DETERMINE Copy link • DETERMINE 1. TRANS. Terminate by a decision, disceptare aliquid: decernere aliquid or de re: dijudicare aliquid: judicare aliquid, or de re: decidere aliquid or de re: affirmare de re: pronunciare, constituere de re. [SYN. in DECIDE.] To determine a dispute, controversiam disceptare, decernere, dijudicare (all three, also ferro, by the sword); de controversia decidere, statuere, constituere: to decide a question, quaestionem solvere; a doubtful point, rem dubiam decernere (Liv.); a cause, dijudicare litem (!); in favor of the accused, secundum reum dare litem or judicare (opposed to contra reum dare litem, to determine it against him): points that are not to be determined by mere opinions, res ab opinionis arbitrio sejunctae: to refuse to determine a point, integrum or injudicatum relinquere aliquid: in medio relinquere aliquid (Sall.): a point that is not yet determined, res integra: this point is not yet determined, adhuc sub judice lis est (Hor.); adhuc de hac re apud judicem lis est (Asc., ad Cic., Verr., 1, 45, p. 335, ed. Schutz): his fate is not yet determined, non habet exploratam rationem salutis suae: that is no easy point to determine, magna est ista dijudicatio (Cic.): whether this is so, etc., is not yet determined, sit ne hoc, etc... quaestio est: a single battle will determine the fate of the commonwealth, in uno proelio omnis fortuna reipublicae disceptat: the question is already determined, res non integra est; non integrum est. Settle, fix, statuere: constituere (fix; constituere, if the subject or object is a multitude; Döderlein): destinare (to form a decided resolution about anything, by which a matter is set at rest; e.g., diem necis; tempus et locum ad aliquid): designare (to mark out; e.g., locum sepulere). (The words are found in this connection and order.) constituere et designare: finire: definire (mark out the limits; also ascertain the limits of anything, finire modum, locum, diem, tempus, latitudinem silvae [Caes.]; definire tempus adeundi): to determine the day, diem statuere, constituere, dicere; beforehand, diem praestituere, praefinire: to determine the time, tempus dicere, destinare: to determine the time and place, tempus et locum condicere (by agreement together): to determine the bounds of the empire, terminare fines imperii: to determine the question (i. e., settle what it is, etc.), limitare quaestionem. To limit, confine, finire: definire: terminare: determinare (determinare, Liv.; seldom in Cic.): continere: circumscribere: limitare (Vitrvius; Col.): to determine our view, aspectum nostrum definire (Cic.). To give a direction towards any object; influence the will towards it, etc., adducere aliquem ad aliquid; commovere aliquem ad aliquid; incitare or concitare aliquem ad aliquid. Resolve (to do anything), statuere: constituere. decernere: destinare: obstinare (animo, or of several, animis): alicui destinatum in animo est (e.g., aliquid facere): consilium capere (with genitive of gerund): inducere animum or in animum (with infinitive or ut). [SYN. in RESOLVERE.] I am determined, certum est mihi; stat mini (sententia); statutum habeo cum animo et deliberatum: to be determined to die, ad mortem obstinatum esse: they were determined to conquer or to die, obstinaverant animis vincere aut mori (Liv.). 2. INTRANS. or ABSOL. To determine concerning a matter, constituere de re: affirmare or pronuntiare de re: decernere (when used absolutely, or de re): to determine in favor of anybody, decernere secundum aliquem. End, Vid.