I.to commit to one's charge, to enjoin, commission, order, command (syn.: praecipio, edico); constr. alicui aliquid, with ut, ne, the simple subj., or with inf. (class.).
I. Lit.
(α).
Alicui aliquid: “tibi de nostris rebus nihil sum mandaturus per litteras,” Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1: “praeterea typos tibi mando,” id. Att. 1, 10, 3: “si quid velis, huic mandes,” Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7: “L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles,” Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1: “alicui mandare laqueum,” to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 57.—With ellipsis of dat.: “tamquam hoc senatus mandasset,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84: “excusationem,” Suet. Oth. 6: “haec ego numquam mandavi,” Juv. 14, 225.—
(β).
With ut or ne: “Voluseno mandat, ut, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 4, 21: “mandat ut exploratores in Suebos mittant,” id. ib. 6, 10, 3: “Caesar per litteras Trebonio magnopere mandaverat, ne, etc.,” id. B. C. 2, 13.—
(δ).
With object-clause: “mandavit Tigranen Armeniā exturbare,” Tac. A. 15, 2: “non aliter cineres mando jacere meos,” Mart. 1, 88, 10.—（ε) Impers. pass.: “fecerunt ut eis mandatum fuerat,” Vulg. Gen. 45, 21.—
II. Transf.
A. In gen., to commit, consign, enjoin, confide, commend, intrust any thing to a person or thing: “ego tibi meas res mando,” Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 54: “bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei,” Ter. And. 1, 5, 61: “ludibrio habeor ... ab illo, quoi me mandavisti, meo viro,” Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32: “(adulescens) qui tuae mandatus est fide et fiduciae,” id. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 99: “aliquem alicui alendum,” Verg. A. 3, 49: “alicui magistratum,” Caes. B. C. 3, 59: “honores,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81: “filiam viro,” to give in marriage, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32: “aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque,” Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10: “se fugae,” to betake one's self to flight, Caes. B. G. 2, 24: “fugae et solitudini vitam suam,” Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: “semen terrae,” i. e. to sow, Col. 1, 7, 6: “hordea sulcis,” Verg. E. 5, 36: “corpus humo,” to bury, id. A. 9, 214: “aliquid memoriae,” Cic. Quint. 6, 24: “litteris,” to commit to writing, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52: “scriptis actiones nostras,” id. Off. 2, 1, 3: “historiae,” id. Div. 2, 32, 69: “monumentis,” id. Ac. 2, 1, 2: “fruges conditas vetustati,” to keep for a long time, to suffer to grow old, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151: “Alcibiadem interficiendum insidiis mandare,” Just. 5, 2, 5.—Absol.: “Claudio mandante ac volente (opp. invito),” Vop. Aur. 16, 2.—
B. To charge a person to announce something, to send word to a person or place only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “mandare ad Pisonem, noli, etc.,” Suet. Calig. 25: “mandabat in urbem, nullum proelio finem exspectarent,” sent word, Tac. A. 14, 38: “ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat,” Juv. 3, 46: “senatui mandavit, bellum se ei illaturum,” Eutr. 5, 5: “consulantes, si quid ad uxores suas mandarent,” Flor. 3, 3, 6.—P. a. as subst.: mandā-tum , i, n., a charge, order, commission, injunction, command.
A. In gen.: “ut mandatum scias me procurasse,” have performed the commission, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 3: “hoc mandatum accepi a Patre,” Vulg. Joh. 10, 18.—More freq. in plur.: “omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi a me voles, mandata des, velim,” Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2: “dare mandata alicui in aliquem,” id. ib. 3, 11, 5: “dare alicui mandata, ut, etc.,” id. Phil. 6, 3, 6: “accipere ab aliquo,” id. ib. 8, 8, 23: “persequi,” to perform, execute, fulfil, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 2: “audire,” id. Phil. 6, 4, 10: “alicujus exhaurire,” id. Att. 5, 1, 5: “exponere in senatu,” id. de Or. 2, 12, 49: “exsequi,” id. Phil. 9, 4, 9; Sall. J. 35, 5: “facere,” Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72: “perficere,” Liv. 1, 56: “efficere,” Sall. J. 58: “facere,” Curt. 7, 9, 17: “deferre,” to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1: “perferre,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18: “neglegere,” to neglect, not perform, Ov. H. 16, 303: “fallere,” id. M. 6, 696: “haec mandata,” Liv. 21, 54, 4: legatis occulta mandata data sint, ut, Just. 34, 1, 5.—Poet., with inf.: “producetque virum, dabit et mandata reverti,” and enjoin him to return, Ov. H. 13, 143.—
B. Esp. as legal term.
1. A commission constituting a mutual obligation; hence, in gen., a contract: “mandatum constitit, sive nostra gratia mandamus, sive alienā: id est, sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandem tibi, erit mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur,” Gai. Inst. 3, 155 sqq.: “itaque mandati constitutum est judicium non minus turpe, quam furti,” i. e. for breach of contract, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111: “actio mandati,” an action for the non-performance of a contract, Dig. 17, 1, 8, § 3.—
2. An imperial command, mandate, Plin. Ep. 10, 110, 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111: “principum,” Front. Aquaed. 3.—Esp. of the secret orders of the emperors: “(Galba) mandata Neronis de nece sua deprenderat,” Suet. Galb. 9; id. Tib. 52: “occulta mandata,” Tac. A. 2, 43: “fingere scelesta mandata,” id. ib. 2, 71; 3, 16; id. H. 4, 49.—
