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|lshtext=<b>sŏlĕo</b>: ĭtus, 2 (<br /><b>I</b> pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, [[Cato]] and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, § 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. cf. [[suesco]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[use]], be [[wont]], be [[accustomed]] (cf. [[assuesco]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. (so [[most]] freq.); [[act]].: qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: ruri [[crebro]] esse [[soleo]], Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18: [[nihil]] ego in [[occulto]] agere [[soleo]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86: hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles, id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in [[scirpo]], soliti [[quod]] dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex [[solitus]] est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263: quā (consuetudine) [[solitus]] [[sum]] uti, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135: soliti prandere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: (cum [[Thucydides]]), id [[quod]] optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in [[exsilium]] [[pulsus]] esset, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.; [[often]] [[solitus]] eram = solebam, Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. [[pass]].: majore operā ibi serviles [[nuptiae]], [[quam]] liberales [[etiam]], curari solent, Plaut. Cas. prol. 74: [[verum]] illud [[verbum]] est, [[vulgo]] [[quod]] dici solet, Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9: [[unde]] videri Danaum solitae naves, Verg. A. 2, 462: ad haec [[illa]] dici solent, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: permirum mihi videri solet, id. ib. 5, 5, 7: si ([[domus]]) [[alio]] domino solita est frequentari, id. Off. 1, 39, 139: [[quod]] spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti, id. Sen. 3, 7: ut solet fieri, Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7: ut fieri solet, Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without inf.: [[cave]] tu [[idem]] faxis, alii [[quod]] servi solent, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8: me [[dico]] [[ire]], quo saturi solent, id. Curc. 2, 3, 83: artior, [[quam]] solebat, [[somnus]] [[complexus]] est, Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6: ita ego [[soleo]], id. Men. 1, 2, 31: sic [[soleo]], Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48: [[eodem]] pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in [[collum]] [[pallium]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11: [[credo]] jam, ut solet, Jurgabit, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54: agedum, ut soles, id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.: ut [[solitus]] es, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25: cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: [[quod]] [[plerumque]] in atroci negotio solet, Sall. C. 29, 2: [[quod]] prava [[ambitio]] solet, id. J. 96, 3: ut solebat, Amm. 16, 11, 15: cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, [[controversia]] pastorum esset orta, Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.—So [[often]] [[with]] [[Plautus]] in the [[part]]. pres.: Di. Mala [[femina]] es. As. Solens [[sum]]: ea est [[disciplina]], [[that]]'s my [[way]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43: [[lubens]] fecero et solens, id. Cas. 5, 1, 14: ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., to [[have]] [[intercourse]] [[with]], in mal. [[part]]. ([[rare]]): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere; Suas pellices esse aiunt, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.—Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a [[passive]] [[sense]] ([[which]] one is used to, or [[which]] [[usually]] happens), [[wonted]], [[accustomed]], [[usual]], [[habitual]], [[ordinary]] (freq. [[since]] the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. [[consuetus]]); absol.: [[solito]] membra levare toro, Tib. 1, 1, 44: ad solitum [[rusticus]] ibit [[opus]], Ov. F. 4, 168: cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant, Tac. H. 4, 60: chori, Prop. 1, 20, 46: [[locus]], Ov. M. 4, 83: [[torus]], Tib. 1, 1, 44: ars, id. 1, 9, 66: artes, Ov. M. 11, 242: [[virtus]], Verg. A. 11, 415: mos, Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165: honores, Tac. A. 3, 5: [[inertia]] Germanorum, id. G. 45: exercitationes, Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.—With dat.: [[armamenta]] Liburnicis solita, Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll. —Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the [[customary]], [[what]] is [[usual]]: hostibus gratiam habendam, [[quod]] solitum [[quicquam]] liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a [[usual]] [[thing]] in a [[free]] [[state]], Liv. 3, 38, 9: [[proinde]] tona eloquio, solitum [[tibi]]! according to [[your]] [[custom]], Verg. A. 11, 383: [[ultra]] solitum, Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.—In plur.: parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi, Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: [[praeter]] solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23: si [[quando]] aliquid ex [[solito]] variaret, Vell. 2, 41, 3: [[nescio]] quā [[praeter]] solitum dulcedine laeti, Verg. G. 1, 412; so, [[praeter]] solitum, Hor. C. 1, 6, 20: [[supra]] solitum, Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. [[with]] a [[comparative]] in the abl. comp. [[solito]]: [[solito]] formosior Aesone [[natus]], [[more]] [[than]] [[usually]] [[handsome]], Ov. M. 7, 84; so, [[solito]] uberior, id. ib. 9, 105: [[blandior]], id. A. A. 2, 411: exactior, Suet. Tib. 18: frequentiores, id. ib. 37: velocius, Ov. M. 14, 388: citius, id. F. 5, 547: [[plus]], id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9: [[magis]], id. 25, 7.

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