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dē-formis, e ( abl. plur.: deformīs dentibus, Apul. Met. 10, p. 249, 9), adj. [forma; cf. 2. deformo].

Departing, either physically or (more freq.) morally, from the right shape, quality, etc.; misshapen, deformed, unsightly, ugly, odious, disgusting; disgraceful, base (for syn. cf.:

taeter, foedus, turpis—freq. and class.): longus an brevis, formosus an deformis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

deformem esse natum,

id. Cael. 3, 6; cf.:

calvitio quoque deformis,

Suet. Dom. 18;

and, deformissima femina (opp. pulcherrima),

Gell. 5, 11, 11:

opus non deforme,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5:

nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34; cf.

patria,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

solum patriae belli malis,

Liv. 5, 49; cf. Suet. Vesp. 8:

agmen (sc. inerme),

Liv. 9, 6:

turba,

id. 41, 3; cf. Suet. Aug. 35:

spectaculum,

Liv. 1, 26, 10; 31, 24; cf.

aspectus (opp. species honesta),

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

motus statusve,

id. Fin. 5, 12, 35 et saep.:

oratio non tam honorifica audientibus quam sibi deformis,

Liv. 45, 44; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 15:

blanditiae,

id. 8, 3, 65:

convicia,

id. 6, 4, 10:

libido,

id. 8, 6, 40:

haesitatio,

id. 11, 2, 48:

obsequium,

servile, Tac. A. 4, 20:

aegrimonia,

Hor. Epod. 13, 18 et saep.:

deforme et servile est caedi discentes,

Quint. 1, 3, 14;

so with a subject-clause,

id. 9, 4, 72 (opp. foedissimum); id. 11, 3, 81 and 125; Tac. Or. 36 fin. al.; and in the comp., Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 2; id. ib. 8, 24 fin.; Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.— N. plur. as subst.:

deformia meditari,

shameful deeds, Tac. A. 14, 15.—

with gen.:

deformis leti,

Sil. 1, 166.— Adv. (post-Aug.): dēformĭ-ter.

Misshapenly: formati, Apul. M. 8, p. 214, 4.—

Inelegantly; disgracefully:

sonat junctura,

Quint. 8, 3, 45:

dicet multa,

id. 11, 1, 82:

vivo,

Suet. Ner. 49.— Comp.: deformius errasse, Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 6, 6. —

Shapeless:

animae,

Ov. M. 2, 554.

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.

exhērēdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [exheres], to disinherit.

Prop.:

fratrem exheredans te faciebat heredem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

aliquem,

id. Clu. 48, 135; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33; Quint. 5, 13, 32; 7, 4, 20: liberos bonis, Q. Met. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 8 et saep.—

Transf., to deprive the heir of any thing:

ut mensam ejus exheredaret,

Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20.

exossis, e, and exossus, a, um, adj. [ex-ŏs], without bones, boneless (post-class.).

Lit.:

cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis,

App. Mag. p. 300, 13.—

Transf.

Pliant, limber, supple, yielding:

exossis plane et enervis,

App. Mag. p. 322, 1:

enervam et exossam saltationem explicat,

id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.—

Loose, negligent:

dictio,

Sid. Ep. 6, 18.

exossis, e, and exossus, a, um, adj. [ex-ŏs], without bones, boneless (post-class.).

Lit.:

cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis,

App. Mag. p. 300, 13.—

Transf.

Pliant, limber, supple, yielding:

exossis plane et enervis,

App. Mag. p. 322, 1:

enervam et exossam saltationem explicat,

id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.—

Loose, negligent:

dictio,

Sid. Ep. 6, 18.

exōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = exôtikos, foreign, exotic (ante- and post-class.).

Adj.:

unguenta,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 41:

vinum,

Gell. 13, 5, 5:

jus (piscium),

App. M. 10, p. 246, 28:

pulvis,

id. Mag. p. 278, 4:

sermo,

id. Met. 1 init. —Comically:

Graecia, i. q. magna,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11.—

Subst.: exōtĭcum, i, n., a foreign garment, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48.

exōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = exôtikos, foreign, exotic (ante- and post-class.).

Adj.:

unguenta,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 41:

vinum,

Gell. 13, 5, 5:

jus (piscium),

App. M. 10, p. 246, 28:

pulvis,

id. Mag. p. 278, 4:

sermo,

id. Met. 1 init. —Comically:

Graecia, i. q. magna,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11.—

Subst.: exōtĭcum, i, n., a foreign garment, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 48.

fĭmus, i (also fĭmum, i, n., Plin. 28, 17, 70, § 234 sq.; 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 9, 23, § 76; Lact. Opif. D. 11, 20: fimo, abl. fem., Apul. Met. 7, p. 200 fin.), m. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; dhū-lis, dust; cf. Gr. thu-, thunô, thuma, thuos; Lat. sub-fīo, sub-fimen; Germ. Dunst; Engl. dust], that which fertilizes or manures, dung, ordure, excrement (only in the sing., Diom. p. 314 P.; for syn. cf.: stercus, merda, quisquiliae).

Lit., Verg. G. 1, 80; Col. 2, 14, 4; 3, 11, 4; Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; 30, 9, 23, § 76:

caballinus,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 102; Liv. 38, 18, 4:

fimo si quis aliquem perfuderit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13. —

Poet. transf. for lutum, dirt, mire, Verg. A. 5, 333 and 358.

fĭmus, i (also fĭmum, i, n., Plin. 28, 17, 70, § 234 sq.; 29, 5, 32, § 101; 30, 9, 23, § 76; Lact. Opif. D. 11, 20: fimo, abl. fem., Apul. Met. 7, p. 200 fin.), m. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; dhū-lis, dust; cf. Gr. thu-, thunô, thuma, thuos; Lat. sub-fīo, sub-fimen; Germ. Dunst; Engl. dust], that which fertilizes or manures, dung, ordure, excrement (only in the sing., Diom. p. 314 P.; for syn. cf.: stercus, merda, quisquiliae).

Lit., Verg. G. 1, 80; Col. 2, 14, 4; 3, 11, 4; Plin. 28, 17, 71, § 235; 30, 9, 23, § 76:

caballinus,

id. 29, 5, 32, § 102; Liv. 38, 18, 4:

fimo si quis aliquem perfuderit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 13. —

Poet. transf. for lutum, dirt, mire, Verg. A. 5, 333 and 358.

Hippŏlytē, ēs, and Hippŏlyta, ae, f., = Hippolutê.

An Amazon, daughter of Mars, taken captive in the war of the Amazons by Theseus, to whom she bore Hippolytus, Hyg. Fab. 30; Just. 2, 4, 23; Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 17.—

The wife of Acastus, king of Magnesia, who conceived a passion for Peleus, and, because she met with no return of affection from him, accused him to her husband of an attempt upon her virtue, Hyg. Fab. 14 med.; Hor. C. 3, 7, 18.

Hippŏlytē, ēs, and Hippŏlyta, ae, f., = Hippolutê.

An Amazon, daughter of Mars, taken captive in the war of the Amazons by Theseus, to whom she bore Hippolytus, Hyg. Fab. 30; Just. 2, 4, 23; Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 17.—

The wife of Acastus, king of Magnesia, who conceived a passion for Peleus, and, because she met with no return of affection from him, accused him to her husband of an attempt upon her virtue, Hyg. Fab. 14 med.; Hor. C. 3, 7, 18.