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  • 1 recīdō

        recīdō dī, sus, ere    [re-+caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off: sceptrum imo de stirpe, V.: ceras inanīs, empty cells, V.: pueris membra, O.: volnus Ense recidendum est, O.: columnas, hew out, H.—Fig., to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: ambitiosa Ornamenta, H.: nationes recisae: supplicio culpam, H.
    * * *
    I
    recidere, recidi, recasus V INTRANS
    fall/sink back, lapse/relapse/revert; fall to earth; come to naught; rebound on
    II
    recidere, recidi, recisus V TRANS
    cut back/off (to base/tree), prune; cut back/away; get by cutting; curtail

    Latin-English dictionary > recīdō

  • 2 arto

    arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. artus], to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).
    I.
    A.. Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576:

    libros,

    Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2:

    vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

    angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc.,

    id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.—
    B.
    Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail:

    fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56:

    tempus,

    to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1:

    se,

    to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al. —
    II.
    In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.—Hence, artātus, a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short:

    pontus,

    Luc. 5, 234:

    tempus,

    Vell. 1, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arto

  • 3 recido

    1.
    rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

    prob., also,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).
    A.
    Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

    quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

    had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

    quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

    Ov. M. 10, 180:

    etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

    Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

    in collum Benjamin,

    Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

    amictum recidentem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 162.—
    B.
    Trop., to fall back, return:

    in graviorem morbum recidere,

    to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

    so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

    (quartanae) ne recidant,

    Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

    post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

    praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

    id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

    Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

    Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

    quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

    Curt. 9, 7, 23:

    in invidiam,

    Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

    ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

    suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    quae in adversarios recidunt,

    Quint. 9, 2, 49:

    quod in ipsam recidat,

    Ov. M. 6, 212:

    consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

    Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

    periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

    Suet. Aug. 96:

    in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —
    II.
    (With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

    tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

    to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    ad nilum,

    Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

    ad nihil,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—
    (β).
    With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

    quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

    rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

    Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

    omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

    Col. 4, 3, 5:

    mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

    Ov. M. 10, 18.—
    (γ).
    With an adv. of direction:

    huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

    eo regiae majestatis imperium,

    Liv. 4, 2:

    eo res,

    Quint. 2, 10, 3:

    illuc, ut, etc.,

    Juv. 12, 54:

    ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

    Liv. 30, 42:

    pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

    id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

    quorsum responsum recidat,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.
    2.
    rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vepres,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

    malleolos ad imum articulum,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

    sceptrum imo de stirpe,

    Verg. A. 12, 208;

    for which: laurum imā stirpe,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

    ceras inanes,

    empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

    hirsutam barbam falce,

    Ov. M. 13, 766:

    caput,

    id. ib. 9, 71:

    immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

    id. ib. 1, 191:

    pollicem alicui,

    Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    comas,

    Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

    capillos,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

    ungues,

    Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

    columnas,

    to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

    fustes,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

    ancile ab omni parte recisum,

    Ov. F. 3, 377:

    mella,

    i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

    Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

    cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

    fulgorem sideribus,

    to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

    gramina morsu,

    to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—
    II.
    Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

    perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

    Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

    inanem loquacitatem,

    id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

    omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

    id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

    mercedes scaenicorum,

    Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

    armaturas mirmillonum,

    to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

    ornandi potestatem,

    Quint. 2, 16, 4:

    facultatem aliter acquirendi,

    id. 12, 7, 10:

    impedimenta,

    to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

    occupationes,

    Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

    culpam supplicio,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

    cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

    id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

    aliquid priscum ad morem,

    i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

    opus,

    Vell. 2, 89, 1:

    ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

    tempus recisius (opp. longius),

    Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > recido

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