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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cō-nīvĕo</b>: (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi ([[Cassius]] ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;<br /><b>I</b> perh. also connipsi, connipseram, App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 ([[access]]. form of inf. conivĕre, [[Calvus]] ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. niveo, kindr. [[with]] [[nico]] and [[nicto]], to [[close]] or [[shut]]. *<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent, Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Esp., to [[close]] or [[shut]] the eyes (in [[sleep]], from the [[light]], from [[fear]], etc.), to [[blink]]; or of the eyes, to [[close]], [[shut]], to [[half]] [[close]] [[when]] [[heavy]] [[with]] [[sleep]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit [[vigilans]] virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5: coniventes [[illi]] oculi abavi tui, Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38: conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu, Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10: ad tonitrua et fulgura, Suet. Calig. 51: [[contra]] conminationem [[aliquam]] (gladiatores), Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.: nam non conivi oculos ego [[deinde]] sopore, [[Cassius]], l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., transf., of the [[sun]] and [[moon]], to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to be [[dull]], [[drowsy]], or [[languid]]: certa sunt [[enim]] pleraque et [[nisi]] coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt, Quint. 10, 3, 16: [[multa]] nobis blandimenta [[natura]] ipsa genuit, quibus sopita [[virtus]] coniveret, Cic. Cael. 17, 41: [[animus]] [[atque]] [[mens]] viri prudentis in sollicitis [[numquam]] conivens, [[nusquam]] aciem suam flectens, etc., Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Like [[our]] [[phrase]] to [[wink]] at.) To [[leave]] an [[error]] or [[crime]] [[unnoticed]] or [[uncensured]], to [[overlook]], connive at, [[wink]] at, etc.: haec ipsa [[concedo]]: quibusdam [[etiam]] in rebus [[coniveo]], Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18: pro di immortales! [[cur]] [[interdum]] in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut ... poenas in diem reservetis? id. Cael. 24, 59: qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant, id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77; Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum [[punitor]] acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris, Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cōnīveō</b>,¹² nīvī ou nīxī, ēre (cf. nictare, [[nictus]] ), intr., s’incliner ensemble,<br /><b>1</b> se fermer : Gell. 17, 11, 4 ; 16, 3, 3<br /><b>2</b> [surtout en parl. des yeux] : oculis somno coniventibus Cic. Nat. 2, 143, les yeux se fermant dans le sommeil (Har. 38) &#124;&#124; [en parl. des pers. elles-mêmes] fermer les yeux : Pl. Most. 830 ; Cic. de Or. 3, 221 ; Tusc. 1, 117 ; Pis. 11 ; [[altero]] [[oculo]] conivere Cic. Nat. 3, 8, fermer un œil ; [avec acc. de relation] conivere oculos Ninn. Crass. d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 42<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] fermer les yeux, laisser faire avec indulgence : consulibus si [[non]] adjuvantibus, at coniventibus [[certe]] Cic. Mil. 32, les consuls [[sinon]] donnant leur aide, du moins fermant les yeux (Fl. 25 ; Cæl. 41) ; in [[aliqua]] re, fermer les yeux sur qqch. : Cic. Cæl. 59 ; Har. 52 ; Phil. 1, 18. inf. prés. de la 3<sup>e</sup>&nbsp;conj. conivĕre [[Calvus]] d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 43 &#124;&#124; sur les deux formes du parf. v. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 23 ; forme conivi Apul. M. 4, 25 ; 11, 3 ; forme conixi Turpil. Com. 173.||[en parl. des pers. elles-mêmes] fermer les yeux : Pl. Most. 830 ; Cic. de Or. 3, 221 ; Tusc. 1, 117 ; Pis. 11 ; [[altero]] [[oculo]] conivere Cic. Nat. 3, 8, fermer un œil ; [avec acc. de relation] conivere oculos Ninn. Crass. d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 42<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] fermer les yeux, laisser faire avec indulgence : consulibus si [[non]] adjuvantibus, at coniventibus [[certe]] Cic. Mil. 32, les consuls [[sinon]] donnant leur aide, du moins fermant les yeux (Fl. 25 ; Cæl. 41) ; in [[aliqua]] re, fermer les yeux sur qqch. : Cic. Cæl. 59 ; Har. 52 ; Phil. 1, 18. inf. prés. de la 3<sup>e</sup>&nbsp;conj. conivĕre [[Calvus]] d. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 43||sur les deux formes du parf. v. Prisc. Gramm. 9, 23 ; forme conivi Apul. M. 4, 25 ; 11, 3 ; forme conixi Turpil. Com. 173.
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{{Georges
|georg=cō-nīveo (in den besten Handschriften u. neuern Ausgaben statt con-[[niveo]]), nīvī od. nīxī, ēre, (vgl. nictare, [[nictus]]), [[sich]] zusammenneigen = [[sich]] [[schließen]], I) im allg.: [[claustra]] mobilia [[coniventia]] [[vicissim]] et resurgentia, Gell. 17, 11, 4: [[quae]] ([[cava]] [[intus]] ventris ac stomachi vacua et [[hiantia]]) [[ubi]] [[aut]] [[cibo]] complentur [[aut]] inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent, Gell. 16, 3. § 3: coniventibus ad regulam lineis, Apul. de deo Socr. prol. p. 105 H. (p. 2, 17 G.). – II) insbes., v. den Augen, [[sich]] [[schließen]], u. prägn. v. den Menschen, die Augen (im Schlafe, [[vor]] dem Lichte, aus [[Furcht]]) [[schließen]], -[[zudrücken]], -[[zumachen]], -[[zutun]] (s. Ruhnken Suet. Caes. 67), A) eig.: a) v. den Augen, oculis somno coniventibus, Cic.: cum [[gravis]] ingenti conivere [[pupula]] somno, Calv. fr. – coniventes (erblindeten) [[illi]] oculi abavi tui (Appii Claudii), Cic. de har. resp. 18, 38. – b) v. Menschen, absol., Plaut., Cic. u.a. (u. so coniventem somno consopiri [[sempiterno]], Cic.): c. [[paululum]], Apul.: [[contra]] comminationem [[aliquam]], Plin.: ad minima tonitrua et fulgura, Suet. – m. Abl., [[altero]] [[oculo]], Cic.: somno, Turpil. fr. u. Cic.: zugl. m. Acc. resp., [[nam]] [[non]] conivi oculos [[ego]] [[deinde]] sopore, Ninn. Crass. fr. b. Prisc. 9, 42: ciliis [[alterna]] (abwechselnd) conivens, Apul. [[met]]. 10, 17. – u. [[von]] Kurzsichtigen, die Augen [[etwas]] [[zudrücken]], [[blinzeln]] (um schärfer zu [[sehen]]), Plin. 11, 144. – poet. v. [[Sonne]] u. [[Mond]], [[wenn]] [[sie]] [[sich]] [[verfinstern]], [[quasi]] conivent, Lucr. 5, 775. – B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: [[animus]] [[atque]] [[mens]] viri prudentis in sollicitis [[numquam]] conivens, Gell.: certa sunt [[pleraque]] et, [[nisi]] coniveamus ([[wenn]] [[wir]] [[nur]] [[nicht]] [[schlummern]], unsere Augen [[dafür]] [[verschließen]]), in oculos incurrunt, Quint.: iura interquiescere [[paululum]] et conivere ([[schlafen]] [[ein]]), Gell. – 2) insbes., [[bei]] [[Versehen]] od. Vergehen [[ein]] [[Auge]] [[zudrücken]] = [[Nachsicht]] [[haben]] od. [[üben]], [[durch]] die [[Finger]] [[sehen]], [[nachsehen]], consulibus si [[non]] adiuvantibus, at coniventibus [[certe]], Cic.: [[multa]] [[nobis]] blandimenta [[natura]] ipsa genuit, quibus sopita [[virtus]] coniveret [[interdum]], Cic.: [[vae]], [[nisi]] conives. .., an prohibes, Pers. – m. in ([[bei]]) u. Abl., [[sed]] [[haec]] ipsa [[concedo]]; quibusdam [[etiam]] in rebus [[coniveo]], Cic.: [[cur]] [[interdum]] in hominum sceleribus maximis conivetis? Cic.: [[qui]] in [[tot]] tantisque sceleribus conivebant, Cic.: desertorum ac seditiosorum et [[inquisitor]] et [[punitor]] acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris (delictis), Suet. – / Infin. Präs. [[nach]] der 3. Konjug., conivĕre, Calv. fr. 11 M. ([[bei]] Prisc. 9, 43). – Perf. conivi, Ninn. Crass. fr. [[bei]] Prisc. 9, 23. Apul. [[met]]. 4, 25 u. 11, 3 E.: conixi, Turpil. com. 173.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=coniveo conivere, conivi, - V :: close/screw up the eyes, blink; wink at, overlook, turn a blind eye, connive<br />coniveo coniveo conivere, conixi, - V :: be tightly closed (eyes); (other things); be inactive/eclipsed; lie dormant
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