plead
plead
v. trans.
Urge in excuse: P. προφᾰσίζεσθαι (also absol. in Ar.), P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.), προβάλλειν (mid. also in P.), προὔχεσθαι, προΐστασθαι (Eur. Cycl. 319), V. προτείνειν.
Plead one’s cause: Ar. and P. δῐκάζεσθαι.
Make a defence: P. and V. ἀ̆πολογεῖσθαι (Eur. Bacch. 41).
Plead guilty: use confess.
Plead for, ask for: P. and V. αἰτεῖν (acc.), αἰτεῖσθαι (acc.); see ask.
Beg off: P. and V. ἐξαιτεῖσθαι (acc.).
Be advocate for: P. and V. σῠνηγορεῖν (dat.), συνδῐκεῖν (dat.). ὑ̆περδῐκεῖν (gen.) (Plat.), P. συναγορεύειν (dat.), συνειπεῖν (dat.).
Mind how you plead for this man’s acquittal: V. πῶς γὰρ τὸ φεύγειν τοῦδʼ ὑπερδικεῖς ὅρα (Aesch. Eum. 652).
Plead with: see entreat.
v. trans.
Urge in excuse: P. προφᾰσίζεσθαι (also absol. in Ar.), P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.), προβάλλειν (mid. also in P.), προὔχεσθαι, προΐστασθαι (Eur. Cycl. 319), V. προτείνειν.
Plead one’s cause: Ar. and P. δῐκάζεσθαι.
Make a defence: P. and V. ἀ̆πολογεῖσθαι (Eur. Bacch. 41).
Plead guilty: use confess.
Plead for, ask for: P. and V. αἰτεῖν (acc.), αἰτεῖσθαι (acc.); see ask.
Beg off: P. and V. ἐξαιτεῖσθαι (acc.).
Be advocate for: P. and V. σῠνηγορεῖν (dat.), συνδῐκεῖν (dat.). ὑ̆περδῐκεῖν (gen.) (Plat.), P. συναγορεύειν (dat.), συνειπεῖν (dat.).
Mind how you plead for this man’s acquittal: V. πῶς γὰρ τὸ φεύγειν τοῦδʼ ὑπερδικεῖς ὅρα (Aesch. Eum. 652).
Plead with: see entreat.
PLEAD
PROP. causas agere actitare; causas dicere in foro; versari in foro; in judiciis causas versare (Cic. Or. 9 31); causas tractare atque agere. To plead a cause causam agere (of the whole management of it; hence apud quos [judices] causa agebatur; Cic. De Or. 2 48 extr.): causam dicere (to plead one’s own cause as defendant or another’s as an orator): causam orare perorare (the latter with reference to pleading it thoroughly at great length etc. and often with reference to the concluding appeal: dicta est a me causa et perorata Cic.): causam defendere (as advocate for defendant). To plead anybody’s cause orare or dicere pro aliquo; defendere aliquem: to plead one’s own cause ipsum pro se dicere.
Figuratively To allege rationem causam afferre; (as an excuse) excusare aliquid.
PROP. causas agere actitare; causas dicere in foro; versari in foro; in judiciis causas versare (Cic. Or. 9 31); causas tractare atque agere. To plead a cause causam agere (of the whole management of it; hence apud quos [judices] causa agebatur; Cic. De Or. 2 48 extr.): causam dicere (to plead one’s own cause as defendant or another’s as an orator): causam orare perorare (the latter with reference to pleading it thoroughly at great length etc. and often with reference to the concluding appeal: dicta est a me causa et perorata Cic.): causam defendere (as advocate for defendant). To plead anybody’s cause orare or dicere pro aliquo; defendere aliquem: to plead one’s own cause ipsum pro se dicere.
Figuratively To allege rationem causam afferre; (as an excuse) excusare aliquid.
plead:
I. To enter a plea in court:
1. expr. by exceptio (v.PLEA , I.): cf. Gai. 4, 119, sic exceptio concipitur, i. e. the defendant must p. as follows (inserting a certain exceptio in the formula actionis, the effect of which is to enter a defence in law): it is inadmissible to p. ..., non habet locum exceptio, ib. § 122: to allow a person to p. ..., ex. alicui dare, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168. (N.B.--Only in a civil case.)
2. in a criminal case: dēfendo, di, sum, 3: to p. sufficient justification for what is done (as in homicide), recte ac jure factum esse (aliquid) d., Cic. Mil. 3, 8: he p.'d that he had (only) carried out the sovereign's pleasure, ille principi (se) paruisse defendebat, Tac. A. 13, 43: Gell.
3. causor, 1: v. infr. (III.). Also simply, dīco, 3: cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4, Orestes matrem occidit ... dicit se juste fecisse, he p.s justifiable homicide. Phr.: to p. not guilty, factum negare, Cic. Mil l. c.: Quint. l. c § 10 to p. a second justification of matricide, alteram matris necatae causam afferre, ib. § 6.
II. To conduct a case in court:
1. ōro, 1 (denoting the function of the pleader generally, not with ref. to a particular case): no one ever p.'d a cause better, nemo unquam melius causam oravit, Cic. Br. 12, 47: cf. Virg. Aen. 6, 849, (alii) orabunt causas melius. the art of p.ing causes, orandi scientia, Quint. 1, 10, 2. Comp. pĕrōro, 1 (to p. throughout, to finish p.ing): the cause of P. Sextius has been fully p.'d by Q. Hortensius, a Q. Hortensio causa est P. Sextii perorata, Cic. Sext. 2, init.: Liv.
2. dīco, xi, ctum, 3 (the usu. word for p.ing a particular cause): to p. one's cause, causam d., Caes. B. G. 1, 4: cf. Cic. Coel. 29, 70, dicta est a me causa et perorata. Liv.
3. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: with acc. causam, referring to the entire conduct of a case in court: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 48, extr., apud quos judices causa agebatur, the judges before whom the case was being p.'d (= tried). Frequent. actĭto, 1: he p.'d. many private causes, multas privatas causas actitavit, Cic. Br. 70, 246. Phr.: one who has had much to do with p.ing, homo in causis multum exercitatus, versatus, cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 3: to have no practice in p.ing, nihil in causis versari, id. Br. 70, 247: he was always ready to p. the causes of his friends, in suorum necessariorum causis nunquam defuit, ib. § 245: to p. in defence of any one, defendere: v.TO DEFEND .
III. To urge an excuse:
1. excūso, 1: v.TO EXCUSE .
2. causor, 1 to p. ill-health, valetudinem c. (al. excusare), Liv. 23, 8, med.: they p.'d the consent of the senate, consensum Patrum causabantur, id. 3, 64, init.: Ov.
3. obtendo, di, tum, 3 (implying that the alleged reason is but a pretext): to plead a justification for baseness, rationem turpitudini ob., Plin. 8, 6, 15.
IV. To supplicate earnestly: obsecro, dēprĕcor, etc.: v.TO ENTREAT .
I. To enter a plea in court:
1. expr. by exceptio (v.
2. in a criminal case: dēfendo, di, sum, 3: to p. sufficient justification for what is done (
3. causor, 1: v. infr. (III.). Also simply, dīco, 3: cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4, Orestes matrem occidit ... dicit se juste fecisse, he p.s justifiable homicide. Phr.: to p. not guilty, factum negare, Cic. Mil l. c.: Quint. l. c § 10 to p. a second justification of matricide, alteram matris necatae causam afferre, ib. § 6.
II. To conduct a case in court:
1. ōro, 1 (denoting the function of the pleader generally, not with ref. to a particular case): no one ever p.'d a cause better, nemo unquam melius causam oravit, Cic. Br. 12, 47: cf. Virg. Aen. 6, 849, (alii) orabunt causas melius. the art of p.ing causes, orandi scientia, Quint. 1, 10, 2. Comp. pĕrōro, 1 (to p. throughout, to finish p.ing): the cause of P. Sextius has been fully p.'d by Q. Hortensius, a Q. Hortensio causa est P. Sextii perorata, Cic. Sext. 2, init.: Liv.
2. dīco, xi, ctum, 3 (the usu. word for p.ing a particular cause): to p. one's cause, causam d., Caes. B. G. 1, 4: cf. Cic. Coel. 29, 70, dicta est a me causa et perorata. Liv.
3. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: with acc. causam, referring to the entire conduct of a case in court: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 48, extr., apud quos judices causa agebatur, the judges before whom the case was being p.'d (= tried). Frequent. actĭto, 1: he p.'d. many private causes, multas privatas causas actitavit, Cic. Br. 70, 246. Phr.: one who has had much to do with p.ing, homo in causis multum exercitatus, versatus, cf. Cic. Quint. 1, 3: to have no practice in p.ing, nihil in causis versari, id. Br. 70, 247: he was always ready to p. the causes of his friends, in suorum necessariorum causis nunquam defuit, ib. § 245: to p. in defence of any one, defendere: v.
III. To urge an excuse:
1. excūso, 1: v.
2. causor, 1 to p. ill-health, valetudinem c. (al. excusare), Liv. 23, 8, med.: they p.'d the consent of the senate, consensum Patrum causabantur, id. 3, 64, init.: Ov.
3. obtendo, di, tum, 3 (implying that the alleged reason is but a pretext): to plead a justification for baseness, rationem turpitudini ob., Plin. 8, 6, 15.
IV. To supplicate earnestly: obsecro, dēprĕcor, etc.: v.