1. census — Lewis & Short
census, a, um,
Part., from 1. censeo.The corpus record — Latin
census
census
Part., from 1. censeo
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- Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 11s 1 · 50.51/10k
- Valeriani Duo 1 · 9.82/10k
- Pro Archia Poeta 3 · 9.62/10k
- Adversus Valentinianos 6 · 9.42/10k
- De Monogamia 5 · 7.16/10k
- De Corona 3 · 6.17/10k
- Saturae 14 · 5.63/10k
- Pro L. Flacco 6 · 5.5/10k
- De Carne Christi 5 · 5.26/10k
- Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
- Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
- Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Densest 12 of 95 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. census — Lewis & Short
census, ūs, m.1. censeo.
I A registering and rating of Roman citizens, property, etc., a census; cf. Liv. 1, 42, 5; Dig. 50, 15, and the compendiums referred to under censor:
habere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:
agere,Liv. 3, 22, 1; 40, 46, 8; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Tib. 21:
facere,Gell. 10, 28, 1:
censere, cf. censeo: censu prohibere,to refuse one admittance into the lists of citizens, Cic. Sest. 47, 101; so,
censu excludere,Liv. 45, 15, 4:
manumissio censu,i. e. when a slave was enrolled in the census at the request of his master, Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.— Hence,
II Meton.
A The register of the census, the censor's lists, P. Afr. ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9; Cic. Balb. 2, 5; id. Arch. 5, 11; id. Cael. 32, 78; Liv. 39, 44, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4; 22, 3, 10.—
B The registered property of Roman citizens:
census senatorum (800,000 sesterces),Suet. Aug. 41; id. Vesp. 17:
census equester (400,000 sesterces),id. Caes. 33; id. Aug. 40; cf. Juv. 14, 326.—
C Wealth, riches, property, possessions, in gen. ( = divitiae, opes):
homo egens, sine censu,Cic. Fl. 22, 52; so Hor. C. 2, 15, 13; id. S. 2, 3, 324; Ov. F. 1, 217; id. M. 3, 588; 8, 846; Plin. 14, prooem. § 5; Tac. A. 2, 37; Suet. Ner. 38; 44 al.:
exiguus,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:
tenuis,id. ib. 1, 7, 56:
opimo onerare digitos,Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22.—Poet., = pretium, munera, rich presents, gifts, Ov. M. 7, 739.—
2 Trop.: censu Tullius oris (by eloquence) Emeritus caelum, Manil. 1, 792; cf. id. 1, 12; 3, 71.
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