excogito
Τί ἐστι θάνατος; Αἰώνιος ὕπνος, ἀνάλυσις σώματος, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πνεύματος ἀπόστασις, πλουσίων φόβος, πενήτων ἐπιθυμία, λύσις μελῶν, φυγὴ καὶ ἀπόκτησις βίου, ὕπνου πατήρ, ἀληθινὴ προθεσμία, ἀπόλυσις πάντων. → What is Death? Everlasting sleep, the dissolution of the body, the desire of those who suffer, the departure of the spirit, the fear of rich men, the desire of paupers, the undoing of the limbs, flight from life and the loss of its possession, the father of sleep, an appointed day sure to be met, the breakup of all things.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-cōgĭto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to find out by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent (freq. and class.; cf.: comminiscor, simulo, confingo, fingo, etc.): quid enim mali aut sceleris fingi aut excogitari potest, quod non ille conceperit? Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: ad haec igitur cogita, mi Attice, vel potius excogita, id. Att. 9, 6, 7: quid igitur causae excogitari potest, cur? etc., id. Deiot. 7, 20: novam interregni ineundi rationem, id. Rep. 2, 12: aliquid dignum dono deorum aut efficere aut excogitare, id. ib. 3, 3, 4: multa praeterea generatim ad avaritiam excogitabantur, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1: aliquid ad ornatum portarum, etc., Hirt. B. G. 8, 51, 2: o callidos homines! o rem excogitatam! Cic. Or. 67, 225: quicquid omnino excogitari contra potest, Quint. 12, 8, 10: res ab illis dicta, non a nobis excogitata, id. 5, 13, 49: in rebus excogitandis (opp. gerendis), Nep. Them. 1 fin.—Impers. with ut: excogitatum est a quibusdam ut, etc., Nep. Att. 8, 3; cf. with a subject-sentence: cum recenti fico salis vice caseo vesci nuper excogitatum est, Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82.—
II Transf., to name: Alpes Poeninas, Amm. 15, 10, 9.—Hence, * excōgĭtātus, a, um, P. a., sought out, choice: excogitatissimae hostiae, Suet. Calig. 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
excōgĭtō,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., trouver à l’aide de la réflexion, imaginer, inventer : excogitare aliquid Cic. Cat. 2, 7, imaginer qqch. ; [avec prop. inf.] excogitavit oportere... Cic. de Or. 1, 243, il a découvert qu’il fallait... || excogitatum est a quibusdam, ut privatum ærarium constitueretur Nep. Att. 8, 3, quelques-uns imaginèrent de fonder une caisse particulière ; cum recenti fico salis vice caseo vesci nuper excogitatum est Plin. 15, 82, tout récemment on a imaginé de manger le fromage avec des figues fraîches au lieu de sel || [avec interr. indir. et subj. délibératif] excogitat, quid decernat Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 147, il découvre la décision à prendre || abst] ad hæc cogita, vel potius excogita Cic. Att. 9, 6, 7, songe à cela, ou plutôt trouve une solution.
