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  • 1 calumnior

        calumnior ātus, ārī, dep.    [calumnia], to accuse falsely, prosecute unjustly: calumniandi quaestus, of a false informer: calumniando omnia suspecta efficere, L.: iacet res isto calumniante biennium. —To depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, slander: te: id unum calumniatus est rumor, Ta.: sed calumniabar ipse, i. e. I kept imagining accusations; Calumniari... Quod arbores loquantur, cavil, Ph.
    * * *
    calumniari, calumniatus sum V DEP
    accuse falsely; misrepresent, interpret wrongly; depreciate, find fault with

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  • 2 calumnior

    călumnĭor (anciently kăl-; v. the letter K), ātus, 1, v. dep. act. [calumnia].
    I.
    Jurid. t. t.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    calumniari est falsa crimina intendere,

    Dig. 48, 16, 1, § 1; cf.

    ib. prooem.: ut hic quoque Apronio... ex miseris aratoribus calumniandi quaestus accederet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    cum aliquid habeat quod possit criminose ac suspitiose dicere, aperte ludificari et calumniari sciens non videatur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

    cum (defensor) accusatorem calumniari criminatur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9:

    nondum Romam accusator Eumenes venerat, qui calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta et invisa efficeret,

    Liv. 42, 42, 5:

    tabulae veterum aerari debitorum, vel praecipua calumniandi materia,

    Suet. Aug. 32:

    magna calumniantium poena,

    id. Dom. 9:

    minus objectus calumniantibus foret,

    Quint. 6, 3, 5:

    calumniatur accusator actione sacrilegii, cum privata fuerit (pecunia sublata) non sacra,

    id. 4, 2, 8:

    an petitorem calumniari, an reum infitiatorem esse,

    id. 7, 2, 50.—
    2.
    With acc.:

    si tamen alio crimine postuletur ab eodem, qui in alio crimine eum calumniatus est, puto non facile admittendum eum qui semel calumniatus est,

    Dig. 48, 2, 7, § 3:

    sed non utique qui non probat quod intendit calumniari videtur,

    ib. 48, 16, 1, § 3.—
    B.
    To practise chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge:

    jacet res in controversiis isto calumniante biennium,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 67:

    meque, etiam si diutius calumniarentur. redire jussistis,

    id. Red. in Sen. 11, 27.—
    II.
    In gen., to depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, to blame unjustly.
    A.
    With personal object:

    nam, quod antea te calumniatus sum, indicabo malitiam meam,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1; cf.:

    nisi calumniari naturam rerum homines quam sibi prodesse mallent,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272:

    aliis tamen eum verbis calumniatur,

    Gell. 6 (7), 3, 23.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    non solum filio sed etiam patri,

    Ambros. Inc. Dom. Sacr. 8, 83.—
    2.
    Esp., with se, to depreciate one ' s self, be unduly anxious or careful:

    quibusdam tamen nullus est finis calumniandi se, et... qui etiam, cum optima sunt reperta, quaerunt aliquid, quod sit magis antiquum, remotum, inopinatum,

    Quint. 8, proocm. §

    31: neque eos... ad infelicem calumniandi se poenam alligandos puto,

    id. 10, 3, 10.—
    B.
    Absol.: sed calumniabar ipse;

    putabam, qui obviam mihi venisset, suspicaturum,

    i. e. indulged unreasonable fears, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3; cf. A. 2. supra.—
    C.
    With things as objects, to misrepresent, interpret injuriously, set in a false light: non calumniatur verba nec voltus;

    quicquid accidit, benigne interpretando levat,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 25:

    suspitionibus inquietantur medicisque jam sani manum porrigunt et omnem calorem corporis sui calumniantur,

    id. Tranq. 2, 1:

    festinationem alicujus,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    id unum,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    jus civile,

    Dig. 10, 4, 19.

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  • 3 kalumnior

    călumnĭor (anciently kăl-; v. the letter K), ātus, 1, v. dep. act. [calumnia].
    I.
    Jurid. t. t.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    calumniari est falsa crimina intendere,

    Dig. 48, 16, 1, § 1; cf.

    ib. prooem.: ut hic quoque Apronio... ex miseris aratoribus calumniandi quaestus accederet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    cum aliquid habeat quod possit criminose ac suspitiose dicere, aperte ludificari et calumniari sciens non videatur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

    cum (defensor) accusatorem calumniari criminatur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9:

    nondum Romam accusator Eumenes venerat, qui calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta et invisa efficeret,

    Liv. 42, 42, 5:

    tabulae veterum aerari debitorum, vel praecipua calumniandi materia,

    Suet. Aug. 32:

    magna calumniantium poena,

    id. Dom. 9:

    minus objectus calumniantibus foret,

    Quint. 6, 3, 5:

    calumniatur accusator actione sacrilegii, cum privata fuerit (pecunia sublata) non sacra,

    id. 4, 2, 8:

    an petitorem calumniari, an reum infitiatorem esse,

    id. 7, 2, 50.—
    2.
    With acc.:

    si tamen alio crimine postuletur ab eodem, qui in alio crimine eum calumniatus est, puto non facile admittendum eum qui semel calumniatus est,

    Dig. 48, 2, 7, § 3:

    sed non utique qui non probat quod intendit calumniari videtur,

    ib. 48, 16, 1, § 3.—
    B.
    To practise chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge:

    jacet res in controversiis isto calumniante biennium,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 67:

    meque, etiam si diutius calumniarentur. redire jussistis,

    id. Red. in Sen. 11, 27.—
    II.
    In gen., to depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, to blame unjustly.
    A.
    With personal object:

    nam, quod antea te calumniatus sum, indicabo malitiam meam,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1; cf.:

    nisi calumniari naturam rerum homines quam sibi prodesse mallent,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272:

    aliis tamen eum verbis calumniatur,

    Gell. 6 (7), 3, 23.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    non solum filio sed etiam patri,

    Ambros. Inc. Dom. Sacr. 8, 83.—
    2.
    Esp., with se, to depreciate one ' s self, be unduly anxious or careful:

    quibusdam tamen nullus est finis calumniandi se, et... qui etiam, cum optima sunt reperta, quaerunt aliquid, quod sit magis antiquum, remotum, inopinatum,

    Quint. 8, proocm. §

    31: neque eos... ad infelicem calumniandi se poenam alligandos puto,

    id. 10, 3, 10.—
    B.
    Absol.: sed calumniabar ipse;

    putabam, qui obviam mihi venisset, suspicaturum,

    i. e. indulged unreasonable fears, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3; cf. A. 2. supra.—
    C.
    With things as objects, to misrepresent, interpret injuriously, set in a false light: non calumniatur verba nec voltus;

    quicquid accidit, benigne interpretando levat,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 25:

    suspitionibus inquietantur medicisque jam sani manum porrigunt et omnem calorem corporis sui calumniantur,

    id. Tranq. 2, 1:

    festinationem alicujus,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    id unum,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    jus civile,

    Dig. 10, 4, 19.

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  • 4 dēprimō

        dēprimō pressī, pressus, ere    [de + premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, depress: terram: ad mentum depresso supercilio: depresso aratro, V.— To sink (in water): partem navium, Cs.: carinam, O.: classis depressa.—Fig., to press down, depress, overwhelm: improbitate depressa veritas emergit: alium, L.: hostem, L.: preces, to silence, N.— To depreciate, disparage: meam fortunam.
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    deprimere, depressi, depressus V TRANS
    suppress/repress/depress/silence, force//weigh/keep down, disparage; sink; humble, reduce position/fortune/value; lower pitch (sound)/brightness (color)

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  • 5 dētrāctō

        dētrāctō    see dētrectō.
    * * *
    detractare, detractavi, detractatus V TRANS
    refuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightenly of; reduce/depreciate, detract from

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  • 6 dētrectō or dē-trāctō

        dētrectō or dē-trāctō avī, ātus, āre,    to decline, refuse, reject, shirk: militiam, Cs.: pericula, Ta.: certamen, L.: iuga, V.: vincla pedum, Tb.: alcuius iussa, Ta.: num consulto detrectarent, L. —Fig., to lower in estimation, depreciate, disparage: bonos, S.: virtutes, L.: bene facta maligne, O.

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  • 7 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
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    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 8 deprecio

    depreciare, depreciavi, depreciatus V TRANS
    depreciate, lower the value of

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  • 9 depretio

    depretiare, depretiavi, depretiatus V TRANS
    depreciate, lower the value of

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  • 10 detrecto

    detrectare, detrectavi, detrectatus V TRANS
    refuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightenly of; reduce/depreciate, detract from

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  • 11 depretio

    dēprĕtĭo ( deprec-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pretium], to lower the price of, to undervalue, to depreciate (post-class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    vetera corpora depretiata sunt,

    Dig. 9, 2, 22; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, § 212: vilescit pretio depretiatus homo, Paul. Nol. carm. 22, 56.—
    II.
    Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to disregard, make light of:

    Epicurus omnem dolorem depretiat,

    Tert. Apol. 45; Sid. Ep. 2, 10 fin.

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  • 12 deprimo

    dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vis venti nubem deprimit,

    Lucr. 6, 432:

    qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:

    ad mentum depresso supercilio,

    id. Pis. 6 fin.:

    animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,

    id. de Sen. 21:

    depresso aratro (sc. in terram),

    Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

    haec quae porto deprimunt,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:

    vites in terram,

    Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

    plantas,

    Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:

    qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,

    Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:

    saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:

    valle in altitudinem depressa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:

    locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

    Sall. C. 55, 3:

    fossam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:

    deprimere vel allevare rivum,

    Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:

    partem navium,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

    naves,

    id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    lenunculos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:

    carinam,

    Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press down, depress:

    animus depressus,

    Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:

    improbitate depressa veritas emergit,

    id. Clu. 65, 183:

    ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,

    Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:

    preces,

    to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

    nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,

    Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):

    adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,

    Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—
    C.
    To oppress (late Lat.):

    populum,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):

    humilius et depressius iter,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:

    aquaeductus depressior,

    Front. Aquaed. 65:

    depresso loco castra ponere,

    id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—
    B.
    Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:

    quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,

    Auct. Her. 3, 14.— Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.— Comp.:

    fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,

    Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:

    pastinare,

    Col. 11, 3, 10.

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  • 13 detrecto

    dē-trecto (in the best MSS. also dē-tracto), ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    Orig., to decline, refuse, reject any thing; and hence, to decline, refuse to do any thing (not in Cic.—for syn. cf.: nego, infitias eo, infitior, diffiteor, denego, recuso, abnuo, renuo, defugio).
    (α).
    With acc.: militiam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14, 9; Liv. 2, 43; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 25; 43; Flor. 1, 22, 2; Ov. M. 13, 36 al.; cf.

    pugnam,

    Liv. 3, 60; 4, 18:

    proelium,

    Just. 13, 5, 8; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 1:

    certamen,

    Liv. 37, 39; Tac. H. 4, 67; Curt. 3, 8:

    officia sua,

    Quint. 2, 1, 5:

    judicandi munus,

    Suet. Aug. 32 et saep.:

    imperata,

    Suet. Caes. 54: [p. 564] dominationem, id. ib. 80; cf.

    principem,

    id. Tib. 25:

    patris jussa,

    Tac. A. 3, 17:

    vincla pedum,

    Tib. 1, 6, 38; cf.

    juga,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    aratrum,

    Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf. (late Lat.):

    tutelam administrare,

    Dig. 37, 14, 19:

    dicere,

    Arn. 6, p. 201.—
    (γ).
    Absol., Liv. 2, 45 fin.; 3, 38, 12; Suet. Ner. 47.—
    II.
    To pull down with violence; hence, trop. (cf. detraho, no. II. B.), to lower in estimation, to depreciate, detract from:

    advorsae res etiam bonos detractant,

    Sall. J. 53 fin.:

    poëtas,

    Tac. Or. 11:

    antiquos oratores,

    id. ib. 26:

    Pompeium,

    Flor. 4, 2, 9 al.:

    virtutes,

    Liv. 38, 49:

    Ciceronis, Vergilii gloriam,

    Tac. Or. 12:

    ingenium Homeri,

    Ov. R. Am. 365:

    laudes,

    id. M. 5, 246:

    maligne benefacta,

    id. ib. 13, 271.—With dat.: sibi primo, mox omnibus detrectaturus, Suet. Vit. Pers. fin. —With de:

    de vobis tamquam de malefactoribus,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 12.— Absol., Ov. Tr. 2, 337.

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  • 14 obrodo

    ob-rōdo, ĕre, v. a., to gnaw (ante- and post-class. for mordeo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vermis te semper obrodit,

    Ambros. Tob. 7, § 26:

    ut quod obrodat sit,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 92.—
    II.
    Trop., to gnaw over, chew upon; to backbite, depreciate:

    haec sunt argumentationis ossa, quae obroditis,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 5 init.:

    sacrilego morsu pretiosum fidei velamen obrodunt,

    Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 1, 16, 164:

    frequenter obrodi a maledicis obtrectatoribus,

    id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 8, 36.

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  • 15 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > premo

  • 16 vilipendo

    vīlĭpendo, ĕre, v. a. [vilis-pendo], to hold in slight esteem, to depreciate, despise, vilipend:

    aliquem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 58.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vilipendo

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