LAT
veto
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Lewis Short
(verb) : vĕto, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (old form vŏto:
* Votes,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 56: votitus,id. As. 4, 1, 44; cf. Non. 45, 4; perf. (poet. and late Lat.) vetavit, Pers. 5, 90: vetati sunt,Vulg. Act. 16, 6), etym. dub., not to suffer a thing to take place, not to permit, to advise against, oppose, forbid, prohibit a thing; and, with a personal object, not to permit one to do a thing, to prevent or hinder him from doing it, not to grant, to forbid him a thing, etc. (syn.: interdico, inhibeo); constr. most freq. with acc. and inf., less freq. with the simple inf., the simple acc., with ut, ne, or the simple subj., or absol.
* In gen.
* With acc. and inf.: lex peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere,Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100; cf.: quae (lex naturae) vetat ullam rem esse cujusquam, nisi ejus, qui tractare et uti sciat,id. Rep. 1, 17, 27: ab opere legatos Caesar discedere vetuerat,Caes. B. G. 2, 20: rationes a te collectae vetabant, me rei publicae penitus diffidere,Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3: ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat?Hor. S. 1, 1, 25: non me ulla vetabunt Frigora Parthenios canibus circumdare saltus,Verg. E. 10, 56: hos vetuit me numerare timor,Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 4; 2, 32 (3, 30), 8: cum leges duo ex unā familiā non solum magistratus creari vetarent, sed, etc.,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: castra ... vallo muniri vetuit,id. B. C. 1, 41: quae (lex) de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—Pass.: cum equites Romani flere pro me edictis vetarentur,Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: sterni vetabere terrā,Luc. 4, 647: Nolani muros portasque adire vetiti,Liv. 23, 16, 9: redemptoribus vetitis frumentum parare,id. 34, 9, 12: ut a praefecto morum Hasdrubal cum eo vetaretur esse,Nep. Ham. 3, 2; Luc. 6, 470; 7, 371.
* In partic.: veto, I forbid it, I protest; the word with which the tribunes of the people declared their protest against any measure of the Senate or of the magistrates, Liv. 3, 13, 6; 6, 35, 9; Suet. Tib. 2 fin.: ut vim fieri vetarent,Gell. 13, 12, 9.—Of the protest of the praetor against any unlawful measure, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36; Dig. 42, 1, 14. —And in the lang. of augury: vetat haruspex,Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28: volucres,Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80: si vetet auspicium,Ov. F. 6, 764.—Hence, vĕtĭtum, i, n.
* With quin (ante- and postclass. and rare): nemo hinc prohibet nec votat, Quin quod palam'st venale, emas,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 33; Sen. Contr. 1, praef. 17.
* With quominus (rare): at haec (sapientiā) nullā re, quo minus se exerceat, vetari potest,Sen. Ep. 95, 8.
* With inf. (poet.): tabulae peccare vetantes,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 23: nec laevus vetet ire picus,id. C. 3, 27, 15: unde proferre pedem pudor vetet,id. A. P. 135; cf. id. C. 1, 6, 10; Mart. 6, 91, 1: quid vetat? with a foll. inf., Hor. S. 1, 10, 56; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 35; id. F. 1, 295.—Impers.: ait esse vetitum intro ad eram accedere,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6 (7), 24.
* With acc.
* Of the thing: quia bella vetabat,Verg. A. 2, 84: nec majora veto,Ov. F. 2, 541: quid jubeatve vetetve, id. M. 11, 493: iter mediis natura vetabat Syrtibus,Luc. 9, 301: tristia damna vetabo,Stat. S. 3, 1, 173: Val. Fl. 8, 304: solem vetuit Delia tardior,Sen. Herc. Oet. 150: quercus Phoebum vetat,keeps off,id. ib. 1624.—Pass.: fossam praeduxit, quā incerta Oceani vetarentur,Tac. A. 11, 20: (ludere) vetitā legibus aleā,Hor. C. 3, 24, 58: vetiti hymenaei,Verg. A. 6, 623: vetitae terrae,Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 21: factum vetitum,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17: vetito ponto,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1585.
* Absol.: lex omnis aut jubet aut vetat,Quint. 7, 5, 5: optat supremo collocare Sisyphus In monte saxum; sed vetant leges Jovis,Hor. Epod. 17, 69: res ipsa vetat,Ov. M. 10, 354: a patria pelago vela vetante datis,id. H. 13, 128; 13, 131.
* That which is forbidden or prohibited, a forbidden or prohibited thing: nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata,Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17: sed jam de vetito quisque parabat opes,id. F. 5, 282: venerem In vetitis numerant,id. M. 10, 435: crebrescit occultis primum sermonibus, ut vetita solent,Tac. A. 2, 39: agebat quaedam vetita legibus,Amm. 28, 6, 3.
* A prohibition, protest: jussa ac vetita populorum,Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9; 3, 3, 10: quae contra vetitum discordia?Verg. A. 10, 9; Suet. Caes. 43.
* Votes,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 56: votitus,id. As. 4, 1, 44; cf. Non. 45, 4; perf. (poet. and late Lat.) vetavit, Pers. 5, 90: vetati sunt,Vulg. Act. 16, 6), etym. dub., not to suffer a thing to take place, not to permit, to advise against, oppose, forbid, prohibit a thing; and, with a personal object, not to permit one to do a thing, to prevent or hinder him from doing it, not to grant, to forbid him a thing, etc. (syn.: interdico, inhibeo); constr. most freq. with acc. and inf., less freq. with the simple inf., the simple acc., with ut, ne, or the simple subj., or absol.
* In gen.
* With acc. and inf.: lex peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere,Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100; cf.: quae (lex naturae) vetat ullam rem esse cujusquam, nisi ejus, qui tractare et uti sciat,id. Rep. 1, 17, 27: ab opere legatos Caesar discedere vetuerat,Caes. B. G. 2, 20: rationes a te collectae vetabant, me rei publicae penitus diffidere,Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3: ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat?Hor. S. 1, 1, 25: non me ulla vetabunt Frigora Parthenios canibus circumdare saltus,Verg. E. 10, 56: hos vetuit me numerare timor,Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 4; 2, 32 (3, 30), 8: cum leges duo ex unā familiā non solum magistratus creari vetarent, sed, etc.,Caes. B. G. 7, 33: castra ... vallo muniri vetuit,id. B. C. 1, 41: quae (lex) de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—Pass.: cum equites Romani flere pro me edictis vetarentur,Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: sterni vetabere terrā,Luc. 4, 647: Nolani muros portasque adire vetiti,Liv. 23, 16, 9: redemptoribus vetitis frumentum parare,id. 34, 9, 12: ut a praefecto morum Hasdrubal cum eo vetaretur esse,Nep. Ham. 3, 2; Luc. 6, 470; 7, 371.
* In partic.: veto, I forbid it, I protest; the word with which the tribunes of the people declared their protest against any measure of the Senate or of the magistrates, Liv. 3, 13, 6; 6, 35, 9; Suet. Tib. 2 fin.: ut vim fieri vetarent,Gell. 13, 12, 9.—Of the protest of the praetor against any unlawful measure, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36; Dig. 42, 1, 14. —And in the lang. of augury: vetat haruspex,Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28: volucres,Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80: si vetet auspicium,Ov. F. 6, 764.—Hence, vĕtĭtum, i, n.
* With quin (ante- and postclass. and rare): nemo hinc prohibet nec votat, Quin quod palam'st venale, emas,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 33; Sen. Contr. 1, praef. 17.
* With quominus (rare): at haec (sapientiā) nullā re, quo minus se exerceat, vetari potest,Sen. Ep. 95, 8.
* With inf. (poet.): tabulae peccare vetantes,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 23: nec laevus vetet ire picus,id. C. 3, 27, 15: unde proferre pedem pudor vetet,id. A. P. 135; cf. id. C. 1, 6, 10; Mart. 6, 91, 1: quid vetat? with a foll. inf., Hor. S. 1, 10, 56; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 35; id. F. 1, 295.—Impers.: ait esse vetitum intro ad eram accedere,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6 (7), 24.
* With acc.
* Of the thing: quia bella vetabat,Verg. A. 2, 84: nec majora veto,Ov. F. 2, 541: quid jubeatve vetetve, id. M. 11, 493: iter mediis natura vetabat Syrtibus,Luc. 9, 301: tristia damna vetabo,Stat. S. 3, 1, 173: Val. Fl. 8, 304: solem vetuit Delia tardior,Sen. Herc. Oet. 150: quercus Phoebum vetat,keeps off,id. ib. 1624.—Pass.: fossam praeduxit, quā incerta Oceani vetarentur,Tac. A. 11, 20: (ludere) vetitā legibus aleā,Hor. C. 3, 24, 58: vetiti hymenaei,Verg. A. 6, 623: vetitae terrae,Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 21: factum vetitum,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17: vetito ponto,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1585.
* Absol.: lex omnis aut jubet aut vetat,Quint. 7, 5, 5: optat supremo collocare Sisyphus In monte saxum; sed vetant leges Jovis,Hor. Epod. 17, 69: res ipsa vetat,Ov. M. 10, 354: a patria pelago vela vetante datis,id. H. 13, 128; 13, 131.
* That which is forbidden or prohibited, a forbidden or prohibited thing: nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata,Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17: sed jam de vetito quisque parabat opes,id. F. 5, 282: venerem In vetitis numerant,id. M. 10, 435: crebrescit occultis primum sermonibus, ut vetita solent,Tac. A. 2, 39: agebat quaedam vetita legibus,Amm. 28, 6, 3.
* A prohibition, protest: jussa ac vetita populorum,Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9; 3, 3, 10: quae contra vetitum discordia?Verg. A. 10, 9; Suet. Caes. 43.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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