1. dē-stĭno — Lewis & Short
dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416,
I to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).
I Lit.:
antemnas ad malos,Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:
rates ancoris,id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:
falces (laqueis),id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:
arcas,Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
II Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
A In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
(a) With double acc.:
aliquem consulem,Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:
Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:
animis auctorem caedis,id. 33, 28:
aliquem regem,Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
(b) With inf. or a clause:
infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:
potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
(g) With dat.:
sibi aliquid,i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
operi destinati possent,Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:
aliquem foro,Quint. 2, 8, 8:
me arae,Verg. A 2, 129:
diem necis alicui,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:
domos publicis usibus,Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:
Anticyram omnem illis,Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:
cados tibi,id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
(d) With ad:
tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,Liv. 33, 37:
aliquem ad mortem,id. 2, 54:
consilia ad bellum,id. 42, 48:
materiam ad scribendum,Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:
ad omne obsequium destinati,Curt. 5, 28, 5.—(e) With in:
saxo aurove in aliud destinato,Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:
legati in provinciam destinati,Dig. 5, 1, 2:
noctem proximam in fugam,Amm. 29, 6.—
B In partic.
1 In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):
locum oris,Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.—Transf.:
sagittas,to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
2 In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:
minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).
A Adj.:
certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:
ad horam mortis destinatam,id. ib. 5, 22, 63:
si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,Liv. 21, 44 fin.:
persona (coupled with certus),Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
B Subst.
1 dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
2 dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.
a A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin.—
b An intended, determined object, design, intention:
neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:
destinata retinens,id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:
antequam destinata componam,the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:
ad destinatum persequor,the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,
ex destinato,adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;
and in a like sense merely destinato,Suet. Caes. 60.—dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:
certare,Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.