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|lshtext=<b>con-sto</b>: stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.<br /><b>I</b> To [[stand]] [[together]], [[stand]] [[with]] [[some]] [[person]] or [[thing]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[constant]], conserunt sermones [[inter]] se drapetae, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[stand]] [[with]], to [[agree]] [[with]], be in [[accord]] or [[agreement]], to [[correspond]], [[fit]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With cum and abl. (cf. [[consisto]], II. B. 3.): considerabit, constetne [[oratio]] aut cum re aut ipsa [[secum]], Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45: sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc., Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: veri [[similis]] [[narratio]] erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt, Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: si humanitati tuae constare voles, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. [[with]] sibi, to [[agree]], [[accord]] [[with]] itself, to [[remain]] [[like]] one's [[self]], be [[consistent]]: in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt, Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so, [[with]] consentire, id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35: ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo [[officio]] claudicare, id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so, sibi (opp. titubare), Quint. 5, 7, 11: sibi et rei judicatae, Cic. Clu. 38, 106: sibi, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.: [[constat]] [[idem]] omnibus [[sermo]], Liv. 9, 2, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the [[phrase]] [[ratio]] [[constat]], [[mercantile]] t. t., the [[account]] agrees or is [[correct]], is or proves [[right]]: auri [[ratio]] [[constat]]: [[aurum]] in aerario est, Cic. Fl. 28, 69: quibus [[ratio]] impensarum constaret, [[was]] [[correct]], [[accurately]] kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In postAug. [[prose]], esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the [[sphere]] of [[business]]: mirum est, [[quam]] singulis diebus in urbe [[ratio]] aut constet aut constare videatur, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. [[Pan]]. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non [[aliter]] [[ratio]] constet, [[quam]] si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[firmness]], to [[stand]] [[firm]], to [[remain]] [[immovable]], unchanging, [[steadfast]], to [[abide]], [[last]], [[endure]], [[persevere]], etc. ([[very]] freq. in all perr. and styles).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[prius]] [[quam]] totis viribus fulta constaret hostium [[acies]], Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.: nec [[pugna]] [[deinde]] illis constare, id. 1, 30, 10: ut non [[color]], non [[vultus]] ei constaret, id. 39, 34, 7; cf.: [[valetudo]] ei [[neque]] corporis [[neque]] animi constitit, Suet. Calig. 50; and: dum [[sanitas]] constabit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 30: non mentibus [[solum]] consipere, sed ne auribus [[quidem]] [[atque]] oculis [[satis]] constare poterant, Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.: in ebrietate [[lingua]] non [[constat]], Sen. Ep. 83, 27: mente vix constare, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7: quā in [[sententia]] si constare voluissent, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.: [[numerus]] legionum [[constat]], id. ib. 7, 35: ceteris exercitibus constare fidem, Tac. H. 2, 96: [[utrimque]] [[fides]] constitit, kept [[their]] [[word]], Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.—Poet.: cum sint huc [[forsitan]] [[illa]], Haec translata [[illuc]]; summā [[tamen]] omnia [[constant]], i. e. the [[principal]] [[sum]] [[remains]] [[always]] the [[same]], Ov. M. 15, 258: [[postquam]] cuncta videt [[caelo]] constare [[sereno]], [[every]] [[thing]] continues in [[unbroken]] [[serenity]], Verg. A. 3, 518: constitit in nullā qui fuit [[ante]] [[color]], Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Milit. t. t., to [[stop]], [[halt]]: multitudinem [[procul]] hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, [[settled]], [[certain]], [[manifest]], [[evident]], [[well]] [[known]]: quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: eorum quae [[constant]] exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: [[quod]] [[nihil]] nobis [[constat]], Caes. B. G. 7, 5: cum et [[factum]] constet et [[nomen]], qualia sint vocatur in dubium, Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.: cum [[factum]] [[constat]], sed a quo [[sit]] [[factum]] in controversiam venit, Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., [[with]] acc. and inf.: mihi [[multa]] agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse, Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.: [[quod]] omnibus constabat, hiemari in [[Gallia]] oportere, Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is [[settled]], established, [[undisputed]], [[certain]], [[well]] [[known]], etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: [[constat]] [[inter]] omnes, [[with]] acc. and inf., all [[agree]], all are convinced: sed tum [[nimis]] [[inter]] [[omnis]] constabat neminem esse resalutatum, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: quae [[propositio]] in se quiddam continet perspicuum et [[quod]] constare [[inter]] [[omnis]] [[necesse]] est, hanc velle approbare et firmare [[nihil]] attinet, in [[which]] all [[must]] [[agree]], id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. [[stare]]); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf. also: constare [[inter]] homines sapientissimos (for [[which]], [[just]] [[after]]: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum), Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3: [[inter]] suos, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: [[inter]] augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet, Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.: de [[facto]] [[constat]], Quint. 7, 2, 7; so [[with]] de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5: [[etsi]] non [[satis]] mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an [[potius]], etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1: nec [[satis]] certum constare [[apud]] animum poterat, [[utrum]], etc., Liv. 30, 28, 1: [[quid]] cuique [[sit]] [[opus]] constare [[decet]], Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25: [[quid]] [[porro]] quaerendum est? Factumne [[sit]]? At [[constat]]. A quo? At patet, Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of a [[resolve]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Impers.: mihi (ei) [[constat]], = certum est, it is my (his) [[fixed]] [[determination]], I am [[determined]], I am [[fully]] resolved ([[rare]]): mihi [[quidem]] [[constat]], nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42: [[neque]] [[satis]] Bruto [[neque]] tribunis militum constabat, [[quid]] agerent, were [[undecided]], Caes. B. G. 3, 14: ut [[nihil]] ei constet [[quod]] agat, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[resolve]] as [[subject]]: [[animo]] [[constat]] [[sententia]], Verg. A. 5, 748: cum constitit [[consilium]], [[when]] my [[mind]] [[was]] [[fully]] made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., as opp. to [[that]] [[which]] has no [[existence]], to [[exist]], be, [[abide]] (esp. in Lucr.): (corpora) [[quoniam]] fragili naturā praedita [[constant]], Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.: antiquissimi [[fere]] sunt, quorum [[quidem]] scripta constent, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui [[sine]] manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92: si ipsa [[mens]] constare potest [[vacans]] corpore, id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. [[only]] [[with]] ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to [[consist]] in or of, to be [[composed]] of, to [[rest]] [[upon]] [[something]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex ([[very]] freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris, Lucr. 2, 385: [[homo]] ex [[animo]] [[constat]] et corpore, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98; id. Fin. l. l.: [[simplex]] (jus) e dulci [[constat]] [[olivo]], Hor. S. 2, 4, 64: ea [[virtus]], quae [[constat]] ex hominibus tuendis, Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and abl. ([[very]] [[rare]]): victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare, Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: [[partus]] duplici de semine, Lucr. 4, 1229.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.): [[aeterno]] [[quia]] [[constant]] semine quaeque, Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.: agri campis, vineis, etc., Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5: [[constat]] tota [[oratio]] longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis, Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.: [[causa]] [[constat]] aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium, id. 3, 10, 1. [[omnis]] [[disciplina]] memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mercantile t. t., [[like]] [[our]] [[phrase]], to [[stand]] at, i. e. to [[cost]]; constr. [[with]] abl.. gen., etc., of [[price]] (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: ut unae [[quadrigae]] Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19: [[filius]] [[auro]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57: [[navis]] [[gratis]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. [[stare]]): HS. [[sex]] milibus [[tibi]] [[constant]], id. ib. 2, 4, 12, § 28: tanto nobis [[deliciae]], Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84: magno [[tibi]], Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4: parvo, Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf. [[gratis]], Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: ([[ambulatiuncula]]) [[prope]] [[dimidio]] minoris constabit [[isto]] [[loco]], Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.: quanti [[funus]], id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With adv.: [[quod]] mihi [[constat]] carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so, vilissime, Col. 9, 1. 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[sup]].: cujus [[area]] [[super]] HS. [[millies]] constitit, Suet. Caes. 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Trop.: edocet, [[quanto]] detrimento et [[quot]] virorum fortium morte [[necesse]] [[sit]] constare victoriam, Caes. B. G. 7, 19: odia [[constantia]] magno, Ov. H. 7, 47: imperia [[pretio]] [[quolibet]] [[constant]] [[bene]], Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, [[constans]], antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), [[standing]] [[firm]], [[firm]], [[unchangeable]], [[constant]], [[immovable]], [[uniform]], [[fixed]], [[stable]], [[invariable]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: mellis constantior est [[natura]] (sc. [[quam]] aquae), Lucr. 3, 192: [[constans]] uva [[contra]] tenorem unum algoris aestusve, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27: cujus in indomito constantior inguine [[nervus]], Quam nova [[arbor]], etc., Hor. Epod. 12, 19: [[cursus]] certi et constantes, Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.: [[constans]] [[reversio]] stellarum ([[with]] [[conveniens]]), id. ib. 2, 21, 54: constantissimus [[motus]] lunae, id. Div. 2, 6, 17: [[nihil]] ([[mundo]]) motu constantius, id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54: constanti vultu graduque, Liv. 5, 46, 3: [[aetas]], the [[mature]] [[age]] (of an [[adult]]), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.: [[constans]] [[aetas]], quae media dicitur, id. ib. 20, 76: aetate [[nondum]] constanti, Suet. Galb. 4: pax, [[firm]], [[secure]], Liv. 6, 25, 6: [[fides]], Hor. C. 3, 7, 4: an [[ire]] [[comminus]] et certare pro Italiā constantius foret, safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Agreeing or [[accordant]] [[with]] itself, [[consistent]], [[harmonious]]: [[quemadmodum]] in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta [[inter]] se et [[convenientia]], Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: [[nihil]] [[intellego]] dici potuisse constantius, id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.: incredibilia an [[inter]] se [[constantia]], Quint. 5, 4, 2: rumores, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1: [[constans]] [[parum]] [[memoria]] hujus anni, Liv. 10, 37, 13: [[constans]] [[fama]] erat, Suet. Caes. 6; so, [[opinio]], id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., intellectually or [[morally]] [[certain]], [[sure]], [[steadfast]], [[constant]], [[faithful]], [[steady]], unchanging: firmi et stabiles et constantes amici, Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2: quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.: [[pater]] [[amens]] at is [[quidem]] fuit omnium constantissimus, a [[very]] [[constant]], [[steadfast]] [[man]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.: [[prudens]] et [[constans]] ([[testis]]), Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.: ([[Helvidius]] [[Priscus]]) recti [[pervicax]], [[constans]] [[adversus]] [[metus]], Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.: [[constans]] Fortuna [[tantum]] in levitate suā, Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: [[neque]] fidei [[constans]], [[neque]] [[strenuus]] in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57: constantior In vitiis, etc., Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.—Adv.: [[constanter]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to A.) Firmly, [[immovably]], [[steadily]], [[constantly]]: manere in suo statu, Cic. Univ. 13: [[constanter]] ac [[perpetuo]] placet [[consilium]], Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9: vitiis gaudere [[constanter]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.—Comp.: ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius, Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.—Sup.: [[impetus]] caeli constantissime [[conficiens]] vicissitudinis anniversarias, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Harmoniously, [[evenly]], [[uniformly]], [[consistently]]: [[constanter]] et [[aequaliter]] ingrediens [[oratio]], Cic. Or. 58, 198: sibi [[constanter]] convenienterque dicere, id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in [[sup]]., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so, hi [[constanter]] omnes nuntiaverunt, [[with]] one [[voice]], [[unanimously]], Caes. B. G. 2, 2: aequabilius [[atque]] constantius [[sese]] res humanae haberent, Sall. C. 2, 3: aequabilius [[atque]] constantius regere provincias, Tac. A. 15, 21 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to B.) Steadily, [[calmly]], [[tranquilly]], [[sedately]]: [[constanter]] ac non [[trepide]] pugnare, Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf. agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: [[proelium]] inire, Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19: [[constanter]] et [[sedate]] ferre dolorem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46: [[constanter]] et [[libere]] se gerere, id. Att. 4, 16, 9: [[constanter]] prudenterque [[fit]], id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12: [[constanter]] delata beneficia ([[with]] judicio, [[considerate]], and opp. [[repentino]] quodam impetu), id. Off. 1, 15, 49.—Comp.: [[cetera]] exsequi, Suet. Aug. 10: acrius [[quam]] constantius [[proelium]] inire, Curt. 4, 6, 14.—Sup.: amicitias retinere, Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.