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  • 1 submisse

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submisse

  • 2 submitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto

  • 3 summissa

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 4 summitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 5 atomos

    ătŏmus, a, um, adj., = atomos.
    I.
    Uncut, not to be cut, indivisible:

    Graeci (tus) stagonian et atomum tali modo appellant,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Subst.: ătŏmus ( - ŏs), i, f., = hê atomos, an indivisible element.
    A.
    Of matter, an atom, of which particles, acc. to the doctrine of Democritus, all things are composed (the distinction between an atom, an ultimate particle of matter, and a molecule, the ultimate combination of matter, was of course unknown to the ancients;

    syn.: corpora, corpora parva, corpora minuta, corpuscula, Lucr., Cic.): atomi, id est corpora individua propter soliditatem,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17; id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; id. N. D. 1, 20, 54; id. Fat. 11, 24; id. N. D. 1, 24, 66; id. Ac. 1, 2, 6 al.; Vitr. 2, 2; Lact. de Ira Dei, 10 (where, as in Vitr. 2, 2, acc. to several editt., it stands as masc.); Isid. Orig. 13, 2, 1 sqq.—
    B.
    Of time: in atomo, after the Gr. en atomôi, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, Tert. Res. Carn. 42 and 51; id. adv. Marc. 3, 24; so in the Gr. Test. 1 Cor. 15, 52, but rendered in momento by the Vulg.

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  • 6 atomus

    ătŏmus, a, um, adj., = atomos.
    I.
    Uncut, not to be cut, indivisible:

    Graeci (tus) stagonian et atomum tali modo appellant,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Subst.: ătŏmus ( - ŏs), i, f., = hê atomos, an indivisible element.
    A.
    Of matter, an atom, of which particles, acc. to the doctrine of Democritus, all things are composed (the distinction between an atom, an ultimate particle of matter, and a molecule, the ultimate combination of matter, was of course unknown to the ancients;

    syn.: corpora, corpora parva, corpora minuta, corpuscula, Lucr., Cic.): atomi, id est corpora individua propter soliditatem,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17; id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; id. N. D. 1, 20, 54; id. Fat. 11, 24; id. N. D. 1, 24, 66; id. Ac. 1, 2, 6 al.; Vitr. 2, 2; Lact. de Ira Dei, 10 (where, as in Vitr. 2, 2, acc. to several editt., it stands as masc.); Isid. Orig. 13, 2, 1 sqq.—
    B.
    Of time: in atomo, after the Gr. en atomôi, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, Tert. Res. Carn. 42 and 51; id. adv. Marc. 3, 24; so in the Gr. Test. 1 Cor. 15, 52, but rendered in momento by the Vulg.

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  • 7 recido

    1.
    rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

    prob., also,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).
    A.
    Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

    quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

    had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

    quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

    Ov. M. 10, 180:

    etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

    Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

    in collum Benjamin,

    Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

    amictum recidentem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 162.—
    B.
    Trop., to fall back, return:

    in graviorem morbum recidere,

    to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

    so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

    (quartanae) ne recidant,

    Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

    post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

    praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

    id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

    Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

    Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

    quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

    Curt. 9, 7, 23:

    in invidiam,

    Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

    ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

    suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    quae in adversarios recidunt,

    Quint. 9, 2, 49:

    quod in ipsam recidat,

    Ov. M. 6, 212:

    consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

    Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

    periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

    Suet. Aug. 96:

    in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —
    II.
    (With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

    tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

    to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    ad nilum,

    Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

    ad nihil,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—
    (β).
    With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

    quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

    rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

    Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

    omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

    Col. 4, 3, 5:

    mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

    Ov. M. 10, 18.—
    (γ).
    With an adv. of direction:

    huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

    eo regiae majestatis imperium,

    Liv. 4, 2:

    eo res,

    Quint. 2, 10, 3:

    illuc, ut, etc.,

    Juv. 12, 54:

    ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

    Liv. 30, 42:

    pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

    id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

    quorsum responsum recidat,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.
    2.
    rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vepres,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

    malleolos ad imum articulum,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

    sceptrum imo de stirpe,

    Verg. A. 12, 208;

    for which: laurum imā stirpe,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

    ceras inanes,

    empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

    hirsutam barbam falce,

    Ov. M. 13, 766:

    caput,

    id. ib. 9, 71:

    immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

    id. ib. 1, 191:

    pollicem alicui,

    Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    comas,

    Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

    capillos,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

    ungues,

    Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

    columnas,

    to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

    fustes,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

    ancile ab omni parte recisum,

    Ov. F. 3, 377:

    mella,

    i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

    Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

    cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

    fulgorem sideribus,

    to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

    gramina morsu,

    to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—
    II.
    Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

    perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

    Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

    inanem loquacitatem,

    id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

    omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

    id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

    mercedes scaenicorum,

    Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

    armaturas mirmillonum,

    to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

    ornandi potestatem,

    Quint. 2, 16, 4:

    facultatem aliter acquirendi,

    id. 12, 7, 10:

    impedimenta,

    to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

    occupationes,

    Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

    culpam supplicio,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

    cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

    id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

    aliquid priscum ad morem,

    i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

    opus,

    Vell. 2, 89, 1:

    ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

    tempus recisius (opp. longius),

    Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

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  • 8 seco

    sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

    Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

    et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

    Tert. Apol. 4:

    cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

    omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

    sectae herbae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

    gallinam,

    to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

    placenta,

    Mart. 3, 77, 3:

    alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

    palatum,

    to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

    tergora in frusta,

    Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

    marmora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

    nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

    prave sectus unguis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

    secti lapides,

    Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

    in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

    saevitia secandi,

    Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

    membra,

    id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

    vomicam,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

    varices Mario,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

    nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

    was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    servum,

    Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—
    2.
    To cut, castrate (very rare):

    puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

    Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

    sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

    id. 5, 41, 3.—
    C.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

    ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

    the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

    lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

    rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

    Ov. F. 6, 148:

    teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    corpora vepres,

    id. G. 3, 444:

    crura (sentes),

    Ov. M. 1, 509:

    pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

    cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

    sectus flagellis,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

    loris,

    Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

    si quem podagra secat,

    gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

    imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

    Mart. 9, 92, 9.—
    2.
    Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,
    a.
    To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

    Verg. A. 7, 717:

    medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

    medios agros (Tiberis),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

    medium agmen (Turnus),

    Verg. A. 10, 440:

    agrum (limes),

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

    caelum (zonae),

    Ov. M. 1, 46:

    sectus orbis,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

    in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—
    b.
    With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

    delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

    cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

    aequor,

    id. ib. 5, 218:

    pontum,

    id. ib. 9, 103:

    aequor Puppe,

    Ov. M. 11, 479:

    fretum puppe,

    id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

    vada nota (amnis),

    id. ib. 1, 370:

    ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

    Cic. Arat. 48:

    aethera pennis (avis),

    Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

    auras (cornus),

    id. A. 12, 268:

    ventos (Cyllenia proles),

    ib. ib. 4, 257:

    sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

    id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

    ille viam secat ad naves,

    Verg. A. 6, 899:

    hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

    Quint. 3, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).
    * A.
    To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

    secuit Lucilius Urbem,

    Pers. 1, 114.—
    B.
    To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

    haec in plures partes,

    Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

    scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

    id. 4, 5, 6:

    quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

    id. 4, 5, 25:

    sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

    id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

    quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

    ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

    id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

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  • 9 obcido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 10 occido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 11 circumcido

    circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture;

    syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

    gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,

    Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36:

    latera scrobis,

    id. 5, 9, 9:

    arbores ad medullam,

    Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191:

    aciem,

    Lucr. 3, 412:

    caespitem gladiis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

    ungues,

    Cels. 7, 26, 2:

    volnus,

    Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61:

    genitalia (Judaeorum),

    to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init. —
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose;

    syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138;

    so with amputo,

    id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

    sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,

    Liv. 32, 27, 4; so,

    impensam funeri,

    Phaedr. 4, 19, 25:

    circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

    Cels. 4, 25:

    circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,

    to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove:

    circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

    circumcidat, si quid redundabit,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.:

    (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,

    id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104:

    ineptas quaestiones,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,
    A.
    Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible:

    saxum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    collis ex omni parte circumcisus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —
    B.
    Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.):

    quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse:

    circumcisae orationes et breves,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf.

    supra,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27. — Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly:

    rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,

    Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.

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  • 12 succido

    1.
    suc-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [sub-cado], to fall under any thing.
    * I.
    In gen.:

    lorica quod e loris de corio crudo pectoralia faciebant: postea succidit Gallica e ferro sub id vocabulum,

    i. e. were comprehended under the word, Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.—
    II.
    Pregn., to sink under one ' s self, sink down, sink ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Lit.:

    genua inedia succidunt,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; so,

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 156:

    omnia fragore,

    id. 5, 109:

    terra repente,

    id. 5, 482:

    in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus,

    Verg. A. 12, 911:

    imperfecta sublabantur aut succidant,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 35:

    continuo labore gravia genua succiderant,

    Curt. 9, 5, 7.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    mens succidit,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 24:

    mendax Dardania domus,

    id. Agam. 863.
    2.
    suc-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [sub-caedo], to cut off or away below, cut from below, to cut through, cut off, cut down, fell (rare but class.; not in Cic.): is pernas succidit iniquā superbiā Poeni, Enn. ap. Fest. pp. 304 and 305 Müll. (Ann. v. 279 Vahl.); cf.:

    vivos Succisis feminibus poplitibusque invenerunt,

    Liv. 22, 51, 7:

    poplitem,

    Verg. A. 10, 700:

    crura equis (with suffodere ilia),

    Liv. 42, 59, 3:

    nervos equorum,

    id. 44, 28, 14:

    arbores,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9; Liv. 23, 24; Col. 2, 2, 11; 11, 2, 11; Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 58 al.:

    asseres,

    Liv. 44, 5, 6:

    florem aratro, Verg.A.9,435: frumentis succisis,

    cut down, mown down, Caes. B. G. 4, 38; 4, 19:

    Cererem,

    Verg. G. 1, 297:

    (herbas) curvamine falcis aënae,

    Ov. M. 7, 227:

    segetem,

    Sil. 15, 536 al.: cf.:

    ita gregem metite imbellem ac succidite ferro,

    mow down, Sil. 14, 134:

    serpens succisa manu Herculeā,

    Sen. Med. 702.— Poet.:

    succisa libido,

    emasculated, made powerless, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 190.

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  • 13 medius

    mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
    I.
    Adj.
    A.
    Lit.:

    terra complexa medium mundi locum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

    medium mundi locum petere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

    ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    in foro medio,

    in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    medio foro,

    in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

    in solio medius consedit,

    sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

    considit scopulo medius,

    id. G. 4, 436:

    concilio medius sedebat,

    Ov. M. 10, 144:

    ignes,

    Verg. A. 12, 201:

    medio tempore,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

    cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

    full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

    Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

    midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

    si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

    between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

    cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

    there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

    inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

    Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

    locus medius regionum earum,

    half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

    between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

    et medius juvenum ibat,

    id. F. 5, 67:

    medius silentūm,

    Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

    medius ex tribus,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    medium arripere aliquem,

    to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

    juvenem medium complectitur,

    Liv. 23, 9, 9:

    Alcides medium tenuit,

    held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

    medium ostendere unguem,

    to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—
    2.
    Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

    hieme demunt cibum medium,

    half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

    scrupulum croci,

    Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
    1.
    Of age:

    aetatis mediae vir,

    of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
    2.
    Of plans, purposes, etc.:

    nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

    Liv. 2, 49, 5:

    medium quiddam tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—
    3.
    Of intellect:

    eloquentiā medius,

    middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

    ingenium,

    moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
    4.
    Undetermined, undecided:

    medios esse,

    i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

    medium se gerere,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

    Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    responsum,

    indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
    5.
    Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

    medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

    ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

    id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

    sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

    which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—
    6.
    Intermediate:

    medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

    of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

    nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 45:

    ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

    Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

    medium sese offert,

    as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

    pacator mediusque Syphax,

    Sil. 16, 222:

    pacis eras mediusque belli,

    arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

    nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

    oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—
    7.
    Central, with ex or in:

    ex factione media consul,

    fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

    so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

    these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

    id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

    ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

    id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    in medio maerore et dolore,

    id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

    in media dimicatione,

    the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

    in medio ardore certaminis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 27:

    in media solitudine,

    the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

    in mediis divitiis,

    in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

    in medio robore virium,

    Liv. 28, 35, 6:

    in medio ardore belli,

    id. 24, 45, 4:

    in media reipublicae luce,

    the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    media inter pocula,

    Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of space (very rare in Cic.):

    in medio aedium sedens,

    Liv. 1, 57, 9:

    maris,

    id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

    medio viae ponere,

    id. 37, 13, 10:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

    Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

    medio montium porrigitur planities,

    id. ib. 1, 64:

    medio stans hostia ad aras,

    Verg. G. 3, 486:

    medio tutissimus ibis,

    Ov. M. 2, 137:

    in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

    Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

    equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

    id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

    tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

    to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

    intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

    Liv. 45, 35.—
    2.
    Of time:

    diei,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    medio temporis,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

    nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

    the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

    in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

    lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

    tabulae sunt in medio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

    rem totam in medio ponere,

    publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

    dicendi ratio in medio posita,

    lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    rem in medium proferre,

    to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

    rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

    id. Clu. 28, 77:

    in medio relinquere,

    to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

    cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

    adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

    litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

    hominem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    de medio removere,

    to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

    e medio excessit,

    she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

    ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

    tollite lumen e medio,

    Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

    cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

    in medio esse,

    to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

    in medium venire or procedere,

    to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

    communes utilitates in medium afferre,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

    consulere in medium,

    to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

    so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

    Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

    quaerere,

    to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

    conferre laudem,

    i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

    dare,

    to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

    in medium conferre, in gaming,

    to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

    scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

    Pall. 1, 35, 12.—
    2.
    A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

    scrobem ad medium completo,

    Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,
    III.
    Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

    qui noluerant medie,

    kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

    nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

    ortus medie humilis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—
    2.
    Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

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  • 14 meto

    1.
    mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
    2.
    mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. amaô, mow, reap; amê, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum est matura seges, metendum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3:

    sunt autem metendi genera complura,

    Col. 2, 21, 2:

    in metendo occupatos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    pabula falce,

    to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84:

    farra,

    id. F 2, 519:

    arva,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.:

    ut sementem feceris, ita et metes,

    as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.:

    ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent,

    Vulg. Os. 8, 7:

    qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala,

    id. Prov. 22, 8:

    mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur,

    i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80:

    sibi quisque ruri metit,

    every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris;

    tibi item metes,

    id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.:

    postremus metito,

    Verg. G. 2, 410; so,

    vindemiam,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ( poet.):

    virgā lilia summa metit,

    Ov. F. 2, 706:

    barbam forfice,

    Mart. 7, 95, 12:

    capillos,

    id. 10, 83, 11:

    olus,

    to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74:

    et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper,

    laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40:

    ille metit barbam,

    Juv. 3, 186. —
    2.
    In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down:

    proxima quaeque metit gladio,

    Verg. A. 10, 513:

    primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147:

    agmina plura metam,

    Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death:

    metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: anankaiôs d echei bion therizein), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.—
    B.
    To inhabit a region ( poet.):

    qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,

    Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).
    3.
    Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

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  • 15 abscido

    abs-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off with a sharp instrument (diff. from ab-scindo, to break or tear off as with the hand); the former corresponds to praecidere, the latter to avellere, v. Liv. 31, 34, 4 Drak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    caput,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 4, 19; Verg. A. 12, 511 al.; so,

    membra,

    Lucr. 3, 642:

    bracchium,

    Liv. 4, 28, 8:

    collum,

    Sil. 15, 473:

    dextram,

    Suet. Caes. 68:

    linguam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 7; Suet. Calig. 27 al.:

    comas alicui,

    Luc. 6, 568:

    truncos arborum et ramos,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, deprive of; to detract:

    spem (alicui),

    Liv. 4, 10, 4; 24, 30, 12; 35, 45, 6:

    orationem alicui,

    id. 45, 37, 9:

    omnium rerum respectum sibi,

    id. 9, 23, 12:

    omnia praesidia,

    Tac. H. 3, 78:

    vocem,

    Vell. 2, 66; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 85.— Absol.:

    quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, quia abscideram,

    had broken off, Cic. Att. 2, 7.—Hence, abscīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off.
    A.
    Of places, steep, precipitous (cf. abruptus):

    saxum undique abscisum,

    Liv. 32, 4, 5; so id. 32, 25, 36:

    rupes,

    id. 32, 5, 12.—
    B.
    Of speech, abrupt, concise, short:

    in voce aut omnino suppressā, aut etiam abscisā,

    Quint. 8, 3, 85; 9, 4, 118 Halm (al. abscissa):

    asperum et abscisum castigationis genus,

    Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

    responsum,

    id. 3, 8, 3:

    sententia,

    id. 6, 3, 10; cf. in comp.:

    praefractior atque abscisior justitia,

    id. 6, 5, ext. 4.— Sup. prob. not used.— Adv.: abscīsē, cut off; hence, of speech, concisely, shortly, distinctly, Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6; Dig. 50, 6, 5, § 2.

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  • 16 excido

    1.
    ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

    sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 3:

    gladii de manibus exciderunt,

    id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.;

    for which also: inter manus (urna),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22; and:

    a digitis (ansa),

    Ov. H. 16, 252:

    Palinurus exciderat puppi,

    Verg. A. 6, 339; cf.

    arce,

    Ov. F. 5, 34:

    equis,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164:

    num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48:

    volvae excidunt,

    Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.— Poet.:

    ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,

    will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410:

    in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate),

    Liv. 21, 28 fin.:

    cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem,

    Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

    ante pedes (lingua resecta),

    Ov. Ib. 536.—
    B.
    In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare):

    ut cujusque sors exciderat,

    Liv. 21, 42, 3;

    and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit,

    id. 23, 3, 7.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape:

    verbum ex ore alicujus,

    Cic. Sull. 26; cf.:

    vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 686:

    tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore?

    id. ib. 2, 658; cf.:

    scelus ore tuo,

    Ov. M. 7, 172:

    quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.:

    libellus me imprudente et invito excidit,

    escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

    vox horrenda per auras excidit,

    Verg. A. 9, 113:

    et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit,

    Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176:

    ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret,

    Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

    (versus) qui in breves excidunt,

    i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.— Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.—
    B.
    In partic.
    * 1.
    To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—
    2.
    To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear:

    neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    primo miser excidit aevo,

    Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.):

    nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 30:

    at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet,

    Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.):

    excidit omnis luctus,

    Ov. M. 8, 448:

    ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria,

    Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.—Esp.
    b.
    To fail, faint, swoon, lose one's self:

    excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1:

    quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi!

    Sen. Hippol. 589 sq. —
    c.
    To slip out, escape from the memory:

    excidere de memoria,

    Liv. 29, 19 fin.:

    exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis,

    id. 34, 37; cf.

    animo,

    Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188;

    and pectore,

    id. Pont. 2, 4, 24:

    o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.:

    quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc.,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause:

    non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 3, 10.— Absol.:

    quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari,

    id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause:

    si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset,

    id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut:

    excidit, ut peterem, etc.,

    i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.—Rarely transf. to the person:

    excidens,

    who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19:

    palam moneri excidentis est,

    id. 11, 3, 132.—
    3.
    (Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.;

    in Cic. not at all): ex familia,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104:

    uxore,

    to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

    regno,

    Curt. 10, 5:

    quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis,

    failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.:

    fine medicinae,

    Quint. 2, 17, 25:

    genere,

    id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or [p. 677] causā;

    v. cado, II.),

    Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.
    2.
    ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    lapides e terra,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.:

    omnes arbores longe lateque,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 1; cf.:

    excisa enim est arbor, non evulsa,

    Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: exciditur ilex (with percellunt magnas quercus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. 194 ed. Vahl.):

    arborem e stirpe,

    Dig. 43, 27, 1:

    ericium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 67 fin.:

    radicem,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82:

    columnas rupibus,

    Verg. A. 1, 428; cf.:

    rubos arvis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 5: linguam alicui, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1 fin.:

    partum mulieri,

    Dig. 11, 8, 2:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 3:

    virilitatem,

    i. e. to castrate, geld, Quint. 5, 12, 17;

    for which also, se,

    Ov. F. 4, 361; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.:

    vias per montes,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:

    latus rupis in antrum,

    Verg. A. 6, 42; cf.:

    vasa anaglypta in asperitatem,

    i. e. wrought with raised figures, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139: exciderat eum (sc. obeliscum) rex, majusque opus in devehendo statuendove multo quam in excidendo, i. e. cut out in the quarry, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 67; absol., id. ib. § 65.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy:

    qui domos inimicorum suorum oppugnavit, excidit, incendit,

    Cic. Sest. 44:

    Numantiam,

    id. Off. 1. 22, 76; cf.

    Trojam,

    Verg. A. 2, 637:

    urbem,

    id. ib. 12, 762:

    oppida,

    Lact. 1, 18, 8:

    Germaniam,

    Vell. 2, 123 fin.:

    agrum,

    id. 2, 115:

    exercitum,

    i. e. to cut to pieces, annihilate, id. 2, 120, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., to extirpate, remove, banish:

    aliquid ex animo,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.:

    iram animis, Sen. de Ira, 3, 1: aliquem numero civium,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 6.

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  • 17 quin

    quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].
    I.
    As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).
    1.
    Usu. with indic. pres.:

    quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

    quin experimur,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur):

    quin continetis vocem?

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

    quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?

    Verg. A. 4, 99:

    quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam?

    Curt. 5, 7, 4:

    quin conscendimus equos?

    why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—
    2.
    With imper.:

    quin me aspice et contempla,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16:

    quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis,

    just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18:

    quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere,

    i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —
    3.
    With subj. only in orat. obliq.:

    quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent,

    Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.
    1.
    In gen.:

    curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54:

    neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te,

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68:

    nulla causast quin me condones cruci,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 26:

    ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2:

    facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,

    I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3:

    cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret,

    id. Quint. 9, 32:

    nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus,

    id. Att. 11, 15, 3:

    neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

    repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

    nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc.,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

    nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur,

    without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79:

    nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent,

    without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55:

    in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur,

    id. B. C. 3, 53:

    quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant,

    Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5:

    paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur,

    i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time:

    neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

    nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret,

    id. ib. 3, 81:

    nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

    horum autem nihil est quin intereat,

    id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. [p. 1513] Phorm. 4, 4, 16:

    nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet,

    id. Heant. 4, 2, 8:

    cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 4, §

    7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.):

    non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

    et vos non dubitatis, quin,

    id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —
    3.
    Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.:

    non dubitabat, quin,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

    cave dubites, quin,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 6:

    non dubitabat quin... non posset,

    id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    non esse dubium, quin... possent,

    no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17:

    neque abest suspicio, quin,

    a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    quis ignerat, quin?

    who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64:

    dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet,

    hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—
    B.
    That not, as if not, as though not:

    non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod,

    not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv 2, 15. —
    C.
    For corroboration.
    1.
    But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth:

    Hercle quin tu recte dicis,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77: credo;

    neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20:

    te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even:

    credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus,

    Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3:

    quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    quin etiam voces jactare,

    Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.:

    quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—
    2.
    Rather, yea rather:

    nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus,

    Liv. 35, 26.—
    D.
    In corrections, nay, rather:

    non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).

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  • 18 sectilis

    sectĭlĭs, e, adj. [seco].
    I.
    Cut, cleft, divided, etc. (not ante-Aug.):

    ebur,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 10:

    lamnae,

    Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 226:

    pavimenta,

    made of small cut stones, mosaic, Vitr. 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 46 fin. —
    II.
    That may be cut:

    porrum,

    cut-leek, chives, Juv. 3, 293; Mart. 10, 48, 9; Pall. Febr. 24, 11 (cf. sectivus):

    lapides,

    Plin. 36, 22, 44, § 159:

    medulla,

    id. 16, 39, 76, § 195:

    tuber,

    id. 16, 43, 84, § 231.

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  • 19 quīn

        quīn conj.    [2 qui+-ne].    I. In a principal clause, interrog., why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in asking for information): quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis? T.: quin taces? T.: quin continetis vocem?: quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus? V.: quin conscendimus equos? why not mount our horses? L.: Quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis, just say in one word! T.: quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere, i. e. you had better: quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent, L.—Corroborative, but, indeed, really, verily, of a truth, nay, in fact: credo; neque id iniuriā; quin Mihi molestum est, T.: nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei nactus, L.: non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, iudices, etc, nay, rather, etc.—In a climax, with etiam or et, yea indeed, nay even: quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut, etc.: quin etiam voces iactare, V.: quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit, H.—    II. In a dependent clause, so that... not, but that, but, without: ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin viderent me, T.: facere non possum, quin ad te mittam, I cannot forbear sending to you: nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus: repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius esse: nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te perscriberem: nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur, without being cut off, Cs.: qui recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant? L.: non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod, etc., not but that.—Esp., representing the nom. of a pron relat. with a negative, who... not, but: nulla fuit civitas quin partem senatūs Cordubam mitteret, Cs.: nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat: quis templum adspexit, quin testis esset?: Nihil tam difficilest quin investigari possiet, T.: Messanam nemo venit, quin viserit.—After words expressing hesitation, doubt or uncertainty, but that, that: non dubitaturum, quin cederet: et vos non dubitatis, quin: hoc non dubium est, quin Chremes non det, etc., T.: cave dubites, quin: non esse dubium, quin... possent, no doubt that, Cs.: neque abest suspicio, quin, a suspicion that, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    why not, in fact
    II
    so that not, without; that not; but that; that

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  • 20 praeseco

    prae-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, or cātum, 1, v. a., to cut off before or in front, to cut off or out (not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pars cultello praesecatur,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 34:

    brassica ut praesica, quod ex ejus scapo minutatim praesecatur,

    id. L. L. 5, § 104 Müll.:

    partem,

    Ov. R. Am. 112:

    projecturas tignorum,

    Vitr. 4, 2:

    lineam,

    Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 13:

    praesecta vitis,

    id. 17, 15, 25, § 115:

    praesecata gula,

    App. M. 1, p. 108, 15.—
    II.
    Trop.: praesectum decies non castigavit ad unguem, has not corrected by the pared nail, i. e. to perfect accuracy, Hor. A. P. 294 Bentl. and Haupt (but the better reading is perfectum).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praeseco

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