alliance Copy link Outline I. A union between states1. sŏcĭĕtas2. foedus, ĕris, n.II. A treaty establishing such unionIII. Connection between bodies of men or individuals1. sŏcĭĕtas2. conjunctĭoIV. Union arising from marriage • alliance: I. A union between states: 1. sŏcĭĕtas: an a. had been made with Ptolemy, cum Ptolemaeo s. erat facta, Caes.: the Treviri unite Ambiorix to themselves by an a. and a treaty, Treviri Ambiorigem sibi s. et foedere adjungunt, Caes.: to form an a. with any state, s. conjungere cum aliqua civitate, Sall.: to be faithful to an a., in s. manere, Nep.: to induce (a people) to break off a. with another people, a s. alicujus gentis avertere, Nep.: an offensive and defensive a., *s. ad bellum et defendendum et inferendum facta s. conjuncta (*foedus ad bellum et def. et inf. initum, Kr. and Georg.). 2. foedus, ĕris, n.: to conclude a treaty of peace and a. with any one, cum aliquo pacem et f. facere, Cic.: v. treaty, league. II. A treaty establishing such union: v. treaty. III. Connection between bodies of men or individuals: 1. sŏcĭĕtas: to enter into a defensive a. with any one, s. salutis cum aliquo coire, Cic.: to form a general a. with any one, s. omnium rerum cum aliquo facere or inire, Cic.: robbers united by a nefarious a., latrones inter se nefaria s. conjuncti, Cic.: to break off an a., s. dirimere, Cic. 2. conjunctĭo: our a. and affection, nostra c. amorque, Cic.: the bands of the closest a. with you, vincula tecum summae c., Cic.: v. CONNECTION, union. IV. Union arising from marriage: conjunctĭo: I hope that this a. (of his daughter with Crassipes) will be a source of pleasure to us, spero nobis hanc c. voluptati fore, Cic.: v. relationship, affinity, marriage.
ALLIANCE Copy link • ALLIANCEfoedus (treaty, alliance): societas (state of being allied). (The words are found in this connection and order), societas et foedus; amicitia societasque. To make or form an alliance with anybody, foedus cum aliquo facere, icere, ferire, percutere; foedus jungere or iniro cum aliquo; foedere jungi alicui; societatem cum aliquo facere; aliquem sibi societate et foedara adjungere. To be in alliance with anybody, mihi cum aliquo ictum eat foedus. To observe the terms of an alliance: to be true to an alliance, foedus servare, foedere stare; in fida manere (opposed to breaking its terms; foedus negligere, violare, rumpere, frangera). ImPROP., close connection in private life, conjunctio: societas. (The words are found in this connection and order), conjunctio et societas: necessitudo (the mutual relation in which friends, colleagues, patron and client stand together): copulatio (rare, Cic., De Fin, 1, 20, 69): conjunctio affinitatis, afflnitatis vinculum (by marriage): communio sanguinis, consanguinitas, consanguinitatis or sanguinis vinculum (of relationship). The alliance of friendship, conjunctio et familiaritas. To form an alliance with anybody, societatem cum aliquo inire, coira, facere: to break it off, dirimere. A very close, the closest possible alliance, colligatio arctissima societatis (after Cic., De Off., 1, 17, 53). To form a closer alliance with anybody, arctiora necessitudinis vincula cum aliquo contrahere. = marriage: to form an alliance with anybody, affinitatem cum aliquo jungere; cum aliquo affinitate sese conjungere or devincire: to form an alliance with such a family, filiam or virginem ex domo aliqua in matrimonium petere (of the man: afterward, Liv., 4, 4, mid.): nubere or innubere in alicujus familiam or domum (of the female). To form a matrimonial alliance (i. e., with the person married), matrimonio jungi or conjungi; nuptiis inter se jungi. Vid: MARRY.