deal (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An indefinite measureII. At cardsIII. A fir plank • deal (subs.): I. An indefinite measure: esp. in colloq. phr. a great d.: ălĭquantum: as, a good d. of land, aliquantum agri, Cic.: or expr. by cōpia or vis. as, a great d. of gold and silver, magna vis auri argentique, Cic.: v. quantity, much. II. At cards: (?) distrĭbūtio. III. A fir plank: *tăbŭla abiegna: v. fir.
deal (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To deal out; dispertio, dispertiorII. To deliver (blows)B. Intrans.I. To trafficII. To behave (towards)1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with prep. cum; esp. in pass. impers.)3. tracto, 1III. To have to do (with)1. tracto, 12. versor, 1 (usu. foll. by in and abl.)IV. To contend • deal (v.): A. Trans.: I. To deal out; dispertio, dispertior: dĭrĭbeo (only of the voting tablets at elections, etc.); mētior (to measure out: as corn): v. distribute. II. To deliver (blows): ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: d. him a blow in the belly, ingere pugnos in ventrem, Ter.: also with dat.: Sen. Fig.: of abuse: convicia ing. alicui, Hor.; dicta in aliquem, Pl.; contumelias (absol.), Tac. Phr.: to d. repeated blows, iterare, densare, ingeminare: cf. Virg.'s "nunc dextra ingeminans ictus, nunc ille sinistra," A. 5, 457. B. Intrans.: I. To traffic: nĕgōtior, 1: to d. in any kind of merchandise, aliquo genere mercaturae n., Col.: v. to trade, sell. II. To behave (towards): 1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: he dealt gently and mercifully with the man, leniter hominem clementerque accepit, Cic.: v. to treat. 2. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with prep. cum; esp. in pass. impers.): he will understand that he has been very badly dealt with, intelliget secum actum esse pessime, Cic. 3. tracto, 1: v. to handle. Phr.: easy to d. with, facilis, tractabilis: v. manageable. III. To have to do (with): 1. tracto, 1: you were d.ing with the public money, pecuniam publicam tractabas, Cic.: v. dealings. 2. versor, 1 (usu. foll. by in and abl.): Cic. Phr.: seeing you have thus dealt with me, cum mecum sic exegeris, Plin. Ep.: as you shall have dealt with me here, uti me hic habueris, Pl. IV. To contend: conflictor, 1: to d. with natures of this sort, cum ingeniis hujusmodi c., Ter. Phr.: 'Tis with you that I have to d., *tecum mihi res est.
DEAL Copy link • DEAL 1. A considerable quantity; sometimes by copia, vis, multitudo (e.g., copia argenti; infinita vis marmoris; copia rugum): but mostly by the neuter adjectives of quantity: a great deal of anything, multum; plurimum and (less strong) aliquantum (= a considerable deal; e.g., argenti): a deal of trouble, plurimum laboris et operae: a great deal (= by a great deal), multo, longe; sometimes multis partibus. Deal at cards, *paginarum partitio or distributio: It is your deal, *tuum est paginas dispertire. Fir wood, lignum abiegnum: abies. 2. TR., dividere; dispenire; distribuere; dispensare (to deal out in shares): largiri: dilargiri; elargiri (to deal out or spend with liberality: elargiri, Persius, 3, 70): to deal out corn, frumentum metiri; meat, viscerationem dare; among the soldiers, militibus: the tablets used in voting, tabellas diribere: to deal anybody hard words, verbis castigare aliquem; blows, pugnos obserere alicui (comical): to deal cards, *paginas dispertire, *chartas or scidas distribuere. 3. INTR., Behave (absolutely or towards a person; followed by “with” or “by’): tractare aliquem (to treat him; e.g., liberaliter, injuriosius, honorificentius, benignius): habere aliquem (e.g., bene, male, liberaliter): agere: aliquem esse in aliquem (e.g., who did not deal with you quite fairly, qui in te injustior fuit); se praebere erga or in aliquem: to deal honorably in anything, in aliqua re bene, or optima fide versari, or probe agere: to deal liberally with anybody, liberaliter aliquem habere: to deal harshly with anybody, aspere or male aliquem tractare; aliquo deuti (Nep., Eum., 11, 3): to deal indulgently with anybody, indulgentia or indulgenter tractare aliquem: indulgere alicui (Vid: Herz., Caes., B.G., 1, 40): to deal with anybody exactly as with everybody else, aliquem eodem loco habere, quo alium: to deal with anybody as with an enemy, (in) hostium numero habere; pro hoste habere or ducere: he dealt kindly with me, benigne se mini praebuit; benignum eum expertus sum; benigne me excepit, or mecum egit. Sometimes “to deal with” = “to do with,” facere alicui, aliquo, or (seldom) de aliquo. How would you deal with this fellow? quid huic homini facias? Manage a person, tractare aliquem: alicujus animum flectere: ex voluntate uti aliquo (to do what one pleases with him): one who knows how to deal with anybody, artifex alicujus or alicujus animum tractandi: easy to deal with, tractabilis (e.g., homo; ingenium): a temper that is easy to deal with, mite ac tractabile ingenium. Manage or handle (subjects, affairs, etc.), tractare (to handle; e.g., quaestionem, res turbidas): to deal with a subject, tractare rem (general term): dicere de aliqua re (by word of mouth): scribere de aliqua re; scriptura persequi aliquid; disserere, disputare de aliqua re: to deal briefly with anything, paucis absolvere aliquid: to deal awkwardly with anything, rem perperam incipere or aggredi: how would he deal with this conclusion? quid faceret huic conclusioni? (Cic.) To deal in, or drive a trade in, anything, rem gerere; rem gerere et lucrum facere (if profitably); mercaturam (mercaturas, if in several things) facere (as a merchant, especially a wholesale dealer): negotiari; vendere, or venditare; commercium alicujus rei facere (e.g., thuris, Plin.): the Roman merchants deal with the Gauls, mercatores Romani ad Gallos commeant (that is, go with their merchandise backwards and forwards, Caes., B.G., i., 1).