(preposition) : condĭcĭo (in many MSS. and edd. incorrectly condĭtĭo, and hence falsely derived from condo; cf. 2. conditio), ōnis, f. condico
* An agreement, stipulation, condition, compact, proposition, terms, demand.
* Prop.
* Absol.: alicui condicionem ferre,to offer terms,Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 51; cf. id. ib. 4, 3, 91 sq.; id. Mil. 4, 1, 6; id. Men. 4, 2, 24; Liv. 37, 45, 13 al.: cognitis suis postulatis atque aequitate condicionum perspectā,Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Cic. Caecin. 14, 40: non respuit condicionem,Caes. B. G. 1, 42; so Cic. Cael. 6, 14: ne si pax cum Romanis fieret, ipse per condiciones ad supplicium traderetur,Sall. J. 61 fin.: condiciones pacis, quas adfertis, si accepero,Curt. 4, 11, 19: posse condicionibus bellum poni,Sall. J. 112, 1: dum de condicionibus tractat,Nep. Eum. 5 fin.: his condicionibus conpositā pace,Liv. 2, 13, 4: aliquot populos aut vi subegit aut condicionibus in societatem accepit,id. 9, 15, 2: ex quā condicione,in consequence of,id. 23, 35, 9: sub condicionibus eis pacem agere,id. 21, 12, 4: accipe sub certā condicione preces,Ov. F. 4, 320: sub condicione,conditionally,Liv. 6, 40, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; usu. without a : eā enim condicione acceperas,Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: eādem condicione,id. Div. 2, 44, 93; id. Or. 71, 235; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12; Sall. J. 79, 8: istā quidem condicione,id. de Or. 2, 7, 27: nullā condicione,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137: ullā condicione,id. Fl. 18, 43: his legibus, his condicionibus erit quisquam tam stultus, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 29, § 70.
* In gen., the external position, situation, condition, rank, place, circumstances (very freq. and class.).
* Esp., a marriage, match; sometimes, by meton., = the person married (freq. and class.).
* With dum (rare): jam vero istā condicione, dum mihi liceat negare, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 101.— Also transf. subject., free choice, option: quorum condicio erat,who had their choice,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.—From the conditions made in marriage
* In an honorable sense, in full: condicio uxoria,Cic. Lael. 10, 34; usu. alone: tu condicionem hanc accipe; ausculta mihi, Atque eam desponde mihi,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 60; so id. ib. 3, 5, 2; id. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut eam in se dignam condicionem conlocem,id. Trin. 1, 2, 122: hanc condicionem si quoi tulero extrario,Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 13: aliam quaerere,Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99: condicionem filiae quaerendam esse,Liv. 3, 45, 11; Nep. Att. 12, 1: alicui deferre,Suet. Caes. 27; id. Aug. 63; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 8; 1, 14, 9; Mart. 3, 33; 5, 17; Just. 11, 7, 8.—Hence, in the jurists, the formula of separation: condicione tuā non utor,I will not have you,Dig. 24, 2, 2.
* In a bad sense, an amour, the relation of lover or mistress: accepit condicionem, dein quaestum occipit,Ter. And. 1, 1, 52; cf.: quae tibi Condicio nova, luculenta, fertur per me,id. Mil. 4, 1, 5; and hence, meton., a lover, paramour: habeo hortos ... hinc licet condiciones cottidie legas,Cic. Cael. 15, 36; Suet. Aug. 69; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 19; Lampr. Elag. 5, 8.
* Of persons: est haec condicio liberorum populorum. etc.,Cic. Planc. 4, 11: condicio infirma et fortuna servorum,id. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.: tolerabilis servitutis,id. Cat. 4, 8, 16: condicione eo meliore est senex quam adulescens,id. Sen. 19, 68: humana,id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: ista condicio est testium, ut quibus creditum non sit negantibus, eisdem credatur dicentibus,id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: alia oratoris,Quint. 10, 3, 8; 3, 8, 37: alicujus condicio vitaque,id. 3, 8, 50: abjectae extremaeque sortis. Suet. Calig. 35: fuit intactis quoque cura condicione super communi, solicitude concerning their common condition or circumstances, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 152; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sen. Ot. Sap. 31, 1; Quint. Decl. 308; Lact. 3, 28, 5.
* Of things, a situation, condition, nature, mode, manner: quae consuerint gigni gignentur eādem Condicione,Lucr. 2, 301: agri,Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57: frumenti,Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 158: aliquam vitae sequi, mode or manner of living, Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 16: earum (frugum) cultus et condiciones tradere,id. Div. 1, 51, 116 B. and K.; cf.: haec vivendi,Hor. S. 2, 8, 65: diversa causarum inter ipsas,Quint. 10, 2, 23: duplex ejus disceptationis,id. 7, 5, 2: litium,id. 5, 1, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 36: vel temporum vel locorum,id. 12, 10, 2 et saep.

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