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1 apsorbeo
Iapsorbere, apsorbui, apsorptus V TRANSdevour; swallow up; engulf, submerge; engross; absorb, suck in; import; dry upIIapsorbere, apsorpsi, apsorptus V TRANSdevour; swallow up; engulf, submerge; engross; absorb, suck in; import; dry up -
2 ab-sorbeō
ab-sorbeō buī, ptus, ēre, to swallow down, devour: placentas, H.: decies solidum, i. e. the value of a million, H.—To engulf, swallow up, overwhelm: oceanus vix tot res.—To engross: absorbet (tribunatus) orationem meam, i. e. fills exclusively.—To import: res ad victum. -
3 con-terō
con-terō trīvī, trītus, ere, to grind, bruise, pound, wear out: infamia pabula sucis, O.: manūs paludibus emuniendis, Ta.: silicem pedibus, Iu.: viam, Pr.—Fig., of time, to consume, spend. waste, use, pass, employ: vitem in quaerendo, T.: frustra tempus: ambulando diem, T.: diei brevitatem conviviis: otium socordiā, S.—To exhaust, engross, expend: se in musicis: conteri in causis: operam frustra, T.—To destroy, abolish, annihilate: iniurias quasi oblivione, obliterate: dignitatem virtutis, make insignificant. -
4 occupō
occupō āvī, ātus, āre [ob+CAP-], to take into possession, seize, occupy, master, win: Italiam praesidiis: opportunae ad occupandum urbes, L.: portum, H.: tyrannidem: a potentioribus regna occupabantur, chieftains were aiming at, Cs.: Occupat amplexu, clasps, O.—To occupy, cover, take up, fill: quantum loci acies occupare poterat, Cs.: urbem (sc. aedificiis), L.: caementis mare, H.— To fall upon, attack: Latagum saxo os faciemque, strikes (in) the face, V.: Occupat hos morsu, longis complexibus illos, O.: manicis iacentem, fetters while prostrate, V.: Volteium Vilia vendentem, surprise, H.—To get the start of, be before-hand with, anticipate, do first, outstrip: egressas rates, O.: bellum facere, begin the war first, L.: rapere oscula, H.— To hinder: profluvium sanguinis occupat secantes, Cu.—Fig., to seize, take possession of, fill, invade, overspread, engross: mors ipsam occupat, T.: quae (tenebrae) totam rem p. tum occuparant: timor exercitum occupavit, Cs.: oculos nox occupat, are darkened, O.: fama occupat aurīs, V.—To gain, win, acquire: militarem gloriam, Ta.: obscuri speciem, pass for reserved, H.—To take up, fill, occupy, employ: tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi, L.: in funambulo Animum, T.: pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti, invested at high interest: occupatur animus ab iracundiā: occupatus certamine est animus, L.* * *occupare, occupavi, occupatus Vseize; gain; overtake; capture, occupy; attack -
5 retineō
retineō tinuī, tentus, ēre [re-+teneo], to hold back, keep back, keep, detain, retain, restrain: me, T.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Cs.: in loco milites, Cs.: venit id tempus, ut retinendus esset, must be kept (to dinner): biduum tempestate retentus, detained, Cs.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines: euntem, O.: consulem, L.: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security, L.: manūs ab ore, O.— To hold fast, keep possession of, retain, keep: arcum manu: retentā utrāque nave, Cs.: mansuetudine provinciam: oppidum, Cs.—Fig., to hold in check, keep within bounds, restrain, check, repress: Pudore liberos, i. e. control, T.: cursum in suā potestate: Gaudia, O.: verba dolore, O.: quos natura retinere in officio non potuisset: si ab hostibus metu retenti sumus, L.: lingua retenta metu, O.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum inrumperent, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, retain: amicos observantiā: gravitatem: ferociam animi in voltu, S.: proeliorum memoriam, Cs.: Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, H.— To keep, preserve, maintain, uphold: retinere in vitā: integram causam: suum ius: pristinam virtutem, Cs.: caritatem in pastores: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae: vehementer id retinebatur, ne, etc., was insisted on. —To occupy, engross, fix the attention of: studium in legendo erectum retinetur: animos hominum in legendo: Ore suo volucrīs vagas, O.* * *retinere, retinui, retentus Vhold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve -
6 absorbeo
Iabsorbere, absorbui, absorptus V TRANSdevour; swallow up; engulf, submerge; engross; absorb, suck in; import; dry upIIabsorbere, absorpsi, absorptus V TRANSdevour; overwhelm; swallow up/engulf, submerge; absorb, suck in; import; dry up -
7 absorbeo
to swallow, gulp down, carry away, engross. -
8 absorbeo
ab-sorbĕo, bui, rarely psi, ptum (absorbui, Plin. 9, 35, 58:I.absorpsi,
Luc. 4, 100; cf. Vel. Long. 2233 P.), 2, v. a., to swallow down any thing, to devour.Lit.:II.unda legiones,
Naev. B. Pun. 4, 16:oceanus vix videtur tot res tam cito absorbere potuisse,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67:placentas,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 24; so id. ib. 2, 3, 240 K. and H. (al. ob sorbere and ex sorbere): unionem, Plin. l. l. (Sill. ob-):res ad victum,
to devour, Cic. Rep. 2, 5.—Trop., to engross, absorb: hunc absorbuit aestus gloriae, Cic. Brut. 81; so id. Leg. 2, 4, 9: ipse ad sese jamdudum vocat, et quodam modo absorbet orationem meam, and, as it were, eats up my discourse (i. e. wishes it to treat of him only), id. Sest. 6, 13: ea (meretrix) acerrume aestuosa absorbet, devours (i. e. squanders one's property, the figure taken from the sea), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 67. -
9 occupo
occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:I.occupassit for occupaverit,
id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a. [obcapio; lit., to lay hold of; hence], to take possession of, seize, occupy any thing (esp. a place; class.; cf.: expugno, obsideo).Lit.:B.totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere atque occupare cogitat,
Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:locum,
id. Fin. 3, 20, 67:possessiones,
id. Phil. 13, 5, 12:urbes,
Liv. 33, 31:montem,
Tac. A. 4, 47:portum,
Hor. C. 1, 14, 2:aditum,
to go in, enter, Verg. A. 6, 424:regnum,
Cic. Lael. 12, 40:tyrannidem,
id. Off. 3, 23, 90:familiam optimam occupavit,
has got hold of, has got into, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11:occupando adquirere aliquid,
Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215:vindemia occupabit sementem,
shall reach to, Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.— Poet.:aliquem amplexu,
to clasp in one's arms, to embrace, Ov. F. 3, 509.—Transf.1.To occupy, i. e. to take up, fill with any thing:2.atrā nube polum,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 44:urbem (sc. aedificiis),
Liv. 5, 55:caementis Tyrrhenum mare,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—To fall upon, attack one with any thing (syn. invado):3.Latagum saxo... Occupat os faciemque adversam,
Verg. A. 10, 699:aliquem gladio,
id. ib. 9, 770:aliquem morsu,
Ov. M. 3, 48:canes ense,
Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84):ne occupet te pluvia,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: caligo, id. Job, 3, 5.— Poet., in a friendly sense, to surprise:Volteium Philippus Vilia vendentem Occupat,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.—To get the start of, to be beforehand with, to anticipate, to do a thing first, to outstrip:II.occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,
Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6:volo, tu prior ut occupes adire,
that you should present yourself the first, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15:praeloqui,
id. Rud. 1, 4, 18:bellum facere,
to begin the war first, Liv. 1, 14:rapere oscula,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.—Trop.A.To seize, take possession of, fill, invade, engross:B.tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39:tremor occupat artus,
Ov. M. 3, 40:sopor occupat artus,
Verg. G. 4, 190:animos magnitudine rei,
Cic. Font. 5, 20:pallor ora,
Verg. A. 4, 499.—To take up, occupy, employ: haec causa primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:cum in mentem venit tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi,
Liv. 31, 1, 3:in funambulo Animum,
Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4:contio, quae homines occupatos occupat,
Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7:tanta superstitio mentis Siculorum occupavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to put out or lay out money:pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti,
have loaned it at a high rate, id. Fl. 21, 51:pecunias apud populos,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:pecuniam animalibus,
to lay out, invest in cattle, Col. 1, 8, 13:pecuniam in pecore,
id. 11, 1:argentum,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.— Pass.:ante occupatur animus ab iracundiā,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, occupied, employed, busy, engaged (class.):ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus etiam otiosi,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:in eo, ut,
Nep. Alc. 8, 1:tempora,
Cic. Planc. 27, 66:qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt,
id. Off. 1, 17, 57:hostibus opere occupatis,
Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.— Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.— Sup.:non dubito, quin occupatissimus fueris,
very much occupied, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.
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