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privo, to bereave, deprive, rob, strip

prīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [privus].
  • To bereave, deprive, rob, strip of any thing (class.; cf.: orbo, viduo).
          • α With abl.: haec meretrix meum erum ... privavit bonis, luce, honore, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 20 (570): donis privatus sum, id. ib. 2, 7, 56 (606): aliquem approbatione, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 19, 61: praepositio in privat verbum eā vi, quam haberet, si in praepositum non fuisset, id. Top. 11, 48: aliquem somno, id. Att. 9, 10, 1: se oculis, id. Fin. 5, 29, 87: aliquem vitā, id. Phil. 9, 4, 8: aliquem communi luce, id. Quint. 23, 74: patriam aspectu suo, id. Fam. 4, 9, 3: cibo, Lucr. 1, 1038: lumine, Ov. P. 1, 1, 53: fide, Stat. Th. 2, 695.—
          • β With gen. (anteclass.): me cum privares tui, Afran. ap. Non. 498, 17 (Com. Rel. p. 156 Rib.).—
          • γ With acc. (ante-class.): quod res vis hunc privari pulcras quas uti solet? Nov. ap. Non. 500, 16 (l. l. p. 224 Rib.).—
  • II To free, release, deliver from any thing; with abl.: aliquem injuriā, Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13: exsilio, id. Att. 1, 16, 9: molestiā, id. ib. 12, 26, 2: dolore, id. Fin. 1, 11, 37: dolore, Lucr. 1, 60: dominis superbis, id. 2, 1091: formidine, Hor. S. 2, 7, 77.—Hence,
    • A prīvantĭa, ĭum, n., privatives, a transl. of the Gr. στερητικά: sunt enim alia contraria, quae privantia licet appellemus Latine, Graece appellantur στερητικά, Cic. Top. 11, 48.—
    • B prīvātus, a, um, P. a.
  • I Apart from the State, peculiar to one's self, of or belonging to an individual, private (opp. publicus or communis; cf. domesticus; class.): nihil privati ac separati agri, Caes. B. G. 4, 1: utatur privatis ut suis, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20: privatus illis census erat brevis, Commune magnum, Hor. C. 2, 15, 13: vestem mutare privato consensu, opp. publico consilio, Cic. Sest. 12, 27: de communi quicquid poterat, ad se in privatam domum sevocabat, id. Quint. 3, 13: res quae ipsius erant privatae, private property, id. ib. 4, 15: privatae feriae vocantur sacrorum propriorum, velut dies natales, Fest. p. 242 Müll.—
    • B Esp., of persons, not in public or official life, private, deprived of office: cum projectis fascibus et deposito imperio, privatus et captus ipse in alienam venisset potestatem, Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Liv. 3, 41: vir privatus, a private individual, one who is not a magistrate, or in any public office: privato viro imperium extra ordinem dare, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25: Bibulus ex iis, qui privati sunt, id. Fam. 1, 1, 3: privatus an cum potestate, id. Inv. 1, 25, 35: privati, opp. reges, id. Div. 1, 40, 89.—
    • C Of things: aedificia, isolated, apart from the villages, Caes. B. G. 1, 5: vita privata et quieta, a private life, withdrawn from State affairs, Cic. Sen. 7, 22.—
    • D Neutr. absol. in the phrases in privato, in private, opp. in publico, in public, Liv. 39, 18: in privatum, for private use: tabernas vendidit in privatum, id. 40, 51: ex privato, from one's private property: tributum ex privato conferre, id. 30, 44.—
    • E Subst.: prīvātus, i, m. (sc. homo), a man in private life, citizen (opp. magistratus): hic qualis imperator nunc privatus est, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 63 (172): an vero P. Scipio pontifex maximus Ti. Gracchum privatus interfecit; Catilinam nos consules perferemus? Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.—Plur., Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 43: consilium dedimus Sullae, privatus ut altum Dormiret, Juv. 1, 16.—
  • II In the time of the emperors, private, i. e. not imperial, not belonging to the emperor or to the imperial family: id sibi (Domitiano) maxime formidolosum, privati hominis (i. e. Agricolae) nomen supra principis attolli, Tac. Agr. 39: ut summum fastigium privati hominis impleret, cum principis noluisset, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 2: spectacula, not given by the emperor, Suet. Ner. 21.—Adv.: prīvā-tō, at home (very rare for the class. privatim, q. v.): privato nos tenuissemus, Liv. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1009 P.

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