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in-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [in-facio], to put or dip into any thing; hence,

Lit., to stain, dye, color, tinge with:

quia tibi suaso infecisti pallulam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 16:

omnes se Britanni vitro inficiunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

lana infecta conchylio,

Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77:

arma infecta sanguine,

Verg. A. 5, 413; cf.:

locum sanguine,

Tac. H. 2, 55:

diem,

to discolor, darken, Ov. M. 13, 601:

populi sole infecti, nondum exusti,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 70:

palpebrae mulieribus infectae quotidiano,

Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154:

vestis ita infecta,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 83; cf.:

tinguntur sole populi, jam quidem infecti,

darkened, tanned, id. 6, 19, 22, § 70:

albus ora pallor inficit,

covers, Hor. Epod. 7, 15; cf.:

virgo inficitur teneras ore rubente genas,

Tib. 3, 4, 32.—

Transf.

To mix with something:

pocula veneno,

Just. 21, 4: hōc (abl.) amnem inficit, Verg. A. 12, 418. —

In partic., in a bad sense, to taint, infect, spoil:

pabula tabo,

Verg. G. 3, 481; cf.:

Gorgoneis Alecto infecta venenis,

imbued, id. A. 7, 341:

mel infectum fronde,

that has a taste of leaves, Plin. 11, 13, 13, § 32.—

Trop.

In gen.:

sapientia nisi alte descendit et diu sedit animum non coloravit sed infecit,

has merely tinged, Sen. Ep. 71, 31:

si illā (humanorum divinorumque notitiā) se non perfuderit, sed infecerit,

id. ib. 110, 8; cf.:

(vestes) quarum generosi graminis ipsum Infecit natura pecus,

Juv. 12, 41. —

In partic.

To instruct in any thing (syn. imbuere):

jam infici debet (puer) iis artibus, quas si, dum est tener, combiberit, ad majora veniet paratior,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9:

animos teneros et rudes inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

id. Leg. 1, 17 fin. —

To spoil, corrupt, infect (syn. corrumpo):

nos umbris, deliciis, otio... desidia animum infecimus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

inficimur opinionum pravitate,

id. ib. 3, 2:

vereor ne hoc quod infectum est serpat longius,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

cupiditatibus principum et vitiis infici solet tota civitas,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 30: elui difficile est;

non enim inquinati sumus, sed infecti,

Sen. Ep. 59, 9:

artibus infectus,

Tac. A. 2, 2.— Poet.:

infectum eluitur scelus (= quo se infecerunt),

Verg. A. 6, 742 Forbig and Conington ad loc.

prō-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (sync. forms:

promisti for promisisti,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3:

promisse for promisisse,

id. 110, 5:

promissem,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. pass. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.

Lit., to let go forward, to send or put forth, to let hang down, let grow, etc. (rare;

not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt,

suffer to grow longer, Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to grow:

nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit,

Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the hair, the beard, to let hang down, let grow:

satis constat multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.:

pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.— Transf.:

(Sonus lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu,

is drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82;

Gallia est longe et a nostris litoribus huc usque promissa,

Mel. 1, 3; v. infra, P. a.—

Trop., of speech.

To say beforehand, to forebode, foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare):

praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5:

ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis,

id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to forebode, portend:

pari in meliora praesagio in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant,

Flor. 4, 7, 9:

promittunt omina poenas,

Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum fore (Servium) visa circa caput flamma promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to denote beforehand:

stella... vindemiae maturitatem promittens,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—

To promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope or promise of, assure (class. and freq.; syn.: polliceor, spondeo, recipio), constr. with acc., an object-clause, or de:

domum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28:

sestertia septem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81:

carmen,

id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7:

auxilium alicui,

id. M. 13, 325:

opem,

id. F 5, 247:

salutem,

Luc. 4, 235:

ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5:

si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset,

id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit!

id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.):

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

promitto, in meque recipio fore eum, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 10, 3:

quem inimicissimum futurum esse promitto et spondeo,

id. Mur. 41, 90:

surrepturum pallam promisit tibi,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6:

promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.:

si operam dare promittitis,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum vanitas ebrietati eas resistere [p. 1465] promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.:

se remedium afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit,

Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5:

promittere oratorem,

to give promise of becoming, Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.:

per ea scelera se parricidam,

excite fears lest he become, Quint. Decl. 1, 6:

me Promisi ultorem,

Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de:

de alicujus voluntate promittere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

promittere damni infecti,

i. e. to promise indemnification for, become answerable for the possible damage, Cic. Top 4, 22.—

With ut and subj.:

promiserat ut daret,

Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' terra ipsa promittit (aquas), gives promise of, leads one to expect water, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45:

debet extremitas (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat alia post se,

to lead one to suppose, to suggest, id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—

In partic.

To promise to come, to engage one's self to meet any one, to dine, sup, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16:

ad fratrem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27:

ad cenam mihi,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so,

tibi me promittere noli,

to expect me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—

To promise something to a deity, i. e. to vow:

donum Jovi dicatum atque promissum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184:

nigras pecudes Diti,

Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—

To offer as a price (post-Aug.):

pro domo sestertium millies promittens,

Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.

Lit., hanging down, long; of the hair: coma, Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

Britanni capillo sunt promisso,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so,

capillus,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

barba,

Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4:

barba omnibus promissa erat,

id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap:

boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis,

Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the belly:

sues ventre promisso,

Col. 7, 9, 1.—

Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a promise (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.

promissio, pollicitatio),

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

constantia promissi,

id. ib. 4, 17, 1:

promissum absolvere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1:

facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95:

exigere,

id. ib. 3, 25, 94:

ludere aliquem promisso inani,

Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.:

pacta et promissa servare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 10, 32:

promissis manere,

Verg. A. 2, 160:

promissa firmare,

Ov. M. 10, 430:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

dic aliquid dignum promissis,

id. S. 2, 3, 6:

quo promissa (Ennii) cadant,

i. e. the expectations which he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52:

promissa dare,

to make promises, Cat. 63, 239; to fulfil, Ov. M. 2, 51.

rĕ-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (sync. pluperf. remorant, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71; Sil. 11, 175; inf. remosse, Lucr. 3, 69; perf. remorunt, Ov. Ib. 240), v. a., to move back, draw back; to take away, set aside, withdraw, remove (freq. and class.; syn.: amolior, repono, segrego).

Lit.:

tolle hanc patinam, remove pernam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 163 sq.:

pecora,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

equos,

Sall. C. 59, 1:

equos ex conspectu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

dapes,

Ov. M. 8, 571:

mensam,

id. ib. 13, 676:

frena, Hor.S.2, 7, 74: tegimen,

to lay aside, Ov. M. 1, 674:

Aurora removerat ignes,

had driven away, id. ib. 4, 81:

monstra,

id. ib. 5, 216:

remoto atque ablegato viro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 82:

remotis arbitris,

id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

custode remoto,

Hor. A. P. 161:

remoto Hannibale,

Just. 31, 5, 1:

quae jam infantem removerit,

i. e. has weaned, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 72:

naves longas ab onerariis navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

cupas furcis ab opere,

id. B. C. 2, 11:

castra sex milia ab oppido,

Liv. 9, 24:

quae natura occultavit ab oculis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127:

bracchia a latere modice,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

comas a fronte ad aures,

Ov. M. 5, 488:

se a corpore,

Lucr. 3, 895:

se a vulgo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

parvos natos a se,

id. C. 3, 5, 43:

se a conspectu, Auct. B. Afr. 62: plura de medio (with auferre),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

togam inde,

Quint. 11, 3, 124:

oculos,

Cic. Balb. 5, 11:

arcanis oculos profanos,

Ov. M. 7, 256:

tactu viriles virgineo manus,

id. ib. 13, 467:

toto sumus orbe remoti,

id. P. 2, 2, 123: mensae remotae, Verg. A. 1, 216; Ov. M. 13, 676:

cum paulum ab legionibus nostros removissent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16:

aliquem ab exercitu, Auct. B. Afr. 54: praesidia ex iis locis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 3:

se in montes ex urbe,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 16:

ex oculis manus,

Ov. M. 9, 390:

ut propinquis suis ultra ducentesimum lapidem removeretur,

Tac. A. 2, 50.—

Trop.:

removete moram,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37; Quint. 8, prooem. §

3: sumptum removit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

hominum conscientiā remotā,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

remotā subtilitate disputandi,

id. ib. 2, 38, 98:

omnia removistis, avaritiam, imperitiam, superbiam,

Sall. J. 85, 45; cf.:

remoto metu,

id. ib. 87, 4; Tac. Agr. 15:

remoto joco,

jesting aside, Cic. Fam. 7, 11, 3:

remoto personarum complexu,

Quint. 3, 6, 57; 12, 11, 30:

formam anilem,

Ov. M. 6, 43:

soporem,

id. ib. 6, 493:

obstantia fata,

id. ib. 13, 373: remove istaec, no more of that (i. e. do not speak of it), Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 49 fin.:

aliquem ab studio, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 14: aliquem ab republicā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Liv. 5, 11:

aliquem ab hoc sermone,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

aliquem a legibus (sc. ferendis),

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

aliquem a vitā (natura),

Lucr. 5, 350:

se a negotiis publicis,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 69:

se ab omni ejusmodi negotio,

id. Clu. 15, 43:

se ab amicitiā alicujus,

id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.:

se ab aliquo,

id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

se a suspitione,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 22; cf.:

illam suspitionem ab sese removere,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

invidiam a se,

Ov. M. 12, 626:

vim procul hinc,

id. Am. 1, 14, 29:

(levissima) secerni arbitror oportere atque ex oratione removeri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 76, 309:

quartum (statum) ex generalibus,

Quint. 3, 6, 67:

omnes tribu remoti,

Liv. 45, 15 Drak. N. cr.:

ordine,

Tac. A. 13, 11:

quaesturā,

Suet. Tib. 35:

pudorem thalamis,

Ov. M. 8, 157; cf.:

se artibus suis,

Cic. Or. 2, 5:

se ministerio sceleris,

Ov. M. 3, 645:

aliquem tutelā,

Dig. 26, 10, 4.— Absol., Dig. 26, 10, 3. —

To deduct, subtract:

si de quincunce remota est Uncia,

Hor. A. P. 327.—Hence, rĕmōtus, a, um, P. a., removed, i. e. afar off, distant, remote.

Lit.:

silvestribus ac remotis locis,

distant, retired, Caes. B. G. 7, 1; cf.:

remoto loco,

Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2:

terrae,

Lucr. 2, 534:

Gades,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 10:

Britanni,

id. ib. 4, 14, 47:

fontes,

id. S. 2, 4, 94:

gramen,

id. C. 2, 3, 6:

rupes,

id. ib. 2, 19, 1:

domūs pars, i. e. penetralia,

Ov. M. 6, 638. — Neutr. as subst.:

in remoto,

far away, Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1:

remotius antrum,

Ov. F. 6, 121:

sedes, remotas a Germanis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

ab arbitris remoto loco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80:

civitas a conspectu remota,

id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

85: in quibus (studiis) remoti ab oculis populi omne otiosum tempus contrivimus,

id. Lael. 27, 104:

ab aulā,

Ov. M. 11, 764.— With abl.:

civitatis oculis remotus,

Suet. Tib. 42:

quamvis longā regione remotus Absim,

by however great a distance I am removed from you, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 73; cf.:

licet caeli regione remotus,

id. M. 15, 62.—

Trop., removed, disconnected, separate, clear, free from, strange to any thing:

quae jam diu gesta et a memoriā remota,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

genus (narrationum) remotum a civilibus causis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 27:

natura deūm longe remota Sensibus ab nostris,

Lucr. 5, 148:

scientia remota ab justitiā,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

(defensio) remota ab utilitate rei publicae,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 193:

a verā ratione longe remotum,

Lucr. 6, 853:

(fabula) non a veritate modo, sed etiam a formā veritatis remota,

Quint. 2, 4, 2:

naturae jura a vulgari intellegentiā remotiora,

Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67:

sermo a forensi strepitu remotissimus,

id. Or. 9, 32; Quint. 11, 1, 89 Spald. N. cr.:

(Vestorium) hominem remotum a dialecticis, in arithmeticis satis versatum,

Cic. Att. 14, 12, 3:

homines maxime ab injuriis nostrorum magistratuum remoti,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

a Tib. Gracchi aequitate ac pudore longissime remotus,

id. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

hic a culpā est remotus,

id. Mur. 35, 73:

ab inani laude et sermonibus vulgi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:

a vulgo longe lateque,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 18:

vitio ab omni,

id. A. P. 384:

ab omni minimi errati suspicione remotissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

(vilica) a vino, ab escis, a superstitionibus remotissima sit,

Col. 12, 1, 3 et saep.—

In the philos. lang. of the Stoics, remota, a transl. of the Gr. proêgmena, things not to be preferred; [p. 1564] things to be rejected or postponed (opp. promota), Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—Hence, adv.: rĕmōtē, at a distance, afar off, remotely (very rare).— Comp.:

stellae eundem orbem tenentes aliae propius a terris, aliae remotius ab eisdem principiis eadem spatia conficiunt,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87.— Sup.:

remotissime,

Aug. Trin. 12, 5.