foundation Copy link Outline I. The groundwork of a structure1. fundāmentum (common both in lit. and fig. sense)2. fundāmen, ĭnis, n. (poet.)3. fundātio (rare)4. substructio (ground-work; esp. of buildings on a large scale)5. sēdes, is, f. (poet. or fig.)II. An establishment of a pecuniary nature, esp. for education • foundation: I. The groundwork of a structure: 1. fundāmentum (common both in lit. and fig. sense): to lay the f.s, fundamenta jacere, Cic.: Liv.: foll. by dat. urbi, Liv. 1, 12 (but the gen. is the usu. constr.); f. locare, Virg.; f. agere (i. e., to carry the f.s in a certain direction), Cic. Mil. 27, extr. Fig.: to lay the f.s of peace, f. pacis jacere, Cic.: to lay the f. of a philosophy, fundamentum philosophiae ponere [in aliqua re], Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2: age is planted on the f.s of youth, senectus fundamentis adolescentiae constituta est, Cic. Sen. 18, 62. 2. fundāmen, ĭnis, n. (poet.): Virg.: Ov. 3. fundātio (rare): Vitr. 4. substructio (ground-work; esp. of buildings on a large scale): the depth of the f., altitudo substructionis, Vitr. 6, 8, 6: the greatest care ought to be taken with the f., maxima esse debet cura substructionis, Vitr.: Plin. Ep. (comp. Cic. Mil. 20, 53, where the term includes the works begun as a whole: so Caes. B. C. 2, 25). 5. sēdes, is, f. (poet. or fig.): we overturn the tower from its deep f.s, turrim convellimus altis s., Virg.: Rome herself seemed almost torn up from its f.s, mihi ipsa Roma prope convulsa s. suis visa est, Cic. in Pis. 22, 52: Quint. Phr.: to destroy, overthrow, a city from its very f.s, urbem funditus tollere, evertere, Cic. Fig.: to unfold the f.s of nature, primordia rerum pandere, Lucr. 1, 56: v. principle. II. An establishment of a pecuniary nature, esp. for education: annui sumptus in alimenta [puerorum, etc.], Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 10.
FOUNDATION Copy link • FOUNDATIONfundamentum (mostly in the plur., fundameuta): substructio: substructionis moles (the foundation, if consisting of a wall): sedes (the ground, etc., that forms its site; e.g., domum convellere sedibus suis). The foundations of the Capitol are of free-stone, Capitolium quadrato saxo substructum est: to be the foundation of anything, fundamentum esse alicujus rei; aliqua re teneri or contineri (figuratively; i. e., to consist in anything principally): anything is or forms the foundation of anything, fundamentum alicujus rei positum est in aliqua re: to shake the foundation, fundamenta subducere (figuratively): to lay the foundation of anything, fundamenta alicujus rei jacere or (seldom) ponere (PROP. and IMPROP.); initia alicujus rei ponere; prima initia alicujus rei ponere (figuratively): to dig the foundation for anything, fundamenta alicui rei fodere; fundationem alicujus rei fodere (PROP.): to lay anything as a foundation, aliquid pro fundamento ponere (figuratively): to raise or build a house from the foundation, domum a fundamentis inchoare: to destroy anything from the foundation, funditus evertere; a fundamentis disjicere (PROP.); funditus tollere (PROP. and figuratively); fundamenta alicujus rei evertere (e.g., of a state, reipublicae); convellere sedibus suis (PROP. of a house; so montem convellere sede): from the foundation of Rome, ab urbe condita: from the foundation of the world, inde ab hominum memoria; post hominum memoriam; post homines natos (the last two after negatives): at the foundation of the world, cum primi fingerentur homines: without foundation (= reasonable ground), rationi adversus (not tenable, of argument, assertions, etc.; contrary to reason); vanus (only apparently; opposed to verus); futilis (that is not valid in its kind, vain); fictus (invented); commenticius (stronger term; opposed to what is morally true, Cic.); (The words are found in this connection and order.) fictus (or futilis) et commenticius: want of foundation, vanitas: to build on another man’s foundation, quod alius intriverat, exedere (after Ter. Phorm., 2, 2, 4). The point of support (point d’appui), fundamentum or quaedam quasi sedes constituendae alicujus rei (Cic., Partit., 9, 31): columen: ornamentum (the former, whatever serves for the stability of an empire, a realm, etc.; the latter, whatever tends toward the maintenance or promotion of friendship; as Cic., Lael., 22, 82): firmamentum (the principal point of support). To shake the foundation of the state, fundamenta (reipublicae, etc.) labefactare, or subducere, or evertere, or pervertere: the foundation of anything is, aliquid fundamentum est alicujus rei; firmamentum alicujus rei est; firmamentum alicujus rei continetur aliqua re; aliquid fundamentis alicujus rei constitutum est (Cic., Senect., 18, 62); aliquid fultum est aliqua re (anything is based upon, etc.). An institution, institutum: *res in morte alicujus testamento instituta (founded by anybody’s will; ☞ Cic., Caecin., 4, 10). A foundation school, *schola legato alicujus instituta.