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cōgĭto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. contr. from cŏ-ăgito, acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; but more prob. from con and root of aio, Sanscr. ah; cf.: nego, adagium,
I.to pursue something in the mind (cf. agito, II.), i. e.
I. To consider thoroughly, to ponder, to weigh, reflect upon, think (class. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with aliquid, de aliquo, or de aliquā re, sic, ita, or a rel. -clause: cogitate cum animis vestris si quid, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4; so Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 55; 5, 3, 32; Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64; cf.: “in animo cogitare,Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 5: “toto animo,Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3: “coepi egomet mecum Aliam rem ex aliā cogitare,Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 4, 2, 8; 1, 1, 19; id. Ad. 5, 3, 22: “placuit tum id mihi. Sic cogitabam: hic, etc.,id. And. 1, 1, 83; cf. id. Eun. 1, 1, 11; 3, 3, 1; 4, 6, 21; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: “sic cogitabam! fore uti, etc.,Cic. Quint. 24, 77: “severā fronte curas cogitans (i. e. animo volvens),Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2: “nec, aequum anne iniquum imperet, cogitabit,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 291: “quid agam cogito,Ter. And. 2, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 7 sq.; id. Ad. 4, 2, 30; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 789; cf. id. 4, 782; Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29: “ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita,id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—With acc. of person: “Regulum cogita,think, imagine, picture to yourself, Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 2: “tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitasset,Tac. Or. 2: “matrem, patrem, propinquos,Quint. Decl. 22 fin.; cf.: “o felicem illum, qui non praesens tantum, sed etiam cogitatus emendat,Sen. Ep. 11, 9.—With two accs.: “quem ultimae gentes castiorem non modo viderunt sed cogitaverunt?Cic. Balb. 4, 9: “Scipionem, Laelium, avum,to think of, call to mind, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2: “et majores et posteros cogitate,Tac. Agr. 32 fin.: “si principem cogitares,Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 31: “cum Persas cogitaret,Flor. 2, 8, 2; Sen. Cons. Marc. 3, 4. —
B. Cogitare in, adversus aliquem, with an adv., to think in some way in respect to one, to be disposed towards (very rare): si humaniter et sapienter et amabiliter in me cogitare vis, etc., Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2: “adversus se,Suet. Caes. 75 Bremi; cf. with de aliquo: “si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis,Nep. Hann. 2, 6: ut multi mihi renuntiarent... male eum de me cogitare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; and absol.: male cogitantes, Cato, R. R. praef. 4; cf.: “Karthagini male jam diu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio,Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—
II. In respect to a work to be undertaken or a conclusion to be made, to have something in mind, to intend, meditate, design, plan, purpose, etc.
(α). With inf.: “praedium parare,Cato, R. R. 1, 1; 3, 1; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163: “cogitat recipere hunc in aedes,Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 58: “facere,id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46: “recipere me,Cic. Att. 2, 9, 4: “cenare,id. ib. 4, 12, 1: “uti,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 50: “ex fumo dare lucem,id. A. P. 144: “deducere exercitum,Suet. Ner. 18 al.
(δ). With de: “cogitavit etiam de Homeri carminibus abolendis,Suet. Calig. 34: “de reddendā republicā,id. Aug. 28: “de consciscendā morte,id. Caes. 36; id. Claud. 31: “de quo,id. Caes. 9: “cum spiritus coepit de exitu cogitare,Sen. Q. N. 6, 25, 1.—In epistolary style, with ellipsis,
A. P. a.: cōgĭtātus , a, um, deliberate: “utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27 B. and K. (al. cogitato).—
B. cōgĭtātē , adv., with mature reflection, considerately (rare): “tractare rem suam,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 45: “meditari,id. Mil. 3, 3, 69: “quae vero accurate cogitateque scripsisset,Cic. Arch. 8, 18.
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