previous next
audĕo , ausus, 2, v. a. and n. (
I.perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.: “ausit,Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.: “* ausint,Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.
(α). With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.): “Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so, “ut pessimum facinus auderent,Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16: “ausum talia deposcunt,Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244: “capitalem fraudem ausi,Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5: “erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,Tac. A. 1, 69: “ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69; “4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.: “multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,Liv. 39, 8 fin.: “auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,Nep. Milt. 4 fin.: “agenda res est audendaque,Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.: “patroni necem,Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus , a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin.
(β). With inf. (the usual constr.; “freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23: “Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40: “commovere me miser non audeo,I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44: “Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65: “nil jam muttire audeo,id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31: “hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,Lucr. 5, 196: “auderent credere gentes,id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072: “Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25: “imperatorem deposcere,id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = τολμῶ λέγειν, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.: “qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3: “quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,Cat. 81, 6: “refrenare licentiam,Hor. C. 3, 24, 28: “vana contemnere,Liv. 9, 17, 9: “mensuram prodere ausos,Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.: “non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—*
(γ). With quin: “ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—
(δ). With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. ἐπί τινας), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. ἐν ὣ̂), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—(ε) Absol.: “(Romani) audendo... magni facti,Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.): “Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,Liv. 21, 40, 7: “in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,Tac. Agr. 15 fin.: “duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,id. H. 4, 49: “auctor ego audendi,Verg. A. 12, 159: “Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context: “hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,
1. audens , entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense (poet. or in post-Aug prose): “tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,Verg. A. 6, 95: “audentes deus ipse juvat,Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782: “spes audentior,Val. Fl. 4, 284: “nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.Adv.: audenter , boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin.Comp.: “audentius jam onerat Sejanum,Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40: “circumsistere,id. H. 2, 78: “inrupere,id. ib. 1, 79: “agere fortius et audentius,id. Or 18.—Sup prob not in use.—
2. ausus , a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum , i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise (poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.): “At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351: “fortia ausa,id. ib. 9, 281: “ingentibus annuat ausis,Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368: “ausum improbum,Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (68 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (68):
    • New Testament, Matthew, 22.46
    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 10.2
    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 11.21
    • New Testament, Romans, 5.7
    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 9.25
    • Cicero, For Ligarius, 3.8
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.466
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.586
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.199
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.178
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 5.6
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.159
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.347
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.535
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.95
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.289
    • New Testament, Acts, 5.13
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 35.5
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 49
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 14
    • Suetonius, Divus Titus, 8
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.58
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.69
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.67
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.68
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.28
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.48
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.2
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.78
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.49
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 5.11
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 43
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 15
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 33
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.1
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.24
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.508
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.730
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.68
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1036
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.178
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.982
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.196
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1072
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 8
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 37
    • Cornelius Nepos, Miltiades, 4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.3
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 4.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 17
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 35.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 8
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.28
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.284
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.33
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 20
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 9
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Statius, Thebias, 11
    • Statius, Thebias, 12
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: