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|lshtext=<b>vărĭo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v.a. and n. [[varius]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[diversify]], [[variegate]], [[change]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: (principia) omne [[genus]] gignunt variantque colores, Lucr. 2, 759: maculis ortum (sol), Verg. G. 1, 441: caeruleis corpora guttis, Ov. M. 4, 578: tempora cani, id. ib. 12, 465: capillos ([[gemma]]), id. Am. 1, 2, 41: ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera [[caelum]], id. F. 3, 449: variare virgis et loris, to [[beat]] of all colors, [[black]] and [[blue]], Plaut. Poen. prol. 26: putrida pectora palmis, Cat. 64, 352: vestes picto [[auro]], Val. Fl. 3, 11: variante se uvā, [[becoming]] colored, [[turning]], Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 189; for [[which]] [[mid]].: [[simulatque]] uva variari coeperit, Col. Arb. 12, 1.—In [[part]]. perf.: [[vestis]] priscis hominum variata figuris, [[variegated]], [[embroidered]], Cat. 64, 50: pluribus [[ille]] ([[anguis]]) notis variatam pingitur alvum, Luc. 9, 713: [[arcus]] vix ullā [[variatus]] [[luce]] colorem, id. 4, 79: eluere calculos nigros [[paulum]] candore variatos, Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157.—Poet.: formas [[variatus]] in omnes, changed, metamorphosed, Ov. M. 12, 559.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[cause]] to [[change]], [[make]] [[different]] or [[various]]; to [[alter]], [[change]], [[vary]], [[interchange]], [[cause]] to alternate, etc.: vocem variare et mutare, Cic. Or. 18, 59; so, aliquid ([[with]] mutare), Gell. 14, 1, 9: orationem variare et distinguere, Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36: [[ergo]] [[ille]] variabit (vocem) et mutabit, id. Or. 18, 59: voluptatem ([[with]] distinguere), id. Fin. 1, 11, 38: qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam, Hor. A. P. 29: in oratione [[multa]] summittere, variare, disponere, Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 2, 13, 8; 11, 3, 152: cum [[timor]] [[atque]] ira in vicem sententias variassent, Liv. 2, 57, 2: [[vices]], Verg. A. 9, 164: [[bellum]] variante fortunā [[eventum]] ferre, [[with]] varying [[success]], Liv. 23, 5, 8: et variebant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam [[magis]] [[quam]] animos hominum, id. 25, 1, 6: [[fremitus]] variantis multitudinis fuit [[partim]] adsensu [[partim]] indignatione, id. 35, 31, 13: ex vernā intemperie variante calores frigoraque, id. 22, 2, 10: laborem otio, [[otium]] labore, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4: variatis hominum sententiis, i. e. [[various]], at [[variance]], Cic. Mil. 3, 8: quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores, [[report]] [[differently]], [[vary]], Liv. 27, 27, 12; cf.: [[certe]] variata [[memoria]] actae rei, id. 21, 28, 5.—Impers. [[pass]].: sitne ea (beata [[vita]]) in potestate sapientis, an, etc. ... in eo [[nonnumquam]] variari [[inter]] eos et dubitari videtur, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: [[senatus]] consuli [[coeptus]]; ibi cum sententiis variaretur, were of [[different]] opinions, Liv. 22, 60, 3; cf.: variatum [[deinde]] proeliis, fought [[with]] varying [[success]], Vell. 2, 51, 3: [[nisi]] de familiae condicione variatum esset, i. e. [[differently]] reported, Suet. Vit. 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to be [[diversified]], [[variegated]]; to [[change]], [[alter]], [[waver]], [[vary]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: prima mihi variat liventibus uva racemis, becomes [[variegated]], colored, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13: bacae, Col. 12, 52, 9: variant [[ostrea]] coloribus, are [[different]], Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60: [[universitas]] (arietum) tergoris maculis, Col. 7, 3, 2: [[inter]] se [[multum]] variare figurae Non possunt, Lucr. 2, 484; cf. id. 4, 648: variantes edere formas, id. 5, 722; cf.: volucres variantibu' formis, id. 5, 825: non ita Carpathiae variant Aquilonibus undae, [[fluctuate]], Prop. 2, 5, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to be [[various]] or [[different]]; to [[change]], [[vary]]; absol.: variante fortunā, Liv. 23, 5, 8: inpatiens variantis caeli, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28: sic abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores, Ov. Tr. 2, 153: dissidet et variat [[sententia]], id. M. 15, 648: ita [[fama]] variat, ut, etc., Liv. 27, 27, 14. —With abl.: haec de tanto viro, [[quamquam]] et opinionibus et monumentis litterarum variarent, proponenda erant, Liv. 38, 57, 8: si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet, id. 3, 45, 2.—Impers.: ibi si variaret, if [[there]] were a [[difference]] of [[opinion]], Liv. 1, 43, 11; cf.: nec variatum comitiis est, id. 7, 22, 10.—With adverb. acc.: si [[nunc]] [[quoque]] [[fortuna]] aliquid variaverit, Liv. 23, 13, 4.—Of differences in the [[text]] of an [[author]] ([[late]] Lat.): ipsi codices [[Graeci]] variant, Aug. in Psa. 118, 7: nulla in eo variat codicum [[auctoritas]], id. C. Faust. 11, 4.—Hence, P. a.: vărĭans, antis, [[varied]], [[manifold]]: ([[terra]]) fudit aërias volucres variantibus formis, Lucr. 5, 822: variantis edere formas, id. 5, 720: astra, Manil. 2, 466.

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