behave Copy link Outline 1. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (with pron. reflect.)2. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (with abl.)3. consŭlo, sŭlŭi, sultum, 3 (esp. of a deliberate act • behave: 1. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (with pron. reflect.): I have acted upon your advice as to how I should b. towards Caesar, quonam modo gererem me adversus Caesarem usus tuo consilio sum, Cic.: they b. very honourably, valde se honeste gerunt, Cic.: to b. too thoughtlessly, se inconsultius gerere, Liv.: to b. as a citizen, se pro cive g., Cic. 2. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (with abl.): if he knew how to b. towards kings, si sciret regibus uti, Hor.: it did not befit the prudence of Antigonus to b. so towards him though conquered, non hoc convenire Antigoni prudentiae, ut sic se uteretur (al. deuteretur) victo, Nep. (Obs. se gerere refers to the character in which a person shows himself; utor to the way in which he acts towards another.) 3. consŭlo, sŭlŭi, sultum, 3 (esp. of a deliberate act: with de or in and acc.): it is not becoming to b. arrogantly towards any one in time of prosperity, in secundis rebus nihil in quenquam superbe c. decet, Liv.: to b. in an unfriendly way towards any one, de aliquo inimice c., Liv.: v. measures, to take. Phr.: he b.d as a friend, amicum agebat, Tac. (but the phr. usu. signifies to act a certain part: q. v.): they reminded him how liberally he had b.d to them before, commemorarunt istum quam liberaliter eos tractasset antea, Cic.: he b.d not as the king's heir but as the king, nec heredem regni sed regem gerebat, Just.: v. to act.
BEHAVE Copy link • BEHAVEse gerere (with adverb): to behave with propriety, honeste se gerere: to behave as anybody, gerere or agere aliquem; agere pro aliquo (i. e., to behave as or represent anybody: so agere or gerere aliquem, and se agere pro aliquo are incorrect; but se gerere pro aliquo is correct; as, se pro cive gerere, to act as a citizen, Cic., Arch., 5): to behave toward anybody suitably to his rank, dignitati alicujus consulere: to behave liberally toward anybody, aliquem liberaliter habere: to behave harshly toward anybody, aliquem aspere tractare. ☞ With se gerere an adverb should be used, not an adjective: not se modestum, immodestum, urbanum, etc., gerere, but modeste, immodeste, urbane, etc., se gerere. To behave in a matter, se gerere in re: to behave foolishly in a matter, praepostere agere rem. It is characteristic of a great man to behave himself in so high an office in such a manner as, etc., permagni hominis est, sic se adhibere in tanta potestate, ut, etc. WELL-BEHAVED, bene moratus (morally): modestus (showing moderation and good breeding). Ill-behaved, rudis incultus.