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|lshtext=<b>arbĭtror</b>: (<br /><b>I</b> [[act]]. [[arbitro]],<br /> v. [[infra]]; [[arch]]. inf. arbitrarier, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 21), ātus, 1, v. dep. [[arbiter]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to be a [[hearer]] or [[beholder]] of [[something]] (v. [[arbiter]], I.), to [[observe]], [[perceive]], [[hear]], etc. (in this [[sense]] [[only]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): dicta alicujus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 24; id. Aul. 4, 1, 21; App. M. 10, p. 246, 16; 3, p. 138, 23; 7 init.: [[domus]] attiguae fortunas arbitraturus, id. ib. 4, p. 148, 8.—Hence of the [[mind]], to [[examine]], [[consider]], [[weigh]]: diligentius carmina Empedoclis, Gell. 4, 11, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> T. t. of judic. lang. (cf. [[arbiter]], II.), to [[make]] a [[decision]], [[give]] [[judgment]] or [[sentence]]: si in eo, [[quod]] [[utroque]] praesente [[arbitratus]] est, arbitrio paritum non esset, Dig. 4, 8, 44; 6, 1, 35.—Hence, fidem alicui arbitrari, to [[adjudge]], i. e. to [[give]], [[credit]] to one, to [[put]] [[faith]] in, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 41.—Of witnesses, as t. t., to [[testify]], to [[declare]] or [[announce]], [[give]] [[evidence]]: qui [[testimonium]] diceret, ut arbitrari se diceret, [[etiam]] [[quod]] [[ipse]] vidisset, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146: qui [[primum]] illud [[verbum]] consideratissimum nostrae consuetudinis [[arbitror]], quo nos [[etiam]] [[tunc]] utimur, cum ea dicimus jurati, quae comperta habemus, quae ipsi vidimus, ex toto testimonio suo sustulit, [[atque]] omnia se scire dixit, id. Font. 9: mortuum [[inde]] arbitrari, Liv. 3, 13, 3; 4, 40.—<br /> In gen., to be of the [[opinion]], to [[believe]], [[consider]] as, = [[νομίζω]] ([[most]] freq. in [[prose]]; a favorite [[word]] [[with]] Cic.): Bene facta [[male]] locata [[male]] facta [[arbitror]], Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62: gratum arbitratur esse id a [[vobis]] sibi, Plaut. Am. prol. 48: [[nefas]] esse arbitrari Gracchos laudare, Cic. Agr. 2, 10: Falsum [[arbitror]] radices arborum vetustate minui, Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130: Justum [[autem]] [[arbitror]] suscitarc vos, Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 13: scelestissimum te [[arbitror]], Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2: arbitraris me inimicum tuum, Vulg. Job, 13, 24; ib. Philipp. 3, 8: si hoc [[minus]] ad [[officium]] tuum pertinere arbitrabere, suscipiam partes, quas alienas esse arbitrabar, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37: ut in ceteris artibus ... [[similiter]] [[arbitror]] in hac ratione dicendi etc., id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; id. Quinct. 34; id. Verr. 2, 169; id. Clu. 17; id. Cat. 1, 17; id. Arch. 30; id. Deiot. 24; id. Mil. 21: [[tamen]], ut [[arbitror]], auctoritate advocatorum adducti in veritate manserunt, id. Clu. 63; so id. Sex. Rosc. 82; id. Imp. Pomp. 58; id. Clu. 176: ut ego [[arbitror]], id. Sest. 16; id. Pis. 68: [[sicut]] [[arbitror]], id. Clu. 50: ego [[quod]] ad me attinet (itemque [[arbitror]] ceteros) [[idcirco]] [[taceo]], [[quod]], etc., id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 1: [[arbitratus]] id [[bellum]] [[celeriter]] confici posse, Caes. B. G. 3, 28: Jugurtham esse arbitrati cum magno gaudio obvii procedunt, [[thinking]] it to be [[Jugurtha]], Sall. J. 69, 1: non [[satis]] tuta [[eadem]] loca sibi [[arbitratus]], Nep. Alcib. 9, 1; so id. Timoth. 3, 3 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[think]], [[suppose]], as opp. to [[knowing]]: Arbitror: Certum non scimus, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 30: si hunc noris [[satis]], Non ita arbitrere, id. And. 5, 4, 12: De. Sanumne credis te esse? Mi. Equidem [[arbitror]], id. Ad. 4, 7, 30: Quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrūm ignorare arbitraris? Cic. Cat. 1, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 31: arbitrantur se posse fugere, Vulg. Esth. 16, 4; ib. Matt. 10, 34.!*?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Act. form arbĭtro, āre: te si arbitrarem dignum, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 57: Probiores [[credo]] arbitrabunt, id. Stich. 1, 2, 87. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Arbitror in [[pass]]. signif.: [[continuo]] arbitretur (i. e. eligatur, quaeratur) [[uxor]] filio tuo, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 82: cum [[ipse]] praedonum [[socius]] arbitraretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41; id. Mur. 16 fin.; id. Att. 1, 11; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. l. l.: [[quaestio]] in utramque partem a prudentibus viris arbitrata, i. e. judicata, Gell. 1, 13: [[sumptus]] funeris arbitrantur pro facultatibus defuncti, are estimated, Dig. 11, 7, 12; so ib. 4, 8, 27; 2, 15, 8: ex scriptis eorum, qui veri arbitrantur, ὑπολαμβάνονται, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.