read
read
v. trans.
Ar. and P. ἀ̆νᾰγιγνώσκειν.
Read one thing beside another: P. παραναγιγνώσκειν (τί τινι).
Recite: P. and V. λέγειν.
I am no prophet to read riddles aright: V. οὐ μάντις εἰμι τἀφανῆ γνώναι σαφῶς (Eur. Hipp. 346).
v. trans.
Ar. and P. ἀ̆νᾰγιγνώσκειν.
Read one thing beside another: P. παραναγιγνώσκειν (τί τινι).
Recite: P. and V. λέγειν.
I am no prophet to read riddles aright: V. οὐ μάντις εἰμι τἀφανῆ γνώναι σαφῶς (Eur. Hipp. 346).
READ
legere (general term): recitare (to read aloud recite): praeire with or without voce (to read beforehand what another is to repeat: ☞ praelegere in this sense is not Latin). To be able to read legere posse; litteras or litterarum elementa didicisse: to teach anybody to read aliquem instituere ad lectionem (Quint. 1 7 17): elementa litterarum alicui tradere (elementary knowledge). To learn to read primas litteras prima elementa discere: to read well commode legere (with good emphasis etc.; e.g. a speech sermon etc.; opposed to male legere); librum ab oculo legere (Petronius 75 4; to read it off without spelling etc): to read anything (opposed to repeating from memory) de scripto dicere; orationem or sermonem ex libello habere (☞ Suet. Oct. 84). Hence = to become acquainted with the contents of anything by reading; to amuse one’s self by reading etc. legere; cognoscere (ἀναγιγνώσκειν especially with attention = to study; Vid: Nep. Lys. 4 3; Dat. 5 5 sq.; Suet. Gramm. 24 init; Cic. Or. 33 105): to read anything frequently lectitare (Vid: Plin. Ep. 2 17 8 libri non legendi sed lectitandi): very frequently legendo conterere (= to wear out by reading): to read (a writing book) carefully diligenter evolvere; diligenter repetere: to read anything repeatedly over and over again repetere (general term); crebro regustare (e.g. epistolam Cic. Att. 13 13 extr.); recognoscere retractare (to go over again in order to make corrections etc.): to be read much (of books which have a large circulation) frequenter lectitari; in manibus esse (Vid: Plin. Ep. 1 2 6): you have read Demosthenes through; you still read his and yet also read our writings Demosthenem totum cognovisti neque eum dimittis e manibus et tamen nostra lectitas: to read a book legere librum: to read anything in a book legere aliquid in libro. Hence figuratively to read in or from anything = to discover signs from etc.; e.g. to read futurity in the stars e siderum positu et spatiis conjecturam facere de rebus futuris (☞ Tac. Ann. 6 21 3): to read anybody’s mind (i.e. to know his most secret thoughts etc.) consiliorum omnium participem esse: to read anything in the looks of a person aliquid ex alicujus oculis et vultu cognoscere pernoscere perspicere: one could read in his countenance the nobleness of his soul quos spiritus gereret vultu prae se ferebat (Vid: Tac. Hist. 4 85 1). To read a lecture legere praelegere aliquid (to lecture upon and explain; especially a poet of the Silver Age): scholas habere de re (to give lectures on any subject): scholis praecipere aliquid or de re (to give instructions or lessons on anything in single lectures): to read on the Stoic philosophy scholam Stoicam explicare. Well read qui multa legit et pervolutavit; multa lectione exercitus: well read in the writings of the ancients in scriptis vetenbus multum volutatus: a tolerably well-read man homo satis litteratus.
legere (general term): recitare (to read aloud recite): praeire with or without voce (to read beforehand what another is to repeat: ☞ praelegere in this sense is not Latin). To be able to read legere posse; litteras or litterarum elementa didicisse: to teach anybody to read aliquem instituere ad lectionem (Quint. 1 7 17): elementa litterarum alicui tradere (elementary knowledge). To learn to read primas litteras prima elementa discere: to read well commode legere (with good emphasis etc.; e.g. a speech sermon etc.; opposed to male legere); librum ab oculo legere (Petronius 75 4; to read it off without spelling etc): to read anything (opposed to repeating from memory) de scripto dicere; orationem or sermonem ex libello habere (☞ Suet. Oct. 84). Hence = to become acquainted with the contents of anything by reading; to amuse one’s self by reading etc. legere; cognoscere (ἀναγιγνώσκειν especially with attention = to study; Vid: Nep. Lys. 4 3; Dat. 5 5 sq.; Suet. Gramm. 24 init; Cic. Or. 33 105): to read anything frequently lectitare (Vid: Plin. Ep. 2 17 8 libri non legendi sed lectitandi): very frequently legendo conterere (= to wear out by reading): to read (a writing book) carefully diligenter evolvere; diligenter repetere: to read anything repeatedly over and over again repetere (general term); crebro regustare (e.g. epistolam Cic. Att. 13 13 extr.); recognoscere retractare (to go over again in order to make corrections etc.): to be read much (of books which have a large circulation) frequenter lectitari; in manibus esse (Vid: Plin. Ep. 1 2 6): you have read Demosthenes through; you still read his and yet also read our writings Demosthenem totum cognovisti neque eum dimittis e manibus et tamen nostra lectitas: to read a book legere librum: to read anything in a book legere aliquid in libro. Hence figuratively to read in or from anything = to discover signs from etc.; e.g. to read futurity in the stars e siderum positu et spatiis conjecturam facere de rebus futuris (☞ Tac. Ann. 6 21 3): to read anybody’s mind (i.e. to know his most secret thoughts etc.) consiliorum omnium participem esse: to read anything in the looks of a person aliquid ex alicujus oculis et vultu cognoscere pernoscere perspicere: one could read in his countenance the nobleness of his soul quos spiritus gereret vultu prae se ferebat (Vid: Tac. Hist. 4 85 1). To read a lecture legere praelegere aliquid (to lecture upon and explain; especially a poet of the Silver Age): scholas habere de re (to give lectures on any subject): scholis praecipere aliquid or de re (to give instructions or lessons on anything in single lectures): to read on the Stoic philosophy scholam Stoicam explicare. Well read qui multa legit et pervolutavit; multa lectione exercitus: well read in the writings of the ancients in scriptis vetenbus multum volutatus: a tolerably well-read man homo satis litteratus.
read:
I. By oneself, i. e. not aloud, a book or writing:
1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (and comp.) I have r.d your letter, legi tuas litteras, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, init.: I both write and r. by myself, ipse mihi scriboque legoque, Ov. Trist. 4, 2, 93: that you might r. (the books) by your-*self, ut (libros) per te ipse legeres, Cic. Top. 1, 2: I am read (i. e. my works are read) all over the world, in toto plurimus orbe legor, Ov. Trist. 4, 10, 128: to r. in Greek, Graece legere, Cic. de Or 1, 34, 155 to r attentively, studiose impenseque legere, Plin. Ep. 9, 13: to r. at sight, ab oculo legere, Petron. 75 to r. again, relegere, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2: to r. over, translegere (rare), Plaut. As. 4, 1, 5: to r. through, perlegere, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: a book read through, perlectus liber, Quint. 10, 1: to r. with any one, cum aliquo legere, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47: he will give you the will to r., tradet testamentum legendum, Hor. Sat. 2, 5, 51: to r. an author, such as Cato, etc., Catonem, Horatium, etc., l., Cic. Att. 13, 4 (Horace is) worthy of being read, dignus legi, Quint. 10. 1, 96. N.B. in Cic. this would be qui legatur.
2. volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (because the ancient books were written on rolls, which were unrolled to be read) to r. a book, librum v., Cic. Brut. 87, 298. More freq., evolvo, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: Quint.: Hor.
3. pervŏlūto, 1 (to peruse frequently and attentively): libros, id. Att. 5, 12: scriptores, id. de Or. 1, 34, 158.
4. verso, 1: r. the great Greek writers by day and by night, exemplaria Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna, Hor. A. P. 268.
5. rĕgusto, 1: r. again with pleasure: Cic. Att. 13, 18.
6. lectĭto, 1: r. often, Cic. Att. 12, 18: Plin. Ep. 2, 17 (init.). Phr.: to r. with,i. e. attend a tutor's lectures, aliquem audire, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1: id. de Or. 3, 18, 87: the tutor is said, legere et praelegere: see below (II.): the speech may be r. by every one, est in manibus oratio, Cic. Am. 25, 76: I r. the mind of Clodius, Clodii animum perspectum habeo, Cic. ad Brut. 1: to r. the stars, astra cognoscere, Cic. Div. 1, 41, 91; *callere astra: able to r. the stars, astrorum peritus, Juv. 6, 586: I cannot r. the stars, motus astrorum ignoro, Juv. 3, 43.
II. To read aloud (a book or writing before an audience):
1. rĕcĭto, 1: cf. Hor. Sat. 1, 4, 23, where private perusal (legere) is opp. to public reading of an author's works (recitare): so, he r.s aloud after r.ing privately, epistolam perlectam recitat, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: to r. an answer (or speech) from a manuscript, responsum (or orationem) ex scripto r., Liv. 23, 11.
2. also, lĕgo, 3: to call together his pupils and read a volume, convocatis auditoribus legere volumen, Cic. Brut. 51, 191 Gell. 18, 5: to r. well, commode l., Plin. Ep 5, 19, and 34: badly, male, pessime, ib. More precisely praelĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (to read to another, esp. a pupil,usu. with critical remarks): auctores, Quint. 1, 5, 11: Virgilium et alios poetas, Suet. Gramm. 16.
3. prōnuntio, 1: Cic. Att 13, 6: to r. in a sweet and natural tone, p. dulci et proprio oris sono, Suet. Aug. 84.
4. praeeo, īvi and ii, ĭtum, 4 (to r. or utter beforehand, i. e. dictate): verba p., Liv. 8. 9. Phr: to r. off a written speech, sermonem scriptum et e libello habere, Suet. Aug. 84: to teach to r., instituere literis or ad lectionem, Quint. 1, 1, 15: and 1, 7, 17: to learn to r., discere elementa prima, Hor. Sat 1, 1, 26.
I. By oneself, i. e. not aloud, a book or writing:
1. lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (and comp.) I have r.d your letter, legi tuas litteras, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, init.: I both write and r. by myself, ipse mihi scriboque legoque, Ov. Trist. 4, 2, 93: that you might r. (the books) by your-*self, ut (libros) per te ipse legeres, Cic. Top. 1, 2: I am read (
2. volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (because the ancient books were written on rolls, which were unrolled to be read) to r. a book, librum v., Cic. Brut. 87, 298. More freq., evolvo, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: Quint.: Hor.
3. pervŏlūto, 1 (to peruse frequently and attentively): libros, id. Att. 5, 12: scriptores, id. de Or. 1, 34, 158.
4. verso, 1: r. the great Greek writers by day and by night, exemplaria Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna, Hor. A. P. 268.
5. rĕgusto, 1: r. again with pleasure: Cic. Att. 13, 18.
6. lectĭto, 1: r. often, Cic. Att. 12, 18: Plin. Ep. 2, 17 (init.). Phr.: to r. with,
II. To read aloud (a book or writing before an audience):
1. rĕcĭto, 1: cf. Hor. Sat. 1, 4, 23, where private perusal (legere) is opp. to public reading of an author's works (recitare): so, he r.s aloud after r.ing privately, epistolam perlectam recitat, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: to r. an answer (or speech) from a manuscript, responsum (or orationem) ex scripto r., Liv. 23, 11.
2. also, lĕgo, 3: to call together his pupils and read a volume, convocatis auditoribus legere volumen, Cic. Brut. 51, 191 Gell. 18, 5: to r. well, commode l., Plin. Ep 5, 19, and 34: badly, male, pessime, ib. More precisely praelĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (to read to another, esp. a pupil,
3. prōnuntio, 1: Cic. Att 13, 6: to r. in a sweet and natural tone, p. dulci et proprio oris sono, Suet. Aug. 84.
4. praeeo, īvi and ii, ĭtum, 4 (to r. or utter beforehand, i. e. dictate): verba p., Liv. 8. 9. Phr: to r. off a written speech, sermonem scriptum et e libello habere, Suet. Aug. 84: to teach to r., instituere literis or ad lectionem, Quint. 1, 1, 15: and 1, 7, 17: to learn to r., discere elementa prima, Hor. Sat 1, 1, 26.
read (part.): a well-read man, homo literatus, Cic. Brut. 21, 81: eruditus, Quint. 1, 6, 12. tolerably well r., tinctus literis, Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85: literis leviter imbutus, Quint. 1, 2, 16: very well r., literatissimus, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 43: pereruditus, id. Fin. 2, 4, 12 well r. in our literature, nostras literas haud incuriose doctus, Gell. 19, 9 not an ill-r. man, haudquaquam ineruditus, id. 18, 11. Join literatus et disertus: literatus et studiis doctrinisque deditus. nec infacetus, et satis literatus: doctus et eruditus: eruditus et doctrina excultus: in doctrina atque optimarum artium studiis eruditus, Cic.