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(in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop.\n* To entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).\n* Lit.\n* Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.\n* Trop.\n* With inter se: nosque inter nos esse conplexos,Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58: conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.\n* (Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one's self master of (rare): (philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: facultatem aliquam,id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12: plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,Curt. 6, 3, 4.!*? *\n* In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose: (vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,Cic. Sen. 15, 52: (orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: complexi terram maris,Ov. M. 8, 731: ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,Verg. A. 1, 694: vestis complectens undique corpus,Cat. 64, 307: spatium,to mark out around for military purposes,Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf. of ploughing around,Ov. M. 15, 619: aliquem obsidione,Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.: caput digitis cruentis,Ov. M. 3, 727: manibus eminentia saxa,Curt. 7, 11, 15: dexterā impendentes ramos,id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight: quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,Nep. Epam. 2, 4: qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,in contention,id. Eum. 4, 2.\n* Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold: sopor fessos complectitur artus,Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.: me artior somnus conplexus est,Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.\n* To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand: aliquid cogitatione et mente,Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4: deum et divinum animum cogitatione,id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51: omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17: animo proxima quaeque meo,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70: rei magnitudinem animo,Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.: cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.: perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114: totum genus judiciorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32: formam animi magis quam corporis,to consider,Tac. Agr. 46: aliquid memoriā,Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3; and without memoria,id. 11, 2, 36.\n* To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.: omnia alicujus facta oratione,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57: omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,id. Brut. 3, 14: orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,id. de Or. 3, 44, 175: omnia unā comprehensione,id. Fin. 5, 9, 26: plura semel,Quint. 11, 1, 66: pauca paucis,id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29: sententiam his verbis,id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29: sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence\n* In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.\n* To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.: aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.: eum beneficio,id. Planc. 33, 82: aliquem summā benevolentiā,id. Fam. 6, 14, 1: hunc omni tuā comitate,id. ib. 7, 5, 3: omnes caritate cives,Liv. 7, 40, 3: aliquem artā familiaritate,Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al.— Without abl.: hominem,Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. —Absol.: da te homini; complectetur,Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2: quos fortuna complexa est,id. Lael. 15, 54: philosophiam,id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.: artes ingenuas,Ov. P. 1, 6, 9: causam eam,Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3: otium,id. ib. 2, 6, 1.\n* To embrace, include: cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87: licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.\n* Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.\n* Complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.: quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. 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