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|lshtext=<b>con-stĭtŭo</b>: ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [[statuo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[cause]] to [[stand]], [[put]] or [[lay]] [[down]], to [[set]], [[put]], [[place]], [[fix]], [[station]], [[deposit]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] [[somewhere]] (esp. [[firmly]] or [[immovably]]), etc. (the [[act]]. [[corresponding]] to consistere; [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br /> <b>A</b> Prop.: hominem [[ante]] [[pedes]] Q. Manilii constituunt, Cic. Clu. 13, 38: [[vobis]] (dīs) candentem taurum [[ante]] aras, Verg. A. 5, 237: [[impedimenta]], Liv. 44, 36, 6: reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus, Vell. 2, 32 fin.: unum aliquem lectorem, Quint. 2, 5, 6: [[velut]] in aliquā sublimi speculā [[constitutus]], Lact. 2, 2, 18.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: cum hujus [[vobis]] adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote [[vobis]] [[ante]] oculos [[etiam]] hujus miseri senectutem, Cic. Cael. 32, 79.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.,<br /> <b>A</b> <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">Milit. t. t.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[station]] or [[post]] [[troops]] [[somewhere]], to [[draw]] up, [[set]] in [[order]]: legionem [[Caesar]] passibus CC. ab eo [[tumulo]] constituit, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: legiones pro castris in acie, id. ib. 2, 8 fin.; 4, 35: aciem ordinesque [[intra]] silvas, id. ib. 2, 19: [[octo]] cohortes in fronte, Sall. C. 59, 2: [[quod]] reliquum [[peditum]] erat, [[obliquo]] constituerunt colle, Liv. 28, 33, 8 al.: naves ad [[latus]] [[apertum]] hostium, Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.: naves [[aperto]] ac [[plano]] litore, id. ib. 4, 23 fin.: naves [[nisi]] in [[alto]], id. ib. 4, 24: subsidiarias (naves) in [[secundo]] ordine, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3: classem [[apud]] Salamina [[exadversum]] Athenas, Nep. Them. 3, 4; cf. id. Alcib. 8, 1: praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 7.—Rarely of a [[single]] [[person]]: se constituere, to [[station]] or [[post]] one's [[self]]: dum se [[Gallus]] [[iterum]] [[eodem]] pacto constituere studet, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17.—<br /> <b>2</b> In [[contrast]] [[with]] a [[march]], to [[cause]] to [[halt]]: [[paulisper]] [[agmen]] constituit, Sall. J. 49, 5; so, [[agmen]], Liv. 35, 28, 8; 38, 25, 12: signa [[paulisper]] novitate rei, id. 33, 10, 3; so, signa, id. 34, 20, 4.—And trop.: si constituitur [[aliquando]] ([[narratio]]) ac non istā brevitate percurritur, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—<br /> <b>B</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[preparation]], to [[set]] up, [[erect]], [[establish]], [[found]], [[build]], [[construct]], [[prepare]], [[make]], [[create]], [[constitute]] ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.).<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: [[genus]] humanum, quorum omnia causā constituisse deos, Lucr. 2, 175: aggerem apparare, vineas agere, turres duas constituere coepit, Caes. B. G. 7, 17: turres, id. ib. 2, 12: turrim, id. ib. 2, 30: castella ad extremas fossas, id. ib. 2, 8: vineas ac testudines, Nep. Milt. 7, 2: locis certis horrea, Caes. B. C. 3, 42: [[inane]] [[sepulcrum]], Ov. M. 6, 568: [[feralis]] cupressos, Verg. A. 6, 216: ingentem quercum in [[tumulo]], id. ib. 11, 6: pyras [[curvo]] in litore, id. ib. 11, 185: [[quattuor]] aras ad alta delubra dearum, id. G. 4, 542; Suet. Aug. 59 fin.: aedem in [[foro]] geminis fratribus, id. Caes. 10: [[castra]] Romae, id. Tib. 37 et saep.: [[oppidum]], to [[found]], Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Nep. Cim. 2, 2; so, nova [[moenia]], Verg. A. 12, 194; cf.: [[moenia]] in Aside terrā, Ov. M. 9, 449: [[domicilium]] sibi Magnesiae, Nep. Them. 10, 2: [[triplex]] Piraeei [[portus]] [[constitutus]] est, id. ib. 6, 1: [[hiberna]] omnium legionum in Belgis, Caes. B. G. 3, 38: di [[primum]] homines [[humo]] excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., to [[bring]] [[about]], [[effect]], [[establish]], [[appoint]], etc., freq. of [[judicial]] determinations, etc.: videte, per deos [[immortalis]], [[quod]] jus nobis, [[quam]] condicionem vobismet ipsis, [[quam]] [[denique]] civitati legem constituere velitis, to [[establish]], Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: jus [[melius]] Sullanis praediis [[quam]] paternis, id. Agr. 3, 3, 10: judicium, id. Part. Or. 28, 99: judicium de pecuniis repetundis, id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11: judicium capitis in se, id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: controversiam, id. de Or. 1, 31, 143: quaestionem, Quint. 3, 11, 17; 4, 2, 10: ratiocinationem, id. 5, 14, 12: in hac accusatione comparandā constituendāque laborare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; and of persons, to [[designate]], [[appoint]], [[select]], [[put]] [[forward]], etc.: accusatorem, id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; Quint. 3, 10, 3 (cf.: comparare accusatorem, Cic. Clu. 67, 191): [[testis]], Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55: tutores pupillis, Dig. 2, 1, 1 et saep.: [[nuper]] [[apud]] C. Orchivium collegam [[meum]] [[locus]] ab judicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est [[constitutus]], no [[trial]] of him [[was]] permitted, Cic. Clu. 34, 94: reum [[statim]] fecit, [[utique]] ei [[locus]] [[primus]] constitueretur impetravit, id. ib. 20, 56: fidem, id. Part. Or. 9, 31; cf. id. Sen. 18, 62: concordiam, id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1: si [[utilitas]] amicitiam constituet, tollet [[eadem]], id. Fin. 2, 24, 78: amicitiam [[tecum]], Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 27 (cf. id. ib. § 25: amicitiae permultae comparantur): libertatem, Cic. Fl. 11, 25: victoriam, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: pacem (opp. [[bellum]] gerere), id. ib. 8, 22: [[quantum]] mali sibi ac liberis suis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65.—<br /> <b>C</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of ordering, [[contriving]], to [[establish]], [[fix]], [[appoint]], [[settle]], [[order]], [[manage]]; to [[confirm]], [[regulate]], [[arrange]], [[dispose]].<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: Ti. et C. Gracchos plebem in agris publicis constituisse, to [[have]] established, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 83: ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos [[Caesar]] constituisset, should [[assign]] [[them]] a [[permanent]] [[abode]], Caes. B. G. 1, 13: reges in civitate, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 41: Commium regem ibi, Caes. B. G. 4, 21: decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus, Nep. Lys. 2, 1; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17: curatores legibus agrariis, id. ib.; cf.: [[publice]] patronum huic causae, id. Mur. 2, 4: [[regnum]] alicui, Nep. Chabr. 2, 1 al.: composita et constituta res publica, Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42; cf.: [[bene]] morata et [[bene]] constituta [[civitas]], id. Brut. 2, 7; so id. Agr. 2, 5, 10 fin.: civitates, to organize, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35: [[quis]] [[tibi]] concesserit ... reliquas utilitates in constituendis civitatibus ... a disertis ornateque dicentibus esse constitutas, id. ib. 1, 9, 36: Chersoneso tali [[modo]] constituto, Nep. Milt. 2, 4: res summā aequitate, id. ib. 2, 2; cf.: rem nummariam, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80: rem familiarem, id. Phil. 11, 2, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop.: ineuntis aetatis [[inscitia]] senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; cf.: majores vestri majestatis constituendae gratiā bis Aventinum occupavere, Sall. J. 31, 17; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6: jam perfectis constitutisque viribus, Quint. 10, 1, 57.— Pass. impers.: non tam [[sinistre]] [[constitutum]] est, ut non, etc., i. e. we are not so [[badly]] [[off]] as not, etc., Plin. [[Pan]]. 45, 5.—Of persons: [[Athenaeum]] in maximā [[apud]] regem auctoritate gratiāque, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6: aliquem sibi quaestoris in [[loco]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77: in potestate aliquem, Lact. Epit. 55, 6: constituuntur in honoribus, cum [[magistratus]] creantur, Aug. Cont. adv. Leg. 1, 45 al.—<br /> <b>D</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of limiting, fixing, allotting, to [[fix]], [[appoint]] [[something]] (for or to [[something]]), to [[settle]], [[agree]] [[upon]], [[define]], [[determine]].<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: [[propter]] dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finesque imperii singulis constitui, Sall. J. 12, 1: summum [[pretium]], Cic. Att. 12, 31, 2; cf.: [[pretium]] frumento, id. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171: certam pecuniam proconsulibus, Suet. Aug. 36; id. Ner. 10: propria loca senatoribus, id. Claud. 21: diem nuptiis, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180; cf.: nuptias in hunc diem, Ter. And. 1, 5, 34: diem [[concilio]], Caes. B. G. 1, 30: diem colloquio, id. ib. 1, 47: posterum diem pugnae, id. ib. 3, 23 fin.: negotio proximum diem, Sall. J. 93, 8: certum [[tempus]] ei rei, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47: [[tempus]] in posterum diem locumque, Liv. 38, 25, 2: [[postquam]] ad constitutam non venerat diem, id. 27, 16, 16: [[locus]], [[tempus]] [[constitutum]] est, Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 3: modum credendi, Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 5: de [[numero]] pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituunt: ego in octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, [[Atticus]] in centenas, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10.—<br /> <b>b</b> T. t. of the lang. of [[business]], to [[accord]], [[agree]] [[with]] one in a [[thing]], to [[appoint]], [[fix]], to [[concert]], [[agree]] [[upon]], [[assent]] to (cf. Gron. Obss. p. 14 sq.); constr. aliquid cum [[aliquo]], alicui, [[inter]] se, or [[with]] acc. [[only]], or absol.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Cum [[aliquo]]: ubiea [[dies]], [[quam]] constituerat cum legatis venit, Caes. B. G. 1, 8: pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24: constitui cum quodam hospite, Me esse illum conventuram, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 120: constitui cum hominibus, quo [[die]] mihi Messanae [[praesto]] essent, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: cum [[aliquo]], ut, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Calig. 8; cf. under P. a., B. 2.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Alicui: L. Cincio HS. XXCD. constitui me curaturum Idibus Febr., Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32: ubi nocturnae [[Numa]] constituebat amicae, Juv. 3, 12; cf.: [[sane]], inquit, vellem non constituissem, in Tusculanum me [[hodie]] venturum esse, Laelio, id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With acc. [[only]] or absol.: vadimonia constituta, Cic. Sen. 7, 21: de pecuniā constitutā, Dig. 13, tit. 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 4: (Vaccenses) compositis [[inter]] se rebus in diem tertiam constituunt, Sall. J. 66, 2: sic constituunt, sic condicunt, Tac. G. 11; Juv. 6, 487.—Pass. impers.: Avillius, ut erat [[constitutum]], simulat se aegrotare, Cic. Clu. 13, 37.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop.: constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines deligendi, Cic. Lael. 16, 56: si [[forte]] quaereretur quae esset ars imperatoris, constituendum putarem [[principio]], [[quis]] esset [[imperator]]: qui cum esset [[constitutus]] [[administrator]] [[quidam]] belli gerendi, tum adjungerem, etc. (for [[which]], [[soon]] [[after]], definire), id. de Or. 1, 48, 210; cf. C. 1. [[supra]], and Quint. 12, 1, 1: [[nondum]] [[satis]] constitui molestiaene [[plus]] an voluptatis attulerit mihi [[Trebatius]] [[noster]], Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1: ut constitueret, honestum esse aliquid [[quod]], etc., id. Off. 2, 3, 9: bona possessa non esse constitui, id. Quint. 29, 89: de hoc [[Antigonus]] cum [[solus]] constituere non auderet, ad [[consilium]] retulit, Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—<br /> <b>E</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of resolving, to [[determine]] to do [[something]], to [[take]] a [[resolution]], to [[resolve]], [[decide]], [[determine]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With inf.: si [[quis]] [[mare]] Neptunum Cereremque vocare Constituit [[fruges]], Lucr. 2, 656: cohortes duas in Nantuatibus collocare, Caes. B. G. 3, 1: [[bellum]] cum Germanis gerere, id. ib. 4, 6: Romanorum adventum exspectare [[atque]] ibi decertare, id. ib. 4, 19: desciscere a rege, Nep. Dat. 5, 5.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With acc. and inf.: [[audio]] [[constitutum]] esse Pompeio et ejus consilio in Siciliam me mittere, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4. —<br /> <b>(g)</b> With interrog.-[[clause]]: [[quantum]] pecuniae quaeque [[civitas]] daret, [[Aristides]] [[delectus]] est, qui constitueret, Nep. Arist. 3, 1. —<br /> <b>(d)</b> With ut: rus uti irem, jam [[heri]] constitueram, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 136: constitueram, ut [[pridie]] [[Idus]] Aquini manerem, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: constituimus [[inter]] nos ut ambulationem conficeremus, id. Fin. 5, 1, 1: [[Lentulus]] cum ceteris constituerant, uti, etc., Sall. C. 43, 1.—Hence, constĭtūtus, a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Adj. (acc. to B.), constituted, arranged, disposed: [[bene]] [[constitutum]] [[corpus]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 17: viri sapientes et [[bene]] naturā constituti, id. Sest. 65, 137: [[quotus]] [[quisque]] philosophorum invenitur, qui [[sit]] ita [[moratus]], ita [[animo]] ac vitā [[constitutus]], ut [[ratio]] postulat, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: qui integri sunt et sani et [[bene]] constituti de rebus domesticis, id. Sest. 45, 97.—<br /> <b>2</b> (Acc. to C.) Fixed, established: [[cursus]] siderum, Quint. 1, 10, 46: discrimina (opp. fortuita), id. 5, 10, 42: jam confirmatae constitutaeque vocis, id. 11, 3, 29.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: constĭtūtum, i, n.<br /> <b>1</b> (Acc. to B.) An [[institution]], [[ordinance]], [[law]] ([[mostly]] postclass.), Cod. Th. 1, 11, 5; 12, 41, 1.—<br /> <b>b</b> Trop.: cum videas ordinem rerum et naturam per constituta procedere, according to established laws, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> (Acc. to D. 1. b.) An [[agreement]], [[appointment]], [[accommodation]]; a [[compact]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]): [[ante]] rem quaeruntur, quae talia sunt, [[apparatus]], conloquia, [[locus]], [[constitutum]], [[convivium]], Cic. Top. 12, 52; so absol., id. Att. 11, 16, 2; id. Cael. 8, 20: rescripsit [[constitutum]] se cum eo habere, id. Att. 12, 23, 3: [[constitutum]] [[factum]] esse cum servis, ut venirent, etc., id. Cael. 25, 61; and humorously: si [[quod]] [[constitutum]] cum [[podagra]] habes, fac ut in [[alium]] diem differas, id. Fam. 7, 4; so, ad [[constitutum]] venire, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Caecin. 12, 33: se proripu it, Suet. Oth. 6; and [[without]] a [[verb]], Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; Flor. 2, 6, 16 ([[but]] in Vell. 2, 110, 1, the [[better]] [[read]]. is consili). | |lshtext=<b>con-stĭtŭo</b>: ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [[statuo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[cause]] to [[stand]], [[put]] or [[lay]] [[down]], to [[set]], [[put]], [[place]], [[fix]], [[station]], [[deposit]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] [[somewhere]] (esp. [[firmly]] or [[immovably]]), etc. (the [[act]]. [[corresponding]] to consistere; [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br /> <b>A</b> Prop.: hominem [[ante]] [[pedes]] Q. Manilii constituunt, Cic. Clu. 13, 38: [[vobis]] (dīs) candentem taurum [[ante]] aras, Verg. A. 5, 237: [[impedimenta]], Liv. 44, 36, 6: reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus, Vell. 2, 32 fin.: unum aliquem lectorem, Quint. 2, 5, 6: [[velut]] in aliquā sublimi speculā [[constitutus]], Lact. 2, 2, 18.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: cum hujus [[vobis]] adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote [[vobis]] [[ante]] oculos [[etiam]] hujus miseri senectutem, Cic. Cael. 32, 79.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.,<br /> <b>A</b> <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">Milit. t. t.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[station]] or [[post]] [[troops]] [[somewhere]], to [[draw]] up, [[set]] in [[order]]: legionem [[Caesar]] passibus CC. ab eo [[tumulo]] constituit, Caes. B. G. 1, 43: legiones pro castris in acie, id. ib. 2, 8 fin.; 4, 35: aciem ordinesque [[intra]] silvas, id. ib. 2, 19: [[octo]] cohortes in fronte, Sall. C. 59, 2: [[quod]] reliquum [[peditum]] erat, [[obliquo]] constituerunt colle, Liv. 28, 33, 8 al.: naves ad [[latus]] [[apertum]] hostium, Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.: naves [[aperto]] ac [[plano]] litore, id. ib. 4, 23 fin.: naves [[nisi]] in [[alto]], id. ib. 4, 24: subsidiarias (naves) in [[secundo]] ordine, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3: classem [[apud]] Salamina [[exadversum]] Athenas, Nep. Them. 3, 4; cf. id. Alcib. 8, 1: praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 7.—Rarely of a [[single]] [[person]]: se constituere, to [[station]] or [[post]] one's [[self]]: dum se [[Gallus]] [[iterum]] [[eodem]] pacto constituere studet, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17.—<br /> <b>2</b> In [[contrast]] [[with]] a [[march]], to [[cause]] to [[halt]]: [[paulisper]] [[agmen]] constituit, Sall. J. 49, 5; so, [[agmen]], Liv. 35, 28, 8; 38, 25, 12: signa [[paulisper]] novitate rei, id. 33, 10, 3; so, signa, id. 34, 20, 4.—And trop.: si constituitur [[aliquando]] ([[narratio]]) ac non istā brevitate percurritur, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—<br /> <b>B</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of [[preparation]], to [[set]] up, [[erect]], [[establish]], [[found]], [[build]], [[construct]], [[prepare]], [[make]], [[create]], [[constitute]] ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.).<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: [[genus]] humanum, quorum omnia causā constituisse deos, Lucr. 2, 175: aggerem apparare, vineas agere, turres duas constituere coepit, Caes. B. G. 7, 17: turres, id. ib. 2, 12: turrim, id. ib. 2, 30: castella ad extremas fossas, id. ib. 2, 8: vineas ac testudines, Nep. Milt. 7, 2: locis certis horrea, Caes. B. C. 3, 42: [[inane]] [[sepulcrum]], Ov. M. 6, 568: [[feralis]] cupressos, Verg. A. 6, 216: ingentem quercum in [[tumulo]], id. ib. 11, 6: pyras [[curvo]] in litore, id. ib. 11, 185: [[quattuor]] aras ad alta delubra dearum, id. G. 4, 542; Suet. Aug. 59 fin.: aedem in [[foro]] geminis fratribus, id. Caes. 10: [[castra]] Romae, id. Tib. 37 et saep.: [[oppidum]], to [[found]], Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Nep. Cim. 2, 2; so, nova [[moenia]], Verg. A. 12, 194; cf.: [[moenia]] in Aside terrā, Ov. M. 9, 449: [[domicilium]] sibi Magnesiae, Nep. Them. 10, 2: [[triplex]] Piraeei [[portus]] [[constitutus]] est, id. ib. 6, 1: [[hiberna]] omnium legionum in Belgis, Caes. B. G. 3, 38: di [[primum]] homines [[humo]] excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., to [[bring]] [[about]], [[effect]], [[establish]], [[appoint]], etc., freq. of [[judicial]] determinations, etc.: videte, per deos [[immortalis]], [[quod]] jus nobis, [[quam]] condicionem vobismet ipsis, [[quam]] [[denique]] civitati legem constituere velitis, to [[establish]], Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: jus [[melius]] Sullanis praediis [[quam]] paternis, id. Agr. 3, 3, 10: judicium, id. Part. Or. 28, 99: judicium de pecuniis repetundis, id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11: judicium capitis in se, id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: controversiam, id. de Or. 1, 31, 143: quaestionem, Quint. 3, 11, 17; 4, 2, 10: ratiocinationem, id. 5, 14, 12: in hac accusatione comparandā constituendāque laborare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; and of persons, to [[designate]], [[appoint]], [[select]], [[put]] [[forward]], etc.: accusatorem, id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; Quint. 3, 10, 3 (cf.: comparare accusatorem, Cic. Clu. 67, 191): [[testis]], Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55: tutores pupillis, Dig. 2, 1, 1 et saep.: [[nuper]] [[apud]] C. Orchivium collegam [[meum]] [[locus]] ab judicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est [[constitutus]], no [[trial]] of him [[was]] permitted, Cic. Clu. 34, 94: reum [[statim]] fecit, [[utique]] ei [[locus]] [[primus]] constitueretur impetravit, id. ib. 20, 56: fidem, id. Part. Or. 9, 31; cf. id. Sen. 18, 62: concordiam, id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1: si [[utilitas]] amicitiam constituet, tollet [[eadem]], id. Fin. 2, 24, 78: amicitiam [[tecum]], Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 27 (cf. id. ib. § 25: amicitiae permultae comparantur): libertatem, Cic. Fl. 11, 25: victoriam, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: pacem (opp. [[bellum]] gerere), id. ib. 8, 22: [[quantum]] mali sibi ac liberis suis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65.—<br /> <b>C</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of ordering, [[contriving]], to [[establish]], [[fix]], [[appoint]], [[settle]], [[order]], [[manage]]; to [[confirm]], [[regulate]], [[arrange]], [[dispose]].<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: Ti. et C. Gracchos plebem in agris publicis constituisse, to [[have]] established, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 83: ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos [[Caesar]] constituisset, should [[assign]] [[them]] a [[permanent]] [[abode]], Caes. B. G. 1, 13: reges in civitate, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 41: Commium regem ibi, Caes. B. G. 4, 21: decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus, Nep. Lys. 2, 1; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17: curatores legibus agrariis, id. ib.; cf.: [[publice]] patronum huic causae, id. Mur. 2, 4: [[regnum]] alicui, Nep. Chabr. 2, 1 al.: composita et constituta res publica, Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42; cf.: [[bene]] morata et [[bene]] constituta [[civitas]], id. Brut. 2, 7; so id. Agr. 2, 5, 10 fin.: civitates, to organize, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35: [[quis]] [[tibi]] concesserit ... reliquas utilitates in constituendis civitatibus ... a disertis ornateque dicentibus esse constitutas, id. ib. 1, 9, 36: Chersoneso tali [[modo]] constituto, Nep. Milt. 2, 4: res summā aequitate, id. ib. 2, 2; cf.: rem nummariam, Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80: rem familiarem, id. Phil. 11, 2, 4.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop.: ineuntis aetatis [[inscitia]] senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est, Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; cf.: majores vestri majestatis constituendae gratiā bis Aventinum occupavere, Sall. J. 31, 17; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6: jam perfectis constitutisque viribus, Quint. 10, 1, 57.— Pass. impers.: non tam [[sinistre]] [[constitutum]] est, ut non, etc., i. e. we are not so [[badly]] [[off]] as not, etc., Plin. [[Pan]]. 45, 5.—Of persons: [[Athenaeum]] in maximā [[apud]] regem auctoritate gratiāque, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6: aliquem sibi quaestoris in [[loco]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77: in potestate aliquem, Lact. Epit. 55, 6: constituuntur in honoribus, cum [[magistratus]] creantur, Aug. Cont. adv. Leg. 1, 45 al.—<br /> <b>D</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of limiting, fixing, allotting, to [[fix]], [[appoint]] [[something]] (for or to [[something]]), to [[settle]], [[agree]] [[upon]], [[define]], [[determine]].<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: [[propter]] dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finesque imperii singulis constitui, Sall. J. 12, 1: summum [[pretium]], Cic. Att. 12, 31, 2; cf.: [[pretium]] frumento, id. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171: certam pecuniam proconsulibus, Suet. Aug. 36; id. Ner. 10: propria loca senatoribus, id. Claud. 21: diem nuptiis, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180; cf.: nuptias in hunc diem, Ter. And. 1, 5, 34: diem [[concilio]], Caes. B. G. 1, 30: diem colloquio, id. ib. 1, 47: posterum diem pugnae, id. ib. 3, 23 fin.: negotio proximum diem, Sall. J. 93, 8: certum [[tempus]] ei rei, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47: [[tempus]] in posterum diem locumque, Liv. 38, 25, 2: [[postquam]] ad constitutam non venerat diem, id. 27, 16, 16: [[locus]], [[tempus]] [[constitutum]] est, Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 3: modum credendi, Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 5: de [[numero]] pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituunt: ego in octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, [[Atticus]] in centenas, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10.—<br /> <b>b</b> T. t. of the lang. of [[business]], to [[accord]], [[agree]] [[with]] one in a [[thing]], to [[appoint]], [[fix]], to [[concert]], [[agree]] [[upon]], [[assent]] to (cf. Gron. Obss. p. 14 sq.); constr. aliquid cum [[aliquo]], alicui, [[inter]] se, or [[with]] acc. [[only]], or absol.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Cum [[aliquo]]: ubiea [[dies]], [[quam]] constituerat cum legatis venit, Caes. B. G. 1, 8: pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24: constitui cum quodam hospite, Me esse illum conventuram, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 120: constitui cum hominibus, quo [[die]] mihi Messanae [[praesto]] essent, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: cum [[aliquo]], ut, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Calig. 8; cf. under P. a., B. 2.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Alicui: L. Cincio HS. XXCD. constitui me curaturum Idibus Febr., Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32: ubi nocturnae [[Numa]] constituebat amicae, Juv. 3, 12; cf.: [[sane]], inquit, vellem non constituissem, in Tusculanum me [[hodie]] venturum esse, Laelio, id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With acc. [[only]] or absol.: vadimonia constituta, Cic. Sen. 7, 21: de pecuniā constitutā, Dig. 13, tit. 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 4: (Vaccenses) compositis [[inter]] se rebus in diem tertiam constituunt, Sall. J. 66, 2: sic constituunt, sic condicunt, Tac. G. 11; Juv. 6, 487.—Pass. impers.: Avillius, ut erat [[constitutum]], simulat se aegrotare, Cic. Clu. 13, 37.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop.: constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines deligendi, Cic. Lael. 16, 56: si [[forte]] quaereretur quae esset ars imperatoris, constituendum putarem [[principio]], [[quis]] esset [[imperator]]: qui cum esset [[constitutus]] [[administrator]] [[quidam]] belli gerendi, tum adjungerem, etc. (for [[which]], [[soon]] [[after]], definire), id. de Or. 1, 48, 210; cf. C. 1. [[supra]], and Quint. 12, 1, 1: [[nondum]] [[satis]] constitui molestiaene [[plus]] an voluptatis attulerit mihi [[Trebatius]] [[noster]], Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1: ut constitueret, honestum esse aliquid [[quod]], etc., id. Off. 2, 3, 9: bona possessa non esse constitui, id. Quint. 29, 89: de hoc [[Antigonus]] cum [[solus]] constituere non auderet, ad [[consilium]] retulit, Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—<br /> <b>E</b> With the [[access]]. [[idea]] of resolving, to [[determine]] to do [[something]], to [[take]] a [[resolution]], to [[resolve]], [[decide]], [[determine]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With inf.: si [[quis]] [[mare]] Neptunum Cereremque vocare Constituit [[fruges]], Lucr. 2, 656: cohortes duas in Nantuatibus collocare, Caes. B. G. 3, 1: [[bellum]] cum Germanis gerere, id. ib. 4, 6: Romanorum adventum exspectare [[atque]] ibi decertare, id. ib. 4, 19: desciscere a rege, Nep. Dat. 5, 5.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With acc. and inf.: [[audio]] [[constitutum]] esse Pompeio et ejus consilio in Siciliam me mittere, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4. —<br /> <b>(g)</b> With interrog.-[[clause]]: [[quantum]] pecuniae quaeque [[civitas]] daret, [[Aristides]] [[delectus]] est, qui constitueret, Nep. Arist. 3, 1. —<br /> <b>(d)</b> With ut: rus uti irem, jam [[heri]] constitueram, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 136: constitueram, ut [[pridie]] [[Idus]] Aquini manerem, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: constituimus [[inter]] nos ut ambulationem conficeremus, id. Fin. 5, 1, 1: [[Lentulus]] cum ceteris constituerant, uti, etc., Sall. C. 43, 1.—Hence, constĭtūtus, a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Adj. (acc. to B.), constituted, arranged, disposed: [[bene]] [[constitutum]] [[corpus]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 17: viri sapientes et [[bene]] naturā constituti, id. Sest. 65, 137: [[quotus]] [[quisque]] philosophorum invenitur, qui [[sit]] ita [[moratus]], ita [[animo]] ac vitā [[constitutus]], ut [[ratio]] postulat, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: qui integri sunt et sani et [[bene]] constituti de rebus domesticis, id. Sest. 45, 97.—<br /> <b>2</b> (Acc. to C.) Fixed, established: [[cursus]] siderum, Quint. 1, 10, 46: discrimina (opp. fortuita), id. 5, 10, 42: jam confirmatae constitutaeque vocis, id. 11, 3, 29.—<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: constĭtūtum, i, n.<br /> <b>1</b> (Acc. to B.) An [[institution]], [[ordinance]], [[law]] ([[mostly]] postclass.), Cod. Th. 1, 11, 5; 12, 41, 1.—<br /> <b>b</b> Trop.: cum videas ordinem rerum et naturam per constituta procedere, according to established laws, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> (Acc. to D. 1. b.) An [[agreement]], [[appointment]], [[accommodation]]; a [[compact]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]): [[ante]] rem quaeruntur, quae talia sunt, [[apparatus]], conloquia, [[locus]], [[constitutum]], [[convivium]], Cic. Top. 12, 52; so absol., id. Att. 11, 16, 2; id. Cael. 8, 20: rescripsit [[constitutum]] se cum eo habere, id. Att. 12, 23, 3: [[constitutum]] [[factum]] esse cum servis, ut venirent, etc., id. Cael. 25, 61; and humorously: si [[quod]] [[constitutum]] cum [[podagra]] habes, fac ut in [[alium]] diem differas, id. Fam. 7, 4; so, ad [[constitutum]] venire, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Caecin. 12, 33: se proripu it, Suet. Oth. 6; and [[without]] a [[verb]], Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; Flor. 2, 6, 16 ([[but]] in Vell. 2, 110, 1, the [[better]] [[read]]. is consili). | ||
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|gf=<b>cōnstĭtŭō</b>,⁶ stĭtŭī, stĭtūtum, ĕre (cum et [[statuo]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> placer debout, dresser : hominem [[ante]] [[pedes]] Q. Manilii Cic. Clu. 38, placer qqn debout devant Q. [[Manilius]] (Verr. 2, 5, 3 ) ; [[posteaquam]] ([[candelabrum]]) constituerunt Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, quand ils eurent dressé le candélabre || placer, établir : [[ante]] oculos [[aliquid]] [[sibi]] Cic. Cæl. 79, se mettre devant les yeux qqch. ; [[aperto]] ac [[plano]] litore naves constituit Cæs. G. 4, 23, 6, il établit ses vaisseaux sur une plage nue et plate ; legiones [[pro]] castris in acie Cæs. G. 2, 8, 5, établir les légions devant le camp en ligne de bataille || faire faire halte : Sall. J. 49, 5 ; Liv. 35, 28, 8 (signa constituere Cæs. G. 7, 47, 1) ; [fig.] Cic. de Or. 2, 328 || élever, construire, fonder : turres [[duas]] Cæs. G. 7, 17, 1, élever deux tours ; castella ad extremas fossas Cæs. G. 2, 8, 3, élever (établir) des redoutes à l’extrémité du fossé ; [fig.] [[senectus]] fundamentis adulescentiæ constituta Cic. CM 62, vieillesse reposant sur les fondements de la jeunesse<br /><b>2</b> fixer (établir) qqn à un endroit déterminé : Cic. Agr. 2, 10 ; 2, 83 ; Cæs. G. 1, 13, 3, etc. || aliquem regem [[apud]] [[Senones]] Cæs. G. 5, 54, 2, établir qqn comme roi chez les Sénonais ; aliquem [[sibi]] quæstoris in [[loco]] Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 77, placer qqn près de soi comme questeur ; Athenæum maxima [[apud]] regem auctoritate constitui Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6, j’ai établi Athénée auprès du roi avec [dans] le [[plus]] grand crédit<br /><b>3</b> établir, instituer : alicui legem, [[jus]] Cic. Cæc. 40, instituer pour qqn une loi, une jurisprudence ; eorum [[causa]] [[judicium]] de pecuniis repetundis [[est]] [[constitutum]] Cic. Cæcil. 11, c’[[est]] à cause d’eux que l’action judiciaire pour concussion a été formée || constituer, fonder : si [[utilitas]] amicitiam constituet Cic. Fin. 2, 78, si c’[[est]] l’intérêt qui fonde l’amitié ; [[posteaquam]] [[victoria]] constituta [[est]] Cic. Amer. 16, après que la victoire eut été fixée (définitivement acquise) ; pacem constituere Cic. Amer. 22, établir la paix || constituer, organiser, fonder : civitates Cic. de Or. 1, 35, fonder les États (1, 36) ; composita et constituta [[res]] publica Cic. Leg. 3, 42, gouvernement bien ordonné et constitué ; [[civitas]] constituta Cic. Br. 7 ; Agr. 2, 10, cité ayant sa constitution, ses lois bien établies ; rem nummariam Cic. Off. 3, 80, régler la monnaie (fixer sa valeur); rem familiarem Cic. Phil. 11, 4, organiser (remettre en ordre) ses affaires ; [[tribus]] constitutis legionibus Cæs. G. 6, 1, 4, trois légions ayant été constituées (organisées), cf. Cic. Pomp. 57 ; [[legio]] constituta ex veteranis Cic. Phil. 14, 27, légion constituée de vétérans || [pass.] être constitué solidement : cum [[corpus]] [[bene]] [[constitutum]] sit Cic. Fin. 2, 92 (Tusc. 2, 17), quand on a une bonne constitution physique ; viri sapientes et [[bene]] [[natura]] constituti Cic. Sest. 137, les hommes sages et bien constitués moralement ; [[jam]] confirmata constitutaque [[vox]] Quint. 11, 3, 29, voix déjà affermie et complètement formée || ineuntis ætatis [[inscitia]] senum constituenda et regenda [[prudentia]] [[est]] Cic. Off. 1, 122, l’inexpérience de la jeunesse doit trouver un appui et une direction dans la prudence des vieillards || [pass.] constitui ex = constare ex, résulter de, être formé de : Her. 1, 26 ; 1, 27 ; Quint. 7, 4, 16<br /><b>4</b> décider, fixer, établir : accusatorem Cic. Cæcil. 10, fixer l’accusateur ; præmia, pœnas Cæs. G. 6, 13, 5, établir des récompenses, des châtiments ; colloquio diem Cæs. G. 1, 47, 1, fixer un jour pour une entrevue ; [[pretium]] frumento Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 171, fixer un prix au blé ; ut erat [[constitutum]] Cic. Phil. 2, 108, comme cela avait été décidé ; [[quid]] [[vectigalis]] [[Britannia]] penderet, constituit Cæs. G. 5, 22, 4, il fixa le montant du tribut que devait payer la Bretagne || cum [[aliquo]], décider, fixer avec qqn : [[dies]] [[quam]] constituerat cum legatis Cæs. G. 1, 8, le jour qu’il avait fixé de concert avec les députés ( Cic. Cat. 1, 24) ; constitui cum hominibus, [[quo]] [[die]] [[mihi]] Messanæ præsto essent Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, je fixai d’entente avec eux le jour où ils devaient se mettre à ma disposition à Messine || [avec prop. inf.] décider que : Ter. Hec. 195 || alicui constituere et prop. inf., fixer (promettre) à qqn que : Cic. Off. 1, 32 ; de Or. 1, 265 || [avec ut subj.] constituimus [[inter]] [[nos]] ut... Cic. Fin. 5, 1, nous avons décidé entre nous de... || abs<sup>t</sup>] fixer un rendez-vous à qqn : Juv. 3, 12<br /><b>5</b> définir, établir, préciser une idée : [[quo]] constituto sequitur... Cic. Nat. 2, 75, cela établi, il s’ensuit que...; eo ([[honesto]]), quale sit, [[breviter]] constituto Cic. Fin. 2, 44, après avoir établi brièvement la nature de l’honnête ; [[primum]] constituendum [[est]], [[quid]] [[quidque]] sit Cic. Or. 116, il faut établir d’abord en [[quoi]] consiste chaque point du débat ; [[nondum]] [[satis]] constitui molestiæne [[plus]] an voluptatis adtulerit [[mihi]] [[Trebatius]] [[noster]] Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1, je ne me [[suis]] pas encore rendu [[compte]] avec précision si c’[[est]] du chagrin ou du plaisir que notre Trébatius m’a le [[plus]] causé ; [[bona]] possessa [[non]] [[esse]] constitui Cic. Quinct. 89, j’ai établi qu’il n’y avait pas possession des biens, cf. Off. 2, 9<br /><b>6</b> se déterminer à faire qqch., prendre une résolution : ut constituerat Cæs. G. 1, 49, 4, comme il l’avait décidé ; [[quid]] in proximam noctem constituisset, edocui Cic. Cat. 2, 13, j’ai montré ce qu’il avait résolu pour la nuit suivante ; constituerunt... comparare Cæs. G. 1, 3, 1, ils résolurent de rassembler... ; [[non]] [[prius]] agendum constituit... Cæs. G. 7, 36, 1 ; (7, 54, 2), il décida de ne pas agir avant... ; constituere ut subj., décider de, décider que : Cæs. G. 7, 78, 1 ; C. 3, 1, 2 ; Cic. Clu. 102 ; Off. 3, 80, etc. || abs<sup>t</sup>] de [[aliquo]], de [[aliqua]] re, prendre une résolution sur qqn, sur qqch. : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5 ; Brut. d. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 3 ; Cæs. G. 6, 13, 4 ; Nep. Eum. 12, 1 ; Liv. 37, 56, 1. | |||
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