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|lshtext=<b>condĭo</b>: īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. an [[access]]. form from [[condo]], q. v. II., and cf. [[compono]], II. B. 2. (orig. belonging to econ. lang.).<br /><b>I</b> To [[put]] [[fruit]] in [[vinegar]], [[wine]], spices, etc., to [[preserve]], [[pickle]]: oleas albas, [[Cato]], R. R. 117: lactucam (corresp. [[with]] componere), Col. 12, 9, 3; 12, 7, 5: corna, [[pruna]], id. 12, 10, 2: caules [[vitium]] in [[aceto]] et muriā, Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Unguenta, to [[make]] [[fragrant]], Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[embalm]] a [[dead]] [[body]]: mortuos (Aegyptii), Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108.—<br /><b>II</b> Of [[food]], to [[make]] savory, to [[season]], [[spice]]: cenam, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 21: meas escas, id. ib. 3, 2, 41: fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita, ut [[nihil]] possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2: jus [[male]] conditum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 69: [[vinum]], Dig. 33, 6, 9; cf.: [[quis]] non videt, desideriis omnia ista condiri? Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As subst.: con-dītum, i, n. (sc. [[vinum]]), [[aromatic]] [[wine]], spiced [[wine]], Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 103; Pall. Oct. 19; id. Febr. 32; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[cultivate]], [[ornament]]; to [[make]] [[pleasant]] or [[agreeable]]; to [[soften]], [[temper]], etc. (freq. in Cic.): duo sunt, quae condiant orationem: verborum numerorumque jucunditas, Cic. Or. 55, 185; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 38; and 6, 3, 40: vitia, to [[set]] [[off]], Cic. Clu. 26, 72: hilaritate tristitiam temporum, id. Att. 12, 40, 3: gravitatem comitate, id. Sen. 4, 10; cf. id. Mur. 31, 66: aliquid [[natura]] asperum pluribus voluptatibus, Quint. 5, 14, 35: urbanitatem ambiguitate, id. 6, 3, 96. —Hence, condītus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to II. A.) Seasoned, savory: conditiora facit haec supervacanei [[etiam]] operis [[aucupium]] [[atque]] [[venatio]], Cic. Sen. 16, 56: [[sapor]] vini, Col. 12, 20, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. (acc. to II. B.), of [[discourse]], [[polished]], ornamented: [[sermo]], Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1: [[nimium]] condita [[oratio]], Quint. 11, 3, 182.— Comp.: [[oratio]] lepore et festivitate conditior, Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 227; id. Brut. 29, 110. —Of the [[speaker]]: [[nemo]] suavitate conditior, Cic. Brut. 48, 177.—Sup. and adv. not in [[use]].
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