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(v. a.P. a.) : ac-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. (
* Fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.
* In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.
* Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.): ex tua accepi manu pateram,Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. πιστὰ δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150; in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5
* In partic.
* In gen., very freq.
* In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner: adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur. ̏Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,˝ Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.— ̏Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,˝ Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable; hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56: plebi acceptus erat,Caes. B. G. 1, 13; acceptus erat in oculis,Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.— Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5: quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,Nep. Hann. 7, 3: quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56: rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,Cic. Phil. 13, 50; tempore accepto exaudivi,Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.—Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.—Sup., see above.—Adv. accepte does not occur.
* Of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. λαμβάνειν).
* To take, accept: hanc epistulam accipe a me,take this letter from me,Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26: persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: condicionem pacis,Caes. B. G. 2, 15: armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages,id. ib. 3, 23: divitias,Nep. Epam. 4, 3: aliquid a patre,to inherit,id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1: accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,Verg. A. 3, 486 al.—Hence to receive or entertain as guest: haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,Verg. A. 3, 78: Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges: Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: magnifice volo summos viros accipere,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34: in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with: ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3: hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,id. Men. 5, 1, 7: indignis acceptus modis,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).
* To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009: ictus,id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48: humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9: pecuniam ob rem judicandam,Cic. Verr. 1, 38: luna lumen solis accipit,id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17: praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.: acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33: calamitatem,ib. 1, 31: detrimenta,ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices: provinciam,id. Fam. 2, 10, 2: consulatum,Suet. Aug. 10: Galliam,id. Caes. 22 al.
* To take a thing by hearing, i. e.
* To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1: carmen auribus,Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65: voces,Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171): si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,Ter. And. 2, 3, 23: quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn: urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,as I have learned,Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.
* To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio): accipito hanc ad te litem,Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also
* To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome: hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1: nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56: calamitatem,id. Off. 3, 26: injuriam,id. ib. 1, 11 al.
* To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.: Accipio,Ter. And. 5, 4, 48: accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,id. ib. 1, 1, 52: visa ista ... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66: preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: ̏equi te esse feri similem, dico.˝ Ridemus et ipse Messius: ̏accipio.˝ I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.
* In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum: pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side: in acceptum referre alicui,to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit,Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense: ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,Cic. Phil. 2, 5: omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,ascribe,id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10.
* Fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.
* In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.
* Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.): ex tua accepi manu pateram,Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. πιστὰ δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150; in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5
* In partic.
* In gen., very freq.
* In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner: adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur. ̏Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,˝ Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.— ̏Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,˝ Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable; hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56: plebi acceptus erat,Caes. B. G. 1, 13; acceptus erat in oculis,Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.— Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5: quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,Nep. Hann. 7, 3: quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56: rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,Cic. Phil. 13, 50; tempore accepto exaudivi,Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.—Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.—Sup., see above.—Adv. accepte does not occur.
* Of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. λαμβάνειν).
* To take, accept: hanc epistulam accipe a me,take this letter from me,Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26: persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: condicionem pacis,Caes. B. G. 2, 15: armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages,id. ib. 3, 23: divitias,Nep. Epam. 4, 3: aliquid a patre,to inherit,id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1: accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,Verg. A. 3, 486 al.—Hence to receive or entertain as guest: haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,Verg. A. 3, 78: Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges: Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: magnifice volo summos viros accipere,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34: in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with: ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3: hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,id. Men. 5, 1, 7: indignis acceptus modis,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).
* To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009: ictus,id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48: humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9: pecuniam ob rem judicandam,Cic. Verr. 1, 38: luna lumen solis accipit,id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17: praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.: acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33: calamitatem,ib. 1, 31: detrimenta,ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices: provinciam,id. Fam. 2, 10, 2: consulatum,Suet. Aug. 10: Galliam,id. Caes. 22 al.
* To take a thing by hearing, i. e.
* To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1: carmen auribus,Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65: voces,Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171): si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,Ter. And. 2, 3, 23: quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn: urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,as I have learned,Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.
* To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio): accipito hanc ad te litem,Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also
* To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome: hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1: nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56: calamitatem,id. Off. 3, 26: injuriam,id. ib. 1, 11 al.
* To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.: Accipio,Ter. And. 5, 4, 48: accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,id. ib. 1, 1, 52: visa ista ... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66: preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: ̏equi te esse feri similem, dico.˝ Ridemus et ipse Messius: ̏accipio.˝ I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.
* In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum: pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side: in acceptum referre alicui,to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit,Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense: ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,Cic. Phil. 2, 5: omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,ascribe,id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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