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• condition:

I. Circumstances, collectively:

1. stătus, ūs (the most gen. term): all c.s of life, omnes vitae s., Cic.: the c. of the commonwealth, s. reipublicae, Cic.: v. state, footing.
2. cāsus, ūs: generally in bad sense: mourning for the (evil) c. of the state, civitatis casum dolens, Sall.
3. condĭtio (more freq. in sense III., out of which this one probably arises): the lowest c. and fortune of slaves, infima c. et fortuna servorum, Cic.: this c. of life, haec c. vivendi, Hor.: the c. of the empire and the state of the province, c. imperii statusque provinciae, Cic.
4. causa (chiefly in particular phrases: prop. a legal word; v. cause, case): to be in the same, in better c., in eadem, meliore c. esse, Cic.: Caes.
5. rēs, rĕi, f.; esp. in pl.: v. circumstances.
6. sors, fortūna: v. fortune.
7. lŏcus: i. e. position (q. v.): Caes.
8. hăbĭtus, ūs: v. habit. Phr.: I am in a c. to promise, habeo polliceri, Cic.: he was not in a c. to make any reply, quid responderet non habebat, Cic.: to be in good, bad, c., bene, male se habere, Cic.: to be content with one's c., in propria pelle quiescere (faceté), Hor.: in good c. (of body), pinguis et nitidus, bene curata cute, Hor. Ep. 1, 4 (fin.).

II. Rank:

1. condĭtio: any one's c. and mode of life, alicujus c. vitaque, Quint.: joined with fortuna: Cic.
2. fortūna: v. fortune, rank.
3. lŏcus (only in certain phrases): born in the lowest c., infimo l. natus, Cic.: simly, obscuro, summo l. natus, Liv.: Sall.
4. sors, rtis, f.: a young man not of your c., non tuae s. juvenis, Hor.: v. station.

III. Terms of a contract:

1. condĭtio: the fairness of the c.s being clearly seen, aequitate conditionum perspecta, Caes.: on c. that, (sub) ea c. ut or ne, Cic.: in accordance with c.s, per conditiones, Sall.: v. terms.
2. pactum, conventum: v. agreement.
3. lex, lēgis, f.: peace was granted to Philip on these c.s., pax data Philippo in has l. est, Cic.: he proposed these c.s to the two parties, legem duabus hanc proposuit partibus, Phaedr.: on these c.s, hac lege (foll. by ut or ne), Cic.: Liv.
4. stĭpŭlātio (only of legal engagements: v. Dict. Ant. pp. 817, 818): to bind any one by a c., aliquem stipulatione alligare, Cic. Phr.: on no other c., non ...,? aliter, foll. by nisi or quam ut: not to allow Caesar to be made consul on any other c. than that he should deliver up his army, non pati Caesarem aliter consulem fieri, nisi exercitum tradiderit (= quam ut tradat), Coel. ap. Cic.: on this c. that, ita ut, Cic.; also cum eo quod or ut: be it so since you wish it, but yet, on c., I suppose, that it be done without any sin on my part, sit sane, quoniam ita tu vis; sed tamen cum eo, credo, quod sine peccato meo fiat, Cic.: Liv.

• CONDITION

State, status: conditio (conditio is lasting, status transient): locus (the situation of a person or thing as brought about by circumstances; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 2, 26): causa (any unusual, embarrassing condition, of which it is still uncertain how it may end): res (circumstances in the widest sense): a good or flourishing condition, bonus status: bona conditio: bonus locus: res bonae, or secundae or florentes: to be in the same or in a similar condition, in eodem loco esse; in eadem causa esse; eadem est mea causa: imagine yourself in my condition, eum te esse finge, qui ego sum: to find one’s self in a better condition, in meliore conditione or in meliore causa esse; meliore loco res meae sunt: to be in a wretched condition, in summa infelicitate versari; pessimo loco esse: to be in a bad condition or state, deteriore statu esse: to keep anything in a good condition or state, aliquid integrum et incolume servare; aliquid tueri: to restore anything to its former condition, in pristinum restituere: in antiquum statum restituere (general term): in integrum restituere (especially in juridical matters): reficere: restituere (to mend): to remain in its condition, statum suum tenere (to remain as it was): integrum manere (to remain uninjured by another): a hopeless condition, res pessimae, perditae: in their desperate condition, in extremis suis rebus: my condition is not one of the best, res meae sunt minus secundae: Planius is in nearly the same condition, eadem fere causa est Planii: to be in an embarrassing condition on account of anything, premi aliqua re (e.g., from want of corn, re frumentaria; Vid: Möb., Caes., B.G., 1, 52, p: 96): nobody is satisfied with his own condition, suae quemque fortunae maxime poenitet (Cic., ad Div., 6, 1, in.): to drive anybody from his (advantageous) condition, loco suo or gradu movere; statu suo or gradu dejicere: the condition of affairs, rerum status: the condition of affairs is entirely changed, magna facta est rerum commutatio; versa sunt omnia: the unfavorable condition of affairs, iniquitas rerum or temporum: according to the condition of affairs (circumstances), pro re; pro re nata; pro rei conditione or statu; ut res se habet; ut res fert.
Rank, position in society, vitae genus (general term): conditio (with regard to occupation, e.g., infimi generis conditio atque fortuna, Cic.): ars (art, profession): to choose one’s condition in life, vitae genus deligere or suscipere.
Natural disposition, indoles, natura, naturae habitus (innate capacities).
Stipulation, conditio: lex (the prescribed rule or clause contained in a contract): pactum: conventum (the agreement or compact itself): conventus, us (Auct. ad Her., 2, 13, extr.): exceptio (the exception, limitation: the condition of excluding anything): adjunctio (a restricting clause, Cic., de Invent., 2, 57, 171): causa (as philosophical technical term, the condition as that by which anything becomes comprehensible or possible; as Plin., Ep., 5, 5, 4: qui voluptatibus deditiquasi in diem vivunt, vivendi causas quotidie finiunt): conditions (= terms): to offer or propose conditions, conrlitiones ferre, proponere; leges proponere: to establish, to fix conditions, conrlitiones statuere, constituere: to prescribe conditions to anybody, conditiones ferre, dicere alicui; astringere aliquem conditionibus: to accept the conditions, conditiones accipere, recipere; ad conditiones accedere; ad conditiones venire (to come to terms) or descendere (to submit to them): not to accept the conditions, to reject the conditions, conditiones recusare, repudiare, respuere, aspernari, rejicere: to observe the conditions, in conditione manere; conditionibus stare; conventis stare: not to observe the conditions, conditiones omittere: on this condition, ea conditione; sub ea conditione; cum conditione; ea lege; his conditionibus; his legibus: on condition that etc., (sub) ea conditione, ut or ne etc. cum eo, ut etc.; ita... ut or si; sic... si etc. (only in so far as or if): to make peace on the following conditions, pacem facere (constituere) his conditionibus (legibus): the peace was established on the following conditions, pax in eas conditiones convenit: that he would not come on any other condition, alia ratione se esse non venturum (Caes., B.G., 1, 42, Herzog).

v. To provide with a condition, circumscribere.
To stipulate, pacisci: depacisci: aliquid convenit alicui cum aliquo or inter aliquos (to agree with anybody about anything or among one another): sibi depacisci (to reserve to one’s self, to condition for one’s self): sibi excipere (to exempt one’s self): stipulari (to cause formally to be promised to one’s self).

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