(b) Political or military power, ōră-tio, tionis, f. [or(a)-o, might, influence, resources, etc." to speak"] ("A speaking"; -b. Aid, help, support, assist- hence) 1. A speech, oration; -at xxxi. 6 oratio means Cicero's first oration against Catiline.-2. A mode of speech, way of speaking.

ance, succour.

optandus, a, um, Gerundive of opto.

optimus (optămus), a, um; see bonus;-at xxxii. 1 folld. by Supine in u [§ 141, 6].

op-to, tāvi, tatum, tāre, 1. v. a. [root AP; see ops] ("To obtain thoroughly"; hence, "to choose"; hence) To desire, wish for.

orb-is, is, m. A circle or ring; orbis terrarum, the circle of lands, 1. e. the world.

ord-o, inis, m. [ord-ior, "to weave] ("A weaving"; hence) 1. Arrangement, order. 2. Consecutive, or due, ordoptimus; see optimus. er; regular succession, etc. ;Ŏpůlent-ia, iæ, f. [opulent- ordine, in order, i.e. regularly, us, "wealthy"] ("The con- properly, etc.-3. A row, or dition, or state, of the op-rank, of soldiers in battle ulentus"; hence) 1. Wealth, array.-4. An order, i.c. a opulence.-2. Power or re-rank, class, degree of persons sources of a people.

op-ulentus, ulenta, ulentum, adj. [op-es (plur. of ops), "wealth"]("Abounding in opes"; hence) Wealthy, rich, opulent, possessing great re

Sources or means.

õpus (only in Nom. and Acc.), n. indecl. Need, necessity. In connexion with some part of sum used as an Adj. It is needful, necessary; I (thou, etc.) have need of, need, want. The abl. dependent on opus [§ 119, (a), (3)] is mostly that of a subst.: at times, however, the abl. is that of a part. perf. pass. in neut. sing. see i. 6; xliii. 3, etc.

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in civil life.

Orest-illa, illæ, f. [fem. dim. of Orest-es, "Orestes"] Orestilla, the sister of Cneius Aurelius Orestes, who was Prætor B.C. 76. Of her personal appearance and character Sallust speaks in xv.

or-ior, tus sum, īri, 3. and 4. v. dep.: 1. To rise, in the fullest power of the word.2. Of origin: a. With Abl. [§ 123]: To spring, be born, or descend, from.-b. Of things: To arise, proceed, originate, have their origin;-at li. 27 folld. by ex c, Abl. [prob. akin to op-vuμ, "to stir up"].

ōr-o, avi, atum, āre, 1. v. a. [os, ōr-is, "the mouth ”] (“To

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păr-o, āvi, atum, āre, 1. v. a. and n. ("To bring or put "; hence, with accessory notion of readiness) 1: Act.: a. To make, or get, ready; to prepare.-b. With Inf.: To prepare, or make preparation, parcus, a, um, adj. ("Spar- to do, etc.-c. To provide, ing, scanty," etc.; hence) Of furnish, etc.-2. Neut.: To

partus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of pario.

parum, adv. [akin to par vus, "little"] 1. Too little, not enough;-at v. 5 used substantively in connexion with Gen [§ 131].-2. With Verbs or Adjectives: Not very, not particularly, little.

make preparations, prepare one's self, etc.; vi. 5, where parare is the Hist. Inf. [§ 140, 2].-Pass.: păr-or, atus sum, ari [probably akin to pép-w]. parr-I-cid-a, æ, m. [for patr-i-cæd-a; fr. păter, patris, "a father"; (i) connecting vowel; cædo, "to kill"] 1. Killer, or murderer, of a father; a parricide; xiv. 3. -2. One guilty of high treason; a traitor, rebel, as if-2. Of degree or extent: being the murderer of his country; xxxi. 8; lii. 31;-at li. 25 with addition of reipublicæ.

par-s, tis, f.: 1. A part, piece, portion, share, etc.2. A part, i. e. some out of many :- -pars... alii, also reversely, alii pars, some ...some; some... others. 3. A party, part, side; mostly plur.

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part-i-cep-s, cip-is, adj. [for part-i-cap-s; fr. pars, part-is, "a part"; (i) connect ing vowel; căp-io, "to take"] Taking a part, sharing, partaking, participating. As Subst. A sharer, partaker, partner.

par-vus, va, vum, adj. [prob. akin to par-s. "a part"] 1. Of size or space: Small, little.

Small, slight, little.-3. Of value, consideration, etc.: a. Little, small, trifling.- b. After verbs of valuing, considering, etc.: Neut. Gen. Sing. parvi, Of little value, account, or worth [§ 128, a].

Comp.: irreg. minor; (Sup. irreg. minĭmus).

păt-ě-făcio, feci, factum, făcere, 3. v. a. [păt-čo, "to lie cpen "; (e) connecting vowel; facio, "to make "] ("To make to lie open "; hence) 1. To lay open a matter, etc.; i. e. to give information about, disclose, reveal, etc.-2. To detect, bring to light.-Pass.: păt-ĕfio, factus sum, fìĕri.

patefactus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of patefacio.

păt-ĕo, ui, no sup., ēre, 2. v. n. : 1. To lie, or stand, open, to be open. - 2. To

part-im, adv. [part-ior, "to divide"] ("By a dividing"; hence) 1. Partly, in part.-2. As Subst.: Some; at 1. 1 used as a noun of multitude, and forming the subject of a be open or accessible. plur.verb-exquirēbant[Notes With Dat.: To be at the to Syntax, p. 133, E, 3]. power or disposal of.-4. To

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be clear, plain, evident, mani- | attributive of Patres: Con

script Fathers [akin to Gr. Ta-Thp, Sans. pi-tri; fr. root PA, "to protect, to nourish"]. păt-ěra, ĕræ, f. [păt-ĕo, "to

păter-nus, na, num, adj. [pater, pat(e)r-is, “a father"] ("Of, or pertaining to, a father"; hence) Of property: Received or inherited from a father; paternal.

pătĭens, ntis: 1. P. pres. of păti-or.-2. Pa.. With Gen. [§ 132]: Enduring, patient of, etc.

fest, ctc.; Iviii. 2 [akin to πετάννυμι, “ to extend ”]. pāt-er, tris, m. ("A protector"; also, "a nourisher") 1. A father, as one who pro-lie open"; hence, "to spread tects, etc.-2. Plur. Patres out, extend "] ("The thing Conscripti. Originally the spreading out or extending"; term Patres designated those hence) A broad flat dish, who in the earliest days of especially used in making offerRome were appointed members ings: a bowl for libations. of the highest council of the state, and was given to them, as Sallust states at vi. 6, either in reference to their age, or from the paternal care they exercised for the public welfare. Moreover, Conscripti (subst.) was the name primarily given to such Romans as were appointed members of the Senate by Brutus, after the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud, to supply the place of those whom that king had put to death. It was employed, because their names were writ ten with or enrolled among those of the old members. According to Livy, Bk. ii. ch. 1, when the Senate was convened, the PATRES and the CONSCRIPTI were sum-patrician. moned as distinctive and pătr-imōnĭum, îmōnĭi, n. separate members of that body. Eventually, however, the two names came to be applied to senators generally; and Con-inheritance or estate, a patriscripti is now commonly re-mony.

pǎtior, passus sum, păti, 3. v. dep.. 1. To bear, endure, support, undergo, etc.-2. To allow, permit, suffer [akin to Tae, root of ráo xw].

patria,; see patrius. pătr-icius, icia, icium, adj. [patr-es, "senators"] ("Of, or belonging to, patres"; hence) Noble, patrician.—As Subst.: patricius, fi, m. A

[pater, pătr-is, "a father"] "A thing pertaining to a pater"; hence) A paternal

garded and rendered as an pătr-Ĭus, ĭa, ĭum, adj. [id.]

Of, or belonging to, a father; | shortly, afterwards;—paulo