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to let it sink

  • 1 demitto

    dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    picis e caelo demissum flumen,

    Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

    caelo imbrem,

    Verg. G. 1, 23:

    caelo ancilia,

    Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

    barbam malis,

    Lucr. 5, 673:

    latum clavum pectore,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

    monilia pectoribus,

    Verg. A. 7, 278:

    laenam ex humeris,

    id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

    ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

    Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

    aliquem in sporta per murum,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

    taleam (sc. in terram),

    to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

    arbores altius,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

    puteum alte in solido,

    i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

    triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

    Curt. 5, 1, 31:

    arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

    Lucr. 5, 670:

    demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

    fasces,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

    cibos (sc. in alvum),

    Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

    Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

    Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

    effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

    id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

    arma, classem, socios Rheno,

    Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

    and pecora secundā aquā,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

    manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

    brachia,

    id. 2, 13, 9:

    frontem (opp. attolli),

    id. 11, 3, 78:

    supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

    Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

    auriculas,

    id. S. 1, 9, 20:

    caput,

    Ov. M. 10, 192:

    crinem,

    id. ib. 6, 289:

    demisso capite,

    Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

    aliquos per funem,

    Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

    vestem,

    id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

    tunicam,

    id. ib. 25:

    stolam,

    id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

    equum in flumen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

    equos a campo in cavam viam,

    Liv. 23, 47:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

    aliquem ad imos Manes,

    Verg. A. 12, 884:

    hostem in ovilia,

    Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

    gladium in jugulum,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

    ferrum in ilia,

    Ov. M. 4, 119:

    sublicas in terram,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

    huc stipites,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

    huc caementa,

    Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

    nummum in loculos,

    to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

    calculum atrum in urnam,

    Ov. M. 15, 44:

    milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

    Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

    quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

    Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

    navem secundo amni Scodam,

    Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

    corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

    aliquem neci,

    Verg. A. 2, 85:

    aliquem Orco,

    id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

    aliquem umbris,

    Sil. 11, 142:

    ferrum jugulo,

    Ov. H. 14, 5:

    ferrum lacubus,

    id. M. 12, 278:

    offa demittitur faucibus boum,

    Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—
    b.
    Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

    (venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

    Lucr. 6, 446:

    se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    se ad aurem alicujus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    cum se demittit ob assem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

    concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

    Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

    nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—
    B.
    Esp., milit. t. t.
    1.
    To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

    in loca plana agmen demittunt,

    Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

    agmen in vallem infimam,

    id. 7, 34:

    equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

    id. 27, 18:

    agmen in Thessaliam,

    id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

    agmen,

    Liv. 9, 2:

    levem armaturam,

    id. 22, 28 al.:

    cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

    had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

    so with se,

    id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—
    2.
    Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —
    II.
    Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

    demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

    Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

    vultu demisso,

    Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

    demissis in terram oculis,

    Liv. 9, 38, 13;

    also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

    Val. Fl. 3, 41:

    vultum,

    Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

    vultum animumque metu,

    Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

    vultus,

    id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

    eas voces in pectora animosque,

    Liv. 34, 50; and:

    dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

    Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    dignitatem in discrimen,

    Liv. 3, 35:

    vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

    Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

    me penitus in causam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

    me in res turbulentissimas,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

    se in comparationem,

    Suet. Rhet. 6:

    se in adulationem,

    to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

    se usque ad servilem patientiam,

    id. ib. 14, 26:

    se ad minora illa,

    Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

    si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

    animos (with contrahere),

    id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

    animum (with contrahere),

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

    mentes,

    Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

    ne se admodum animo demitterent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

    campestribus ac demissis locis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

    loca demissa ac palustria,

    id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—
    2.
    Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

    demissis umeris esse,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

    tremulus, labiis demissis,

    with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

    demisso capite discedere,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

    tristes, capite demisso,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    demisso vultu,

    with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

    Dido vultum demissa,

    Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

    demissa vulnera,

    Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

    erigebat animum jam demissum,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    esse fracto animo et demisso,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

    (homines) animo demisso atque humili,

    id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

    demisso animo fuit,

    Sall. J. 98 al.:

    demissa voce loqui,

    Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

    nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

    Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

    quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

    Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

    videsne illum demissum?

    id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

    orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

    Cic. Or. 24, 81.—
    2.
    Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

    ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

    multum demissus homo,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

    sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

    Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—
    3.
    Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

    qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

    Sall. C. 51, 12.—
    4.
    Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

    ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.
    1.
    Lit., low:

    hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—
    2.
    Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    suppliciter demisseque respondere,

    id. Fl. 10, 21:

    se tueri,

    id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > demitto

  • 2 de-mittō

        de-mittō mīsī, missus, ere,    to send down, let down, drop, lower, put down, let fall, sink: lacrimas, shed, V.: ubera, let down, V.: ancilia caelo demissa, L.: latum clavum pectore, H.: Maiā genitum demittit ab alto, V.: ab aethere currum, O.: aurīs, H.: crinem, O.: tunicam, H.: se ad aurem alicuius, bend: se ob assem, stoop, H.: vallis, quā se demittere rivi Adsuerant, O.: (matres) de muris per manūs demissae, letting themselves down, Cs.: de caelo demissus, i. e. of heavenly origin, L.: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered. — To cast down, cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive: Demissa tempestas ab Euro, H.: per pectora tela, O.: equum in flumen: in eum locum demissus, S.: Manīs deam ad imos, V.: hostem in ovilia, H.: ferrum in ilia, O.: sublicas in terram, Cs.: huc stipites, Cs.: nummum in loculos, to put, H.: fessas navīs, i. e. from the high seas, V.: navem secundo amni Scodram, L.: puteum alte in solido, sink, V.: corpora Stygiae nocti, O.: aliquem Orco, V.: ferrum lacubus, O.—Of troops, to send down, lead down: in loca plana agmen, L.: in inferiorem campum equites, L.—With se, to descend, march down: cum se pars agminis in convallem demisisset, Cs.: in aequum locum sese, Cs.—Fig., to cast down, depress, let sink, let fall: quā se (incipit) molli iugum demittere clivo, V.: demissis in terram oculis, L.: voltum metu, O.: animos: mentes, V.: ne se admodum animo demitterent, Cs.: hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress, S.: voces in pectora, L.: dicta in aurīs, V.: Segnius inritant animos demissa per aurem (i. e. in animum), received, H.: me penitus in causam, to engage in: me in res turbulentissimas, to meddle with: eo rem demittit, si, etc., concedes so much.— P. pass., derived, sprung, descended (poet.): ab alto Demissum genus Aeneā, H.: ab Iove gens, V.: Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo, V.

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  • 3 demitto

    demittere, demisi, demissus V TRANS
    drop, let fall; sink; send/cast/go/flow/float/slope down; flow/shed/let (blood); bend/stoop/bow/sag; lower (eyes); let (clothes/hair/beard) hang down; bring/strike down; plunge/insert/thrust/plant; dismiss/demote; depose; absorb; decend by race/birth; leave (will); let issue rest (on evidence); fell (tree)

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  • 4 submisse

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submisse

  • 5 submitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto

  • 6 summissa

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 7 summitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 8 remitto

    rĕ-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return (class. and very freq.; cf. reddo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Al. Redde mihi illam (filiam)... Non remissura es mihi illam?... non remittes? Me. Non remittam! Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29 sq.:

    a legione omnes remissi sunt domum Thebis,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 22:

    aliquem domum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43 fin.; 4, 21; 7, 4 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 27 fin.:

    mulieres Romam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    paucos in regnum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

    Fabium cum legione in sua hiberna,

    id. B. G. 5, 53:

    partem legionum in sua castra,

    id. B. C. 3, 97:

    ad parentes aliquem nuntium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 15:

    aliquem ad aliquem,

    id. Cas. 2, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 24; 26:

    obsides alicui,

    id. B. G. 3, 8 fin.; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 14:

    is argentum huc remisit,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 69:

    librum tibi remisi,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: pila intercepta, to cast or hurl back, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

    tractum de corpore telum,

    Ov. M. 5, 95:

    epistulam ad aliquem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 43:

    litteras Caesari,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; cf.:

    scripta ad eum mandata per eos,

    id. B. C. 1, 10:

    naves ad aliquem,

    id. B. G. 5, 23; so,

    naves,

    id. B. C. 1, 27:

    obsides,

    id. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 29:

    nonne vides etiam, quantā vi tigna trabesque Respuat umor aquae?.. Tam cupide sursum revomit magis atque remittit,

    drives back, Lucr. 2, 199; so,

    aquas longe (cautes),

    Sen. Hippol. 583:

    calces (equi),

    i. e. kick out behind, Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—
    b.
    To send forth from itself, give out, yield:

    ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittit,

    gives forth, yields, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53:

    muriam,

    Col. 12, 9 init.:

    minimum seri,

    id. 12, 13:

    umorem (humus),

    id. 12, 15 init.:

    aeruginem (vasa aenea),

    id. 12, 20, 2:

    nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas),

    Ov. M. 1, 604:

    umorem ex se ipsa remittit,

    Verg. G. 2, 218:

    quod baca remisit olivae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 69:

    sanguinem e pulmone,

    Ov. P. 1, 3, 19.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To let go back, to loosen, slacken, relax any thing strained, bound, rigid, etc. (syn. relaxo;

    opp. intendo, adduco): in agro ambulanti ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.:

    habenas vel adducere vel remittere,

    id. Lael. 13, 45:

    frena,

    Ov. M. 2, 191 (opp. retinere);

    6, 228: lora,

    id. ib. 2, 200; id. Am. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

    vela pennarum,

    Lucr. 6, 743:

    ira contractis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 79:

    quattuor remissis (digitis) magis quam tensis,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    digitis,

    Ov. H. 19, 197:

    remissis,

    id. M. 4, 229: junctasque manus remisit;

    vinclis remissis, etc.,

    i. e. to loose, id. ib. 9, 314 sq.:

    digitum contrahens ac remittens,

    Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94: bracchia, i. e. to let sink or fall down, Verg. G. 1, 202: remissas manus, sinking or failing, Vulg. Heb. 12, 12:

    frigore mella Cogit hiems eademque calor liquefacta remittit,

    dissolves again, melts, Verg. G. 4, 36; cf.:

    cum se purpureo vere remittit humus,

    opens again, thaws, Tib. 3, 5, 4:

    vere remissus ager,

    Ov. F. 4, 126. —
    b.
    To leave behind, produce:

    veluti tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235.—
    c.
    Jurid. t. t.: remittere nuntium or repudium, to send a bill of divorce, to dissolve a marriage or betrothal; v. nuntius and repudium.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to send back, give back, return, restore, dismiss, remove, etc.:

    (specula) simulacra remittunt,

    Lucr. 4, 337 Lachm.:

    vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

    Verg. A. 12, 929; cf.:

    totidemque remisit Verba locus,

    Ov. M. 3, 500:

    chorda sonum... remittit acutum (with reddere),

    Hor. A. P. 349:

    vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis: cujus si vos paenitet, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, mihi meum restituite nomen,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    quin etiam ipsis (imperium) remittere,

    id. B. G. 7, 20: integram causam ad senatum remittit, refers, Tac. A. 3, 10:

    a quibus appellatum erit, si forte ad eosdem remittemur,

    Quint. 11, 1, 76; 12, 10, 21:

    veniam,

    to return, repay, Verg. A. 4, 436:

    quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

    Lucr. 6, 68; cf.:

    opinionem animo,

    to dismiss, reject, cast off, Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

    resign it, id. Sull. 30, 84:

    utramque provinciam remitto, exercitum depono,

    id. Phil. 8, 8, 25:

    Galliam togatam,

    id. ib. 8, 9, 27.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    (Acc. to I A. 2. a.) To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit (freq. and class.):

    omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf.:

    (sonorum vis) tum remittit animos, tum contrahit,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed quibus relaxem ac remittam, relieve, recreate, refresh, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 23:

    ut requiescerem curamque animi remitterem,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137:

    animum per dies festos licentius,

    Liv. 27, 31; and in a like sense with se, Nep. Alcib. 1 fin.;

    and mid.: mirum est, ut opusculis animus intendatur remittaturque,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13:

    animos a contentione pugnae,

    Liv. 5, 41:

    animos a certamine,

    id. 9, 12:

    animos a religione,

    id. 5, 25; cf.:

    nihil apud milites remittitur a summo certamine,

    id. 6, 24, 10:

    superioris temporis contentionem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14 fin.; cf. Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14; cf.:

    curam et diligentiam remittunt,

    id. B. C. 2, 13:

    summum illud suum studium remisit,

    Cic. Brut. 93, 320:

    ea studia remissa temporibus revocavi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

    belli opera,

    Liv. 30, 3:

    bellum,

    id. 30, 23:

    pugnam,

    Sall. J. 60, 3 al.:

    urguent tamen et nihil remittunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: equites petere ut sibi laxaret aliquid laboris;

    quibus ille, ne nihil remissum dicatis, remitto, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    cottidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 19; cf. id. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    aliquid de suo,

    id. Rab. Post. 11, 31:

    horam de meis legitimis horis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

    aliquid de severitate cogendi,

    id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; 13, 17, 36:

    nihil de saevitiā,

    Tac. A. 6, 25 al.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

    ex eo, quod ipse potest in dicendo, aliquantum remittet,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    aliquid ex pristinā virtute,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

    aliquid ex curā verborum,

    Quint. 10, 7, 22; 7, 1, 22.—With ellipsis of aliquid, etc.:

    illum viris fortissimis remittere de summā non potuisse, te mulieri deterrimae recte remississe, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 82; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

    de voluntate nihil,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 17:

    nihil e solito luxu,

    Tac. H. 3, 55:

    nihil ex arrogantiā,

    id. Agr. 27 al. — Impers.:

    tum aequo animo remittendum de celeritate existumabat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 49.—
    (β).
    With inf., to cease, leave off, omit to do any thing (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

    neque remittit quid ubique hostis ageret explorare,

    Sall. J. 52, 5; cf.:

    quid bellicosus Cantaber cogitet, remittas Quaerere,

    Hor. C. 2, 11, 3.—
    (γ).
    With se, or mid., to relax, abate:

    ubi dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt,

    Cels. 4, 24 fin.; cf.:

    cum se furor ille remisit,

    Ov. H. 4, 51:

    quae (febres) certum habent circuitum et ex toto remittuntur,

    Cels. 3, 12; cf. under II.—
    (δ).
    Mid., to recreate one ' s self:

    eundem, cum scripsi, eundem etiam cum remittor, lego,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

    fas est et carmine remitti,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 9; cf.

    supra: animus remittatur,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 13.—
    (ε).
    To give free course to (opp. continere):

    animi appetitus, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 34.—
    b.
    With respect to a person, to free one from any thing; to give up, grant, forgive, yield, resign, concede, surrender, sacrifice a thing to any one (= concedere, condonare); with acc. of the offence:

    Tranioni remitte quaeso hanc noxiam causā meā,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

    injuriam,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch:

    quare tum cito senex ille remisit injuriam?

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

    ut ex animo tibi volens omne delictum remittam,

    App. M. 3, p. 137, 29; so freq. in late Lat., to remit, forgive a sin or offence:

    peccata,

    Vulg. Matt. 9, 2:

    blasphemia,

    id. ib. 12, 31:

    cogitationem,

    id. Act. 8, 22. — Freq. with acc. of the penalty:

    multam,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    poenam alicui,

    Liv. 40, 10, 9: ipso remittente Verginio ultimam poenam, id. 3, 59, 10; 8, 35, 1:

    omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; cf. id. Ac. 2, 33, 106; and:

    alicui remittere atque concedere, ut, etc.,

    id. Planc. 30, 73: meam animadversionem et suppli cium... remitto tibi et condono, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

    quod natura remittit, Invida jura negant,

    Ov. M. 10, 330:

    si per populum Romanum stipendium remittatur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    pecunias, quas erant in publicum Varroni cives Romani polliciti, remittit,

    id. B. C. 2, 21; cf. Liv. 42, 53: aedes (venditas) alicui, to give up, resign a purchase, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 111:

    tempus vobis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30:

    ut patria tantum nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

    id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

    navem imperare debuisti ex foedere: remisisti in triennium: militem nullum umquam poposcisti per tot annos,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

    tibi remittunt omnes istam voluptatem et eā se carere patiuntur,

    resign that pleasure to you, id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

    ut memoriam simultatium patriae remitteret,

    sacrifice to his country, Liv. 9, 38; cf.:

    privata odia publicis utilitatibus remittere,

    Tac. A. 1, 10:

    ut sibi poenam magistri equitum remitteret (dictator),

    that he would remit for their sake, Liv. 8, 35:

    dictator consulibus in senatu magnifice conlaudatis et suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, dictaturā se abdicavit,

    having been resigned in their favor, id. 7, 11:

    jus ipsi remittent,

    will abandon their claim, id. 6, 18, 7.— Absol.:

    remittentibus tribunis plebis comitia per interregem sunt habita,

    withdrawing their opposition, Liv. 6, 36, 3:

    de tributo remiserunt,

    id. 5, 12, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 8:

    si hoc ipsi remitti vellent, remitterent ipsi de maritumis custodiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf., to allow, permit:

    sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 376; cf.:

    (Fides) occulte saevire vetat, prodesse remittit,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 37. —
    II.
    Neutr., to decrease, abate (very rare, but class.):

    si forte ventus remisisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

    imbres,

    Liv. 40, 33, 4:

    pestilentia,

    id. 2, 34, 6:

    cum remiserant dolores pedum,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 130; cf.:

    si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 14:

    tumor remittens,

    Cels. 7, 18:

    vapor calidus primo non remittit propter levitatem,

    does not sink, Vitr. 8, 2.— Hence, rĕmissus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. A. 2. a.), slack, loose, relaxed, languid (opp. contentus, contendere):

    membra,

    Lucr. 5, 852.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut onera contentis corporibus facilius feruntur, remissis opprimunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    vox, ut nervi, quo remissior, hoc gravior et plenior,

    Quint. 11, 3, 42:

    ridens Venus et remisso Filius arcu,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 67:

    ammoniacum,

    i. e. liquid, Pall. 1, 41, 2; cf.

    adeps,

    Veg. 1, 11, 4. —
    B.
    Trop., relaxed, not rigid, strict, or hard, both in a good and bad sense.
    1.
    Mild, gentle, soft, indulgent, cheerful, good-humored, gay, etc. (syn.:

    lenis, mitis, dulcis): remissior ventus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

    remissiora frigora,

    id. B. G. 5, 12 fin.:

    cantūs remissiores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254; cf.:

    tum intentis tum remissis modis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 17:

    si me non improbissime Dolabella tractasset, dubitassem fortasse, utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    in eo sermone non remissi sumus,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    remissus et subridens,

    Tac. Or. 11 init.:

    nisi magistratus valde lenes et remissi sint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    in ulciscendo remissior,

    id. Red. ad Quir. 7, 23:

    animus (with lenis),

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 193; cf.:

    remississimo ad otium et ad omnem comitatem animo,

    i. e. most prone, Suet. Aug. 98:

    remissus et mitis,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 5:

    cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13; cf. Suet. Galb. 14; id. Claud. 21:

    decorus est sermo senis quietus et remissus,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 28:

    remissius genus dicendi,

    id. Sest. 54, 115:

    amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

    id. Lael. 18, 66; cf.

    affectus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 73:

    egressiones dulces et remissae,

    id. 11, 3, 164: joci, gay, merry (opp. curae graves), Ov. M. 3, 319; cf.:

    remissiores hilarioresque sermones,

    Suet. Tib. 21:

    opus,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 547. —
    2.
    Slack, negligent, remiss (syn. languidus):

    esse remisso ac languido animo,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf.:

    nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

    id. ib. 2, 14: dolus Numidarum [p. 1563] nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur, i. e. no negligence, Sall. J. 53, 6; 88, 2:

    in labore,

    Nep. Iphic. 3, 1:

    oderunt agilem gnavumque remissi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

    remissior in petendo,

    Cic. Mur. 26, 52:

    vita remissior,

    Suet. Tib. 52.—
    b.
    Lower, cheaper:

    remissior aliquanto ejus fuit aestimatio quam annona,

    below the market price, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 214. — Hence, adv.: rĕ-missē (acc. to B. 1.), gently, mildly (with leniter, urbane;

    opp. severe, graviter, vehementer, etc.),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; id. Cael. 14, 33; Col. 1, 8, 10; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 12, 10, 71; Suet. Claud. 30.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; Quint. 9, 2, 91.— Sup. is not found.

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  • 9 sub-mittō (summ-)

        sub-mittō (summ-) mīsī, missus, ere,    to let down, put down, lower, sink, drop: se ad pedes, L.: latus in herbā, O.: poplitem in terrā, O.—Of animals, to keep for breeding, cause to breed: (pullos) in spem gentis, V.: vitulos pecori habendo, V.— To let grow: crinem barbamque, Ta.—To breed, produce: non Monstrum submisere Colchi Maius, H.—To provide a substitute for, supersede: huic vos non summittetis?—To send privately, despatch secretly: iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat, sent a secret message: alqm, qui moneret, etc.—To send as aid, furnish for support, supply as reinforcement, help with, yield: cohortes equitibus praesidio, Cs.: laborantibus, Cs.: Vinea summittit capreas non semper edules, H.—Fig., to lower, make lower, reduce, moderate: multum summittere, to moderate the voice (of an actor): furorem, control, V.—To lower, let down, bring down, humble, yield, surrender: se in amicitiā, condescend: se in humilitatem causam dicentium, stoop, L.: facilitas summittentis se, readiness to subordinate himself, L.: ad calamitates animos, bow, L.: animos amori, surrender, V.: se culpae, O.

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  • 10 dēclīnō

        dēclīnō āvī, ātus, āre    [CLI-], to bend aside, turn away: ad dexteram de viā: si omnes atomi declinabunt (i. e. oblique ferentur): via ad mare declinans, L.— To deflect, turn away: agmen, L.: cursūs, O.— To avoid, evade, shun: urbem: ictum, L.— To lower, close, let sink: dulci lumina somno, V. — Fig., to turn aside, deviate, turn away, digress: de statu suo: a religione offici: aliquantulum a proposito: ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio: quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli, L.: paulatim amor, decreases, O.— To turn aside, cause to differ: mulier declinata ab aliarum ingenio, differing, T.— To turn off, ascribe: adversa in inscitiam Paeti, Ta. — To turn from, avoid, shun: (oratio) declinat impetum: laqueos iudici: vitia: societate culpae invidiam, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V TRANS
    decline/conjugate/inflect (in the same manner/like); change word form, modify
    II
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V
    deflect/divert/turnaside/swerve/change direction/deviate/dodge; digress/diverge; avoid/stray; vary/be different; bend/sink down, subside/decline; lower/descend

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  • 11 dēficiō

        dēficiō fēcī, fectus, ere （ fut perf. defexit, old form. in L.—Pass., usu. deficior; dēfit, T., Enn. ap. C., V.; dēfierī, T.; dēfīet, L.)    [de + facio].— Intrans, to withdraw, revolt, desert, fall off: civitates quae defecerant, Cs.: milites ne deficerent, S.: ab Aeduis, Cs.: a re p.: a patribus ad plebem, to go over, L.: ad Poenos, desert, L. — Of things, to be wanting, be absent, fail, cease, disappear, be lost, run out: non frumentum deficere poterat, Cs.: ex arboribus frons, Cs.: ne (mihi) vox viresque deficerent: non deficiente crumenā, H.: ne Deficeret navis, be overwhelmed, V.: quod plena luna defecisset, was eclipsed: ignem Deficere videbat, dying out, V.: quā deficit ignis, ceases to destroy, V.: Deficit ars, is exhausted, O.: nil apud me tibi defieri patiar, T.: Lac mihi non aestate novum defit, V.: nunquamne causa defiet, cur, etc.? L. — Of persons, to fail, sink, faint, be insufficient, be missing: quod multi Gallicis tot bellis defecerant, had been lost, Cs.: siquid deficias, i. e. need aid, T.: deficientibus animis, L.: O dubiis ne defice rebus, fail (me) in perplexity, V.— To fail, be bankrupt: Matho deficit, Iu.: te memorare, cease, Tb.—Fig., to withdraw, depart, forsake, be parted, abandon, desert: a virtute: si utilitas ab amicitiā defecerit.— To fail, be wanting, fall short: animo, be disheartened, Cs.: ne unā plagā acceptā patres deficerent: in limine primo, V.: illis legibus populus R. prior non deficiet, si prior defexit, etc., prove false, violate, L. (old form.): neque comminus pugnando deficiebant, Cs.— Trans, to leave, desert, fail, abandon (of things): cum vires nostros deficerent, Cs.: me Leontina civitas: me vox, latera deficiant, si, etc.: cum deficit orbom (Sol), is eclipsed, O.: sol defectus lumine, Tb.: si quem proles defecerit omnis, i. e. perish, V.: cum aquilifer a viribus deficeretur, Cs.: mulier ratione deficitur: animo defici, Cu.: defecta vigore cervix, O.: nec me deficiet rogitare, etc., nor will I fail, Pr.
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    I
    deficere, defeci, defectus V INTRANS
    fail/falter; run short/out; grow weak/faint; come to end; revolt/rebel, defect; pass away; become extinct, die/fade out; subside/sink; suffer eclipse, wane
    II
    deficere, defeci, defectus V TRANS
    fail, disappoint, let down; leave without a sufficiency; cease to be available; (PASS) be left without/wanting, lack; have shortcomings; L:come to nothing

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  • 12 supprimō (subp-)

        supprimō (subp-) pressī, pressus, ere    [sub+ premo].—Of vessels, to sink, send to the bottom: quattuor (naves) suppressae, L.— To keep back, withhold: eam (pecuniam).— To hold back, keep back, check, stop, detain, restrain: hostem nostros insequentem, Cs.: aërii cursūs habenas, O.: vocem, let fall, O.: partem vocis, O.—Fig., to conceal, suppress: quae (senatūs consulta) supprimebantur, L.: coniurationis indicium, Cu.: nomen alcuius, Ta.— To check, repress: aegritudinem: impetum militum, L.: querelas, O.: iram, L.

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  • 13 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

  • 14 subprimo

    sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.
    I.
    In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

    quattuor (naves) suppressae,

    Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

    naves,

    id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —
    II.
    In partic. (class.).
    A.
    To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).
    1.
    Lit.:

    hostem nostros insequentem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

    iter,

    id. ib. 1, 66:

    aerii cursūs habenas,

    Ov. M. 6, 709:

    lora manu,

    id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

    fugam,

    id. M. 11, 777:

    sanguinem,

    Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

    alvum,

    i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19:

    fontes,

    Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

    lacrimas,

    Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

    vocem,

    let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

    partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

    id. ib. 5, 193:

    si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

    stultiloquium,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

    impetum militum,

    Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

    iram,

    id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

    querelas,

    id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

    furorem,

    id. 71:

    fletum,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

    dolorem altā mente,

    Luc. 6, 228. —
    B.
    To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

    pecuniam,

    id. ib. 25, 68;

    26, 71: nummos,

    id. ib. 27, 75:

    elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

    Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

    quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

    Liv. 3, 55, 13:

    testamentum,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    libros,

    id. Gram. 8 fin.:

    alienam ancillam,

    to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

    adulterii foeditate suppressā,

    Amm. 16, 8, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

    Liv. 5, 1, 7:

    famam coërcitam,

    Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

    indicium conjurationis,

    Curt. 6, 8, 8:

    nomen Vespasiani,

    Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *
    A.
    Short:

    mentum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—
    B.
    Of the voice, subdued, low:

    suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

    Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

    murmur,

    Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

    erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

    Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

    suppressius,

    in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subprimo

  • 15 supprimo

    sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.
    I.
    In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

    quattuor (naves) suppressae,

    Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

    naves,

    id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —
    II.
    In partic. (class.).
    A.
    To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).
    1.
    Lit.:

    hostem nostros insequentem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

    iter,

    id. ib. 1, 66:

    aerii cursūs habenas,

    Ov. M. 6, 709:

    lora manu,

    id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

    fugam,

    id. M. 11, 777:

    sanguinem,

    Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

    alvum,

    i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19:

    fontes,

    Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

    lacrimas,

    Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

    vocem,

    let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

    partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

    id. ib. 5, 193:

    si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

    stultiloquium,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

    impetum militum,

    Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

    iram,

    id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

    querelas,

    id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

    furorem,

    id. 71:

    fletum,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

    dolorem altā mente,

    Luc. 6, 228. —
    B.
    To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

    pecuniam,

    id. ib. 25, 68;

    26, 71: nummos,

    id. ib. 27, 75:

    elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

    Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

    quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

    Liv. 3, 55, 13:

    testamentum,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    libros,

    id. Gram. 8 fin.:

    alienam ancillam,

    to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

    adulterii foeditate suppressā,

    Amm. 16, 8, 6.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

    Liv. 5, 1, 7:

    famam coërcitam,

    Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

    indicium conjurationis,

    Curt. 6, 8, 8:

    nomen Vespasiani,

    Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *
    A.
    Short:

    mentum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—
    B.
    Of the voice, subdued, low:

    suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

    Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

    murmur,

    Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

    erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

    Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

    suppressius,

    in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > supprimo

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