In hostium numero habere

Latin Construction

in hostium numero habere. v. trans.

1. ‘To have [someone] numbered among one's enemies;’ to count [someone] among one's enemies, to count [someone] as an enemy.

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 10.18:

Dubitas igitur quin nos in hostium numero habeat?

So do you doubt he has us numbered among his enemies?

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 14.13:

quemcumque enim haec pars perditorum laetatum Caesaris morte putabit (laetitiam autem apertissime tulimus omnes), hunc in hostium numero habebit; quae res ad caedem maximam spectat.

For whoever this corrupt party thinks was glad Caesar died (and we all wore our happiness quite openly) will be counted an enemy; this suggests much carnage.