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|lshtext=<b>cōgĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. contr. from cŏ-ăgito, acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; [[but]] [[more]] prob. from con and [[root]] of aio, Sanscr. ah; cf.: [[nego]], [[adagium]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[pursue]] [[something]] in the [[mind]] (cf. [[agito]], II.), i. e.<br /><b>I</b> To [[consider]] [[thoroughly]], to [[ponder]], to [[weigh]], [[reflect]] [[upon]], [[think]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]); constr. absol., [[with]] aliquid, de [[aliquo]], or de aliquā re, sic, ita, or a rel. -[[clause]]: [[cogitate]] cum animis vestris si [[quid]], etc., [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4; so Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 55; 5, 3, 32; Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64; cf.: in [[animo]] cogitare, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 5: toto [[animo]], Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3: [[coepi]] [[egomet]] [[mecum]] Aliam rem ex aliā cogitare, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 4, 2, 8; 1, 1, 19; id. Ad. 5, 3, 22: placuit tum id mihi. Sic cogitabam: hic, etc., id. And. 1, 1, 83; cf. id. Eun. 1, 1, 11; 3, 3, 1; 4, 6, 21; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: sic cogitabam! [[fore]] uti, etc., Cic. Quint. 24, 77: severā fronte curas cogitans (i. e. [[animo]] volvens), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2: nec, aequum [[anne]] iniquum imperet, cogitabit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 291: [[quid]] agam [[cogito]], Ter. And. 2, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 7 sq.; id. Ad. 4, 2, 30; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 789; cf. id. 4, 782; Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29: ad haec [[igitur]] cogita, vel [[potius]] excogita, id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—With acc. of [[person]]: Regulum cogita, [[think]], [[imagine]], [[picture]] to [[yourself]], Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 2: [[tamquam]] in eo tragoediae argumento sui [[oblitus]] [[tantum]] Catonem cogitasset, Tac. Or. 2: matrem, patrem, propinquos, Quint. Decl. 22 fin.; cf.: o felicem illum, qui non [[praesens]] [[tantum]], sed [[etiam]] [[cogitatus]] emendat, Sen. Ep. 11, 9.—With [[two]] accs.: quem ultimae gentes castiorem non [[modo]] viderunt sed cogitaverunt? Cic. Balb. 4, 9: Scipionem, Laelium, avum, to [[think]] of, [[call]] to [[mind]], id. Fin. 5, 1, 2: et majores et posteros [[cogitate]], Tac. Agr. 32 fin.: si principem cogitares, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 31: cum Persas cogitaret, Flor. 2, 8, 2; Sen. Cons. Marc. 3, 4. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> cōgĭtāta, ōrum, n. subst., reflections, thoughts, ideas: [[postquam]] ad judices Ventum est, non potuit [[cogitata]] proloqui, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 53: so [[cogitata]] (mentis) eloqui, Cic. Brut. 72, 253: perficere, id. Deiot. 7, 21: patefacere, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: sapientium, Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1: Naevii, id. Quint. 29, 90.—Rare in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: quo [[neque]] acutius ullius imperatoris [[cogitatum]] [[neque]] celerius [[factum]] [[usquam]] legimus, Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cogitare in, [[adversus]] aliquem, [[with]] an adv., to [[think]] in [[some]] [[way]] in [[respect]] to one, to be disposed [[towards]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): si [[humaniter]] et [[sapienter]] et [[amabiliter]] in me cogitare vis, etc., Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2: [[adversus]] se, Suet. Caes. 75 Bremi; cf. [[with]] de [[aliquo]]: si [[quid]] [[amice]] de Romanis cogitabis, Nep. Hann. 2, 6: ut multi mihi renuntiarent... [[male]] eum de me cogitare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; and absol.: [[male]] cogitantes, [[Cato]], R. R. praef. 4; cf.: Karthagini [[male]] jam diu cogitanti [[bellum]] [[multo]] [[ante]] [[denuntio]], Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[respect]] to a [[work]] to be undertaken or a [[conclusion]] to be made, to [[have]] [[something]] in [[mind]], to [[intend]], [[meditate]], [[design]], [[plan]], [[purpose]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: [[praedium]] parare, [[Cato]], R. R. 1, 1; 3, 1; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163: cogitat recipere hunc in [[aedes]], Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 58: facere, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46: recipere me, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 4: cenare, id. ib. 4, 12, 1: uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 50: ex [[fumo]] [[dare]] lucem, id. A. P. 144: deducere exercitum, Suet. Ner. 18 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: proscriptiones et dictaturas cogitare, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: caedem principis et res novas, Tac. A. 4, 28 fin.: [[cogitatum]] [[facinus]], Suet. Tib. 19; and [[parricidium]], id. Calig. 12: [[mecum]] rem pulcherrimam, Curt. 8, 7, 9: [[tantum]] [[nefas]] in aliquem, id. 6, 7, 30; 8, 6, 3; cf.: si [[qua]] cogitarentur, gravius [[adversus]] se, Suet. Caes. 75: [[quid]] [[bellicosus]] Cantaber et [[Scythes]] cogitet, [[what]] he plots, devises, Hor. C. 2, 11, 2; and so [[poet]]. of the (personified) [[wind]]: [[quid]] cogitet humidus Auster, Verg. G. 1, 462 Heyne.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut and subj.: [[neque]] jam, ut aliquid acquireret... cogitabat, Caes. B. G. 7, 59: [[quid]]... viros cogitasse arbitramur? Ut [[nomen]] suum, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32; Nep. [[Dion]], 9, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: cogitavit [[etiam]] de Homeri carminibus abolendis, Suet. Calig. 34: de reddendā republicā, id. Aug. 28: de consciscendā morte, id. Caes. 36; id. Claud. 31: de quo, id. Caes. 9: cum [[spiritus]] coepit de exitu cogitare, Sen. Q. N. 6, 25, 1.—In epistolary [[style]], [[with]] [[ellipsis]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[ire]]: in Pompeianum cogitabam [[inde]] [[Aeculanum]], Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; 9, 1, 2; id. Fam. 7, 4 init.; id. Att. 2, 8, 2; 5, 15, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of manere: eo [[die]] cogitabam in Anagnino, [[postero]] [[autem]] in Tusculano, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; cf.: ut eo [[die]] [[apud]] T. Titium in Anagnino manerem. Postridie [[autem]] in Laterio cogitabam, id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 4 (2, 7, 1).—Hence, *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> P. a.: cōgĭtātus, a, um, [[deliberate]]: [[utrum]] perturbatione aliquā animi, an [[consulto]] et [[cogitata]] fiat injuria, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27 B. and K. (al. [[cogitato]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> cōgĭtātē, adv., [[with]] [[mature]] [[reflection]], [[considerately]] ([[rare]]): tractare rem suam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 45: meditari, id. Mil. 3, 3, 69: quae [[vero]] [[accurate]] cogitateque scripsisset, Cic. Arch. 8, 18.