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|lshtext=<b>hăbĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. of the [[part]]. pres. habitantum, Ov. M. 14, 90), v. freq. a. and n. [[habeo]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[have]] [[frequently]], to be [[wont]] to [[have]] (anteclass. and [[very]] [[rare]]): [[epicrocum]], Varr. ap. Non. 318, 25: comas, id. ib. 27.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., to [[have]] [[possession]] of, to [[inhabit]] a [[place]]; and [[more]] freq. neut., to [[dwell]], [[abide]], [[reside]], [[live]] [[anywhere]] (the [[class]]. signif. of the [[word]]; cf.: [[colo]], [[incolo]], [[commoror]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Act.: [[centum]] urbes habitant magnas, Verg. A. 3, 106: silvas, id. E. 6, 2: hoc [[nemus]], hunc collem ([[deus]]), id. A. 8, 352: humiles casas, id. E. 2, 29: terras, Ov. H. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 195: pruinas, Val. Fl. 2, 177: locum, Tac. Agr. 11; cf. Liv. 5, 51, 3. —Pass.: colitur ea [[pars]] (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 28: arx [[procul]] iis, quae habitabantur, Liv. 24, 3, 2: applicata colli habitatur [[colonia]] [[Corinthus]], Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; 5, 7, 7, § 42: Scythiae [[confinis]] est [[regio]] habitaturque pluribus [[vicis]], Curt. 8, 2, 14: nobis habitabitur [[orbis]] Ultimus, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 127: [[tellus]] Bistoniis habitata viris, id. M. 13, 430; cf.: nec [[patria]] est habitata [[tibi]], id. Tr. 5, 3, 21; Sil. 2, 654: raris habitata [[mapalia]] tectis, Verg. G. 3, 340; cf.: ([[agellus]]) habitatus [[quinque]] focis, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 2: campi [[olim]] uberes magnisque urbibus habitati, Tac. H. 5, 7: quae [[sit]] [[tellus]] habitanda (sibi), requirit, Ov. M. 3, 9; cf.: cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae, id. ib. 1, 74: habitandaque fana Apris reliquit et rapacibus lupis, Hor. Epod. 16, 19: proavis habitatas linquere silvas, Juv. 15, 152.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr.: in illisce habitat aedibus Amphitruo, Plaut. Am. prol. 97; cf.: cujus hic in aediculis habitat [[decem]], ut [[opinor]], milibus, Cic. Cael. 7, 17: in gurgustio, id. N. D. 1, 9, 22: in via, on the [[high]]-[[road]], id. Phil. 2, 41, 106: in [[Sicilia]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95: in arboribus (aves), Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363: Lilybaei, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38: lucis opacis, Verg. A. 6, 673: vallibus imis, id. ib. 3, 110: [[casa]] straminea, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 20; cf.: sub [[terra]] habitare, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95: [[apud]] aliquem, id. Ac. 2, 26, 115; cf. id. Brut. 90, 309; id. Cael. 21, 51; id. Clu. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83: cum [[aliquo]], id. ib. 2, 1, 25, § 64: cum [[illa]] [[apud]] te, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 41.—Absol.: [[triginta]] milibus dixistis eum habitare, Cic. Cael. 7, 17; cf.: [[nunc]] si [[quis]] tanti (i. e. [[sex]] milibus) habitet, Vell. 2, 10, 1: [[bene]], to [[have]] a [[good]] [[habitation]], Nep. Att. 13; so, dum sic [[ergo]] habitat Cetronius, so [[splendidly]], Juv. 14, 92: avecta est [[peregre]] [[hinc]] habitatum, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 37; cf.: is habitatum huc commigravit, id. Trin. 4, 3, 77; and: rus habitatum abii, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 27: commorandi [[natura]] deversorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit, Cic. de Sen. 23, 84: habitandi [[causa]], Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 8.—Part. as subst.: hăbĭtantes, ium, the inhabitants: [[numquam]] tecta subeamus: [[super]] habitantes [[aliquando]] procumbunt, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 14, 90: [[oppidum]] valetudine habitantium infame, Mel. 1, 16, 1: ad occasum, Plin. 2, 70, 82, § 180.—Pass. impers.: vides, habitari in [[terra]] raris et angustis in locis, et in ipsis [[quasi]] maculis, ubi habitatur, vastas solitudines interjectas, Cic. Rep. 6, 19: habitari ait [[Xenophanes]] in [[luna]], [[that]] the [[moon]] is [[inhabited]], id. Ac. 2, 39, 123: vicorum, quibus [[frequenter]] habitabatur, Liv. 2, 62, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[stay]], [[remain]], [[dwell]], or [[keep]] in [[any]] [[place]]; to [[keep]] to, [[dwell]] [[upon]] a [[thing]] (a favorite [[expression]] [[with]] [[Cicero]]): cum iis, qui in [[foro]] habitarunt, de dignitate contendas? Cic. Mur. 9, 21; cf.: habitare in Rostris, id. Brut. 89, 305: in subselliis, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf. also: in oculis, to be [[always]] in [[public]], id. Planc. 27, 66: [[illi]] qui hoc [[solum]] colendum ducebant, habitarunt in hac una ratione tractanda, id. de Or. 2, 38, 160: in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis, to [[dwell]] [[upon]], id. Or. 15, 49; cf. id. de Or. 2, 72, 292: qui potest [[igitur]] habitare in beata [[vita]] summi mali [[metus]]? id. Fin. 2, 28, 92: cum his habitare pernoctareque [[curis]] (i. e. studiis)! id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: quorum in vultu habitant oculi mei, id. Phil. 12, 1, 2: [[animus]] habitat in oculis, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145; cf.: [[mens]] ibi (in corde) habitat, id. 11, 37, 69, § 182: qui [[tibi]] (Amori) jucundumst, siccis habitare medullis, Prop. 2, 11 (3, 3), 17: peregrinatus est hujus [[animus]] in [[nequitia]], non habitavit, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 1: [[tecum]] habita, i. e. [[retire]] [[within]] [[thyself]], [[examine]] [[thyself]], Pers. 4, 52.
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