(often decrēram, decrērim, etc.),
crētus, ere.—Officially,
to decide, determine, pronounce a decision, judge, decree, resolve, vote
: inter quos iam decreverat decretumque mutabat,
alias, etc.: si caedes facta, īdem (Druides) decernunt, i. e. pass
judgment, Cs.: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis
laboravi: qui ordo decrevit invitus, on compulsion: dierum viginti supplicationem, Cs.: vindicias secundum
servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master,
L.: triumphum Africano: praemium servo libertatem, S.:
tres legatos: id quod senatus me auctore decrevit: provinciae
privatis decernuntur, Cs.: meā
diligentiā patefactam esse coniurationem decrevistis: supplicium sumendum
decreverat, had voted, S.: senatus Romae decrevit,
ut, etc., L.: mea sententia tibi decernit, ut regem
reducas, etc.: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ut, etc., S.:
ita censeo decernendum: acerbissime decernitur, Cs.:
in parricidas rei p. decretum esse, S.: libere decernendi potestas, of voting freely, Cs.—In
gen., to decide, determine, judge, fix, settle: rem dubiam decrevit
vox opportune emissa, L.: utri utris imperent, sine
magnā clade, L.: Duo talenta pro re
nostrā ego esse decrevi satis, T.: in quo
omnia mea posita esse decrevi: mihi decretum est, with
acc. and inf, I am fully convinced, Ta.: alqm hostem, to proclaim an enemy: omnibus quae
postulaverat decretis, S.: pauci ferocius
decernunt, insist on harsher measures, S.—Of battle, to decide by
combat, fight out, fight, combat, contend: Samnis Romanusne Italiam
regant, decernamus, L.: gladiatorium certamen ferro
decernitur: ne armis decernatur: cornibus inter se, V.: acie, L.: classe decreturi, N.: integriore exercitu, N.: lacessere ad
decernendum, L. — In gen., to contend, compete, struggle:
decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi, L.: cursibus et crudo caestu, V.: de salute rei
p.: pro meā famā.—To decide, determine, form
a purpose, resolve: num quis quicquam decernit invitus?: Rhenum
transire decreverat, Cs.: decretumst pati,
T.: certum atque decretum est non dare signum, L.: aetatem a rei p. procul habendam, S.: praetoris imperio parendum esse: hic decernit ut miser sit: quā suis opem
ferrent, L.
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