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(verb) : cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;
* Perh. also connipsi, connipseram,App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto, to close or shut. *
* In gen.: cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.
* Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5: coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38: conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10: ad tonitrua et fulgura,Suet. Calig. 51: contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.: nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—*
* Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.
* Trop.
* In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid: certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,Quint. 10, 3, 16: multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,Cic. Cael. 17, 41: animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.
* (Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.: haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18: pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut ... poenas in diem reservetis?id. Cael. 24, 59: qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77; Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.
* Perh. also connipsi, connipseram,App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto, to close or shut. *
* In gen.: cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.
* Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5: coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38: conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10: ad tonitrua et fulgura,Suet. Calig. 51: contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.: nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—*
* Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.
* Trop.
* In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid: certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,Quint. 10, 3, 16: multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,Cic. Cael. 17, 41: animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.
* (Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.: haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18: pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut ... poenas in diem reservetis?id. Cael. 24, 59: qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77; Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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