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|lshtext=<b>dē-monstro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> [[arch]]. inf. [[pass]].: demonstrarier, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 76), v. a., to [[point]] [[out]], as [[with]] the [[finger]]; to [[indicate]], [[designate]], [[show]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. (cf.: [[indico]], [[significo]], [[ostendo]]): ubi habitet (mihi) demonstrarier ([[volo]]—[[with]] commonstrarier), Ter. l. l.; cf.: itinera ipsa ita putavi esse demonstranda, ut commonstrarem [[tantum]] viam, et ut fieri solet, digitum ad fontes intenderem, Cic. de Or. 1, 46 fin.: non ea [[figura]], quae digito demonstrari potest, id. Rep. 6, 24; so, [[too]], aliquid digito, Quint. 6, 3, 38: aliquem averso pollice, id. 11, 3, 104: aliquid nutu vel manu, id. 1, 5, 36: eum [[volo]] mihi demonstretis hominem, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 16: thesaurum mi in hisce aedibus, id. Trin. 1, 2, 113: itinera cum [[cura]], Liv. 23, 33: unum ex iis, Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.: ut [[ante]] demonstrabant, [[quid]] [[ubique]] esset ... [[item]] [[nunc]], [[quid]] [[undique]] oblatum [[sit]], ostendunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59: demonstres ubi sint tuae [[tenebrae]], Catull. 55, 2.—Absol.: [[histrio]] ita demonstraverat (had gesticulated), ut bibentem natantemque faceret, Suet. Ner. 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet. of a [[subject]] not [[personal]]: demonstrant astra salebras, Prop. 3, 16, 15 (4, 15, 15 M.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., jurid. t. t.: fines, to [[point]] [[out]] the boundaries, i.e. to [[deliver]] a [[piece]] of [[land]] to the purchaser, Cic. pro Tull. § 17; Dig. 18, 1, 18; 21, 2, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Pregn., to [[guide]] by pointing [[out]] the [[way]]: si [[equus]] [[ille]] decessit qui demonstrabat quadrigam, Dig. 31, 1, 65, § 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[designate]], [[indicate]], by [[speech]] or [[writing]]; to [[show]], [[prove]], [[demonstrate]]; to [[represent]], [[describe]]; also [[simply]] to [[mention]] (in this signif. [[often]] in Caes. —for syn. cf.: [[monstro]], [[commonstro]], [[comprobo]], [[probo]], [[declaro]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: [[Spurinna]] [[quidem]] cum ei rem demonstrassem et vitam tuam superiorem exposuissem, magnum [[periculum]] summae reipublicae demonstrabat, [[nisi]], etc., Cic. Fam. 9, 24; so [[with]] docere, id. Verr. 2, 2, 50; [[with]] ostendere, id. Att. 1, 1, 4; Quint. 5, 12, 15 et saep.: istius cupiditatem minasque demonstrat, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39 fin.: si [[tibi]] [[nemo]] responsurus esset, [[tamen]] ipsam causam demonstrare non posses, id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 43: modum formamque (sc. navium), Caes. B. G. 5, 1: re demonstrata, id. ib. 5, 38; cf.: quibus demonstratis, Quint. 5, 1, 3: aliquid scripto, id. 1, 5, 32 et saep.: ad ea [[castra]], quae [[supra]] demonstravimus, contendit, Caes. B. G. 7, 83 fin.; 5, 49; so [[with]] the pron. relat., id. B. C. 3, 84, 3; 3, 89, 3: hujus Hercyniae silvae, quae [[supra]] demonstrata est, [[latitudo]], etc., id. B. G. 6, 25; cf. in [[pass]]. id. B. C. 1, 81, 2; 63 fin.—With [[double]] acc.: [[quam]] virtutem quartam elocutionis [[Cicero]] demonstrat, Quint. 11, 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf.: mihi [[Fabius]] demonstravit, te id cogitasse facere, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2; id. Inv. 1, 31: demonstrant sibi [[praeter]] agri [[solum]] [[nihil]] esse reliqui, Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 5; 2, 17, 2; 7, 41, 2 ([[with]] exponunt); 7, 43, 2 et saep.—Pass. [[with]] nom. and inf.: altera parte [[imbecillitas]], [[inopia]] fuisse demonstrabitur, Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7: si eo [[ipse]] in genere, quo arguatur, [[integer]] [[ante]] fuisse demonstrabitur, Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 36; Hyg. Astr. 2, 14; 2, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a [[relative]] [[clause]]: quanta praedae faciendae [[facultas]] daretur, si, etc., Caes. B. G. 4, 34 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 169.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: cum esset [[Caesar]] in citeriore [[Gallia]] in hibernis, ita uti [[supra]] demonstravimus, Caes. B. G. 2, 1: ut [[supra]] demonstravimus, id. ib. 5, 3; 5, 19 al.: ut [[ante]] demonstravimus, id. ib. 2, 22; ita ut [[antea]] demonstravimus, id. ib. 7, 46; and [[simply]] ut demonstravimus, id. ib. 6, 35; id. B. C. 3, 66, 2 al.—（ε) In [[attraction]]: cum essent in quibus demonstravi augustiis, Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 6: [[circiter]] DC ejus generis, cujus [[supra]] demonstravimus naves, id. B. G. 5, 2, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of an [[inanimate]] [[subject]]: quae hoc demonstrare videantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63: [[quod]] [[proximus]] demonstrabit [[liber]], Quint. 1, 10, 49: [[littera]] causam, Tib. 3, 2, 27: [[laus]] ac [[vituperatio]] quale [[sit]] quidque demonstrat, id. 3, 4, 14 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Pass. impers.: naves XVIII., de quibus [[supra]] demonstratum est, Caes. B. G. 4, 28; id. B. C. 1, 56, 2: erant, ut [[supra]] demonstratum est, legiones Afranii [[tres]], id. ib. 1, 39; 2, 34; and [[without]] [[supra]], id. ib. 3, 62: quem a Pompeio [[missum]] in Hispaniam demonstratum est, id. ib. 1, 38; so [[with]] an acc. and inf., id. ib. 2, 28; 2, 42, 5: ad [[flumen]] Axonam contenderunt, [[quod]] esse [[post]] nostra [[castra]] demonstratum est, id. B. G. 2, 9, 3.