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condĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [an access. form from condo, q. v. II., and cf. compono, II. B. 2.] (orig. belonging to econ. lang.).

  1. I. To put fruit in vinegar, wine, spices, etc., to preserve, pickle: oleas albas, Cato, R. R. 117: lactucam (corresp. with componere), Col. 12, 9, 3; 12, 7, 5: corna, pruna, id. 12, 10, 2: caules vitium in aceto et muriā, Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119 al.
      1. 2. Transf.
        1. a. Unguenta, to make fragrant, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99.
        2. b. To embalm a dead body: mortuos (Aegyptii), Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108.
  2. II. Of food, to make savory, to season, spice: cenam, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 21: meas escas, id. ib. 3, 2, 41: fungos, helvellas, herbas omnes ita, ut nihil possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2: jus male conditum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 69: vinum, Dig. 33, 6, 9; cf.: quis non videt, desideriis omnia ista condiri? Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.
    Hence,
      1. 2. As subst.: con-dītum, i, n. (sc. vinum), aromatic wine, spiced wine, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 103; Pall. Oct. 19; id. Febr. 32; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5 al.
    1. B. Trop., to cultivate, ornament; to make pleasant or agreeable; to soften, temper, etc. (freq. in Cic.): duo sunt, quae condiant orationem: verborum numerorumque jucunditas, Cic. Or. 55, 185; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 38; and 6, 3, 40: vitia, to set off, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: hilaritate tristitiam temporum, id. Att. 12, 40, 3: gravitatem comitate, id. Sen. 4, 10; cf. id. Mur. 31, 66: aliquid natura asperum pluribus voluptatibus, Quint. 5, 14, 35: urbanitatem ambiguitate, id. 6, 3, 96.
      Hence, condītus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. (Acc. to II. A.) Seasoned, savory: conditiora facit haec supervacanei etiam operis aucupium atque venatio, Cic. Sen. 16, 56: sapor vini, Col. 12, 20, 7.
    2. B. Trop. (acc. to II. B.), of discourse, polished, ornamented: sermo, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1: nimium condita oratio, Quint. 11, 3, 182.
      Comp.: oratio lepore et festivitate conditior, Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 227; id. Brut. 29, 110.
      Of the speaker: nemo suavitate conditior, Cic. Brut. 48, 177.
      Sup. and adv. not in use.

1. condĭtor, ōris, m. [condo], a maker, builder, framer, establisher, founder, author, compiler, etc.

  1. I. Prop. (class.; most freq. in the poets and prose writers after the Aug. per.).
          1. (α) With gen.: Romanae arcis, Verg. A. 8, 313: oppidum magnum, cujus conditor, Sall. J. 89, 4: simulacra infantium conditorum urbis, i. e. Romulus and Remus, Liv. 10, 23, 12; cf.: casa illa conditoris nostri, id. 5, 53, 8; cf. of the founders of states, Ov. M. 4, 566; 14, 849; *Hor. A. P. 394; Quint. 2, 16, 9; 3, 2, 4 al.; Suet. Aug. 7; 98 Bremi al.: tanti regni Cyrus, Just. 2, 10: historiae, Ov. lb. 522; Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29: Romani anni, i. e. author of the Fasti, Ov. F. 6, 21: scientiae medicorum, Sen. Ep. 95, 20: pessimorum carminum, Curt. 8, 5, 8: legum atque jurium, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 86; cf.: legum lator conditorque Romani juris, Liv. 3, 58, 2: ejus sacri, id. 39, 17, 7: Romanae libertatis, id. 8, 34, 3; 1, 42, 4: mundi, Sen. Ep. 119, 15; id. Phoen. 655.
            Rarely,
          2. (β) Absol.: T. Sicinium … conditorem Veios sequantur, i. e. who advises a removal to Veii, κτιστήν, Liv. 5, 24, 11: conditorum, parentum, deorum numero nobis eritis, id. 7, 30, 19: sacrificium quod Aeneae conditori faciunt, id. 40, 4, 9: humilis, writer, author, Tib. 4, 1, 4.
            In a sarcastic pun: ipse conditor totius negotii Guttam aspergit huic Balbo (with allusion to the meaning of condo, to lay up fruits, cf. the foll.), Cic. Clu. 26, 71.
  2. II. Condĭ-tor, nom. propr., a rural deity who presided over the laying up of fruits, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.

2. condītor, ōris, m. [condio], one who prepares a thing in a savory manner, a seasoner (very rare): ciconiarum, Poët. ap. Schol. Hor. S. 2, 2, 49.

1. condĭtus, a, um, Part., from condo.

2. condītus, a, um, Part., from condio.

3. condĭtus, ūs, m. [condo],

  1. I. a preparing, founding, establishment (post-class.): Thebarum, Censor. de Die Nat. 4 fin.; so App. Mag. 24, p. 289.
  2. II. A concealing, hiding: consilia altiore conditu texit, Aus. Prof. 15, 17.

* 4. condītus, ūs, m. [condio], a preserving of fruits, Col. 2, 22, 4.

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

  1. I. With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.
    1. A. Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.): oppida, Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8: urbem, Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1: arces, Verg. E. 2, 61: locum, Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7: civitatem, Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12: regna, Just. 2, 1 init.: imperium Poenorum, id. 19, 1, 1.
      Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.
          1. (β) Transf. to the inhabitants: Romanam gentem, Verg. A. 1, 33: genus hominum, Just. 2, 6, 11.
            Hence, mid.: optato conduntur Thybridis alveo, they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.).
        1. b. Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build: aram, Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16: sepulcrum, Hor. Epod. 9, 26: moenia, Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.
        2. c. Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so, carmen, Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.: poëma, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15: longas Iliadas, Prop. 2, 1, 14: bella, Verg. E. 6, 7: Caesaris acta, Ov. Tr. 2, 336: proelia, Stat. Th. 1, 8: festa numeris, Ov. F. 6, 24: alterum satirae genus, Quint. 10, 1, 95: aliqua in hac materiā, id. 3, 1, 19: prosam orationem, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112: historiam, id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.: aliquid annalibus, id. 2, 9, 6, § 43: praecepta medendi, id. 26, 2, 6, § 10: laudes alicujus, id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.
          Rarely,
          1. (β) Absol.: si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat, Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.
    2. B. Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make: jusjurandum, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18: aurea saecula, Verg. A. 6, 793: collegium novum, Liv. 5, 52, 11: morem, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150: nova fata, Verg. A. 10, 35: aeternam famam ingenio suo, Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so, nomen memorandum, Sil. 4, 37: militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi, Flor. 1, 3, 1: somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph), Just. 36, 2, 8.
      Of the gods: portenta sua, to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.
      Impers.: naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc., Dig. 19, 5, 4.
  2. II. With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Prop.
          1. (α) Aliquid: pecuniam, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: frumentum, id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156: agri multa efferunt, quae … mandentur condita vetustati, id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62; Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum, Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12: aliquid proprio horreo, id. C. 1, 1, 9: Sabinum testā levi, id. ib. 1, 20, 3: pressa mella puris amphoris, id. Epod. 2, 15: messem, Tib. 1, 1, 42: fruges, Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.
          2. (β) With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.): minas viginti in crumenam, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9: mustum in dolium, Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1: cineres in urnas, Suet. Calig. 15: barbam in auream pyxidem, id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47: legem in aerarium, id. ib. 28: libri in sacrarium conditi, Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf. the foll.: te in pistrinum, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.: aliquem in custodiam, Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2: aliquem in carcerem, to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5; 45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula, id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4.
            With adv.: argentum intro, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28: sortes eo, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr.
            With in and abl.: litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore, to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140: se (aves) in foliis, Verg. G. 4, 473: novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.
            With abl.: condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi, Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.
            With locat.: id domi nostrae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.: ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur, i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.
      2. 2. Trop.: teneo omnia; in pectore condita sunt, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: mandata corde memori, Cat. 64, 231: tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27: in causis conditae sunt res futurae, lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128.
        Hence,
    2. B. Esp.,
      1. 1. In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent): lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur), Cato, R. R. 117: ficus in orcas, Col. 12, 15, 2: fructum in cados, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48: corna in liquidā faece, Ov. M. 8, 666: oleum, Suet. Caes. 53.
      2. 2. In medic. lang., to set: ossa, Cels. 8, 23: calcem, id. 8, 22: articulum, id. 8, 24.
      3. 3. To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.): mortuos cerā circumlitos, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: aliquem sepulcro, id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235: ossa parentis terrā, Verg. A. 5, 48; so, aliquem terrā, Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187: corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago, id. 36, 17, 27, § 131: fraternas umbras tumulo, Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198: ossa peregrinā ripā, Ov. M. 2, 337: in Tomitanā condar humo? id. P. 3, 1, 6: inhumatos Manes, Luc. 9, 151: Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi … condidit, brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23: patrem, Phaedr. 4, 4, 30: fulgura publica condere, Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.: Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit, Luc. 1, 606 sq.
        1. b. Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close: saecla vivendo, Lucr. 3, 1090: longos soles cantando, Verg. E. 9, 52: cum referetque diem condetque relatum, i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458: diem collibus in suis, Hor. C. 4, 5, 29: diem, Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.: noctem, Sil. 4, 482.
          In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.
      4. 4. Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress: Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut … injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri, Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25: lumen, Lucr. 4, 434; so, lunam (nubes), Hor. C. 2, 16, 3: aliquid jocoso furto, id. ib. 1, 10, 8: vultus, Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.: vultum aequore, id. ib. 11, 255: enses, to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2: ferrum, Phaedr. 5, 2, 8: gladium, Quint. 8, prooem. § 15: scuta latentia, Verg. A. 3, 237: oculos, to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so, lumina, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64: se in viscera (terrae), Ov. M. 2, 274: se sub lectum, Suet. Calig. 51.
        Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223: nocte … aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat, i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.: ibi Dahas condidit, id. 7, 7, 32: (Danai) notā conduntur in alvo, concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401: fera murmura, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61: iram, Tac. A. 2, 28.
        With abl.: his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi, Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56: huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere, id. 8, 31, 51, § 98: luna condita tenebris, Tac. A. 1, 28: aliquid alvo, to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.
      5. 5. Poet.
        1. a. To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo): ensem in pectus, Ov. M. 13, 392: digitos in lumina, id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295; 5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore, Verg. A. 9, 348: telum jugulo, Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.: nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.
          1. (β) Trop.: stimulos caecos in pectore, Ov. M. 1, 727.
        2. b. To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of: navita condit urbes, Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.
          Hence,
      1. 1. condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare): praecordia, Hor. S. 1, 4, 89: oculi, deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.
      2. 2. condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.