appear Copy link Outline I. To be visible1. appārĕo, 2 (= Gr. φαίνεσθαι, to be presented to view)2. compārĕo, ui, 2 (to be visible; to be found3. conspĭcior, spectus, 3 (i. e. to be descried)4. ostendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (with refl. pron.5. exsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (of that which comes forth, usu. suddenly, to view)6. prōdeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (i. e. to come forth, q. v.)7. exŏrior (only of that which suddenly appears)II. To be present (chiefly legal t. t.)1. adsum (ass.), fui.2. compārĕo, 23. sisto, stĭti, stătum, 3 (usu. reflect.)III. To be evident, or clearIV. To seem • appear: I. To be visible: 1. appārĕo, 2 (= Gr. φαίνεσθαι, to be presented to view): place a thing opposite a mirror, its image a.s, rem contra speculum ponas, a. imago, Lucr a snake a.'d to Sulla, anguis Sullae apparuit, Cic. 2. compārĕo, ui, 2 (to be visible; to be found: whereas appareo is to be before the eyes): not a bird a.'d (i. e. was to be seen during the plague), nec ulla comparebat avis, Lucr.: a speech which scarcely a.s (i. e. is almost lost) amongst the crowd of books, oratio quae vix c. in turba voluminum, Cic. 3. conspĭcior, spectus, 3 (i. e. to be descried): meanwhile Metellus a.s descending the hill, interim M. monte degrediens conspicitur, Sall.: Caes.: v. to see, descry. 4. ostendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (with refl. pron.: of that which presents itself to view): the cavalry a. (come in sight), equites sese ostendunt, Caes. 5. exsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (of that which comes forth, usu. suddenly, to view): a cave where they say Dis suddenly a.'d with his chariot, spelunca qua Ditem ferunt repente cum curru exstitisse, Cic.: Liv. (v. to come forth): mists do not a. in summer or in intense cold, nebulae nec aestate nec maximo frigore ex., Plin. 6. prōdeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (i. e. to come forth, q. v.): to a. on the stage, in scenam p., Nep.: to a. in public, in publicum p. Cic. (also in medium procedere, Cic.). 7. exŏrior (only of that which suddenly appears): v. to arise.--Note. Videor, to appear (= seem) must not be used as equiv. to appareo (v. supr. 1): yet it is employed with reference to what is (or appears to be) seen in dreams, where it is passive: as, what a.'d to him while asleep, quae ei secundum quietem visa sunt, Cic. II. To be present (chiefly legal t. t.): 1. adsum (ass.), fui.: Verres had determined not to a. at the trial, Verres statuerat ad judicium non adesse, Cic.: to a. (as advocate) against any one, contra aliquem a., Plin. ep. 2. compārĕo, 2: the slaves did not a. (i. e. were not forthcoming), servi non comparebant, Cic. 3. sisto, stĭti, stătum, 3 (usu. reflect.): Alfenus promised that Quintius should a., Quintium sisti Alfenus promisit, Cic.: he gives evidence that Quintius did not a., testificatur Quintium non stitisse, Cic. Phr.: to fail to a., vadimonium deserere, Cic. III. To be evident, or clear: q. v.: pătet: appāret: lĭquet. IV. To seem: q. v.: vĭdeor.
APPEAR Copy link • APPEARbecome visible, apparere: in conspectum venire: conspici: se offerre, offerri (to come in one’s way suddenly): erumpere (to come forth suddenly): existere (of celebrated persons making their appearance in the world; in history). Sometimes particular modes of approach to a country should he used, as appellere navem ad; e.g., “Two hundred years later Pelops appeared in Argos,” appellere, escendere, or egredi may he used. To appear to a person in a vision, ostendere se alicui in somnio; videri in somnis, per somnum, per quietem, in quiete. Day appears, dies venit; illucescit. To appear in public, in publicum prodiro, procedere, egredi: not to appear in public, domi se tenere; pedem domo non efferre (not to stir out): publico carere or abstinere (not to appear in public): odisse celebritatem; hominum celebritatem fugere (to shrink from appearing inpublic; to hate a crowd): seldom appearing in public, rarus egressu (Tac.). To appear in person, coram or praesentem adesse: to appear at a public meeting, an assembly of the people, in concione adesse. To appear (be published), of a book, in lucem edi; lucem videre; prodire. To appear before a court, in judicium venire: at an appointed time, se sistere (of the accused person and his sureties), vadimonium sistere (of a surety: opposed to vadimonium deserere, to forfaithis recognizances): to appear in court with any body, alicui adesse in judicio (to assist him with advice, countenance, etc.). Seem, videri: the impersonal form “it appears” is mostly translated personally; “it appears as if our friends would not come,” amici nostri non venturi videntur :”it appears as if we had lost the cause,” causa cecidisse videmur. To appear in anybody’s eyes, judicio alicujus esse: ab aliquo existimari; videri alicui; esse apud aliquem. It appears = is evident, patet; apparet; liquet; intelligitur: it appeared from many proofs or signs, multis emanabat indiciis. To make it appear, that, etc., docere, especially with argumentis: demonstrare: firmare, confirmare, especially with argumentis: efficere, vincere, evincere. Vid: PROVE.