gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:
pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:
dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:
hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;
rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:
unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;
discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):
dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:
A.
grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).
(α).
With gen.:
sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:
tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:
honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:
simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;
non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:
hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:
quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:
profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:
brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:
decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:
difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:
aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:
praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):
ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:
tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:
hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:
colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:
placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:
simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:
sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:
amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:
elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:
recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:
vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,
verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,
exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;
for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:
eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:
propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:
gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §
18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:
lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:
significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—
(β).
With pron. (mostly ante-class.):
meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:
qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:
abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,
eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:
sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:
id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:
id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—
B.
grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:
gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:
si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:
quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:
quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:
hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:
gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:
id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:
gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:
tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:
virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:
is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §
48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,
habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:
habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gratia
3 grātia

grātia ae, f [gratus], favor, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship, partiality: aeterna inter nos, T.: falsam gratiam inire, curry favor, T.: gratiā florens hominum: Pompei gratiam mihi conciliari putare: cum inimico reditus in gratiam, reconciliation: fides reconciliatae gratiae: si suam gratiam Romani velint, Cs.: a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam: apud regem inita, L.: cum populo R. in gratiā esse: istuc impetro cum gratiā, with a good grace, T.: summa inter suos, Cs.: fratrum geminorum, harmony, H.: male sarta, interrupted friendship, H.: quantum gratiā valent, Cs.: improba, partiality, Iu.: cum gratiā imperatoris, to the satisfaction of, L.: provincia multas bonas gratias attulit, tokens of favor.— Charm, beauty, loveliness: formae, O.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, O.— A favor, kindness, courtesy, service, obligation: hanc gratiam ut sibi des, T.: petivit in loco gratiae, ut, etc.: Boccho delicti gratiam facit, forgives, S.: pugnaturi in gratiam ducis, to please, L.: data in praeteritam iudici gratiam, for the favor shown him on the trial, L.— Thanks, thankfulness, gratitude, acknowledgment: est dis gratia, cum ita est, I thank, T.: veteris stat gratia facti, V.: illi debetur a me gratia maior, H.: annonae levatae gratiam tulit, received, L.: dis gratia, thank heaven, T.: ac Syro nil gratiae, no thanks to, T.: mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, expressed: ei gratias egimus, thanked him: et non neglexisse habeo gratiam, am grateful, T.: sibi gratias habere, L.: maximas vobis gratias et agere et habere: alqd in gratiam habere, take as a favor, S.: meritam dis inmortalibus gratiam honoribus persolvere, express.—A return, requital, recompense (for a favor): pro eo (beneficio) gratiam repetere, L.: Nec nulla est inaratae gratia terrae, V.: tulisse potius iniuriam, quam retulisse gratiam, requited: praeclaram populo R. refers gratiam: omnibus referendā gratiā satisfacere, by a recompense: referre gratiam aliam non posse, quam, etc., L.: ut pro tantis eorum in rem p. meritis gratiae referantur.—Person., usu. plur, the graces, three goddesses of loveliness, attendants of Venus (Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia), H.— Sing collect.: non illi Gratia lecto, O. —Fig., a cause, reason, ground, occasion, motive, sake.—Only abl., usu. after a gen, in favor, on account, for the sake, for: bestiae hominum gratiā generatae: Nuptiarum gratiā haec sunt facta, T.: negoti gratiā properare, S.: dolorum effugiendorum gratiā: placandi gratiā, S.: exempli gratiā, for instance: verbi gratiā: eā gratiā Simulavi, ut, etc., for that reason, T.: id eā gratiā eveniebat, quod, etc., S.: quā gratiā Te arcessi iussi, ausculta, for what purpose, T.: Excludor, ille recipitur, quā gratiā? why? T.—Of persons, a favorite: ut unus gratia nostra fores, O.
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gratiae N F

porularity/esteem/credit (w/bona); unpopularity (w/mala); partiality/favoritism; favor/goodwill/kindness/friendship; influence; gratitude; thanks (pl.); Graces

Latin-English dictionary > grātia
4 adficio

af-fĭcĭo (better adf-), affēci (adf-), affectum (adf-), 3, v. a. [facio], to do something to one, i. e. to exert an influence on body or mind, so that it is brought into such or such a state (used by the poets rarely, by Hor. never).
1.
Aliquem.
A.
Of the body rarely, and then commonly in a bad sense:
ut aestus, labor, fames, sitisque corpora adficerent,
Liv. 28, 15:
contumeliis adficere corpora sua,
Vulg. Rom. 1, 24:
non simplex Damasichthona vulnus Adficit,
Ov. M. 6, 255:
aconitum cor adficit,
Scrib. Comp. 188:
corpus adficere M. Antonii,
Cic. Phil. 3:
pulmo totus adficitur,
Cels. 4, 7; with abl. of spec.:
stomacho et vesicā adfici,
Scrib. Comp. 186. —In bon. part.:
corpus ita adficiendum est, ut oboedire rationi possit,
Cic. Off. 1, 23.—
B.
More freq. of the mind:
litterae tuae sic me adfecerunt, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 14, 3, 2:
is terror milites hostesque in diversum adfecit,
Tac. A. 11, 19:
varie sum adfectus tuis litteris,
Cic. Fam. 16, 2:
consules oportere sic adfici, ut, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 90:
adfici a Gratiā aut a Voluptate,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12; id. Mil. 29, 79:
sollicitudo de te duplex nos adficit,
id. Brut. 92, 332:
uti ei qui audirent, sic adficerentur animis, ut eos adfici vellet orator,
id. de Or. 1, 19, 87 B. and K.:
adfici animos in diversum habitum,
Quint. 1, 10, 25.—
2.
With acc. and abl., to affect a person or (rarely) thing with something; in a good sense, to bestow upon, grace with; in a bad sense, to visit with, inflict upon; or the ablative and verb may be rendered by the verb corresponding to the ablative, and if an adjective accompany the ablative, this adjective becomes an adverb.—Of inanimate things (rare): luce locum adficiens, lighting up the place, Varr. ap. Non. p. 250, 2:
adficere medicamine vultum,
Ov. Med. Fac. 67:
factum non eo nomine adficiendum,
designated, Cic. Top. 24, 94:
res honore adficere,
to honor, id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:
non postulo, ut dolorem eisdem verbis adficias, quibus Epicurus, etc.,
id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18.—
3.
Very freq. of persons.
(α).
In a good sense:
Qui praedā atque agro adoreāque adfecit populares suos,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38:
quem sepulturā adficit,
buries, Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56:
patres adfecerat gloriā,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:
admiratione,
id. Off. 2, 10, 37:
voluptate,
id. Fin. 3, 11, 37:
beneficio,
id. Agr. 1, 4, 13:
honore,
id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147:
laude,
id. Off. 2, 13, 47:
nomine regis,
to style, id. Deiot. 5, 14:
bonis nuntiis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 8:
muneribus,
Cic. Fam. 2, 3; Nep. Ages. 3, 3:
praemio,
Cic. Mil. 30, 82:
pretio,
Verg. A. 12, 352:
stipendio,
Cic. Balb. 27, 61.—
(β).
In a bad sense: injuriā abs te adficior indignā, pater, am wronged unjustly, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Heren. 2, 24, 38; so Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 3:
Quantā me curā et sollicitudine adficit Gnatus,
id. ib. 2, 4, 1; so Cic. Att. 1, 18:
desiderio,
id. Fam. 2, 12:
timore,
to terrify, id. Quint. 2, 6:
difficultate,
to embarrass, Caes. B. G. 7, 6:
molestiā,
to trouble, Cic. Att. 15, 1:
tantis malis,
Vulg. Num. 11, 15:
maculā,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113:
ignominiā,
id. ib. 39, 123:
contumeliis,
Vulg. Ezech. 22, 7; ib. Luc. 20, 11:
rerum et verborum acerbitatibus,
Suet. Calig. 2:
verberibus,
Just. 1, 5:
supplicio,
Cic. Brut. 1, 16; so Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
poenā,
Nep. Hann. 8, 2:
exsilio,
to banish, id. Thras. 3:
morte, cruciatu, cruce,
Cic. Verr. 3, 4, 9:
morte,
Vulg. Matt. 10, 21:
cruce,
Suet. Galb. 9:
ultimis cruciatibus,
Liv. 21, 44:
leto,
Nep. Regg. 3, 2.—And often in pass.:
sollicitudine et inopiā consilii,
Cic. Att. 3, 6:
adfici aegritudine,
id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:
doloribus pedum,
id. Fam. 6, 19:
morbo oculorum,
Nep. Hann. 4, 3:
inopiā rei frumentariae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17:
calamitate et injuriā,
Cic. Att. 11, 2:
magnā poenā, Auct. B. G. 8, 39: vulneribus,
Col. R. R. 4, 11:
torminibus et inflationibus,
Plin. 29, 5, 33, § 103:
servitute,
Cic. Rep. 1, 44.—Hence, affectus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.
I.
In a peculiar sense, that on which we have bestowed labor, that which we are now doing, so that it is nearly at an end; cf.: Adfecta, sicut M. Cicero et [p. 67] veterum elegantissime locuti sunt, ea proprie dicebantur, quae non ad finem ipsum, sed proxime finem progressa deductave erant, Gell. 3, 16:
bellum adfectum videmus et paene confectum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:
in provinciā (Caesar) commoratur, ut ea. quae per eum adfecta sunt, perfecta rei publicae tradat,
id. ib. 12, 29: cum adfectā prope aestate uvas a sole mitescere tempus, etc., near the end of summer, id. ap. Gell. l. c.:
Jamque hieme adfectā mitescere coeperat annus,
Sil. 15, 502:
in Q. Mucii infirmissimā valetudine adfectāque jam aetate,
Cic. de Or. 1,45,200; id. Verr. 2,4,43, § 95.—
II.
In nearly the same sense as the verb, absol. and with abl.
A.
Absol.
(α).
Of persons laboring under disease, or not yet quite recovered:
Qui cum ita adfectus esset, ut sibi ipse diffideret,
was in such a state, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2:
Caesarem Neapoli adfectum graviter videam,
very ill, id. Att. 14, 17; so Sen. Ep. 101:
quem adfectum visuros crediderant,
ill, Liv. 28, 26:
corpus adfectum,
id. 9, 3:
adfectae vires corporis,
reduced strength, weakness, id. 5, 18:
puella,
Prop. 3, 24, 1:
aegra et adfecta mancipia,
Suet. Claud. 25:
jam quidem adfectum, sed tamen spirantem,
id. Tib. 21.—
(β).
Of things, weakened, sick, broken, reduced:
partem istam rei publicae male adfectam tueri,
Cic. Fam. 13, 68:
adfecta res publica,
Liv. 5, 57:
Quid est enim non ita adfectum, ut non deletum exstinctumque esse fateare?
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:
sic mihi (Sicilia) adfecta visa est, ut hae terrae solent, in quibus bellum versatum est,
id. Verr. 5, 18, 47:
adfecta res familiaris,
Liv. 5, 10:
opem rebus adfectis orare,
id. 6, 3; so Tac. H. 2, 69:
fides,
id. ib. 3, 65:
spes,
Val. Fl. 4, 60.—
(γ).
Of persons, in gen. sense, disposed, affected, moved, touched:
Quonam modo, Philumena mea, nunc te offendam adfectam?
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 45:
quomodo sim adfectus, e Leptā poteris cognoscere,
Cic. Fam. 14, 17:
ut eodem modo erga amicum adfecti simus, quo erga nosmetipsos,
id. Lael. 16, 56; id. Fin. 1, 20, 68:
cum ita simus adfecti, ut non possimus plane simul vivere,
id. Att. 13, 23; id. Fin. 5, 9, 24:
oculus conturbatus non est probe adfectus ad suum munus fungendum,
in proper state, id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:
oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo adfecti simus, loquuntur,
id. Leg. 1, 9, 27; id. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Att. 12, 41, 2.—
(δ).
As rhet. t. t.: affectus ad, related to, resembling:
Tum ex eis rebus, quae quodam modo affectae sunt ad id, de quo quaeritur,
Cic. Top. 2, 8 Forcellini.—
B.
With abl. chiefly of persons, in indifferent sense, in good or bad sense (cf.:
Animi quem ad modum adfecti sint, virtutibus, vitiis, artibus, inertiis, aut quem ad modum commoti, cupiditate, metu, voluptate, molestiā,
Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35).
(α).
In indifferent sense, furnished with, having:
validos lictores ulmeis affectos lentis virgis,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 29:
pari filo similique (corpora) adfecta figurā,
Lucr. 2, 341:
Tantāne adfectum quemquam esse hominem audaciā!
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 84:
omnibus virtutibus,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
(β).
In bad sense:
aegritudine, morbo adfectus,
Col. R. R. 7, 5, 20:
aerumnis omnibus,
Lucr. 3, 50:
sollicitudine,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:
difficultatibus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 13:
fatigatione,
Curt. 7, 11:
frigore et penuriā,
id. 7, 3:
adfecta sterilitate terra, Col. R. R. praef. 1, 2: vitiis,
Cic. Mur. 6, 13:
ignominiā,
id. Att. 7, 3:
supplicio,
Tac. A. 15, 54:
verberibus,
Curt. 7, 11:
vulnere corpus adfectum,
Liv. 1, 25:
morbo,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 6:
dolore,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:
febre,
Suet. Vit. 14:
pestilentiā,
Liv. 41, 5:
desperatione,
Cic. Att. 14, 22:
clade,
Curt. 10, 6:
senectute,
Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 68:
aetate,
id. Cat. 2, 20; id. Sen. 14, 47:
morte,
Serv. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 12.— Sup.:
remiges inopiā adfectissimi,
Vell. 2, 84.—
(γ).
In good sense:
beneficio adfectus,
Cic. Fam. 14, 4:
aliquo honore aut imperio,
id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
valetudine optimā,
id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:
laetitiā,
id. Mur. 2, 4, and ad Brut. 1, 4:
munere deorum,
id. N. D. 3, 26, 67:
praemiis,
id. Pis. 37, 90.— Adv.: affectē ( adf-), with (a strong) affection, deeply:
oblectamur et contristamur et conterremur in somniis quam adfecte et anxie et passibiliter,
Tert. Anim. 45.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adficio
5 afficio

af-fĭcĭo (better adf-), affēci (adf-), affectum (adf-), 3, v. a. [facio], to do something to one, i. e. to exert an influence on body or mind, so that it is brought into such or such a state (used by the poets rarely, by Hor. never).
1.
Aliquem.
A.
Of the body rarely, and then commonly in a bad sense:
ut aestus, labor, fames, sitisque corpora adficerent,
Liv. 28, 15:
contumeliis adficere corpora sua,
Vulg. Rom. 1, 24:
non simplex Damasichthona vulnus Adficit,
Ov. M. 6, 255:
aconitum cor adficit,
Scrib. Comp. 188:
corpus adficere M. Antonii,
Cic. Phil. 3:
pulmo totus adficitur,
Cels. 4, 7; with abl. of spec.:
stomacho et vesicā adfici,
Scrib. Comp. 186. —In bon. part.:
corpus ita adficiendum est, ut oboedire rationi possit,
Cic. Off. 1, 23.—
B.
More freq. of the mind:
litterae tuae sic me adfecerunt, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 14, 3, 2:
is terror milites hostesque in diversum adfecit,
Tac. A. 11, 19:
varie sum adfectus tuis litteris,
Cic. Fam. 16, 2:
consules oportere sic adfici, ut, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 90:
adfici a Gratiā aut a Voluptate,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12; id. Mil. 29, 79:
sollicitudo de te duplex nos adficit,
id. Brut. 92, 332:
uti ei qui audirent, sic adficerentur animis, ut eos adfici vellet orator,
id. de Or. 1, 19, 87 B. and K.:
adfici animos in diversum habitum,
Quint. 1, 10, 25.—
2.
With acc. and abl., to affect a person or (rarely) thing with something; in a good sense, to bestow upon, grace with; in a bad sense, to visit with, inflict upon; or the ablative and verb may be rendered by the verb corresponding to the ablative, and if an adjective accompany the ablative, this adjective becomes an adverb.—Of inanimate things (rare): luce locum adficiens, lighting up the place, Varr. ap. Non. p. 250, 2:
adficere medicamine vultum,
Ov. Med. Fac. 67:
factum non eo nomine adficiendum,
designated, Cic. Top. 24, 94:
res honore adficere,
to honor, id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:
non postulo, ut dolorem eisdem verbis adficias, quibus Epicurus, etc.,
id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18.—
3.
Very freq. of persons.
(α).
In a good sense:
Qui praedā atque agro adoreāque adfecit populares suos,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38:
quem sepulturā adficit,
buries, Cic. Div. 1, 27, 56:
patres adfecerat gloriā,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:
admiratione,
id. Off. 2, 10, 37:
voluptate,
id. Fin. 3, 11, 37:
beneficio,
id. Agr. 1, 4, 13:
honore,
id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147:
laude,
id. Off. 2, 13, 47:
nomine regis,
to style, id. Deiot. 5, 14:
bonis nuntiis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 8:
muneribus,
Cic. Fam. 2, 3; Nep. Ages. 3, 3:
praemio,
Cic. Mil. 30, 82:
pretio,
Verg. A. 12, 352:
stipendio,
Cic. Balb. 27, 61.—
(β).
In a bad sense: injuriā abs te adficior indignā, pater, am wronged unjustly, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Heren. 2, 24, 38; so Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 3:
Quantā me curā et sollicitudine adficit Gnatus,
id. ib. 2, 4, 1; so Cic. Att. 1, 18:
desiderio,
id. Fam. 2, 12:
timore,
to terrify, id. Quint. 2, 6:
difficultate,
to embarrass, Caes. B. G. 7, 6:
molestiā,
to trouble, Cic. Att. 15, 1:
tantis malis,
Vulg. Num. 11, 15:
maculā,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 113:
ignominiā,
id. ib. 39, 123:
contumeliis,
Vulg. Ezech. 22, 7; ib. Luc. 20, 11:
rerum et verborum acerbitatibus,
Suet. Calig. 2:
verberibus,
Just. 1, 5:
supplicio,
Cic. Brut. 1, 16; so Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
poenā,
Nep. Hann. 8, 2:
exsilio,
to banish, id. Thras. 3:
morte, cruciatu, cruce,
Cic. Verr. 3, 4, 9:
morte,
Vulg. Matt. 10, 21:
cruce,
Suet. Galb. 9:
ultimis cruciatibus,
Liv. 21, 44:
leto,
Nep. Regg. 3, 2.—And often in pass.:
sollicitudine et inopiā consilii,
Cic. Att. 3, 6:
adfici aegritudine,
id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:
doloribus pedum,
id. Fam. 6, 19:
morbo oculorum,
Nep. Hann. 4, 3:
inopiā rei frumentariae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17:
calamitate et injuriā,
Cic. Att. 11, 2:
magnā poenā, Auct. B. G. 8, 39: vulneribus,
Col. R. R. 4, 11:
torminibus et inflationibus,
Plin. 29, 5, 33, § 103:
servitute,
Cic. Rep. 1, 44.—Hence, affectus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.
I.
In a peculiar sense, that on which we have bestowed labor, that which we are now doing, so that it is nearly at an end; cf.: Adfecta, sicut M. Cicero et [p. 67] veterum elegantissime locuti sunt, ea proprie dicebantur, quae non ad finem ipsum, sed proxime finem progressa deductave erant, Gell. 3, 16:
bellum adfectum videmus et paene confectum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:
in provinciā (Caesar) commoratur, ut ea. quae per eum adfecta sunt, perfecta rei publicae tradat,
id. ib. 12, 29: cum adfectā prope aestate uvas a sole mitescere tempus, etc., near the end of summer, id. ap. Gell. l. c.:
Jamque hieme adfectā mitescere coeperat annus,
Sil. 15, 502:
in Q. Mucii infirmissimā valetudine adfectāque jam aetate,
Cic. de Or. 1,45,200; id. Verr. 2,4,43, § 95.—
II.
In nearly the same sense as the verb, absol. and with abl.
A.
Absol.
(α).
Of persons laboring under disease, or not yet quite recovered:
Qui cum ita adfectus esset, ut sibi ipse diffideret,
was in such a state, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2:
Caesarem Neapoli adfectum graviter videam,
very ill, id. Att. 14, 17; so Sen. Ep. 101:
quem adfectum visuros crediderant,
ill, Liv. 28, 26:
corpus adfectum,
id. 9, 3:
adfectae vires corporis,
reduced strength, weakness, id. 5, 18:
puella,
Prop. 3, 24, 1:
aegra et adfecta mancipia,
Suet. Claud. 25:
jam quidem adfectum, sed tamen spirantem,
id. Tib. 21.—
(β).
Of things, weakened, sick, broken, reduced:
partem istam rei publicae male adfectam tueri,
Cic. Fam. 13, 68:
adfecta res publica,
Liv. 5, 57:
Quid est enim non ita adfectum, ut non deletum exstinctumque esse fateare?
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:
sic mihi (Sicilia) adfecta visa est, ut hae terrae solent, in quibus bellum versatum est,
id. Verr. 5, 18, 47:
adfecta res familiaris,
Liv. 5, 10:
opem rebus adfectis orare,
id. 6, 3; so Tac. H. 2, 69:
fides,
id. ib. 3, 65:
spes,
Val. Fl. 4, 60.—
(γ).
Of persons, in gen. sense, disposed, affected, moved, touched:
Quonam modo, Philumena mea, nunc te offendam adfectam?
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 45:
quomodo sim adfectus, e Leptā poteris cognoscere,
Cic. Fam. 14, 17:
ut eodem modo erga amicum adfecti simus, quo erga nosmetipsos,
id. Lael. 16, 56; id. Fin. 1, 20, 68:
cum ita simus adfecti, ut non possimus plane simul vivere,
id. Att. 13, 23; id. Fin. 5, 9, 24:
oculus conturbatus non est probe adfectus ad suum munus fungendum,
in proper state, id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:
oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo adfecti simus, loquuntur,
id. Leg. 1, 9, 27; id. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Att. 12, 41, 2.—
(δ).
As rhet. t. t.: affectus ad, related to, resembling:
Tum ex eis rebus, quae quodam modo affectae sunt ad id, de quo quaeritur,
Cic. Top. 2, 8 Forcellini.—
B.
With abl. chiefly of persons, in indifferent sense, in good or bad sense (cf.:
Animi quem ad modum adfecti sint, virtutibus, vitiis, artibus, inertiis, aut quem ad modum commoti, cupiditate, metu, voluptate, molestiā,
Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35).
(α).
In indifferent sense, furnished with, having:
validos lictores ulmeis affectos lentis virgis,
Plaut. As. 3, 2, 29:
pari filo similique (corpora) adfecta figurā,
Lucr. 2, 341:
Tantāne adfectum quemquam esse hominem audaciā!
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 84:
omnibus virtutibus,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
(β).
In bad sense:
aegritudine, morbo adfectus,
Col. R. R. 7, 5, 20:
aerumnis omnibus,
Lucr. 3, 50:
sollicitudine,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:
difficultatibus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 13:
fatigatione,
Curt. 7, 11:
frigore et penuriā,
id. 7, 3:
adfecta sterilitate terra, Col. R. R. praef. 1, 2: vitiis,
Cic. Mur. 6, 13:
ignominiā,
id. Att. 7, 3:
supplicio,
Tac. A. 15, 54:
verberibus,
Curt. 7, 11:
vulnere corpus adfectum,
Liv. 1, 25:
morbo,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 6:
dolore,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:
febre,
Suet. Vit. 14:
pestilentiā,
Liv. 41, 5:
desperatione,
Cic. Att. 14, 22:
clade,
Curt. 10, 6:
senectute,
Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 68:
aetate,
id. Cat. 2, 20; id. Sen. 14, 47:
morte,
Serv. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 12.— Sup.:
remiges inopiā adfectissimi,
Vell. 2, 84.—
(γ).
In good sense:
beneficio adfectus,
Cic. Fam. 14, 4:
aliquo honore aut imperio,
id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
valetudine optimā,
id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:
laetitiā,
id. Mur. 2, 4, and ad Brut. 1, 4:
munere deorum,
id. N. D. 3, 26, 67:
praemiis,
id. Pis. 37, 90.— Adv.: affectē ( adf-), with (a strong) affection, deeply:
oblectamur et contristamur et conterremur in somniis quam adfecte et anxie et passibiliter,
Tert. Anim. 45.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > afficio
6 Opuntii

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Opuntii
7 Opus

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

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8 opus

1.
ŏpus, ĕris, n. [Sanscr. ap-as, work; whence apuas, gain; v. ops; cf. also Germ. üben].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., work, labor (cf.:
labor, ars, opera): quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae,
in doing your work, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 21:
menses octo continuos opus hic non defuit, cum vas nullum fieret, nisi aureum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54:
oratio in causarum contentionibus magnum est quoddam opus, atque haud sciam, an de humanisoperibus longe maximum,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 71.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Work, art, workmanship:
naturā et opere munitus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21.—
2.
Of agricultural labor:
opus faciam, ut defatiger usque,
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 14; Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
grave Martis opus,
Verg. A. 8, 515.—
3.
Of honey-making: foris [p. 1274] pascuntur (apes), intus opus faciunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16.—
4.
Of literary labor:
(Graeci) opus quaerunt,
seek employment, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 81; cf. Liv. 5, 3.—
5.
In mal. part., Plaut. As. 5, 2, 23.—
II.
Transf., a work that has been done or made.
A.
A military work, either a defensive work, fortification, or a work of besiegers, a siege-engine, machine, etc.:
nondum opere castrorum perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 2, 26; so,
opere perfecto,
id. B. G. 1, 8; Nep. Them. 7, 1:
Mutinam operibus munitionibusque saepsit,
Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20:
operibus Toletum cepit,
Liv. 35, 22; 37, 5.—
B.
Any result of labor.
1.
Of public works, esp. buildings:
aedium sacrarum, publicorumque operum depopulatio,
Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; Liv. 1, 56, 2; 1, 57, 1; Quint. 3, 11, 13:
de exstruendis reficiendisve operibus,
Suet. Tib. 30:
opera, templum theatrumque,
id. Calig. 21; cf.
of an aqueduct, etc.,
id. Claud. 20:
in titulis operum,
in public inscriptions, id. ib. 41 fin. —
2.
Of writings, a work, book:
habeo opus magnum in manibus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:
an pangis aliquid Sophocleum? Fac opus appareat,
id. Fam. 16, 18, 3:
quod Homerus atque Vergilius operum suorum principiis faciunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 34; 3, 6, 64; 10, 1, 83.—
3.
Of a work of art:
quorum iste non opere delectabatur, sed pondere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:
hydria Boëthi manu facta praeclaro opere,
of admirable workmanship, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §
32: haec omnia antiquo opere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—
C.
In gen., a deed, action, performance, business:
miserum'st opus,
Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 2:
ut si mures corroserint aliquid, quorum est opus hoc unum, monstrum putemus,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:
opus meae hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 112.—For magno opere, tanto opere, quanto opere (and, joined in one word, magnopere, tantopere, quantopere), lit., with great, such, or what labor, v. h. vv.—
D.
Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
1.
A work of superhuman power, a miracle, Vulg. Joh. 5, 36; 7, 21; 14, 10.—
2.
Bona opera, = kala erga, good works, deeds wrought by grace, Cypr. Ep. 18, 2; Lact. 3, 9, 15; 6, 18, 9; Vulg. Matt. 5, 16.—
III.
Transf., abstr. in nom. and acc., need, necessity; hence,
A.
Opus est, it is needful, wanting; there is need of, use for: opus est mihi, tibi, etc., I ( thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. It is contrasted with necesse est: emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94, 28. Also with indigere:
ait (Chrysippus) sapien. tem nullā re indigere, et tamen multis illi rebus opus esse, contra stulto nullā re opus est, nullā re enim uti scit, sed omnibus eget,
Sen. Ep. 9, 12. The person who needs any thing is put in the dat., and the thing needed in the nom. or abl. (prop. abl. instrum.: opus est mihi, I have work with, i. e. I need), rarely in the gen., acc., inf., acc. and inf., or with ut.
(α).
With the nom. of the thing needed as subject:
materiem, et quae opus sunt, dominus praebebit,
Cato, R. R. 14, 3:
minus multi opus sunt boves,
Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:
maritumi milites opus sunt tibi,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61:
dux nobis et auctor opus est,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
hujus nobis exempla permulta opus sunt,
id. Inv. 2, 19, 57:
ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:
si quid opus erit in sumptum,
id. Att. 5, 8, 2:
parari, quae ad transitum Hellesponti opus essent,
Liv. 37, 18, 10:
quae curando vulneri opus sunt,
id. 1, 41, 1; cf.:
ferociora utraque quam quietis opus est consiliis,
id. 30, 30, 11; cf. with esse: nil sibi divitias opus esse, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 15.—
(β).
With abl.:
magistratibus opus est,
there is need of, they are needed, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
viro et gubernatore opus est,
Liv. 24, 8:
opus est auctoritate tuā,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:
non longis opus est ambagibus,
Ov. M. 4, 475:
nunc opus est leviore lyrā,
id. ib. 10, 152.—With pers. subj. (very rare):
responderunt regem discordiis opus esse,
Just. 11, 7, 10.— So with abl. of the part. perf.:
maturato opus est,
there is need of haste, it is necessary to act speedily, Liv. 8, 13; cf.:
erat nihil cur properato opus esset,
of haste, Cic. Mil. 19, 49 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 464, A, 1).— With abl. of the sup.:
ita dictu opus est,
it is necessary to say, I must say. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:
quod scitu opus est,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28.—
(γ).
With gen.:
ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,
Liv. 22, 51:
quanti argenti opus fuit,
id. 23, 31.—
(δ).
With acc. (ante-class.):
puero opus est cibum,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 10; 1, 1, 71: opus est modium unum (calcis), Cato, R. R. 15.—
(ε).
With inf.:
quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde affirmare?
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 1.—Ellipt.:
quid opus est plura? (sc. proferre),
Cic. Sen. 1, 3.—
(ζ).
With acc. and inf.:
nunc opus est te animo valere,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2.—
(η).
With ut:
opus nutrici autem, utrem ut habeat veteris vini largiter,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 11; Tac. Dial. 31 init.; Vulg. Johan. 2, 25; 16, 30.—
(θ).
With subj. alone:
non est opus affingas aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 11.—
(ι).
Absol.:
sic opus est,
Ov. M. 1, 279.—
2.
Sometimes opus est is employed without the notion of strict necessity, as i. q. expedit, juvat, conducit, it is good, useful, serviceable, beneficial:
atque haud sciam, an ne opus sit quidem, nihil umquam omnino deesse amicis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 51; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. ib. 3, 32, 114; Hor. S. 1, 9, 27; 2, 6, 116.—
B.
Opus habere, to have need of (very rare); with abl., Col. 9, 1, 5: opus habere ut, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 17, 213; cf.:
non dicimus opus habeo, sed opus est mihi,
Diom. 301 P.
2.
Ŏpūs, ūntis, f., = Opous, a town of Locris, in Greece, now Kardhenitza, Liv. 28, 7; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73.—Hence,
II.
Ŏpūn-tĭus, a, um, adj., Opuntian:
sinus,
Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27:
Philodamus,
of Opus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 109.—In plur.: Ŏpūntĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Opus, the Opuntians, Liv. 28, 6 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > opus
9 nitor

1.
nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
I.
Lit.
(α).
With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:
stirpibus suis niti,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:
herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,
id. Sen. 15, 51:
hastili nixus,
id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
mulierculā nixus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:
juvenis, qui nititur hastā,
Verg. A. 6, 760:
paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,
id. ib. 4, 252:
nixus baculo,
Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
nixus in hastam,
Verg. A. 12, 398.—
(γ).
With de:
de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,
Ov. H. 21, 100.—
(δ).
With gen. of place:
humi nitens,
Verg. A. 2, 380.—
(ε).
Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):
quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:
nituntur gradibus,
Verg. A. 2, 442:
in altas rupes,
Luc. 4, 37:
ad sidera,
Verg. G. 2, 427:
in aëra,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:
in adversum,
id. M. 2, 72:
sursum nitier,
Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:
niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
2.
To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):
nitor,
I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
3.
To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:
moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,
Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:
nisurus contra regem,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:
pro aliquo,
Liv. 35, 10; cf.:
pro libertate summā ope niti,
Sall. J. 31, 17:
nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,
Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:
unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:
summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,
Sall. J. 25, 9:
patriam recuperare niti,
Nep. Pelop. 2:
ingenio nitor non periisse meo,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:
tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
2.
To strive after a thing:
ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,
Cic. Sen. 23, 82:
ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
3.
To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:
nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
B.
To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
(α).
With in and abl.:
nixus in nomine inani,
Lucr. 5, 909:
conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:
ea, in quibus causa nititur,
id. Cael. 10, 25:
cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,
id. Mil. 7, 19.—
(β).
With abl.:
spe niti,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:
consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,
id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:
si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,
id. Clu. 40, 112.—
(γ).
With ubi:
quo confugies? ubi nitere?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:
magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,
Ov. M. 9, 294.
2.
nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
I.
Lit.:
nitor exoriens aurorae,
Lucr. 4, 538:
diurnus,
the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:
herbarum viridis,
Lucr. 5, 783:
argenti et auri,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:
eboris,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:
materiae,
of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:
speculi,
id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:
gladii,
id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:
nigerrimus gemmae,
id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:
nitorem cutis facit sal,
id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:
nitores splendoresque auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:
nitor corporis,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:
urit me Glycerae nitor,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:
Liparei nitor Hebri,
id. ib. 3, 12, 6:
nullus totā nitor in cute,
Juv. 9, 13.—
2.
Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:
si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
Cic. Cael. 31, 77:
habitus,
Juv. 3, 180:
oppidum praecipui nitoris,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
3.
In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:
ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,
Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
II.
Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:
adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,
Cic. Or. 32, 115:
domesticus eloquii,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:
nitor et cultus descriptionum,
Tac. Or. 20:
translationum,
Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:
sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,
Quint. 8, 3, 3:
eruditione ac nitore praestare,
id. 10, 1, 98:
scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,
id. 10, 1, 124.—
B.
Of character, dignity, excellence:
generis,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nitor
10 Nixi

1.
nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
I.
Lit.
(α).
With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:
stirpibus suis niti,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:
herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,
id. Sen. 15, 51:
hastili nixus,
id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
mulierculā nixus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:
juvenis, qui nititur hastā,
Verg. A. 6, 760:
paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,
id. ib. 4, 252:
nixus baculo,
Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
nixus in hastam,
Verg. A. 12, 398.—
(γ).
With de:
de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,
Ov. H. 21, 100.—
(δ).
With gen. of place:
humi nitens,
Verg. A. 2, 380.—
(ε).
Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):
quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:
nituntur gradibus,
Verg. A. 2, 442:
in altas rupes,
Luc. 4, 37:
ad sidera,
Verg. G. 2, 427:
in aëra,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:
in adversum,
id. M. 2, 72:
sursum nitier,
Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:
niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
2.
To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):
nitor,
I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
3.
To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:
moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,
Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:
nisurus contra regem,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:
pro aliquo,
Liv. 35, 10; cf.:
pro libertate summā ope niti,
Sall. J. 31, 17:
nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,
Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:
unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:
summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,
Sall. J. 25, 9:
patriam recuperare niti,
Nep. Pelop. 2:
ingenio nitor non periisse meo,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:
tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
2.
To strive after a thing:
ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,
Cic. Sen. 23, 82:
ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
3.
To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:
nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
B.
To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
(α).
With in and abl.:
nixus in nomine inani,
Lucr. 5, 909:
conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:
ea, in quibus causa nititur,
id. Cael. 10, 25:
cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,
id. Mil. 7, 19.—
(β).
With abl.:
spe niti,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:
consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,
id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:
si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,
id. Clu. 40, 112.—
(γ).
With ubi:
quo confugies? ubi nitere?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:
magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,
Ov. M. 9, 294.
2.
nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
I.
Lit.:
nitor exoriens aurorae,
Lucr. 4, 538:
diurnus,
the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:
herbarum viridis,
Lucr. 5, 783:
argenti et auri,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:
eboris,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:
materiae,
of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:
speculi,
id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:
gladii,
id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:
nigerrimus gemmae,
id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:
nitorem cutis facit sal,
id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:
nitores splendoresque auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:
nitor corporis,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:
urit me Glycerae nitor,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:
Liparei nitor Hebri,
id. ib. 3, 12, 6:
nullus totā nitor in cute,
Juv. 9, 13.—
2.
Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:
si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
Cic. Cael. 31, 77:
habitus,
Juv. 3, 180:
oppidum praecipui nitoris,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
3.
In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:
ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,
Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
II.
Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:
adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,
Cic. Or. 32, 115:
domesticus eloquii,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:
nitor et cultus descriptionum,
Tac. Or. 20:
translationum,
Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:
sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,
Quint. 8, 3, 3:
eruditione ac nitore praestare,
id. 10, 1, 98:
scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,
id. 10, 1, 124.—
B.
Of character, dignity, excellence:
generis,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixi
11 Nixus

1.
nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
I.
Lit.
(α).
With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:
stirpibus suis niti,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:
herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,
id. Sen. 15, 51:
hastili nixus,
id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
mulierculā nixus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:
juvenis, qui nititur hastā,
Verg. A. 6, 760:
paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,
id. ib. 4, 252:
nixus baculo,
Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
nixus in hastam,
Verg. A. 12, 398.—
(γ).
With de:
de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,
Ov. H. 21, 100.—
(δ).
With gen. of place:
humi nitens,
Verg. A. 2, 380.—
(ε).
Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):
quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:
nituntur gradibus,
Verg. A. 2, 442:
in altas rupes,
Luc. 4, 37:
ad sidera,
Verg. G. 2, 427:
in aëra,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:
in adversum,
id. M. 2, 72:
sursum nitier,
Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:
niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
2.
To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):
nitor,
I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
3.
To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:
moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,
Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:
nisurus contra regem,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:
pro aliquo,
Liv. 35, 10; cf.:
pro libertate summā ope niti,
Sall. J. 31, 17:
nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,
Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:
unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:
summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,
Sall. J. 25, 9:
patriam recuperare niti,
Nep. Pelop. 2:
ingenio nitor non periisse meo,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:
tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
2.
To strive after a thing:
ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,
Cic. Sen. 23, 82:
ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
3.
To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:
nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
B.
To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
(α).
With in and abl.:
nixus in nomine inani,
Lucr. 5, 909:
conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:
ea, in quibus causa nititur,
id. Cael. 10, 25:
cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,
id. Mil. 7, 19.—
(β).
With abl.:
spe niti,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:
consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,
id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:
si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,
id. Clu. 40, 112.—
(γ).
With ubi:
quo confugies? ubi nitere?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:
magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,
Ov. M. 9, 294.
2.
nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
I.
Lit.:
nitor exoriens aurorae,
Lucr. 4, 538:
diurnus,
the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:
herbarum viridis,
Lucr. 5, 783:
argenti et auri,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:
eboris,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:
materiae,
of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:
speculi,
id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:
gladii,
id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:
nigerrimus gemmae,
id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:
nitorem cutis facit sal,
id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:
nitores splendoresque auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:
nitor corporis,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:
urit me Glycerae nitor,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:
Liparei nitor Hebri,
id. ib. 3, 12, 6:
nullus totā nitor in cute,
Juv. 9, 13.—
2.
Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:
si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
Cic. Cael. 31, 77:
habitus,
Juv. 3, 180:
oppidum praecipui nitoris,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
3.
In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:
ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,
Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
II.
Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:
adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,
Cic. Or. 32, 115:
domesticus eloquii,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:
nitor et cultus descriptionum,
Tac. Or. 20:
translationum,
Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:
sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,
Quint. 8, 3, 3:
eruditione ac nitore praestare,
id. 10, 1, 98:
scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,
id. 10, 1, 124.—
B.
Of character, dignity, excellence:
generis,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Nixus
12 venia

vĕnĭa, ae, f. [akin to veneror, q. v.], complaisance, indulgence, kindness, obliging disposition or conduct, mercy, grace, favor (class.; cf. indulgentia), most usual in the phrase veniam dare, to grant a favor, be favorable, to comply, consent.
I.
In gen.: Jane, Juppiter, Mars pater, etc.... vos precor, veneror, veniam peto feroque uti populo Romano Quiritium vim victoriamque prosperetis, an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7:
ab Jove Opt. Max. ceterisque dis pacem ac veniam peto precorque ab iis, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:
quaeso a vobis, ut in hac causā mihi detis hanc veniam, ut, etc.,
id. Arch. 2, 3; cf.:
precor hanc veniam supplici des, ut, etc.,
Liv. 30, 12, 14:
dabis hanc veniam, mi frater, ut, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:
Caesar tibi petenti veniam non dedit,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 11:
datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis, primordia urbium augustiora faciat, Liv. prooem. § 7: mi gnate, da veniam hanc mihi: reduc illam,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 29:
extremam hanc oro veniam, miserere sororis,
Verg. A. 4, 435:
datur petentibus venia,
Caes. B. G. 7, 15:
veniam petenti dedit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:
veniam quoque a deis spei alicujus audacioris petimus, in sinum spuendo,
Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35:
veniam mihi quam gravate pater dedit de Chrysalo!
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 3:
cum data esset venia ejus diei,
when indulgence had been granted for that day, Liv. 26, 17, 12:
nobile illud nepenthes oblivionem tristitiae veniamque afferens,
a complaisant, mild disposition, Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 12.—
B.
Permission to do any thing, esp. In phrases: veniam petere (poscere) and veniam dare;
veniā petitā puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,
Liv. 7, 2, 9:
petere veniam legatis mittendis,
id. 33, 11, 3:
veniam dicendi ante alios exposcere,
Tac. A. 12, 5:
datā veniā seducit filiam ac nutricem,
Liv. 3, 48, 5; cf.
the context: qui censerent, dandam ceteris veniam talium conjugiorum,
Suet. Claud. 26.—
C.
Bonā veniā or cum bonā veniā.
1.
With audire, kindly, with favor, without prejudice:
bonā veniā me audies,
Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 59; cf.:
vos oro atque obsecro, judices, ut attente bonāque cum veniā verba mea audiatis,
id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:
cum bonā veniā se auditurum,
Liv. 29, 1, 7:
cum bonā veniā, quaeso, audiatis id quod invitus dico,
id. 29, 17, 6.—
2.
With verbs of saying (mostly parenthet.), by your good leave, with your permission, without offence, etc.:
nisi vero (bonā veniā hujus optimi viri dixerim) tu, etc.,
Cic. de Or 1, 57, 242:
bonā hoc tuā veniā dixerim,
id. Div 1, 15, 25:
atqui, frater, bonā tuā veniā dixerim ista sententia maxime fallit imperitos,
id. Leg. 3, 15, 34:
bonā veniā vestrā liceat, etc., Liv 6, 40, 10: primum abs te hoc bonā veniā peto... mihi ut respondeas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:
oravit etiam bonā veniā Quirites, ne quis, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3.—Rarely veniā alone:
neminem ex his, quos eduxeram mecum (veniā sit dicto) ibi amisi,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 46.—
II.
In partic., forbearance in view of any wrong that has been done, forgiveness, pardon, remission:
venia est poenae meritae remissio,
Sen. Clem. 2, 7:
errati veniam impetrare,
Cic. Lig. 1, 1:
pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus,
Liv. 37, 45, 7:
veniam et impunitatem dare,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32; cf.:
cui non apud senatum... maximorum scelerum venia ulla ad ignoscendum duci possit,
id. Pis. 41, 98; id. Part. Or. 37, 131:
cui errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,
id. Agr. 2, 2, 5:
cede deae, veniamque tuis, temeraria, dictis Supplice voce roga,
Ov. M. 6, 32; Hor. S. 1, 3, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 78: aliquem veniā donare [p. 1969] in praeteritum, Suet. Dom. 9:
veniā dignus,
Quint. 1, 5, 11; cf.:
legere cum veniā,
id. 10, 1, 72.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > venia
13 nitor

nitor ōris, m [cf. niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen: diurnus, the daylight, O.: argenti et auri, O.— Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty, neatness, elegance: corporis, T.: Glycerae, H.: nullus in cute, Iu.: corporum, L.: habitus, Iu.—Fig., of style, elegance, grace: orationis: domesticus eloquii, O.—Of character, dignity, excellence: generis, O.
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I
niti, nisus sum V DEP

press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor
II
niti, nixus sum V DEP

press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor
III
nitoris N M

brightness, splendor; brilliance; gloss, sheen; elegance, style, polish; flash

Latin-English dictionary > nitor
14 pāx

pāx pācis, f [PAC-], a compact, agreement, treaty, peace, treaty of peace, reconciliation: cum eis facta pax non erit pax: maritima: pro emptā pace bellum intulerunt: pacem petere, Cs.: pangere, L.: Nulla dies pacem hanc rumpet, V.: iura, bella atque paces penes paucos erant, S.—Person :, the goddess of peace, Peace, H., O., N.— Concord, tranquillity, peace, harmony: videndum est cum omnibusne pax esse possit, an, etc.: suscipienda bella, ut in pace vivatur: bello ac pace, both in war and in peace, L.: in pace, H.: in mediā pace, L.: paces bonae, i. e the blessings of peace, H.—Of the gods, grace, favor, pardon, assistance: ab Iove Opt. Max. pacem ac veniam peto: pacis deūm exposcendae causā, L.: exorat pacem divom, V.—Abl. with a possess. pron. or gen, by the good leave, by permission, with all respect to: pace quod fiat tuā, without offence to you, T.: pace horum dixerim: hoc pace dicam tuā: Claudi pace loquar, L.—As an exclamation, peace! silence! enough!: capillus passus prolixe... pax! T.— Dominion, empire: pacem nostram metuere, Ta.—Fig., of the mind, peace, tranquillity: pax animi, sleep, O.: mentis, O.: temperantiā pacem animis adfert.—Of things, peace, rest, quiet: flumen cum pace delabens, H.: pacem voltus habet, is tranquil, O.
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pacis N F

peace; harmony

Latin-English dictionary > pāx
15 Pax

1.
pax, pācis, f. [from the root pac, pag, pacisco, pango;
whence also pagina, pagus, q. v.: pacem a pactione conditionum putat dictam Sinnius Capito, quae utrique inter se populo sit observanda,
Fest. p. 230 Müll.; orig. an agreement, contract, treaty; hence], peace, concluded between parties at variance, esp. between belligerents; a treaty of peace; tranquillity, the absence of war, amity, reconciliation after a quarrel, public or private (cf. indutiae):
quando ita rem gessistis... Pax conmerciumque'st vobis mecum,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14:
pacem componi volo Meo patre cum matri,
id. Merc. 5, 2, 113: orator sine pace redit, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 41 Müll. (Ann. v. 211 Vahl.): pacem inter sese conciliant, id. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 39 (Trag. v. 164 ib.):
videndum est cum omnibusne pax esse possit, an sit aliquod bellum inexpiabile,
Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 1; 12, 5, 10:
pax est tranquilla libertas,
id. ib. 2, 44, 113:
nihil est tam populare quam pax, tranquillitas, otium,
id. Agr. 2, 37, 102; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:
esse pacem alicui cum aliquo,
id. Phil. 7, 3, 7; 7, 8, 21:
pacem habere,
id. Att. 7, 14, 1:
conciliare inter cives,
id. Fam. 10, 27, 1:
conficere,
id. Fl. 12, 29:
coagmentare,
id. Phil. 7, 7, 24:
servare,
id. ib. 7, 8, 22:
confirmare cum aliquo,
id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
pace uti,
id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:
dimittere aliquem cum pace,
id. Mur. 15, 32:
suscipienda bella sunt... ut sine injuriā in pace vivatur (cf. II. 2. infra),
id. Off. 1, 11, 35:
quem L. Sulla, cum bellum invexisset totam in Asiam, cum pace dimisit,
id. Mur. 15, 32:
pacem petere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
pangere cum aliquo,
Liv. 9, 11:
componere,
id. 2, 13:
impetrare,
id. 30, 35:
classis bona cum pace accepta est,
id. 28, 37:
itaque pax populo Caeriti data,
id. 7, 20:
Bocchus neque bello neque pace antea cognitus,
Sall. J. 19, 7:
pacem agitare,
id. ib. 14, 10:
rumpere,
Verg. A. 12, 202:
et sumptā et positā pace,
Prop. 2, 1, 36:
pacem turbare,
Tac. A. 12, 65:
additis qui pacem nostram metuebant,
i. e. the peace granted by us. id. ib. 12, 33;
12, 29: pace belloque rempublicam regere,
Suet. Aug. 61; id. Tib. 37:
bello ac pace,
both in war and in peace, Liv. 8, 35; Stat. Th. 4, 839:
in pace,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 110; Tac. A. 11, 10; 14, 39:
in mediā pace,
Liv. 36, 11, 2:
mediā pace,
Tac. A. 14, 32; Curt. 8, 10, 17:
in intimo sinu pacis,
Plin. Pan. 56, 4:
alta pax,
Sen. Thyest. 576.—
(β).
Plur.:
hostibus victis, pacibus perfectis, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 1; Varr. ap. Non. 149, 15: jura, judicia, bella atque paces penes paucos erant, Sall. J. 31, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8; 2, 1, 102 (Lucr. 5, 1230, ventorum paces is spurious; v. Lachm.).—
2.
Personified:
Pax,
the goddess of peace, Peace, Ov. F. 1, 709 sq.; 3, 882; Hor. C. S. 57; Suet. Vesp. 9; Petr. S. 124; Nep. Tim. 2; Inscr. Orell. 1823.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Grace, favor, pardon, assistance of the gods:
pacem ab Aesculapio petas,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 20:
Jovis supremi multis hostiis pacem expetere,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 75:
sunt hic omnia quae ad deūm pacem oportet adesse? (sc. expetundam),
id. Poen. 1, 2, 42:
divum, pacem votis adit,
Lucr. 5, 1229:
ab Jove Opt. Max. pacem ac veniam peto,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:
pacis deūm exposcendae causā lectisternium fuit,
Liv. 7, 2:
exorat pacem divom,
Verg. A. 3, 370; 3, 261; id. G. 4, 535; Just. 20, 2, 7.—
2.
Pace tuā, alicujus, with your (or his) good leave or permission:
pace quod fiat tuā,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 13:
pace tuā dixerim,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76:
C. Claudi pace loquar,
Liv. 3, 19, 7:
pace majestatis ejus dixerim,
Vell. 2, 129, 3:
pace diligentiae Catonis dixerim,
id. 1, 7, 4:
pace loquar Veneris: tu dea major eris,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 60.—
3.
Dominion, empire, of the Romans (post-Aug.):
pax Romana,
Sen. Clem. 1, 8, 2; cf.:
haec tot milia gladiorum, quae pax mea (i. e. Neronis) comprimit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
immensa Romanae pacis majestate,
Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 3:
nostra,
Tac. A. 12, 33.—
4.
Pax, as an interj., peace! silence! enough! pax, abi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 213; id. Ps. 5, 1, 33; id. Stich. 5, 7, 3 al.:
capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter: pax!
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; 4, 3, 39; Aus. Idyll. 12 fin. —
II.
Trop., peace, rest, quiet, ease.
1.
Of inanim. objects, as of the sea:
pax ipsa tumet,
Stat. Th. 7, 87:
sensim infusa tranquilla per aequora pace,
Sil. 7, 258.—Of a river:
flumen cum pace delabens,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 35:
fluminis,
Flor. 4, 2, 28.—Of the countenance:
pacem vultus habet,
tranquillity, Ov. M. 2, 858.—
2.
Peace, tranquillity of mind:
pax animi,
sleep, Ov. M. 11, 624:
mentis,
id. Tr. 5, 12, 4:
temperantia pacem animis affert,
Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 26:
semper in animo sapientis est placidissima pax,
id. Tusc. 5, 16, 48.—
3.
The rest or peace of death:
excepit illum magna et aeterna pax,
Sen. ad Marc. 19, 5: so, REQVIESCIT IN PACE, a formula frequently found in later, esp. in Christian epitaphs, borrowed from Jewish grave-stones, on which, etc., very frequently occurred; v. the Lat.Hebr. epit. on a Jewess, in Murat. p. 1842, 4, and cf. the inscr. ib. p. 1674, 3.—
4.
Peace in the church, harmony (eccl. Lat.):
quamdiu pax est in populo Dei,
Lact. 5, 21, 4; 5, 13, 10.
2.
Pax, Pācis, m., a slave's name, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 94 (889 Ritschl).

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1.
pax, pācis, f. [from the root pac, pag, pacisco, pango;
whence also pagina, pagus, q. v.: pacem a pactione conditionum putat dictam Sinnius Capito, quae utrique inter se populo sit observanda,
Fest. p. 230 Müll.; orig. an agreement, contract, treaty; hence], peace, concluded between parties at variance, esp. between belligerents; a treaty of peace; tranquillity, the absence of war, amity, reconciliation after a quarrel, public or private (cf. indutiae):
quando ita rem gessistis... Pax conmerciumque'st vobis mecum,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14:
pacem componi volo Meo patre cum matri,
id. Merc. 5, 2, 113: orator sine pace redit, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 41 Müll. (Ann. v. 211 Vahl.): pacem inter sese conciliant, id. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 25, 39 (Trag. v. 164 ib.):
videndum est cum omnibusne pax esse possit, an sit aliquod bellum inexpiabile,
Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 1; 12, 5, 10:
pax est tranquilla libertas,
id. ib. 2, 44, 113:
nihil est tam populare quam pax, tranquillitas, otium,
id. Agr. 2, 37, 102; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:
esse pacem alicui cum aliquo,
id. Phil. 7, 3, 7; 7, 8, 21:
pacem habere,
id. Att. 7, 14, 1:
conciliare inter cives,
id. Fam. 10, 27, 1:
conficere,
id. Fl. 12, 29:
coagmentare,
id. Phil. 7, 7, 24:
servare,
id. ib. 7, 8, 22:
confirmare cum aliquo,
id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
pace uti,
id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4:
dimittere aliquem cum pace,
id. Mur. 15, 32:
suscipienda bella sunt... ut sine injuriā in pace vivatur (cf. II. 2. infra),
id. Off. 1, 11, 35:
quem L. Sulla, cum bellum invexisset totam in Asiam, cum pace dimisit,
id. Mur. 15, 32:
pacem petere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
pangere cum aliquo,
Liv. 9, 11:
componere,
id. 2, 13:
impetrare,
id. 30, 35:
classis bona cum pace accepta est,
id. 28, 37:
itaque pax populo Caeriti data,
id. 7, 20:
Bocchus neque bello neque pace antea cognitus,
Sall. J. 19, 7:
pacem agitare,
id. ib. 14, 10:
rumpere,
Verg. A. 12, 202:
et sumptā et positā pace,
Prop. 2, 1, 36:
pacem turbare,
Tac. A. 12, 65:
additis qui pacem nostram metuebant,
i. e. the peace granted by us. id. ib. 12, 33;
12, 29: pace belloque rempublicam regere,
Suet. Aug. 61; id. Tib. 37:
bello ac pace,
both in war and in peace, Liv. 8, 35; Stat. Th. 4, 839:
in pace,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 110; Tac. A. 11, 10; 14, 39:
in mediā pace,
Liv. 36, 11, 2:
mediā pace,
Tac. A. 14, 32; Curt. 8, 10, 17:
in intimo sinu pacis,
Plin. Pan. 56, 4:
alta pax,
Sen. Thyest. 576.—
(β).
Plur.:
hostibus victis, pacibus perfectis, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 1; Varr. ap. Non. 149, 15: jura, judicia, bella atque paces penes paucos erant, Sall. J. 31, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8; 2, 1, 102 (Lucr. 5, 1230, ventorum paces is spurious; v. Lachm.).—
2.
Personified:
Pax,
the goddess of peace, Peace, Ov. F. 1, 709 sq.; 3, 882; Hor. C. S. 57; Suet. Vesp. 9; Petr. S. 124; Nep. Tim. 2; Inscr. Orell. 1823.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Grace, favor, pardon, assistance of the gods:
pacem ab Aesculapio petas,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 20:
Jovis supremi multis hostiis pacem expetere,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 75:
sunt hic omnia quae ad deūm pacem oportet adesse? (sc. expetundam),
id. Poen. 1, 2, 42:
divum, pacem votis adit,
Lucr. 5, 1229:
ab Jove Opt. Max. pacem ac veniam peto,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:
pacis deūm exposcendae causā lectisternium fuit,
Liv. 7, 2:
exorat pacem divom,
Verg. A. 3, 370; 3, 261; id. G. 4, 535; Just. 20, 2, 7.—
2.
Pace tuā, alicujus, with your (or his) good leave or permission:
pace quod fiat tuā,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 13:
pace tuā dixerim,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12; id. de Or. 1, 17, 76:
C. Claudi pace loquar,
Liv. 3, 19, 7:
pace majestatis ejus dixerim,
Vell. 2, 129, 3:
pace diligentiae Catonis dixerim,
id. 1, 7, 4:
pace loquar Veneris: tu dea major eris,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 60.—
3.
Dominion, empire, of the Romans (post-Aug.):
pax Romana,
Sen. Clem. 1, 8, 2; cf.:
haec tot milia gladiorum, quae pax mea (i. e. Neronis) comprimit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 2:
immensa Romanae pacis majestate,
Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 3:
nostra,
Tac. A. 12, 33.—
4.
Pax, as an interj., peace! silence! enough! pax, abi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 213; id. Ps. 5, 1, 33; id. Stich. 5, 7, 3 al.:
capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter: pax!
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; 4, 3, 39; Aus. Idyll. 12 fin. —
II.
Trop., peace, rest, quiet, ease.
1.
Of inanim. objects, as of the sea:
pax ipsa tumet,
Stat. Th. 7, 87:
sensim infusa tranquilla per aequora pace,
Sil. 7, 258.—Of a river:
flumen cum pace delabens,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 35:
fluminis,
Flor. 4, 2, 28.—Of the countenance:
pacem vultus habet,
tranquillity, Ov. M. 2, 858.—
2.
Peace, tranquillity of mind:
pax animi,
sleep, Ov. M. 11, 624:
mentis,
id. Tr. 5, 12, 4:
temperantia pacem animis affert,
Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 26:
semper in animo sapientis est placidissima pax,
id. Tusc. 5, 16, 48.—
3.
The rest or peace of death:
excepit illum magna et aeterna pax,
Sen. ad Marc. 19, 5: so, REQVIESCIT IN PACE, a formula frequently found in later, esp. in Christian epitaphs, borrowed from Jewish grave-stones, on which, etc., very frequently occurred; v. the Lat.Hebr. epit. on a Jewess, in Murat. p. 1842, 4, and cf. the inscr. ib. p. 1674, 3.—
4.
Peace in the church, harmony (eccl. Lat.):
quamdiu pax est in populo Dei,
Lact. 5, 21, 4; 5, 13, 10.
2.
Pax, Pācis, m., a slave's name, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 94 (889 Ritschl).

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