Persona, personæ, pen. prod. f. g. Cicero. The qualitie or state whereby one manne differeth from an other, as Hector and Priamus by the state of a sonne: also a person or personage: a man or woman: a visour like a mans face.Digna tua persona quæ sunt, ea reminiscere. Seruius Ciceroni. Which are meete for your state or qualitie. Pacifica persona.Cic.A peaceable man.Medicos nihil tentasse iudico: quia nemo in splendida persona periclitari voluerit coniectura sua: ne, si non seruasset, occidisse videretur. Cels. Because no man wil aduenture vpon coniecture in a noble personage, least, &c.Heroicæ personæ, Mcdea & Atreus.Cic.Integra persona, Vide INTEGER.Obscuræ personæ.Cic.Base persons.Contrahere personas ad aliquod negotium. Pli. iun. To gather togither men for any purpose.Mea persona ad istam pacem cõciliandam minimè fuit deligenda.Cicer.My person is not to bee chosen, I am not meete to be sente to make this agreement.Non alienum fuit personas, quasdam vobis recognisci. C. It was not beside the purpose for you to consider certain persons.Hominum innumerabiles personæ.Cic.Colliduntur personæ inter se. Quint. Innadere perlonas fauorabiles. Quint. Persona. Plin. A visour resembling a face. vt Persona adijcitur capiti. Plin. Persona Ter.A personage or parte in a play. Parasiti persona. Terent.Cerea persona Lucr.An image of waxe.Illam grauitatis seueritatisque personam non appetiui. C. I neuer desired that appearãce of grauitie and seueritie in my life, or to shewe in my life such grauitie and seueritie.Conuenientes personæ. Quint. Meete parts. Abijcere personam vnam & Sumere, contraria.Cic.Adumbrare personam.Cic.Aptare personam Herculis infantibus. Quin. To make chil. dren to represent Hercules part.Capere personam. Cice. To take vpon him some personage, as of a Consull or other officer.Alienam ferre personam.Liu.To comiterfaire himselfe to be that he is not: to pretende or make shew to be whome he is no.Vttanque personam ferre. Hora. To counterfete or represent both parties.Nouam formare personam. Hor. Illigare personas graues sermonibus, Vide ILLIGO.Imponere alicui personam Cice.To giue a charge or osfice to one to doe.Imponere alicui personam calumniæ.Cic.To make one be taken or reputed for a false accuser.Imponere personam improbam alicui.Cic.To make one toserue his turne in committing a naugie art.Vehementem & acrem personam, Quam mihi tempus & Resp. imposuit, iam voluntas & natura ipsa derraxit. Cic.Wil now and nature hath taken from me that vehemehcie and sharpenesse of dealing which the state of time and our common weale did constraine me to vse.Induere personam, Vide INDVO.Introducuntur personæ in dialogis.Cic.Seruire personæ, Cice.To behaue himselfe according to the part that he playeth.Substituere personas. Quint. Suscipere personam alicuius. Quint. To take vppon him to represent one or play his part.Sustineo vnus tres personas, meam, aduersarij, iudicis.Cic.I onely haue in mee three persons or pactes, mine owne, the part of the aduersarie, and of a iudge.Grauissimam sustinet personam, qui philosophiam profitetur.Cic.Quam personam teneant, aut quid profiteantur, non intelligunt.Cicer.They vnderstande not what person they represent.Tractare personam alicuius. Quint. Tueri personam principis maguum est in Republica. C. It is a great matter in a commõ weale, to keepe the matesty of a prince. Personæ. Vlpian. Gargelles and such like images made in buildings.
Persono, personas, pen. cor. persónui, personâre. Ci. To sowne out or perfitely: to make a great noise: to crie out alond with a full mouth.Per vtbem totam personat.Val. Flac.He ringeth ouer al the citie.Aurata cithara personat Iopas. Virgil. Iopas playeth on his golden harpe.Tibia personuit solenni cantu.Ouid.Aurem alicuius personare. Horat. To crie or ring at ones eare.Personant aures voce aliqua.Cicer.That voice ringeth still at his eares: he heareth that continually.Personate tumultu.Liu.In a tumult to make a great noise.Ab æthereo personat axe fragor.Ouid.Domus personuit canibus. Horat. The house did ring with barking of dogges.Personat domus canru tibiarum.Cic.All the house ringeth with minstrelsle and piping.Quotidiano cantu vocum & neruorum, nocturnisque cõuiuijs tota vicinitas personat. Ci. Al that quarter ringeth with singing, minstrelsie, and noise of night feasting and banqueting.Perionabant omnia vocibus ebriorum.Cic.Saxa personuere dulci fistula. Horat. Vlulatus personant tota vrbe.Liu.Wallyng and weeping is hearde ouer al the citie.
Pérsonus, pen. cor. Adiect. Val. Flac.That sowneth all ouer.
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persōna, ae, f [acc. to Gabius Bassus ap. Gell. 5, 7, 1 sq., from per-sŏno, to sound through, with the second syllable lengthened]. I.A mask, esp. that used by players, which covered the whole head, and was varied according to the different characters to be represented (syn. larva), Gell. 5, 7, 1: personam tragicam forte vulpis viderat, Phaedr. 1, 7, 1: personam capiti detrahere, Mart. 3, 43, 4: persona adicitur capiti, Plin. 12, 14, 32, 59. The masks were usually made of clay: cretea persona, Lucr. 4, 297, cf. Mart. 14, 176, 1. And sometimes of the bark of wood: oraque corticibus sumunt horrenda cavatis, Verg. G. 2, 387: ut tragicus cantor ligno tegit ora cavato, Prud. adv Symm. 2, 646. The opening for the mouth was very large: personae pallentis hiatum formidat infans, Juv. 3, 175: personis uti primus coepit Roscius Gallus praecipuus histrio, quod oculis obversis erat, nec satis decorus in personis nisi parasitus pronunciabat, Diom. p. 486 P. Heads with such masks were used as ornaments for water-spouts, fountains, etc.: Butades figulus primus personas tegularum extremis imbricibus imposuit, quae inter initia prostypa vocavit, Plin. 35, 12, 43, 152: personae, e quarum rostris aqua salire solet, Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.: mulier nempe ipsa videtur, non personā loqui, a mask, a masked person, Juv 3, 96.—II.Transf., a personage, character, part, represented by an actor: parasiti persona, Ter. Eun. prol. 26 sq.: sub personā militis, Gell. 13, 22, 11: (tragici) nihil ex personā poëtae dixerunt, Vell. 1, 3, 2.—Hence, B. Also, transf. beyond the scenic lang., in gen., the part or character which any one sustains in the world (class.): (ego), qui non heroum veteres casus fictosque luctus velim imitari atque adumbrare dicendo, neque actor sim alienae personae, sed auctor meae, Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 194: quam magnum est personam in re publicā tueri principis, id. Phil. 8, 10, 29: personam sustinere, id. Pis. 11, 24: personam, quam mihi tempus et res publica imposuit,
imposed upon me
, id. Sull. 3, 8; cf.: agenda est persona quam mihi miles imposuit, Vop. Prob. 10, 7; Macr. S. 2, 7, 17: partes lenitatis et misericordiae semper egi libenter: illam vero gravitatis severitatisque personam non appetivi, sed a re publicā mihi impositam sustinui, Cic. Mur. 3, 6: petitoris personam capere, accusatoris deponere, id. Quint. 13, 46: personam suscipere, id. de Or. 1, 37, 169: gravissimam personam sustinere, id. Pis. 29, 71: personam tenere, id. de Or. 3, 14, 54: personam gerere, id. Off. 1, 32, 115: abjectā quaestoriā personā comitisque assumptā, id. Planc. 41, 100: fateantur in Maeandrii personā esse expressam speciem civitatis, id. Fl. 22, 53: id Cicero suā ipsā personā frequentissime praecipit,
in his own name
, Quint. 10, 5, 2: cetera quae sunt a me in secundo libro de Oratore per Antonii personam disputata, Cic. Fam 7, 32, 2 B. and K. (dub.; al. ex personā): ex tuā personā enumerare possis, ut, etc., id. Inv. 1, 52, 99: nihil ex personā poëtae disserunt, Vell. 1, 3, 2; 1, 3, 3; so Col. 12, 3, 5; Gell. 10, 22, 1; Lact. Epit. 48, 7: sub personā Paridis, Suet. Dom. 10: so Gell. 10, 22, 24; 13, 22, 11: alienam personam ferre, Liv. 3, 36: non hominibus tantum, sed et rebus persona demenda est et reddenda facies sua, Sen. Ep. 24, 13: hanc personam induisti: agenda est, Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 2.—Hence, 2. A human being who performs any function, plays any part, a person, personage: ut mea persona semper aliquid videretur habere populare, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 7: ecquae pacifica persona desideretur, id. ib. 8, 12, 4: hujus Staleni persona, populo jam nota atque perspecta, id. Clu. 29, 78; id. Fam. 6, 6, 10: induxi senem disputantem, quia nulla videbatur aptior persona, id. Lael. 1, 4: Laelii persona, id. ib. 1, 4: certis personis et aetatibus,
to people of a certain standing and of a certain age
, Suet. Caes. 43: minoribus quoque et personis et rebus,
to persons and things of less importance
, id. Tib. 32; id. Aug. 27: nulla distantia personarum, Vulg. Deut. 1, 17: personarum acceptio, id. 2 Par. 19, 7; cf. id. Gal. 2, 6 al.: ipse suā lege damnatus, cum, substituta filii personā, amplius quingentorum jugerum possideret, Plin. 18, 3, 4, 17: denique haec fuit altera persona Thebis, sed tamen secunda, ita ut proxima esset Epaminondae,
the second chief personage
, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3.—(b). So of persons, opp. to things and actions: ut rerum, ut personarum dignitates ferunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.— (g). Law t. t., a being having legal rights and obligations (including the state, etc.; not including slaves; cf. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. 37; 1, 3 prooem.): omne jus quo utimur, vel ad personas pertinet vel ad res vel ad actiones, Dig. 1, 5, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 3 prooem.—(d).A human being in gen., a person (post-Aug. and rare): continuantes unum quodque (praenomen) per trinas personas, Suet. Ner. 1: cum dira et foedior omni Crimine persona est, Juv. 4, 15.—3. In the grammarians, a person: quom item personarum natura triplex esset, qui loqueretur, ad quem, de quo, Varr. L. L. 8, 20 Müll.; so id. ib. 9, 24, 32 et saep.
per-sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (perf. personavit, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24: personasse, Prud. stef. 34 praef.), v. n. and a.I.Neutr.A.To sound through and through, to resound: cum domus cantu et cymbalis personaret, Cic. Pis. 10, 22: ut cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum nocturnisque conviviis tota vicinitas personet, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Phil. 2, 41, 105: domus Molossis Personuit canibus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 114: ploratu lamentisque et planctibus tota regia personabat, Curt. 10, 5, 7: ab aetheris personat axe fragor, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 46: tuba, Vulg. Judic. 7, 18.—B.To make a sound on a musical instrument, to sound, play: citharā Iopas Personat, Verg. A. 1, 741: cymbalis, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 5: buccinis, id. Jos. 6, 13.—II.Act.A.To fill with sound or noise, to make resound (class.): Cerberus haec regna latratu Personat, Verg. A. 6, 417: aequora conchā, id. ib. 6, 171: aures hujusmodi vocibus, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 4; so, aurem,
, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 314: mons choris Aegipanum undique personatur, Sol. 24.—B.To cry out, call aloud (rare but class.): illae vero non loquuntur solum, verum etiam personant, huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsam, Cic. Cael. 20, 47: quas res isti in angulis personant, id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: totam inde per urbem personat, ut, etc., Val. Fl. 2, 163; Tac.A. 14, 15; Vulg. Jer. 31, 7.—C.To sound or blow upon an instrument (post-class.): personavit classicum,