(v. a.adv.P. a.) : con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a.con- = cum, and 2. do, lit.
* To bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
* With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.
* Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.): oppida,Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8: urbem,Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1: arces,Verg. E. 2, 61: locum,Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7: civitatem,Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12: regna,Just. 2, 1 init.: imperium Poenorum,id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.
* With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).
* Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make: jusjurandum,Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18: aurea saecula,Verg. A. 6, 793: collegium novum,Liv. 5, 52, 11: morem,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150: nova fata,Verg. A. 10, 35: aeternam famam ingenio suo,Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so, nomen memorandum,Sil. 4, 37: militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,Flor. 1, 3, 1: somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods: portenta sua,to fuifil, accomplish,Sil. 16, 126.—Impers.: naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,Dig. 19, 5, 4.
* Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so, carmen,Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.: poëma,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15: longas Iliadas,Prop. 2, 1, 14: bella,Verg. E. 6, 7: Caesaris acta,Ov. Tr. 2, 336: proelia,Stat. Th. 1, 8: festa numeris,Ov. F. 6, 24: alterum satirae genus,Quint. 10, 1, 95: aliqua in hac materiā,id. 3, 1, 19: prosam orationem,Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112: historiam,id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.: aliquid annalibus,id. 2, 9, 6, § 43: praecepta medendi,id. 26, 2, 6, § 10: laudes alicujus,id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely
* Absol.: si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.
* In gen.
* Prop.
* Esp.
* Trop.: teneo omnia; in pectore condita sunt,Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: mandata corde memori,Cat. 64, 231: tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27: in causis conditae sunt res futurae,lie, are contained,id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence
* In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent): lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),Cato, R. R. 117: ficus in orcas,Col. 12, 15, 2: fructum in cados,Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48: corna in liquidā faece,Ov. M. 8, 666: oleum,Suet. Caes. 53.
* In medic. lang., to set: ossa,Cels. 8, 23: calcem,id. 8, 22: articulum,id. 8, 24.
* To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.): mortuos cerā circumlitos,Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: aliquem sepulcro,id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235: ossa parentis terrā,Verg. A. 5, 48; so, aliquem terrā,Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187: corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,id. 36, 17, 27, § 131: fraternas umbras tumulo,Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198: ossa peregrinā ripā,Ov. M. 2, 337: in Tomitanā condar humo?id. P. 3, 1, 6: inhumatos Manes,Luc. 9, 151: Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi ... condidit,brought to the grave,Sen. Ep. 83, 23: patrem,Phaedr. 4, 4, 30: fulgura publica condere,Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.: Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,Luc. 1, 606 sq.
* Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close: saecla vivendo,Lucr. 3, 1090: longos soles cantando,Verg. E. 9, 52: cum referetque diem condetque relatum,i. e. morning and evening,id. G. 1, 458: diem collibus in suis,Hor. C. 4, 5, 29: diem,Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.: noctem,Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.
* Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress: Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut ... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25: lumen,Lucr. 4, 434; so, lunam (nubes),Hor. C. 2, 16, 3: aliquid jocoso furto,id. ib. 1, 10, 8: vultus,Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.: vultum aequore,id. ib. 11, 255: enses,to sheathe,Hor. Epod. 7, 2: ferrum,Phaedr. 5, 2, 8: gladium,Quint. 8, prooem. § 15: scuta latentia,Verg. A. 3, 237: oculos,to close, shut,Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so, lumina,Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64. se in viscera (terrae),Ov. M. 2, 274: se sub lectum,Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223: nocte ... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,i. e. placed in ambush,Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.: ibi Dahas condidit,id. 7, 7, 32: (Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,concealed themselves,Verg. A. 2, 401: fera murmura,Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61. iram,Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.: his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56: huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,id. 8, 31, 51, § 98: luna condita tenebris,Tac. A. 1, 28: aliquid alvo,to swallow,Sil. 6, 199.
* Poet.
* To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo): ensem in pectus,Ov. M. 13, 392: digitos in lumina,id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295; 5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,Verg. A. 9, 348: telum jugulo,Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.: nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.
* Condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare): praecordia,Hor. S. 1, 4, 89: oculi,deep set,Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.
* Condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

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