societas

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŏcĭĕtas: ātis, f. id.,
I fellowship, association, union, community, society (implying union for a common purpose; cf.: conjunctio, consociatio; and not a mere assembly; cf.: circulus, coetus; conventus, sodalitas; freq. and class.).
I In gen.: hominum inter ipsos societas conjunctioque, Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 28: (nos) natos esse ad societatem communitatemque generis humani, id. Fin. 4, 2, 4: societas generis humani, quam conciliavit ipsa natura, id. Lael. 5, 20: fides et societas generis humani, id. N. D. 1, 2, 4: societas et communicatio utilitatum, id. Fin. 5, 23, 65: nulla societas nobis cum tyrannis, sed potius summa distractio est, id. Off. 3, 6, 32: societatem cum aliquo coire ... dirimere, id. Phil. 2, 10, 24: societatem coire de municipis cognitique fortunis cum alienissimo, id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87: quasi societatem coit conparandi cibi, id. N. D. 2, 48, 123: societatem confirmare, id. Phil. 2, 35, 89: nefarias pactiones societatesque conflare, id. Har. Resp. 20, 42: consiliorum omnium societas, id. Brut. 1, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 3: juris, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49: humanitatis, id. ib. 2, 26, 48: beate et honeste vivendi, id. ib. 4, 3, 3: gravitatis cum humanitate, id. Leg. 3, 1, 1: belli, Sall. C. 40, 1: omnium facinorum sibi cum Dolabellā societatem initam confiteri, Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 36: nominum, names in common, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 218 et saep.; cf.: nulla sancta societas nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26, and id. Rep. 1, 32 (Trag. v. 411 Vahl.): neque naturae est societas ulla cum somniis, Cic. Div. 2, 71, 147.—
II In partic.
   A A copartnership, association for trading purposes.
   1    In abstr.: qui societatem cum Sex. Naevio fecerit, etc.... fecit societatem earum rerum, quae in Galliā comparabantur, Cic. Quint. 3, 11: qui magnā fide societatem gererent, etc., id. ib. 3, 13: cum annos jam compluris societas esset, id. ib. 4, 14: quae (pecunia) tibi ex societate debeatur, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16: societatem contrahere, Dig. 17, 2, 5; 17, 2, 74: coire, ib. 17, 2, 1 sq.; 17, 2, 5.—Plur.: societates contrahuntur sive universorum bonorum, sive negotiationis alicujus, sive vectigalis, sive etiam rei unius, Dig. 17, 2, 5.—
   2    In concr., a company or society of the farmers of the public revenue: nulla Romae societas vectigalium, nullum collegium aut concilium, etc., Cic. Sest. 14, 32; cf. id. Fam. 13, 9, 2: si omnes societates venerunt, quarum ex numero multi sedent judices, id. Mur. 33, 69: provinciarum, Caes. B. C. 3, 3 fin.: maximarum societatum auctor, Cic. Planc. 13, 32; Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118. —
   B A political league, an alliance, confederacy: cum Ptolemaeo societas erat facta, Caes. B. C. 3, 107 fin.: Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt, id. B. G. 6, 2: Leptitani Romam miserant amicitiam societatemque rogatum, Sall. J. 77, 2; so with amicitia, id. ib. 83, 1: impellere ad societatem belli, id. C. 40, 1: cum Lacedaemonii in societate non manerent, Nep. Con. 2, 2: Ioniam a societate averterunt Atheniensium, id. Alcib. 4, 7: societatem alicujus induere, Tac. A. 12, 13.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sŏcĭĕtās,⁷ ātis, f. (socius),
1 association, réunion, communauté, société : hominum inter ipsos Cic. Leg. 1, 28, la société humaine ; societas generis humani Cic. Læl. 20, la société du genre humain ; societatem cum aliquo coire... dirimere Cic. Phil. 2, 24, nouer une association avec qqn, la rompre ; nulla societas nobis cum tyrannis est Cic. Off. 3, 32, il n’y a pas de société entre nous et les tyrans ; societas vitæ Cic. Amer. 111, la vie sociale ; vir conjunctissimus mecum consiliorum omnium societate Cic. Br. 2, homme qu’une complète communauté d’idées liait à moi étroitement ; facti, consilii societas Cic. Phil. 2, 26 ; 2, 32, participation à un acte, à une entreprise, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 136 ; omnium facinorum sibi cum Dolabella societatem initam confiteri Cic. Phil. 13, 36, avouer qu’une association pour tous les crimes le lie à Dolabella
2 association commerciale, industrielle ; société, compagnie : fecit societatem earum rerum quæ in Gallia comparabantur Cic. Quinct. 12, il forma une association relative aux produits que l’on se procurait en Gaule ; magna fide societatem gerere Cic. Quinct. 13, gérer une association très honnêtement || société fermière, compagnie des fermiers publics : Cic. Br. 85 ; Sest. 32 ; Mur. 69 ; Planc. 32
3 union politique, alliance : cum Ptolomæo societas erat facta Cæs. C. 3, 107, 2, une alliance avait été contractée avec Ptolémée, cf. Cæs. G. 6, 2, 2 ; Sall. J. 77, 2 ; Nep. Con. 2, 2 ; Alc. 4, 7.