found (v.) Copy link Outline I. To lay the foundation of, to establish1. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 32. fundo, 1 (to lay the foundations of3. constituo, i, ūtum, 3 (to arrange and form)4. mōlior, 4 (with effort)II. To mould in metal • found (v.): I. To lay the foundation of, to establish: 1. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to f. a city, urbem c., Cic.: to f. colonies, colonias c., Vell. (more regular phrases, coloniam deducere, mittere, Cic.: v. colony). 2. fundo, 1 (to lay the foundations of: more freq. in fig. sense) to f. an empire, imperium f., Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19: to f. a citadel, arcem f., Virg.: a philosophical system not only f.'d carefully, but also built up, accurate non modo fundata, verum etiam exstructa disciplina, Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1. 3. constituo, i, ūtum, 3 (to arrange and form): to f. a town, oppidum c., Caes. B. C. 1, 15: to f. new walls, nova moenia cons., Virg. 4. mōlior, 4 (with effort): to f. walls, muros m., Virg. Phr.: arts (or sciences) which are f.'d on conjecture, artes quae conjectura continentur, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: conjecture on which divination is f.'d, conjectura in qua nititur divinatio, Cic. Div. 2, 26, init.: points on which the case is f.'d, ea in quibus nititur causa, Cic. Cael. 10, 25: so without prep., to be f.'d on truth, veritate niti, Cic.: to f. one's hopes on a thing, spem ponere, collocare, in aliqua re, Cic.: Caes.: v. hope. II. To mould in metal: fundo, 3: v. to cast (IV.).