meditor

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

I.

Lit.

(α).

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

(β).

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

(γ).

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

(δ).

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

(ε).

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

(ζ).

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

(η).

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

II.

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

III.

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

A.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

B.

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized ), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.