(P. a.P. a.) : apto, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. freq. [apo], to fit, adapt, accommodate, apply, put on, adjust, etc. (cf. accommodo); absol., with dat. or less freq. with ad (in Cic. only once, as P. a.).
* Lit.
* Absol.: aptat cristas telaque,Verg. A. 11, 8: arma aptare,Liv. 5, 49, 3: remos,Curt. 9, 9, 12: tabulam,Col. 12, 56, 2: jubas,Sil. 5, 166: armamenta, vela,Quint. 10, 7, 23.
* Trop.
* With the access. idea of fitting: bella citharae modis,Hor. C. 2, 12, 4; cf. id. Ep. 1, 3, 13.—And with ad: sed usum nec ad commoditatem ferendi nec ad ipsius munitionis firmamentum aptaverunt,Liv. 33, 5, 5: ad transeundum omnia aptaverant,Curt. 7, 8, 8: ad militares remus aptatur manus,i. e. is taken in hand by the soldiers,Sen. Agam. 425.
* Without the access. idea of fitting, to prepare, get ready, furnish, put in order; constr. absol., with dat. or ad.
* Absol.: aptate convivium, Pomp. ap. Non. p. 234, 30: idonea bello,Hor. S. 2, 2, 111.
* With dat.: arma pugnae,Liv. 22, 5; cf.: aptat se pugnae,Verg. A. 10, 588; and, animos aptent armis,id. ib. 10, 259.
* With abl. of that with which something is fitted, furnished, provided: oppidi partes testudinibus et musculis, Auct. B. Alex. 1: biremes remigio,Verg. A. 8, 80: classem velis,id. ib. 3, 472; so, pinum armamentis,Ov. M. 11, 456: ut quisque se aptaverat armis, had fitted himself with arms, i. e. for battle, Liv. 9, 31.—Hence, aptātus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted for something; thus, suitable, fit, appropriate, accommodated to (syn.: aptus, accommodatus): hoc verbum est ad id aptatum, quod ante dixerat, * Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162: ad popularem delectationem,Quint. 2, 10, 11; so Sen. Contr. 6 al.: omnia rei aptata,id. Ep. 59.

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