obstantia+rumpere+claustra

claustra ( clostra, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), ōrum, n. (in sing.: claustrum, i, rare, Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: clostrum, Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo], that by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.

Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12:

claustra revellere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76:

laxare,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

relaxare,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17:

rumpere,

Verg. A. 9, 758:

diu claustris retentae ferae,

Liv. 42, 59, 2:

ferae claustris fractae,

Plin. Pan. 81, 3:

claustra pati,

to submit to confinement, Col. 8, 17, 8:

discutere,

Petr. 11, 2:

reserare,

Sil. 7, 334:

portarum ingentia claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53:

ferrea,

Mart. 10, 28, 8:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21. —

Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds:

arta portarum naturae effringere,

i. e. to disclose its secrets, Lucr. 1, 72; cf.:

tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,

i. e. have become known, public, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3:

pudoris et reverentiae refringere,

id. ib. 2, 14, 4:

vitaï claustra resolvere,

to loose the bands of life, Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152:

temporum,

Vell. 1, 17, 4:

(animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.—

In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up:

urbis relinquant,

Ov. M. 4, 86; cf.

Thebarum,

Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.:

ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,

id. 37, 15, 1:

maris,

i.e. a harbor, haven, Sil. 12, 442:

undae,

a dam, id. 5, 44; cf.:

Lucrino addita,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56:

Daedalea,

i. e. the Labyrinth, Sen. Hippol. 1166 al. —

In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy:

claustra loci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:

Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,

Liv. 9, 32. 1:

Aegypti,

id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7:

tutissima praebet,

Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.:

montium,

id. H. 3, 2:

Caspiarum,

id. ib. 1, 6:

maris,

id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris ( walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49:

regni claustra Philae,

Luc. 10, 312:

Africae,

Flor. 4, 2, 70.—

Trop.:

cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

annonae Aegyptus,

Tac. H. 3, 8.

claustra ( clostra, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), ōrum, n. (in sing.: claustrum, i, rare, Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: clostrum, Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo], that by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.

Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12:

claustra revellere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76:

laxare,

Verg. A. 2, 259:

relaxare,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17:

rumpere,

Verg. A. 9, 758:

diu claustris retentae ferae,

Liv. 42, 59, 2:

ferae claustris fractae,

Plin. Pan. 81, 3:

claustra pati,

to submit to confinement, Col. 8, 17, 8:

discutere,

Petr. 11, 2:

reserare,

Sil. 7, 334:

portarum ingentia claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53:

ferrea,

Mart. 10, 28, 8:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21. —

Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds:

arta portarum naturae effringere,

i. e. to disclose its secrets, Lucr. 1, 72; cf.:

tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,

i. e. have become known, public, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3:

pudoris et reverentiae refringere,

id. ib. 2, 14, 4:

vitaï claustra resolvere,

to loose the bands of life, Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152:

temporum,

Vell. 1, 17, 4:

(animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.—

In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up:

urbis relinquant,

Ov. M. 4, 86; cf.

Thebarum,

Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.:

ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,

id. 37, 15, 1:

maris,

i.e. a harbor, haven, Sil. 12, 442:

undae,

a dam, id. 5, 44; cf.:

Lucrino addita,

Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56:

Daedalea,

i. e. the Labyrinth, Sen. Hippol. 1166 al. —

In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy:

claustra loci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:

Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,

Liv. 9, 32. 1:

Aegypti,

id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7:

tutissima praebet,

Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.:

montium,

id. H. 3, 2:

Caspiarum,

id. ib. 1, 6:

maris,

id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris ( walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49:

regni claustra Philae,

Luc. 10, 312:

Africae,

Flor. 4, 2, 70.—

Trop.:

cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

annonae Aegyptus,

Tac. H. 3, 8.

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spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

Finibus exemptis,

Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

id. 4, 202; cf.:

tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105:

flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

quod spatium non esset agitandi,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

spatium loci,

Quint. 8, 3, 84:

spatio distante,

Ov. M. 11, 715.—

In partic.

A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

itineris spatium,

id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

viae spatium,

the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

id. B. C. 3, 92:

cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

id. B. G. 3, 17:

magnum spatium abesse,

id. ib. 2, 17:

quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

id. ib. 2, 30:

tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

Verg. A. 10, 219:

dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

spatium discrimina fallit,

the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—

Size, bulk, extent:

dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

Ov. M. 3, 95:

elephantis,

Luc. 9, 732:

oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

id. ib. 3, 195:

breve lateris,

Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

spatia montis,

id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

spatium admirabile rhombi,

very large, Juv. 4, 39:

vasti corporis,

Sen. Hippol. 806:

plantae Herculis,

Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

in spatium,

id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—

An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.

A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

spatia silvestria,

id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

orator ex Academiae spatiis,

id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

Verg. A. 7, 381.—

A race-course, track:

sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

id. ib. 6, 487:

abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

Liv. 35, 40, 1:

nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

Tac. Or. 39.—

Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—

Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

Ov. Hal. 68:

(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—

Trop.

Of time.

In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

spatium praeteriti temporis,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

quantum fuit diei spatium,

as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

annuum spatium,

id. B. C. 3, 3:

annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

dierum triginta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

spatio brevi,

Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

Lucr. 2, 77; so,

in brevi spatio,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

aliquid longo spatio tenere,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

spatia annorum,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

spatium juventae Transire,

Ov. M. 15, 225:

illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

id. ib. 15, 874:

post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—

In partic.

Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

Liv. 8, 32:

ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

quantum spatii nobis datur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

spatium pro munere posco,

Ov. R. Am. 277:

proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

ad scribendum,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

pila in hostes coniciendi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

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

vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 46, 3:

spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—

A year of life:

quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —

Metrical time, measure, quantity:

trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—

(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

prope jam excurso spatio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

id. Brut. 90, 307:

currenti spatium praemonstra,

Lucr. 6, 93:

pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

rumpo, rūpi, ruptum ( inf. paragog. rumpier, Afran. Com. 127), 3, v. a. [root rup], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture; to break asunder, burst in pieces, force open, etc. (very freq. and class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets; cf. frango).

Lit.: SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Fest. S. V. TALIO, p. 274; and ap. Gell. 20, 1, 14; cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.:

vincula,

Lucr. 3, 83; Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Prop. 4, 10, 4; Verg. A. 10, 233 al.:

catenas,

Prop. 3, 13, 11; Hor. S. 2, 7, 70; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3:

frena pudoris,

Prop. 4, 18, 3:

obstantia claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

teretes plagas (aper),

id. C. 1, 1, 28:

pontem,

to break down, Liv. 7, 9; cf.:

rupti torrentibus pontes,

Quint. 2, 13, 16:

montem aceto (Hannibal),

Juv. 10, 153:

Alpes,

Sil. 11, 135:

arcum,

Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

plumbum (aqua),

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

carinam (sinus Noto remugiens),

id. Epod. 10, 20:

tenta cubilia tectaque,

id. ib. 12, 12:

vestes,

Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:

tenues a pectore vestes,

id. A. A. 3, 707:

sinus pariterque capillos,

id. M. 10, 722:

linum ruptum aut turbata cera,

Quint. 12, 8, 13:

praecordia ferro,

to penetrate, Ov. M. 6, 251; 5, 36; cf.:

guttura cultro,

to cut, id. ib. 15, 465:

colla securi,

id. ib. 12, 249:

nubem (vis venti),

to sunder, rive, Lucr. 6, 432:

fulmen nubes rumpit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 58, 1:

spiritus rumpit nubes,

id. ib. 2, 54, 3:

ruptae nubes et in pronum solutae,

id. ib. 5, 12, 1:

caelum,

Sil. 3, 196:

polum,

id. 1, 135: turbo ruptus, breaking or bursting forth, Verg. A. 2, 416 et saep.:

tuā causā rupi ramices,

burst, ruptured, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30:

suos ramices,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 37:

inflatas vesiculas,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

pectora fremitu (leones),

Lucr. 3, 297:

illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes,

filled to repletion, Verg. G. 1, 49; Col. 10, 307:

frugibus rupta congestis horrea,

Sid. 1, 6:

ilia,

Cat. 11, 20; 80, 7; Verg. E. 7, 26; cf. with a personal object:

rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15.—Esp. reflexively, to burst or split one ' s self, to burst, split, etc.:

me rupi causā currendo tuā,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 43; id. Capt. prol. 14; Lucil. ap. Non. 88, 11; 382, 23:

ut me ambulando rumperet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 21:

non, si te ruperis, Par eris,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 319.— Mid.: ego misera risu clandestino rumpier, to burst, split, Afran. ap. Non. 382, 21 (Com. Rel. p. 154 Rib.); so,

frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

Verg. E. 8, 71:

quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, nunc ne movear quidem,

could have burst, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

et inflatas rumpi vesiculas,

id. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf.:

rumpantur iniqui, Vicimus,

Prop. 1, 8, 27:

miser Rumperis (sc. irā) et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136: rumpere viam, iter, etc., to force a passage, make one ' s way by force: ferro rumpenda per hostes Est via, a passage must be burst or forced through, Verg. A. 10, 372; cf.:

eo nisi corporibus armisque rupere cuneo viam,

Liv. 2, 50:

rupta via,

Quint. 9, 4, 63:

viam igne,

Stat. Th. 8, 469:

iter ferro,

Sil. 4, 196 (with reserare viam);

15, 782: Alpes,

id. 11, 135:

rupto sonuit sacer aequore Titan,

Val. Fl. 2, 37:

cursus,

id. ib. 1, 3; Sil. 7, 568 et saep.:

rumpere media agmina,

to burst through, break through, Verg. A. 12, 683; cf.:

proelia misso equo,

Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 10, 62):

ruptā mersum caput obruit undā,

Ov. M. 11, 569:

mediam aciem,

Liv. 26, 5:

pugnantibus acies rumpenda,

Just. 1, 6, 11:

ordines,

Liv. 6, 13:

aditus,

Verg. A. 2, 494:

parvos hiatus,

Sil. 5, 616:

fontem,

to break open, cause to break forth, Ov. M. 5, 257:

fontes abyssae magnae,

Vulg. Gen. 7, 11: se rumpere, to break out, burst forth ( = erumpere):

ubi sub lucem densa inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii,

Verg. G. 1, 446:

tantus se nubibus imber Ruperat,

id. A. 11, 548:

unde altus primum se erumpit Enipeus,

id. G. 4, 368; so,

rumpi, in mid. force: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus,

id. ib. 3, 428:

alicui reditum,

to cut off, Hor. Epod. 13, 15.— Absol.: offendit, fregit, rumpit, icit poculo, wounds, Afran. ap. Non. 124, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 173 Rib.); so, si quis rumpet occidetve insciens ne fraus esto, an ancient form of rogation in Liv. 22, 10, 5; cf. Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 17. —

Trop., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt, etc.:

hunc quisquam... foedera scientem neglexisse, violasse, rupisse dicere audebit?

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; so,

foedera,

Lucr. 2, 254; Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35:

foedus,

Liv. 3, 25, 5; 42, 40, 3:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 2, 15; Tac. A. 13, 36; id. H. 3, 19:

sacramenti religionem,

Liv. 28, 27:

reverentiam sacramenti,

Tac. H. 1, 12:

fidem induciarum, pacis, etc.,

Liv. 9, 40 fin.; 24, 29; Verg. G. 4, 213; Flor. 4, 2, 16:

jus gentium,

Liv. 4, 17:

hostium jus et sacra legationis et fas gentium,

Tac. A. 1, 42:

rogationes vos rogatas rumpitis,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24:

edicta,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 22:

decreta,

Ov. M. 15, 780:

leges,

Luc. 4, 175:

constat, agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

is made void, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; cf.:

jura testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum,

id. ib. 1, 38, 173:

nuptias,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 7:

amores,

Verg. A. 4, 292:

condiciones pacis,

Vell. 2, 48, 5:

obsequium,

Suet. Galb. 16:

fata aspera,

Verg. A. 6, 882:

fati necessitatem humanis consiliis,

Liv. 1, 42:

ne me e somno excitetis et rumpatis visum,

break in upon, interrupt, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; so,

somnum,

Verg. A. 7, 458; cf. Sen. Ep. 51, 12:

sacra,

Verg. A. 8, 110:

carmina,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 539:

ut vero amplexus fessi rupere supremos,

Val. Fl. 5, 32:

strepitu silentia rumpi,

Lucr. 4, 583:

silentia (verbis),

Verg. A. 10, 64; Ov. M. 1, 208; 11, 598; Hor. Epod. 5, 85; Val. Fl. 3, 509; Plin. Pan. 55, 4:

diutinum silentium,

App. M. 10, p. 239, 14:

taciturnitatem,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

patientiam,

Suet. Tib. 24:

en age, segnes Rumpe moras,

break off, end delay, Verg. G. 3, 43; so,

rumpe moras,

id. A. 4, 569; 9, 13; Ov. M. 15, 583 Bach, N. cr.; Val. Fl. 1, 306; Mart. 2, 64, 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf.:

rumpunt moras,

Luc. 1, 264:

otia,

Verg. A. 6, 813.— Poet.: rumpit has imo pectore voces, breaks forth, breaks out in, gives vent to, utters, etc., Verg. A. 11, 377; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 2, 129; 3, 246; Sil. 8, 301; Tac. A. 6, 20:

questus,

Verg. A. 4, 553; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 249:

gemitum,

Sil. 4, 458.

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