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  • 1 praecaedit

    prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.
    (α).
    With acc. and dat.:

    linguam alicui,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

    manum alicui gladio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

    aures, nasum et labia alicui,

    Just. 1, 10, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gen.:

    collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    manus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

    caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

    Petr. 1:

    medici membra praecidunt,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

    ancoras,

    to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

    id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

    traducem,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cut through, cut up (class.):

    cotem novaculā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

    naves,

    to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—
    2.
    To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

    praecide os tu illi,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—
    3.
    Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

    iter,

    Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, to take away.
    A.
    Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

    dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

    maximam partem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

    sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

    3: sibi reditum,

    id. Pis. 22, 51:

    per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

    brevi praecidam,

    in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    praecide, inquit,

    cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—
    B.
    To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

    si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3, 7:

    praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

    id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

    id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

    utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—
    C.
    To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

    plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

    flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

    Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

    Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Castrated (post-class.):

    fanatici,

    Lampr. Elag. 7:

    praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—
    b.
    Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    iter,

    Sall. J. 92, 7:

    rupes,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

    praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    comprehensio,

    id. 7, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Troublesome (postclass.):

    ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

    Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.
    1.
    In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

    praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—
    2.
    Positively, absolutely (class.):

    praecise negare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    non praecise, sed sub condicione,

    Dig. 36, 3, 1.

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  • 2 praecido

    prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.
    (α).
    With acc. and dat.:

    linguam alicui,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

    manum alicui gladio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

    aures, nasum et labia alicui,

    Just. 1, 10, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gen.:

    collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    manus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

    caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

    Petr. 1:

    medici membra praecidunt,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

    ancoras,

    to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

    id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

    traducem,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cut through, cut up (class.):

    cotem novaculā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

    naves,

    to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—
    2.
    To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

    praecide os tu illi,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—
    3.
    Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

    iter,

    Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, to take away.
    A.
    Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

    dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

    maximam partem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

    sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

    3: sibi reditum,

    id. Pis. 22, 51:

    per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

    brevi praecidam,

    in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    praecide, inquit,

    cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—
    B.
    To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

    si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3, 7:

    praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

    id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

    id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

    utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—
    C.
    To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

    plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

    flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

    Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

    Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Castrated (post-class.):

    fanatici,

    Lampr. Elag. 7:

    praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—
    b.
    Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    iter,

    Sall. J. 92, 7:

    rupes,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

    praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    comprehensio,

    id. 7, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Troublesome (postclass.):

    ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

    Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.
    1.
    In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

    praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—
    2.
    Positively, absolutely (class.):

    praecise negare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    non praecise, sed sub condicione,

    Dig. 36, 3, 1.

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  • 3 quatio

    quătĭo, no perf., quassum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. root, cyu-, to move, set in motion; cf. Gr. skeuos, instrument; skeuazô, to prepare], to shake (class.; syn.: concutio, convello).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Fest. p. 261 Müll.:

    cum equus magnā vi caput quateret,

    Liv. 8, 7:

    alas,

    Verg. A. 3, 226:

    pennas,

    Ov. M. 4, 676; Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

    aquas,

    to agitate, disturb, Ov. H. 18, 48:

    cymbala,

    Verg. G. 4, 64:

    catenas,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: caput. Ov. F. 6, 400:

    comas,

    id. H. 14, 40:

    quercum huc illuc,

    id. M. 12, 329.—

    Of earthquakes: quatitur terrae motibus Ide,

    Ov. M. 12, 521:

    quid quateret terras,

    id. ib. 15, 71:

    quatiens terram fragor,

    Sil. 1, 536.—

    Of the ground, by treading, marching, etc.: campum,

    Verg. A. 11, 875:

    campos,

    id. ib. 11, 513; Sil. 1, 297:

    quatitur tellus pondere,

    id. 4, 199:

    sonitu quatit ungula campum,

    Verg. A. 8, 596:

    pede ter humum,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 28:

    pede terram,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 7:

    quatitur certamine circus,

    Sil. 16, 323. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of arms, weapons, reins, etc., to wield, brandish, ply, hold:

    securim,

    Verg. A. 11, 656:

    ensem,

    Sil. 1, 429:

    aegida,

    id. 12, 336:

    scuta,

    Tac. H. 2, 22:

    hastam,

    Petr. 124:

    lora,

    Sil. 16, 415; 16, 440:

    largas habenas,

    id. 17, 542:

    verbera (i. e. flagella),

    Verg. Cul. 218.—
    2.
    Of the body, breast, limbs, etc., to agitate, shake, cause to tremble, etc.:

    horror Membra quatit,

    Verg. A. 3, 29:

    anhelitus artus et ora quatit,

    id. ib. 5, 199:

    tussis pulmonem quatit,

    Sil. 14, 601:

    terror praecordia,

    id. 2, 254:

    pectora quatit gemitu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 310.—
    3.
    To beat, strike, drive:

    homo quatietur certe cum dono foras,

    to beat out of doors, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67:

    Arctophylax prae se quatit Arctum, Cic. poët. N. I). 2, 42, 109: cursu quatere equum,

    Verg. G. 3, 132; Sil. 12, 254.—Of things:

    quatiunt fenestras juvenes,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 1:

    scutum hastà,

    Liv. 7, 26, 1. —
    4.
    To shake, beat, or break in pieces, to batter, shatter:

    urbis moenia ariete quatere,

    Liv. 21, 10:

    muros,

    Verg. A. 2, 610:

    muros arietibus,

    Liv. 38, 10:

    turres tremendā cuspide,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 7:

    tecta quatiuntur,

    Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

    externas arces,

    Sil. 2, 300:

    Pergama,

    id. 13, 36; cf.:

    tonitru quatiuntur caerula caeli,

    Lucr. 6, 96. —
    II.
    Trop., to agitate, more, touch, affect, excite:

    est in animis tenerum quiddam quod aegritudine quasi tempestate quatiatur,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12: mentem, Hor. C. 1, 16, 5:

    nec vultus tyranni Mente quatit solidā (justum virum),

    id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

    non ego te Invitum quatiam,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 12:

    quatiunt oracula Colchos,

    Val. Fl. 1, 743:

    famā oppida,

    id. 2, 122:

    quatit castra clamor,

    Sil. 3, 231:

    tumultus pectora quatit,

    Sen. Thyest. 260:

    ingenium,

    Tac. H. 1, 23:

    animum,

    Gell. 9, 13, 5:

    cum altissima quaterentur, hic inconcussus stetit,

    Plin. Pan. 94, 3. —
    B.
    In partic., to plague, vex, harass:

    quatere oppida bello,

    Verg. A. 9, 608:

    extrema Galliarum,

    Tac. H. 4, 28. — Hence, quassus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., shaken, beaten, or broken in pieces, battered, shattered:

    aula quassa,

    a broken pot, Plaut. Curc. 3, 26:

    muri,

    Liv. 26, 51:

    naves,

    id. 25, 3:

    faces,

    i. e. pieces of pine-wood split up for torches, Ov. M. 3, 508:

    rates,

    shattered, leaky, Hor. C. 4, 8, 32; 1, 1, 18:

    murra,

    Ov. M. 15, 399:

    lectus,

    id. H. 11, 78:

    harundo,

    Petr. 69:

    turres,

    Sen. Thyest. 568; cf.:

    multo tempora quassa mero,

    Ov. R. Am. 146; cf. quasso, I. B. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    quassā voce,

    in a broken voice, Curt. 7, 7, 20:

    littera,

    Quint. 12, 10, 29:

    anima quassa malis,

    broken down, exhausted, worn out, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1308:

    quasso imperio,

    Sil. 15, 7.

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  • 4 concīdō

        concīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [com- + caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut to pieces, ruin, destroy: nervos: navīs, L.: magnos scrobibus montīs, to break up mounds, V. — In battle, to cut to pieces, cut down, destroy, kill: multitudinem eorum, Cs.: ab insciis conciduntur, N.—To cut up, beat severely, cudgel soundly: virgis plebem: pugnis, Iu.: concisus plurimis volneribus.—Fig., of discourse, to divide minutely, make fragmentary: sententias. —To strike down, prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul: auctoritatem ordinis: Antonium decretis: Timocraten totis voluminibus, to confute.
    * * *
    I
    concidere, concidi, - V INTRANS
    fall down/faint/dead/victim/to earth/short, collapse; drop, subside; decline; perish, be slain/sacrificed; lose one's case, fail, give out/lose heart, decay
    II
    concidere, concidi, concisus V TRANS
    cut/chop up/down/to pieces; crop; ruin, kill, destroy; divide minutely; beat

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  • 5 caedō

        caedō cecīdī, caesus, ere    [2 SAC-, SEC-], to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: arbores: robur, O.: silvas, Cs.: murus latius quam caederetur ruebat, L.: lapis caedendus: securibus vina (frozen), V.: comam (vitis), Tb.: caesis montis fodisse medullis, Ct. — Prov.: ut vineta egomet caedam mea, i. e. attack my own interests, H. — To strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel: ianuam saxis: verberibus te, T.: virgis ad necem caedi: flagellis Ad mortem caesus, H.: nudatos virgis, L.: servum sub furcā, L.: caesae pectora palmis, i. e. beating, O.: in iudicio testibus caeditur, i. e. is pressed.—Of men, to strike mortally, kill, murder: illi dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus: caeso Argo, O.—Poet., of blood: caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam, shed, V. — Of battle, to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy: exercitus caesus fususque: infra arcem caesi captique multi, L.: passim obvii caedebantur, Cu.: ingentem cecidit Antiochum, H.: placare ventos virgine caesā, V.—Of animals, to slaughter (esp. for sacrifice): greges armentorum: boves, O.: deorum mentis caesis hostiis placare: victimas, L.: binas bidentis, V.: Tempestatibus agnam, V. — Fig.: pignus caedere (in law), to declare the forfeiture of a security, confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda: dum sermones caedimus, chop words, chat, T.: Caedimur, cudgel one another (with compliments), H.
    * * *
    I
    caedere, caecidi, caesus V TRANS
    chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize
    II
    caedere, cecidi, caesus V TRANS
    chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize

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  • 6 concido

    1.
    con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen., of buildings:

    conclave illud concidit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,

    Tac. A. 14, 6:

    turris terrae motu,

    Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:

    urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,

    Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:

    omne caelum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

    ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,

    id. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    (alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

    pinus bipenni Thessalā,

    Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:

    ad terram pondere vasto,

    Verg. A. 5, 448:

    sub onere,

    Liv. 24, 8, 17:

    pronus in fimo,

    Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —
    II.
    Pregn.
    A.
    To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):

    paene in cursu concidi,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:

    vi morbi coactus concidere,

    Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:

    accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,

    Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:

    Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,

    Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:

    sanus bibit, statim concidit,

    Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

    concidere epoto poculo,

    id. 5, 13, 15; and:

    ad primum gustum,

    Suet. Ner. 33:

    deficientibus viribus,

    id. Tib. 73:

    par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,

    id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:

    Dido usa manu,

    id. H. 7, 196:

    sparo percussus,

    Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

    in proelio,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

    vitio adversariorum,

    Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:

    multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,

    Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:

    vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,

    Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;

    hence also of Iphigenia,

    Lucr. 1, 99.—
    B.
    Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:

    concidunt venti,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:

    jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,

    Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

    macie,

    to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:

    illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,

    id. M. 15, 422; cf.:

    concidit auguris Argivi domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:

    quā concidit Ilia tellus,

    Verg. A. 11, 245:

    eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,

    Vell. 1, 13:

    judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §

    10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

    id. ib. 3, 10, 2:

    malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

    id. ib. 7, 25 med.:

    concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:

    Tiberii saevitiā,

    id. ib. 16, 29:

    hostes concidunt animis,

    are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

    scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,

    failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:

    opes Persarum,

    Tac. A. 12, 13:

    senatūs auctoritas,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

    imperii majestas,

    Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:

    artificia,

    id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

    praeclara nomina artificum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

    omnis ferocia,

    Liv. 28, 26, 14:

    bellum,

    Tac. H. 2, 57 al.
    2.
    con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nervos,

    Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

    corpus in partes,

    Petr. 141, 2:

    vitulum Ajax,

    id. 59 fin.:

    ligna,

    Ov. F. 2, 647:

    agrum umidiorem fossis,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:

    concidere et cremare naves,

    to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:

    essedum argenteum,

    Suet. Claud. 16:

    haec minute,

    Col. 12, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:

    aliquem virgis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    loris,

    Juv. 6, 413:

    pugnis,

    id. 3, 300.—
    2.
    To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:

    hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

    eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,

    id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—
    3.
    In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;

    hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:

    nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,

    Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:

    (sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,

    id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—
    B.
    To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:

    omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

    Antonium decretis vestris,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

    Vatinium arbitratu nostro,

    to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:

    Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,

    are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

    Timocraten totis voluminibus,

    to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

    testamentum,

    to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—
    * 2.
    In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:

    em istic homo te articulatim concidit,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

    concisae et angustae disputationes,

    id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    brevitas,

    id. ib. 3, 53, 202:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.

    thus with brevis,

    id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:

    insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:

    (philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    ululare,

    Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

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  • 7 ferio

    fĕrĭo, īre (archaic FERINVNT for feriunt; acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162, 24 Müll.; part. fut. feriturus, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 498. The perf. forms are supplied by percutio, v. Varr. L. L. 9, 55, § 98 Müll.), 4, v. a. [perh. Sanscr. dhūr-, injure, destroy; Lat. ferus, ferox; Gr. thêr; Aeol. phêr; cf. Gr. thourios, impetuous, thorein, to leap; and Lat. furere, furia, etc.], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit (class.; syn.: icio, percutio, verbero, vapulo, pulso, tundo, pavio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    fores,

    to knock, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63; cf.

    parietem,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

    murum arietibus,

    to batter, shake, Sall. J. 76, 6:

    pugiles adversarium,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23 fin.: jacere telum, voluntatis est;

    ferire quem nolueris, fortunae,

    to strike, id. Top. 17, 64:

    partem corporis sibi,

    Lucr. 2, 441:

    frontem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

    femur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 123:

    pectora solito plangore,

    Ov. M. 4, 554; cf.:

    calce feritur aselli,

    id. F. 3, 755: uvas pede (rusticus), to stamp or tread, Tib. 2, 5, 85:

    feriri a serpente,

    to be stung, Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 71; cf. Ov. Ib. 481:

    cetera (venenata animalia) singulos feriunt,

    id. ib. 23:

    tabulam malleo,

    Cels. 6, 7 fin.: stricto ferit retinacula ferro, cuts to pieces (shortly before:

    incidere funes),

    Verg. A. 4, 580: certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt, strike, lash (in rowing), id. ib. 3, 290: ut frontem ferias, that you may beat your brow, i. e. be provoked, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1.— Poet.:

    sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

    hit, touch, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; cf. in the foll. 2.— Absol.:

    pugno ferire vel calce,

    Quint. 2, 8, 13; cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 99:

    occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto,

    pushes, butts, Verg. E. 9, 25.—
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant,

    strike, touch, Lucr. 6, 923:

    oculos (corpora, simulacra),

    id. 4, 217; 257:

    oculorum acies (res),

    id. 4, 691:

    speciem colore (res),

    id. 4, 243; cf.:

    his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

    feriuntque summos fulmina montes,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 11:

    nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arous,

    id. A. P. 350; cf.:

    si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

    id. C. 3, 3, 8:

    nec levius tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, Quam, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 47.— Poet.: ferientia terram corpora, smiting (in falling), Luc. 4, 786:

    sole fere radiis foriente cacumina primis,

    hitting, touching, Ov. M. 7, 804:

    palla imos ferit alba pedes,

    touches, reaches to, Val. Fl. 1, 385:

    ferit aethera clamor,

    Verg. A. 5, 140:

    feriat dum maesta remotas Fama procul terras,

    extends to, Luc. 5, 774.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To kill by striking, to give a deathblow, to slay, kill: hostem, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 284 ed. Vahl.); Sall. C. 7, 6; 60, 4; id. J. 85, 33; cf.:

    aliquem securi feriri,

    to be beheaded, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75:

    aliquem telo trabali,

    Verg. A. 12, 295:

    retiarium (mirmillo),

    Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    te (maritum),

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 43:

    leonem atque alias feras primus aut in primis ferire,

    Sall. J. 6, 1:

    aprum,

    Ov. M. 3, 715.—
    b.
    Of the animals for sacrifice, to kill, slaughter; and hence, to offer, sacrifice:

    nos humilem feriemus agnam,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    vaccam Proserpinae,

    Verg. A. 6, 251; cf. the form of oath in making a compact (when a swine was sacrificed): SI PRIOR DEFEXIT [p. 737] (populus Romanus) PVBLICO CONSILIO DOLO MALO, TV ILLO DIE IVPPITER, POPVLVM ROMANVM SIC FERITO, VT EGO HVNC PORCVM HIC HODIE FERIAM:

    TANTOQVE MAGIS FERITO, QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE,

    Liv. 1, 24, 8:

    Quid aut sponsoribus in foedere opus esset aut obsidibus, ubi precatione res transigitur? per quem populum fiat, quo minus legibus dictis stetur, ut eum ita Juppiter feriat, quemadmodum a Fetialibus porcus feriatur,

    id. 9, 5, 3. (Cf. also:

    Jovis ante aram Stabant et caesā jungebant foedera porcă,

    Verg. A. 8, 641).— Hence,
    2.
    Transf., foedus ferire, to make a compact, covenant, or treaty (in Hebrew in precisely the same manner,): accipe daque fidem, foedusque feri bene firmum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

    is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6:

    videret ut satis honestum foedus feriretur,

    id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:

    amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

    to form illicit connections, id. Cael. 14, 34:

    Tarchon jungit opes foedusque ferit,

    Verg. A. 10, 154 al. —
    3.
    Of money, to strike, stamp, coin:

    asses sextantario pondere,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44. Thus the designation of a triumvir monetalis is III. VIR. A. A. A. F. F., i. e. Triumvir auro argento aeri flando feriundo, Inscr. Orell. 569.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quae faciliora sunt philosophis, quo minus multa patent in eorum vita, quae fortuna feriat,

    reaches, affects, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

    accidit, ut ictu simili (i. e. morte propinqui) ferirer,

    was struck with a similar blow, Quint. 6 praef. §

    3: verba palato,

    to bring out, utter, speak, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274; cf.:

    sonat vox, ut feritur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 61:

    feriunt animum (sententiae),

    id. 12, 10, 48:

    ut omnis sensus in fine sermonis feriat aurem,

    id. 8, 5, 13; cf. id. 9, 3, 4.— Absol.:

    binis aut ternis ferire verbis,

    Cic. Or. 67, 226:

    videtur Chrysippus medium ferire voluisse,

    i. e. to avoid extremes, id. Fat. 17, 39.—
    B.
    In partic., to cozen, cheat, gull, trick (mostly in vulg. lang.;

    not in Cic.): ubi illa pendentem ferit, jam amplius orat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 19; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13:

    cum ferit astutos comica moecha Getas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44:

    austeros arte ferire viros,

    id. 3, 3 (4, 2), 50.—
    C.
    To punish, inflict punishment: aliquem condemnatione centum librarum auri, Cod. 11, 11, 1.

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  • 8 illido

    illīdo ( inl-), si, sum, 3, v. a. [in-laedo], to strike or dash against or upon, to beat against, to strike, dash or beat in any direction.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet., not in Cic. prose; cf.:

    incutio, impingo, infligo): libravit caestus effractoque illisit in ossa cerebro,

    Verg. A. 5, 480: ad vulnus manus, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 31, 76 fin.:

    (naves) vadis,

    Verg. A. 1, 112:

    repagula ossibus,

    Ov. M. 5, 121:

    funale fronti,

    id. ib. 12, 250:

    dentem fragili (corpori),

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 77:

    caput foribus,

    Suet. Aug. 23:

    superbissimos vultus solo,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 4:

    linum illisum crebro silici,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

    fluctus se illidit in litore,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30 Zumpt N. cr.: quos Rex suus illisit pelago, drove to the sea, i. e. forced to navigate the sea, Val. Fl. 7, 52:

    avidos illidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

    i. e. guides, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—
    II.
    Transf., to strike or dash to pieces (very rare):

    illisis cruribus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

    serpens compressa atque illisa morietur,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 25 fin.

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  • 9 inlido

    illīdo ( inl-), si, sum, 3, v. a. [in-laedo], to strike or dash against or upon, to beat against, to strike, dash or beat in any direction.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet., not in Cic. prose; cf.:

    incutio, impingo, infligo): libravit caestus effractoque illisit in ossa cerebro,

    Verg. A. 5, 480: ad vulnus manus, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 31, 76 fin.:

    (naves) vadis,

    Verg. A. 1, 112:

    repagula ossibus,

    Ov. M. 5, 121:

    funale fronti,

    id. ib. 12, 250:

    dentem fragili (corpori),

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 77:

    caput foribus,

    Suet. Aug. 23:

    superbissimos vultus solo,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 4:

    linum illisum crebro silici,

    Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

    fluctus se illidit in litore,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30 Zumpt N. cr.: quos Rex suus illisit pelago, drove to the sea, i. e. forced to navigate the sea, Val. Fl. 7, 52:

    avidos illidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

    i. e. guides, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—
    II.
    Transf., to strike or dash to pieces (very rare):

    illisis cruribus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 10:

    serpens compressa atque illisa morietur,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 25 fin.

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  • 10 caecidi

    caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

    frondem querneam caedito,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

    arbores,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

    robur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

    lignum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

    nemus,

    Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

    14, 535: harundinem,

    Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

    arboris auctum,

    Lucr. 6, 167:

    comam vitis,

    Tib. 1, 7, 34:

    faenum,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

    Liv. 21, 11, 9:

    caesis montis fodisse medullis,

    Cat. 68, 111; so,

    caedi montis in marmora,

    Plin. 12, prooem. §

    2: lapis caedendus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    silicem,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    marmor,

    Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

    toga rotunda et apte caesa,

    cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

    i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—
    c.
    Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—
    2.
    In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

    ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

    strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

    caedere januam saxis,

    Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    silicem rostro,

    Liv. 41, 13, 1:

    vasa dolabris,

    Curt. 5, 6, 5:

    femur, pectus, frontem,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

    verberibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

    pugnis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

    aliquem ex occulto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

    at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

    they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    populum saxis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

    ferulā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

    flagris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    aliquem loris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

    caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

    nudatos virgis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 8:

    hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

    id. 35, 5, 10:

    servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

    id. 2, 36, 1.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    stimulos pugnis caedere,

    to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    in judicio testibus caeditur,

    is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Pregn.
    1.
    (Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

    ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

    P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    caeso Argo,

    Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

    caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

    Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

    Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

    infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

    id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

    Indos,

    Curt. 9, 5, 19:

    passim obvios,

    id. 5, 6, 6:

    praesidium,

    id. 4, 5, 17:

    propugnatores reipublicae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

    Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

    consulem exercitumque caesum,

    id. 22, 56, 2:

    legio-nes nostras cecidere,

    id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

    Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

    caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

    Cat. 64, 359.—
    c.
    To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

    caedit greges armentorum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

    boves,

    Ov. M. 15, 141:

    deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

    caesis victimis,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—
    d.
    Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

    jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

    oratio caesa,

    i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

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  • 11 caedo

    caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

    frondem querneam caedito,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

    arbores,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

    robur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

    lignum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

    nemus,

    Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

    14, 535: harundinem,

    Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

    arboris auctum,

    Lucr. 6, 167:

    comam vitis,

    Tib. 1, 7, 34:

    faenum,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

    Liv. 21, 11, 9:

    caesis montis fodisse medullis,

    Cat. 68, 111; so,

    caedi montis in marmora,

    Plin. 12, prooem. §

    2: lapis caedendus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    silicem,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    marmor,

    Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

    toga rotunda et apte caesa,

    cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

    i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—
    c.
    Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—
    2.
    In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

    ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

    strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

    caedere januam saxis,

    Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    silicem rostro,

    Liv. 41, 13, 1:

    vasa dolabris,

    Curt. 5, 6, 5:

    femur, pectus, frontem,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

    verberibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

    pugnis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

    aliquem ex occulto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

    at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

    they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    populum saxis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

    ferulā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

    flagris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    aliquem loris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

    caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

    nudatos virgis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 8:

    hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

    id. 35, 5, 10:

    servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

    id. 2, 36, 1.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    stimulos pugnis caedere,

    to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    in judicio testibus caeditur,

    is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Pregn.
    1.
    (Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

    ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

    P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    caeso Argo,

    Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

    caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

    Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

    Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

    infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

    id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

    Indos,

    Curt. 9, 5, 19:

    passim obvios,

    id. 5, 6, 6:

    praesidium,

    id. 4, 5, 17:

    propugnatores reipublicae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

    Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

    consulem exercitumque caesum,

    id. 22, 56, 2:

    legio-nes nostras cecidere,

    id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

    Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

    caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

    Cat. 64, 359.—
    c.
    To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

    caedit greges armentorum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

    boves,

    Ov. M. 15, 141:

    deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

    caesis victimis,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—
    d.
    Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

    jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

    oratio caesa,

    i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

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  • 12 contundo

    con-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (tunsum, Plin. 21, 27, 101, § 174; 28, 16, 62, § 221 al.), 3 ( perf. contūdit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P., or Ann. v. 482 Vahl.; but contŭdit, id. ap. Prisc. l. l., or Ann. v. 387 Vahl.), v. a., to beat, bruise, grind, crush, pound, break to pieces (syn.: confringo, debilito; very freq. and class. in prose and poetry; not in Quint.; for in 11, 2, 13, confudit is the better reading).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: oleas in lentisco, Cato. [p. 461] R. R. 7, 4 (cited ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 60):

    thymum in pila,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; cf.:

    radices ferreis pilis,

    Col. 7, 7, 2: florem nullo aratro, * Cat. 62, 40:

    colla,

    Col. 6, 2, 8; 6, 14, 3: classis victa, fusa, contusa, fugataque est, Inscr. ap. Liv. 40, 52, 6:

    aliquem male fustibus,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4; cf.:

    aliquem pugnis,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 46; and:

    pugiles caestibus contusi,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

    aliquem saxis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 98:

    pectus ictu,

    Ov. M. 12, 85:

    faciem planā palmā (with caedere pectus pugnis),

    Juv. 13, 128:

    contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,

    Liv. 21, 40, 9:

    hydram,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

    nares a fronte resimas,

    to squeeze together, press in, Ov. M. 14, 96.—With acc. of part:

    asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15.— Poet. of the beating to pieces of crops by hail:

    vites grando,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 5 (cf. id. C. 3, 1, 29: non verberatae grandine vineae);

    and of lameness produced by disease, etc.: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos ( = debilitavit nodis),

    id. S. 2, 7, 16 (cf. Pers. 5, 58: cum lapidosa cheragra fregerit articulos, has crippled).—
    B.
    In medic. lang.: contūsum ( - tun-sum), i, n., a bruise, contusion (cf. contusio), Scrib. Comp. 209; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136 sq. al.—
    II.
    Trop., to break, lessen, weaken, destroy, subdue, put down, baffle, check, etc. (syn.: frango, obtero, vinco): virosque valentes contudit crudelis hiems, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P.; cf. id. Ann. v. 387 and 482 Vahl.:

    corpora conturbant magno contusa labore,

    Lucr. 4, 958:

    populos feroces,

    Verg. A. 1, 264:

    ferocem Hannibalem,

    Liv. 27, 2, 2:

    nostrae opes contusae hostiumque auctae erant,

    Sall. J. 43, 5:

    contudi animum et fortasse vici,

    Cic. Att. 12, 44, 3; cf.:

    animos feros placidā arte,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 12:

    contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 29:

    calumniam et stultitiam (with obtrivit),

    id. Caecin. 7, 18:

    regum tumidas minas,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 8:

    impetus,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 10:

    ingenium patientia longa laborum,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 31:

    facta Talthybi,

    i. e. to surpass by my own, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 33. (But in Lucr. 5, 692, concludit is the right reading, Lachm., Munro.)

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  • 13 percido

    per-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum ( perf. percecīdi, Flor. 4, 12, 7), 3, v. a. [caedo], to beat or cut to pieces, to smash.
    I.
    In gen.:

    os alicui,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 12; id. Cas. 2, 6, 52; Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To cut to pieces, rout utterly, destroy:

    exercitum,

    Flor. 3, 20, 10:

    terga hostium,

    id. 4, 12, 7.—
    B.
    In mal. part., i. q. paedicare, Mart. 4, 48, 1; 7, 62, 1 al.; Sen. Prov. 5, 3; Mart. 12, 35, 2; cf.: percisus, paedicatus, pepugismenos, Gloss. Philox.; so,

    too, alicui os, i. q. irrumare,

    Mart. 2, 72, 3 (al. praecisum).

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  • 14 scindo

    scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. [p. 1643] Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [akin to Gr. schizô, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio], to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf. ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).
    I.
    Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:

    crines,

    Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:

    capillos,

    id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.

    , in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,

    Ov. M. 8, 526:

    vela,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

    epistulam,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

    vestem,

    to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:

    vestem tibi de corpore,

    Prop. 2, 5, 21:

    pecora scindunt herbarum radices,

    Col. 2, 18, 2:

    asini me mordicibus scindant,

    tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:

    sinus,

    Ov. M. 10, 386:

    latus flagello,

    id. Ib. 185:

    lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,

    Sil. 1, 172:

    vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,

    bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:

    et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,

    wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:

    vallum,

    to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:

    limen portae,

    to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:

    pontem,

    to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:

    cuneis lignum,

    to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:

    quercum cuneis,

    id. A. 7, 510:

    cuneis fissile robur,

    id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:

    ferro aequor (i. e. humum),

    id. G. 1, 50; cf.

    solum,

    id. ib. 2, 399:

    vomere terram,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

    freta ictu (remorum),

    id. M. 11, 463:

    puppis aquas,

    id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:

    fluvios natatu,

    Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:

    tellurem mare scindit,

    Luc. 3, 61:

    agmen,

    Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:

    labra,

    to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:

    obsonium,

    to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.

    nihil (edulium),

    Mart. 3, 12, 2:

    aves in frusta,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—
    b.
    Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:

    dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,

    Tac. G. 43:

    frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,

    Mel. 2, 4, 7.—

    Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,

    Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:

    se (lutamenta),

    Cato, R. R. 128:

    se (nubes),

    Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:

    omnis fumus, vapor, etc.... scinduntur per iter flexum,

    Lucr. 4, 91:

    scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,

    Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.— Absol.:

    sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—
    2.
    To destroy:

    scindunt proceres Pergamum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—
    II.
    Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:

    aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,

    Lucr. 3, 994:

    quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,

    id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

    non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

    to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:

    ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,

    was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:

    verba fletu,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:

    vox scinditur,

    is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:

    sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,

    divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:

    naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,

    Sen. Ep. 89, 16:

    scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,

    Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:

    scindebatur in multiplices curas,

    Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.
    A.
    Lit.:

    folia pluribus divisuris,

    Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:

    vitis folio,

    id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,

    id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:

    alumen,

    Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:

    scissile alumen,

    Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):

    vestibus,

    Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    genus vocum,

    harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.

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  • 15 concidō

        concidō cidī, —, ere    [cado], to fall together, fall down, tumble, fall to earth: conclave illud concidit: urbs uno incendio: pinus bipenni, Ph.: ad terram, V.: sub onere, L.: concidere miratur arator tauros, O.—To fall dead, be slain, fall: omnes advorsis volneribus conciderant, S.: sparo percussus, N.: in proelio: victima taurus Concidit, O. — Fig., to decline, fall, be overthrown, fail, be defeated, decay, perish, go to ruin, waste away, cease: concidunt venti, subside, H.: falsum crimen concidit: macie, to shrivel, O.: concidit auguris domus, H.: concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc., N.: scimus fidem concidisse, was prostrated: praeclara nomina artificum: omnis ferocia, L.: senatūs auctoritas: mente.
    * * *
    I
    concidere, concidi, - V INTRANS
    fall down/faint/dead/victim/to earth/short, collapse; drop, subside; decline; perish, be slain/sacrificed; lose one's case, fail, give out/lose heart, decay
    II
    concidere, concidi, concisus V TRANS
    cut/chop up/down/to pieces; crop; ruin, kill, destroy; divide minutely; beat

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  • 16 con-tundō

        con-tundō tudī, tūsus or tūnsus, ere,    to beat, bruise, grind, crush, pound, break to pieces: pugiles caestibus contusi: Vos saxis, H.: pectus ictu, O.: flos nullo contusus aratro, Ct.: contusi inter saxa, L.: narīs a fronte resimas, to flatten, O.: radicibus contusis equos alere, Cs.: herbas, V.— Of gout: (cheragra) articulos, racked, H.—Fig., to break, crush, destroy, subdue, put down, baffle, check: populos ferocīs, V.: Hannibalem, L.: opes contusae (opp. auctae), S.: praedonis audaciam: regum minas, H.: animos, Ta.

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  • 17 contundo

    contundere, contudi, contusus V TRANS
    quell/crush/outdo/subdue utterly; bruise/beat; pound to pieces/powder/pulp

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  • 18 lambero

    lambĕro, āre, v. a., to tear to pieces (ante-class.): lamberat scindit ac laniat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.—Prov.:

    lepide, Charine, meo me ludo lamberas,

    you beat me at my own game, pay me in my own coin, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 53.

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  • 19 tero

    tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

    lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

    teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

    Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

    aliquid in mortario,

    id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

    aliquid in farinam,

    id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

    bacam trapetis,

    Verg. G. 2, 519:

    unguibus herbas,

    Ov. M. 9, 655:

    dentes in stipite,

    id. ib. 8, 369:

    lumina manu,

    Cat. 66, 30:

    sucina trita redolent,

    Mart. 3, 64, 5:

    piper,

    Petr. 74:

    Appia trita rotis,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

    cibum in ventre,

    i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

    calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

    treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

    crystalla labris,

    Mart. 9, 23, 7.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

    frumentum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

    milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

    area dum messes teret,

    Tib. 1, 5, 22:

    teret area culmos,

    Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

    ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

    i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—
    2.
    To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

    polio, acuo): oculos,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

    crura mordaci pumice,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

    hinc radios trivere rotis,

    smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

    vitrum torno,

    Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

    catillum manibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

    tritus cimice lectus,

    Mart. 11, 33, 1.—
    3.
    To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

    (navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

    hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

    ferrum,

    to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

    mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

    trita labore colla,

    Ov. M. 15, 124:

    trita subucula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

    trita vestis,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

    librum,

    i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

    pocula labris patrum trita,

    Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—
    4.
    Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

    nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

    litibus,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—
    5.
    To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

    calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

    Verg. G. 1, 380:

    iter propositum,

    Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

    Appiam mannis,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

    viam,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

    via trita pede,

    Tib. 4, 13, 10:

    ambulator porticum terit,

    Mart. 2, 11, 2:

    limina,

    id. 10, 10, 2:

    mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

    nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

    Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —
    6.
    In mal. part.:

    Bojus est, Bojam terit,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in good prose).
    A.
    To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

    absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

    diem sermone terere segnities merast,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

    naves diem trivere,

    Liv. 37, 27, 8:

    tempus in convivio luxuque,

    id. 1, 57, 9:

    tempus ibi in secreto,

    id. 26, 19, 5:

    omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    teretur interea tempus,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

    jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

    omne aevum ferro,

    Verg. A. 9, 609:

    spe otia,

    id. ib. 4, 271:

    otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

    Liv. 1, 57, 5. —
    B.
    To expend, employ (late Lat.):

    qui operam teri frustra,

    Amm. 27, 12, 12. —
    C.
    To exert greatly, exhaust:

    ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

    id. 6, 27, 7.—
    D.
    Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

    jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

    quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

    id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—
    * E.
    To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

    jurata deorum majestas teritur,

    Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.
    A.
    Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

    iter,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

    via,

    id. Brut. 81, 281:

    quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

    tritissima quaeque via,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    Practised, expert:

    tritas aures habere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

    tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

    Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —
    2.
    Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

    quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

    nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

    ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

    faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

    Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.

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