have Copy link Outline I. To possess1. expr. by sum, fui, esse (person possessing in dat.; object possessed in nom.)2. hăbeo, 2 (to possess; have in one's control)3. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (implying habitual acquaintance with)4. gĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (chiefly poet. of what is carried about one)5. tĕneo, 2II. To be under obligation to do somethingIII. To attend to anything being doneIV. To hold in opinion • have: I. To possess: 1. expr. by sum, fui, esse (person possessing in dat.; object possessed in nom.): he had a large property in stock, erat ei res pecuaria ampla, Cic. Quint. 3, 12: I have a father at home, mihi domi pater est, Virg. The dat. is freq. omitted: cf. Sall. Cat. 5, satis [ei erat] eloquentiae, sapientiae parum. Also when a quality is described by a subs. and adj., sum may be used personally, with gen. or abl. (L. G. § 274): he had great strength of mind, fuit [Catilina] magna vi animi, Sall. Cat. 5, init.: he is said to have had a fair complexion, well-formed limbs, fuisse traditur colore candido, teretibus membris, Suet. Caes. 45. 2. hăbeo, 2 (to possess; have in one's control): the accursed greed of having (possessing wealth), amor sceleratus habendi, Virg.: he had a farm in the territory of Labicum, habuit fundum (more emphatic than fundus ei erat) in Labicano, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50: he had plenty of eloquence, habebat satis eloquentiae, Nep. Cim. 2, init..: to h. power of life and death, vitae necisque potestatem h., Cic. Often with a double acc. (L. G. § 245) he had Sophocles as his colleague in office, Sophoclem collegam in praetura habuit, Cic.: or with some defining phr., to h. a sister in marriage, sororem in matrimonio habere, Nep. Cim. init. See also to possess, involve, entertain (III.). 3. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (implying habitual acquaintance with): he had a very hard beginning of manhood, duro admodum initio usus est, Nep. Cim. init. to h. a just master, justo u. domino, Cic. Rep. 2, 23, extr. 4. gĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (chiefly poet. of what is carried about one): Argus had a hundred eyes in his forehead, centum fronte oculos gerebat Argus, Ov Virg. v. to wear. Simly, frequent. gesto we h. not hearts so unfeeling, non obtusa adeo gestamus pectora, Virg. Aen. 1, 567. 5. tĕneo, 2: v. to hold, possess. II. To be under obligation to do something: expr. by ger. part.: we h. to struggle against old-age, resistendum est senectuti, Cic. (v. L. G. § 536). III. To attend to anything being done: cūro, 1: esp. with ger. part.: he had a (statue of an) heifer made, buculam curavit faciendam, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48: to have any one put to death, aliquem interficiendum c., Nep. IV. To hold in opinion: (rare): ŏpīnor, hăbeo, dūco, etc. v. to hold, think. Miscell. phr.. there I h. you (in argument), hic te teneo, Cic. Quint. 20, 63; teneo te, id. Acad. 2, extr.: he who has the power, quem penes est potestas, Cic.: Caes.. to h. rather, malle (v. to prefer): h. at him with your fists forthwith, ne mora sit quin pugnus continuo in mala haereat, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17: to h. on (a garment), indutum esse (v. to clothe): h. a care, cave, sis! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29.