driven from his position

dē-pello, pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., to drive out, drive away, remove, expel; to drive, thrust, or cast down (class. and very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.:

demoveri et depelli de loco,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49; cf.:

anseres de Falerno,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

eum de provincia,

Nep. Cat. 2:

aquam de agro,

Cato R. R. 155:

ab aris et focis ferrum flammamque,

Cic. Sest. 42; cf.:

tantam molem a cervicibus nostris,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:

jugum a civibus,

id. Rep. 2, 25:

vincula a singulis vobis,

Liv. 6, 18 med. al.:

non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 38:

qui recta via depulsus est,

Quint. 2, 17, 29; cf.:

recto cursu,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 78:

aliquem urbe,

to banish, Tac. A. 3, 24; cf.:

aliquem Italia,

id. ib. 14, 50; 16, [p. 549] 33:

nubila caelo,

Tib. 1, 2, 49:

ignem classibus,

Verg. A. 5, 727; cf. ib. 9, 78, and 109:

tela,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8; cf.:

nobis aerata tela,

Tib. 1, 10, 25;

and ictus alicui,

Val. Fl. 6, 652:

stellas Aurora,

Ov. M. 7, 100; cf.:

noctem Aurorae lumina,

id. ib. 7, 835:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf.:

frigus duramque famem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 6:

morbum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 17; cf.:

pestem augurio,

Verg. A. 9, 328:

mortem fratri,

Ov. H. 14, 130 et saep.:

quo (sc. Mantuam) solemus ovium teneros depellere fetus,

to drive down, Verg. E. 1, 22: cognoscere, corpora se spatio depellere paulum, push or repel one another, Lucr. 2, 219 Munro ad loc. (Lachm. ex conj. decellere).—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to drive away, expel, dislodge an enemy from his position:

defensores vallo munitionibusque,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so,

hostem loco,

id. ib. 7, 49; id. B. C. 3, 52:

terrā,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 3:

totā Siciliā,

id. Timol. 2:

inde vi depelli,

Sall. J. 58, 3; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 5, 17:

praesidia ex his regionibus,

Nep. Paus. 2:

praesidium facile,

Front. Strat. 1, 10, 3 et saep.—

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to thrust out, remove from a situation:

afflicti jam et depulsi loco,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44; cf.:

iterum ab eodem (sc. Themistocle) gradu depulsus est,

driven from his position, Nep. Them. 5.—

Econom. t. t., a matre, a mamma, or absol., to remove from the breast, to wean, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 16; Col. 7, 6, 8; Verg. E. 3, 82; 7, 15; id. G. 3, 187.—Of human beings, Suet. Tib. 44. —

Trop., to deter, divert, dissuade from:

aliquem de suscepta causa propositaque sententia,

Cic. Lig. 9; id. Fam. 1, 7, 7;

for which, aliquem sententiā,

id. Tusc. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 23, 8:

aliquem de spe conatuque,

Cic. Cat. 2, 7, § 14;

for which, aliquem spe,

Liv. 31, 25, 11; 41, 23, 13:

te ex illa crudeli actione meo consilio esse depulsum, Cic. Rab. perd. 5, 17: Caesar ab superioribus consiliis depulsus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; cf.:

a qua re depulsus,

Nep. Dat. 7, 3; and:

judicem a veritate,

Quint. 5 prooem. §

1 et saep.: nec tuis depellor dictis quin rumori serviam,

to be deterred, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

Vibidiam depellere nequivit, quin, etc.,

to prevent, hinder, Tac. A. 11, 34.—

With things as objects, to remove, turn away, divert:

servitutem depellere civitati,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 8, 19 fin.; cf.:

alicui turpitudinem,

id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77:

morte voluntaria turpitudinem,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

duobus hujus urbis terroribus depulsis,

id. Rep. 1, 47, 71:

pericula amici,

id. Cluent. 6, 17:

multam praedibus ipsique T. Mario,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 4: mortem fratri. Ov. H. 14, 130:

omnes molestias,

id. ib. 2, 16:

auditiones falsas,

Tac. A. 4, 11:

curas vino,

Tib. 1, 5, 37:

ostenta a semet in capita procerum,

Suet. Ner. 36 et saep.: quae nequeat ratio depellere dictis. to deny, Lucr. 3, 322.—

Absol.:

dis depellentibus (i. e. averruncantibus) agnam Percute,

Pers. 5, 167; cf. depulsor fin.

dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

araneas de foribus et de pariete,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31:

aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.:

aliquem e ponte,

Suet. Caes. 80:

aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),

Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf.

aliquem saxo Tarpeio,

Tac. A. 6, 19:

aliquem equo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19:

jugum servile a cervicibus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

togam ab umeris,

Suet. Aug. 52; cf.:

togam de umero,

id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.:

se de muro,

Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.:

se de superiore parte aedium,

Nep. Dion, 4 fin.:

se per munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5:

se a praealtis montibus (venti),

Liv. 28, 6:

librum in mare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.:

aliquem in locum inferiorem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12:

aliquem e summo in Tartara,

Lucr. 5, 1124:

elatam securim in caput (regis),

Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10:

equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,

force to leap down, id. 23, 47:

bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so,

statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),

id. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

monumenta regis templaque Vestae,

Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15:

signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),

Liv. 40, 2:

omnes Hermas,

Nep. Alcib. 3:

turrim,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf.

arces,

Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.:

arbores,

to fell, Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4:

caput uno ictu,

to cut off, Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546:

libellos,

to tear down, Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.:

crinibus dejectis,

loose, dishevelled, Tac. A. 14, 30:

sortes,

to cast into the urn, Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5:

dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,

Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.:

cum dejecta sors esset,

Liv. 21, 42; cf.:

pernam, glandium,

to throw into the pot, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36:

alvum,

to purge, Cato R. R. 158; cf.:

casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,

i. e. are most easily digested, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3;

opp. alvum superiorem,

i. e. to vomit, Cato R. R. 156, 2.—

Esp.

Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.:

nostri dejecti sunt loco,

id. ib. 7, 51:

praesidium ex saltu,

id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,

Liv. 7, 10:

ex tot castellis,

id. 44, 35:

praesidium Claternā,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.:

praesidium loco summe munito,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.:

castra hostium,

to destroy, id. 25, 14:

praetorium,

id. 41, 2 et saep.—

Jurid. t. t., to drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess (cf. deduco):

unde vi prohibitus sis... unde dejectus?

Cic. Caecin. 13; cf. id. ib. 17, 50:

nisi ex eo loco ubi vestigium impresserit, deici neminem posse,

id. ib. 27, 76 fin.:

aliquem de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22.—

Naut. t. t., pass.: deici, to be driven out of one's course:

naves ad inferiorem partem insulae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28, 2:

classis tempestate vexata ad Balearīs insulas deicitur,

Liv. 23, 34, 16; id. 23, 40, 6.—

Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay:

his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.:

quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?

Verg. A. 11, 665:

avem ab alto caelo,

id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580:

Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,

i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice, Val. Fl. 1, 191:

super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,

Phaedr. 2, 1, 1:

(Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,

Lact. 1, 9, 2:

gruem,

Verg. A. 11, 580.—

To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra):

dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),

Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast:

id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

in pectora mentum,

Ov. M. 12, 255:

euntes dejecta cervice Getae,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.—

Trop.

In gen.:

pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,

never took their eyes off him, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71:

oculos a republica,

id. Phil. 1, 1:

dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,

cast down her eyes, Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.:

oculos in terram,

Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.;

and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,

with downcast eyes, Verg. A. 11, 480:

dejectus vultum,

Stat. Th. 3, 367:

ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?

thou hast removed, averted, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.:

quantum de doloris terrore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

vitia a se ratione,

id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.:

cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 62:

hunc metum Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.:

quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,

Quint. 10, 4, 1:

eum de sententia dejecistis,

hast diverted from his opinion, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of:

de honore deici,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25:

de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22, 7;

for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,

Liv. 39, 41;

and, dejecti honore,

id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.:

aliquem aedilitate,

Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

aedilitate,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23:

praeturā,

id. Mur. 36, 76:

principatu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8:

certo consulatu,

Liv. 40, 46, 14:

spe,

id. 44, 28, 1:

ea spe,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.:

opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),

id. ib. 5, 48:

conjuge tanto,

Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3:

cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,

Liv. 38, 35:

uxorem (sc. conjugio),

Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.:

hoc dejecto,

after his fall, Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27:

ex alto dejectus culmine regni,

Sil. 17, 143.—

To humble:

deicimur, sed non perimus,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9:

deiciendi hominis causa,

Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).

Sunk down, low:

equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3:

dejectius,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin. —

(Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited:

haud dejectus equum duci jubet,

Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: [p. 535] haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315:

in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,

Quint. 9. 4, 138.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.