teneros+fetūs+o

con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.

To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Without designation of place from which, etc.:

cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

and, fundamenta,

Lucr. 4, 506:

cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

aesculum,

Verg. G. 2, 294:

convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

limina tectorum,

Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 344;

so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

convolsis laceratisque membris,

id. ib. § 6; cf.

armos,

to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

teneros fetus,

i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—

With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

186: me ex nostris hortulis,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

viridem silvam ab humo,

Verg. A. 3, 24:

funem ab terrā,

id. G. 1, 457:

(turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

id. A. 2, 464:

robora suā terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 204:

Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

domus convulsa sedibus suis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

aspera undique nisu,

Val. Fl. 5, 159.—

Absol.:

haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

Ov. M. 9, 351.—

Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

vexilla,

Tac. A. 1, 20.—

Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

latus,

Suet. Tib. 72:

fauces,

Quint. 11, 3, 20.—

Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

so with labefactare: cogitationem,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

rei publicae statum,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

ea quae non possint commoveri,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

id. Caecin. 18, 51:

convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

acta Dolabellae,

id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

rem publicam judicio aliquo,

id. Brut. 30, 115:

gratiam Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

vires aegri,

Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

11: fidem legionum promissis,

Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

id. ib. 6, 48:

fata,

Ov. H. 16, 41:

secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—

To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

dapes avido dente,

Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

id. ib. 3, 414:

septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

convulsi laniatique centuriones,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

domum,

id. ib. 6, 40.—

Trop.

Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

magno cursu verba convellere,

Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

To afflict, torture:

verbis convellere pectus,

Ov. H. 17, 111.

con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.

To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Without designation of place from which, etc.:

cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

and, fundamenta,

Lucr. 4, 506:

cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

aesculum,

Verg. G. 2, 294:

convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

limina tectorum,

Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 344;

so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

convolsis laceratisque membris,

id. ib. § 6; cf.

armos,

to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

teneros fetus,

i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—

With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

186: me ex nostris hortulis,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

viridem silvam ab humo,

Verg. A. 3, 24:

funem ab terrā,

id. G. 1, 457:

(turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

id. A. 2, 464:

robora suā terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 204:

Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

domus convulsa sedibus suis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

aspera undique nisu,

Val. Fl. 5, 159.—

Absol.:

haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

Ov. M. 9, 351.—

Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

vexilla,

Tac. A. 1, 20.—

Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

latus,

Suet. Tib. 72:

fauces,

Quint. 11, 3, 20.—

Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

so with labefactare: cogitationem,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

rei publicae statum,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

ea quae non possint commoveri,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

id. Caecin. 18, 51:

convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

acta Dolabellae,

id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

rem publicam judicio aliquo,

id. Brut. 30, 115:

gratiam Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

vires aegri,

Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

11: fidem legionum promissis,

Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

id. ib. 6, 48:

fata,

Ov. H. 16, 41:

secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—

To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

dapes avido dente,

Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

id. ib. 3, 414:

septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

convulsi laniatique centuriones,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

domum,

id. ib. 6, 40.—

Trop.

Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

magno cursu verba convellere,

Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

To afflict, torture:

verbis convellere pectus,

Ov. H. 17, 111.

dē-pello, pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., to drive out, drive away, remove, expel; to drive, thrust, or cast down (class. and very freq.).

Lit.

In gen.:

demoveri et depelli de loco,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49; cf.:

anseres de Falerno,

id. Phil. 5, 11:

eum de provincia,

Nep. Cat. 2:

aquam de agro,

Cato R. R. 155:

ab aris et focis ferrum flammamque,

Cic. Sest. 42; cf.:

tantam molem a cervicibus nostris,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:

jugum a civibus,

id. Rep. 2, 25:

vincula a singulis vobis,

Liv. 6, 18 med. al.:

non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 38:

qui recta via depulsus est,

Quint. 2, 17, 29; cf.:

recto cursu,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 78:

aliquem urbe,

to banish, Tac. A. 3, 24; cf.:

aliquem Italia,

id. ib. 14, 50; 16, [p. 549] 33:

nubila caelo,

Tib. 1, 2, 49:

ignem classibus,

Verg. A. 5, 727; cf. ib. 9, 78, and 109:

tela,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8; cf.:

nobis aerata tela,

Tib. 1, 10, 25;

and ictus alicui,

Val. Fl. 6, 652:

stellas Aurora,

Ov. M. 7, 100; cf.:

noctem Aurorae lumina,

id. ib. 7, 835:

cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf.:

frigus duramque famem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 6:

morbum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 17; cf.:

pestem augurio,

Verg. A. 9, 328:

mortem fratri,

Ov. H. 14, 130 et saep.:

quo (sc. Mantuam) solemus ovium teneros depellere fetus,

to drive down, Verg. E. 1, 22: cognoscere, corpora se spatio depellere paulum, push or repel one another, Lucr. 2, 219 Munro ad loc. (Lachm. ex conj. decellere).—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to drive away, expel, dislodge an enemy from his position:

defensores vallo munitionibusque,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so,

hostem loco,

id. ib. 7, 49; id. B. C. 3, 52:

terrā,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 3:

totā Siciliā,

id. Timol. 2:

inde vi depelli,

Sall. J. 58, 3; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 5, 17:

praesidia ex his regionibus,

Nep. Paus. 2:

praesidium facile,

Front. Strat. 1, 10, 3 et saep.—

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to thrust out, remove from a situation:

afflicti jam et depulsi loco,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44; cf.:

iterum ab eodem (sc. Themistocle) gradu depulsus est,

driven from his position, Nep. Them. 5.—

Econom. t. t., a matre, a mamma, or absol., to remove from the breast, to wean, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 16; Col. 7, 6, 8; Verg. E. 3, 82; 7, 15; id. G. 3, 187.—Of human beings, Suet. Tib. 44. —

Trop., to deter, divert, dissuade from:

aliquem de suscepta causa propositaque sententia,

Cic. Lig. 9; id. Fam. 1, 7, 7;

for which, aliquem sententiā,

id. Tusc. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 23, 8:

aliquem de spe conatuque,

Cic. Cat. 2, 7, § 14;

for which, aliquem spe,

Liv. 31, 25, 11; 41, 23, 13:

te ex illa crudeli actione meo consilio esse depulsum, Cic. Rab. perd. 5, 17: Caesar ab superioribus consiliis depulsus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; cf.:

a qua re depulsus,

Nep. Dat. 7, 3; and:

judicem a veritate,

Quint. 5 prooem. §

1 et saep.: nec tuis depellor dictis quin rumori serviam,

to be deterred, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

Vibidiam depellere nequivit, quin, etc.,

to prevent, hinder, Tac. A. 11, 34.—

With things as objects, to remove, turn away, divert:

servitutem depellere civitati,

Cic. post Red. in Sen. 8, 19 fin.; cf.:

alicui turpitudinem,

id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77:

morte voluntaria turpitudinem,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

duobus hujus urbis terroribus depulsis,

id. Rep. 1, 47, 71:

pericula amici,

id. Cluent. 6, 17:

multam praedibus ipsique T. Mario,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 4: mortem fratri. Ov. H. 14, 130:

omnes molestias,

id. ib. 2, 16:

auditiones falsas,

Tac. A. 4, 11:

curas vino,

Tib. 1, 5, 37:

ostenta a semet in capita procerum,

Suet. Ner. 36 et saep.: quae nequeat ratio depellere dictis. to deny, Lucr. 3, 322.—

Absol.:

dis depellentibus (i. e. averruncantibus) agnam Percute,

Pers. 5, 167; cf. depulsor fin.