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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
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|lshtext=<b>lex</b>: lēgis, f. perh. Sanscr. [[root]] [[lag]]-, lig-, to [[fasten]]; Lat. [[ligo]], to [[bind]], [[oblige]]; cf. [[religio]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[proposition]] or [[motion]] for a [[law]] made to the [[people]] by a [[magistrate]], a [[bill]] (cf. [[institutum]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: legem ferre: antiquare, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: rogare, id. Phil. 2, 29, 72: leges ac jura ferre, Juv. 2, 72: legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc., Liv. 33, 46: [[Antonius]] fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, [[qua]], etc., Cic. Att. 14, 12: legem sciscere de [[aliqua]] re, id. Planc. 14, 35: [[populus]] R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda, id. Balb. 17, 38: repudiare, id. Lael. 25, 96.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> A [[bill]] [[which]] has [[become]] a [[law]] in [[consequence]] of its [[adoption]] by the [[people]] in the [[comitia]], a [[law]] (cf.: jus, fas; [[decretum]], [[edictum]], [[scitum]]): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: legem gravem alicui imponere, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere, id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: neglegere, perrumpere, id. Leg. 1, 15, 42: leges ac jura labefactare, id. Caecin. 25, 70: legem condere, Liv. 3, 34: leges [[duodecim]] tabularum, the laws [[composed]] by the decemvirs, the [[foundation]] of Roman [[legislation]], Liv. 3, 33 sq.: [[nunc]] barbaricā lege certumst jus [[meum]] omne persequi, i. e. by the Roman [[law]], [[that]] of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp. in phrases.<br /> <b>1</b> Lege and legibus, according to [[law]], by [[law]], [[legally]]: ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona, Ter. And. 4, 5, 4: Athenas [[deductus]] est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium, Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> Legis [[actio]], a [[statutory]] [[process]]: actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel [[ideo]] [[quod]] legibus proditae sunt, ... vel [[ideo]] [[quia]] ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et [[ideo]] inmutabiles [[proinde]] [[atque]] leges observabantur, Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—<br /> <b>3</b> Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to [[proceed]] [[strictly]] according to [[law]].<br /> <b>a</b> Of the [[lictor]], to [[execute]] a [[sentence]]: [[Fulvius]] praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet, Liv. 26, 15, 9. —<br /> <b>b</b> To [[bring]] a [[legal]] or [[statutory]] [[action]]: una injuria est [[tecum]]. Chr. Lege [[agito]] [[ergo]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege [[agito]] dicebatur ei cujus [[intentio]] [[contemptibilis]] adversario videbatur, [[Don]]. ad Ter. l. l.: lege [[agito]] [[mecum]]; [[molestus]] ne sis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11: lege egit in hereditatem paternam [[exheres]] [[filius]], Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—<br /> <b>4</b> Fraudem legi facere, to [[evade]] the [[law]]: ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc., the [[law]] [[against]] [[dicing]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9: [[quod]] emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset, Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf. also: [[facio]] fraudem [[senatus]] [[consulto]], Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—<br /> <b>C</b> In gen., a [[law]], [[precept]], [[regulation]], [[principle]], [[rule]], [[mode]], [[manner]]: qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: [[communis]] [[condicio]] lexque vitae, id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18: haec lex in [[amicitia]] sauciatur, id. Lael. 12, 40: [[quaero]] [[cur]] vir [[bonus]] has sibi tam [[gravis]] leges imposuerit, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: lex veri rectique, id. ib. 2, 9, 27: [[aliquam]] legem vitae accipere, Sen. Ep. 108, 6: ad legem naturae revertamur, id. ib. 25, 4: leges in [[historia]] observandae, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5: [[quis]] nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne [[quid]] falsi dicere audeat? id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3: [[vetus]] est lex amicitiae, ut [[idem]] amici [[semper]] velint, id. Planc. 2, 5: hanc ad legem formanda est [[oratio]], id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex, id. Or. 58: legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: leges Epicuri, id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24: [[vetus]] lex sermonis, Quint. 1, 5, 29: [[contra]] leges loquendi, id. 1, 8, 13: lex et [[ratio]] loquendi, Juv. 6, 453: [[secundum]] grammaticam legem, Gell. 13, 21, 22: legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc., id. 16, 2, 1: citharae leges, Tac. A. 16, 4: beneficii, Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4: sic [[ingens]] rerum [[numerus]] jubet [[atque]] operum lex, Juv. 7, 102: scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc., Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5: qui [[titulus]] sola metri lege constringitur, id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things: quā sidera lege mearent, by [[what]] [[law]], [[what]] [[rule]], Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, [[sine]] lege, [[without]] [[order]], in [[confusion]], [[confusedly]]: exspatiantur equi ... [[quaque]] [[impetus]] egit, Hac [[sine]] lege ruunt, Ov. M. 2, 204: jacent collo sparsi [[sine]] lege capilli, id. H. 15, 73: haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet, [[quality]], [[nature]], id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.: sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras, id. Hal. 32.—<br /> <b>D</b> A [[contract]], [[agreement]], [[covenant]]: oleam faciundam hac lege [[oportet]] locare, etc., [[Cato]], R. R. 145: in mancipii lege, a [[contract]] of [[sale]], Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.: Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere, id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—<br /> <b>E</b> A [[condition]], [[stipulation]] (cf. [[condicio]]).<br /> <b>1</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): ego dabo ei [[talentum]], [[primus]] qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis [[pedes]], Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13: [[quia]] nequit, [[qua]] lege licuit velle dixit fieri, id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas [[licet]], id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: hac lege [[tibi]] adstringo meam fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: legibus dictis, Liv. 9, 5, 3: dicta [[tibi]] est lex, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18: sed vos saevas imponite leges, Juv. 7, 229.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hence of conditions or terms of [[peace]]: pax [[data]] Philippo in has leges est, Liv. 33, 30: quibus [[ante]] [[dictum]] est legibus, pacem fecerunt, id. 30, 43: pacemque his legibus constituerunt, Nep. Tim. 2: se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere, Verg. A. 4, 618: leges et foedera jungere, id. ib. 12, 822: in leges [[ire]], Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—<br /> <b>F</b> In eccl. Lat. esp., the [[law]] of [[Moses]]: nolite putare [[quoniam]] veni solvere legem, Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13; [[often]] called lex Moysi, id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5; [[but]] [[more]] freq. lex Domini, id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2: lex Dei, id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.; also cf.: lex Altissimi, id. Eccl. 19, 21: lex tua, id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18: lex mea, id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a [[precept]] of the Mosaic [[law]]: ista est lex animantium, Vulg. Lev. 11, 46: istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus, id. Num. 30, 17. | |lshtext=<b>lex</b>: lēgis, f. perh. Sanscr. [[root]] [[lag]]-, lig-, to [[fasten]]; Lat. [[ligo]], to [[bind]], [[oblige]]; cf. [[religio]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[proposition]] or [[motion]] for a [[law]] made to the [[people]] by a [[magistrate]], a [[bill]] (cf. [[institutum]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: legem ferre: antiquare, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: rogare, id. Phil. 2, 29, 72: leges ac jura ferre, Juv. 2, 72: legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc., Liv. 33, 46: [[Antonius]] fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, [[qua]], etc., Cic. Att. 14, 12: legem sciscere de [[aliqua]] re, id. Planc. 14, 35: [[populus]] R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda, id. Balb. 17, 38: repudiare, id. Lael. 25, 96.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> A [[bill]] [[which]] has [[become]] a [[law]] in [[consequence]] of its [[adoption]] by the [[people]] in the [[comitia]], a [[law]] (cf.: jus, fas; [[decretum]], [[edictum]], [[scitum]]): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: legem gravem alicui imponere, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere, id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: neglegere, perrumpere, id. Leg. 1, 15, 42: leges ac jura labefactare, id. Caecin. 25, 70: legem condere, Liv. 3, 34: leges [[duodecim]] tabularum, the laws [[composed]] by the decemvirs, the [[foundation]] of Roman [[legislation]], Liv. 3, 33 sq.: [[nunc]] barbaricā lege certumst jus [[meum]] omne persequi, i. e. by the Roman [[law]], [[that]] of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp. in phrases.<br /> <b>1</b> Lege and legibus, according to [[law]], by [[law]], [[legally]]: ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona, Ter. And. 4, 5, 4: Athenas [[deductus]] est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium, Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> Legis [[actio]], a [[statutory]] [[process]]: actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel [[ideo]] [[quod]] legibus proditae sunt, ... vel [[ideo]] [[quia]] ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et [[ideo]] inmutabiles [[proinde]] [[atque]] leges observabantur, Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—<br /> <b>3</b> Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to [[proceed]] [[strictly]] according to [[law]].<br /> <b>a</b> Of the [[lictor]], to [[execute]] a [[sentence]]: [[Fulvius]] praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet, Liv. 26, 15, 9. —<br /> <b>b</b> To [[bring]] a [[legal]] or [[statutory]] [[action]]: una injuria est [[tecum]]. Chr. Lege [[agito]] [[ergo]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege [[agito]] dicebatur ei cujus [[intentio]] [[contemptibilis]] adversario videbatur, [[Don]]. ad Ter. l. l.: lege [[agito]] [[mecum]]; [[molestus]] ne sis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11: lege egit in hereditatem paternam [[exheres]] [[filius]], Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—<br /> <b>4</b> Fraudem legi facere, to [[evade]] the [[law]]: ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc., the [[law]] [[against]] [[dicing]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9: [[quod]] emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset, Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf. also: [[facio]] fraudem [[senatus]] [[consulto]], Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—<br /> <b>C</b> In gen., a [[law]], [[precept]], [[regulation]], [[principle]], [[rule]], [[mode]], [[manner]]: qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: [[communis]] [[condicio]] lexque vitae, id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18: haec lex in [[amicitia]] sauciatur, id. Lael. 12, 40: [[quaero]] [[cur]] vir [[bonus]] has sibi tam [[gravis]] leges imposuerit, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: lex veri rectique, id. ib. 2, 9, 27: [[aliquam]] legem vitae accipere, Sen. Ep. 108, 6: ad legem naturae revertamur, id. ib. 25, 4: leges in [[historia]] observandae, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5: [[quis]] nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne [[quid]] falsi dicere audeat? id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3: [[vetus]] est lex amicitiae, ut [[idem]] amici [[semper]] velint, id. Planc. 2, 5: hanc ad legem formanda est [[oratio]], id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex, id. Or. 58: legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: leges Epicuri, id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24: [[vetus]] lex sermonis, Quint. 1, 5, 29: [[contra]] leges loquendi, id. 1, 8, 13: lex et [[ratio]] loquendi, Juv. 6, 453: [[secundum]] grammaticam legem, Gell. 13, 21, 22: legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc., id. 16, 2, 1: citharae leges, Tac. A. 16, 4: beneficii, Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4: sic [[ingens]] rerum [[numerus]] jubet [[atque]] operum lex, Juv. 7, 102: scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc., Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5: qui [[titulus]] sola metri lege constringitur, id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things: quā sidera lege mearent, by [[what]] [[law]], [[what]] [[rule]], Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, [[sine]] lege, [[without]] [[order]], in [[confusion]], [[confusedly]]: exspatiantur equi ... [[quaque]] [[impetus]] egit, Hac [[sine]] lege ruunt, Ov. M. 2, 204: jacent collo sparsi [[sine]] lege capilli, id. H. 15, 73: haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet, [[quality]], [[nature]], id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.: sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras, id. Hal. 32.—<br /> <b>D</b> A [[contract]], [[agreement]], [[covenant]]: oleam faciundam hac lege [[oportet]] locare, etc., [[Cato]], R. R. 145: in mancipii lege, a [[contract]] of [[sale]], Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.: Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere, id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—<br /> <b>E</b> A [[condition]], [[stipulation]] (cf. [[condicio]]).<br /> <b>1</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): ego dabo ei [[talentum]], [[primus]] qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis [[pedes]], Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13: [[quia]] nequit, [[qua]] lege licuit velle dixit fieri, id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas [[licet]], id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: hac lege [[tibi]] adstringo meam fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: legibus dictis, Liv. 9, 5, 3: dicta [[tibi]] est lex, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18: sed vos saevas imponite leges, Juv. 7, 229.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hence of conditions or terms of [[peace]]: pax [[data]] Philippo in has leges est, Liv. 33, 30: quibus [[ante]] [[dictum]] est legibus, pacem fecerunt, id. 30, 43: pacemque his legibus constituerunt, Nep. Tim. 2: se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere, Verg. A. 4, 618: leges et foedera jungere, id. ib. 12, 822: in leges [[ire]], Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—<br /> <b>F</b> In eccl. Lat. esp., the [[law]] of [[Moses]]: nolite putare [[quoniam]] veni solvere legem, Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13; [[often]] called lex Moysi, id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5; [[but]] [[more]] freq. lex Domini, id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2: lex Dei, id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.; also cf.: lex Altissimi, id. Eccl. 19, 21: lex tua, id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18: lex mea, id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a [[precept]] of the Mosaic [[law]]: ista est lex animantium, Vulg. Lev. 11, 46: istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus, id. Num. 30, 17. | ||
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|gf=<b>lēx</b>,⁵ lēgis, f. (lĕgo),<br /><b>1</b> motion faite par un magistrat devant le peuple, proposition de loi, projet de loi : legem ferre, rogare, présenter un projet de loi au peuple ; promulgare, l’afficher [avant qu’il ne soit soumis au vote] ; perferre, le faire voter ; sciscere, jubere, l’agréer [en parl. du peuple] ; antiquare, repudiare, le repousser, le rejeter ; suadere, dissuadere, parler pour, contre ; le soutenir, le combattre [devant l’assemblée du peuple]<br /><b>2</b> projet sanctionné par le peuple ([[populus]]), ordonnance émanant du peuple, loi, différente du [[plebiscitum]], v. Gell. 10, 20 : [[lex]] [[ambitus]], de pecuniis repetundis, loi sur la brigue, sur les concussions ; [[lex]] agraria, loi agraire ; salva [[lege]] Ælia et Fufia Cic. Vat. 37, sans enfreindre les lois Ælia et Fufia ; sua [[lege]] [[damnatus]] Cic. Br. 305, condamné par application de sa propre loi ; cum [[pro]] se [[ipse]] [[lege]] [[Varia]] diceret Cic. Tusc. 2, 57, comme il plaidait pour lui-même sous le coup de la loi [[Varia]] ; utitur [[hac]] [[lege]], [[qua]] [[judicium]] [[est]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, il fait appel à [[cette]] loi, en vertu de laquelle ces débats sont institués ; [[lege]] agere, v. [[ago]] ; ex [[lege]] rem judicare Cic. Inv. 2, 131, juger une affaire d’après une loi ; [[per]] legem [[non]] [[licet]]... Cic. Agr. 2, 78, la loi ne permet pas... ; [[lex]] [[est]] ut Cic. Inv. 2, 96 ; 98 (ne Cic. Inv. 2, 95 ; Phil. 1, 19 ), il y a une loi ordonnant que (défendant que) ; [[suis]] legibus [[uti]] Cæs. G. 1, 45, 3, conserver son indépendance [en parl. d’un peuple] || [fig.] loi, règle, précepte : [[sibi]] graves leges imponere Cic. Ac. 2, 23, s’imposer des lois rigoureuses ; leges imponere alicui Cic. Par. 36, faire la loi à qqn, le gouverner à sa guise ; [[unius]] disciplinæ leges Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, les lois d’une seule école ; [[alias]] in [[historia]] leges observandas, [[alias]] in poemate Cic. Leg. 1, 5, [tu penses] qu’il faut observer dans l’histoire d’autres lois que dans la poésie ; primam [[esse]] historiæ legem, ne Cic. de Or. 2, 62, que la première loi de l’histoire [[est]] de ne pas... ; [[vetus]] [[est]] [[lex]] amicitiæ, ut... Cic. Planc. 5, c’[[est]] une ancienne loi de l’amitié que... ; [[lex]] naturæ Cic. Off. 3, 69, loi naturelle ; [[grammatica]] [[lex]] Gell. 13, 21, 22, loi grammaticale ; citharæ leges Tac. Ann. 16, 4, les lois du joueur de lyre ; [poét.] sparsi [[sine]] [[lege]] capilli Ov. H. 15, 73, cheveux épars en désordre<br /><b>3</b> contrat, pacte [fixé par une formule immuable] : [[lex]] mancipii Cic. de Or. 1, 178, contrat de vente || cahier des charges d’une entreprise, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 134 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 145 ; 146, etc. ; CIL 1, 577 ; [en part.] leges censoriæ Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, contrats des censeurs [fixés aux fermiers de l’État] || Manilianæ leges Cic. de Or. 1, 246, les formules de [[Manilius]] || [[clause]], condition : pacem iis legibus constituerunt ut Nep. Timoth. 2, 2, ils établirent la paix avec des conditions telles que, cf. Liv. 30, 43, 4, etc. || [fig.] [[lex]] vitæ Cic. Tusc. 4, 62, [[clause]], condition imposée dès la naissance aux êtres vivants, cf. Sen. Ep. 108, 6 (mais dare legem vitæ Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 2 = édicter une règle de conduite) ; homines ea [[lege]] nati, ut... Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2, des hommes que leur naissance assujettit à [[cette]] loi que... | |||
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lex: lēgis, f. perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio,
I a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).
I Lit.: legem ferre: antiquare, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: rogare, id. Phil. 2, 29, 72: leges ac jura ferre, Juv. 2, 72: legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc., Liv. 33, 46: Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc., Cic. Att. 14, 12: legem sciscere de aliqua re, id. Planc. 14, 35: populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda, id. Balb. 17, 38: repudiare, id. Lael. 25, 96.—
II Transf.
A A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: legem gravem alicui imponere, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere, id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: neglegere, perrumpere, id. Leg. 1, 15, 42: leges ac jura labefactare, id. Caecin. 25, 70: legem condere, Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.: nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi, i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—
B Esp. in phrases.
1 Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally: ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona, Ter. And. 4, 5, 4: Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium, Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—
2 Legis actio, a statutory process: actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt, ... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur, Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—
3 Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.
a Of the lictor, to execute a sentence: Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet, Liv. 26, 15, 9. —
b To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum; molestus ne sis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11: lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—
4 Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law: ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc., the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9: quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset, Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf. also: facio fraudem senatus consulto, Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—
C In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner: qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: communis condicio lexque vitae, id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18: haec lex in amicitia sauciatur, id. Lael. 12, 40: quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit, id. Ac. 2, 8, 23: lex veri rectique, id. ib. 2, 9, 27: aliquam legem vitae accipere, Sen. Ep. 108, 6: ad legem naturae revertamur, id. ib. 25, 4: leges in historia observandae, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5: quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat? id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3: vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint, id. Planc. 2, 5: hanc ad legem formanda est oratio, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190: versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex, id. Or. 58: legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere, id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: leges Epicuri, id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24: vetus lex sermonis, Quint. 1, 5, 29: contra leges loquendi, id. 1, 8, 13: lex et ratio loquendi, Juv. 6, 453: secundum grammaticam legem, Gell. 13, 21, 22: legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc., id. 16, 2, 1: citharae leges, Tac. A. 16, 4: beneficii, Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4: sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex, Juv. 7, 102: scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc., Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5: qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur, id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things: quā sidera lege mearent, by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly: exspatiantur equi ... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt, Ov. M. 2, 204: jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli, id. H. 15, 73: haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet, quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.: sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras, id. Hal. 32.—
D A contract, agreement, covenant: oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc., Cato, R. R. 145: in mancipii lege, a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.: Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere, id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—
E A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).
1 In gen. (mostly ante-class.): ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13: quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri, id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22: legibus dictis, Liv. 9, 5, 3: dicta tibi est lex, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18: sed vos saevas imponite leges, Juv. 7, 229.—
2 Hence of conditions or terms of peace: pax data Philippo in has leges est, Liv. 33, 30: quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt, id. 30, 43: pacemque his legibus constituerunt, Nep. Tim. 2: se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere, Verg. A. 4, 618: leges et foedera jungere, id. ib. 12, 822: in leges ire, Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—
F In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses: nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem, Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13; often called lex Moysi, id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5; but more freq. lex Domini, id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2: lex Dei, id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.; also cf.: lex Altissimi, id. Eccl. 19, 21: lex tua, id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18: lex mea, id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law: ista est lex animantium, Vulg. Lev. 11, 46: istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus, id. Num. 30, 17.
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lēx,⁵ lēgis, f. (lĕgo),
1 motion faite par un magistrat devant le peuple, proposition de loi, projet de loi : legem ferre, rogare, présenter un projet de loi au peuple ; promulgare, l’afficher [avant qu’il ne soit soumis au vote] ; perferre, le faire voter ; sciscere, jubere, l’agréer [en parl. du peuple] ; antiquare, repudiare, le repousser, le rejeter ; suadere, dissuadere, parler pour, contre ; le soutenir, le combattre [devant l’assemblée du peuple]
2 projet sanctionné par le peuple (populus), ordonnance émanant du peuple, loi, différente du plebiscitum, v. Gell. 10, 20 : lex ambitus, de pecuniis repetundis, loi sur la brigue, sur les concussions ; lex agraria, loi agraire ; salva lege Ælia et Fufia Cic. Vat. 37, sans enfreindre les lois Ælia et Fufia ; sua lege damnatus Cic. Br. 305, condamné par application de sa propre loi ; cum pro se ipse lege Varia diceret Cic. Tusc. 2, 57, comme il plaidait pour lui-même sous le coup de la loi Varia ; utitur hac lege, qua judicium est Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, il fait appel à cette loi, en vertu de laquelle ces débats sont institués ; lege agere, v. ago ; ex lege rem judicare Cic. Inv. 2, 131, juger une affaire d’après une loi ; per legem non licet... Cic. Agr. 2, 78, la loi ne permet pas... ; lex est ut Cic. Inv. 2, 96 ; 98 (ne Cic. Inv. 2, 95 ; Phil. 1, 19 ), il y a une loi ordonnant que (défendant que) ; suis legibus uti Cæs. G. 1, 45, 3, conserver son indépendance [en parl. d’un peuple]
