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sententiam. Cic. oratione magnitudi- 
nem benelicii Q uintil. pnecepta car¬ 
mine complexus est, described in a poem, 
set forth in verse. Cic. viin universam 
oratoris, to describe, explain, represent. 
— Also, to clasp with the arms, to embrace. 
Cic. aliquem. Liv. inter se, h. e. se in 
vicem. So, Cic. internes.-irFigur. 
to embrace, h. e. to become fond of, to love, 
favor, cherish, patronize. Cic. adoles- 
centem, totanique causam veteranoruin. 
Id. aliquem honoribus. Id. caritate. Id. 
comitate. Id. omnibus studiis, labori- 
bus. Plin. Ep. familiaritate. — Hence, 
to lone, cherish, cultivate, devote one’s self 
to. Cic. philosophiam. Ovid, artesinge- 
nuas. —'Also, to make a conclusion (in a 
syllogism), to deduce, infer. Cic. - 
‘f Also, to take hold of, seize. Tercnt. 
aliquem. Virg. dextram. Ovid, caput. 
Curt, eminentia saxa. — Hence, to get, 
attain, reach, obtain. Cic. facultatem. 
Senec. Augustus complexus est astra. 
Cic. naturam idoneam. 
CQMPLeMeNTUM (compleo), i, n. ichat 
1 is added to complete or perfect a thing; a 
complement, nXypcopa. Cic. Inania quae- 
dam verba, quasi complementa nume- 
rorum, superfluous words, inserted to 
render a period more harmonious. Tacit. 
Addito majestatis crimine, quod turn 
omuiuin accusationum complementum 
erat, ft. e. used to fdl out all accusations; 
added what was wanting to make the accu¬ 
sation weighty enough. 
CGMPLE5 (con & pleo, obsol.), es, evi, 
Stum, a. 2. to fill, fill up, wynXypoo). 
Cxs. Sarmentis et virgultis fossas com- 
plere. Id. naves colonis et pastori- 
bus. Id. naves, sc. viris, man. Lu- 
crct. urbes ararum, for aris. Cic. con- 
vivium vicinorum. Id. Completus 
mercatorum career. Colum. scrobem 
ad medium, deinde usque in summuin. 
Cic. Sol cuncta sua luce coinplet. Id. 
Quis est, qui complet aures meas tam 
dulcis sonus ? Id. paginam, to write 
full. Id. se conchis, to Jill, satiate. 
Cats, murum, man. Liv. Cuncta com- 
plentur fuga. Cats, exercitum omni 
copia. Horat. voce nemus. Plant. 
se llore Liberi. Id. tel is corpora. Cic. 
aliquem coronis et floribus, to deck, 
cover. — Hence, to impregnate. Lucret. 
4. 1270. — Also, to load, nr fill to excess, 
to overload. Liv. 41. 3. Melu ne com- 
pleantur navigia. — Figur. to fill. Cats. 
aliquem spe. Cic. Compleri gaudio. 
Plant, erroris ilios et dementias. Id. 
corpus suum stupri. Quintil. judicem 
indignatione. Senec. sidera et manes 
et undas meo scelere. -If Also, to 
make full, complete, make up. Cess. le- 
giones. Nepos. Horum adventu decern 
millia armatorum sunt completa. - 
IT Also, to finisfr, complete. Cic. Gorgias 
centum et septem complevit. annos, 
lived. Ovid. Et jam complerat genitor 
sua fata, ft. c. ad finein vitas pervenerat. 
Id. Hie sua complevit tempora. Id. 
Infans materna tempora complet, ft. c. 
menses partus.— Hence, Cic. summam 
promised, to fulfil the promise. -IT Al¬ 
so, wmakc . complete or full, to perfect, 
to finish^ get through with, complete. Cic. 
Solis lustrationem annuam menstruo 
spatio Inna complet. Id. Oomplent ea 
quidem vitam beatissimam. Cxs. His 
rebus completis, legiones reduci jussit. 
Oell. studia. Id. omnes numeros vit® 
beat®. — Hence, Completus, a, um, 
perfect, complete, full. Cic. verborum 
ambitus. Oell. Jucundius ad aurem, 
coinpletiusque (to which last imperfectius 
stands oppesed). —■—IT Jul. Firmic. Toto 
corpore completi, compact, in good keep. 
COMPLicTIS (compleo), onis, f. fulfilment. 
3 Augustin, propheti®. —— If Also, com¬ 
pletion, finishing. Justinian. Nisi scrip- 
ta completiones acceperint. 
CoMPLeX (con & plico), icis, m. & f. 
3 an accomplice, partner in crime. Prudent. 
and Sidon. —— IT Arnob. Dii complices, 
A. e. connected-, same as Consentes, which 
see. 
CoMPLeXIS (complector), onis, f. a con¬ 
necting, connection, conjunction, avpirXo- 
Kfj. Cic. Ita edify complexiones, et co- 
pulationes, et adh®siones atoinorum in¬ 
ter se, close connection. Id. Neque alia 
buie verbo, cum beatum dicimu?, sub- 
jecta notio est, nisi, secretis malis om¬ 
nibus, cumulata bonorum complexio, 
assemblage, conjunction, group. Id. Bre¬ 
vis complexio ipsius negotii, ft. c. a short 
narration or exposition, including the 
whole matter. Id. Verborum complexio, 
a combination of words, expression. — 
Complexio verborum, means also a peri¬ 
od; for which, also, Complexio (absol.) 
stands, as in Cic. Orat. 25. — Also, Com¬ 
plexio, the conclusion of a syllogism or 
argument. Cic. — Also, the figure called 
dilemma. Cic. - If Also, a gram¬ 
matical figure, when two syllables are con 
traded into one; synalcepha or syntere- 
sis. Quintil. — Also, a rhetorical figure, 
which includes repetitio and conversio. 
Auct. ad Ilerenn. 4. 14.-IT Also, the 
compass, circuit, or circle, as of the zodi¬ 
ac. Apul. -U Also, complexion, habit 
of body. Jul. Firmic. 
CoMPLeXIVOS (Id.), a, um, adj. copu- 
3 lative, connective. Oell. particula. 
CoMPLeX 5, as, avi, atum, a. 1 . same 
3 as Complector. Coripp. Portum com- 
plexant brachia rip®. - TT So, pas¬ 
sively, Complexatus, a, um, particip. 
embraced. Apul. 
COMPLEXUS, a, um, particip. from 
complector and complecto. 
CoMPLeXOS (complector), us, m. a com¬ 
passing, encircling; also, the circumfe¬ 
rence, circuit, compass, irepiftoXy, ovp- 
irXoKy. Cic. Ultimus, omnia cingens, 
et coercens c®li complexus. Id. Mun- 
dus, qui omnia complexu suo coercet et 
continet. — Also, a joining, connecting, 
connection of things together. Plin. La- 
pides speculares aliigati complexu sili- 
cis. Quintil. (iusstio, in qua de rebus 
ipsis qu®ritur, remoto personarum com¬ 
plexu, A. e. adjuncts, circumstances. Id. 
Complexus verborum et nominum, ft. c. 
conjunctiones, seu particul|e copuiativ®. 
Id. Complexus et series loquendi.- 
IT Also, an embracing; an embrace. Cic. 
Complexus et osculatio. Id. Ad com- 
plexum me® Tulli® currere. Id. Ve¬ 
nire in sinum et complexum alicujus. 
Id. Avellere atque abstrahere aliquem 
de complexu matris. Plin. Cedrus 
crassitudinis ad trium hominum com¬ 
plexum. — Figur. Cic. Me ipsa suo 
complexu patria tenuisset. Id. Genus, 
de complexu ejus ac sinu, ft. e. his inti¬ 
mate and bosom friends. - IT Also, 
fight, close combat. Cxs. In complexum 
C®saris venire, A. e. to fight with him. 
Tacit. Complexus armorum. 
CoMPLICaTIS (complico), onis, f. a 
3 folding together. Cccl. Aurel. 
CoMPLICS (con & plico), as, avi, atum, 
1 & ui, Itum, a. 1 . to fold together, fold up, 
avpnXtKOi. Cic. epistolam. Plaul. ru- 
dentem, coil up. Senec. Diogenes se 
complicuit in dolio. Apul. Complici- 
tus in genua. Id. Morbo complicatus, 
bent up, cramped. — Figur. Cic. Com- 
plicata aniini notio, ft. e. a confused, in¬ 
distinct idea. 
C5MPL5D5 (con & plodo), is, osi, osum, 
a. 3. to clap or strike together. Quintil. 
and Senec. manus. 
CoMPLoRaTIS (compioro), onis, f. a 
2 lamenting , weeping, or wailing together 
(for a thing as lost). Liv. Mulierum 
comploratio sui patrheque. Justin. Ede- 
re complorationem. (Jell. Facere com- 
plorationein rei acerb®. 
CoMPLoRaTOS (Id.), us, m. same as 
2 Comploratio. Liv. Ooercere complora- 
tus familiarum. Id. Justo comploratu 
prosequi mortuos. 
CoMPLfiRS (con feploro), as, avi, atum, 
1 a. 1. to bewail or weep together, deplore, la¬ 
ment, make lamentation (for something as 
lost and irrecoverable). Cic. Nondum 
morte complorata, arbitria funeris peten- 
tes. Liv. Cum vivi mortuique pro- 
miscue complorarentur. Quintil. for-' 
tunam. Flor. Comploratum statim est. 
Gell*. Complorare, et commisereri. 
Ovid, se modo, modo suos penates. 
COMPLoSUS, particip. from complodo. 
C5MPL03 (con & pluo), is, ui, utum, n. 
3 and a. 3. to rain. Varr. -IT Also, to 
rain upon. Augustin. Cluibus (aquis 
Noe) compluebatur. So, Sulin. Naut® 
compluti. 
CoMPLuReS (con & plures), ura, urium, 
uribus, adj. plur. many, a great many, 
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very many, several, a good many, a con. 
siderable number, nXciovs, uXclw. Cfo 
Complures in perturbatione Reipubi. 
consules dicti, quorum nemo, &c. jy 
Cum Pompeio complures dies versatua 
sum. Nepos. Vitam excellentium virorunt 
complurium uno volumine concludere. 
Cic. Ambiguorum complura sunt genera". 
Cats. H®c atque ejusdem generis com- 
plura. Id. Ratibus cornpluribus fac- 
tis. Sallust. Cornpluribus narrare._. 
TT Comparative, Tercnt. Agiimi in his 
regionibus meliorem, neque pretii ma- 
joris, nemo habet, servos complures 
more; but non plures is also read.— 
Compluria also occurs. Tercnt. Multa 
nova hie, compluria, a great deal neio-~ 
a great deal indeed. Cic. genera. Cato. 
fana.-IT Superl. Complurimi, orum." 
Ilirt. Coniplurimis diebus. 
CoMPLuRIeS (complures), adv. often- I 
3 times, many times, fall often, many a time 
several times, a good many times. Plaut 
-II Cato has also compluricns. 
COMPLuRIMUS. See in Complures. 3 
CoMPLuSCOLe (complusculi). adverb 
3 oftentimes, pretty often. Gell. 
CoMPLuSCuLi (con & plusculus ; or di- 
3 min. from complures), ®, a, adj. plur. 
several, many, tolerably many, a moderate 
number of. Tercnt. and Gell. 
CoMPLOTeNSIS, e, adject, of, from, or 
pertaining to, Complutum, a town in 
Spain. Paulin. Nolan. — Compl utenses, 
ium, ill. the inhabitants of the same. Plin. 
CoMPLuTSR (compluo), oris, m. who 
rains upon, rvaters. Augustin. 
CoMPLOVIaTOS (compluvium), a, um, 
2 adj. fashioned like a compluvium, anil 
therefore quadrangular. It is applied to 
the binding up or propping of vines. 
Plin. and Farr. 
CoMPLiJViUM (compluo), ii, n. theimer 
2 quadrangular court of a Roman house, 
surrounded with walls (wherein they sacri¬ 
ficed to the Penates). It seems properly 1 
to signify the opening in the roof, over 
the court, where the rains were collected 
from the different parts of the roof, and 
then flowed into the court. Varr. and 
Sueton. (See Impluvium.) -IT Also, 
a binding up or propping of vines in ' 
a quadrangular form. Colum. - 
IT Cotnpluvia, orum, n. same as Colli- 
cies, glitters. Vitruv. C. 3. 
COMPoNDERaNS (con & pondero), an- 
3 tis, to weigh out. Apul. 
C5MP5N5 (con&pono),is, osui, ositum, 
a. 3. to put,place, or lay together. Horat. j 
aridum lignum. Gell. lignum, sticksoj I 
wood into a bundle. Tereat. I intro, et I 
compone qu* tecum simul ferantur, I 
pack up. — Hence, to put in order, ar- I 
range properly, dispose, order, regulate. I 
Cic. itinera. Ovid, comas. Cic. ca- 
pilium. Ovid, vultum, compose, give a 
becoming expression to. Horat. togam. 
Ctc. causam. Liv. res Macedonia. 
Cic. rempublicam. Horat. Quod adest, 
memento componere mquus, to order, 
manage with calmness. So, in general, 
to dispose, arrange. Plin. Ep. animum 
ad ftbstinentiam. So, Lucan, carbasa 
ventis, to fit or set. Id. me mittendis 
rectum telis. — Also, to lay up, store, 
■preserve, as fruits, &c. Colum. rapa. 
Id. cepam in fidelia. Virg. opes, to lay 
up; or to collect. Cic. locus, in quo 
erant ea composita. — Also, to bury. 
Tibull. Componi, versus (A. e. mutatus) 
in ossa, velim. Horat. Omnes compo- 
sui, I have buried them all. Propert. os¬ 
sa. — Hence, Ovid. Conipositus sontno 
vinoque, buried in sleep and wine. Id. 
Cornpositus, sc. vino, drunken. — Hence, 
also, figur. Virg. diem, to end, close. 
Also, settle, adjust, accommodate. Cces. 
controversias. Tcrent. Inter vos htec 
componantur. Virg. lites. Nepos. 
bellum. Horat. arma, A. e. bellum. 
Liv. Missi ad res componendas. — 
Hence, without acc. Plin. Ep. Cohe- 
redes mei componere et transigere cit- 
piebant, sc. cum exheredato filio, h. c. 
to make an adjustment, to come tv an ar¬ 
rangement. So, Cxs. Ut componeretur, 
that an adjustment should be made (be¬ 
tween Cresar and Pompey). — Also, jo 
calm, still, appease, tranquillize. 
mare. Virg. motos fhictus. Tacit. 
Campaniam. Senec. Canis compoaJ 
