(v. a.P. a.) : cĕlēbro, āvi, ātum, v. a.id..
* To go to a place or person in great numbers or often, to frequent, to fill (syn. frequento; class.): deūm delubra festis diebus,Lucr. 5, 1167: viam,Cic. Cael. 14, 34; id. Sest. 63, 131: domum alicujus,id. Mur. 34, 70: atria,Ov. M. 1, 172: silvas,id. ib. 10, 703: tecta,id. ib. 4, 444: forum,id. ib. 4, 144; cf.: forum maxime celebratum,Sall. J. 47, 1: Penates, i. e. domum redire,Tib. 1, 3, 33: me magistrum,id. 1, 4, 75.
* Of a desired action (cf. celeber, B.), to do something frequently or in multitudes, to practise, engage in, say, use, employ, repeat, = frequento, etc.: intro abite atque haec cito celebrate,i. e. in company, all together,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 36: ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, celebrandas inter nosque recolendas,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2: cognitionem exercitationemque,id. ib. 3, 28, 110: genus divinationis,id. Div. 1, 2, 3; cf.: celebratum genus mortis,a kind of death suffered by many,Tac. H. 2, 49 fin.: necessitatem,Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155: jurisdictionem,Liv. 6, 32, 1: popularem potestatem,id. 2, 42, 6: iambum,Quint. 10, 1, 96: seria ac jocos cum aliquo,Liv. 1, 4, 9.
* Meton.
* To go in great numbers to a celebration; hence, in gen., to celebrate, solemnize, keep a festival: festos dies,Cic. Arch. 6, 13; cf.: is (dies) festus celebratusque per omnem Africam,Sall. J. 66, 2; Cic. Pis. 22, 51; id. Cat. 3, 10, 23; Liv. 10, 37, 12; Tac. A. 15, 53; Suet. Aug. 75; id. Tib. 65 init.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 61; Ov. M. 4, 4: convivium omnium sermone laetitiāque,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Liv. 40, 14, 2; Tac. A. 4, 59; cf. coetum,Verg. A. 1, 735: conjugia,id. ib. 7, 555; cf. nuptias,Liv. 36, 11, 2; cf.: solemnia nuptiarum,Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.: officium nuptiarum,Suet. Claud. 26; and poet.: taedas jugales Thetidis,Cat. 64, 302: annua sacra,Verg. A. 8, 173; cf. id. ib. 5, 598 and 603: funus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; cf. exsequias,Liv. 25, 17, 5; 37, 22, 2: diem natalem Vitellii,Tac. H. 2, 95; Lact. 1, 20, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 102 (103): natales,id. ib. 6, 30, 1; Tac. A. 6, 18; and absol.: totā celebrante Siciliā sepultus est,Nep. Timol. 5 fin.
* (Acc. to I. a.) Frequented, much visited: forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum,Sall. J. 47, 1.
* Without the access. idea of extolling, in gen., to make something known, to publish abroad, proclaim: quibus in locis factum esse consulem Murenam nuntii litteraeque celebrassent,Cic. Mur. 41, 89: quod vocibus maledictisque celebratum est,id. Cael. 3, 6: quā re celebratā,id. Div. 1, 17, 31.—cĕlĕbrā-tus, a, um, P. a.
* (Acc. to II. A.) Solemn, festive, brilliant: dies celebratior,Ov. M. 7, 430: supplicatio celebratior,Liv. 3, 63, 5.
* (Acc. to II. B.) Known, celebrated, famous: loci famā celebrati,Tac. A. 2, 54: quo Actiacae victoriae memoria celebratior in posterum esset,Suet. Aug. 18.—Adv., v. celebriter.

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