I.imperat. form, whose contr. plur. is cette (cf. Prob. II. p. 1486 P.; Non. p. 84, 31 sq.) [compounded of the particle -ce and the root da-; v. 1. do], hither with it! here! give! tell, say (implying great haste, familiarity, authority, and so differing from praebe, dic, etc.); cf. Key, § 731.
I. In gen., hither with it, give or bring here.
(α).
With acc.: “cette manus vestras measque accipite,” Enn. Trag. 320 Vahl.: “cedo aquam manibus,” give water! Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150: “puerum, Phidippe, mihi cedo: ego alam,” Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 86: “tuam mi dexteram,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 28; so Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 84; and: “cette dextras,” Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 4: “senem,” bring hither the old man, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7: “convivas,” Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 101: “quemvis arbitrum,” Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 43: eum aliquis cette in conspectum, Att. ap. Non. p. 85, 1: “cedo illum,” Phaedr. 5, 2, 6.—
(β).
Absol.: Al. En pateram tibi: eccam. Am. Cedo mi, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 146. —
II. Esp.
A. Let us hear, tell, out with it: “age, age, cedo istuc tuom consilium: quid id est?” Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 91: “unum cedo auctorem tui facti, unius profer exemplum,” Cic. Verr 2, 5, 26, § 67: “cedo mihi unum, qui, etc.,” id. ib. 2, 3, 12, § 29: cedo, si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cato ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21: cedo, cujum puerum hic apposuisti? dic mihi. Ter. And. 4, 4, 24; cf. Naev. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 20; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 82; Pac. ap. Non. p. 85, 6; Cic. Part. Or. 1, 3: “cedo igitur, quid faciam,” Ter. And. 2, 3, 9; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 106: cedo, si conata peregit, tell how, if, etc., Juv. 13, 210; so id. 6, 504.—With dum: “cedo dum, en unquam audisti, etc.?” Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 15.—
B. In respect to action, cedo = fac, ut, grant that, let me: “cedo ut bibam,” Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 26: “cedo ut inspiciam,” id. Curc. 5, 2, 54: “ego, statim, cedo, inquam si quid ab Attico,” Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1.—
C. For calling attention, lo! behold! well! cedo mihi leges Atinias, Furias, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109: “cedo mihi ipsius Verris testimonium,” id. ib. 2, 1, 33, § 84; id. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf. id. Brut. 86, 295; id. Sest. 50, 108: “haec cedo ut admoveam templis, et farre litabo,” Pers. 2, 75: “cedo experiamur,” App. Mag. p. 298, 14.
