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  • 1 descendo

    dē-scendo, di, sum, 3 ( perf. redupl.: descendidit, Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 4 fin.; and, descendiderant, Laber. ib.; perf.: desciderunt, Inscr. Frat. Arv. 13 Henzen.), v. n., to come down; and of inanimate subjects, to fall, sink down, to descend, opp. to ascendo (class. and freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex equo,

    to alight, Cic. de Sen. 10, 34; Auct. B. Hisp. 15, 2;

    for which, equo,

    Sall. Hist. Fragm. 5, 13:

    sicut monte descenderat,

    id. J. 50, 2:

    e curru,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    e tribunali,

    id. Claud. 15:

    de rostris,

    Cic. Vatin. 11:

    de templo,

    Liv. 44, 45:

    de caelo,

    id. 6, 18;

    for which, caelo,

    Hor. Od. 3, 4, 1:

    e caelo,

    Juv. 11, 27:

    caelo ab alto,

    Verg. A. 8, 423; cf.:

    vertice montis ab alto,

    id. ib. 7, 675; and:

    ab Histro (Da cus),

    id. G. 2, 497:

    ab Alpibus,

    Liv. 21, 32, 2; 27, 38, 6:

    monte,

    Verg. A. 4, 159:

    aggeribus Alpinis atque arce Monoeci,

    id. ib. 6, 831:

    antro Castalio,

    Ov. M. 3, 14:

    per clivum,

    id. F. 1, 263 et saep.—Indicating the terminus ad quem:

    in mare de caelo,

    Lucr. 6, 427:

    Juppiter in terras,

    id. 6, 402:

    in pon tum,

    Sil. 1, 607; 15, 152; cf.:

    caelo in hibernas undas,

    Verg. G. 4, 235:

    caelo ad suos honores templaque, etc.,

    Ov. F. 5, 551:

    in aestum,

    Lucr. 6, 402:

    in inferiorem ambulationem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4:

    in campos,

    Liv. 6, 737; cf. Curt. 9, 9:

    in Piraeum,

    Quint. 8, 6, 64 et saep.:

    ad naviculas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48 fin.:

    ad genitorem imas Erebi descendit ad umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 404:

    sinus vestis infra genua,

    Curt. 6, 5 et saep. Poet. also with dat.:

    nocti, i. e. ad inferos,

    Sil. 13, 708; cf.

    Erebo,

    id. 13, 759.—With sup.:

    per quod oraculo utentes sciscitatum deos descendunt,

    Liv. 45, 27, 8.— Absol.:

    turbo descendit,

    Lucr. 6, 438; cf. Verg. E. 7, 60:

    asta ut descendam (sc. ex equo),

    dismount, alight, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 120; Suet. Galb. 18:

    descendens (sc. e lecto),

    Tib. 1, 5, 41:

    descendo (sc. de arce),

    Verg. A. 2, 632:

    umbrae descendentes (sc. ad inferos),

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 41.— Poet.: trepidi quoties nos descendentis arenae vidimus in partes, i. e. that seemed to sink as the wild beasts rose from the vaults, Calp. Ecl. 7, 69.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go down, to go, to come, sc. from the dwelling-houses (which in Rome were mostly situated on eminences) to the forum, the comitia, etc.: in forum descendens, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; so, ad forum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 538, 26; Q. Cic. Petit. cons. 14; Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9 fin.; Liv. 24, 7; 34, 1; cf.:

    fuge, quo descendere gestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 5;

    Orell. ad loc.: ad comitia,

    Suet. Caes. 13 al.:

    de palatio et aedibus suis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46.— Absol.:

    hodie non descendit Antonius,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 38; Liv. 2, 54; Sen. Ben. 3, 27 al. —
    b.
    Transf.:

    in causam,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2; Liv. 36, 7; Tac. H. 3, 3:

    in partes,

    id. A. 15, 50. —
    c.
    Of land, etc., to sink, fall, slope:

    regio,

    Val. Fl. 1, 538.—
    d.
    Of forests whose wood is brought to the plain, Stat. Ach. 2, 115:

    Caucasus,

    Val. Fl. 7, 55.—
    e.
    Of water conveyed in pipes, to fall:

    subeat descendatque,

    Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57; cf.

    of the sea: non magis descenderet aequor,

    Luc. 5, 338.—
    2.
    In milit. lang., to march down, sc. from an eminence [p. 555] into the plain:

    ex superioribus locis in planitiem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 98; cf. id. ib. 3, 65, 2:

    qua (sc. de monte),

    Sall. J. 50, 3:

    inde (sc. de arce),

    Liv. 32, 32; cf. id. 7, 29:

    in aequum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 53, 2;

    for which, in aequum,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    in campum omnibus copiis,

    id. 23, 29:

    in plana,

    Front. Strat. 2, 5, 18:

    ad Alexandriam,

    Liv. 45, 12 et saep.— Absol., Liv. 44, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 17, 9:

    ad laevam,

    Sall. J. 55 al. —With supine:

    praedatum in agros Romanos,

    Liv. 3, 10, 4; 10, 31, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf.:

    in aciem,

    to go into battle, to engage, Liv. 8, 8; 23, 29; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 11 al.:

    in proelium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 10; Just. 21, 2, 5:

    in certamen,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26:

    ad pugnam, ad tales pugnas,

    Val. Fl. 3, 518; Juv. 7, 173; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41;

    and even, in bellum,

    Just. 15, 4, 21; 38, 8, 1; cf.:

    in belli periculum,

    id. 15, 1, 2.—
    3.
    In medic. lang., of the excrements: to pass off, pass through, Cels. 2, 4 fin.:

    olera,

    id. 1, 6:

    alvus,

    id. 2, 7.—
    4.
    Pregn., to sink down, penetrate into any thing (freq. only after the Aug. per.;

    not in Cic. and Caes.): ferrum in corpus,

    Liv. 1, 41; cf. Sil. 16, 544:

    toto descendit in ilia ferro,

    Ov. M. 3, 67:

    (harundo) in caput,

    Luc. 6, 216; cf.:

    in jugulos gladiis descendebant (hostes),

    Flor. 3, 10, 13:

    ense in jugulos,

    Claud. B. Get. 601:

    in terram (fulmen),

    Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146:

    in rimam calamus,

    id. 17, 14, 24, § 102:

    subjacens soli duritia non patitur in altum descendere (radices), lapathi radix ad tria cubita,

    Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98 et saep.:

    toto corpore pestis,

    Verg. A. 5, 683:

    galeas vetant descendere cristae,

    to sink down, Stat. Th. 9, 262. —
    5.
    In an obscene sense, Catull. 112, 2; Juv. 11, 163.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (esp. freq. in Quint.), to descend, etc.:

    a vita pastorali ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3 sq.; cf.:

    ad aliquem,

    Just. 1, 4, 1:

    usus in nostram aetatem descendit,

    Quint. 1, 11, 18:

    (vox) attollitur concitatis affectibus, compositis descendit,

    id. 11, 3, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 92:

    grammatici omnes in hanc descendent rerum tenuitatem,

    id. 1, 4, 7 et saep.:

    in omnia familiaritatis officia,

    Plin. Pan. 85, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    eo contemptionis descensum, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 15, 1 et saep.:

    si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures,

    Hor. A. P. 387:

    si descendere ad ipsum Ordine perpetuo quaeris sunt hujus origo Ilus et Assaracus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 754.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to no. I. A. 4.) To sink deep into, to penetrate deeply:

    quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius, quam quisquam ratus erat, descendit,

    Sall. J. 11, 7; cf.:

    ut altius injuriae quam merita descendant,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1 med.; id. Contr. 1 praef.; Spart. Ant. Get. 6:

    cura in animos Patrum,

    Liv. 3, 52; cf.:

    qui (metus deorum) cum descendere ad animos... non posset,

    id. 1, 19:

    nemo in sese tentat descendere,

    to examine himself, Pers. 4, 23.—
    2.
    To lower one's self, descend to an act or employment, etc.; to yield, agree to any act, esp. to one which is unpleasant or wrong (freq. in Cic. and Caes.; cf. Orell. ad Cic. Cael. 2, and Fabri ad Liv. 23, 14, 3).—Constr. with ad, very rarely with in or absol.:

    senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. de Or. 2, 6:

    ad calamitatum societates,

    id. Lael. 17, 64:

    sua voluntate sapientem descendere ad rationes civitatis non solere,

    id. Rep. 1, 6 al.:

    ad ejusmodi consilium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 5:

    ad innocentium supplicia,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.:

    ad vim atque ad arma,

    id. ib. 7, 33:

    ad gravissimas verborum contumelias,

    id. B. C. 3, 83:

    ad accusandum, ad inimicitias,

    Cic. Mur. 27, 56; id. Sest. 41, 89; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 1: ad extrema, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    ad frontis urbanae praemia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    preces in omnes,

    Verg. A. 5, 782:

    videte, quo descendam, judices,

    Cic. Font. 1, 2; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 38; Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 5:

    ad intellectum audientis,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ad minutissima opera,

    id. 1, 12, 14; 4, 2, 15: placet mihi ista defensio;

    descendo,

    I acquiesce, id. ib. 2, 2, 72.—
    3.
    (Mostly ante-Aug.) To descend or proceed from any person or thing:

    ex gradu ascendentium vel descendentium uxorem ducere,

    Dig. 23, 2, 68 et saep.:

    quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit,

    ib. 43, 26, 1; cf. ib. 18, 1, 57 fin.:

    a Platone,

    Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.—Hence, subst.: dē-scendens, entis, m. and f., a descendant; plur. descendentes, posterity, Dig. 23, 2, 68. —
    4.
    (In Quint.) To depart, deviate, differ from:

    tantum ab eo defluebat, quantum ille (sc. Seneca) ab antiquis descenderat,

    Quint. 10, 1, 126; id. 3, 5, 8.
    ► The passive is very rare, Plin.
    2, 16, 13, § 71; Prud. Apoth. 1075.

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  • 2 dē-lābor

        dē-lābor lapsus, ī, dep.,    to fall, sink, slip down, glide down, descend: in mare (flumen), H.: medios delapsus in hostīs, V.: gradibus, by the steps, O.: signum de caelo delapsum: de manibus civium delapsa arma: ex equo, L.: ab astris, V.: per auras, O.: caelo, V.: Olympo, O.: capiti (i. e. de capite), V.: flumen in mare, H. — Fig., to come down, sink, descend, fall, slide, stoop, condescend: a sapientium familiaritatibus ad volgarīs amicitias oratio delabitur: eo, ut diceret, etc.: ad aequitatem, incline: in idem genus morbi: in hoc vitium: eo magis delabor ad Clodiam, I incline to Clodia. —Of sounds, to descend, be derived: ab his delapsa plura genera (vocum).

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  • 3 dē-scendō

        dē-scendō dī, sus, ere,    to climb down, come down, descend, fall, sink: ex equo, to alight: monte, S.: de palatio: caelo, H.: e caelo, Iu.: vertice montis ab alto, V.: ab Alpibus, L.: arce Monoeci, V.: per clivum, O.: in campum: in ventrem, to be eaten, H.: caelo in undas, V.: ad naviculas: Ad mare, H.: Sacrā viā, H.: sciscitatum deos descendunt, L.: Iuppiter laeto descendet imbri, V.: O testa... Descende (i. e. ex apothecā), H.—To go down, go, come (to business, etc.): in forum ante lucem: ad forum, L.: fuge, quo descendere gestis, H.: de palatio: hodie non descendit Antonius: quod non descenderet tribunus, L.: in causam, to engage.—Of troops, to march down: ex superioribus locis in planitiem, Cs.: quā (sc. de monte), S.: inde (sc. de arce), L.: in aequum, L.: omnibus copiis in campum descensum est, L.: ad laevam, S.: praedatum in agros Romanos, L.: descensum in aciem est, the battle began, L.: in certamen: Ad pugnam rhetoricā ab umbrā, Iu.—To sink down, penetrate: ferrum alte in corpus, L.: toto in ilia ferro, O.: toto corpore pestis, V.: in iudicis aurīs, H.—Fig., to go down, descend, sink, penetrate: verbum in pectus altius, S.: cura in animos patrum, L.: descendere ad ipsum Ordine perpetuo, follow the line of descent, O.—To lower oneself, descend, stoop, yield, agree to: senes ad ludum adulescentium descendant: ad calamitatum societates: ad eius modi consilium, Cs.: ad ultimum rei p. auxilium, L.: preces in omnīs, V.: videte, quo descendam.

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  • 4 Origo

    1.
    ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. [orior], earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    originem rerum quaerere,

    Cic. Univ. 3:

    origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,

    id. ib. 6, 25, 27:

    nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,

    id. Univ. 2, 3:

    rerum genitalis,

    Lucr. 5, 176:

    ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),

    Verg. G. 3, 473:

    summi boni,

    Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:

    omnium virtutum,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 17:

    fontium qui celat origines Nilus,

    source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:

    auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,

    to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:

    mentis causa malae est origo penes te,

    Juv. 14, 226:

    accipere,

    to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    ducere ex Hispaniā,

    to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. [p. 1279] 6, 20, 23, §

    76: ab aliquo habere,

    to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:

    trahere,

    id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:

    PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,

    i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
    B.
    In partic.:

    Origines,

    the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:

    quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;

    libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:

    ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,

    Verg. A. 10, 618:

    Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,

    Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
    B.
    Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:

    Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,

    Verg. A. 12, 166:

    celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,

    Tac. G. 2:

    hujus origo Ilus,

    Ov. M. 11, 755:

    mundi melioris origo,

    the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:

    eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,

    their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.
    2.
    Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f., a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55.

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  • 5 origo

    1.
    ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. [orior], earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    originem rerum quaerere,

    Cic. Univ. 3:

    origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,

    id. ib. 6, 25, 27:

    nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,

    id. Univ. 2, 3:

    rerum genitalis,

    Lucr. 5, 176:

    ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),

    Verg. G. 3, 473:

    summi boni,

    Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:

    omnium virtutum,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 17:

    fontium qui celat origines Nilus,

    source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:

    auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,

    to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:

    mentis causa malae est origo penes te,

    Juv. 14, 226:

    accipere,

    to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    ducere ex Hispaniā,

    to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. [p. 1279] 6, 20, 23, §

    76: ab aliquo habere,

    to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:

    trahere,

    id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:

    PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,

    i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
    B.
    In partic.:

    Origines,

    the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:

    quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;

    libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:

    ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,

    Verg. A. 10, 618:

    Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,

    Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
    B.
    Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:

    Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,

    Verg. A. 12, 166:

    celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,

    Tac. G. 2:

    hujus origo Ilus,

    Ov. M. 11, 755:

    mundi melioris origo,

    the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:

    eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,

    their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.
    2.
    Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f., a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55.

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  • 6 dēgredior

        dēgredior gressus, ī, dep.    [de + gradior], to go down, march down, descend: paulum ex eo loco, Cs.: ex arce, L.: monte, S.: in aequum, Ta.: ad pedes, to alight, dismount, L.
    * * *
    degredi, degressus sum V DEP
    march/go/come/flow down, descend; dismount; move off/depart; turn aside/deviate

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  • 7 delabor

    dē-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n., to fall, sink, slip down (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    signum, de caelo delapsum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    de manibus audacissimorum civium delapsa arma,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 77; Caes. B. C. 2, 11:

    sinus ab humero,

    Quint. 11, 3, 144:

    ex utraque parte (aqua),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180:

    ex equo,

    Liv. 37, 34 fin.: ab aethere, to glide down, poet. for to fly down, sc. to the earth, Ov. M. 1, 608; cf.:

    aetheriis ab astris,

    Verg. A. 5, 838:

    caelo,

    id. ib. 5, 722:

    summo Olympo,

    Ov. M. 1, 212:

    per auras,

    id. ib. 3, 101; also absol.:

    aquila leniter delapsa,

    Suet. Aug. 94:

    curru delapsus eodem,

    Verg. A. 10, 596; cf. Ov. M. 15, 685:

    serta capiti delapsa,

    Verg. E. 6, 16:

    in terram delabi,

    Lucr. 6, 838:

    in scrobes,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 82:

    de caelo in provinciam,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2:

    in mare (flumen),

    Hor. Od. 3, 29, 35:

    sensit medios delapsus in hostes,

    Verg. A. 2, 377:

    te aequoream Lemnon,

    Val. Fl. 2, 127:

    voce delapsa a magnifica gloria,

    Vulg. 2 Petr. 1, 17.—
    II.
    Trop. (esp. freq. in Cic.), to come down, sink, descend; and with reference to the term. ad quem, to slide or fall into:

    jam a sapientium familiaritatibus ad vulgares amicitias oratio nostra delabitur,

    Cic. Lael. 21; cf. id. Cael. 7, 15; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18; and:

    aut a minoribus ad majora ascendimus, aut a majoribus ad minora delabimur,

    id. Part. 4, 12:

    in idem genus morbi delapsa,

    Cic. Att. 7, 5; cf.:

    in hoc vitium scurrile,

    id. de Or. 2, 60, 246:

    in amorem libertae,

    Tac. A. 13, 12:

    in ambitionem,

    id. ib. 3, 63 et saep.:

    cujus in similitudinem proclivi cursu delabitur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28:

    in istum sermonem,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 96:

    in eas difficultates, ut, etc.,

    id. Fat. 17; cf.:

    eo, ut, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 18, 59 al.:

    ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam,

    id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

    ad impatientiam,

    Tac. A. 15, 63:

    ad inopiam,

    id. ib. 2, 38 fin. —Of sounds, to descend, be derived:

    atque etiam illa sunt ab his delapsa plura genera (vocum),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—In epistolary style: eo magis delabor ad Clodiam, I incline to Clodia (i. e. to purchase her gardens), Cic. Att. 12, 47, 1.

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  • 8 demitto

    dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    picis e caelo demissum flumen,

    Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

    caelo imbrem,

    Verg. G. 1, 23:

    caelo ancilia,

    Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

    barbam malis,

    Lucr. 5, 673:

    latum clavum pectore,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

    monilia pectoribus,

    Verg. A. 7, 278:

    laenam ex humeris,

    id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

    ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

    Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

    aliquem in sporta per murum,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

    taleam (sc. in terram),

    to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

    arbores altius,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

    puteum alte in solido,

    i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

    triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

    Curt. 5, 1, 31:

    arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

    Lucr. 5, 670:

    demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

    fasces,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

    cibos (sc. in alvum),

    Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

    Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

    Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

    effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

    id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

    arma, classem, socios Rheno,

    Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

    and pecora secundā aquā,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

    manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

    brachia,

    id. 2, 13, 9:

    frontem (opp. attolli),

    id. 11, 3, 78:

    supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

    Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

    auriculas,

    id. S. 1, 9, 20:

    caput,

    Ov. M. 10, 192:

    crinem,

    id. ib. 6, 289:

    demisso capite,

    Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

    aliquos per funem,

    Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

    vestem,

    id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

    tunicam,

    id. ib. 25:

    stolam,

    id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

    equum in flumen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

    equos a campo in cavam viam,

    Liv. 23, 47:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

    aliquem ad imos Manes,

    Verg. A. 12, 884:

    hostem in ovilia,

    Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

    gladium in jugulum,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

    ferrum in ilia,

    Ov. M. 4, 119:

    sublicas in terram,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

    huc stipites,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

    huc caementa,

    Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

    nummum in loculos,

    to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

    calculum atrum in urnam,

    Ov. M. 15, 44:

    milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

    Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

    quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

    Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

    navem secundo amni Scodam,

    Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

    corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

    aliquem neci,

    Verg. A. 2, 85:

    aliquem Orco,

    id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

    aliquem umbris,

    Sil. 11, 142:

    ferrum jugulo,

    Ov. H. 14, 5:

    ferrum lacubus,

    id. M. 12, 278:

    offa demittitur faucibus boum,

    Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—
    b.
    Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

    (venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

    Lucr. 6, 446:

    se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    se ad aurem alicujus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    cum se demittit ob assem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

    concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

    Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

    nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—
    B.
    Esp., milit. t. t.
    1.
    To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

    in loca plana agmen demittunt,

    Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

    agmen in vallem infimam,

    id. 7, 34:

    equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

    id. 27, 18:

    agmen in Thessaliam,

    id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

    agmen,

    Liv. 9, 2:

    levem armaturam,

    id. 22, 28 al.:

    cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

    had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

    so with se,

    id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—
    2.
    Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —
    II.
    Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

    demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

    Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

    vultu demisso,

    Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

    demissis in terram oculis,

    Liv. 9, 38, 13;

    also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

    Val. Fl. 3, 41:

    vultum,

    Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

    vultum animumque metu,

    Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

    vultus,

    id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

    eas voces in pectora animosque,

    Liv. 34, 50; and:

    dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

    Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    dignitatem in discrimen,

    Liv. 3, 35:

    vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

    Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

    me penitus in causam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

    me in res turbulentissimas,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

    se in comparationem,

    Suet. Rhet. 6:

    se in adulationem,

    to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

    se usque ad servilem patientiam,

    id. ib. 14, 26:

    se ad minora illa,

    Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

    si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

    animos (with contrahere),

    id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

    animum (with contrahere),

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

    mentes,

    Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

    ne se admodum animo demitterent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

    campestribus ac demissis locis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

    loca demissa ac palustria,

    id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—
    2.
    Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

    demissis umeris esse,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

    tremulus, labiis demissis,

    with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

    demisso capite discedere,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

    tristes, capite demisso,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    demisso vultu,

    with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

    Dido vultum demissa,

    Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

    demissa vulnera,

    Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

    erigebat animum jam demissum,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    esse fracto animo et demisso,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

    (homines) animo demisso atque humili,

    id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

    demisso animo fuit,

    Sall. J. 98 al.:

    demissa voce loqui,

    Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

    nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

    Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

    quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

    Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

    videsne illum demissum?

    id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

    orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

    Cic. Or. 24, 81.—
    2.
    Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

    ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

    multum demissus homo,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

    sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

    Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—
    3.
    Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

    qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

    Sall. C. 51, 12.—
    4.
    Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

    ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.
    1.
    Lit., low:

    hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—
    2.
    Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    suppliciter demisseque respondere,

    id. Fl. 10, 21:

    se tueri,

    id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

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  • 9 accidō

        accidō cidī, —, ere    [ad + cado], to fall upon, fall to, reach by falling: ut tela missa a Gallis gravius acciderent, Cs.: tela ab omni parte accidebant, L.—Of persons, to arrive, come: de inproviso, had come unexpectedly, S.: alqd simulare, quo inprovisus gravior accideret, that his attack might be a surprise, and more formidable, S. — Esp., to fall before, fall at the feet: ad genua accidit Lacrumans, T.: ad pedes omnium.—Of the senses, to strike, reach, come: nihil quod ad oculos animumque acciderit: ad aurīs tuas: unde nec ad nos nomen famaque eius accidere posset, reach, L.: auribus, L.: animo, T.— Absol, to come to the ears, come, be heard, be raised: clamor deinde accidit novus, L.: concitatior accidens clamor ab increscente certamine, L.: ut vox etiam ad hostes accideret (with acc. and inf.), L.—To befit, become, suit (poet.): istuc verbum vere in te accidit, was true of you, T.—Fig., to come to pass, happen, occur, fall out, take place, befall: res eo gravius ferre, quo minus merito accidissent, Cs.: si quid mali accidisset, S.: cum tantum periculi accidisset, Cs.: quae victis acciderent enumeravere, the fate of the conquered, S.: si gravius quid acciderit, if any calamity occur, Cs.: casu accidit ut: sic accidit, uti, etc., thus it happened, that, Cs. — Pleonast. in narrations: accidit ut esset luna plena, Cs.: neque saepe accidit, ut, etc., Cs.—Of what is fortunate or welcome: quid optatius populo R. accidere potuit, quam, etc.? interea aliquid acciderit boni, T.— Esp., si quid cui accidat, or si quid humanitus accidat, if anything should happen to one (euphemist. for die): si quid mihi humanitus accidisset: si quid ei gravius a Caesare accidisset, i. e. if Cœsar should put him to death, Cs.: si quid accidat Romanis, if the Romans are destroyed, Cs.—To end, result, turn out: contra opinionem, disappoint us, Cs.: peius victoribus quam victis accidisse, Cs.
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    I
    accidere, accidi, - V
    fall upon/down/to/at or near, descend, alight; happen, occur; happen to (DAT)
    II
    accidere, accidi, accisus V TRANS
    cut, cut into/down/up, hack, hew, fell; overthrow, destroy; cut short; weaken

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  • 10 accīdō

        accīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [ad + caedo], to cut, cut at, cut into, cut down, fell (rare): arbores, Cs.: accisa ornus ferro, V.: accisis crinibus, with shorn hair, Ta.—Poet., to consume: dapes, V.—Fig., to impair, weaken, shatter: Latinorum etsi pariter accisae copiae sint, L.: accisae Volscorum res, L. —
    * * *
    I
    accidere, accidi, - V
    fall upon/down/to/at or near, descend, alight; happen, occur; happen to (DAT)
    II
    accidere, accidi, accisus V TRANS
    cut, cut into/down/up, hack, hew, fell; overthrow, destroy; cut short; weaken

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  • 11 cadō

        cadō cecidī, casūrus, ere    [CAD-], to fall, fall down, descend: lucrumae cadunt gaudio, T.: (apes) praecipites cadunt, V.: caelo ceciderunt sereno Fulgura, V.: a mento cadit manus, O.: de manibus arma cecidissent: vela cadunt, are furled, V.: Altius atque cadant imbres, from a greater height, V.—To fall, fall down, fall prostrate, fall over: ne ille ceciderit, has had a fall, T.: velut si prolapsus cecidisset, L.: prolapsa in volnus moribunda cecidit, L.: in pectus pronus, O.: casura moenia Troum, O.: casurae arces, V.—Of heavenly bodies, to set, go down, fall, sink: iuxta solem cadentem, V.: quā (nocte) Orion cadit, H.: oriens mediusve cadensve Phoebus, O.: primis cadentibus astris, fading, i. e. at dawn, V.—To fall off, fall away, fall out, drop off, be shed: barba, V.: Prima (folia) cadunt, H.: gregibus lanae cadunt, O.: poma ramis, O.: elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae, O.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself: in sinum maris, L.—Of dice, to be thrown, fall, turn up: illud, quod cecidit forte, T.—Of shadows, to be thrown, fall (poet.): cadunt de montibus umbrae, V.—To fall dead, fall, die, be slain: in acie: Civili acie, O.: pauci de nostris cadunt, Cs.: plures Saguntini cadebant quam Poeni, L.: ante diem, prematurely, V.: suo Marte (i. e. suā manu), O.: iustā Morte, H.: femineo Marte, O.: a tanto viro, O.: a centurione, Ta.: In pio officio, O.: in patriā cadendum est, we must perish.—Of victims, to be slain, be offered, be sacrificed, fall (poet.): Multa tibi cadet hostia, V.: Si tener cadit haedus, H.: Victima vota cadit, O.—Of a woman, to yield, Tb. —Fig., to come, fall under, fall, be subject, be exposed: sub sensum: in conspectum, to become visible: si regnum ad servitia caderet, into servile hands, L.: sub imperium Romanorum: in deliberationem: in suspicionem alicuius, N.—To belong, be in accordance, agree, refer, be suitable, apply, fit, suit, become: non cadit in hos mores ista suspitio: cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri?: Heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus? V.: sub eandem rationem.—Of time, to fall upon: in alienissimum tempus: in hanc aetatem.— To fall due: in eam diem cadere nummos.—To befall, fall to the lot of, happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out: mihi peropportune: insperanti mihi cecidit, ut, etc.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, V.: Ut illis... voluptas cadat, H.: verba cadentia, uttered at random, H.: verba si Graeco fonte cadent, be derived from, H.: verebar quorsum id casurum esset, how it would turn out: praeter opinionem, N.: si quid adversi caderet, L.: fortuito in melius casura, Ta.: curare Quo promissa cadent, how fulfilled, H.: Vota cadunt, are fulfilled, Tb.: tibi pro vano benigna cadant, Pr.: Quo res cumque cadent, V.: si non omnia caderent secunda, Cs.: ut inrita promissa eius caderent, L.: libertas in servitutem cadit: in hunc hominem ista suspitio: ad inritum cadens spes, turning out to be vain, L.—To lose strength, fall, perish, be overthrown, drop, decline, vanish, decay, cease: cadentem rem p. fulcire: tua laus pariter cum re p. cecidit: virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit, H.: non tibi ira cecidit, L.: animus, to fail. L.: cadere animis, to lose courage: cecidere illis animi, O.— To fail (in speaking), falter: orator cadet.—Causā cadere, to lose the cause: cadere in iudicio: Ut cecidit fortuna Phrygum, O.— Of the countenance or features: tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent, i. e. expressed terror.— Of words: Multa renascentur, quae iam cecidere, fallen into disuse, H.—Of theatrical representations, to fail, be condemned: cadat an recto stet fabula talo, H.—Of the wind, to abate, subside, die away: cadit Eurus, O.: venti vis omnis cecidit, L.—Of words and clauses, to be terminated, end, close: verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt: similiter cadentia, having the same endings.
    * * *
    cadere, cecidi, casus V INTRANS
    fall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay

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  • 12 dēclīnō

        dēclīnō āvī, ātus, āre    [CLI-], to bend aside, turn away: ad dexteram de viā: si omnes atomi declinabunt (i. e. oblique ferentur): via ad mare declinans, L.— To deflect, turn away: agmen, L.: cursūs, O.— To avoid, evade, shun: urbem: ictum, L.— To lower, close, let sink: dulci lumina somno, V. — Fig., to turn aside, deviate, turn away, digress: de statu suo: a religione offici: aliquantulum a proposito: ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio: quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli, L.: paulatim amor, decreases, O.— To turn aside, cause to differ: mulier declinata ab aliarum ingenio, differing, T.— To turn off, ascribe: adversa in inscitiam Paeti, Ta. — To turn from, avoid, shun: (oratio) declinat impetum: laqueos iudici: vitia: societate culpae invidiam, Ta.
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    I
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V TRANS
    decline/conjugate/inflect (in the same manner/like); change word form, modify
    II
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V
    deflect/divert/turnaside/swerve/change direction/deviate/dodge; digress/diverge; avoid/stray; vary/be different; bend/sink down, subside/decline; lower/descend

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  • 13 dē-fluō

        dē-fluō fluxī, fluxus, ere,     to flow down: (Rhenus) in plurīs defluit partīs, Cs.: Defluit saxis umor, H.: in Tiberim Orontes, Iu. — To glide down, slide, fall, descend: iam ipsae defluebant coronae: pedes vestis defluxit ad imos, V.: toga defluit male laxus, hangs carelessly, H.: secundo amni, to swim down, V.: cohors relictis Ad terram defluxit equis, dismounted, V.: in latus a dextro armo, O.—Fig., to flow, come, pass gradually: a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora: ad levīs amicitias defluxit oratio: ne quid in terram defluat, be lost: multaque merces tibi defluat aequo Ab Iove, flow to thee in abundance, H.—To flow out, run dry: Rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis, H.—Fig., to cease, vanish, pass away, disappear, be lost: ex novem tribunis unus defluxit, has deserted: ubi per socordiam vires defluxere, S.: nullus defluat inde color, Tb.: Defluxit numerus Saturnius, become obsolete, H.: tibi vacuo exanimo, to be forgotten, Pr.: comae, O.

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  • 14 de-mittō

        de-mittō mīsī, missus, ere,    to send down, let down, drop, lower, put down, let fall, sink: lacrimas, shed, V.: ubera, let down, V.: ancilia caelo demissa, L.: latum clavum pectore, H.: Maiā genitum demittit ab alto, V.: ab aethere currum, O.: aurīs, H.: crinem, O.: tunicam, H.: se ad aurem alicuius, bend: se ob assem, stoop, H.: vallis, quā se demittere rivi Adsuerant, O.: (matres) de muris per manūs demissae, letting themselves down, Cs.: de caelo demissus, i. e. of heavenly origin, L.: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered. — To cast down, cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive: Demissa tempestas ab Euro, H.: per pectora tela, O.: equum in flumen: in eum locum demissus, S.: Manīs deam ad imos, V.: hostem in ovilia, H.: ferrum in ilia, O.: sublicas in terram, Cs.: huc stipites, Cs.: nummum in loculos, to put, H.: fessas navīs, i. e. from the high seas, V.: navem secundo amni Scodram, L.: puteum alte in solido, sink, V.: corpora Stygiae nocti, O.: aliquem Orco, V.: ferrum lacubus, O.—Of troops, to send down, lead down: in loca plana agmen, L.: in inferiorem campum equites, L.—With se, to descend, march down: cum se pars agminis in convallem demisisset, Cs.: in aequum locum sese, Cs.—Fig., to cast down, depress, let sink, let fall: quā se (incipit) molli iugum demittere clivo, V.: demissis in terram oculis, L.: voltum metu, O.: animos: mentes, V.: ne se admodum animo demitterent, Cs.: hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress, S.: voces in pectora, L.: dicta in aurīs, V.: Segnius inritant animos demissa per aurem (i. e. in animum), received, H.: me penitus in causam, to engage in: me in res turbulentissimas, to meddle with: eo rem demittit, si, etc., concedes so much.— P. pass., derived, sprung, descended (poet.): ab alto Demissum genus Aeneā, H.: ab Iove gens, V.: Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo, V.

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  • 15 de-vehō

        de-vehō vexī, vectus, ere,    to carry down, carry off, convey, take away: (carinas) carris iunctis milia passuum a castris XXII, Cs.: legionem equis, Cs.: maximos commeatūs Tiberis devexit, L.: devecta cremato sarmenta, V.: aurum, Iu.: (triticum) ad mare, L.— Pass, to go away, go down, descend: ego Veliam devectus: arma in villam devecta Tiberi: flumen, quo fruges devehantur, L.

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  • 16 generō

        generō āvī, ātus, āre    [genus], to beget, procreate, engender, produce, create: hominem: quem generasse Telon Sebethide Fertur, V.: Unde nil maius generatur ipso (Iove), springs, H.: generati a naturā: generatus ab illo, O.: aliam ex aliā prolem, V.: semina, unde essent omnia generata: seminata generantia ranas, O.: generandi gloria mellis, V.: exemplum generatum (opp. aeternum).
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    generare, generavi, generatus V
    beget, father, produce, procreate; spring/descend from (PASSIVE)

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  • 17 orior

        orior ortus (p. fut. oritūrus), orīrī (2d pers. or<*> ris; 3d pers. oritur; subj. usu. orerētur, orerentur), dep.    [OL-], to arise, rise, stir, get up: consul oriens de nocte, L.—To rise, become visible, appear: stellae, ut quaeque oriturque caditque, O.: ortā luce, in the morning, Cs.: orto sole, at sunrise, H.—To be born, be descended, originate, receive life: pueros orientīs animari, at birth: si ipse orietur et nascetur ex sese: ex concubinā, S.: orti ab Germanis, descended, Cs.—Fig., to rise, come forth, spring, descend, grow, take origin, proceed, start, begin, originate: ut clamor oreretur, was raised, Cs.: ut magna tempestas oreretur, N.: oritur monstrum, appears, V.: quod si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam, comes into being: orientia tempora Instruit, the rising generation, H.: Rhenus oritur ex Lepontiis, takes its rise, Cs.: Rhenus Alpium vertice ortus, Ta.: prosit nostris in montibus ortas, to have grown, V.: tibi a me nullast orta iniuria, I have done you no injury, T.: ab his sermo oritur, begins with.
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    ori, ortus sum V DEP
    rise (sun/river); arise/emerge, crop up; get up (wake); begin; originate from; be born/created; be born of, decend/spring from; proceed/be derived (from)
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    oriri, oritus sum V DEP
    rise (sun/river); arise/emerge, crop up; get up (wake); begin; originate from; be born/created; be born of, decend/spring from; proceed/be derived (from)

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  • 18 veniō

        veniō (imperf. venībat, T.; P. praes. gen. plur. venientūm, V.), vēnī, ventus, īre    [BA-], to come: imus, venimus, Videmus, T.: ut veni ad urbem, etc.: cum venerat ad se, home: Delum Athenis venimus: Italiam fato profugus, Laviniaque venit Litora, V.: novus exercitus domo accitus Etruscis venit, for the Etruscans, L.: Non nos Libycos populare penatīs Venimus, V.: in conspe<*>tum, Cs.: dum tibi litterae meae veniant, reaches you: hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, falls: Lilybaeum venitur, i. e. the parties meet at Lilybaeum: ad me ventum est, ut, etc., it has devolved upon me: (Galli) veniri ad se confestim existimantes, that they would be attacked, Cs.: ventum in insulam est: ubi eo ventum est, on arriving there, Cs. —Fig., to come: contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est, appeared: contra amici summam existimationem, i. e. to strike at: si quid in mentem veniet: tempus victoriae, Cs.: non sumus omnino sine curā venientis anni, for the coming year: veniens in aevom, H.: veniens aetas, the future, O.: cum matronarum ac virginum veniebat in mentem, when I thought of.— With in (rarely ad) and acc. of a condition or relation, to come into, fall into, enter: venisse Germanis (Ambiorigem) in amicitiam, to have obtained the alliance of, Cs.: in calamitatem: in proverbi consuetudinem: ut non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed, etc., had fallen into contempt, Cs.: sese in eius fidem ac potestatem venire, i. e. surrender at discretion, Cs.: in sermonem venisse nemini, i. e. has talked with: veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem, etc., happened to say: summam in spem per Helvetios regni obtinendi venire, to indulge a confident hope, Cs.: prope secessionem res venit, almost reached the point, L.: ad ultimum dimicationis rati rem venturam, L.: Cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, etc., H.: saepe in eum locum ventum est, ut, etc., to such a point that, Cs.: ad tuam veniam condicionem, will accept: ad summum fortunae, to attain, H.—With ad, of a topic in speaking, to come to, reach, turn to: a fabulis ad facta: ad recentiores litteras.—To come, spring, arise, be produced, grow, descend: Hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, i. e. grow, V.: arbores sponte suā, V.—To come, result, occur, happen: in ceteris rebus cum venit calamitas: quod (extremum) cum venit (i. e. mors): si quando similis fortuna venisset, L.
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    venire, veni, ventus V

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  • 19 veniō

        veniō (imperf. venībat, T.; P. praes. gen. plur. venientūm, V.), vēnī, ventus, īre    [BA-], to come: imus, venimus, Videmus, T.: ut veni ad urbem, etc.: cum venerat ad se, home: Delum Athenis venimus: Italiam fato profugus, Laviniaque venit Litora, V.: novus exercitus domo accitus Etruscis venit, for the Etruscans, L.: Non nos Libycos populare penatīs Venimus, V.: in conspe<*>tum, Cs.: dum tibi litterae meae veniant, reaches you: hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, falls: Lilybaeum venitur, i. e. the parties meet at Lilybaeum: ad me ventum est, ut, etc., it has devolved upon me: (Galli) veniri ad se confestim existimantes, that they would be attacked, Cs.: ventum in insulam est: ubi eo ventum est, on arriving there, Cs. —Fig., to come: contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est, appeared: contra amici summam existimationem, i. e. to strike at: si quid in mentem veniet: tempus victoriae, Cs.: non sumus omnino sine curā venientis anni, for the coming year: veniens in aevom, H.: veniens aetas, the future, O.: cum matronarum ac virginum veniebat in mentem, when I thought of.— With in (rarely ad) and acc. of a condition or relation, to come into, fall into, enter: venisse Germanis (Ambiorigem) in amicitiam, to have obtained the alliance of, Cs.: in calamitatem: in proverbi consuetudinem: ut non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed, etc., had fallen into contempt, Cs.: sese in eius fidem ac potestatem venire, i. e. surrender at discretion, Cs.: in sermonem venisse nemini, i. e. has talked with: veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem, etc., happened to say: summam in spem per Helvetios regni obtinendi venire, to indulge a confident hope, Cs.: prope secessionem res venit, almost reached the point, L.: ad ultimum dimicationis rati rem venturam, L.: Cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, etc., H.: saepe in eum locum ventum est, ut, etc., to such a point that, Cs.: ad tuam veniam condicionem, will accept: ad summum fortunae, to attain, H.—With ad, of a topic in speaking, to come to, reach, turn to: a fabulis ad facta: ad recentiores litteras.—To come, spring, arise, be produced, grow, descend: Hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, i. e. grow, V.: arbores sponte suā, V.—To come, result, occur, happen: in ceteris rebus cum venit calamitas: quod (extremum) cum venit (i. e. mors): si quando similis fortuna venisset, L.
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    venire, veni, ventus V

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  • 20 degrassor

    degrassari, degrassatus sum V DEP
    sink (w/ACC); descend upon; rush down (L+S); attack fiercely; revile

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