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ap-pārĕo (adp- , Ritschl, Fleck., B. and K.; app- , Lachm., Merk., Weissenb., Halm, Rib.), ui, itum, 2, v. n.,
I.to come in sight, to appear, become visible, make one's appearance (class. in prose and poetry).
I. A.. Lit.: “ego adparebo domi,Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97: “ille bonus vir nusquam adparet,Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 18; Lucr. 3, 25; so id. 3, 989: “rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,id. 4, 157: unde tandem adpares, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 706 P.; id. Fl. 12 fin.: “equus mecum una demersus rursus adparuit,id. Div. 2, 68; so id. Sull. 2, 5: “cum lux appareret (Dinter, adpeteret),Caes. B. G. 7, 82: “de sulcis acies apparuit hastae,Ov. M. 3, 107: “apparent rari nantes,Verg. A. 1, 118, Hor. C. S. 59 al.—With dat.: “anguis ille, qui Sullae adparuit immolanti,Cic. Div. 2, 30 fin.; id. Clu. 53: “Quís numquam candente dies adparuit ortu,Tib. 4, 1, 65.—Once in Varro with ad: quod adparet ad agricolas, R. R. 1, 40.—
B. In gen., to be seen, to show one's self, be in public, appear: “pro pretio facio, ut opera adpareat Mea,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 60: “fac sis nunc promissa adpareant,Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; cf. id. Ad. 5, 9, 7: “illud apparere unum,that this only is apparent, Lucr. 1, 877; Cato, R. R. 2, 2: “ubi merces apparet? i. e. illud quod pro tantā mercede didiceris,Cic. Phil. 2, 34: “quo studiosius opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.: “Galbae orationes evanuerunt, vix jam ut appareant,id. Brut. 21, 82: “apparet adhuc vetus mde cicatrix,Ov. M. 12, 444; 2, 734: “rebus angustis animosus atque fortis appare,Hor. C. 2, 10, 22: “cum lamentamur, non apparere labores Nostros,are not noticed, considered, id. Ep. 2, 1, 224, so id. ib. 2, 1, 250 al.; Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 14; cf. id. Am. 2, 2, 161 and 162.—Hence, apparens (opp. latens), visible, evident: “tympana non apparentia Obstrepuere,Ov. M. 4, 391: “apparentia vitia curanda sunt,Quint. 12, 8, 10; so id. 9, 2, 46.—
II. Trop.: res apparet, and far more freq. impers. apparet with acc. and inf. or rel.-clause, the thing (or it) is evident, clear, manifest, certain, δῆλόν ἐστι, φαίνεται (objective certainty, while videtur. δοκεῖ, designates subjective belief, Web. Uebungssch. 258): “ratio adparet,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 17: “res adparet, Ter Ad. 5, 9, 7: apparet id etiam caeco, Liv 32, 34. cui non id apparere, id actum esse. etc.,id. 22, 34; 2, 31 fin.: “ex quo adparet antiquior origo,Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 197 al.: “adparet servom nunc esse domini pauperis,Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 33: “non dissimulat, apparet esse commotum,Cic. Phil. 2, 34: apparet atque exstat, utrum simus earum (artium) rudes, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72: “quid rectum sit, adparet,id. Fam. 5, 19; 4, 7: “sive confictum est, ut apparet, sive, etc.,id. Fl. 16 fin.; Nep. Att. 4, 1; Liv. 42, 43: “quo adparet antiquiorem hanc fuisse scientiam,Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153 al.—Also with dat. pers.: “quas impendere jam apparebat omnibus,Nep. Eum. 10, 3; and, by attraction, with nom. and inf., as in Gr. δῆλός ἐστι, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2: “membra nobis ita data sunt, ut ad quandam rationem vivendi data esse adpareant,Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 23, ubi v. Otto: “apparet ita degenerāsse Nero,Suet. Ner. 1; or without the inf., with an adj. as predicate: “apparebat atrox cum plebe certamen (sc. fore, imminere, etc.),Liv. 2, 28; Suet. Rhet. 1.—
III. To appear as servant or aid (a lictor, scribe, etc.), to attend, wait upon, serve; cf. apparitor (rare): “sacerdotes diis adparento,Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21: “cum septem annos Philippo apparuisset,Nep. Eum. 13, 1: “cum appareret aedilibus,Liv. 9, 46 Drak.: “lictores apparent consulibus,id. 2, 55: “collegis accensi,id. 3, 33: tibi appareo atque aeditumor in templo tuo, Pompon. ap. Gell. 12, 10: “Jovis ad solium Apparent,Verg. A. 12, 850 (= praestant ad obsequium, Serv.).
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