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  • 1 detestor

    dē-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    In relig. lang.
    A.
    To curse while calling a deity to witness, i. e. to execrate, abominate (for syn. cf.:

    abominari, adversari, abhorrere, horrere, devovere, execrari): cum (te) viderunt, tamquam auspicium malum detestantur,

    Cic. Vatin. 16, 39: omnibus precibus detestatus Ambiorigem, * Caes. B. G. 6, 31 fin.; cf.:

    caput euntis hostili prece,

    Ov. M. 15, 505:

    dira exsecratio ac furiale carmen detestandae familiae stirpique compositum,

    Liv. 10, 41:

    exitum belli civilis,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2 fin. et saep.—
    b.
    To call to witness, = testor, obtestor:

    summum Jovem, deosque,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 60. —
    B.
    To call down upon, denounce while invoking a deity:

    minas periculaque in caput eorum,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2:

    deorum iram in caput infelicis pueri,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 6.—
    C.
    To hate intensely, detest, abominate, abhor:

    causam auctoremque cladis,

    Tac. H. 2, 35 fin.:

    civilia arma adeo detestari,

    felt such abhorrence for, Suet. Oth. 10:

    sortem populi Romani,

    id. Claud. 3: viam pravam Vulg. Prov. 3, 13.—
    II.
    Transf., to avert from one's self by entreaty, to ward off, avert, remove, sc. an evil from one's self or others, = deprecari, to deprecate:

    ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 11:

    memoriam consulatus tui a republica,

    id. Pis. 40, 96:

    invidiam,

    id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

    o di immortales, avertite ac detestamini hoc omen,

    id. Phil. 4, 4, 10.—
    III.
    In judic. lang., to renounce solemnly or under oath:

    detestatum est testatione denuntiatum,

    Dig. 50, 16, 238; cf.

    ib. § 40, and detestatio, II.: Servius Sulpicius in libro de sacris detestandis, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 12, 1.
    ► In a pass.
    sense, Ap. Mag. p. 307, 24; August. Ep. ad Macr. 255.—Esp., in the part. perf., detested, abominated:

    detestata omnia ejusmodi repudianda sunt,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28:

    bella matribus detestata,

    Hor. Od. 1, 1, 25.

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  • 2 transfero

    trans-fĕro, tŭli, lātum (also written trālātum), ferre, v. a., to bear across; to carry or bring over; to convey over, transport, transfer (syn.: traduco, traicio).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cadum modo hinc a me huc cum vino transferam,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7:

    hoc (simulacrum Dianae) translatum Carthaginem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72:

    mustela catulos suos cottidie transfert mutatque sedem,

    Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 59:

    Caesar paulo ultra eum locum castra transtulit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

    castra trans Peneum,

    Liv. 42, 60, 3:

    castra Baetim, Auct. B. Alex. 60, 5: signa ex statione,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 60:

    signa,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    ad se ornamenta ex his (hortis),

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

    copias in Boeotiam,

    Just. 2, 14, 3.—

    Of personal objects: illinc huc transferetur virgo,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 13:

    Naevius trans Alpes usque transfertur,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 12; cf.:

    ex hoc hominum numero in impiorum partem atque in parricidarum coetum ac numerum transferetis?

    id. Sull. 28, 77:

    o Venus... vocantis Ture te multo Glycerae decoram Transfer in aedem,

    transport thyself, Hor. C. 1, 30, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Botanical t. t., of plants, to transplant; to transfer by grafting (syn. transero):

    semina, quae transferuntur e terrā in terram,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 39, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 40, 4; Col. Arb. 1, 5; 20, 2:

    videndum quā ex arbore in quam transferatur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; 1, 41, 1:

    omnia translata meliora grandioraque fiunt,

    Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 183.—
    2.
    To transfer by writing from one book into another; to copy, transcribe (syn. transcribo):

    litterae... de tabulis in libros transferuntur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; so,

    rationes in tabulas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 3, 8:

    de tuo edicto in meum totidem verbis,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    versus translati,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    3.
    To carry along, carry in public, bear in triumph (rare):

    triduum triumphavit. Die primo arma tela signaque aerea et marmorea transtulit,

    Liv. 34, 52, 4:

    in eo triumpho XLIX. coronae aureae translatae sunt,

    id. 37, 58, 4:

    tantundem auri atque argenti in eo triumpho translatum,

    id. 39, 42, 4:

    transtulit in triumpho multa militaria signa spoliaque alia,

    id. 45, 43, 4:

    cum in triumpho Caesaris eborea oppida essent translata,

    Quint. 6, 3, 61.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to convey, direct, transport, transfer:

    in Celtiberiam bellum transferre,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    cum videat omne ad se bellum translatum,

    id. B. G. 7, 8; Liv. 3, 68, 13:

    concilium Lutetiam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

    disciplina in Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

    id. ib. 6, 13:

    sed, si placet, sermonem alio transferamus,

    turn, direct, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

    translatos alio maerebis amores,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 23:

    amorem huc,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94:

    amorem In mares,

    Ov. M. 10, 84:

    similitudinem ab oculis ad animum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14:

    animum ad accusandum,

    id. Mur. 22, 46:

    quod ab Ennio positum in unā re transferri in multas potest,

    id. Off. 1, 16, 51:

    definitionem in aliam rem,

    id. Ac. 2, 14, 43:

    hoc idem transfero in magistratus,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126:

    nihil est enim, quod de suo genere in aliud genus transferri possit,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

    culpam in alios,

    id. Font. 4, 8; id. Att. 15, 28:

    transferendi in nos criminis causa,

    id. Sest. 38, 82:

    suscepere duo manipulares imperium populi Romani transferendum et transtulerunt,

    Tac. H. 1, 25: invidiam criminis, i. e. to avert from one ' s self, id. A. 2, 66:

    ut quisque obvius, quamvis leviter audita in alios transferunt,

    id. ib. 2, 82:

    in jus Latii nationes Alpium,

    id. ib. 15, 32:

    ad se Lacedaemonii arma,

    Just. 5, 1, 8; 38, 1, 8.—With se, to turn one ' s attention, devote one ' s self:

    se ad artes componendas,

    Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

    se ad album et rubricas,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    se ad genus dicendi,

    Tac. Or. 19.—In eccl. Lat., to remove from the world without death:

    translatus in paradisum,

    Vulg. Ecclus. 44, 16; id. Heb. 11, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To put off, postpone, defer, in respect of time (syn.: differo, prolato): causa haec integra in proximum annum transferetur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 2:

    subito reliquit annum suum seseque in proximum annum transtulit,

    i. e. postponed his suit, Cic. Mil. 9, 24.—
    2.
    Of speaking or writing.
    a.
    To [p. 1890] translate into another language (cf.:

    verto, reddo, interpretor, exprimo): istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; cf.:

    si ad eorum cognitionem divina illa ingenia transferrem... locos quidem quosdam transferam, et maxime ab iis quos modo nominavi,

    id. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    Quint. 1, 6, 3:

    qui haec ex Graeco transtulerunt,

    id. 2, 15, 21:

    volumina in linguam Latinam,

    Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22:

    quod Cicero his verbis transfert, etc.,

    Quint. 5, 11, 27: kat antilêpsin Latine ad verbum translatum non invenio, id. 7, 4, 4; 7, 4, 7:

    simul quae legentem fefellissent, transferentem fugere non possunt,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2.—
    b.
    To transfer to a secondary or figurative signification, to use figuratively or tropically:

    utemur verbis aut iis, quae propria sunt... aut iis, quae transferuntur et quasi alieno in loco collocantur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 5 sq.; 9, 1, 4:

    cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

    Cic. Or. 25, 82:

    translata verba atque immutata. Translata dico, ut saepe jam, quae per similitudinem ab aliā re aut suavitatis aut inopiae causā transferuntur,

    id. ib. 27, 92:

    intexunt fabulas, verba apertius transferunt,

    id. ib. 19, 65.—
    c.
    Rhet. t. t.:

    translatum exordium est, quod aliud conficit, quam causae genus postulat,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 71.—
    3.
    To apply, make use of (for a new purpose, etc.):

    hoc animi vitium ad utilitatem non transferemus,

    Quint. 6, 2, 30; cf.:

    inde stellionum nomine in male translato,

    Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89 Jan. (al. in maledictum; cf. 2. b. supra).—
    4.
    To change, transform:

    omnia In species translata novas,

    Ov. M. 15, 420:

    civitas verterat se transtuleratque,

    Tac. H. 4, 11; cf.:

    cum ebur et robur in o litteram secundae syllabae transferunt,

    Quint. 1, 6, 22.

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  • 3 prohibeo

    prŏ-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2 (old forms, prohibessis, Cato, R. R. 141, 2; Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 323 Vahl.):

    prohibessit,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 11:

    prohibessint,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3 fin.), v. a. [habeo], to hold in front, i. e.,
    I.
    To hold back, keep in check, to restrain, hinder, prevent, avert, keep or ward off, debar (class.; cf.: inhibeo, arceo).
    A.
    In gen.; usually constr. aliquem or aliquid, with abl.; alone or ab and abl.; with ut, ne, quominus, or an obj.-clause; also with simple acc.; less freq. with de, the dat., or gen.
    1.
    With ab:

    quo illum ab illā prohibeas,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

    prohibete a vobis vim meam,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 24:

    praedones procul ab insulā Siciliā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144:

    hostem a pugnā,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

    aliquem a familiaritate, congressione, patrio jure et potestate,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46:

    vim hostium ab oppidis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

    se suosque ab injuriā,

    to restrain themselves, refrain from, id. ib. 2, 28 fin.:

    ita prohibendo a delictis magis quam vindicando exercitum brevi confirmavit,

    Sall. J. 45, 3; 22, 4. —
    2.
    With de: vim de classe, Lucil. ap. Non 528, 10.—
    3.
    With abl.:

    cum suis finibus eos prohibent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    itinere exercitum,

    to impede its march, id. ib. 1, 10:

    hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque,

    id. ib. 1, 15.—With abl. without an object: non prohibere aquā profluente, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 52.—
    4.
    With dat.:

    aliquem alicui,

    to withhold from one, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 7; cf.:

    aditum alicui, Auct. B. Afr. 31: captae prohibere nequiret Cum Poenos aquilae,

    could not prevent the Carthaginians from capturing the standard, Sil. 6, 27 (but the gen., Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26; Caes. B. C. 3, 44, depends on the acc. object of prohibere; v. 7 infra).—
    5.
    With ut, ne, quominus; rarely with quin:

    dii prohibeant, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151:

    qui tu id prohibere me potes, ne suspicer,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 50 Brix ad loc.:

    quod potuisti prohibere, ne fieret,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 33:

    ne lustrum perficeret, mors prohibuit P. Furi,

    Liv. 24, 43, 4:

    hiemem credo adhuc prohibuisse, quo minus, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

    prohibere quominus sumerent, non poterant,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

    si prohibere, quominus in unum coirent, non posset,

    Liv. 25, 35, 6:

    nec, quin erumperet, ubi vellet, prohiberi poterat,

    id. 26, 40, 4.—
    6.
    With obj.-clause:

    qui peregrinos urbibus uti prohibent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47:

    qui Bibulum exire domo prohibuissent,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 7:

    jam se ad prohibenda circumdari opera Aequi parabant,

    Liv. 3, 28, 7:

    prohibuit migrari, Veios,

    id. 5, 49, 8:

    prohibete jus de pecuniis dici,

    id. 6, 18, 14; 6, 20, 6:

    audeat Canuleius proloqui, se delectum haberi prohibiturum,

    Liv. 4, 2, 12; 25, 4, 4; 25, 14, 7:

    qui Cimbros intra fines suos ingredi prohibuerint,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4; Verg. A. 6, 606.—
    7.
    With simple acc.: Mars pater, ut tu morbos visos invisosque, viduertatem vastitudinemque... prohibessis, defendas averruncesque, an old formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141:

    neque munitiones Caesaris prohibere poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 44:

    motus conatusque alicujus prohibere,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

    prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo,

    id. Off. 1, 25, 89:

    quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. parsi, p. 242 Müll.: prohibere comitia dicitur vitiare diem morbo,

    Fest. p. 236 ib.; Cato ap. Fest. l. l.: quod di prohibeant, which may the gods forbid or avert, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36;

    and in the same sense: dii mala prohibeant,

    id. Hec. 2, 1, 10; cf.: di, prohibete minas;

    di, talem avertite casum,

    Verg. A. 3, 265; and:

    deos quaeso, ut istaec prohibeant,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 11.—
    B.
    In partic., to forbid, prohibit a thing (syn.:

    interdico, veto): tu modo ne me prohibeas accipere, siquid det mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 89:

    nemo hic prohibet nec vetat,

    id. Curc. 1, 1, 33:

    lex recta imperans prohibensque contraria,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36:

    sed dii et homines prohibuere redemptos vivere Romanos,

    Liv. 5, 49, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 104; cf.:

    Athenis affectus movere per praeconem prohibebatur orator,

    the orator was forbidden, id. 6, 1, 7:

    prohibitis abstinere,

    Sen. Ep. 83, 18.—
    II.
    To keep away from a thing for the sake of safety (cf. defendo, II.), to keep, preserve, defend, protect (rare but class.); with ab:

    a quo periculo prohibete rem publicam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    adultam virginem ab armatorum impetu,

    id. Brut. 96, 330.—With abl.:

    haec damna multa mulierum Me uxore prohibent,

    keep me from a wife, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 105:

    magnum civium numerum calamitate prohibere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

    tenuiores injuriā,

    id. Off. 2, 12, 31:

    ad prohibendam populationibus Campaniam,

    Liv. 22, 14, 2.—With double acc.:

    id te Juppiter Prohibessit,

    from that may Jupiter preserve you, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 11.

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  • 4 abverto

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > abverto

  • 5 aversum

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

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  • 6 averto

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

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  • 7 avorto

    ā-verto (arch. - vorto; in MSS. also abverto; cf. ab init.), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove, etc. (opp. adverto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Constr. aliquem ab or with the simple abl.; the limit designated by in with acc. (more rarely by ad):

    ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 76: Jup. Te volo, uxor, conloqui. Quor ted avortisti? Alc. Est ita ingenium meum:

    Inimicos semper osa sum optuerier,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 18:

    (M. Lepidus) Antonio diadema Caesari imponente se avertit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 14; id. Balb. 5, 11:

    aliquid ab oculis,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

    nos flumina arcemus, dirigimus, avertimus,

    turn off, id. ib. 2, 60, 152; so Liv. 41, 11, 3: quod iter ab Arari Helvetii averterant, had turned aside their march from Caes. B. G. 1, 16 et saep.:

    locis seminis ic tum,

    Lucr. 4, 1273:

    Italiā Teucrorum regem,

    Verg. A. 1, 42:

    a ceteris omnium in se oculos,

    Liv. 2, 5, 6:

    in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen,

    id. 3, 24, 9:

    ab hominibus ad deos preces,

    id. 6, 20, 10: se alicui, instead of ab aliquo. Col. 6, 37, 10.—And poet. with acc.:

    quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras,

    Verg. A. 4, 106. —With dat.:

    Quod mihi non patrii poterant avertere amici,

    Prop. 4, 24, 9; so Val. Fl. 3, 491.—Also without an antecedent ab (since this is included in the verb) with in with acc.:

    in fugam classem, Liv 22, 19, 11: dissipatos in fugam,

    id. 34, 15, 2; hence absol.:

    mille acies avertit avertetque (sc. in fugam),

    put to flight, id. 9, 19, 17.—
    b.
    Pass. in mid. signif. with the acc., in the Greek manner, to turn away from:

    equus fontes avertitur,

    Verg. G. 3, 499 (cf. the Gr. apostrephesthai to hudôr, and aversari):

    oppositas impasta avertitur herbas,

    Stat. Th. 6, 192; Petr. 124, 248.—
    c.
    As v. n. avertere = se avertere, to turn one's self away, to retire:

    ob eam causam huc abs te avorti,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 83:

    ecce avortit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 50:

    dixit et avertens roseā cervice refulsit,

    Verg. A. 1, 402:

    tum prora avertit,

    id. ib. 1, 104:

    avertit et ire in Capitolium coepit,

    Gell. 4, 18, 4 al. —
    B.
    To take away, drive away, carry off, steal, embezzle, to appropriate to one ' s self:

    pecuniam publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4:

    compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    aliquid domum tuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    praedam omnem domum avertebant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

    intellexistis innumerabilem frumenti numerum per triennium aversum a re publicā esse ereptumque aratoribus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.:

    auratam Colchis pellem,

    to carry off, Cat. 64, 5:

    quattuor a stabulis tauros,

    Verg. A. 8, 208:

    avertere praedas,

    id. ib. 10, 78:

    carā pisces avertere mensā,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To turn, divert a person from a course of action, purpose, etc.:

    accusandi terrores et minae populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt,

    Cic. Mur. 21:

    avertant animos a spe recuperandae arcis,

    Liv. 9, 24, 11:

    qui mentem optimi viri a defensione meae salutis averterant,

    Cic. Sest. 31:

    ut nec vobis averteretur a certamine animus,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    animum a pietate,

    id. 7, 5, 7:

    aliquem ab incepto avertit,

    id. 23, 18, 9:

    a philosophiā,

    Suet. Ner. 52.—
    B.
    Aliquem, to turn away from one in feeling, i. e. to make averse or disinclined to, to alienate, estrange:

    legiones abducis a Bruto. Quas? nempe eas, quas ille a C. Antonii scelere avertit et ad rem publicam suā auctoritate traduxit,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3:

    ipse Pompeius totum se ab ejus (sc. Caesaris) amicitiā averterat,

    had quite alienated himself from, Caes. B. C. 1, 4:

    civitates ab alicujus amicitiā,

    id. ib. 3, 79:

    popularium animos,

    Sall. J. 111, 2:

    futurum, uti totius Galliae animi a se averterentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    nobis mentem deorum,

    Cat. 64, 406.—Hence, āver-sus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Turned off or away: aversum hostem videre nemo potuit, turned away, i. e. turned in flight, Caes. B. G. 1, 26; hence, backwards, behind, back ( = a tergo; opp. adversus), distant:

    et adversus et aversus impudicus es,

    before and behind, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; 11, 52, 113, § 272: ne aversos nostros aggrederentur, fall upon our troops in the rear, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur,

    from behind, in the rear, Caes. B. G. 2, 26:

    aversos proterere,

    id. B. C. 2, 41: aversi vulnerantur, Auct. B. Alex. 30;

    32: aversum ferro transfixit,

    Nep. Dat. 11, 5:

    aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit,

    backwards, Liv. 1, 7, 5 (cf. Prop. 5, 9, 12:

    Aversos caudā traxit in antra boves): aversa hosti porta,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    scribit in aversā Picens epigrammata chartā,

    upon the back of the paper, Mart. 8, 62 (cf. Juv. 1, 6: liber scriptus in tergo), and so al.— Trop.:

    milites aversi a proelio,

    withdrawn from the battle, Caes. B. C. 2, 12. — Subst.: āversum, i, n., the hinder or back part, the back (as subst. only in the plur.):

    per aversa castrorum receptus est,

    Vell. 2, 63 Ruhnk.:

    per aversa urbis fugam dederat,

    Liv. 5, 29, 4: ad aversa insulae, id. [p. 215] 37, 27, 2:

    aversa montis,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41: aversa Indiae, the back or remoter parts of India, id. 37, 8, 33, § 110.—So in adverb. phrase: in aversum, backwards:

    Cetera animalia in aversum posterioribus pedibus quam prioribus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248 (Jan, in diversum):

    collum circum agit (lynx) in aversum,

    id. 11, 47, 107, § 256 (Jan, in aversum se; Sillig, in adversum). —
    B.
    Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, hostile, averse; constr. with ab, with dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With ab (so most frequently in Cicero):

    aversus a Musis,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 20:

    aversus a vero,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

    turbidi animorum motus, aversi a ratione, et inimicissimi mentis vitaeque tranquillae,

    id. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

    Quintus aversissimo a me animo fuit,

    id. Att. 11, 5 fin.; Col. 11, 1, 14:

    aversissimus ab istis prodigiis sum,

    Sen. Ep. 50.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    aversus mercaturis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 107:

    vilicus aversus contubernio,

    Col. 12, 1, 2:

    defensioni aversior,

    Quint. 7, 1, 11 (but acc. to the MSS., adversior seems here to deserve the preference; so Halm; cf. Spald. and Zumpt ad h. l.).—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aversa deae mens,

    Verg. A. 2, 170:

    aversa voluntas,

    id. ib. 12, 647:

    aversos soliti componere amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    aversus animus,

    Tac. H. 4, 80 et saep.:

    vultus aversior,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 24:

    aversi animis,

    Tac. A. 14, 26.— Adv. not used.

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  • 8 adspernor

    aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

    more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

    nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

    id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

    regem ut externum aspernari,

    Tac. A. 2, 1:

    matrem,

    id. ib. 4, 57:

    de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

    id. ib. 15, 27:

    hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

    voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

    id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

    ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

    Suet. Caes. 53:

    si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

    querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    regis liberalitatem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

    diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

    Liv. 7, 3:

    deditionem alicujus,

    id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

    consilia,

    Tac. G. 8:

    sententiam,

    id. ib. 11:

    honorem,

    id. ib. 27:

    militiam,

    id. H. 2, 36:

    disciplinam,

    id. A. 1, 16:

    virtutem,

    id. ib. 13, 2:

    panem,

    Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

    imperium,

    Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

    Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

    Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

    haud aspernanda precare,

    Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

    illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

    dare aspernabantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

    deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—
    ► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

    regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

    Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

    aliquid accipere,

    Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

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  • 9 aspernor

    aspernor (wrongly ads-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [for ab-spernor, as as-pello for abpello, as-porto for ab-porto; cf. ab init.; Doed. Syn. II. p. 179, and Vanicek, p. 1182], lit., to cast off a person or thing (ab se spernari; cf. sperno and spernor); hence, to disdain, spurn, reject, despise (simply with the accessory idea of aversion = recuso, respuo, reicio, and opp. to appeto, concupisco; on the other hand, contemnere, not to fear, is opp. to metuere, timere; and despicere, not to value a thing, is opp. to revereri; cf. Doed. Syn. cited supra; class.; very freq. in Cic.;

    more rare in the poets): alicujus familiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 24 (aspernari = recusare, avertere, non agnoscere, Don.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    gustatus id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

    nemo bonus... qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

    id. Pis. 20; so id. Fat. 20, 47:

    regem ut externum aspernari,

    Tac. A. 2, 1:

    matrem,

    id. ib. 4, 57:

    de pace legatos haud aspernatus,

    id. ib. 15, 27:

    hanc (proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53:

    voluptatem appetit, ut bonum: aspernatur dolorem, ut malum,

    id. Fin. 2, 10, 31; so,

    ut quodam ab hospite conditum oleum pro viridi adpositum, aspernantibus ceteris, solum etiam largius appetisse scribat,

    Suet. Caes. 53:

    si voluptatem aspernari ratione et sapientiā non possemus,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42:

    querimonias alicujus aspernari, contemnere ac neglegere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    regis liberalitatem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91 al.; Sall. C. 3, 4:

    diis aspernantibus placamina irae,

    Liv. 7, 3:

    deditionem alicujus,

    id. 8, 2; 9, 41 et saep.:

    consilia,

    Tac. G. 8:

    sententiam,

    id. ib. 11:

    honorem,

    id. ib. 27:

    militiam,

    id. H. 2, 36:

    disciplinam,

    id. A. 1, 16:

    virtutem,

    id. ib. 13, 2:

    panem,

    Suet. Ner. 48 fin.:

    imperium,

    Curt. 10, 5, 13 et saep.:

    Interea cave sis nos aspernata sepultos,

    Prop. 3, 5, 25: aspernabantur ceteros, * Vulg. Luc. 18, 9:

    haud aspernanda precare,

    Verg. A. 11, 106; Phaedr. 5, 4, 4.—With inf. as object:

    illa refert vultu non aspernata rogari,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 105:

    dare aspernabantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 46. —In Cic. once, to turn away, avert (not from one's self, but from something pertaining to one's self): furorem alicujus atque crudelitatem a suis aris atque templis, Clu. 68 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    qui colore ipso patriam aspernaris,

    deny, Cic. Pis. 1.—
    ► Pass.: qui habet, ultro appetitur; qui est pauper, aspernatur, is held in contempt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

    regem ab omnibus aspernari, Auct. B. Afr. 93: aspernata potio,

    Arn. 5, p. 175.—Hence, aspernanter, adv. (qs. from the part. aspernans, which does not occur), with contempt, contemptuously:

    aliquid accipere,

    Amm. 31, 4; so Sid. Ep. 7, 2.— Comp., Aug. Mus. 4, 9.— Sup. prob. not used.

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  • 10 deprecatus

    dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).
    A.
    In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    ullam ab sese calamitatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60 fin.; cf.:

    ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

    id. Cat. 1, 11: quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9; cf.:

    ego meae cum vitae parcam, letum inimico deprecer?

    id. ib. §

    10: qui nullum genus supplicii deprecatus est neque recusavit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    mortem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6; cf.:

    non jam mortem neque aerumnas, tantummodo inimici imperium et cruciatus corporis deprecor,

    Sall. J. 24, 10:

    periculum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3 (with refugere), Liv. 3, 58:

    poenam,

    id. 40, 15:

    ignominiam,

    id. 27, 20 fin.:

    iram senatus,

    id. 39, 35:

    praecipiendi munus,

    Quint. 2, 12, 12 et saep.—Of abstract subjects:

    Claudii invidiam Gracchi caritas deprecabatur,

    averted, Cic. Rep. 6, 2 (ap. Gell. 6, 16, 11; and Non. 290, 17).—
    (β).
    With acc. pers., usually in the sense of praying:

    quem deprecarentur, cum omnes essent sordidati?

    Cic. Sest. 12: in hoc te deprecor, ne, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

    Patres, ne festinarent decernere, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 59:

    senatum litteris deprecatus est, ne, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 29:

    dispensatorem deprecati sumus, ut, etc.,

    Petr. 30, 9:

    deos mala (opp. bona rogare),

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 33; cf.:

    hoc superos, hoc te quoque deprecor,

    Val. Fl. 8, 53:

    numina versu,

    Petr. 133, 2: Dominum, Vulg. [p. 552] Esth. 14, 3 et saep.—Less freq. in the sense of averting:

    lecto te solum, lecto te deprecor uno,

    Prop. 2, 34, 17 (3, 32, 7 M.).—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    umbram accipere,

    Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—
    * (δ).
    With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse:

    postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,

    Sall. J. 104, 4.—
    (ε).
    With ne:

    primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1:

    unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4:

    spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,

    Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., b; so,

    opp. to postulo ut,

    Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
    (ζ).
    With quominus:

    neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,

    Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely
    (η).
    with quin:

    quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,

    Cat. 44, 18.—
    (θ).
    With ut (rarely):

    deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,

    Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf.

    supra,

    Petr. 30, 9.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    pro amico, pro republica deprecari,

    Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14:

    arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.—
    B.
    In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.—
    2.
    Transf.:

    quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,

    execrate, Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).—
    II.
    To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger):

    vitam alicujus ab aliquo,

    Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3;

    paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects:

    a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,

    Cic. Planc. 42, 102:

    nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.:

    te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,

    id. Fam. 4, 7 fin. —Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.
    ► dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.:

    deprecatum bellum,

    Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.

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  • 11 deprecor

    dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).
    A.
    In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    ullam ab sese calamitatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60 fin.; cf.:

    ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

    id. Cat. 1, 11: quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9; cf.:

    ego meae cum vitae parcam, letum inimico deprecer?

    id. ib. §

    10: qui nullum genus supplicii deprecatus est neque recusavit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    mortem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6; cf.:

    non jam mortem neque aerumnas, tantummodo inimici imperium et cruciatus corporis deprecor,

    Sall. J. 24, 10:

    periculum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3 (with refugere), Liv. 3, 58:

    poenam,

    id. 40, 15:

    ignominiam,

    id. 27, 20 fin.:

    iram senatus,

    id. 39, 35:

    praecipiendi munus,

    Quint. 2, 12, 12 et saep.—Of abstract subjects:

    Claudii invidiam Gracchi caritas deprecabatur,

    averted, Cic. Rep. 6, 2 (ap. Gell. 6, 16, 11; and Non. 290, 17).—
    (β).
    With acc. pers., usually in the sense of praying:

    quem deprecarentur, cum omnes essent sordidati?

    Cic. Sest. 12: in hoc te deprecor, ne, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

    Patres, ne festinarent decernere, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 59:

    senatum litteris deprecatus est, ne, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 29:

    dispensatorem deprecati sumus, ut, etc.,

    Petr. 30, 9:

    deos mala (opp. bona rogare),

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 33; cf.:

    hoc superos, hoc te quoque deprecor,

    Val. Fl. 8, 53:

    numina versu,

    Petr. 133, 2: Dominum, Vulg. [p. 552] Esth. 14, 3 et saep.—Less freq. in the sense of averting:

    lecto te solum, lecto te deprecor uno,

    Prop. 2, 34, 17 (3, 32, 7 M.).—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    umbram accipere,

    Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—
    * (δ).
    With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse:

    postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,

    Sall. J. 104, 4.—
    (ε).
    With ne:

    primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1:

    unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4:

    spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,

    Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., b; so,

    opp. to postulo ut,

    Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
    (ζ).
    With quominus:

    neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,

    Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely
    (η).
    with quin:

    quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,

    Cat. 44, 18.—
    (θ).
    With ut (rarely):

    deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,

    Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf.

    supra,

    Petr. 30, 9.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    pro amico, pro republica deprecari,

    Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14:

    arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.—
    B.
    In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.—
    2.
    Transf.:

    quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,

    execrate, Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).—
    II.
    To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger):

    vitam alicujus ab aliquo,

    Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3;

    paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects:

    a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,

    Cic. Planc. 42, 102:

    nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.:

    te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,

    id. Fam. 4, 7 fin. —Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.
    ► dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.:

    deprecatum bellum,

    Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.

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  • 12 dēiciō or dēiiciō

        dēiciō or dēiiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [de + iacio], to throw down, hurl down, precipitate, prostrate, raze, fell, cut down, tear down, destroy: alqm de ponte in Tiberim: alqm de saxo (Tarpeio), L.: a cervicibus iugum: se de muro, leap, Cs.: saxi deiectae vertice caprae, V.: se per munitiones, leap over, Cs.: venti a montibus se deiciunt, L.: volnerato equo deiectus, Cs.: statuas veterum hominum: naves deiciendi operis missae, to destroy, Cs.: monumenta regis, H.: muros, L.: ut omnes Hermae deicerentur, N.: deiectā turri, Cs.: caput uno ictu, V.; libellos, to tear down: sortīs, to cast, Cs.: deiectis lacrimis, shed, Pr.—Poet., with dat: Gyan leto, V.—Prov.: de gradu deici (orig. of a gladiator), to be thrown off one's balance, i. e. lose one's head.—To drive out, dislodge, expel: nostri deiecti sunt loco, Cs.: praesidium ex saltu, Cs.: Gallorum agmen ex rupe Tarpeiā, L.: praesidium Claternā.— To drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess: unde sis deiectus: ex eo loco.— Pass: deici, to be driven out of one's course: naves ad inferiorem partem insulae, Cs.: classis tempestate vexata ad Belearīs insulas deicitur, L. — To lay low, strike down, kill, slay, slaughter: paucis deiectis, Cs.: quem telo primum Deicis? V.: (viperam) Deice, crush, V.: super iuvencum stabat deiectum leo, Ph.— To lower, let fall, de press: in pectora mentum, O.—Fig., to cast down: oculos: voltum, V.: deiectus oculos, with downcast eyes, V.: Deiecto in humum voltu, O.— To remove, avert, divert, turn away, repel: hunc metum Siciliae damnatione istius: oculos a re p.: quantum mali de humanā condicione: vitia a se ratione: eum de sententiā.— To prevent from obtaining, deprive, rob of: de possessione imperi vos, L.: principatu, Cs.: eā spe, Cs.: deiecta coniuge tanto, V.: uxore deiectā (sc. coniugio), Ta.: hoc deiecto, after his fall, N.—In elections, to defeat, disappoint, prevent the choice of: me aedilitate: eiusdem pecuniā de honore deici: civis optimus praeturā deiectus: deiectis honore per coitionem, L.

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  • 13 flecto

    flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    ora retro,

    Ov. M. 3, 188:

    vultus ad illum,

    id. ib. 4, 265;

    10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

    id. ib. 8, 367:

    geminas acies huc,

    to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

    oculos,

    id. ib. 8, 698:

    equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    equum,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

    currum de foro in Capitolium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

    plaustrum,

    Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

    habenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 169:

    cursus in orbem,

    id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

    cursus in laevum,

    id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    iter ad Privernum,

    Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

    iter Demetriadem,

    id. 35, 31, 3:

    tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

    arcus,

    to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

    flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

    Verg. A. 5, 500:

    flexum genu,

    Ov. M. 4, 340:

    artus,

    Liv. 21, 58, 9:

    flexi crines,

    curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

    flexum mare,

    i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

    flexi fractique motus,

    contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

    (milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

    wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

    modo flector in anguem,

    I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

    sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—
    2.
    In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

    cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

    Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

    id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

    ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1406:

    vocem,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

    qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

    imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

    suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    vitam flectere fingereque,

    id. Sull. 28, 79:

    mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

    id. Balb. 17, 39:

    aliquem a proposito,

    Liv. 28, 22, 11:

    scribentis animum a vero,

    id. 1 praef. 5:

    animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 80:

    animos ad publica carmina,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

    est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

    Liv. 28, 44, 8:

    juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

    turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

    moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

    judices,

    Quint. 6, 1, 9:

    flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

    precibus si flecteris ullis,

    Verg. A. 2, 689:

    flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

    id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

    nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

    Verg. A. 6, 376:

    animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

    ingenium alicujus aversum,

    Sall. J. 102, 3:

    si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

    divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

    si flectitur ira deorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

    hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

    soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

    ad deditionem primos,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

    plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

    to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    flexi in misericordiam,

    Amm. 12, 27.—
    b.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

    ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

    flexit viam,

    Liv. 1, 60, 1:

    dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

    Tac. H. 5, 24.—
    c.
    To refer to or apply to any one:

    versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

    Tac. A. 6, 29:

    Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

    id. ib. 4, 16.—
    d.
    In grammar.
    (α).
    To form a word from another language:

    verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 36:

    hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

    Gell. 4, 3 fin. —
    (β).
    To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.
    II.
    Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 372:

    ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

    Liv. 3, 8, 6;

    Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

    id. 28, 16, 3:

    inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

    Tac. H. 2, 70:

    in Capitolium,

    Suet. Tib. 20.—
    B.
    Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

    ad providentiam sapientiamque,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    in ambitionem,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

    id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., bent, winding:

    error,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

    Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—
    B.
    Trop., of tones, lengthened:

    infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 172.

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  • 14 flectō

        flectō flēxī, flexus, ere    [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.
    * * *
    flectere, flexi, flexus V
    bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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  • 15 amolior

    ā-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep., to remove a person or thing from a place (with effort or difficulty), to move or carry away: amoliri dicuntur ea, quae cum magnā difficultate et molimine summoventur et tolluntur e medio, Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 2, 24 (never in Cic. or Hor.).
    I.
    Lit., Att. ap. Non. 75, 31:

    amoliri omnia,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 67; so id. Most. 2, 1, 44: impedimentum omne, Sisenn. ap. Non. 73, 15:

    omnia e medio,

    Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25:

    obstantia silvarum,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    onus,

    Luc. 5, 354.—Hence, amoliri se (ante-class.), to take one's self away, to go away: non tu te e conspectu hinc amolire? Pac. ap. Non. 73, 13; Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 68; so id. Ps. 1, 5, 144;

    hinc vos amolimini,

    begone, Ter. And. 4, 2, 24.—
    II.
    Trop., to put away, avert; in rhet., to refute, repel:

    religiosum id gestamen amoliendis periculis arbitrantur,

    Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23;

    invidiam crimenque ab aliquo,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    dedecus,

    id. A. 14, 14: amolior et amoveo nomen meum, i. e. omitto, I pass over, lay no stress on, Liv 28, 28:

    videndum etiam, simul nobis plura aggredienda sint, an amolienda singula, i. e. refutanda,

    to be refuted, rebutted, Quint. 5, 13, 11; so id. 4, 1, 29; 4, 2, 27 al.
    ► Pass.:

    Jube haec hinc omnia amolirier,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 24:

    cum amolita objecta onera armatis dedissent viam,

    Liv. 25, 36.

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  • 16 redimo

    rĕd-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo].
    I.
    To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).
    A.
    In gen.:

    eam (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 10:

    neque adeo hasce emi mihi — illi redemi rursum,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 145:

    aut emendum sibi quod non habebat, aut redimendum quod habebat,

    Cic. Sest. 30, 66:

    de fundo redimendo,

    id. Att. 11, 13, 4:

    orabo, ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi, Aliam illi redimam meliorem,

    will buy in return, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 115; 4, 3, 6; cf. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162.—
    B.
    In partic., to buy back, ransom, release, redeem a prisoner, slave, etc.: Li. Tu redimes me, si me hostes interceperint? De. Redimam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93; Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    ut is homo redimatur illi,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 91; cf. id. Merc. 3, 1, 31:

    captos, captivos ab hoste, a praedonibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90; cf.:

    haec benignitas, redimi e servitute captos,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63; Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 14:

    servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi,

    ransomed, liberated at public cost, Liv. 26, 27:

    me raptum pugnā pretiove redemptum Mandere humo,

    Verg. A. 9, 213; Ov. H. 3, 39; id. Am. 1, 8, 63. — Hence,
    2.
    In gen., to buy off from any thing; to set free, release, rescue:

    aliquem a piratis publicā civitatium pecuniā,

    Vell. 2, 42, 3:

    pecuniā se a judicibus, palam redemerat,

    Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.:

    se ab inquisitoribus pecuniā,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    se a Gallis auro,

    Liv. 22, 59:

    se a cane,

    Petr. 72 fin.:

    se ab invidiā fortunae,

    Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3:

    aliquem suo sanguine ab Acheronte,

    Nep. Dion, 10, 2; cf.:

    fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit,

    Verg. A. 6, 121:

    corpus (sc. a morbo),

    Ov. R. Am. 229:

    redimite armis civitatem, quam auro majores vestri redemerunt,

    Liv. 9, 4, 9; 15, 34, 5: so,

    redemit Dominus Jacob,

    Vulg. Jer. 31, 11; id. 1 Pet. 1, 18 et saep. —
    II.
    To buy up.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,

    Petr. 7:

    essedum sumptuose fabricatum,

    Suet. Claud. 16:

    libros suppressos,

    id. Gram. 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons, to hire, bribe:

    auditores conducti et redempti,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 4; so,

    plausor redemptus,

    Petr. 5, 8:

    tutor aut curator redemptus,

    Cod. Just. 5, 1, 4:

    aemuli corrupti ac redempti,

    ib. 10, 54.— More freq. and class.,
    2.
    In partic., a mercant. and jurid. t. t., to take or undertake by contract; to hire, farm, etc.:

    Dumnorigem portoria reliquaque omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.; cf.:

    picarias de censoribus,

    Cic. Brut. 22, 85:

    opus,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141:

    istum eripiendum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    31: vestimenta texenda vel insulam, vel navem fabricandam,

    Dig. 7, 8, 12 fin.:

    litem,

    to undertake, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.— Esp., in law, t. t., to undertake the risk of a suit for a consideration (which was held dishonorable;

    opp. to the authorized stipulation of a fee): litem te redemisse contra bonos mores,

    Cod. Just. 2, 12, 15; cf.

    also: redimit eventum litium majoris pecuniae praemio contra bonos mores (procurator),

    Dig. 17, 1, 7:

    qui alios actionum suarum redimunt exactores,

    i. e. who engage persons to undertake their suits in their own names, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 2; so ib. 2, 13, 1; cf., respecting redimere litem, Mühlenbruch, Die Lehre von der Cession, p. 362 sq.—
    B.
    Trop., to buy, purchase.
    1.
    To gain, acquire, obtain, procure any thing desirable:

    ut ab eo (praetore) servorum sceleris conjurationisque damnatorum vita vel ipso carnifice internuncio redimeretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

    ego vitam omnium civium... quinque hominum amentium ac perditorum poenā redemi,

    id. Sull. 11, 33: non vitam liberum sed mortis celeritatem pretio, id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

    sepeliendi potestatem pretio,

    id. ib.:

    pacem sibi sempiternam,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 34:

    pacem Ariovisti ne obsidibus quidem datis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Just. 43, 5, 9:

    omnium gratiam atque amicitiam ejus morte,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44 fin.:

    militum voluntates largitione,

    id. B. C. 1, 39:

    primo tantummodo belli moram,

    Sall. J. 29, 3:

    neve auro redimat jus triste sepulcri,

    Ov. M. 13, 472:

    mutuam dissimulationem mali,

    Tac. Agr. 6:

    quidquid homines vel vitā aestimant vel morte redimunt,

    Curt. 5, 5, 18; 5, 9, 3.—
    2.
    To buy off, i. e. to ward off, obviate, avert an evil:

    quam (acerbitatem) ego a re publicā meis privatis et domesticis incommodis libentissime redemissem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4:

    haec vero, quae vel vitā redimi recte possunt, aestimare pecuniā non queo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

    qui se uno quaestu decumarum omnia sua pericula redempturum esse dicebat,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 19, §

    49: metum virgarum pretio,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 44, §

    117: ignominiam assiduo labore,

    Front. Strat. 4, 1, 21:

    bellum ab Illyriis pactā mercede redimere,

    Just. 7, 5, 1; cf.

    bella,

    id. 6, 1, 6; 7, 5, 1; 7, 6, 5:

    si mea mors redimenda tuā esset,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 105; cf.:

    nec te pugnantem tua forma redemit,

    id. M. 12, 393:

    qui delatorem redemit,

    has bought off, hushed up, Dig. 49, 14, 29.—
    3.
    To pay for; to make amends, atone, compensate for a wrong:

    flagitium aut facinus redimere,

    Sall. C. 14, 3:

    multa desidiae crimina morte,

    Vell. 2, 87 Ruhnk.:

    nullam congiario culpam,

    Plin. Pan. 28, 2; cf. simply culpam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8:

    vitium auctore (sc. Jove),

    Ov. H. 17, 49:

    sua perjuria per nostram poenam,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 21.—
    4.
    Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep:

    verba sua,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.

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  • avert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. keep off, turn aside, ward off; turn away; prevent. See hindrance, deviation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To turn away] Syn. turn aside, turn away, sidetrack, deflect, shove aside, shunt, look away,… …   English dictionary for students

  • avert — v.tr. (often foll. by from) 1 turn away (one s eyes or thoughts). 2 prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence). Derivatives: avertable adj. avertible adj. Etymology: ME f. L avertere (as AB , vertere vers turn): partly f. OF avertir f. Rmc …   Useful english dictionary

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