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• purpose (subs.): the end or design proposed, desired, or effected: the meanings running too much into each other to be separated, except by examples.
      1. 1. prōpŏsĭtum (object definitely set before one): what was Pompey's p. or desire in regard to fighting? quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet, Caes. B. C. 3, 84: to attain one's p., p. assequi, Cic. Fin. 3, 6: to hold or keep to one's p., p. tenere, Nep. Eum. 3; in proposito manere, Suet. Gr. 24: a man firm to his p., justum et tenacem propositi virum, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 1: the p. and manner of life, p. et vitae genus, Phaedr. prol. 3, 15: to speak away from (or not to) the p., a p. declinare aliquantulum, Cic. Or. 40; egredi a p. [ornandi causa], id. Brut. 21; a p. aberrare, id. Fin. 5, 28. (Also., in abstr. sense, prōpŏsĭtio: the p. and plan of this life, hujus vitae p. et cogitatio, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39.)
      2. 2. consĭlium (plan, design): it is my p. to do so, consilium est ita facere, Pl. Mil. 2, 3, 74: I abandon the p. that I was at first bent upon, repudio quod consilium primum intenderam, Ter. Andr. 4, 3, 18: with the p. of, etc., eo consilio, ut frumento Caesarem intercluderet, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: on p., consilio, Virg. Aen. 7, 216: Liv. 35, 14: and with gen. of the subject, of, by, or through the p. of (e. g. of the gods), sive casu, sive consilio deorum immortalium, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: v. plan.
      3. 3. instĭtūtum (course resolved and entered upon): all that has nothing to do with the p. of this work, ad hujus libri institutum illa nihil pertinent, Cic. Top. 6: in pursuance of (according to) his p., instituto suo Caesar ex castris copias eduxit, Caes. B. G. 1, 50.
      4. 4. sententia (resolution, meaning to do something): so far as I understood just now the old man's p. about the marriage, quantum intellexi modo senis sententiam de nuptiis, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 3: if it is one's p. to, etc., si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est, Cic. Off. 3, 33: Saturius persists in his p., perstat in sententia S., Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56: what follows is to the same p., quae sequuntur in eadem sententia sunt, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42. To alter one's p., mutare sententiam, Cic. Mur. 29 (also, consilium, Caes. B. C. 2, 11; propositum, Petr. 116). To move from one's p., aliquem de sententia deducere, Cic. Brut. 25, ad fin.
      5. 5. stŭdĭum (eager bent or desire): to restrain (a man) from his p., retrahere (poetam) ab studio, Ter. Ph. prol. 2: not on p. but by chance, non studio, sed fortuito, Modest. Dig. 40, 5.
      6. 6. expr. by ănĭmus: esp. in such phrr. as in animo alicui est, nobis erat in animo Ciceronem ad Caesarem mittere, Cic. Fam. 14, 11: in animo habere, etc.: istum exheredare in animo habebat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 22: less good, animus alicui est: it had been the p. of the conspirators (or, the c.s had purposed), fuerat animus conjuratis [bona publicare], Suet. Caes. 82: to form a p., animum or in animum inducere: the p. he had entertained for a little while he did not hold, id quod animum induxit paulisper non tenuit, Cic. Att. 7, 3.
      7. 7. destĭnātio (settled determination: late and infreq.): according to the p. of M. Agrippa, ex destinatione M. Agrippae, Plin. 3, 2, 3. Also, destinatum (prop. a mark aimed at): cf. neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor, Tac. A. 4, 40: on p., ex destinato, Sen. Clem. 1, 6: Suet. Cal. 43.
      8. 8. fīnis, is, m. (end, object): the p. of eloquence is to persuade by language, f. (facundiae), persuadere dictione, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6: an art useful for the p.s of life, ad finem vitae utilem (artem), Quint. 2, 17, 41: for this p., ad eum f. (late): quod ad eum finem memoravimus, Tac. A. 14, 64: cf. end, object.
      9. 9. mens, ntis, f.: they scan the p.s of the gods in the entrails of sacrifices (poet. constr.), mentesque deûm scrutantur in illis (fibris), Ov. M. 5, 137: with this p., ea mente, Cic. Fam. 12, 14: (nothing) shakes (him) in his steadfast p., mente quatit solida, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 4.
      10. 10. vŏluntas (wish): joined with mens: I have formed this mind and p., hanc mentem v.que suscepi, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22: to prosper one's p.s, voluntatibus obsecundare, Cic. Man. 16, 48: to change one's mind and p., mentem et voluntatem mutare, Cic. Prov. Cons. 10. With the p. of, or on p. to, cum ea voluntate ut (laederet), Cic. Fl. 5, 11: on p., of set p., voluntate (opp. to casu): cf. design, intention. Join: voluntate et judicio.
      11. 11. express by periphrasis of such verbs as volo, specto, peto, sequor, valeo, with id, quod, quid, and other pronouns: his p. was to ..., id voluit (foll. by infin.), Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 9. Note esp. phr. sibi velle (to have a certain meaning or p.): cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, 150, quid ergo illae, quid sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt (= what is their meaning or p.?): to have great p.s, magna spectare, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: to what p., quid spectans? (for specto, cf. drift, purport; and for peto and sequor, cf. aim): valeo, with adv.: nescis quo valeat nummus (what p. it serves), Hor. S. 1, 1, 73. Phr.: (i.) with, to, or for, this or that p., hanc, or eam ad rem, ea re, ob eam rem: men more fit for the p., homines magis ad hanc rem idoneos, Pl. Poen. 3, 2, 6: as antecedent, with this p. that, for or with the p. of, eo, ideo, followed by ut: cf. hanc ideo rationem subjecimus, ut, etc., Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 70. Also, ad, or in, foll. by pron. or gerund; ad (in) id speculator (-es) missus (-i), Caes.: cf. quum fingis falsas causas ad discordiam (on p. to sow discord), Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71. (ii.) for or to what p., quo, quorsum: dixit profecto, quo velle aurum, Cic. Coel. 21, fin.: Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12: Quorsum est opus? id. S. 2, 7, 116: Quorsum tandem, aut cur, ista quaeris, Cic. Leg. 1, 1: to what p. is all this talk? quorsum haec dicis? to (for) another p., alio, aliorsum: cf. non alio datam summam quam in emptionem, Suet. Aug. 98: atqui ego istuc aliovorsum dixeram, Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 8. (iii.) on p.: (1). consulto: he orders the cavalry to give ground on p., c. equites cedere jubet, Caes. B. G. 5, 50: v. purposely. Join: consulto et cogitate (with design and premeditation), Cic.: v. designedly. (2). dătā or dēdĭtā ŏpĕrā (with express intent): v. designedly. (3). de (later ex) industria: esp. with a p. (opp. to what is natural and guileless): paulum interesse censes, ex animo omnia, ut fert natura, facias, an de industria? Ter. And. 4, 4, 56: cf. designedly (3). (iv.) without a p.: inconsulte, temere, sine consilio (v. inconsiderately). (v.) to p., to good p. (= effectively): (1). ob rem: opp. to frustra, Sall. Jug. 31, ad init.: id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vestra manu situm est. Also, ad rem, in rem: what is more to the p.? quid magis in rem est? Pl. Rud. 1, 4, 1. (2). prospĕrē: v. prosperously. (3). ūtĭlĭter (for a good p.): cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135: id. Off. 1, 25, 89. (4). expr. by usui or ex usu esse, prodesse: more for your p., magis ex usu tuo, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 47: to what p. is it for me to feign? quid mihi fingere prodest? Ov. M. 13, 935. (5). expr. by rēfert: what is it to the p., if, that, whether, etc.? quid refert, foll. by si, utrum, an or rel. clause, Cic. N. D. 1, 28: id. Div. 2, 34, fin.: is it anything to the p. if? si servus est, numquid refert? Pl. Ps. 2, 4, 28: what's that to my p.? quid id mea refert? id. Curc. 3, 25 (cf. tua, ib. 88): it is much to the p., multum or magni refert: it is to little p. that, parvi refert, with inf., Cic. Q. F. 1, 1, 7: cf. parvi retulit non suscepisse, Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 41. refert with ad rem: to what p.? quam ad rem istuc refert? Pl. Ep. 2, 2, 93. (vi.) to no p.: (1). frustrā: v. vain, in. (2). incassum and (rarely) cassum: (not in Cic., and savouring of poetic diction): to wield useless weapons to no p., vana incassum jactare tela, Liv. 10, 29: why these fears to no p.? quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353. Join: temere, incassum, frustra: Lucr. 2, 1060. (3). nēquicquam: v. vain, in vain. (4). nihil: all to no p.! nil est! Hor. S. 2, 3, 6: nihil agis, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12 (cf. Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61): with inf. clause as subj., it's to no p. sending, at nihil est ignotum ad illum mittere, Pl. Cap. 2, 2, 94. Also, nihil and neque refert: neque refert videre quid dicendum sit, Cic. Brut. 29: nihil attinet: it's to no p. saying what I think on that matter, de quo quid sentiam nihil attinet dicere, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3. (5). Expr. by adj.: e. g. inutilis (v. unprofitable): vānus: v. oratio, Cic. Am. 26, 96; irrĭtus, ir. inceptum, Liv. 29, 35. Join: vana et irrita testamenta, Suet. Cat. 38: inanis: i. elocutio, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20: i. verba, Quint. 8, 2, 17: a torrent of words to no p., inani verborum torrenti, id. 10, 7, 23 (v. purposeless, unmeaning). Other phrr.: I'm waiting here to no p., maneo otiosus hic: to labour to no p., operam, operam et oleum, perdere (cf. labour: vain): agere actum (prov.), Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 72: Cic. Am. 22. (vii.) to the p. (of words, arguments, etc.): appŏsĭtus (and -ē), with ad: to speak to the p., dicere apposite ad persuasionem, Cic. Inv. 1, 5: an argument very much to the p., argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem, id. ib. 1, 14. (viii.) from, foreign to, contrary to, not to, the p. (1). ăliēnus, with gen., dat., abl., also with ab and ad: not unsuitable for their p., neque aliena consili (domus), Sall. C. 40: foreign to the p. of oratory, arti oratoriae al., Quint. prooem. 5: not suited for (or, foreign to) the p. of my life, al. a vita mea, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21: of fighting, ad committendum proelium al. tempus, Caes. B. G. 4, 34. (2). absurdus (infreq. in this sense): Join: absurdum atque alienum, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21. (3). ab re (esp. with non: not foreign to the p., e. g. to mention): Pl. Cap. 2, 2, 88; Liv. 15, 82; Plin. 27, 8, 35 (illud non ab re est dixisse, opp. to supervacuum just before), id. 31, 3, 26 (non ab re sit, it will not be foreign to the p.), and often, but not in Cicero: (also, nihil ad rem nihil ad haec). (4). expr. sūpervăcāneus, rarely sŭpervăcŭus (idle, superfluous). Join: [nihil] inane, nihil sine causa, nihil supervacaneum: Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: it is to no p. to ..., s. est, with infin., Sall. C. 51.
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• purpose (v.): also, archaicé, to be purposed:
      1. 1. prōpōno, 3; alone, and with animo, usu. foll. by direct acc.: having accomplished what he had p.d, consecutus id quod animo proposuerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: also, as impers. pass., propositum est, with dat. of subject; the thing purposed in nom.; or expr. by inf.: also by ut and subj.: although that was not what I originally p.d, cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset, Cic. Q. F. 1, 1, 6: this is what I p. doing, propositum est hoc mihi facere, id. Brut. 6: with ut, propositum est, ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, ib. 92. Later as v. intrans. foll. by infin.: Paul p.d to go, etc., proposuit Paulus ire Ierosolymam, Vulg. Act. xix. 21: propositum habeo, v. purpose, subst.
      2. 2. expr. by ănĭmus, in various special phrr.: e. g. in animo alicui esse, in animo habere: v. preced. art. (6). (Somewhat different is, indūco animum or in animum, to bring oneself to; prevail on oneself to do something; implying some difficulty in the way.)
      3. 3. expr. by consĭlium est, with dat. of subject: I p. to do so, consilium est ita facere, Pl. Mil. 2, 3, 73: I p. to wait, exspectare c. est, Cic. Att. 5, 5.
      4. 4. cōgĭto, 1 (esp. in familiar lang., to be thinking of doing something): I p. going to Antium, Antium me recipere cogito, Cic. Att. 2, 9, extr.: they were p.ing to attack ..., cogitabant adoriri, Caes. B. G. 3, 24.
      5. 5. tendo, more freq., intendo, 3; alone or with animo: with acc. of thing: cf. Cic. Ph. 10, 4, si C. Antonius quod animo intenderat (what he had p.d), perficere potuisset: also with inf., whither they had p.d going, quo ire intenderant, Sall. J. 107. Less freq. reflect. with in; cf. intendere se in rem, Quint. 4, 1, 39: cf. to intend.
      6. 6. perh. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to be about anything): cf. Cic. Mur. 38, 82, id quod et agunt et moliuntur, they are both p.ing and planning. Esp. as freq. ăgĭto, 1; with animo or mente: ag. in animo bellum, Liv. 21, 2: also with inf., ut mente agitaret bellum renovare (p.d renewing the war), Nep. Ham. 1. Poet. my mind is p.ing, mens agitat mihi, with inf., Virg. Aen. 9, 187: alone, ag. fugam, ib. 2, 640; what Fortune may p., quae agitet fortuna, ib. 3, 609.
      7. 7. in stronger sense: destĭno, 1 (to fix definitely, decide upon an objective point): without accomplishing what he had p.d, infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat, Caes. B. C. 1, 33, fin.
      8. 8. stătŭo, 3: Join: statuere et deliberare (to p. and determine): e. g. iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, init.: habeo statutum cum animo ac deliberatum, ib. 3, 41, 95. Comps. (1). constituo, 3 (stronger than simple verb): with inf., I hear that Pompey p.s ..., audio constitutum esse Pompeio in Siciliam me mittere, Cic. Att. 7, 7: with ut and subj., I had p.d remaining, constitueram ut pridie Idus Aquini manerem, ib. 16, 10: (2). instĭtuo, 3 (usu. implying an actual commencement, according to plan): cf. institui Topica conscribere, id. Fam. 7, 19. See also, to determine, intend, resolve.
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1. s. consilium, or by circumlocution, id quod volo or cupio (what one intends, the design in a subjective sense): propositum, or by circumlocution, quod specto, or sequor, or peto (that one which a person has set before him to be attained, a design in an objective sense): finis (end, ultimate design, objectively, as Cic., Off., 1, 39, in.: domus finis est usus. Vid: also, End): for that purpose, hanc ad rem: hac mente: hoc consilio: ea voluntate (but ad eum finem not before Tac., Ann., 14, 64, 3, in this sense): for this purpose, that, etc. eo consilio, ut, etc.: for what purpose? quid spectans? (τί σκοπῶν, but not quem ad finem?): from or contrary to the purpose, alienus a consilio or proposito; non idoneus: to be quite contrary to the purpose, alienum esse a re propositi; repugnare consilio: I have not considered it contrary to the purpose, to relate, etc., haud ab re duxi, referre, etc.: on purpose, consulto; cogitate; also, (The words are found in this connection and order.) consulto et cogitate (with premeditation): voluntate (designedly; opposed to casu, by chance). (The words are found in this connection and order.) voluntate et judicio; data or dedita opera: de industria or (Liv.) ex industria (stronger terms, quite on purpose): prudens or sciens (knowingly, with consideration): on purpose to, etc., eo consilio, ut, etc. [Vid: also, “in ORDER to”): of set purpose, de industria; sedulo; consulto; data or dedita opera (Vid: above, “on purpose”): I am doing anything of set purpose, prudens ac sciens facio aliquid: anything is done of set purpose, consulto et cogitatum fit aliquid: with no purpose, *quod sine consilio fit or accidit (without plan): to no purpose, inutilis (useless); supervacaneus (superfluous; but supervacuus is not classical). (The words are found in this connection and order.) supervacaneus atque inutilis; cui eventus deest: irritus (to no effect, in vain): to be to no purpose, successu carere (†): to do a thing to no purpose, frustra laborem suscipere; saxum sarrire (proverbial; i. e., to hoe a rock, Mart., 3, 91, 20): things that are to no purpose, nugae: cassa, -orum: inania, -ium: to take pains to no purpose, operam perdere; oleum et operam perdere [Vid: also, “in VAIN”]: to the purpose, ad usum accommodatus; conveniens (answering a certain purpose; e.g., vestis) alicui rei or ad aliquid; utilis (useful, serviceable) alicui rei; necessarius (necessary) ad aliquid: not to the purpose, alienus alicui rei, aliqua re and ab aliqua re: it would seem to me to the purpose, ad rem pertinere videtur: to adopt measures that are more to the purpose, fortioribus remediis agere: this is nothing to the purpose, hoc non hujus loci est; hoc alienum or hoc sejunctum est a re proposita: to disappoint anybody of his purpose, alicui conturbare rationes omnes (Ter., Eun., 5, 2, 29); omnem ordinem consilii turbare (Liv., 40, 57, 3).
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  • v. To design, intend, spectare aliquid or ad aliquid, or with ut (to intend): quaerere aliquid (to try to reach anything, to aim at): propositum habeo or est mihi aliquid (or with infinitive, I have proposed to myself): cogitare aliquid (or with infinitive, to think of anything): animo intendere (with accusative of a pronoun, or with ut, or with infinitive): animum intendere ad or in aliquid (to direct one’s thoughts to): tendere ad aliquid (to be striving after): id agere, ut (to be actually at work to, etc.). He could not accomplish what he purposed doing, quod intenderat, non efficere poterat.
  • To resolve; Vid :, To DETERMINE.