purpose (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. prōpŏsĭtum (object definitely set before one)2. consĭlium (plan, design)3. instĭtūtum (course resolved and entered upon)4. sententia (resolution, meaning to do something)5. stŭdĭum (eager bent or desire)6. expr. by ănĭmus7. destĭnātio (settled determination8. fīnis, is, m. (end, object)9. mens, ntis, f.10. vŏluntas (wish)11. express by periphrasis of such verbs as volo, specto, peto, sequor, valeo, with id, quod, quid, and other pronouns • purpose (subs.): the end or design proposed, desired, or effected: the meanings running too much into each other to be separated, except by examples. 1. prōpŏsĭtum (object definitely set before one): what was Pompey's p. or desire in regard to fighting? quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet, Caes. B. C. 3, 84: to attain one's p., p. assequi, Cic. Fin. 3, 6: to hold or keep to one's p., p. tenere, Nep. Eum. 3; in proposito manere, Suet. Gr. 24: a man firm to his p., justum et tenacem propositi virum, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 1: the p. and manner of life, p. et vitae genus, Phaedr. prol. 3, 15: to speak away from (or not to) the p., a p. declinare aliquantulum, Cic. Or. 40; egredi a p. [ornandi causa], id. Brut. 21; a p. aberrare, id. Fin. 5, 28. (Also., in abstr. sense, prōpŏsĭtio: the p. and plan of this life, hujus vitae p. et cogitatio, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39.) 2. consĭlium (plan, design): it is my p. to do so, consilium est ita facere, Pl. Mil. 2, 3, 74: I abandon the p. that I was at first bent upon, repudio quod consilium primum intenderam, Ter. Andr. 4, 3, 18: with the p. of, etc., eo consilio, ut frumento Caesarem intercluderet, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: on p., consilio, Virg. Aen. 7, 216: Liv. 35, 14: and with gen. of the subject, of, by, or through the p. of (e. g. of the gods), sive casu, sive consilio deorum immortalium, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: v. plan. 3. instĭtūtum (course resolved and entered upon): all that has nothing to do with the p. of this work, ad hujus libri institutum illa nihil pertinent, Cic. Top. 6: in pursuance of (according to) his p., instituto suo Caesar ex castris copias eduxit, Caes. B. G. 1, 50. 4. sententia (resolution, meaning to do something): so far as I understood just now the old man's p. about the marriage, quantum intellexi modo senis sententiam de nuptiis, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 3: if it is one's p. to, etc., si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est, Cic. Off. 3, 33: Saturius persists in his p., perstat in sententia S., Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56: what follows is to the same p., quae sequuntur in eadem sententia sunt, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42. To alter one's p., mutare sententiam, Cic. Mur. 29 (also, consilium, Caes. B. C. 2, 11; propositum, Petr. 116). To move from one's p., aliquem de sententia deducere, Cic. Brut. 25, ad fin. 5. stŭdĭum (eager bent or desire): to restrain (a man) from his p., retrahere (poetam) ab studio, Ter. Ph. prol. 2: not on p. but by chance, non studio, sed fortuito, Modest. Dig. 40, 5. 6. expr. by ănĭmus: esp. in such phrr. as in animo alicui est, nobis erat in animo Ciceronem ad Caesarem mittere, Cic. Fam. 14, 11: in animo habere, etc.: istum exheredare in animo habebat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 22: less good, animus alicui est: it had been the p. of the conspirators (or, the c.s had purposed), fuerat animus conjuratis [bona publicare], Suet. Caes. 82: to form a p., animum or in animum inducere: the p. he had entertained for a little while he did not hold, id quod animum induxit paulisper non tenuit, Cic. Att. 7, 3. 7. destĭnātio (settled determination: late and infreq.): according to the p. of M. Agrippa, ex destinatione M. Agrippae, Plin. 3, 2, 3. Also, destinatum (prop. a mark aimed at): cf. neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor, Tac. A. 4, 40: on p., ex destinato, Sen. Clem. 1, 6: Suet. Cal. 43. 8. fīnis, is, m. (end, object): the p. of eloquence is to persuade by language, f. (facundiae), persuadere dictione, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6: an art useful for the p.s of life, ad finem vitae utilem (artem), Quint. 2, 17, 41: for this p., ad eum f. (late): quod ad eum finem memoravimus, Tac. A. 14, 64: cf. end, object. 9. mens, ntis, f.: they scan the p.s of the gods in the entrails of sacrifices (poet. constr.), mentesque deûm scrutantur in illis (fibris), Ov. M. 5, 137: with this p., ea mente, Cic. Fam. 12, 14: (nothing) shakes (him) in his steadfast p., mente quatit solida, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 4. 10. vŏluntas (wish): joined with mens: I have formed this mind and p., hanc mentem v.que suscepi, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22: to prosper one's p.s, voluntatibus obsecundare, Cic. Man. 16, 48: to change one's mind and p., mentem et voluntatem mutare, Cic. Prov. Cons. 10. With the p. of, or on p. to, cum ea voluntate ut (laederet), Cic. Fl. 5, 11: on p., of set p., voluntate (opp. to casu): cf. design, intention. Join: voluntate et judicio. 11. express by periphrasis of such verbs as volo, specto, peto, sequor, valeo, with id, quod, quid, and other pronouns: his p. was to ..., id voluit (foll. by infin.), Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 9. Note esp. phr. sibi velle (to have a certain meaning or p.): cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, 150, quid ergo illae, quid sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt (= what is their meaning or p.?): to have great p.s, magna spectare, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: to what p., quid spectans? (for specto, cf. drift, purport; and for peto and sequor, cf. aim): valeo, with adv.: nescis quo valeat nummus (what p. it serves), Hor. S. 1, 1, 73. Phr.: (i.) with, to, or for, this or that p., hanc, or eam ad rem, ea re, ob eam rem: men more fit for the p., homines magis ad hanc rem idoneos, Pl. Poen. 3, 2, 6: as antecedent, with this p. that, for or with the p. of, eo, ideo, followed by ut: cf. hanc ideo rationem subjecimus, ut, etc., Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 70. Also, ad, or in, foll. by pron. or gerund; ad (in) id speculator (-es) missus (-i), Caes.: cf. quum fingis falsas causas ad discordiam (on p. to sow discord), Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71. (ii.) for or to what p., quo, quorsum: dixit profecto, quo velle aurum, Cic. Coel. 21, fin.: Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12: Quorsum est opus? id. S. 2, 7, 116: Quorsum tandem, aut cur, ista quaeris, Cic. Leg. 1, 1: to what p. is all this talk? quorsum haec dicis? to (for) another p., alio, aliorsum: cf. non alio datam summam quam in emptionem, Suet. Aug. 98: atqui ego istuc aliovorsum dixeram, Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 8. (iii.) on p.: (1). consulto: he orders the cavalry to give ground on p., c. equites cedere jubet, Caes. B. G. 5, 50: v. purposely. Join: consulto et cogitate (with design and premeditation), Cic.: v. designedly. (2). dătā or dēdĭtā ŏpĕrā (with express intent): v. designedly. (3). de (later ex) industria: esp. with a p. (opp. to what is natural and guileless): paulum interesse censes, ex animo omnia, ut fert natura, facias, an de industria? Ter. And. 4, 4, 56: cf. designedly (3). (iv.) without a p.: inconsulte, temere, sine consilio (v. inconsiderately). (v.) to p., to good p. (= effectively): (1). ob rem: opp. to frustra, Sall. Jug. 31, ad init.: id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vestra manu situm est. Also, ad rem, in rem: what is more to the p.? quid magis in rem est? Pl. Rud. 1, 4, 1. (2). prospĕrē: v. prosperously. (3). ūtĭlĭter (for a good p.): cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: id. Off. 1, 25, 89. (4). expr. by usui or ex usu esse, prodesse: more for your p., magis ex usu tuo, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 47: to what p. is it for me to feign? quid mihi fingere prodest? Ov. M. 13, 935. (5). expr. by rēfert: what is it to the p., if, that, whether, etc.? quid refert, foll. by si, utrum, an or rel. clause, Cic. N. D. 1, 28: id. Div. 2, 34, fin.: is it anything to the p. if? si servus est, numquid refert? Pl. Ps. 2, 4, 28: what's that to my p.? quid id mea refert? id. Curc. 3, 25 (cf. tua, ib. 88): it is much to the p., multum or magni refert: it is to little p. that, parvi refert, with inf., Cic. Q. F. 1, 1, 7: cf. parvi retulit non suscepisse, Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 41. refert with ad rem: to what p.? quam ad rem istuc refert? Pl. Ep. 2, 2, 93. (vi.) to no p.: (1). frustrā: v. vain, in. (2). incassum and (rarely) cassum: (not in Cic., and savouring of poetic diction): to wield useless weapons to no p., vana incassum jactare tela, Liv. 10, 29: why these fears to no p.? quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353. Join: temere, incassum, frustra: Lucr. 2, 1060. (3). nēquicquam: v. vain, in vain. (4). nihil: all to no p.! nil est! Hor. S. 2, 3, 6: nihil agis, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12 (cf. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61): with inf. clause as subj., it's to no p. sending, at nihil est ignotum ad illum mittere, Pl. Cap. 2, 2, 94. Also, nihil and neque refert: neque refert videre quid dicendum sit, Cic. Brut. 29: nihil attinet: it's to no p. saying what I think on that matter, de quo quid sentiam nihil attinet dicere, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3. (5). Expr. by adj.: e. g. inutilis (v. unprofitable): vānus: v. oratio, Cic. Am. 26, 96; irrĭtus, ir. inceptum, Liv. 29, 35. Join: vana et irrita testamenta, Suet. Cat. 38: inanis: i. elocutio, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20: i. verba, Quint. 8, 2, 17: a torrent of words to no p., inani verborum torrenti, id. 10, 7, 23 (v. purposeless, unmeaning). Other phrr.: I'm waiting here to no p., maneo otiosus hic: to labour to no p., operam, operam et oleum, perdere (cf. labour: vain): agere actum (prov.), Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 72: Cic. Am. 22. (vii.) to the p. (of words, arguments, etc.): appŏsĭtus (and -ē), with ad: to speak to the p., dicere apposite ad persuasionem, Cic. Inv. 1, 5: an argument very much to the p., argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem, id. ib. 1, 14. (viii.) from, foreign to, contrary to, not to, the p. (1). ăliēnus, with gen., dat., abl., also with ab and ad: not unsuitable for their p., neque aliena consili (domus), Sall. C. 40: foreign to the p. of oratory, arti oratoriae al., Quint. prooem. 5: not suited for (or, foreign to) the p. of my life, al. a vita mea, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21: of fighting, ad committendum proelium al. tempus, Caes. B. G. 4, 34. (2). absurdus (infreq. in this sense): Join: absurdum atque alienum, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21. (3). ab re (esp. with non: not foreign to the p., e. g. to mention): Pl. Cap. 2, 2, 88; Liv. 15, 82; Plin. 27, 8, 35 (illud non ab re est dixisse, opp. to supervacuum just before), id. 31, 3, 26 (non ab re sit, it will not be foreign to the p.), and often, but not in Cicero: (also, nihil ad rem nihil ad haec). (4). expr. sūpervăcāneus, rarely sŭpervăcŭus (idle, superfluous). Join: [nihil] inane, nihil sine causa, nihil supervacaneum: Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: it is to no p. to ..., s. est, with infin., Sall. C. 51.