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penes, with, at the house of

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

penes : (prep. w. acc.), within one's power or possession, 12.59.
pĕnĕs, prep. with acc. [from the root pa- of pasco, v. Penates], with, in the possession or power of; connected only with names of persons, and freq. foll. its case (class.).
  • I Chiefly to denote possession: virtus omnia in se habet; omnia assunt bona, quem penes est virtus, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 21 (653); id. Capt. 2, 1, 37 (231); cf. id. Truc. 5, 9 (901): agri, quorum penes Cn. Pompeium omne judicium et potestas debet esse, Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 52; cf.: penes quem est potestas, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3: eloquentia non modo eos ornat, penes quos est, sed, etc., id. Or. 41, 142; id. Brut. 74, 258: quod penes eos summam victoriae constare intellegebant, Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 87: si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi, Hor. A. P. 72: me penes est unum vasti custodia mundi, Ov. F. 1, 119. —So, penes se esse, have control of one's self (ἐν ἑαυτῷ εἶναι): penes te es? Hor. S. 2, 3, 273 (for which: apud se esse, Ter. Heaut. 921).—
  • II Transf., with, in, in the presence or power of, in the house of, without the notion of possession: sine dote, cum ejus rem penes me habeam domi, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 5 (733): thesaurum tuum Me esse penes, id. ib. 5, 2, 22 (1146); id. Truc. 1, 1, 4 (25); id. Aul. 4, 4, 27 (654): isthaec jam penes vos psaltria'st? Ter. Ad. 388: hi (servi) centum dies penes accusatorem cum fuissent, Cic. Mil. 22, 60; Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 4: si penes servum tabulae fuerint, Dig. 43, 5, 3: penes regem, noli velle videri sapiens, Vulg. Ecclus. 7, 5: mentis causa malae est penes te, Juv. 14, 226.—Rarely with an abstract object: plures ejus rei causas afferebat, potissimam penes incuriam virorum feminarumque, the principal (cause) consisted in the indifference, etc., Tac. A. 4, 16.

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