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f.1 land (terrenos, continentes).en tierras mexicanas/del rey on Mexican soil/the King's landpor estas tierras round these parts, down this waytierra adentro inlandtierra de nadie no-man's-landtierra prometida Promised Landtierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuegotierra Santa the Holy Landtierra virgen virgin land2 land.cultivar la tierra to farm the land3 earth.se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos I've got some earth in my shoesun camino de tierra a dirt track4 ground (suelo).bajo tierra undergroundcaer a tierra to fall to the groundtomar tierra to land5 homeland, native land (lugar de origen) (país).vino/queso de la tierra local wine/cheesetierra natal homeland, native land6 dust. ( Latin American Spanish)7 soil, dirt.8 country, homeland.9 plot of land, territory, estate, soil.* * *1 (planeta) earth2 (superficie sólida) land3 (terreno cultivado) soil, land4 (país) country, land5 (suelo) ground6 ELECTRICIDAD earth, US ground1 land sing\caer por tierra figurado to crumbledar en tierra con algo to drop something on the ground, throw something on the groundechar a tierra to demolishechar por tierra figurado to crush, destroyechar tierra encima de figurado to hush upponer tierra por medio figurado to make oneself scarcepor estas tierras in these partspor tierra overland, by land¡tierra a la vista! land ahoy!tierra adentro inland¡tierra trágame! figurado I wish I was somewhere else, I could curl up and dietirar por tierra figurado to crush, destroyvivir de la tierra to make a living from the landtierra de nadie no-man's-landTierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuegotierra firme terra firma, dry landtierra natal homelandTierra Santa the Holy Land* * *noun f.1) earth2) land3) soil4) homeland•* * *SF1)• la Tierra — the earth, the Earth
2) (=superficie)a) [fuera del agua] land¡tierra a la vista! — land ahoy!
la industria pesquera genera unos 400.000 empleos en tierra — the fishing industry provides 400,000 jobs on land
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por tierra — overland, by landatravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country
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tomar tierra — to reach port, get inb) (=no aire) [desde el aire] ground; [desde el espacio] earthla explosión ocurrió cuando el avión cayó a tierra — the explosion occurred when the aeroplane hit the ground
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tocar tierra — to touch down•
tomar tierra — to landtierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land
3) (=suelo) ground•
caer a tierra — to fall down•
dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over•
echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground- venirse a o por tierra4) (=material) [gen] earth; (=polvo) dust; (=barro) mud; [para jardinería, cultivo] soilcon los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud
viviendas con suelo de tierra — houses with earth o dirt floors
acordaron echar tierra al incidente y seguir siendo amigos — they agreed to put the incident behind them and continue to be friends
le vienes a echar tierra a mi carro con tu descapotable — your convertible makes my car look ridiculous o really bad
tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately
tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately
tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth
pista 3), política 2)tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately
5) (Agr) landtierra de secano — dry land, unirrigated land
6) (=división territorial)a) (=lugar de origen)todo refugiado siente nostalgia de su tierra — every refugee feels homesick for or misses his native land o homeland
b) [en plural]sus viajes por tierras de Castilla, su largo exilio en tierras australianas — her lengthy exile in Australia
no es de estas tierras — he's not from these parts, he's not from this part of the world
- ver tierras7) (Elec) earth, ground (EEUU)toma 1., 1)conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance
* * *1) (campo, terreno) landtierras fértiles/áridas — fertile/arid land
tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land
poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)
2) (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earthun camino de tierra — a dirt road o track
cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)
echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash
echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad
echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something
tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up
3) (AmL) ( polvo) dust4) (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE)estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed
5) (por oposición al mar, al aire) landtierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!
viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land
tocar tierra — to land, put into port
tomar tierra — to land, touch down
6)a) (país, lugar)decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land
costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries
b) ( territorio) soil* * *1) (campo, terreno) landtierras fértiles/áridas — fertile/arid land
tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land
poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)
2) (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earthun camino de tierra — a dirt road o track
cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)
echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash
echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad
echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something
tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up
3) (AmL) ( polvo) dust4) (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE)estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed
5) (por oposición al mar, al aire) landtierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!
viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land
tocar tierra — to land, put into port
tomar tierra — to land, touch down
6)a) (país, lugar)decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land
costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries
b) ( territorio) soil* * *tierra22 = land, ground, soil, earth, dry land [dryland].Ex: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.
Ex: A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.Ex: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.Ex: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.Ex: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.* aprovechamiento de la tierra = land use.* asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.* bajo tierra = underground, below surface.* buena tierra = good soil.* camino de tierra = dirt track, dirt road.* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.* con el suelo de tierra = dirt-floored.* confinado a la tierra = land-bound [landbound].* con los pies sobre la tierra = down-to-earth.* contaminación de la tierra = soil pollution.* corrimiento de tierra = landslide.* cultivar la tierra = farm + land, grow + crops.* dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow.* desaprovechamiento de la tierra = land misuse.* desprendimiento de tierra = landslide.* de tierra = onshore, earthen.* echar Algo por tierra = blow + Nombre + out of the water.* echarlo todo por tierra = upset + the applecart.* echar por tierra = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on.* echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.* echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.* echar por tierra una idea = crush + idea.* ejército de tierra, el = army, the [armies, pl.].* en la tierra = on the ground.* en la tierra de = in the land of.* en tierra = onshore, ashore.* en tierra firme = on dry land.* en tierras lejanas = outranged.* fertilidad de la tierra = soil fertility.* gestión de tierras = land management.* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pas = rangeland.* mala tierra = poor soil.* movimiento de tierra = earthwork.* nadie es profeta en su tierra = no man is a prophet in his own land.* pequeño propietario de tierras = yeoman farmer.* pies sobre la tierra = feet on the ground.* pista de tierra batida = clay tennis court.* poner los pies sobre la tierra = come down + to earth.* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.* rodeado de tierra = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].* sin tierras, sin propiedad rural = landless.* sobre la tierra = on the ground.* temblor de tierra = quake, earth tremor.* tenis sobre tierra batida = clay tennis, clay court tennis.* ¡Tierra a la vista! = Land ahoy!, Land ho!.* tierra arenosa = sandy soil.* tierra baldía = wasteland, moor, barren land.* tierra buena = good soil.* tierra cenagosa = loamy soil.* tierra cultivable = arable land.* tierra de cultivo = soil, farmland [farm land].* Tierra de Israel, la = Land of Israel, the.* tierra de labranza = farmland [farm land].* tierra de nadie = twilight zone, wilderness, no-man's land.* tierra de pastoreo = pasture land.* tierra de pastos = pasture land.* tierra desconocida = terra incognita.* tierra en barbecho = fallow land.* tierra fértil = sod, loam.* tierra firme = dry land [dryland], land mass [landmass], firm ground, solid ground.* tierra lejana = far off land.* tierra mala = poor soil.* tierra margosa = loamy soil.* tierra natal = homeland.* tierra prometida, la = land of cream and honey, the, promised land, the, land of milk and honey, the.* tierras = landed estate.* tierras altas = highland.* tierras altas escocesas = Highland.* tierra salvaje = wilderness.* Tierra Santa = Holy Land, the.* tierras bajas = lowlands.* tierras celtas, las = Celtic fringe, the.* tierras del sur = southland.* tierras mejores = greener pastures.* tierras movedizas = shifting sands.* tierras perdidas = lost lands.* tierra virgen = uncharted territory, uncharted waters, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.* toma de tierra = earthing.* transporte por tierra = land transport.* tropa de tierra = ground troop.* uso de la tierra = land use.* vasallo propietario de sus tierras = yeoman [yeomen, -pl.].* vehículo de tierra a motor = motor land vehicle.* vivir de la tierra = live off + the land.* * *A (campo, terreno) landuna distribución más justa de la tierra a fairer distribution of landtierras comunales common landcompró unas tierras en Durango he bought some land in Durangotierras fértiles/áridas fertile/arid landtierra labrantía or de cultivo or de labranza or de labor or de labrantío arable o cultivated landtierras baldías wastelandlos que trabajan la tierra those who work the landponer tierra de por medio to make oneself scarce, get out quick ( colloq)B1 (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earthclavó la estaca en la tierra he drove the stake into the groundésta es muy buena tierra this is very good land o soilcavaba la tierra he was digging the groundun camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earthno juegues con la tierra, que te vas a manchar don't play in the dirt, you'll get filthyun camino de tierra a dirt road o track¡cuerpo a tierra! get down!, hit the ground! ( colloq)ya lleva un año bajo tierra she's been dead and buried for a year nowechar algo por tierra ‹edificio/monumento› to demolish, pull o knock down;‹planes› to wreck, ruin, put paid to; ‹argumentos› to demolish, destroy; ‹esperanzas› to dashecharse tierra encima to do oneself down, cry stinking fish ( BrE)echar tierra a or sobre algo (ocultarlo) to cover o hush sth up; (olvidarlo) to forget about sth, put sth behind onetragarse la tierra a algn: parecía que se lo hubiera tragado la tierra it was as if he'd vanished off the face of the earthen aquel momento deseé que me tragara la tierra at that moment I just wanted the earth o the ground to open and swallow me upCompuesto:( Esp) clayel cable que va a tierra the ground o earth leadnecesita una conexión a tierra or debe estar conectado a tierra or ( AmL) debe hacer tierra it needs to be connected to ground o earth, it needs to be grounded o earthedD (por oposición al mar, al aire) land¡tierra a la vista! land ho! o land ahoy!viajar por tierra to travel overland o by landiniciaron las expediciones tierra adentro they started expeditions into the interiorgentes de tierra adentro people from the interior, people from inlandmisiles aire-tierra air-to-ground missilesel ejército de tierra the armytierra firme solid ground, terra firmaquedarse en tierra to be left behind, miss one's train ( o boat etc)tocar tierra to land, put into porttomar tierra to land, touch downE1(país, región, lugar): después de tantos años de exilio decidió volver a su tierra after all those years in exile he decided to return to his homeland o to his native landlas cosas que pasan por aquellas tierras the things that happen in those places o countriespartió a tierras lejanas para buscar fortuna he set out for foreign parts o for distant lands to seek his fortunevino de la tierra local wine, locally produced winefruta de la tierra locally grown fruit2 (territorio) soilen el instante que pisó tierra francesa the moment he set foot on French soilCompuestos:: from Mexico to Peru, land below approx. 1,200mTierra del Fuegono-man's-landthe cold lands (pl), (from Mexico to Peru, land above approx. 2,200m)native land, land of one's birthPromised LandHoly Landthe temperate lands (pl) (from Mexico to Peru, land between approx. 1,200m and 2,200m)Fla composición de la atmósfera de la Tierra the composition of the Earth's atmosphere¿cúal es el planeta más cercano a la Tierra? what is the closest planet to (the) Earth?para proteger la vida en la Tierra to protect life on earthCreador del Cielo y de la Tierra Creator of Heaven and Earth* * *
tierra sustantivo femenino
1 (campo, terreno) land;
tierra de cultivo arable land
2 (suelo, superficie) ground;
(materia, arena) earth;
un camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earth;
no juegues con tierra don't play in the dirt;
un camino de tierra a dirt road o track;
echar algo por tierra ‹ planes› to wreck, ruin;
‹ argumentos› to demolish, destroy;
‹ esperanzas› to dash
3 (AmL) ( polvo) dust
4 (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE);
estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra to be grounded o earthed
5 (por oposición al mar, al aire) land;◊ viajar por tierra to travel overland o by land;
tierra firme solid ground;
tomar tierra to land, touch down
6 (país, lugar):
costumbres de aquellas tierras customs in those places o countries;
la Ttierra Santa the Holy Land
7 ( planeta)
tierra sustantivo femenino
1 (planeta) la Tierra, (the) Earth o earth
2 (medio terrestre, terreno) land
viajar por tierra, to travel by land
tierra adentro, inland
tierra de nadie, no-man's-land
(un avión) tomar tierra, to land
Agr land
tiene tierras de cultivo, he has cultivated land
tierra baldía, wasteland
3 (país, lugar de origen) homeland
(territorio) nació en tierra inglesa, she was born on English soil
4 (superficie terrestre, suelo) ground
bajo tierra, below ground
(materia) soil, earth
un puñado de tierra, a handful of earth o soil
un camino de tierra, a dirt track
5 Elec earth
toma de tierra, earth wire, US ground
♦ Locuciones: echar por tierra, to ruin, spoil
echar tierra sobre, to hush up
familiar de la tierra, (producto del país) son tomates de la tierra, they are home-grown tomatoes
familiar (alejarse, escapar) poner alguien tierra por medio, to get as far away as possible
familiar (para expresar vergüenza) ¡tierra trágame! I wish the earth would swallow me up
(perder un medio de transporte) quedarse alguien en tierra, to miss a plane/train or any other form of transport
' tierra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adentro
- baja
- bajo
- barro
- batida
- batido
- campo
- construcción
- criar
- desaparecer
- entrañas
- escarbar
- esquilmar
- explotar
- franja
- fructífera
- fructífero
- global
- globo
- gua
- horizonte
- hoyo
- hundimiento
- langosta
- palada
- parcela
- perforar
- pista
- polvo
- ras
- redondez
- remover
- ribera
- rica
- rico
- seísmo
- sementera
- señorío
- soñar
- suelo
- surco
- temblar
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- terrena
- terreno
- terrestre
- terrón
- terruño
- tocar
English:
adjacent
- adjoining
- allotment
- ashore
- clump
- crack
- crumble
- crunch
- cultivated
- cultivation
- demolish
- dig
- dirt road
- earth
- earthworm
- earthy
- encroach
- explode
- face
- fairyland
- fall
- farming
- feel
- ground
- hedgehog
- Holy Land
- homeland
- inland
- land
- level
- lump
- no man's land
- orbit
- overland
- parched
- portage
- pull apart
- quake
- reclaim
- rich
- richness
- rig
- rock
- roll
- rough
- sandy
- seed
- set down
- shatter
- shock
* * *tierra nf2. [superficie] land;viajar por tierra to travel by land;tierra adentro inland;poner tierra (de) por medio to make oneself scarceAm tierra caliente = in Latin America, climate zone up to an altitude of approximately 1,000 metres;tierra firme [por oposición al mar] land, dry land;[terreno sólido] hard ground; Am tierra fría = in Latin America, climate zone above the altitude of approximately 2,000 metres;Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego;tierra de nadie no-man's-land;tierra prometida Promised Land;Tierra de Promisión Promised Land;Tierra Santa the Holy Land;la tierra del Sol Naciente the land of the Rising Sun;Am tierra templada = in Latin America, climate zone between the altitudes of approximately 1,000 and 2,000 metres;tierra virgen virgin land3. [suelo] ground;trabajan bajo tierra they work underground;caer a tierra to fall to the ground;muchos aviones se han quedado en tierra por la niebla many planes have been grounded because of the fog;tocar tierra [avión] to touch down;tomar tierra: tomó tierra en un campo he landed in a field;tomaremos tierra en el aeropuerto de Barajas en diez minutos we will be landing at Barajas airport in ten minutes;besar la tierra to fall flat on one's face;[argumentos, teoría] to demolish sth; Fam¡tierra, trágame!, ¡trágame tierra! I wish the earth would swallow me up!;era como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra he had vanished without a trace;4. [materia] earth;[para nutrir plantas] soil;se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos I've got some earth o dirt in my shoes;esta tierra no es buena para cultivar this soil isn't good for growing things;un camino de tierra a dirt track;política de tierra quemada scorched earth policy;Formaldar tierra a alguien to bury sb;tierra batida [en tenis] clay;tierra vegetal topsoil, loam5. [en agricultura] land;cultivar la tierra to farm the landtierra cultivable arable land;tierra de cultivo arable land;tierra de labor arable land;tierra de labranza arable land6. [lugar de origen] [país] homeland, native land;[región] home o native region;este chico es de mi tierra this lad is from where I come from;vino/queso de la tierra local wine/cheesetierra natal homeland, native landen tierras del rey on the King's land;en tierras mexicanas on Mexican soil;por estas tierras round these parts, down this way;ver otras tierras to travel, to see the worldestar conectado a tierra, tener toma de tierra to be Br earthed o US grounded10. Am [polvo] dust* * *f1 land;tierra de labor, tierra cultivable arable land, farmland;tierras altas highlands;tierras bajas lowlands;poner tierra de por medio flee, make o.s. scarce fam ;por tierra viajar by land;tomar tierra AVIA land2 materia soil, earth;echar tierra a algo fig hush sth up;echar por tierra ruin, wreck;como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he had vanished off the face of the earth3 ( patria) native land, homeland;de la tierra locally produced, local4 EL ground, Brearth5:la Tierra the Earth* * *tierra nf1) : land2) suelo: ground, earth3) : country, homeland, soil4)tierra natal : native land5)la Tierra : the Earth* * *tierra n1. (terreno) land2. (materia) earth / soil3. (suelo) groundechar por tierra to ruin / to spoil -
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chuter [∫yte]➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb( = tomber) to fall* * *ʃyteverbe intransitif ( baisser) [température, tension, prix] to fall, to drop; [ventes, production] to fall; [actions] to fallchuter de/à 10 francs — to fall ou drop by/to 10 francs
* * *ʃyte vi1) [ventes, croissance, cote de popularité, popularité] to fall2)chuter dans les sondages [Premier ministre] — to slip in the polls
3) (= tomber par terre) to fall4) (= perdre)faire chuter [gouvernement] — to bring down, to topple, [équipe championne] to topple
* * *chuter verb table: aimer vi1 ( baisser) [température, tension, prix] to fall, to drop; [ventes, production] to fall; [valeurs, actions] to fall; chuter de/à deux euros to fall ou drop by/to two euros; la livre a chuté de deux points (par rapport au dollar) the pound has fallen two points (against the dollar); faire chuter les cours to bring prices down, to cause prices to fall;2 ○( tomber) [personne] to fall down ou over, to come a cropper○.[ʃyte] verbe intransitif1. (familier) [tomber] to fall3. [baisser] to fall, to tumble4. JEUX to go down -
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(trennb., hat -ge-)I v/t1. lay ( oder put) down; (Kind) put to bed; jemandem einen Zettel hinlegen leave s.o. a note; jemandem frische Wäsche hinlegen put out clean underwear ( Bettwäsche: linen oder sheets) for s.o.; wo hab ich nur den Schlüssel hingelegt? where on earth have I put the key?2. umg. (bezahlen) fork out3. umg., gekonnt: sie hat einen tollen Auftritt / Vortrag hingelegt she turned in a fantastic performance / gave a fantastic talkII v/refl1. lie down; zum Schlafen: lie down; sich lang oder der Länge nach hinlegen umg. fall flat on one’s face; er hat sich für ein paar Minuten hingelegt he went to have a lie down (Am. went to lie down) for a few minutes; da legst du dich ( lang) hin! umg., erstaunt: it’s amazing!* * *to lay; to lay down; to put down;sich hinlegento lie down* * *hịn|le|gen sep1. vt1) (= hintun) to put down; Zettel to leave (jdm for sb); (= flach legen) Verletzten etc to lay down; (ins Bett, zum Schlafen) to put to bed; (inf = bezahlen müssen) to fork out (inf)2) (inf = glänzend darbieten) to perform; Rede, Vortrag to give effortlessly and brilliantlyer hat einen tollen Stepptanz hingelegt — he did a neat bit of tap-dancing
2. vrto lie down* * *(to place on the floor or other surface, out of one's hands: Put that knife down immediately!) put down* * *hin|le·genI. vt1. (niederlegen)▪ jdn/etw \hinlegen to put sb/sth down, to leave sb/sth2. (vorlegen)▪ jdm etw \hinlegen to put sth [down] in front of sb3. (flach lagern)▪ jdn \hinlegen to lay sb down4. (ins Bett bringen)▪ jdn \hinlegen to put sb to bed▪ etw [für etw akk] \hinlegen to pay sth [for sth], to shell [or fork] out sth [for sth] fam, to stump up sth [for sth] BRIT fameine brillante Rede \hinlegen to make [or do] a brilliant speech fameine Solonummer \hinlegen to do a solo [number]II. vr1. (schlafen gehen)3.rate mal, was passiert ist! da legst du dich hin! guess what's happened! you won't believe your ears [or what I'm going to tell you]!* * *1.transitives Verb1) putsie legte den Kindern frische Wäsche hin — she put out clean underwear for the children
2) (weglegen) put down3) (zu Bett bringen)2.eine gekonnte Übung auf dem Trampolin hinlegen — turn in a splendid performance on the trampoline
reflexives Verb1) lie downda legst du dich [lang] hin — (ugs.) you won't believe your ears
2) (sich schlafen legen) lie down* * *hinlegen (trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/tjemandem einen Zettel hinlegen leave sb a note;wo hab ich nur den Schlüssel hingelegt? where on earth have I put the key?2. umg (bezahlen) fork outsie hat einen tollen Auftritt/Vortrag hingelegt she turned in a fantastic performance/gave a fantastic talkB. v/r1. lie down; zum Schlafen: lie down;der Länge nach hinlegen umg fall flat on one’s face;er hat sich für ein paar Minuten hingelegt he went to have a lie down (US went to lie down) for a few minutes;2. umg, pej:* * *1.transitives Verb1) put2) (weglegen) put down5) (salopp): (ausführen)2.reflexives Verb1) lie downda legst du dich [lang] hin — (ugs.) you won't believe your ears
2) (sich schlafen legen) lie down* * *v.to lay down v. -
124 पत् _pat
पत् I. 1 P. (पतति, पतित)1 To fall, fall down, come down, descend, drop down, alight; अवाङ्मुखस्योपरि पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात विद्याधरहस्तमुक्ता R.2.6; वृष्टिर्भवने चास्य पेतुषी 1.77; (रेणुः) पतति परिणतारुणप्रकाशः शलभसमूह इवाश्रमद्रुमेषु Ś.1.31; Me.17; Bk.7.9;21.6.-2 To fly, move through the air, soar; हन्तुं कलहकारो$सौ शब्दकारः पपात खम् Bk.5.1; see पतत् below.-3 To set, sink (below the horizon); सो$यं सोमः पतति गगनादल्पशेषमैर्यूखैः Ś.4.2 v. l.; पतत्पतङ्गप्रतिमस्तपो- निधिः Śi.1.12.-4 To cast oneself at, throw oneself down, मयि ते पादपतिते किंकरत्वमुपागते Pt.4.7; so चरणपतितम् Me.15;-5 To fall (in a moral sense), lose one's caste, forfeit one's rank or position, fall off; परधर्मेण जीवन् हि सद्यः पतति जातितः Ms.1.97;3.16;5.19;9.2; Y.1. 38.-6 To come down (as from heaven); पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः Bg.1.42.-7 To fall, be reduced to wretchedness or misery; प्रायः कन्दुकपातेनोत्पतत्यार्यः पतन्नपि Bh.2.123.-8 To go down into hell, go to perdition; Ms.11.37; प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरके$शुचौ Bg.16.16.-9 To fall, occur, come to pass, take place; लक्ष्मीर्यत्र पतन्ति तत्र विवृतद्वारा इव व्यापदः Subhāṣ.-1 To be directed to, light or fall upon (with loc.); प्रसादसौम्यानि सतां सुहृज्जने पतन्ति चक्षूंषि न दारुणाः शराः Ś.6.29.-11 To fall to one's lot or share.-12 To be in, fall in or into. -Caus. (पातयति-ते, पतयति rarely)1 To cause to fall down, descend or sink &c.; निपतन्ती पतिमप्यपातयत् R.8.38;9.61;11.76.-2 To let fall, throw or drop down, fell down (as trees &c.).-3 To ruin, over- throw; व्यपदेशमाविलयितुं किमीहसे जनमिमं च पातयितुम् Ś.5. 21.-4 To shed (as tears).-5 To cast, direct (as the sight).-6 To dash or strike out.-7 To throw or put in, cause to enter.-8 To bring to ruin or misfor- tune.-9 To depreciate, lower the value of anything; अर्घतः पातिताः Bh.2.15.-1 (In arith.) To subtract, deduct.-11 To set in motion, set on foot. -Desid. (पिपतिषति or पित्सति) To wish to fall. -II. 4.Ā. (पत्यते) Ved.1 To be master of.-2 To rule, control.-3 To possess.-4 To be fit for, serve for (with dat.) -III. 1. U. (पतयति-ते)1 To go, move.-2 To be master of (intransitive). -
125 падна
вж. падам* * *па̀дна,па̀дам гл.1. fall (на on, to); ( бързо) drop; (за самолет) crash (to earth/to the ground); (за бомба) hit (на -); (за копче и пр.) come off; (за коса, зъб, пломба) fall out; (за дъжд) fall; (за мазилка) fall off; (за покрив) come/fall down; (за утайка) settle; (за шапка) fall off; пада ми косата/обувка lose o.’s hair/a shoe; пада ми подкова cast/throw a shoe; \падна в морето (от кораб) fall/tumble overboard; \падна в пропаст (за кола) plunge over a precipice; \падна в пропаст и се убивам drop to death over a precipice; \падна върху лицето на (за къдрица) hang across o.’s face; \падна мъртъв fall down dead, drop dead; \падна на слоеве exfoliate; \падна от мост (за кола) go over the side of a bridge, crash over a bridge; \падна от прозореца fall out of the window; \падна от скала fall over a cliff; tumble over a rock; \падна от стол fall off a chair; \падна от стълбите fall downstairs; \падна от умора drop down with fatigue; \падна по очи fall forward on o.’s face, fall prone; \падна победен bite the dust; \падна с главата надолу fall head foremost; разг. come/take a purler;2. прен. fall, sink; (за дух) sink low; (за теория) fall down; (за отговорност, подозрение) fall (on); (за ударение) fall, rest (on); (за възражение, обвинение) fall to the ground; (за цени и пр.) drop, go down; журн. tumble; акциите падат the shares are depreciating, the price of the shares is dropping; барометърът пада the barometer is falling/sinking; вината пада върху the blame falls upon; не \падна духом keep cheerful, keep o.’s chin up, keep a stiff upper lip; \падна в лапите на fall into the clutches of; \падна в очите на fall in s.o.’s estimation; \падна в собствената си клопка overreach o.’s; \падна духом sink into dejection, flag; \падна морално degenerate;\падна се 1. ( получавам при делба) fall (to o.’s lot), get; (на лотария) win at/in a lottery; (за задача, чест и пр.) fall (to); (за награда) go (to); ( имам право на) be entitled to; заемам мястото, което ми се пада assume o.’s rightful place; на мене се падна честта да I have the honour to; на него се падна да it fell to/on him to, it fell to his lot to; \падна се по право fall by right (to); падат се по … на човек/ кв. м и пр. there are … per head/to the square metre etc.; получавам каквото ми се пада прен. have/get o.’s due, receive/get o.’s deserts; получавам колкото ми се пада get o.’s fair share (от of); така ти се пада (it) serves you right;3. ( случвам се) happen to be; ако ми се падне път натам if I happen to go that way; Коледа се падна в понеделник Christmas fell/was on Monday; • гледам да падне нещо have an eye on/to the main chance; да не падне по-долу от not to be outfaced by; каквото падне whatever comes my way; мъжете много си падат по нея men fancy her rotten; не \падна на гърба си always fall on o.’s feet; не \падна по-долу от not be inferior to, be no worse than; не \падна по-долу от когото и да е I can do it with the best; от там непрекъснато пада по някой лев it is a dripping roast; пада си малко артист he is something of an actor; \падна малко … be something/a bit of a …; \падна си по ( много обичам) have a soft/warm spot in o.’s heart for s.o.; sl. be nuts on; be crazy about; go a bundle on; flip over; падна ми на мушката now I’ve got/cornered you; падна много работа it was an awful lot of work, it was no end of a job; падна ужасна караница it was an awful row, there were fireworks; работя каквото ми падне do odd-jobs; само да ми падне if only I can get hold of him/lay hand on him; сега ми е паднало now’s my chance, it’s now or never; той повече си пада по млади момичета young girls are more in his line; щях да падна (от учудване) you could have knocked me down with a feather.* * *вж. падам -
126 рухвам
1. collapse, fall down, topple2. (за план и пр.) break down, fall to the ground(за надежди) be crushed, crumble to nothingвсичко рухна everything is lost/has crumbled to nothing(за човек) collapse, break down* * *ру̀хвам,гл.1. collapse, fall down, topple;3. (за човек) collapse, break down; разг. crack up.* * *collapse (и прен. за човек): The roof рухвамd under the weight of the snow. - Покривът рухна под тежестта на снега.; fall; fall down; break down (прен.): The plan broke down. - Планът рухна.; topple* * *1. (за надежди) be crushed, crumble to nothing 2. (за план и пр.) break down, fall to the ground 3. (за човек) collapse, break down 4. collapse, fall down, topple 5. всичко рухна everything is lost/ has crumbled to nothing -
127 spa|ść1
pf — spa|dać1 impf (spadnę, spadniesz, spadł, spadła, spadli — spadam) vi 1. (upaść) [osoba, przedmiot, deszcz, liście] to fall (down)- spaść z drzewa/roweru/konia to fall from a tree/off a bike/off a horse- spaść ze schodów to fall down the stairs- spaść na podłogę to fall on the floor- spaść komuś na głowę to fall on sb’s head- spaść w przepaść to fall down a cliff- spaść dziesięć metrów w dół to fall ten metres- spadają mu spodnie his trousers are falling down- spadały mu buty his shoes were falling off his feet- w nocy spadł śnieg it snowed in the night- spadło dwadzieścia centymetrów śniegu twenty centimetres of snow fell- wreszcie spadło trochę deszczu we got some rain at last- zaczynają już spadać liście leaves are beginning to fall- spadające gwiazdy falling stars- zranił go spadający kawałek muru he was hurt by falling masonry- z nieba mi spadłeś przen. you are a godsend- on zupełnie jakby spadł z księżyca he’s living in cloud cuckoo land- z byka spadłeś? are you out of your mind?- jak się dowie, to spadnie z krzesła przen. he’s in for a shock when he finds out- razy spadały na jego głowę/plecy blows were falling on his head/back- spaść na kogoś/coś [katastrofa, głód] to strike sb/sth- na kraj spadła klęska suszy the country was struck by a drought- spaść na kogoś [tragedia, nieszczęście] to befall sb książk.- spadł na nas duży kłopot we were faced with a serious problem- spadły na niego zaszczyty a number of honours fell upon him3. (obciążyć) [obowiązek, zadanie] to fall (na kogoś/coś on sb/sth)- odpowiedzialność spada na kierownika the responsibility falls on the manager- wina spadnie na niego he will get the blame- organizacja przyjęcia spadła na mnie it fell to me to organize the party4. książk. (ogarnąć) [ciemność, sen] to fall (na kogoś/coś on sb/sth) 5. (zaatakować) [drapieżnik, wojsko] to fall- spaść na ofiarę/nieprzyjaciela to fall on its prey/the enemy6. (zmniejszyć się) [liczba, produkcja, cena, ciśnienie, wydatki] to fall; [dolar, akcje] to go down- spaść dwukrotnie to drop by half- spaść o 10%/o dwa stopnie to fall (by) 10%/two degrees- spaść w rankingu/klasyfikacji to slip down the rankings/standings- spaść na trzecie miejsce to fall to third place- spaść do dziesięciu punktów to fall to ten points- spaść do najniższego poziomu w historii to fall to an all-time low- temperatura spadła poniżej zera the temperature fell below zero- spaść na wadze [osoba] to lose weightThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > spa|ść1
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128 cado
cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].I.Lit.A.In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;2.opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,
Verg. G. 4, 80:nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,
Lucr. 6, 258:cadit in terras vis flammea,
id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:in patrios pedes,
Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,
in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,
Liv. 1, 58, 11:cadit in vultus,
Ov. M. 5, 292:in pectus,
id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:ad terras,
Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:ad terram,
Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:a summo cadere,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:a mento cadit manus,
Ov. F. 3, 20:aves ab alto,
Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,
Lucr. 6, 824:ex arbore,
Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:cecidisse de equo dicitur,
Cic. Clu. 62, 175:cadere de equo,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):de manibus arma cecidissent,
Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,
id. Off. 1, 22, 77:cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,
Verg. E. 1, 84:de caelo,
Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:de matre (i. e. nasci),
Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:per inane profundum,
Lucr. 2, 222:per aquas,
id. 2, 230:per salebras altaque saxa,
Mart. 11, 91; cf.:imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:folia nunc cadunt,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,
id. 6, 415:cadens nix,
id. 3, 21; 3, 402:velut si prolapsus cecidisset,
Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:cadentem Sustinuisse,
id. M. 8, 148:saepius, of epileptics,
Plin. Val. 12, 58:casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,
Quint. 12, 10, 73.—Esp.a.Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:b.oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,
Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:soli subjecta cadenti arva,
Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,
Hor. Epod. 10, 10:Arcturus cadens,
id. C. 3, 1, 27.—To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:c.nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:dentes cadere imperat aetas,
Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,
Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:barba,
Verg. E. 1, 29:quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,
id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,
Ov. M. 7, 541:saetae,
id. ib. 14, 303:quadrupedibus pilum cadere,
Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:poma,
Ov. M. 7, 586:cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,
id. ib. 14, 350:elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,
id. ib. 9, 571:et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,
id. ib. 4, 229.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:d.amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,
Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:flumina in pontum cadent,
Sen. Med. 406:flumina in Hebrum cadentia,
Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:tandem in alterum amnem cadit,
Curt. 6, 4, 6.—Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:e.illud, quod cecidit forte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—f.Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—B.In a more restricted sense.1.To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):2.cadere in plano,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:deorsum,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:uspiam,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,
Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,
Quint. 8, 5, 32:sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,
Suet. Caes. 82:cadere supinus,
id. Aug. 43 fin.:in pectus pronus,
Ov. M. 4, 579:cadunt toti montes,
Lucr. 6, 546:radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,
Cat. 64, 109:concussae cadunt urbes,
Lucr. 5, 1236:casura moenia Troum,
Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,
Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,
their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,ceciderunt artus,
id. 3, 453:sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,
Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,
Sen. Ep. 8, 1:patriae cecidere manus,
Verg. A. 6, 33:cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?
Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:cecidere illis animique manusque,
Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;b.hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:pauci de nostris cadunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,
Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:per acies,
Tac. A. 1, 2:pro patriā,
Quint. 2, 15, 29:ante diem,
Verg. A. 4, 620:bipenni,
Ov. M. 12, 611:ense,
Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:inque pio cadit officio,
Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,
Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:suā manu cecidit,
fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:exitu voluntario,
id. H. 1, 40:muliebri fraude cadere,
id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:manu femineā,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:femineo Marte,
Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,
should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,
Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,
Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):3.multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,
Verg. A. 1, 334:si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,
Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—4.Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.II.Trop.A.To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:B.sub sensus cadere nostros,
i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:sub sensum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:sub oculos,
id. Or. 3, 9:in conspectum,
to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:sub aurium mensuram,
id. Or. 20, 67:sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,
subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:ad servitia,
Liv. 1, 40, 3:utrorum ad regna,
Lucr. 3, 836; so,sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,
Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):in potestatem unius,
id. Att. 8, 3, 2:in cogitationem,
to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:in hominum disceptationem,
id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:in deliberationem,
id. Off. 1, 3, 9:in offensionem alicujus,
id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:in morbum,
id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:in suspitionem alicujus,
Nep. Paus. 2, 6:in calumniam,
Quint. 9, 4, 57:abrupte cadere in narrationem,
id. 4, 1, 79:in peccatum,
Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):C.non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,
Cic. Sull. 27, 75:cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?
id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,
id. Att. 13, 19, 5:qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?
id. Or. 56, 188:neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,
id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?
Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,
id. 2, 17, 32:in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—To fall upon a definite time (rare):D.considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,
Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).1.Alicui:2.nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,
Cic. Quint. 16, 51:hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,
Verg. G. 4, 165:haec aliis maledicta cadant,
Tib. 1, 6, 85:neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,
Prop. 1, 10, 24:ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;3.Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,
how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:aliorsum vota ceciderunt,
Flor. 2, 4, 5:cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,
had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:sane ita cadebat ut vellem,
id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,
Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,
Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:multa. fortuito in melius casura,
Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:si non omnia caderent secunda,
Caes. B. C. 3, 73:vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,
are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:E.omnia in cassum cadunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:ad irritum cadens spes,
Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:in irritum,
id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,
Liv. 2, 31, 5:haud irritae cecidere minae,
id. 6, 35, 10.—To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:F. 1.cadunt vires,
Lucr. 5, 410:mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,
Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:2.turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,
id. Off. 2, 13, 45:tanta civitas, si cadet,
id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 13:non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?
Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,
Cic. Lael. 7, 23:animus,
to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,
to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:tam graviter,
id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,
Cic. Or. 28, 98:alte enim cadere non potest,
id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:causā cadere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:formulā cadere,
Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,
Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:cadere,
Tac. H. 4, 6; and:criminibus repetundarum,
id. ib. 1, 77:conjurationis crimine,
id. A. 6, 14:ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,
Ov. M. 13, 435:omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,
remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,
Prop. 1, 16, 34:multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,
to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:G.cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,
Ov. M. 8, 2:ventus premente nebulā cecidit,
Liv. 29, 27, 10:cadente jam Euro,
id. 25, 27, 11:venti vis omnis cecidit,
id. 26, 39, 8:ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,
id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,
Verg. A. 1, 154:ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,
id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,
Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,
Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:apto cadens oratio,
Quint. 9, 4, 32:numerus opportune cadens,
id. 9, 4, 27:ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,
id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.
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