- census
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census, a, um, Part., from 1. censeo.2.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:II.
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,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:C.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.—Wealth, riches, property, possessions, in gen. ( = divitiae, opes):2.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.—Trop.: censu Tullius oris ( by eloquence ) Emeritus caelum, Manil. 1, 792; cf. id. 1, 12; 3, 71.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.