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|lshtext=<b>dŏcŭmentum</b>: i (dŏcŭmen, Lucr. 6, 392;<br /><b>I</b> and dŏcĭmen, Ter. Maur. p. 2425 P.), n. [[doceo]]: documenta quae exempla docendi [[causa]] dicuntur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 62 Müll., a [[lesson]], [[example]] ([[either]] for [[instruction]] or [[warning]]); a [[pattern]], [[warning]]; a [[proof]], [[instance]], [[specimen]], etc. ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: P. [[Rutilius]] [[documentum]] fuit hominibus nostris virtutis, antiquitatis, prudentiae, Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; cf. Suet. Aug. 51: humanorum casuum, Liv. 45, 40, 6: periculi, id. 1, 52, 4: fidei [[dare]], id. 22, 39: eloquentiae [[dare]], 45, 37: patientiae [[dare]], Tac. Agr. 2; cf. id. H. 4, 60: judicii mei, id. ib. 1, 15: cavendae [[similis]] injuriae, Liv. 3, 50: sui [[dare]], id. 32, 7; Curt. 7, 11, 5: [[multa]] egregii principis [[dare]], Suet. Galb. 14; cf. Vell. 2, 42: quarum rerum maxuma documenta haec [[habeo]] [[quod]], etc., Sall. C. 9, 4: [[omnis]] exempli, Liv. praef. § 10: esse [[documentum]] [[adversus]] aliquid, id. 9, 46, 8: [[satis]] ego documenti in omnes [[casus]] [[sum]], id. 30, 30, 16: alicujus rei esse documento, Quint. 7, 1, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a rel. or interrog. [[clause]]: dederas [[enim]], [[quam]] contemneres populares insanias, jam [[inde]] ab adolescentia documenta maxima, Cic. Mil. 8 fin.: [[documentum]] capere, [[quid]] esset victis extimescendum, id. Phil. 11, 2, 5: habeat me ipsum sibi documento, quae vitae via facillime viros bonos ad honorem perducat, id. Agr. 1, 9 fin.: [[quantum]] in [[bello]] [[fortuna]] posset, esse documento, Caes. B. C. 3, 10, 6; Liv. 45, 44: se documento futurum [[utrum]] ... an, etc., id. 3, 56 fin.; cf. Tac. A. 13, 6 fin.: [[haud]] [[sane]], [[cur]] ad majora [[tibi]] fidamus, documenti [[quicquam]] dedisti, Liv. 24, 8.—With acc. and inf.: ut ([[Cato]]) esset hominibus documento, ea [[quoque]] percipi posse, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ne or ut: illis [[documentum]] dabo, ne, etc., Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 94; so, [[documentum]] esse, ne, Liv. 21, 19, 10; * Hor. S. 1, 4, 110: documento esse, ne, Liv. 7, 6, 11: ceteris, ut parcius instarent, fuere [[documentum]], Curt. 8, 14, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: singulis effossis oculis domum remittit, ut sint reliquis documento, Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; Liv. 5, 51; 24, 8 fin.; Quint. 6, 3, 10; 11, 3, 4 al.: [[infidus]] [[socius]] ... ad Fabiorum Pyrrhive proditorem [[tertium]] transfugis [[documentum]] esset, Liv. 24, 45, 3: aequitate deum [[erga]] bona malaque documenta, Tac. A. 16, 33.

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|georg=documentum, ī, n. ([[doceo]]), alles, [[wodurch]] [[man]] [[etwas]] [[lehren]], [[sehen]] od. [[schließen]] od. [[sich]] [[vor]] [[etwas]] [[hüten]] kann, der [[Beweis]], das [[Beispiel]], warnende [[Beispiel]], die [[Warnung]], [[Lehre]], [[Probe]], das [[Zeugnis]], Cic. u.a.: doc. periculi (W. [[vor]] G.), Liv.: documenta ([[Vorgang]]) deorum, Arnob.: [[documento]] [[esse]], Liv.: alci [[documento]] [[esse]], Caes.: [[documentum]] [[esse]] od. alcis [[rei]] [[documentum]] [[esse]] (v. Pers.u. Lebl.), Cic., Liv. u.a.: [[documentum]] alcis [[rei]] dare, Liv.: d. [[sui]] dare, [[Beweis]], [[Probe]] [[von]] [[sich]], Liv.: alienā calamitate [[documentum]] [[datum]] illis cavendae [[similis]] iniuriae, Liv.: [[documentum]] dare m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.: documenta dare m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Cic. u. Liv. – / Nbf. docimentum, [[Not]]. Tir. 53, 70. Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 1164. – Akk. Mask. [[hunc]] [[documentum]], Marini papyr. dipl. 190, 5. a. 619.

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