effugi(i) N N

, effugi, effugiturus

flee from, escape, elude, run away.

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ar-rĭpĭo ( adr-, B. and K.; arr-, Lachm., Ritschl, Fleck., Merk., Rib., K. and H., Weissenb., Halm), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).

In gen.

Lit.:

ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf.

the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,

Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl:

gladium,

id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10:

pugionem,

ib. Num. 25, 7:

securim,

ib. Jud. 9, 48:

arma,

Liv. 35, 36:

cultrum,

id. 3, 48:

telum, vestimenta,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 5:

arcus Arripit,

Ov. M. 5, 64:

ensem,

id. ib. 13, 386:

saxum,

Curt. 6, 9:

pileum vel galerum,

Suet. Ner. 26:

scutum e strage,

Tac. A. 3, 23:

sagittam et scutum,

Vulg. Jer. 6, 23:

clipeum,

ib. Isa. 21, 5:

aliquem barbā,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:

manu,

Liv. 6, 8:

aliquam comā,

Ov. M. 6, 552:

caput capillo,

Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—

Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize:

Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65:

vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,

Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252:

cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,

id. Sest. 32:

non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,

id. Mur. 6:

libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,

id. Fl. 8, 19:

aliquid ad reprehendendum,

id. N. D. 2, 65, 162:

impedimentum pro occasione arripere,

Liv. 3, 35 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure:

Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,

Verg. A. 9, 561:

medium arripit Servium,

Liv. 1, 48:

quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29:

Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,

Lucr. 6, 661:

quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,

you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

vitulum,

Vulg. Deut. 9, 21:

leones,

ib. Dan. 6, 24:

navem,

ib. Act. 27, 15:

arrepto repente equo,

Liv. 6, 8:

cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,

id. 34, 20.— Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity:

pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,

Cic. Sen. 21, 78:

quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,

id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30:

Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,

Nep. Cato, 3, 2:

quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26:

quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,

id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—

As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio;

esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,

id. Clu. 33:

tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,

Liv. 2, 54:

arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,

id. 3, 58:

arreptus a viatore,

id. 6, 16:

quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,

Suet. Caes. 23:

inter Sejani conscios arreptus,

id. Vit. 2.—Hence,

In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69:

luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,

id. 2, 3, 224.

ar-rĭpĭo ( adr-, B. and K.; arr-, Lachm., Ritschl, Fleck., Merk., Rib., K. and H., Weissenb., Halm), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).

In gen.

Lit.:

ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf.

the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,

Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl:

gladium,

id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10:

pugionem,

ib. Num. 25, 7:

securim,

ib. Jud. 9, 48:

arma,

Liv. 35, 36:

cultrum,

id. 3, 48:

telum, vestimenta,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 5:

arcus Arripit,

Ov. M. 5, 64:

ensem,

id. ib. 13, 386:

saxum,

Curt. 6, 9:

pileum vel galerum,

Suet. Ner. 26:

scutum e strage,

Tac. A. 3, 23:

sagittam et scutum,

Vulg. Jer. 6, 23:

clipeum,

ib. Isa. 21, 5:

aliquem barbā,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:

manu,

Liv. 6, 8:

aliquam comā,

Ov. M. 6, 552:

caput capillo,

Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—

Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize:

Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65:

vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,

Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252:

cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,

id. Sest. 32:

non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,

id. Mur. 6:

libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,

id. Fl. 8, 19:

aliquid ad reprehendendum,

id. N. D. 2, 65, 162:

impedimentum pro occasione arripere,

Liv. 3, 35 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure:

Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,

Verg. A. 9, 561:

medium arripit Servium,

Liv. 1, 48:

quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29:

Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,

Lucr. 6, 661:

quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,

you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

vitulum,

Vulg. Deut. 9, 21:

leones,

ib. Dan. 6, 24:

navem,

ib. Act. 27, 15:

arrepto repente equo,

Liv. 6, 8:

cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,

id. 34, 20.— Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity:

pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,

Cic. Sen. 21, 78:

quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,

id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30:

Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,

Nep. Cato, 3, 2:

quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26:

quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,

id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—

As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio;

esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,

id. Clu. 33:

tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,

Liv. 2, 54:

arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,

id. 3, 58:

arreptus a viatore,

id. 6, 16:

quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,

Suet. Caes. 23:

inter Sejani conscios arreptus,

id. Vit. 2.—Hence,

In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69:

luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,

id. 2, 3, 224.

dēclīnātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a bending from a thing, a bending aside; an oblique inclination or direction (good prose).

Lit.:

lanceam exigua corporis declinatione vitare,

Curt. 9, 7 fin.; cf.:

quot ego tuas petitiones parva quadam declinatione effugi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15:

declinare dixit (Epicurus) atomum perpaulum, et ipsa declinatio ad libidinem fingitur, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 19; so of the oblique motion of atoms, id. Fat. 10, 22; 22, 47.—

Like the Gr. klima, the supposed slope of the earth towards the poles, a region of the earth or sky, a climate:

declinatio mundi,

Col. 1 prooem. § 22; so,

mundi,

id. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

positio caeli et declinatio,

id. 1, 6, 18;

so correspond. with regio caeli,

Col. 4, 24, 2; cf.

also caeli,

the altitude of the pole, Vitr. 9, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., a turning away from any thing; an avoiding, avoidance: ut bona natura appetimus, sic a malis natura declinamus;

quae declinatio, si cum ratione fiet, cautio appelletur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf.

so opp. appetitio,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; and in plur. Gell. 14, 1, 23:

laboris, periculi,

Cic. Clu. 53 fin. —

t. t.

Of rhetor. lang., a short digression:

declinatio brevis a proposito, non ut superior illa digressio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 53 fin.; id. Part. 15; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 32 and 34.—

Of gramm. lang.: variation, inflection.

In the older grammarians, every change of form which a word undergoes; as declension, strictly so called, conjugation, comparison, derivation, etc., Varr. L. L. 8, § 2 sq.; 10, § 11 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 54; cf.

also of declension in its stricter sense,

Quint. 1, 4, 29; 1, 5, 63;

of conjugation,

id. 1, 4, 13;

of derivation,

id. 8, 3, 32; 2, 15, 4.—

Among the later grammarians, of declension, properly so called, as distinguished from conjugatio, comparatio, derivatio, etc. So, Donatus: in declinatione compositivorum nominum, p. 174 P. (p. 13 Lind.).

ef-fŭgĭo, fūgi ( inf. pass. effugiri, Pseud. Syr. Sent. 815 Rib.), 3, v. n. and a. (class. and freq., esp. in the active sense).

Neutr., to flee away; or, with reference to the result, to escape:

effugias ex urbe inanis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75; so,

ex urbe,

id. ib. 2, 4, 196:

e proelio,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29:

e manibus,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9 al.; cf.

transf.: ex sitella (sors),

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 44:

a vita marituma,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:

a quibus,

Cic. Sest. 54 fin.:

patriă,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 75:

foras,

id. Most. 1, 4, 3; cf. id. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 3:

ad regem,

Curt. 4, 15.— Absol.:

pisces ne effugiant, cavet,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 16; Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 4; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2; Verg. E. 3, 49 et saep.; cf.:

via Nolam ferente,

Liv. 8, 26.—With ne: parum effugerat ne dignus crederetur (= aegre impediebat, quin, etc.; Greek par oligon exephugen, etc.), Tac. H. 3, 39 fin.:

propinque clade urbis ipsi, ne quid simile paterentur, effugerunt,

Liv. 36, 25, 8.—

Of personal subjects: aliquid, to flee from, escape, avoid, shun (cf.:

vito, caveo, fugio): ita vix poteris effugere infortunium,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 295:

pauca (with subterfugere),

id. Capt. 5, 2, 18:

malam rem,

id. As. 2, 4, 9:

impias propinquorum manus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12:

dolores,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4:

mortem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30, 2:

periculum celeritate,

id. ib. 4, 35, 1; cf. id. B. C. 2, 41, 6:

equitatum Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 65, 4:

haec vincula,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 71 et saep.; cf.:

haec morte effugiuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36:

ea aetas tua, quae cupiditates adolescentiae jam effugerit,

i. e. has passed beyond them, Tac. H. 1, 15:

effugere cupiditatem regnum est vincere,

Pub. Syr. 154 (Rib.).—Rarely with a rel. clause: numquam hodie effugies, quin mea moriaris manu, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. p. 8).—Of inanimate subjects: res (me) effugit, it escapes me, I do not observe it:

ubi eum locum omnem cogitatione sepseris, nihil te effugiet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34 fin.:

nullius rei cura Romanos,

Liv. 22, 33:

neque hoc parentes Effugerit spectaculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 102:

somniculosum plurima effugiunt,

Col. 11, 1, 13 et saep.:

petitiones corpore effugi,

i. e. narrowly, barely, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15.— Rarely with a subject-clause:

custodis curam non effugiat observare desilientem matricem,

Col. 8, 11, 12.

pĕtītĭo, ōnis, f. [peto].

Lit., an attack, a blow, thrust, pass:

tuas petiti ones effugi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.:

petitiones proprie dicimus impetus gladiorum,

Serv. Verg. A. 9, 439.—

Trop., an attack made in words before a court of justice, Cic. Or. 68, 228;

or in debate,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15; cf.:

novi omnis hominis petitiones rationesque dicendi,

methods of attack, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. de Or. 3, 54, 206.—

In gen., a requesting, beseeching; a request, petition for any thing (postAug.), Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66: huic quoque petitioni tuae negare non sustineo, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 7 (23); Gell. 11, 16, 8 al.—

Esp. (eccl. Lat.), a request offered to God, a prayer:

impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas,

Vulg. Psa. 19, 6; id. Phil. 4, 6; id. 1 Johan. 5, 15: petitionem offerre Domino Deo, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 16, 1, 4.—

In partic.

An applying or soliciting for office, an application, solicitation, candidacy, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

petitioni se dari,

to become a candidate for office, id. Fam. 13, 10, 2:

consulatus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

pontificatūs,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

regni,

Just. 1, 10, 17:

tribunatūs et aedilitatis,

Val. Max. 6, 9, 14:

dare alicui petitionem consulatūs,

to admit one as a candidate for the consulship, Suet. Caes. 26:

abstinere petitione honorum,

Tac. A. 2, 43; Suet. Caes. 28:

petitioni se dare,

to solicit an office, Cic. Fam. 13, 10.—

A laying claim to any thing, a suit, petition, in private or civil cases (opp. the accusatio, in criminal cases):

petitio pecuniae,

Quint. 4, 4, 6:

hereditatis,

Dig. 44, 5, 3:

integram petitionem relinquere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56.—

A right of claim, a right to bring an action of recovery:

cavere, neminem, cujus petitio sit, petiturum,

Cic. Brut. 5, 18; Dig. 2, 14, 56.

plāga, ae, f. [cf. plango], = plêgê, a blow, stroke, wound, stripe (class.; syn.: ictus, verbera, vulnus).

Lit.

In gen., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

(pueris) dant animos plagae,

Verg. A. 7, 382; Ov. M. 12, 487; 13, 119; Gell. 5, 15, 7:

plagae et vulnera,

Tac. G. 7.—Of the shock of atoms striking together, Cic. Fat. 20, 48; cf. id. ib. 10, 22.—

In partic., a blow which wounds or injures; a stroke, cut, thrust; a wound (class.).

Absol.:

plagis costae callent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4:

quem irrigatum plagis pistori dabo,

refreshed by a flogging, id. Ep. 1, 2, 18:

plagas pati,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13:

plagas perferre,

to bear, receive blows, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:

plagam accipere,

id. Sest. 19, 44:

plagam mortiferam infligere,

to inflict a mortal wound, id. Vatin. 8, 20:

plaga mediocris pestifera,

id. Off. 1, 24, 84:

verbera et plagas repraesentare,

stripes and blows, Suet. Vit. 10:

plagis confectus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 140:

flagelli plaga livorem facit,

Vulg. Ecclus. 28, 21:

plagam curare,

Cels. 5, 26, 24:

suere,

id. 5, 26, 23.—

With gen.:

scorpionum et canum plagas sanare,

Plin. H. N. 23 prooem. 3, § 6.—

Transf., a welt, scar, stripe:

etiam de tergo ducentas plagas praegnatis dabo,

swollen welts, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 10.—

Trop.

A blow, stroke; an injury, misfortune (class.):

illa plaga est injecta petitioni tuae maxima,

that great blow was given, that great obstacle was presented, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

sic nec oratio plagam gravem facit, nisi, etc.,

makes a deep impression, id. Or. 68, 228:

levior est plaga ab amico, quam a debitore,

loss, injury, id. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

hac ille perculsus plaga non succubuit,

blow, disaster, Nep. Eum. 5.—

A plague, pestilence, infection (late Lat.):

leprae,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 2; id. 2 Reg. 24, 25.—

An affliction, annoyance (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 7, 19:

caecitatis,

id. Tob. 2, 13.—

Slaughter, destruction (late Lat.):

percussit eos plagā magnā,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 5; id. 2 Reg. 17, 9.

plăga, ae, f. [root plak- of Gr. plakous; cf. planca, plancus, plānus].

A region, quarter, tract (mostly poet.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12, where de plagis omnibus is the reading of the best MSS., but pagis of the edd.; but cf. Mütz. ad Curt. p. 516 sq.; and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 869;

syn.: regio, tractus, terra): aetheria,

the ethereal regions, the air, Verg. A. 1, 394: caeli scrutantur plagas, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30:

et si quem extenta plagarum Quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui,

zones, Verg. A. 7, 226:

ardens,

the torrid zone, Sen. Herc. Oet. 67; also called fervida, id ib. 1219: septentrionalis, Plin. 16, 32, 59, § 136:

ea plaga caeli,

Just. 42, 3, 2:

ad orientis plagam,

Curt. 4, 37, 16:

ad orientalem plagam,

on the east, in the eastern quarter, Vulg. Deut. 4, 41:

contra orientalem plagam urbis, id. Josue, 4, 19: ad septentrionalem plagam collis,

side, id. Judic. 7, 1 et saep.—

In partic., a region, district, canton (only in Liv.), Liv. 9, 41, 15.

plăga, ae, f. [root plek-; Gr. plekô, weave, entwine; cf. plecto, plico, du-plex], a hunting-net, snare, gin (class.; syn.: retia, casses).

Lit.:

canes compellunt in plagas lupum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 35:

tendere plagas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

extricata densis Cerva plagis,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 32; Ov. M. 7, 768:

nodosae,

id. F. 6, 110:

inque plagam nullo cervus agente cadit (al. plagas),

id. A. A. 3, 428:

aut trudit... Apros in obstantes plagas,

Hor. Epod. 2, 32.—Of the spider's web:

illa difficile cernuntur, atque ut in plagis liniae offensae praecipitant in sinum,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.— Sing. (very rare):

sic tu... tabulam tamquam plagam ponas,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68.—

Trop., a snare, trap, toil (class.;

syn. pedica): se impedire in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

se in plagas conicere,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 11:

quas plagas ipsi contra se Stoici texuerunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147:

in illas tibi majores plagas incidendum est,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

Antonium conjeci in Caesaris Octaviani plagas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 4:

speculabor, ne quis nostro consilio venator assit cum auritis plagis, i. e. arrectis attentisque auribus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 14.— Sing. (rare) hanc ergo plagam effugi, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 5.—

A bedcurtain, a curtain (ante-class.; v. plagula), Varr. ap. Non. 162, 28:

eburneis lectis et plagis sigillatis,

id. ib. 378, 9:

chlamydes, plagae, vela aurea,

id. ib. 537, 23.