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|lshtext=<b>as-sĕro</b>: (ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[sow]], [[plant]], or [[set]] [[near]] [[something]] ([[very]] [[rare]]; not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites, [[Cato]], R. R. 32 fin.: [[vitis]] adsita ad [[olus]], Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.: vites [[propter]] cupressos, id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta [[quin]] [[velut]] adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: [[populus]] adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 ([[quippe]] quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).<br /><b>as-sĕro</b>: (ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, [[sertum]], 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[join]] [[some]] [[person]] or [[thing]] to one's [[self]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> As a jurid. t. t. (so this [[word]] is [[most]] freq. [[found]]; cf. [[assertor]] and [[assertio]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also [[merely]] manu, and [[finally]] absol. adserere), to [[declare]] one (a [[slave]]) to be [[free]] by laying hands [[upon]] him, to [[set]] [[free]], to [[liberate]]: adserere manu in libertatem ..., Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.: qui in libertatem adserebant, Suet. Vit. 10: se adserit in libertatem, Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.: in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, [[quia]] [[quivis]] lege agere possit, id juris esse, Liv. 3, 45; so, in ingenuitatem, Suet. Aug. 74: se ingenuitati, Dig. 40, 14, 2: manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83: manuque liberali causā ambas adseras, id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si [[quisquam]] hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68: ego liberali illam adsero causā manu, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40: neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11: illam a lenone adserito manu, id. Pers. 1, 3, 83; and transf.: pisces manu adserere, id. Rud. 4, 3, 34: adserui jam me fugique catenas, Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Aliquem in servitutem, to [[declare]] one to be a [[slave]] by laying the [[hand]] [[upon]] him, to [[claim]] as a [[slave]]: M. Claudio clienti [[negotium]] dedit (Ap. [[Claudius]]), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret, Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the [[judicial]] [[sphere]] to [[common]] [[life]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. A.) To [[free]] from, to [[protect]], [[defend]], [[defend]] [[against]] (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.): habe [[ante]] oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4: se ab injuriā oblivionis, id. ib. 3, 5, 9: liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii [[nuntius]], Flor. 3, 3, 19: [[post]] adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem, id. 1, 13, 19: Latini [[quoque]] Tarquinios adserebant, id. 1, 11, 1: Gracchanas leges, id. 3, 16, 1: easdem leges, id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4: dignitatem, Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33: defendere dignitatem, id. ib. 72: tueri dignitatem): [[senatus]] in adserendā libertate consensit, in the restoring of [[freedom]], Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10: [[namque]] adserit urbes sola [[fames]] (liberas facit urbes [[contra]] dominos, Schol.), Luc. 3, 56: hoc [[focale]] tuas adserat auriculas, i. e. [[guard]] [[against]] the [[hearing]] of [[bad]] verses, Mart. 14, 142: non te cucullis adseret [[caput]] [[tectum]] (sc. a basiis), id. 11, 99.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to [[appropriate]] [[something]] to one's [[self]], to [[claim]], [[declare]] it one's [[own]] [[possession]]: nec laudes adsere [[nostras]], [[claim]] not for [[yourself]], etc., Ov. M. 1, 462: haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto, Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere [[caelo]], [[appoint]] me to the skies, i. e. [[declare]] me to be of [[celestial]] [[origin]], Ov. M. 1, 761.—In [[prose]], Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4: Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi [[cognomen]] adseruit L. [[Sulla]], Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137: sapientis sibi [[nomen]] adseruit, Quint. 12, 1, 20: sibi artem figurarum, id. 9, 3, 64: [[ipse]] te in [[alto]] [[isto]] pinguique secessu studiis adseris? are [[you]] devoting [[yourself]]? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3: dominationem sibi, Suet. Oth. 9: divinam majestatem sibi, id. Calig. 22: [[Gallaeci]] Graecam sibi originem adserunt, Just. 44, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In gen., to [[maintain]], [[affirm]], [[assert]], [[declare]]; διαβεβαιοῦμαι, Gloss.: non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec [[refert]] Thyestae, Mart. 10, 35: [[Epicharmus]] testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit, Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, [[where]] Jan conjectures ait: mollissimum quemque [[beatum]] [[fore]] adserebant, Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5: non vacat adserere quae finxeris, Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

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