habito

hăbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( gen. plur. of the part. pres. habitantum, Ov. M. 14, 90), v. freq. a. and n. [habeo].

I.

In gen., to have frequently, to be wont to have (anteclass. and very rare): epicrocum, Varr. ap. Non. 318, 25:

comas,

id. ib. 27.—

II.

In partic., to have possession of, to inhabit a place; and more freq. neut., to dwell, abide, reside, live anywhere (the class. signif. of the word; cf.: colo, incolo, commoror).

A.

Lit.

1.

Act.:

centum urbes habitant magnas,

Verg. A. 3, 106:

silvas,

id. E. 6, 2:

hoc nemus, hunc collem (deus),

id. A. 8, 352:

humiles casas,

id. E. 2, 29:

terras,

Ov. H. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 195:

pruinas,

Val. Fl. 2, 177:

locum,

Tac. Agr. 11; cf. Liv. 5, 51, 3. — Pass.:

colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 28:

arx procul iis, quae habitabantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 2:

applicata colli habitatur colonia Corinthus,

Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; 5, 7, 7, § 42:

Scythiae confinis est regio habitaturque pluribus vicis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14:

nobis habitabitur orbis Ultimus,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 127:

tellus Bistoniis habitata viris,

id. M. 13, 430; cf.:

nec patria est habitata tibi,

id. Tr. 5, 3, 21; Sil. 2, 654:

raris habitata mapalia tectis,

Verg. G. 3, 340; cf.:

(agellus) habitatus quinque focis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

campi olim uberes magnisque urbibus habitati,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

quae sit tellus habitanda (sibi), requirit,

Ov. M. 3, 9; cf.:

cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae,

id. ib. 1, 74:

habitandaque fana Apris reliquit et rapacibus lupis,

Hor. Epod. 16, 19:

proavis habitatas linquere silvas,

Juv. 15, 152.—

2.

Neutr.:

in illisce habitat aedibus Amphitruo,

Plaut. Am. prol. 97; cf.:

cujus hic in aediculis habitat decem, ut opinor, milibus,

Cic. Cael. 7, 17:

in gurgustio,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

in via,

on the high-road, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

in Sicilia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95:

in arboribus (aves),

Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363:

Lilybaei,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38:

lucis opacis,

Verg. A. 6, 673:

vallibus imis,

id. ib. 3, 110:

casa straminea,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 20; cf.:

sub terra habitare,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

apud aliquem,

id. Ac. 2, 26, 115; cf. id. Brut. 90, 309; id. Cael. 21, 51; id. Clu. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

cum aliquo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 25, §

64: cum illa apud te,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 41.— Absol.:

triginta milibus dixistis eum habitare,

Cic. Cael. 7, 17; cf.:

nunc si quis tanti (i. e. sex milibus) habitet,

Vell. 2, 10, 1:

bene,

to have a good habitation, Nep. Att. 13; so,

dum sic ergo habitat Cetronius,

so splendidly, Juv. 14, 92:

avecta est peregre hinc habitatum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 37; cf.:

is habitatum huc commigravit,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 77; and:

rus habitatum abii,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 27:

commorandi natura deversorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

habitandi causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 8.—Part. as subst.: hăbĭtantes, ium, the inhabitants: numquam tecta subeamus: super habitantes aliquando procumbunt, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 14, 90:

oppidum valetudine habitantium infame,

Mel. 1, 16, 1:

ad occasum,

Plin. 2, 70, 82, § 180.— Pass. impers.:

vides, habitari in terra raris et angustis in locis, et in ipsis quasi maculis, ubi habitatur, vastas solitudines interjectas,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19:

habitari ait Xenophanes in luna,

that the moon is inhabited, id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

vicorum, quibus frequenter habitabatur,

Liv. 2, 62, 4.—

B.

Transf., to stay, remain, dwell, or keep in any place; to keep to, dwell upon a thing (a favorite expression with Cicero):

cum iis, qui in foro habitarunt, de dignitate contendas?

Cic. Mur. 9, 21; cf.:

habitare in Rostris,

id. Brut. 89, 305:

in subselliis,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.

also: in oculis,

to be always in public, id. Planc. 27, 66:

illi qui hoc solum colendum ducebant, habitarunt in hac una ratione tractanda,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 160:

in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis,

to dwell upon, id. Or. 15, 49; cf. id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

qui potest igitur habitare in beata vita summi mali metus?

id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:

cum his habitare pernoctareque curis (i. e. studiis)!

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

quorum in vultu habitant oculi mei,

id. Phil. 12, 1, 2:

animus habitat in oculis,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145; cf.:

mens ibi (in corde) habitat,

id. 11, 37, 69, § 182:

qui tibi (Amori) jucundumst, siccis habitare medullis,

Prop. 2, 11 (3, 3), 17:

peregrinatus est hujus animus in nequitia, non habitavit,

Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 1:

tecum habita,

i. e. retire within thyself, examine thyself, Pers. 4, 52.