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    inculcō āvī, ātus, āre    [in+calco], to tread in, tread down; hence, in discourse, to force in, drag in: Graeca verba: inculcata invenias inania verba, i. e. superfluous.—To force upon, impress on, inculcate, insist: id quod inculcetur, percipere: oculis imagines: se auribus nostris, intrude: inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse: ut nominaret, etc

    multus adj.    (for comp. and sup. in use see plūs, plūrimus).    I. Plur., with subst., or with adjec. used as subst, many, a great number: multi alii, T.: multae sunt artes eximiae: tam multis verbis scribere, at such length: Quid multa verba? in short, T.: multa acerba habuit ille annus.—With other adjj., many: multae et magnae contentiones: multis magnisque praesidiis perditis, S.: multi et varii timores, L.: vectigalīs multos ac stipendiarios liberavit: multae liberae civitates, republics: multa libera capita, freemen, L.: multa secunda proelia, victories, L.: multa maiores magna et gravia bella gesserunt: multis suppliciis iustis: utebatur hominibus improbis multis: prodigia multa foeda, L.—As subst m., many men, many: multi pecunias coëgerunt: alter multos fefellit: pro multis dicere.—The multitude, mass, common people, vulgar: unus de multis esse: orator unus e multis, commonplace: numerari in multis, in the herd (of orators): e multis una sit tibi, no better than others, O.: sum unus Multorum, H. —As subst n. (only nom. and acc.), many things, much: quam multa te deficiant vides: quid multis moror? many words, T.: ne multa, in short: quid multa? H.—    II. Sing., distributive, many a (poet.): trudit multā cane Apros in plagas, H.: multā victimā, V.: multā prece prosequi, H.—Of quantity, much, abundant, large, considerable, extensive: exstructa mensa multā carne: multum pro re p. sanguinem effudistis: multa et lauta supellex: lingua Gallica, quā multā utebatur, spoke fluently, Cs.: multus fluens, glibly, H.—In excess, superfluous: supellex modica, non multa, N.: qui in aliquo genere multus est, prolix.—Frequent, frequently, engaged, busy, diligent: ad vigilias multus adesse, S.: cum Timaeo multum fuisse: Multa viri virtus animo recursat, V.—Strong, influential: adeo teneris consuescere multum est, so strong is habit, V.—Of time, full, late: ad multum diem, till late in the day: multa iam dies erat, L.: multā nocte, late at night: multo mane, very early.

    pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre    [purus+1 AG-], to free from what is superfluous, make clean, make pure, clean, cleanse, purify: piscīs ceteros purga, bone, T.: falcibus locum, cleared the ground: domum muribus, Ph.: educ omnīs tuos, purga urbem: miror morbi purgatum te illius, H.— To clear the body, purge: quid radix ad purgandum possit<*> Qui purgor bilem, purge myself of, H.— To clear away, remove: ligonibus herbas, O.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, V.: Cultello unguīs, trim, H.—Fig., of persons, to clear from accusation, excuse, exculpate, justify: Sullam ipsius virtus purgavit: me tibi: Caesarem de interitu Marcelli: si sibi purgati esse vellent, Cs.: civitatem facti hostilis, L.— To remove, refute, repel, justify: Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, T.: factum, O.: facinus, Cu.: purgandis criminibus, by disproving: suspicionem, remove, L.: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, refute, L. — To establish, vindicate, plead: innocentiam suam, L.: viri factum (esse) purgantes cupiditate atque amore, pleading in excuse, L.: purgantibus iis multitudinis concursu factum, L.—In religion, to make atonement for, expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate: populos, O.: nefas, O.

    re-linquo līquī, lictus, ere,    to leave behind, not take along, not stay with, leave, move away from, quit, abandon: deos penatīs: vim auri in Ponto reliquit: post se hostem, Cs.: petere, ut in Galliā relinqueretur, might be left behind, Cs.: (cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum, remaining, O.: sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit, in the rear, Cs.: me filiis quasi magistrum, T.: deum nullum Siculis.—Fig., to leave behind, leave: hanc excusationem ad Caesarem: Aeeta relictus, abandoned, O.—P. plur. n. as subst: repetat relicta, i. e. his former life, H.—At death, to leave behind, leave, bequeath: ea mortuast; reliquit filiam adulescentulam, T.: fundos decem et tres reliquit: ei testamento sestertiūm miliens: mihi haec omnia, T.: mihi arva, O.: heredem testamento hunc.—Fig., to leave, leave behind: virtutum nostrarum effigiem: Sibi hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene, T.: Sappho sublata desiderium sui reliquit: in scriptis relictum: orationes et annalīs: pater, o relictum Filiae nomen, H.: rem p. nobis: de valvarum pulchritudine scriptum: posterioribus exemplum.—To leave behind, leave remaining, permit to remain, let remain, leave: nil in aedibus, T.: ne paleae quidem ex annuo labore relinquerentur: angustioribus portis relictis, i. e. since the gates they had left were rather narrow, Cs.: unam (filiam) relinque, leave to me, O.: pauca aratro iugera Moles relinquent, H.: dapis meliora relinquens, H.: haec porcis comedenda, H.: relinquebatur una per Sequanos via, remained, Cs.: se cum paucis relictum videt, S.: equites paucos, leave alive, Cs.—Fig.: quam igitur relinquis populari rei p. laudem?: ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur mihi, etc., there remains: non provocatione ad populum contra necem relictā: nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum, i. e. he renders superfluous: deliberandi spatium, N.: tantummodo vita relicta est, O.: urbem direptioni, abandon: poenae Medea relinquar? O.: hominem innocentem ad alicuius quaestum: Posse queri tantum rauco stridore reliquit, O.: Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, H.: relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus, it remains, that: relinquebatur, ut pateretur, etc., Cs.: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence the conclusion is, etc.—With two acc, to leave behind, leave, let remain, suffer to be: eum locum integrum, leave untouched, T.: integram rem et causam, have left untouched: Morini, quos Caesar pacatos reliquerat, Cs.: amici, quos incorruptos Iugurtha reliquerat, S.: reliquit (eam) Incertam, V.: In mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis, O.: inceptam oppugnationem, abandon, Cs.: infecta sacra, O.: sine ture aras, O.: mulierem nullam nominabo; tantum in medio relinquam.—To leave behind, leave, go away from, forsake, abandon, desert: domum propinquosque, Cs.: Ilio relicto, H.: litus relictum Respicit, O.: Roma relinquenda est, O.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. C.: ubi vita tuos reliquerit artūs, O.: Animam, T.: lucem, V.: animus relinquit euntem, O.: ab omni honestate relictus, destitute of: si puerum quartana reliquerat, H.—To leave in the lurch, forsake, abandon, desert: Reliquit me homo atque abiit, has given me the slip, T.: succurrere relictae, V.—To leave, give up, abandon: auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra audiuntur, L.: relictā non bene parmulā, H.—To leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish: rem et causam: (puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit, H.: me relictis rebus iussit observare, etc., to stop work and watch, T.: omnibus rebus relictis persequendum sibi Pompeium existimavit, Cs.: agrorum et armorum cultum, neglect: bellum illud, abandon: obsidionem, raise the siege, L.: caedes, leave unmentioned: hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est: quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit, H.: iniurias tuas, leave unnoticed: vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putare oportere.

    subsicīvus (not subsec-), adj.    [sub+2 SAC-], that is cut off and left ; hence, of time, left over, remaining, unoccupied: tempora, odd hours.—Of work, incidental, accessory: quae adripui subsicivis operis, ut aiunt.

    super-sum or super sum fuī, esse.—Of a remainder,    to be over and above, be left, remain: duae partes, quae mihi supersunt inlustrandae orationis: quid superest de corporibus, Iu.: perexigua pars illius exercitūs superest, Cs.: quantum satietati superfuit: biduum supererat, Cs.: spatia si plura supersint, V.: nemo superesse quemquam praeter eos crederent, L.: quod superest, scribe quid placeat, for the rest: quod superfuit, Ph.: nihil erat super, N.: supererat nihil aliud quam evadere, L.: Pervigilem superest herbis sopire draconem, O.—To live after, outlive, be still alive, survive: Lucumo superfuit patri, L.: dolori, O.— To be in abundance, abound: Quoi tanta erat res et supererat, T.: vereor ne iam superesse mihi verba putes: adeo supererant animi ad sustinendam invidiam, L.—To be adequate, suffice: modo vita supersit, V.: labori, V.—To be in excess, be superabundant, be superfluous: ut neque absit quicquam neque supersit.

    supervacāneus adj.    [super-vacuus], over and above, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, supererogatory, redundant: opus, i. e. of leisure hours: oratio, L.: iter, L.: omnia ita locata sunt, ut nihil eorum supervacaneum sit: de timore supervacaneum est disserere, S.: quin alter consul pro supervacaneo habeatur, L.

    super-vacuus adj.,    useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant: Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat, H.: sepulcri honores, H.: metus, O.: quod diutius exsequi supervacuum est, Cu.—In the phrase, ex supervacuo, to no purpose, L.