sequester

Latin > English

sequester sequestris N M :: mediator, go-between

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sĕquester: tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. id., jurid. t. t.,
I a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled: sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt, Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33: tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65: jam sequestri placebant, Petr. 14, 4: cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione, Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit; si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc., ib. 16, 3, 5.—Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.: sequestro data, id. Merc. 4, 3, 36: sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant, Gell. 20, 11, 5: aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79; and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid), to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—
II Transf.
   A In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf. internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4: venditor et corruptor et sequester, Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48: aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti, id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72: adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio, id. Cael. 13, 30: candidatus per sequestrem agit, Sen. Ep. 118, 3: gregarii, Amm. 15, 5, 31.—
   B After the Aug. period, a mediator.
   1    Lit.: Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4: pacis, Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472: ego sequester et medius fui, Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress: ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras? Stat. Th. 7, 542: anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia, App. M. 9, p. 224, 1; and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis, i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so, pace sequestrā, Stat. Th. 2, 425.—*
   2    Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.: qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt, Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) sĕquester,¹⁴ tra, trum et sequester, tris, tre,
1 qui intervient, médiateur : pace sequestra Virg. En. 11, 133, la paix étant intervenue
2 n. subst. sequestrum, qqf. sequestre, dans les expr. : sequestro ponere, dare, remettre en dépôt, en séquestre : Pl. Merc. 737 ; d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 32 ; Gell. 20, 11, 5 ; in sequestri deponere Ps. Ascon. Verr. 2, 1, 12.
(2) sequester,¹² tris ( Cic.) ou tri ( Pl., Dig.), m.,
1 intermédiaire, entremetteur [recevant de l’argent à charge de le distribuer pour acheter les juges, les électeurs, etc.]: Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 108 ; Clu. 25 ; 72 ; Planc. 38, etc.
2 médiateur : inter patres ac plebem publicæ gratiæ sequester Sen. Helv. 12, 5, médiateur d’une réconciliation officielle entre les patriciens et la plèbe
3 dépositaire [d’objets ou d’argent contestés] : Pl. Rud. 1004 ; Gell. 20, 11, 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

sequester, tra, trum u. sequester, tris, tre (sequor), vermittelnd, I) adi.: pace sequestrā, durch Vermittelung des Friedens, Verg. Aen. 11, 133. Stat. Theb. 2, 425. – II) subst.: A) sequester, trī od. tris, m., a) Mittelsperson, die sich zur Bestechung der Gerichte u. des Volkes gebrauchen ließ, weshalb bei ihr auch das zu Bestechungen zu verwendende Geld niedergelegt wurde, in Sicilia sequester istius, interpres, confector negotiorum, Cic.: venditor et corruptor et sequester, Cic.: quo sequestre in illo iudice corrumpendo dicebatur esse usus, Cic.: candidatus per sequestrem agit, Sen. – bildl., suam pudicitiam sequestrem periurii fieri passi sunt, Belohnung des Meineides, von Richtern, die für sinnlichen Genuß den Klodius lossprachen, Val. Max. 9, 1, 7. – b) Mittelsperson, bei der das, worüber zwei Personen streiten (Geld usw.), inzwischen in Verwahrsam gelegt wird, nisi das sequestrum, Plaut.: apud sequestrem depositum, Gell. – c) übh., Mittelsperson, Vermittler, pacis, Sil. 6, 347. Lucan. 10, 472: fidei pacisque, Stat. Theb. 7, 542: Menenius Agrippa inter patres ac plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit, Sen. ad Helv. 12, 5. – B) sequestra, ae, f., Mittelsperson, pacis, Stat.: stupri, Apul. – C) sequestrum, ī, n. od. sequestre, is, n., etwa Niederlegung einer streitigen Sache bei einer dritten Person, sequestro (Dat.), zur Verwahrung, deponere, niederlegen, Plaut.: dafür steht deponere in sequestri, Ascon., oder in sequestre, ICt.: so auch pecuniam sequestre ponere, ICt. (al. in sequestre).

Latin > Chinese

sequester, tra, trum. adj. gen. stri vel stris. :: 中人。Pax sequestra 暫停戰。
sequester, tri vel tris. m. :: 受寄物者。中人。贿民者。催訟者。— pacis 勸和者。— fugae 同逃者。In sequestro deponere 壓人之物件。