(v. n.P. a.P. a.) : plăcĕo, cŭi and cĭtus, cĭtum, 2, v. n. (
* Part. fut. pass.: dos placenda,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35; v. I. A. fin.) [cf. placo], to please, to be pleasing or agreeable, to be welcome, acceptable, to satisfy (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ungor ut illi placeam,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 11: meo neque cara'st cordi neque placet,id. Ep. 1, 2, 30: si placeo, utere,Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 43: non placet Antonio consulatus meus: at placuit P. Servilio,Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 12; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34: et quae vobis placita est condicio, datur. id. Hec. 2, 1, 44: nec dubito, quin mihi (Erigona) placitura sit,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 13: exspecto quid illis placeat de epistolā ad Caesarem,id. Att. 13, 1: tibi Ne Enipeus Plus justo placeat,Hor. C. 3, 7, 24: dis, quibus septem placuere colles,id. C. S. 7; id. Ep. 1, 7, 45; 1, 17, 35: quid placet aut odio est,id. ib. 2, 1, 101: quod spiro et placeo (si placeo) tuum est,id. C. 4, 3, 24; Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29: sibi non placere, quod (Aristides) cupide elaborasset, ut, etc.,Nep. Arist. 1, 4: quis gener hic placuit censu minor,Juv. 3, 160: Deo placere non possunt,Vulg. Rom. 8, 8.—As act.: si illa tibi placet, placenda dos quoque'st quam dat tibi,must be pleasing,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35.
* Transf.: placet mihi (tibi, etc.), or simply placet, it pleases me, it seems good, right, or proper to me; it is my opinion, I am of opinion, I hold, believe, intend, purpose; and in perf., placuit, or placitum est, it is decided, resolved, determined (mihi, nobis, etc., or absol.).
* In scenic lang., of players or pieces presented, to please, find favor, give satisfaction: primo actu placeo, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31: cui scenico placenti,Suet. Ner. 42; id. Galb. 12; id. Vit. 11: populo ut placerent quas fecisset fabulas,Ter. And. prol. 3; id. Hec. prol. alt. 12: ubi (fabulae) sunt cognitae, Placitae sunt,id. ib. 13.
* Placere sibi, to be pleased or satisfied with one's self, to flatter one's self, to pride or plume one's self: ego numquam mihi minus quam hesterno die placui,Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: nolo tibi tam valde placeas,Petr. 126; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 63: tu tibi tunc curruca places,Juv. 6, 276: omnes competitores placebant sibi, omnes omnibus displicebant,Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
* In gen.
* With dat.: ut ipsi auctori hujus disciplinae placet,Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 29: ut doctissimis sapientissimisque placuit,id. Div. 1, 49, 110: postea mihi placuit, ut summorum oratorum Graecas orationes explicarem,id. de Or. 1, 34, 155: ita nobis placitum est, ut, etc.,Auct. Her. 2, 1, 1: sic Justitiae placitumque Parcis,Hor. C. 2, 17, 16: si placitum hoc Superis,Val. Fl. 3, 296.—With subject-clause: duo placet esse Carneadi genera visorum,Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99; id. Rep. 1, 38, 60: sic visum Veneri, cui placet impares Formas, etc., mittere,Hor. C. 1, 33, 10: quis paria esse fere placuit peccata, laborant, Cum, etc.,id. S. 1, 3, 96.
* In partic.
* In publicists' lang., to resolve, will, order, determine: senatui placere, ut C. Pansa, etc.,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38: senatui placere, C. Cassium, etc.,id. ib. 11, 12, 30: deliberatur de Avarico in communi concilio, incendi placeret an defendi,Caes. B. G. 7, 15: quamobrem placitum est mihi, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 4: edixit, mulieres ante horam quintam venire in theatrum non placere,Suet. Aug. 44 fin.; cf.: quid placeat, die,your decision,Juv. 10, 338.
* Plăcens, entis, P. a., pleasing, charming, dear: expetendum esse quod non placens sit,Cic. Fin. 3, 8: placens uxor,Hor. C. 2, 14, 21.—Acceptable: hostia placens Deo,Vulg. Phil. 4, 18: sibi placentes,self-willed,id. 2 Pet. 2, 10.
* Plăcĭtus, a, um, P. a., pleasing, agreeable, acceptable (mostly poet.): placita es simplicitate tuā,you are pleasing, you please,Ov. Am. 2, 4, 18: oliva,Verg. G. 2, 425: amor,id. A. 4, 38: bona,Ov. H. 17, 98: in locum ambobus placitum exercitus conveniunt,Sall. J. 81, 1: artes,Tac. A. 2, 66: exemplum,id. ib. 4, 37: eum (regem creari) quasi placitissimum diis. qui, etc.,Just. 18. 3. 9 (the reading acceptissimum is a later emendation).—Abl. absol.: sic placito ocius surrexit. App. M. 2, 24: placiti dies,appointed days,Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 11.
* Subst.: plăcĭtum, i, n.
* Prop., that which is pleasing or agreeable: ultra placitum laudare,more than is agreeable,Verg. E. 7, 27.
* Transf.
* An opinion, sentiment (post-Aug.): Catonis placita de olivis,Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 20.
* A determination, prescription, order: medicorum placita,Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 143.
* A maxim, principle: ipse (Rubellius) placita majorum colebat,Tac. A. 14, 22: sapientium placita,id. ib. 16, 19: Stoicorum,id. H. 3, 81: philosophorum,id. Or. 19: nec est quare hoc inter nostra placita mireris,Sen. Ep. 66, 45: decreta, quae Graeci vocant dogmata, nobis vel decreta licet adpellare vel scita vel placita,Sen. Ep. 95, 10: philosophiae placita, id. ib. § 37: Babyloniorum,Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; Col. 9, 2, 1.

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