(v. a.Subst.adv.) : dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416
* To make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
* Lit.: antemnas ad malos,Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6: rates ancoris,id. B. C. 1, 25, 7: falces (laqueis),id. B. G. 7, 22, 2: arcas,Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.
* Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
* In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v.the foll.).
* With double acc.: aliquem consulem,Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3: Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.: animis auctorem caedis,id. 33, 28: aliquem regem,Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.
* In partic.
* With dat.: sibi aliquid,i. e. to intend purchasing,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3: operi destinati possent,Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2: aliquem foro,Quint. 2, 8, 8: me arae,Verg. A 2, 129: diem necis alicui,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45: domos publicis usibus,Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29: Anticyram omnem illis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 83: cados tibi,id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.
* Adj.: certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: ad horam mortis destinatam,id. ib. 5, 22, 63: si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,Liv. 21, 44 fin.: persona (coupled with certus),Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.
* Subst.
* In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy: minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).
* Dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.
* Dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.
* A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin.
* An intended, determined object, design, intention: neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.: destinata retinens,id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18: antequam destinata componam,the intended narration,id. ib. 1, 4: ad destinatum persequor,the goal of life,Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so, ex destinato,adv., designedly, intentionally,Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43; and in a like sense merely destinato,Suet. Caes. 60.—dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately: certare,Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

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