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(verb) : cōpŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1 (
* Part. perf., contr. cōplata, Lucr. 6, 1088; dep. collat. form cō-pŭlor, āri, v. I. A. b. infra), copula, to couple, bind, or tie together, to join, connect, unite (class.; most freq. in Cic.).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop., to join, connect, unite.
* Esp., to confront: copulati in jus pervenimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.
* With dat.: aurum auro,Lucr. 6, 1078: utrimque Armeniae majori Sophene copulatur,Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41.
* In dep. form: adeunt, consistunt, copulantur dexteras,Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 38 Wagn. ad loc.; cf. Non. p. 476, 16; 479, 24, and Prisc. p. 797 P., and Ussing ad loc. (others explain dexteras as acc. of the part, or Gr. acc.).
* Mid., to associate with: cave siris cum filiā meā copulari hanc,Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 20.
* With cum: sermonem cum aliquo,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42: futura cum praesentibus,Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: honestatem cum voluptate,id. Ac. 2, 45, 139: equestrem ordinem cum senatu,id. Phil. 2, 8, 19: se cum inimico,id. Sest. 64, 133.
* With inter se: ah haec inter se jungi copularique possint?Cic. de Or. 1, 51. 222.
* With dat.: quid naturae copulatum habuit Alcibiadis somnium?Cic. Div. 2, 69, 143.
* Cōpŭlātus, a, um, P. a., joined together, united, connected: nihil est animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: verba, v.supra, II. δ.—* Comp.: nihil amabilius nec copulatius quam morum similitudo bonorum,Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56.—‡ Sup., Inscr. de Lyon, p. 477, 3.—Adv.: cōpŭlātē, connectedly (late Lat.): copulate dictum est (diequinti),Gell. 10, 24, 1; 17, 7 fin.
* Cōpŭlātum, i, n., a joint sentence, the Gr. συμπεπλεγμένον, called also conjunctum, Gell. 16, 8, 10.
* Part. perf., contr. cōplata, Lucr. 6, 1088; dep. collat. form cō-pŭlor, āri, v. I. A. b. infra), copula, to couple, bind, or tie together, to join, connect, unite (class.; most freq. in Cic.).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop., to join, connect, unite.
* Esp., to confront: copulati in jus pervenimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148.
* With dat.: aurum auro,Lucr. 6, 1078: utrimque Armeniae majori Sophene copulatur,Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41.
* In dep. form: adeunt, consistunt, copulantur dexteras,Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 38 Wagn. ad loc.; cf. Non. p. 476, 16; 479, 24, and Prisc. p. 797 P., and Ussing ad loc. (others explain dexteras as acc. of the part, or Gr. acc.).
* Mid., to associate with: cave siris cum filiā meā copulari hanc,Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 20.
* With cum: sermonem cum aliquo,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42: futura cum praesentibus,Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45: honestatem cum voluptate,id. Ac. 2, 45, 139: equestrem ordinem cum senatu,id. Phil. 2, 8, 19: se cum inimico,id. Sest. 64, 133.
* With inter se: ah haec inter se jungi copularique possint?Cic. de Or. 1, 51. 222.
* With dat.: quid naturae copulatum habuit Alcibiadis somnium?Cic. Div. 2, 69, 143.
* Cōpŭlātus, a, um, P. a., joined together, united, connected: nihil est animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: verba, v.supra, II. δ.—* Comp.: nihil amabilius nec copulatius quam morum similitudo bonorum,Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56.—‡ Sup., Inscr. de Lyon, p. 477, 3.—Adv.: cōpŭlātē, connectedly (late Lat.): copulate dictum est (diequinti),Gell. 10, 24, 1; 17, 7 fin.
* Cōpŭlātum, i, n., a joint sentence, the Gr. συμπεπλεγμένον, called also conjunctum, Gell. 16, 8, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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