I.to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
I. 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.—
II. Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
A. In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
(α).
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.—
(β).
With inf. or a clause: “infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,” Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.: “potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,” Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
(γ).
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.—
(δ).
With ad: “tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,” Liv. 33, 37: “aliquem ad mortem,” id. 2, 54: “consilia ad bellum,” id. 42, 48: “materiam ad scribendum,” Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.: “ad omne obsequium destinati,” Curt. 5, 28, 5.—（ε) With in: “saxo aurove in aliud destinato,” Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.: “legati in provinciam destinati,” Dig. 5, 1, 2: “noctem proximam in fugam,” Amm. 29, 6.—
B. In partic.
1. In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum): “locum oris,” Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.—Transf.: “sagittas,” to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
2. 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).
A. 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.—
B. Subst.
1. dēstĭnāta , ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
a. A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin.—
b. 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.
