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|lshtext=<b>pŭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[root]] pu, to [[cleanse]]; [[whence]] [[putus]], [[puteus]], [[purus]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[clean]], [[cleanse]] (in the lit. [[sense]] [[very]] [[rare]]; in the trop. [[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[vellus]] lavare ac putare, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: [[pensa]] [[lana]] putata, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22: dolia, [[Cato]], R. R. 39, 1 dub. (al. picare): [[aurum]] [[quoque]] putatum dici solet, id est expurgatum, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. [[putus]], p. 216 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[trim]], [[prune]], or [[lop]] trees or vines: vineas arboresque falce putare, [[Cato]], R. R. 32 init.; 33, 1: vitem, Verg. G. 2, 407; Just. 43, 4, 2: parcendum vitibus et [[ideo]] [[anguste]] putandum, Col. 4, 24, 21; id. Arb. 10, 1; Pall. 3, 12, 1; cf.: putatae vites et arbores, [[quod]] decisis impedimentis remanerent purae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 216 Müll.; so, [[too]], in the foll., the [[passage]] from Gell. 6, 5, 6: [[olivetum]], [[Cato]], R. R. 44: arborem latius, strictius, Pall. 1, 6: vineam, Vulg. Lev. 25, 3; id. Isa. 5, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[clear]] up, [[set]] in [[order]]; to [[arrange]], [[settle]], [[adjust]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: rationem or rationes, to [[hold]] a [[reckoning]], [[reckon]] [[together]], [[settle]] accounts: putare veteres dixerunt vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessaria aut [[etiam]] [[obstantia]] et aliena auferre et excidere, et, [[quod]] esset utile ac [[sine]] [[vitio]] videretur, relinquere. Sic [[namque]] arbores et vites et sic [[etiam]] rationes putari [[dictum]], Gell. 6, 5, 6 sq.: [[vilicus]] rationem cum domino [[crebro]] putet, [[Cato]], R. R. 5, 3: rationes, id. ib. 2, 5: putatur [[ratio]] cum argentario, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 52: rationes cum publicanis putare, Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1: [[ideo]] [[ratio]] putari dicitur in quā [[summa]] [[fit]] pura, Varr. L. L. 5, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.: [[quom]] eam [[mecum]] rationem [[puto]], [[think]] [[over]], [[consider]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[reckon]], [[count]], [[compute]] a [[thing]]: colliciares ([[tegulae]]) pro binis putabuntur, [[will]] be counted, [[Cato]], R. R. 14, 4; cf.: si [[numerus]] militum [[potius]] [[quam]] legionum putatur, Tac. H. 3, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[believe]] in, [[regard]]: id ipsum est deos non putare, quae ab iis significantur contemnere, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[reckon]], [[value]], [[estimate]], [[esteem]] a [[thing]] as [[any]] [[thing]] (= aestimare): aliquid denariis quadringentis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13: magni putare honores, id. Planc. 4, 11: cum unum te pluris [[quam]] omnes illos putem, id. Att. 12, 21, 5: parvi, Cat. 23, 25: tantique putat conubia nostra, Ov. M. 10, 618.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> To [[reckon]], [[deem]], [[hold]], [[consider]], [[count]], [[esteem]], etc.: aliquem [[nihilo]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24: aliquid pro [[certo]], [[Matius]] et Trebat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A fin.: pro [[nihilo]], Cic. Mil. 24, 64: imperatorem [[aliquo]] in [[numero]] putare, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37.—With [[two]] acc.: turpem putat lituram, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 167: id nil [[puto]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 27; id. Ad. 1, 2, 19; 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 84; 2, 2, 54; id. C. 4, 11, 30: hominem [[prae]] se neminem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> To [[ponder]], [[consider]], [[reflect]] [[upon]] a [[thing]]: dum haec [[puto]], Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 4: in quo [[primum]] illud debes putare, Cic. Planc. 4, 10: [[multa]] putans, Verg. A. 6, 332: cum [[aliquo]] argumentis, to [[consider]] or [[investigate]] maturely, to [[argue]], Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> Transf. (as the [[result]] of [[consideration]]), to [[judge]], [[suppose]], [[account]], [[suspect]], [[believe]], [[think]], [[imagine]], etc. (cf.: [[arbitror]], [[opinor]], [[censeo]]): [[verbum]] [[quoque]] ipsum [[puto]], [[quod]] declarandae sententiae nostrae causā dicimus, non signat [[profecto]] aliud, [[quam]] id agere nos in re dubiā obscurāque, ut decisis amputatisque falsis opinionibus, [[quod]] videatur esse [[verum]] et integrum et incorruptum, retineamus, Gell. 6, 5, 8: [[aliquis]] [[forsan]] me Putet non putare hoc [[verum]], Ter. And. 5, 5, 1: recte putas, id. ib. 1, 1, 114: rem ipsam putasti, [[you]] [[have]] [[hit]] the [[precise]] [[point]], id. Phorm. 4, 5, 6: nec committere, ut [[aliquando]] dicendum [[sit]], Non putaram, I should not [[have]] imagined [[that]], Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81; id. Ac. 2, 18, 56: [[Cyprus]] [[insula]] et Cappadociae [[regnum]] [[tecum]] de me loquentur, [[puto]] [[etiam]] regem Deiotarum, id. Fam. 15, 4, 15: noli putare, me maluisse, etc., id. Att. 6, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 15, 7; id. Fam. 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 12, 18, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 31: Numidae remorati dum in elephantis [[auxilium]] putant, Sall. J. 53, 3: [[stare]] putes; [[adeo]] procedunt tempora [[tarde]], one would [[suppose]], Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5; id. H. 11, 85: [[acies]] mea videt aut videre putat, id. ib. 18, 32: hanc virtutem vestram [[ultra]] periculis obicere [[nimis]] [[grande]] vitae meae [[pretium]] [[puto]], Tac. A. 2, 47; Nep. Paus. 3, 7.—Parenthetically, Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 3; Cic. Att. 8, 9, 4; 7, 8, 5; 9, 9, 3; 10, 16, 3: [[atque]] [[intra]], [[puto]], septimas Calendas, Mart. 1, 100, 6.—Ironically, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 2: ut [[puto]], [[deus]] fio, as I [[think]], in my [[opinion]], Suet. Vesp. 23 fin.; Ov. A. A. 1, 370: non, [[puto]], repudiabis, etc., I [[think]], I [[suppose]], Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. —With gen.: quaecumque sunt in omni [[mundo]], deorum [[atque]] hominum putanda sunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 154.—Elliptically, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1; cf. id. ib. 15, 4, 15; id. Fin. 5, 24, 76; Sen. Ep. 76, 11; Tac. Or. 33. —Hence, pŭtă, imper., [[suppose]], for [[instance]], for [[example]], [[namely]] ([[poet]]. and postAug.): Quinte, [[puta]], aut Publi, Hor. S. 2, 5, 32: [[puta]], [[tibi]] contigisse, ut oculos omnium effugias, Lact. 6, 24, 17: [[puta]] te servum esse communem, Sen. Contr. 3, 19, 4; 4, 25, 13; id. Clem. 1, 26, 2; id. Ben. 3, 41, 1; 5, 8, 6: si [[ille]], [[puta]], [[consul]] [[factus]] fuerit, Dig. 28, 5, 23: hoc, [[puta]], non justum est, Pers. 4, 9; cf. Prisc. p. 1007 P.: ut [[puta]] ([[sometimes]] also written as one [[word]], [[utputa]]), as for [[instance]], as for [[example]], Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 3: ut [[puta]] novum [[crimen]], Quint. 11, 3, 110; 7, 1, 14; Cels. 5, 26, 51 fin.; Sen. Ep. 47, 15.

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