Numero esse

Latin Construction

numero esse.

1. ‘To be in a number,’ to be counted among, to be among.

Loci

• αʹ Brutus, ap. Cicero, Ad Brutum 1.17:

Quid enim tam alienum ab humanis sensibus est quam eum patris habere loco qui ne liberi quidem hominis numero sit?

After all, what could be further removed from common sense than to take for a father one who isn't even counted as a free man?

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Familiares 1.10:

Sed tu velim desinas iam nostris litteris uti et nos aliquando revisas et ibi malis esse, ubi aliquo numero sis, quam istic, ubi solus sapere videare.

But I'd like you to quit using our letter already, come back and see us sometime, and instead of being out there where you seem to be the only sensible person, choose a place where you would be one of many.