To season meate: to powder or otherwise order itito preserue it from corruption, as in conserues. Also to temper wisely: to make more pleasamit and acceptable. Labore in venatu, sudore, cursu, fame, siti condiebant epulas Lacedæmonij. Cic. They saused their bankets. Condire morruos. Cic. To embainme dead cerpses. Mortuos cera circunlitos condiunt Persæ. Cic. Condire, per translationem: vt. Condire tristitiam bilaritate. Cic. To temper or mitigate sorrow with mirth. Ambiguitare condire vrbanitatem. Quint. Asperitas contentionis oratorrs ipsius humanitate conditur. Cic. Is saused or tempeced with it. Voluptatibus aliquid condire. Quint. Condire vitia naturæ studio malitiæ atque artificio. Cic. To temper or mixe naturall vices with more lewdnesse gotten by studie and inoustrie.

To laye vp safe: to hide: to put in: to make or builde: to founde. Lomento rugas vten quòd condere rentas. Polla tibi ventrem, non mihi labra linis. Seponere & condere. Cic. To lay aside and locke vp. Condere in aluo. Virg. To cate vp. Arca condere aliquid. Cic. To lay vp in his chest. Condere humo. Ouid. To bury. In humo condi. Ouid. Condere in ciumenam. Plaut. To put vp in his purse. In furnum calidum condere. Plaut. To put into. In sepulchro condere aliquem. Cic. To lay in graue. Tonantis sinu condi. Sen. Terra condere. Plin. To bury or interre. Ossa terræ condere. Virg. Idem. Condere aliquem in pistrinum. Plaut. To cast into the milhouse or pryson. Condere captinos in costodiam. Liu. To keepe captiues safe in warde. In visceribus & medullis condidit bonum omne Metrodorus. Cic. He put ast felicitie in, &c. Furto aliquid condere. Hor. To hidepriuily. Cœlum conditur vmbra. Virg. Is couered or hidde. Fama caput inter nubila condit. Virg. Hideth hir head. Cibos condunt formicæ. Plin. Lay vp prouision of meate. Vota diem condiderant. Stat. They spent a vay in praping. Digitos condere in lumina alicuius. Ouid. To thrust his fingers in ones eyes. Ensern in alicuius ore aduerso condere. Virg. To thrust his sworde in. Ferrum condere sub aduerso pectore. Virg. Idem. Condere fructus & Promere, contraria. Varro. Triticum condere. Cic. To lay vp wheate: to keept for prouision. Condere fructus in cados. Plin. To barrell. Condere & reponere fructus. Cic. Vuæ succos condere. Id est vinum. Tibul. Nox condit lucem. Sen. Endeth the day. Scuta latentia condere. Virg. Longos soles cõdere cantando. Virg. To passe nu or spend whole dayes in singing. Vocem condere auribus. Ouid. Vultus condere Sol dicitur. Ouid. To hide it selfe. Sese condere in aliquid. Virg. Imis aquis se condere. Val. Flac. To goe to the bottome of the water out of fight. Ferro & ære se condere. Propert. To be armed. Portu se condidit alto. Virg. Vmbris noctis se condere. Virg. Condere in animum aliquid. Sen. Iram condere. Tacit. To hide or keepe close his anger. Stimulos alicui condere in pectore. Ouid. To incite or stirre vp. Mente aliquid conditum tenere. Virg To keepe in memory. Condere monumento corpus, apud Plinium. To put into the graue. Condere. Salust. To build: to make. Pallas condidit arces. Virg. Apes examina condunt. Virg Bees make hiues. Gentem condere. Virg. To found a certaine nation. Iura. Ouid. To make lawes. Lustrum condere Cic. To appoynt a muster or viewe. Mœnia. Virgil. Muros. Ouid. Nomen memorandum condere. Sil. To gecte an immortall name. Rempublicam condere: cui opponitur Occidere. Cic. To founde. Secula mnlta condere viuendo. Lucret. To liue many hundred peares. Nouam vrbem Virg. To founde a newe citie. Condere, Componeie. To make. vt, Condere carmen. Liu. To make verses. Numes aliquid condere. Ouid. Idem. Condere bella. Virg. To discriue warres. Historiam. Plin. To write an Historie. Omen. Propert. Poema. Cic. Laudes ahcuius. Plin. Præcepta medendi. Plin. To write of phisicke. Prælia. Stat. To write of warres. Condere iusiurandum. Plautus. Iusiurandum seruandæ rei, non perdundæ conditum est. Was made or instituted.

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.—

2. Transf.

a. Unguenta, to make fragrant, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99.—

b. To embalm a dead body: mortuos (Aegyptii), Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108.—

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,

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.—

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.

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.—

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.

I. With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

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.—

(b). 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.). —

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.—

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,

(b). Absol.: si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat, Plin. 13, 13, 27, 88.—

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.—

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).

A. In gen.

1. Prop.

(a). 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.—

(b). 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. 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,

B. Esp.,

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. In medic. lang., to set: ossa, Cels. 8, 23: calcem, id. 8, 22: articulum, id. 8, 24.—

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.—

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. 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. Poet.

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.—

(b). Trop.: stimulos caecos in pectore, Ov. M. 1, 727.—

b. To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of: navita condit urbes, Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

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. condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.