run their course

ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).

Lit.:

videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

106: mortis laqueis caput,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

errantem nemori,

Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

aditus expediunt,

open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

sibi locum,

id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

iter fugae per invias rupes,

Liv. 38, 2, 14:

agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —

Transf.

In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

vela,

Ov. H. 17, 200:

hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

cererem canistris,

Verg. A. 1, 702:

convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

cibaria pastoribus,

to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

merces suas (institor),

Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

arma,

to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

tela equosque,

Liv. 38, 25, 14:

ferrum,

id. 24, 26, 10:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

vineas in occulto,

id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

copias,

Tac. A. 13, 7:

se celeriter (Galli equites),

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

Tac. H. 2, 99. —

to send away, despatch ( poet.):

me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—

Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

multos secum expedire jubet,

id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.

Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

impeditum animum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

ex servitute filium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

se ex turba,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

se ab omni occupatione,

Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

aliquem omni molestiā,

id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

se aerumnis,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

se crimine,

id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

se cura,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—

Transf.

To put in order, arrange, set right:

cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

expedire et conficere res,

id. Brut. 42, 154:

rem frumentariam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

negotia (with explicare),

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

nomen,

id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

Faberianum,

id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

consilia sua,

Tac. H. 3, 73:

docte hanc fallaciam,

put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—

Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

Pac., Att.,

Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 286:

pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

id. A. 3, 379:

priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

Sall. J. 5, 2:

nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

id. ib. 14, 55:

ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

id. H. 4, 48:

promptius expediam quot, etc.,

i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—

Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—

Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

expedit bonas esse vobis,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

cui (reo) damnari expediret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

id. Caecin. 6, 16:

ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

sic magis expedit,

Quint. 4, 2, 67:

ut expediat causae,

id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.

Of persons:

cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

legiones expeditae,

id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

so of soldiers without baggage,

id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

Sagana,

tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

expeditus ad caedem,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

ad pronuntiandum,

id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 48 fin. —

Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

via expeditior ad honores,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

id. Lael. 4, 13:

pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

rationes,

id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

cena (with parca),

Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

expeditissimum unguentorum,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

id. ib. 61, 220:

inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

id. ib. 76, 263:

prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —

In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

fabulatu's,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

loqui,

Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

navigare,

id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

fit putatio,

Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

dē-curro, cŭcurri or curri (cf.:

decucurrit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21; Tac. A. 2, 7; Suet. Ner. 11:

decucurrerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; Petr. 64, 3:

decucurrerat,

Liv. 1, 12:

decucurrisse,

id. 25, 17; also,

decurrerunt,

id. 26, 51; 38, 8:

decurrēre,

Verg. A. 4, 153; 11, 189:

decurrisset,

Liv. 33, 26), cursum, 3, v. n. and (with homogeneous objects, viam, spatium, trop. aetatem, etc.) a., to run down from a higher point; to flow, move, sail, swim down; to run over, run through, traverse (class. and very freq.). —

Lit.

In gen.

Neutr.:

de tribunali decurrit,

Liv. 4, 50: Laocoon ardens [p. 524] summa decurrit ab arcs, Verg. A. 2, 41; cf.:

ab agro Lanuvino,

Hor. Od. 3, 27, 3; for which merely with the abl.:

altā decurrens arce,

Verg. A. 11, 490; cf.:

jugis,

id. ib. 4, 153:

Caesar ad cohortandos milites decucurrit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21; Suet. Ner. 11:

ad naves decurrunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28, 3; cf.:

ad mare,

Liv. 41, 2:

ego puto te bellissime cum quaestore Mescinio decursurum (viz., on board ship),

Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 3; cf.:

tuto mari,

to sail, Ov. M. 9, 591:

celeri cymbā,

id. F. 6, 77:

pedibus siccis super summa aequora,

id. M. 14, 50:

piscis ad hamum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 74:

monte decurrens velut amnis,

id. Od. 4, 2, 5; Liv. 38, 13; Ov. M. 3, 569:

uti naves decurrerent,

should sail, Tac. A. 15, 43:

in insulam quamdam decurrentes,

sailing to, Vulg. Act. 27, 16:

amnis Iomanes in Gangen per Palibothros decurrit,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 69:

in mare,

Liv. 21, 26.— Pass. impers.:

nunc video calcem, ad quam cum sit decursum, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

quo decursum prope jam siet,

Lucr. 2, 962.—

Act.:

septingenta milia passuum vis esse decursa biduo?

run through, Cic. Quint. 21, 81:

decurso spatio ad carceres,

id. Sen. 23, 83; cf.

, with the accessory idea of completion: nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari,

id. de Sen. 23, 83; and:

decursa novissima meta,

Ov. M. 10, 597: vada salsa puppi, Catull. 64, 6.—

Transf., of the stars ( poet.), to accomplish their course: stellaeque per vacuum solitae noctis decurrere tempus, Lucan. 1, 531; cf.

lampas,

id. 10, 501. —

Esp., milit. t. t., to go through military exercises or manœuvres, to advance rapidly, to charge, skirmish, etc.:

pedites decurrendo signa sequi et servare ordines docuit,

while performing evolutions, Liv. 24, 48; cf. id. 23, 35; 26, 51; 40, 6 al.:

ex montibus in vallem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 4; cf.:

ex omnibus partibus,

id. ib. 3, 4:

ex superiore loco,

Liv. 6, 33:

ex Capitolio in hostem,

id. 9, 4:

ab arce,

id. 1, 12:

inde (sc. a Janiculo),

id. 2, 10 et saep.:

incredibili celeritate ad flumen,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7.— Pass. impers.:

quinto (die) iterum in armis de cursum est,

Liv. 26, 51.—

Transf., to walk or run in armor, in celebrating some festival (usually in funeral games):

(in funere Gracchi tradunt) armatum exercitum decucurrisse cum tripudiis Hispanorum,

Liv. 25, 17:

ter circum rogos, cincti fulgentibus armis, decurrēre,

Verg. A. 11, 189; Tac. A. 2, 7; Suet. Claud. 1 (v. decursio). —

Trop.

In gen.

Neutr.:

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acreis,

Lucr. 3, 312; 4, 706; 5, 1262: quibus generibus per totas quaestiones decurrimus, go over or through, Quint. 9, 2, 48; cf. id. 10, 3, 17; Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 72:

omnium eo sententiae decurrerunt, ut, pax, etc.,

come to, Liv. 38, 8:

ides se non illuc decurrere, quod,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

ad Philotam,

Curt. 7, 1, 28:

ad consulendum te,

Plin. Ep. 10, 96.— Pass. impers.:

decurritur ad leniorem sententiam,

they come to, Liv. 6, 19; Quint. 6, 1, 2:

sermo extra calcem decurrens,

Amm. 21, 1, 14:

postremo eo decursum est, ut, etc.,

Liv. 26, 18; so id. 22, 31; 31, 20; Tac. A. 3, 59.—

Act., to run or pass through:

decurso aetatis spatio,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14;

and so of one's course of life,

id. Merc. 3, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6; Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; cf.:

lumen vitae,

Lucr. 3, 1042: noctis iter, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, p. 6 Müll. (v. 347 Ribb.):

vitam,

Prop. 2, 15, 41; Phaedr. 4, 1, 2;

aetatem (with agere),

Cic. Quint. 31 fin.: tuque ades inceptumque unā decurre laborem (the fig. is that of sailing in a vessel; cf.

soon after: pelagoque volans da vela patenti),

Verg. G. 2, 39 Heyne:

ista, quae abs te breviter de arte decursa sunt,

treated, discussed, Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 148; cf.:

equos pugnasque virum decurrere versu,

to sing, Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 149: prius... quam mea tot laudes decurrere carmina possint, Auct. Paneg. in Pis. 198.—

In partic.

Pregn.: ad aliquid, to betake one's self to, have recourse to:

ad haec extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas, ut, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 15; so,

ad istam hortationem,

id. Caecin. 33, 65:

ad medicamenta,

Cels. 6, 18, 3:

ad oraculum,

Just. 16, 3:

ad miseras preces,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 59:

Haemonias ad artes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 99; cf.:

assuetas ad artes (Circe),

id. Rem. Am. 287. Rarely to persons:

ad Alexandri exercitum,

Just. 14, 2.— Pass. impers.:

decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C.... DENT OPERAM CONSVLES, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3.—

Of the heavenly bodies, to set, move downwards:

qua sol decurrit meridies nuncupatur,

Mel. 1, 1, 1; Manil. 1, 505.—With acc., to traverse, Tibull. 4, 1, 160.—

In the rhetor. lang. of Quint., said of speech, to run on, Quint. 9, 4, 55 sq.; 11, 1, 6; 12, 9, 2 al.—

Proverb., to run through, i. e. to leave off:

quadrigae meae decucurrerunt (sc. ex quo podagricus factus sum),

i. e. my former cheerfulness is at an end, is gone, Petr. 64, 3.—So, haec (vitia) aetate sunt decursa, laid aside, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 13.

dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.

Lit.

In gen.:

decedamus,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:

de altera parte (agri) decedere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:

decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,

Cic. Quint. 4, 16:

e pastu,

Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:

e pastu decedere campis,

id. ib. 4, 186:

ex aequore domum,

id. ib. 2, 205;

Italiā,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

Numidiā,

id. ib. 38, 9:

Africā,

id. ib. 20, 1;

23, 1: pugnā,

Liv. 34, 47:

praesidio,

id. 4, 29 (cf.:

de praesidio,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):

quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,

i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,

cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,

had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:

pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.

Esp.

t. t.

In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:

qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;

so,

absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

de colle,

Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:

de vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:

inde,

id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:

loco superiore,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—

In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:

de provincia decessit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;

so,

id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:

decedens ex Syria,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,

e Cilicia,

id. Brut. 1:

ex Africa,

Nep. Cato, 1, 4:

ex Asia,

id. Att. 4, 1:

ex ea provincia,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:

ut decedens Considius provinciā,

Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:

te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:

Albinus Romam decessit,

Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:

Romam ad triumphum,

Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:

cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,

Cic. Planc. 26 fin.

Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):

concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:

decedam ego illi de via, de semita,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. [p. 517] 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:

qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:

censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,

Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:

sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,

Verg. Ec. 8, 88:

peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:

cedere nocti,

Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:

decedere canibus de via,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:

hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:

salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.

Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).

Of living beings, to decease, to die:

si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:

vitā,

Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:

pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,

id. Att. 1, 6:

cum paterfamiliae decessit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:

cruditate contracta,

id. 7, 3, 33:

morbo aquae intercutis,

Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:

paralysi,

id. Vit. 3:

ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—

Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:

corpore febres,

Lucr. 2, 34:

febres,

Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:

quartana,

Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):

decessisse inde aquam,

run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:

decedere aestum,

id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:

de summa nihil decedet,

to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:

quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,

Liv. 3, 55:

decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):

postquam invidia decesserat,

Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:

priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,

Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.— Poet.:

incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,

i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:

et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,

Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:

te veniente die, te decedente canebat,

Verg. G. 4, 466;

also of the moon,

to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.

Trop.

De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;

the reading ex jure suo,

Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.

With de:

cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:

de hypothecis,

id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;

and de possessione,

id. Agr. 2, 26;

de suo jure,

id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:

qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,

id. Balb. 5:

de officio ac dignitate,

id. Verr. 1, 10:

de foro decedere,

to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:

de scena,

to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:

de officio decessum,

Liv. 8, 25 fin. —

With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):

jure suo,

Liv. 3, 33 fin.:

sententiā,

Tac. A. 14, 49:

instituto vestro,

Liv. 37, 54:

officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),

id. 27, 10; 36, 22:

fide,

id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:

poema... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,

Hor. A. P. 378.—

Very rarely with ab:

cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,

Cic. Fl. 12.—

Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.

De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:

se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,

Cic. Cael. 16, 38:

moleste ferre se de via decessisse,

id. Clu. 59, 163; so,

viā dicendi,

Quint. 4, 5, 3.

(acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):

vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:

ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,

are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.

( poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:

calori,

id. ib. 4, 23.

To fall short of, degenerate from:

de generis nobilitate,

Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.

For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:

prospere decedentibus rebus,

Suet. Caes. 24.