ăd-hĭbĕo — Lewis & Short
ăd-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.habeo,
I to hold toward or to, to turn, bring, add to; with ad, in, dat. or absol.
I In gen.
A Lit.:
cur non adhibuisti, dum istaec loquereris, tympanum,Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38:
huc adhibete aurīs (ad ea) quae ego loquar,id. Ps. 1, 2, 20:
ad mea formosos vultus adhibete carmina,Ov. Am. 2, 1, 37; cf. ib. 13, 15:
manus medicas ad vulnera,Verg. G. 3, 455:
odores ad deos,Cic. N. D. 1, 40:
quos negat ad panem adhibere quidquam, praeter nasturtium,to eat with it, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34:
alicui calcaria,id. Brut. 56 (cf. addere calcar, v. addo):
manus genibus adhibet, i. e. admovet, genua amplexatur,Ov. M. 9, 216:
vincula captis,to put them on them, id. F. 3, 293.—
B Trop.:
metum ut mihi adhibeam,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 20; cf. Quint. 1, 3, 15:
nunc animum nobis adhibe veram ad rationem,Lucr. 2, 1023; Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20:
vacuas aurīs adhibe ad veram rationem,Lucr. 1, 51; cf. Ov. M. 15, 238; Verg. A. 11, 315:
ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem afferat,Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50:
est ea (oratio) quidem utilior, sed raro proficit neque est ad vulgus adhibenda,id. Tusc. 4, 28, 60:
adhibere cultus, honores, preces, diis immortalibus,id. N. D. 1, 2; cf. Tac. A. 14, 53:
alicui voluptates,Cic. Mur. 35:
consolationem,id. Brut. 96:
omnes ii motus, quos orator adhibere volet judici,which the orator may wish to communicate to the judge, id. de Or. 2, 45 al.—Hence = addere, adjungere, to add to:
uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam non adhiberet,Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 39:
ad domesticorum majorumque morem etiam hanc a Socrate adventitiam doctrinam adhibuerunt,id. Rep. 3, 3.
II Esp.
A Of persons, to bring one to a place, to summon, to employ (cf. the Engl. to have one up):
hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, quin mihi testes adhibeam,Ter. Ph. 4, 5, 2; so Cic. Fin. 2, 21; Tac. A. 15, 14:
medicum,Cic. Fat. 12:
leges, ad quas (sc. defendendas) adhibemur,we are summoned, id. Clu. 52:
nec, quoniam apud Graecos judices res agetur, poteris adhibere Demosthenem,id. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:
adhibebitur heros,shall be brought upon the stage, Hor. A. P. 227:
castris adhibere socios et foedera jungere,Verg. A. 8, 56:
aliquem in partem periculi,Ov. M. 11, 447:
in auxilium,Just. 3, 6.—
B Adhibere ad or in consilium, to send for one in order to receive counsel from him, to consult one:
neque hos ad concilium adhibendos censeo,Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 3:
in consilium,Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 1; so also absol.:
a tuis reliquis non adhibemur,we are not consulted, Cic. Fam. 4, 7; so ib. 10, 25; 11, 7; id. Off. 3, 20; id. Phil. 5, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Suet. Claud. 35; cf. Cortius ad Sall. J. 113, and ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 15.—But sometimes adhibere in consilium = admittere in cons., to admit to a consultation. —So trop.:
est tuum, sic agitare animo, ut non adhibeas in consilium cogitationum tuarum desperationem aut timorem,Cic. Fam. 6, 1.—
C Adhibere aliquem cenae, epulis, etc., to invite to a dinner, to a banquet, etc., to entertain:
adhibete Penatīs et patrios epulis, etc.,Verg. A. 5, 62; so Hor. C. 4, 5, 32; Suet. Caes. 73; Aug. 74: in convivium, Nep. praef. 7.—And absol., to receive, to treat:
quos ego universos adhiberi liberaliter dico oportere,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 5:
Quintum filium severius adhibebo,id. Att. 10, 12.—
D Adhibere se ad aliquid, to betake or apply one's self to a thing, i. e. to devote attention to it:
adhibere se remotum a curis veram ad rationem,Lucr. 1, 44 (cf. above I. A.); and absol.: adhibere se, to appear or to behave one's self in any manner:
permagni est hominis, sic se adhibere in tanta potestate, ut nulla alia potestas ab iis, quibus ipse praeest, desideretur,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7.—
E Adhibere aliquid ad aliquid, alicui rei, or with in and abl., to put a thing to a determinate use, to apply, to use or employ for or in any thing definite (therefore, with intention and deliberation; on the contr., usurpare denotes merely momentary use; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8; and uti, use that arises from some necessity, Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 20):
adhibere omnem diligentiam ad convalescendum,Cic. Fam. 16, 9; cf. ib. 6; Nep. Att. 21:
cautionem privatis rebus suis,Cic. Att. 1, 19:
medicinam aegroto,id. ib. 16, 15:
humatis titulum, i. e. inscriptionem addere,Liv. 26, 25:
belli necessitatibus patientiam,id. 5, 6:
fraudem testamento,Suet. Dom. 2:
curam viis,id. Vesp. 5:
fidem et diligentiam in amicorum periculis,Cic. Clu. 42, 118:
misericordiam in fortunis alicujus et sapientiam in salute reip.,id. Rab. Perd. 2:
flores in causis,id. Or. 19:
curam in valetudine tuenda,Cels. 3, 18; and with de:
curam de aliqua re,Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3: modum, to set a limit to, to set bounds to:
vitio,Cic. Tusc. 4, 17:
sumptibus,Suet. Ner. 16: cf. id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 34:
voluptati,Quint. 9, 3, 74:
memoriam contumeliae,to retain it in memory, Nep. Epam. 7.—
F Adhibere aliquid, in gen., to use, employ, exercise:
neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79:
fidem,id. Rud. 4, 3, 104:
celeritatem,Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2:
calumniam, fraudem, dolum, id. Auct. Or. pro Dom. 14, 36: modum quemdam,Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; Suet. Calig. 2:
nulla arte adhibita,Caes. B. C. 3, 26:
sollertiam, Tibull. 3, 4, 75: querelas,Plin. Ep. 1, 12:
adhibere moram = differre,Pompon. Dig. 18, 6, 16.—
G In later Lat.: alicui aliquem, to bring up, quote one to another as authority for an assertion:
is nos aquam multam ex diluta nive bibentis coërcebat, severiusque increpabat adhibebatque nobis auctoritates nobilium medicorum,Gell. 19, 5, 3.