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task
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P. and V. ἔργον, τό, πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ, V. σπουδή, ἡ (Plat. also but rare P.), χρέος, τό, τέλος, τό ; see duty, work.Take to task, v.: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν (Aesch. Choe. 919); see blame, question.
subs.
P. and V. ἔργον, τό, πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ, V. σπουδή, ἡ (Plat. also but rare P.), χρέος, τό, τέλος, τό ; see duty, work.Take to task, v.: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν (Aesch. Choe. 919); see blame, question.
task
v. trans.
Exercise: P. and V. γυμνάζειν.
Question: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν.
Task with: P. and V. αἰτιᾶσθαί (τινά τινος); see accuse.
v. trans.
Exercise: P. and V. γυμνάζειν.
Question: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν.
Task with: P. and V. αἰτιᾶσθαί (τινά τινος); see accuse.
TASK
s. pensum pensum imperatum (a day’s work appointed; from the practice of weighing out wool for spinning); opus (work to be done). To set or prescribe a task pensum imperare: to set one’s self a task proponere sibi aliquid faciendum: to be equal to a task operi sufficere: to perform a difficult task quod est difficillimum efficere: to take one to task reprehendere aliquem: castigare aliquem verbis (to reprove).
s. pensum pensum imperatum (a day’s work appointed; from the practice of weighing out wool for spinning); opus (work to be done). To set or prescribe a task pensum imperare: to set one’s self a task proponere sibi aliquid faciendum: to be equal to a task operi sufficere: to perform a difficult task quod est difficillimum efficere: to take one to task reprehendere aliquem: castigare aliquem verbis (to reprove).
v. pensum alicui imperare. To task one’s self proponere sibi aliquid faciendum. Vid: also CHARGE.
task (subs.):
1. pensum (prop. the wool weighed out for a day's spinning: hence, work assigned): to assign a t., p. imperare, Quint. 3, 7, 6: to perform one's t., p. facere, Pl. Merc. 2, 3, 62: conficere, ib. Pers. 2, 4, 1: peragere, Col. 3, 10, 7: absolvere, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1: to perform a t. scrupulously, p. accurare, Pl. Bac. 5, 2, 36. Fig.: I will recall myself to my duty and t., me ad meum munus et p. revocabo, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119.
2. ŏpus, ĕris, n. (work to be done): a great and difficult t., magnum o. et difficile, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 84: to have a t. to perform, o. debere, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21: to appoint the t.s for the whole day, o. in totum diem ordinare, Quint. 1, 2, 12: their toil at their t., operum labores, Virg. Aen. 1, 455: to perform one's t., opus efficere, Cic. Top. 16, 62; conficere, id. Fragm. in Col. 12, 1, 3. Join: efficere et navare, id. Att. 9, 11: this is the t., this the toil, hoc opus, hic labor est, Virg. Aen. 6, 129: v.UNDERTAKING .
3. nĕgōtium (business): to undertake a t., n. suscipere, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: either to finish or relinquish the t., n. aut conficere, aut deponere, id. Att. 7, 5, ad fin.: to assign any one the t. of ..., dare alicui n. ut ..., Caes. B. G. 2, 2: v.BUSINESS . Phr.: strength equal to the t., vires quae sufficiunt labori, Quint. 10, 3, 3: to take to t., objurgare: v. CHIDE , REPROVE .
1. pensum (prop. the wool weighed out for a day's spinning: hence, work assigned): to assign a t., p. imperare, Quint. 3, 7, 6: to perform one's t., p. facere, Pl. Merc. 2, 3, 62: conficere, ib. Pers. 2, 4, 1: peragere, Col. 3, 10, 7: absolvere, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1: to perform a t. scrupulously, p. accurare, Pl. Bac. 5, 2, 36. Fig.: I will recall myself to my duty and t., me ad meum munus et p. revocabo, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119.
2. ŏpus, ĕris, n. (work to be done): a great and difficult t., magnum o. et difficile, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 84: to have a t. to perform, o. debere, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21: to appoint the t.s for the whole day, o. in totum diem ordinare, Quint. 1, 2, 12: their toil at their t., operum labores, Virg. Aen. 1, 455: to perform one's t., opus efficere, Cic. Top. 16, 62; conficere, id. Fragm. in Col. 12, 1, 3. Join: efficere et navare, id. Att. 9, 11: this is the t., this the toil, hoc opus, hic labor est, Virg. Aen. 6, 129: v.
3. nĕgōtium (business): to undertake a t., n. suscipere, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: either to finish or relinquish the t., n. aut conficere, aut deponere, id. Att. 7, 5, ad fin.: to assign any one the t. of ..., dare alicui n. ut ..., Caes. B. G. 2, 2: v.
task (v.): imponere pensum (alicui), Quint. 3, 7, 6: she t.s her maids, famulas exercet penso, Virg. Aen. 8, 412: to t. the strength of the people so much, tantum oneris plebi imponere, Cic. Verr. 2, 55, 138: v. BURDEN .
Task
See pensum.