cĕlē^bro — Lewis & Short
cĕlē^bro, āvi, ātum, v. a.id..
I To go to a place or person in great numbers or often, to frequent, to fill (syn. frequento;
class.): deūm delubra festis diebus,Lucr. 5, 1167:
viam,Cic. Cael. 14, 34; id. Sest. 63, 131:
domum alicujus,id. Mur. 34, 70:
atria,Ov. M. 1, 172:
silvas,id. ib. 10, 703:
tecta,id. ib. 4, 444:
forum,id. ib. 4, 144; cf.:
forum maxime celebratum,Sall. J. 47, 1:
Penates, i. e. domum redire,Tib. 1, 3, 33:
me magistrum,id. 1, 4, 75.—
b Of a desired action (cf. celeber, B.), to do something frequently or in multitudes, to practise, engage in, say, use, employ, repeat, = frequento, etc.:
intro abite atque haec cito celebrate,i. e. in company, all together, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 36:
ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, celebrandas inter nosque recolendas,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:
cognitionem exercitationemque,id. ib. 3, 28, 110:
genus divinationis,id. Div. 1, 2, 3; cf.:
celebratum genus mortis,a kind of death suffered by many, Tac. H. 2, 49 fin.:
necessitatem,Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155:
jurisdictionem,Liv. 6, 32, 1:
popularem potestatem,id. 2, 42, 6:
iambum,Quint. 10, 1, 96:
seria ac jocos cum aliquo,Liv. 1, 4, 9.—
c Aliquid aliquā re, to fill up with something:
contiones suas convicio cantorum,Cic. Sest. 55, 118:
ripas carmine,Ov. M. 2, 252 (cf.:
concelebrant ripas,Lucr. 2, 345):
cujus litteris, famā, nuntiis celebrantur aures cottidie meae,i. e. are filled, full, Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 22.—Poet.: juvenes multo sermone, to talk much with them, Tib. 1, 6, 17.—
II Meton.
A To go in great numbers to a celebration; hence, in gen., to celebrate, solemnize, keep a festival:
festos dies,Cic. Arch. 6, 13; cf.:
is (dies) festus celebratusque per omnem Africam,Sall. J. 66, 2; Cic. Pis. 22, 51; id. Cat. 3, 10, 23; Liv. 10, 37, 12; Tac. A. 15, 53; Suet. Aug. 75; id. Tib. 65 init.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 61; Ov. M. 4, 4:
convivium omnium sermone laetitiāque,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Liv. 40, 14, 2; Tac. A. 4, 59; cf.
coetum,Verg. A. 1, 735:
conjugia,id. ib. 7, 555; cf.
nuptias,Liv. 36, 11, 2; cf.:
solemnia nuptiarum,Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:
officium nuptiarum,Suet. Claud. 26; and poet.:
taedas jugales Thetidis,Cat. 64, 302:
annua sacra,Verg. A. 8, 173; cf. id. ib. 5, 598 and 603: funus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; cf.
exsequias,Liv. 25, 17, 5; 37, 22, 2:
diem natalem Vitellii,Tac. H. 2, 95; Lact. 1, 20, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 102 (103):
natales,id. ib. 6, 30, 1; Tac. A. 6, 18; and absol.:
totā celebrante Siciliā sepultus est,Nep. Timol. 5 fin.—
B To honor, praise, celebrate the praises of a person or thing, to celebrate in song (syn.:
colere, laudare, illustrare): laus, quae non poetarum carminibus, non annalium monumentis celebratur,Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43; cf. id. Planc. 39, 93:
vestrum egressum ornando atque celebrando,id. Pis. 13, 31:
fortuna res cunctas ex libidine magis quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque,Sall. C. 8, 1:
talia carminibus,Verg. A. 8, 303:
nomen alicujus scriptis,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 1:
facta pro maxumis,Sall. C. 8, 3:
domestica facta,Hor. A. P. 287: se remque publicam haec faciundo, to make renowned, Sall J. 85, 36: Mari virtutem in majus ( = e)pi\ to\ mei=zon kosmei=n), id. ib. 73, 5:
augereque aliquem,id. ib. 86, 3: honores alicujus, celebrate one's honor, Verg. A. 12, 840:
memoriam,Tac. H. 1, 78:
victoriam ingenti fama,id. Agr. 39 al.:
virum aut heroa lyrā, etc.,Hor. C. 1, 12, 2:
sepulcrum hominum conventu et epulis,Cic. Fl. 38, 95:
memoriam nominis epulis,id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:
litora ludis,Verg. A. 3, 280:
sententiam magno assensu,Tac. A. 15, 22:
mortem funere censorio,id. ib. 6, 27:
aliquem admiratione,id. H. 2, 71:
obsequio,id. A. 16, 33:
funere publico,id. ib. 6, 11 fin.—
C Without the access. idea of extolling, in gen., to make something known, to publish abroad, proclaim:
quibus in locis factum esse consulem Murenam nuntii litteraeque celebrassent,Cic. Mur. 41, 89:
quod vocibus maledictisque celebratum est,id. Cael. 3, 6:
quā re celebratā,id. Div. 1, 17, 31.—cĕlĕbrā-tus, a, um, P. a.
I (Acc. to I. a.) Frequented, much visited:
forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum,Sall. J. 47, 1.—
B (Acc. to I. b.) Customary, usual, frequent:
tritum atque celebratum,Cic. Fl. 27, 65:
celebratum est usque in proverbium,Quint. 1, 10, 21:
schemata,id. 9, 2, 92:
usus anuli celebratior,Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 28:
verbum celebratius,Gell. 17, 2, 25 (cf. id. 17, 2, 25, § 17: verbum crebrius, and id. 17, 2, 25, § 18: verbum creberrimum).—
II (Acc. to II. A.) Solemn, festive, brilliant:
dies celebratior,Ov. M. 7, 430:
supplicatio celebratior,Liv. 3, 63, 5.—
B (Acc. to II. B.) Known, celebrated, famous:
loci famā celebrati,Tac. A. 2, 54:
quo Actiacae victoriae memoria celebratior in posterum esset,Suet. Aug. 18.—Adv., v. celebriter.