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summa res publica (or summa rei publicae)the welfare of the state.Rate it:
summam facere alicuius reito compute the total of anything.Rate it:
summatim aliquid exponereto dwell only on the main points.Rate it:
summi (et) infimi (Rep. 1. 34. 53)high and low.Rate it:
summo colore aliquid illustrareto depict a thing in lively colours.Rate it:
summo ingenio praeditum esseto possess rich mental endowments.Rate it:
summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour.Rate it:
summo loco natusof high rank.Rate it:
summo studio in litteris versarito be an ardent student of...Rate it:
summovere or reicere hostium equitesto repel the attack of the enemy's cavalry.Rate it:
summum bonum in virtute ponereto consider virtue the highest good.Rate it:
summus monsthe top of a mountain.Rate it:
sumptibus modum statuereto limit one's expenditure.Rate it:
sumptui parcere (Fam. 16. 4)to incur few expenses.Rate it:
sumptum facere, insumere in aliquidto spend money on an object.Rate it:
sumptum minuereto retrench.Rate it:
sumptus effusi (vid. sect. IX. 2, note Cf. effusa fuga...) or profusiprodigal expenditure.Rate it:
sumptus liberales (Off. 2. 12. 42)munificence.Rate it:
sumptus perpetui (Off. 2. 12. 42)current expenses.Rate it:
sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)for a Roman he is decidedly well educated.Rate it:
sunt or intercedunt mihi cum aliquo inimicitiaeI am on bad terms with a person.Rate it:
suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis).Rate it:
suo consilio utito go one's own way, proceed independently.Rate it:
suo iudicio utito act in accordance with one's convictions.Rate it:
supera et caelestia; humana et citerioriaheavenly things; earthly things.Rate it:
superare Alpes, Pyrenaeum, Apenninum (both always in the sing.)to cross the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines.Rate it:
superare insulam, promunturiumto double an island, cape.Rate it:
superi; inferithe gods of the upper, lower world.Rate it:
superiore consulatuin his former consulship.Rate it:
superiore, priore annolast year.Rate it:
superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedereto come off victorious.Rate it:
supersedeo oratione (not dicere)I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon...Rate it:
supersedere proelioto refrain from fighting.Rate it:
superstitio mentes occupavit (Verr. 4. 51. 113)superstition has taken possession of their souls.Rate it:
superstitione imbutum esseto be tinged with superstition.Rate it:
superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esseto be the slave of superstition.Rate it:
superstitionem funditus tollereto absolutely annihilate superstition.Rate it:
superstitionem radicitus or penitus evellereto destroy superstition root and branch.Rate it:
supplementum cogere, scribere, legereto levy recruits to fill up the strength.Rate it:
supplicare deo (Sall. Iug. 63. 1)to pray to God.Rate it:
supplicationem habere (Liv. 22. 1. 15)to celebrate a festival of thanksgiving.Rate it:
supplicationem indicere ad omnia pulvinaria (Liv. 27. 4)to proclaim a public thanksgiving at all the street-shrines of the gods.Rate it:
supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days.Rate it:
supplicibus verbis orareto crave humbly; to supplicate.Rate it:
supplicio (capitis) afficito suffer capital punishment.Rate it:
supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituereto decree the penalty of death.Rate it:
supplicium sumere de aliquoto exact a penalty from some one.Rate it:
supplicium sumere de aliquoto execute the death-sentence on a person.Rate it:
supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)to perform the last offices of affection.Rate it:
supremo officio in aliquem fungito perform the last rites for a person.Rate it:

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