Indulgeo, indulges, indulsi, indultum, indulgêre. Te. To graunt lightly: to consent to a request: to giue respite: to be gentle and mecciful: to pardon: to let one haue his wil: to cocker or make too much of: to giue his minde or studie to a thing.Ius trium liberorÛ mihi princeps indulsit. Pli. iu. The prince graunted me, &c.Balncum fieri indulsir.Plin. iun.He permitted or gaue leaue for a bath to bee made. Indulgere filio vestitu nimio. Te. To suffer his soune to haue ouer costly apparel. Indulgere alicui. Cæs. To intreat and vse gently. Huic legiom Cæsar indulserat præcipue. Cæi. Abdomini indulgere, Vide ABDOMEN.Amicitijs nouis.Cic.To goe about to get new friends.Amori.Ouid.To abandon and giue himselfe to loue.Animo suo indulgens.Ouid.Following his owne minde and phantasie.Choreis.Virg.To daunce.Desyderio alicuius. Pli. iu. To grant that one desireth or wold faine haue.Dolori.Plin. iun.To giue himselfe ouer to sorrom and heauines.Furori alicuius indulgere. Oui. To suffer ones exceeding loue to due what it wil.Si gaudio meo indulgeam.Plin. iun.If I should satiffie and obey my ioy and gladnes.Gymnasijs indulgere. Plin. iu. To haunt much schooles or places of exercise.Hospitio indulgere. Vir, Iræ indulgere.Liu.To be angry.Lachrymis indulsit.Ouid.He wept much.Luxurie indulgere. Suet. To ab andon ones selfe to pleasure & mantonnes.Luctibus indulgere. Lucr. To mourne greatly.Peccatis amici indulgere Cic.To beare and suffer his sriÊds dices without reprouing.Precibus alterius indulgere. Pli. iu. To graunt ones request.Studio luo aliquid iudulgere. Qui. Somewhat to follow his affecrion.Suffiagio alicuius indulgere. Plin. iu. To giue credite to ones saying and report.Tempestas indulget imbribus. Lucr. It rayneth.Valetudini indulgere. Cicero. To haue regarde or fee to his health. Indulgere cum accusatiuo antiquè. Te. Nimis me indulgco. I followe my owne appetite to much.Abolitionem reorum publicè indulgere. Modest. To graunt a common pardon for offences done.Indulsit se videndum tibi.Stat.Petitionem hereditaris indulget prætor. Vlp. The Prætoure graunteth.Qui malis moribus nomen oratoris indulgent. Qui. Which permit and graunt that they which liue yll may bee named oratoures.Indulgere sese meretrices dicuntur. Iuue. To suffer thÊselues lewdely to bee abused of their louers. Indulgeor, Passiuum. Gell. Quando animus eorum laxari indulgeríque porwsset. When their minde might be released and suffred to take recreation.
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indulgĕo, si, tum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. dulcis], to be courteous or complaisant; to be kind, tender, indulgent to; to be pleased with or inclined to, to give one's self up to, yield to, indulge in a thing (as joy or grief); to concede, grant, allow.I.V. n. (class.); constr. with the dat.A. In gen.: Aeduorum civitati Caesar praecipue indulserat, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 7, 40: sic sibi indulsit, ut, etc.,
indulged himself so
,
took such liberties
, Nep. Lys. 1, 3: indulgebat sibi liberalius, quam, ut, etc., id. Chabr. 3: irae, Liv. 3, 53, 7: indulgent sibi latius ipsi, Juv. 14, 234: ipsa sibi imbecillitas indulget, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42: indulgent consules legionum ardori, Liv. 9, 43, 19: dolori, Nep. Reg. 1: genio, Pers. 5, 151: amori, Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10: precibus, id. ib. 4, 15, 11: gaudio, id. ib. 5, 15, 1: desiderio alicujus, id. ib. 10, 34, 1: odio, Liv. 40, 5, 5: lacrimis, Ov. M. 9, 142: animo, to give way to passion or to anger, id. ib. 12, 598: regno,
to delight in
, Luc. 7, 54: ordinibus,
give room to
,
set apart
, Verg. G. 2, 277.—(b). With acc. of the person (ante-class. and poet.): eri, qui nos tantopere indulgent, Afran. ap. Non. 502, 11 (Fragm. Com. v. 390 Rib.): te indulgebant, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 34; id. Eun. 2, 1, 16.—Pass.: animus indulgeri potuisset, be pleased, Gell. praef. 1.— B. Esp., to give one's self up to, to be given or addicted to, to indulge in: veteres amicitias spernere, indulgere novis, Cic. Lael. 15, 54: labori, Verg. A. 6, 135: theatris, Ov. R. Am. 751: eloquentiae, Quint. 10, 1, 84: somno, Tac. A. 16, 19.—Pass. impers.: nihil relicturus, si aviditati indulgeretur, quod in aerarium referret, Liv. 45, 35, 6: sero petentibus non indulgebitur, Gai. Inst. 4, 164.—II.V. a., to concede, allow, grant, permit, give, bestow as a favor, confer (post- Aug.): alicui usum pecuniae, Suet. Aug. 41: ornamenta consularia procuratoribus, id. Claud. 24: damnatis arbitrium mortis, id. Dom. 11: insignia triumphi indulsit Caesar, Tac. A. 11, 20: patientiam flagello, i. e.
to submit to patiently
, Mart. 1, 105, 3: nil animis in corpora juris natura indulget,
grants no power
, Juv. 2, 140: basia plectro, id. 6, 384: si forte indulsit cura soporem, id. 13, 217: veniam pueris,
to make allowance for
, id. 8, 168.— (b). With inf. (poet.): incolere templa, Sil. 14, 672.— Pass.: qui jam nunc sanguinem meum sibi indulgeri aequum censet, Liv. 40, 15, 16: rerum ipsa natura in eo quod indulsisse homini videtur, etc., Quint. 12, 1, 2: abolitio reorum, quae publice indulgetur,
is granted
, Dig. 48, 16, 17. — B. Se alicui, in mal. part., Juv. 2, 165 al.—Hence, indulgens, entis, P. a.A.Indulgent, kind, or tender to one, fond of one; constr. with dat., or in with acc. (class.). (a). With dat.: obsequium peccatis indulgens praecipitem amicum ferri sinit, Cic. Lael. 24, 89.—(b). With in and acc.: civitas minime in captivos indulgens, Liv. 22, 61, 1. — (g).Absol.: quo ipsum nomen amantius, indulgentiusque maternum, hoc illius matris singulare scelus, Cic. Clu. 5, 12: ministri irarum, Liv. 24, 25, 9. — B.Addicted to: aleae indulgens,
addicted to dicing
, Suet. Aug. 70.—C. In pass., fondly loved: fili, indulgentissime adulescens, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 10, 13.— Adv.: indulgenter, indulgently, kindly, tenderly: nimis indulgenter loqui, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: bestiae multa faciunt indulgenter, id. Fin. 2, 33, 109. — Comp.: dii alios indulgentius tractant, Sen. Ben. 4, 32.— Sup.: indulgentissime, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 5.