dēstinō āvī, ātus, āre
STA-,
to make fast, make firm, bind, fix, stay
: antemnas ad malos, Cs.: rates ancoris, Cs.—Fig.,
to fix in mind, determine, resolve, design, assign, devote, appoint,
appropriate
: eum ducem,
fix their minds on him as
, etc., L.: quae agere destinaverat,
Cs.: morte solā vinci,
L.: thalamis removere pudorem, O.:
operi destinat,
detailed
, Cs.: qui locus non erat alicui destinatus?: me
arae, V.: eorum alteri diem necis: tempore
locoque ad certamen destinato, L.: si
destinatum in animo est, L.: sibi destinatum
in animo esse, summittere, etc.,
he has determined
, L. —
To select, mean to choose
: omnium consensu destinari, L.:
quod tibi destinaras trapezephorum,
meant to buy.—To appoint, fix upon, designate
: imperio Numam, O.: regnum sibi Hispaniae, L.: provinciam
Agricolae, Ta.: marito uxorem,
H.: se collegam consulatui, Ta.:
destinari imperio, Ta.: alqm consulem, L.—
To fix upon, aim at
: alquem locum oris, L.
