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  • 1 praecaedit

    prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.
    (α).
    With acc. and dat.:

    linguam alicui,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

    manum alicui gladio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

    aures, nasum et labia alicui,

    Just. 1, 10, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gen.:

    collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    manus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

    caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

    Petr. 1:

    medici membra praecidunt,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

    ancoras,

    to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

    id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

    traducem,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cut through, cut up (class.):

    cotem novaculā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

    naves,

    to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—
    2.
    To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

    praecide os tu illi,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—
    3.
    Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

    iter,

    Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, to take away.
    A.
    Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

    dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

    maximam partem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

    sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

    3: sibi reditum,

    id. Pis. 22, 51:

    per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

    brevi praecidam,

    in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    praecide, inquit,

    cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—
    B.
    To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

    si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3, 7:

    praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

    id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

    id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

    utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—
    C.
    To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

    plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

    flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

    Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

    Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Castrated (post-class.):

    fanatici,

    Lampr. Elag. 7:

    praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—
    b.
    Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    iter,

    Sall. J. 92, 7:

    rupes,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

    praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    comprehensio,

    id. 7, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Troublesome (postclass.):

    ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

    Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.
    1.
    In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

    praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—
    2.
    Positively, absolutely (class.):

    praecise negare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    non praecise, sed sub condicione,

    Dig. 36, 3, 1.

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  • 2 praecido

    prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.
    (α).
    With acc. and dat.:

    linguam alicui,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

    manum alicui gladio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

    aures, nasum et labia alicui,

    Just. 1, 10, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gen.:

    collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    manus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

    caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

    Petr. 1:

    medici membra praecidunt,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

    ancoras,

    to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

    id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

    traducem,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cut through, cut up (class.):

    cotem novaculā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

    naves,

    to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—
    2.
    To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

    praecide os tu illi,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—
    3.
    Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

    iter,

    Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, to take away.
    A.
    Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

    dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

    maximam partem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

    sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

    3: sibi reditum,

    id. Pis. 22, 51:

    per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

    brevi praecidam,

    in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    praecide, inquit,

    cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—
    B.
    To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

    si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3, 7:

    praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

    id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

    id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

    utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—
    C.
    To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

    plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

    flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

    Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

    Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Castrated (post-class.):

    fanatici,

    Lampr. Elag. 7:

    praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—
    b.
    Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    iter,

    Sall. J. 92, 7:

    rupes,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

    praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    comprehensio,

    id. 7, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Troublesome (postclass.):

    ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

    Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.
    1.
    In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

    praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—
    2.
    Positively, absolutely (class.):

    praecise negare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    non praecise, sed sub condicione,

    Dig. 36, 3, 1.

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  • 3 praerumpo

    prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

    retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 14, 547:

    funes praerumpebantur,

    were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    uncus praerumpitur,

    Col. 3, 18, 2. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

    purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    saxa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    loca,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

    praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

    id. B. C. 2, 24:

    praeruptum undique oppidum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

    id. ib.:

    nemus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 40:

    fossae,

    Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

    praerupta collium,

    Just. 41, 1, 11:

    petere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

    ad praeruptum petrae,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

    praeruptior collis,

    Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

    omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—
    B.
    Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    juvenis animo praeruptus,

    Tac. A. 16, 7.—
    2.
    Of things:

    praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    dominatio,

    hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

    praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

    critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

    seditio,

    dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

    fluminis,

    App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

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  • 4 praerupium

    prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

    retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 14, 547:

    funes praerumpebantur,

    were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    uncus praerumpitur,

    Col. 3, 18, 2. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

    purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    saxa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    loca,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

    praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

    id. B. C. 2, 24:

    praeruptum undique oppidum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

    id. ib.:

    nemus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 40:

    fossae,

    Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

    praerupta collium,

    Just. 41, 1, 11:

    petere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

    ad praeruptum petrae,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

    praeruptior collis,

    Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

    omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—
    B.
    Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    juvenis animo praeruptus,

    Tac. A. 16, 7.—
    2.
    Of things:

    praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    dominatio,

    hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

    praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

    critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

    seditio,

    dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

    fluminis,

    App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

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  • 5 praeruptus

    prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

    retinacula classis,

    Ov. M. 14, 547:

    funes praerumpebantur,

    were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    uncus praerumpitur,

    Col. 3, 18, 2. —
    II.
    Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

    purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).
    A.
    Lit.:

    saxa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

    loca,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

    praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

    id. B. C. 2, 24:

    praeruptum undique oppidum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

    id. ib.:

    nemus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 40:

    fossae,

    Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

    praerupta collium,

    Just. 41, 1, 11:

    petere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

    ad praeruptum petrae,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

    praeruptior collis,

    Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

    omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—
    B.
    Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).
    1.
    Of persons:

    juvenis animo praeruptus,

    Tac. A. 16, 7.—
    2.
    Of things:

    praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

    dominatio,

    hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

    praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

    critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

    seditio,

    dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

    fluminis,

    App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

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  • 6 dīsiciō or dissiciō

        dīsiciō or dissiciō (disiicio), iēcī, iectus, ere    [dis + iacio], to throw asunder, drive asunder, scatter, disperse, break up, tear to pieces: late disiectis moenibus, L.: disiecta spatio urbs, L.: nubīs, O.: ostendens disiectis volnera membris, i. e. the wounded body with limbs torn off, O.: disice corpora ponto, V.: ratīs, V.: passim navīs, L.: disiecti membra poëtae, H.— To rout, disperse, scatter: eā (phalange) disiectā, Cs.: quos medios cohors disiecerat, S.: barbarorum copiis disiectis, N.: pulsos in fugam, Ta.— To dash to pieces, ruin, destroy: arcem a fundamentis, N.: moenia urbium disiecta, dilapidated, N.: dide, dissice, Caecil. ap. C.—Fig., to thwart, overthrow, frustrate, bring to naught: pacem, V.: consilia ducis, L.

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  • 7 abrumpo

    ab-rumpo, ūpi, uptum, 3, v. a., to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever ( poet.; seldom used before the Aug. per., only once in Cic., but afterw. by Verg., Ov., and the histt. often).
    I.
    Lit.: vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric desmon aporrêxas, Il. 6, 507), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.); so, nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo, * Hor. C. 4, 7, 27; cf. Verg. A. 9, 118:

    abrupti nubibus ignes,

    torn from, Lucr. 2, 214; cf.

    with the fig. reversed, in Verg.: ingeminant abruptis nubibus ignes, A. 3, 199: abrupto sidere,

    i. e. hidden by clouds, id. ib. 12, 451:

    plebs velut abrupta a cetero populo,

    broken off, torn from, Liv. 3, 19, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    (legio Martia) se prima latrocinio Antonii abrupit,

    first freed itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

    abrumpere vitam,

    to break the thread of life, Verg. A. 8, 579; 9, 497;

    so later, abrumpere fata,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 893, or, medios annos, Luc. 6, 610:

    abrumpere vitam a civitate,

    to leave it, in order to live elsewhere, Tac. A. 16, 28 fin.:

    fas,

    to destroy, violate, Verg. A. 3, 55:

    medium sermonem,

    to break off, interrupt, id. ib. 4, 388; cf.

    abruptus: omnibus inter victoriam mortemve abruptis,

    since all means of escape, except victory or death, were taken from us, Liv. 21, 44, 8.—Hence, ab-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken off from, separated, esp. of places, inaccessible, or difficult of access.
    A.
    Lit., of places, precipitous, steep (syn.:

    praeceps, abscissus): locus in pedum mille altitudinem abruptus,

    Liv. 21, 36:

    (Roma) munita abruptis montibus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Tac. A. 2, 23:

    petra undique abscissa et abrupta,

    Curt. 7, 11.—Also absol.: abruptum, i, n., a steep ascent or descent; cf. praeceps:

    vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus,

    she swallows down her gulf, Verg. A. 3, 422.—
    B.
    Trop., broken, disconnected, abrupt:

    Sallustiana brevitas et abruptum sermonis genus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 45:

    contumacia,

    stubborn, Tac. A. 4, 20.— Comp., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1.— Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5.— Absol.:

    per abrupta,

    by rough, dangerous ways, Tac. Agr. 42 fin. (cf. supra: abrupta contumacia).— Adv.: abruptē.
    1.
    Lit., in broken manner, here and there:

    palantes flammarum ardores,

    Amm. 17, 7, 8.—
    2.
    Trop., of conduct, hastily, inconsiderately, Just. 2, 15, 4;

    of discourse,

    abruptly, Quint. 3, 8, 6; 4, 1, 79;

    also,

    simply, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19.— Comp., Amm. 20, 11.

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  • 8 abruptum

    ab-rumpo, ūpi, uptum, 3, v. a., to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever ( poet.; seldom used before the Aug. per., only once in Cic., but afterw. by Verg., Ov., and the histt. often).
    I.
    Lit.: vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric desmon aporrêxas, Il. 6, 507), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.); so, nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo, * Hor. C. 4, 7, 27; cf. Verg. A. 9, 118:

    abrupti nubibus ignes,

    torn from, Lucr. 2, 214; cf.

    with the fig. reversed, in Verg.: ingeminant abruptis nubibus ignes, A. 3, 199: abrupto sidere,

    i. e. hidden by clouds, id. ib. 12, 451:

    plebs velut abrupta a cetero populo,

    broken off, torn from, Liv. 3, 19, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    (legio Martia) se prima latrocinio Antonii abrupit,

    first freed itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

    abrumpere vitam,

    to break the thread of life, Verg. A. 8, 579; 9, 497;

    so later, abrumpere fata,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 893, or, medios annos, Luc. 6, 610:

    abrumpere vitam a civitate,

    to leave it, in order to live elsewhere, Tac. A. 16, 28 fin.:

    fas,

    to destroy, violate, Verg. A. 3, 55:

    medium sermonem,

    to break off, interrupt, id. ib. 4, 388; cf.

    abruptus: omnibus inter victoriam mortemve abruptis,

    since all means of escape, except victory or death, were taken from us, Liv. 21, 44, 8.—Hence, ab-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken off from, separated, esp. of places, inaccessible, or difficult of access.
    A.
    Lit., of places, precipitous, steep (syn.:

    praeceps, abscissus): locus in pedum mille altitudinem abruptus,

    Liv. 21, 36:

    (Roma) munita abruptis montibus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Tac. A. 2, 23:

    petra undique abscissa et abrupta,

    Curt. 7, 11.—Also absol.: abruptum, i, n., a steep ascent or descent; cf. praeceps:

    vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus,

    she swallows down her gulf, Verg. A. 3, 422.—
    B.
    Trop., broken, disconnected, abrupt:

    Sallustiana brevitas et abruptum sermonis genus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 45:

    contumacia,

    stubborn, Tac. A. 4, 20.— Comp., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1.— Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5.— Absol.:

    per abrupta,

    by rough, dangerous ways, Tac. Agr. 42 fin. (cf. supra: abrupta contumacia).— Adv.: abruptē.
    1.
    Lit., in broken manner, here and there:

    palantes flammarum ardores,

    Amm. 17, 7, 8.—
    2.
    Trop., of conduct, hastily, inconsiderately, Just. 2, 15, 4;

    of discourse,

    abruptly, Quint. 3, 8, 6; 4, 1, 79;

    also,

    simply, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19.— Comp., Amm. 20, 11.

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  • 9 excutio

    ex-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. excussit, for excusserit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16), v. a. [quatio], to shake out or off, to cast out, drive out, to send forth (class., esp. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    posse ex his (litteris) in terram excussis annales Ennii, ut deinceps legi possint, effici,

    shaken out, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 94:

    equus excussit equitem,

    threw off, Liv. 8, 7, 10:

    excussus equo,

    Verg. A. 11, 640:

    excussus curru,

    id. ib. 10, 590; Suet. Caes. 37; Curt. 3, 11; cf.:

    lectis excussit utrumque,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 112:

    gubernatorem in mare e puppi,

    Curt. 4, 4 med.; cf.

    also: ancora ictu ipso excussa e nave sua,

    Liv. 37, 30, 9:

    lapide clavum,

    to knock off, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 10:

    pulvis digitis excutiendus erit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 150:

    poculum e manibus,

    Pers. 3, 101:

    ignem de crinibus,

    to shake off, Ov. M. 12, 281:

    rem de manu alicujus,

    to strike out, Dig. 47, 2, 53, § 13:

    Pelion subjectā Ossā (Juppiter),

    Ov. M. 1, 155:

    poma venti,

    to cast down, shake down, id. ib. 14, 764 et saep.:

    ne nucifrangibula (i. e. dentes) excussit ex malis meis,

    to knock out, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16; cf.:

    cerebrum alicui,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; id. Aul. 2, 1, 29:

    oculum alicui cyatho, verberibus,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 53; cf.:

    oculo excusso,

    id. Caes. 68: ipso cum domino calce omnes excutiamus, to drive out or forth, Lucil. ap. Non. 298, 33:

    Teucros vallo,

    Verg. A. 9, 68:

    hostem oppidis et regionibus,

    Flor. 2, 6, 42:

    ab obsidione Nolae urbis (with pellere a Campania),

    id. ib. 29:

    feras cubilibus,

    to scare, rouse up, Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

    si flava excutitur Chloë,

    be shaken off, cast off, Hor. C. 3, 9, 19:

    (viros) excussos patriā infesta sequi,

    Verg. A. 7, 299:

    ut me excutiam atque egrediar domo,

    take myself off, decamp, Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 20:

    quartanas,

    to drive away, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 56 et saep.:

    (leo) gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

    shaking about, shaking, Verg. A. 12, 7; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 71:

    caesariem,

    Ov. M. 4, 492:

    pennas,

    id. ib. 6, 703:

    habenas,

    id. ib. 5, 404; cf.:

    nares inflare et movere... et pulso subito spiritu excutere, etc.,

    to blow up, dilate, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

    se (gallinae edito ovo),

    Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116:

    tela,

    to hurl, discharge, Tac. A. 2, 20; cf. Curt. 8, 13:

    fulmen in Thebas,

    Stat. Th. 10, 69:

    excussaque brachia jacto,

    tossed, Ov. M. 5, 596; id. H. 18, 189:

    (aër) Excussit calidum flammis velocibus ignem,

    sends out, produces, Lucr. 6, 688; cf. id. 6, 161: largum imbrem (procellae), Curt. 4, 7:

    lacrimas alicui,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15:

    vomitum alicui,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 15:

    sudorem,

    Nep. Eum. 5 et saep.— Transf.:

    excutior somno,

    I am roused from sleep, Verg. A. 2, 302; Ov. H. 13, 111; Hor. S. 2, 6, 112.—
    B.
    In partic., to shake out, shake.
    1.
    Esp. a garment, to free it from dust:

    vexatam solo vestem,

    Petr. 128, 4; Vulg. Act. 18, 6; cf.:

    excutere de pulvere,

    shake yourself, Vulg. Isa. 52, 2; and:

    pulverem de pedibus,

    id. Matt. 10, 14.—
    2.
    To stir, move any thing to see under it; and hence, to search, examine a person: St. Di me perdant, si ego tui quicquam abstuli. Eu. Agedum, excutedum pallium, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 19; so,

    culcitisque et stragulis praetentatis et excussis,

    Suet. Claud. 35.—With personal objects: excutiuntur tabellarii, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; cf.:

    verum (porcellum) ut subesse pallio contenderent Et excuti juberent,

    Phaedr. 5, 5, 19:

    non excutio te, si quid forte ferri habuisti: non scrutor,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to shake out or off, force away, etc.:

    omnes istorum delicias, omnes ineptias,

    to shake off, discard, Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

    noli aculeos orationis meae, qui reconditi sunt, excussos arbitrari,

    plucked out, removed, id. Sull. 16, 47:

    omnia ista nobis studia de manibus excutiuntur,

    are torn, wrested from our hands, id. Mur. 14, 30; cf.:

    hanc excutere opinionem mihimet volui radicitus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    severitatem veterem,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2; cf.

    also: excutient tibi istam verborum jactationem,

    id. Sull. 8, 24:

    excute corde metum,

    remove, banish, Ov. M. 3, 689:

    diros amores,

    id. ib. 10, 426:

    orbem paci excutere,

    to banish peace from the world, Luc. 1, 69:

    omnis quae erat conceptae mentis intentio mora et interdum iracundia excutitur,

    Quint. 10, 3, 20:

    quem (Senecam) non equidem omnino conabar excutere,

    id. 10, 1, 126:

    aliena negotia curo, excussus propriis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 20:

    dummodo risum excutiat sibi,

    can raise, produce, id. ib. 1, 4, 35. —
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to search, examine, inspect, investigate:

    explicando excutiendoque verbo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 36, 134; cf.: pervulgata atque in manibus jactata et excussa, qs. shaken out, i. e. examined, id. Mur. 12. 26:

    illud excutiendum est, ut sciatur quid sit carere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    quae fere omnia Cicero in crimine veneficii excutit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 37; 12, 8, 13:

    totum locum,

    id. 5, 7, 6:

    aut conjecturā excutiuntur, an vera sint, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 19 et saep.— Hence, excussus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, stiff (post-Aug. and rare):

    interest, utrum tela excusso lacerto torqueantur, an remissa manu effluant,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 6; so,

    lacerto,

    Ov. H. 4, 43:

    palma excussissima,

    Petr. 95.— Adv.: excussē, strongly, violently:

    mittere pilam (with rigide, opp. languidius),

    Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.

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  • 10 rapio

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 11 rapta

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 12 rapiō

        rapiō puī (old fut perf. rapsit, C.), raptus, ere    [RAP-], to seize and carry off, snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away: sublimen intro hunc rape, T.: quo fessum rapitis? V.: Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, H.: sumasne pudenter An rapias, snatch, H.: ab aede rapuit funale, O.: de volnere telum, V.: commeatum in navīs rapiunt, L.: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit, i. e. break off boughs of trees (in collecting wood), V.: in ius, drag before a court, H.: ob facinus ad supplicium, hale: alii ad necem rapiebantur: ad stuprum matres, L.: (infantes) ab ubere rapti, V.: nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divom rapiam, drag into open day, H.: Nasonis carmina rapti, i. e. torn from his home, O.— To hurry, impel, drive, cause to hasten: Quattuor hinc rapimur raedis, H.: per aequora navem, V.: ventis per aequora, O.: missos currūs, H.: arma rapiat iuventus, snatch, V.: arma, O.: bipennem dextrā, V.: rapiuntque ruuntque, hurry and bustle, V.—With pron reflex., to make haste, hasten, hurry, fly: ocius hinc te Ni rapis, H.: se ad caedem optimi cuiusque.— To carry off by force, seize, rob, ravish, plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by storm: spes rapiendi occaecat animos: semper rapiens, semper ebrius: raptas ad litora vertere praedas, V.: rapere omnes trahere, S.: vivere latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset: virgines, to abduct, S.: Arsit Atrides Virgine raptā, H.: Omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, pillage and plunder, V.: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, L.— To carry off suddenly, snatch away, destroy: improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes, H.: rapto de fratre dolens, H.: Et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis, i. e. hurries on, V.— To take, catch, assume: flammam, catch quickly, V.: nigrum colorem, O.: Virga... Vim rapuit monstri, imbibed, O.— To lead on hurriedly: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populus, leads hastily on, V.: Nec rapit inmensos orbīs per humum, sweeps along, V.—Fig., to snatch away, carry along, hurry away: ipsae res verba rapiunt, carry along with them: (comoediam) in peiorem partem, i. e. misrepresent, T.: Si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve, V.: almum Quae rapit hora diem, snatches away, H.: simul tecum solacia rapta, V. — To drive, impel, carry away, precipitate, transport, ravish, captivate, overwhelm, draw irresistibly: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā studioque rapi: semper eo tractus est, quo libido rapuit: amentiā rapi: Furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa? H.: animum In partīs rapit varias, turns hurriedly, V.: ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur.— To seize by violence, snatch, steal: Hippodameam raptis nanctu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. C.: Venerem incertam, H.: sed rapiat sitiens Venerem, but may eagerly seize upon, V.— To snatch, seize quickly, hasten, precipitate: rapienda occasio, Iu.: viam, hasten, O.: ut limis rapias, quid velit, etc., may hastily note, H.: raptae prope inter arma nuptiae, L.
    * * *
    rapere, rapui, raptus V
    drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

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  • 13 abscindo

    ab-scindo, cĭdi, cissum, 3, v. a., to tear off or away, to rend away (v. preced. art.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    tunicam a pectore abscidit,

    he tore the tunic down from his breast, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1:

    cervicibus fractis caput abscidit,

    cut off, id. Phil. 11, 5.—With simple abl.:

    umeris abscindere vestem,

    Verg. A. 5, 685; with de, id. G. 2, 23:

    nec quidquam deus abscidit terras,

    torn asunder, separated, Hor. C. 1, 3, 21; cf. Verg. A. 3, 418; Ov. M. 1, 22 al.:

    venas,

    to open the veins, Tac. A. 15, 69; 16, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, separate, divide (rare):

    reditus dulces,

    to cut off, Hor. Epod. 16, 35:

    inane soldo,

    to separate, id. S. 1, 2, 113:

    querelas alicujus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 160:

    jus,

    Dig. 28, 2, 9, § 2.

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  • 14 seco

    sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

    Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

    et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

    Tert. Apol. 4:

    cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

    omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

    sectae herbae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

    gallinam,

    to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

    placenta,

    Mart. 3, 77, 3:

    alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

    palatum,

    to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

    tergora in frusta,

    Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

    marmora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

    nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

    prave sectus unguis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

    secti lapides,

    Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

    in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

    saevitia secandi,

    Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

    membra,

    id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

    vomicam,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

    varices Mario,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

    nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

    was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    servum,

    Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—
    2.
    To cut, castrate (very rare):

    puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

    Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

    sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

    id. 5, 41, 3.—
    C.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

    ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

    the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

    lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

    rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

    Ov. F. 6, 148:

    teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    corpora vepres,

    id. G. 3, 444:

    crura (sentes),

    Ov. M. 1, 509:

    pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

    cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

    sectus flagellis,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

    loris,

    Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

    si quem podagra secat,

    gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

    imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

    Mart. 9, 92, 9.—
    2.
    Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,
    a.
    To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

    Verg. A. 7, 717:

    medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

    medios agros (Tiberis),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

    medium agmen (Turnus),

    Verg. A. 10, 440:

    agrum (limes),

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

    caelum (zonae),

    Ov. M. 1, 46:

    sectus orbis,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

    in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—
    b.
    With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

    delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

    cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

    aequor,

    id. ib. 5, 218:

    pontum,

    id. ib. 9, 103:

    aequor Puppe,

    Ov. M. 11, 479:

    fretum puppe,

    id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

    vada nota (amnis),

    id. ib. 1, 370:

    ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

    Cic. Arat. 48:

    aethera pennis (avis),

    Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

    auras (cornus),

    id. A. 12, 268:

    ventos (Cyllenia proles),

    ib. ib. 4, 257:

    sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

    id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

    ille viam secat ad naves,

    Verg. A. 6, 899:

    hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

    Quint. 3, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).
    * A.
    To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

    secuit Lucilius Urbem,

    Pers. 1, 114.—
    B.
    To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

    haec in plures partes,

    Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

    scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

    id. 4, 5, 6:

    quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

    id. 4, 5, 25:

    sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

    id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

    quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

    ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

    id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

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  • 15 abs - trahō

        abs - trahō trāxī, tractus, ere,    to drag away, draw off, pull away, detach: me a Glycerio, T.: liberos ab aliquo, Cs.: hanc (navem) remulco, by means of, Cs.: iumenta, L.—Fig., to draw away, divert, withdraw, exclude, cut off: me ab illā cogitatione: manibus abstracta piis: alqm a malis: a rebus gerendis: omnia in duas partes, torn asunder, S.

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  • 16 secō

        secō cuī, ctus, āre    [2 SAC-], to cut, cut off, cut up, reap, carve: omne animal secari ac dividi potest: pabulum secari non posse, Cs.: sectae herbae, H.: Quo gestu gallina secetur, is carved, Iu.: secto elephanto, i. e. carved ivory, V.: prave sectus unguis, H.—Esp., in surgery, to cut, operate on, cut off, cut out, amputate, excise: in corpore alqd: varices Mario: Marius cum secaretur, was operated on. — To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui, lest I should be torn, H.: sectas invenit ungue genas, O.: secuerunt corpora vepres, V.— To cut apart, divide, cleave, separate: curru medium agmen, V.: caelum secant zonae, O.: sectus orbis, i. e. half the earth, H.— To cut through, run through, pass through, traverse: per maria umida nando Libycum, cleave, V.: aequor Puppe, O.: adeunt vada nota secantes, O.— To cut, make by cutting: fugā secuit sub nubibus arcum, i. e. produce by flight, V.: viam ad navīs, i. e. speeds on his way, V.—Fig., to divide: causas in plura genera.— To cut short, decide, settle: Quo multae secantur iudice lites, H.— To follow, pursue: quam quisque secat spem, V.
    * * *
    I
    secare, secavi, secatus V TRANS
    cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach
    II
    secare, secui, sectus V TRANS
    cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach

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  • 17 haurio

    haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4 (archaic imperf. hauribant, Lucr. 5, 1324; perf. subj. haurierint, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 905 P.; part. perf. haurītus, App. M. 3, p. 139; 6, p. 178; supin. hauritu, id. ib. 2, p. 121; part. fut. hauritura, Juv. in Joh. 2, 253:

    hausurus,

    Verg. A. 4, 383; Sil. 7, 584; 16, 11:

    hausturus,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1; dep. perf. foramen fama est lucem hausum, Sol. 5, 15), v. a. [perh. for haus-io; cf. hio, hisco; prop. to empty], to draw up or out, to draw (class., esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf. sorbeo).
    I.
    Lit., to draw water, etc.:

    cum vidisset haustam aquam de jugi puteo, terrae motum dixit instare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112:

    palmis hausta duabus aqua,

    Ov. F. 2, 294:

    is neque limo Turbatam haurit aquam,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

    ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda,

    Ov. M. 4, 740.— Absol.:

    num igitur, si potare velit, de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?

    Cic. Brut. 83, 288. —Prov.: de faece haurire, to draw from the dregs, i. e. to choose the worst:

    tu quidem de faece hauris,

    i. e. speak of the worst orators, id. ib. 69, 244.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To drain, drink up; to spill, shed:

    ita vina ex libidine hauriuntur, atque etiam praemio invitatur ebrietas (shortly before and after, bibere),

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140; cf. id. ib. § 146; and: cui non audita est obscoenae Salmacis undae Aethiopesque lacus, quos si quis faucibus hausit, Aut furit [p. 843] aut, etc., Ov. M. 15, 320 (for which:

    qui ex Clitorio lacu biberint,

    Plin. 31, 2, 13, § 16):

    quae (pocula) simul arenti sitientes hausimus ore,

    i. e. drained, emptied, drunk off, Ov. M. 14, 277; so,

    cratera,

    id. ib. 8, 680:

    spumantem pateram,

    Verg. A. 1, 738: statim me perculso ad meum sanguinem hauriendum, et spirante re publica ad ejus spolia detrahenda advolaverunt, to drain, i. e. to spill, shed, Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cruorem,

    Ov. M. 7, 333; 13, 331:

    nudantis cervicem jugulumque, et reliquum sanguinem jubentes haurire,

    Liv. 22, 51, 7; Lact. 5, 1, 8:

    quem (sanguinem) civiles hauserunt,

    Luc. 1, 13.—
    b.
    Of things:

    imoque a gurgite pontus Vertitur et canas alveus haurit aquas,

    draws in, lets in, Ov. F. 3, 591: jam flammae tulerint, inimicus et hauserit ensis, drunk up, i. e. their blood, Verg. A. 2, 600.—
    2.
    In gen., to tear up, pluck out, draw out, to take to one's self, take; to swallow, devour, consume, exhaust:

    (ventus) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

    Lucr. 6, 141:

    haurit arenas ungula,

    Stat. Th. 2, 46; cf.:

    humumque Effodit... terraeque immurmurat haustae,

    i. e. torn up, dug up, Ov. M. 11, 187:

    Actoridae magni rostro femur hausit adunco (= transfodit),

    tore open, id. ib. 8, 370:

    pectora ferro,

    id. ib. 8, 438:

    latus alicui,

    Lucr. 5, 1324; Ov. M. 5, 126; 9, 412; Verg. A. 10, 314; Luc. 10, 387:

    ventrem atque inguina uno alteroque ictu,

    Liv. 7, 10, 10; Sil. 5, 524:

    tum latus ejus gladio haurit,

    Curt. 7, 2, 27:

    impresso gladio jugulum ejus hausisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 41 fin.:

    lumen,

    to pluck out the eye, Ov. M. 13, 564:

    cineres haustos,

    i. e. scraped up, collected, id. ib. 8, 538; so,

    cineres,

    id. ib. 13, 425 sq.; cf. id. ib. 14, 136:

    ille cavis hausto spargit me pulvere palmis,

    id. ib. 9, 35:

    sumptum haurit ex aerario,

    draws, takes, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

    at suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Cur? etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 52:

    quia dentibus carent, aut lambunt cibos aut integros hauriunt,

    to swallow, Col. 8, 17, 11; cf.:

    solidos haurire cervos taurosque,

    Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, qs. hast swallowed up, devoured, consumed, Mart. 9, 83, 4:

    nos tellus haurit,

    Sil. 3, 654; cf.:

    sua haurire,

    Tac. A. 16, 18; 2, 8; 3, 72:

    animam recipere auramque communem haurire,

    i. e. inhale, breathe, Quint. 6 praef. §

    12: suspiratus,

    fetching a deep sigh, Ov. M. 14, 129: hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, may he swallow with his eyes, i. e. greedily look at, Verg. A. 4, 661; so,

    aliquid oculis,

    ib. 12, 946; Sil. 11, 284;

    and without oculis: caelum,

    Verg. A. 10, 899; cf.:

    lucem (primae pecudes),

    i. e. to see the light, be born, Verg. G. 2, 340:

    vocemque his auribus hausi,

    I received his voice with these ears, id. A. 4, 359; so,

    dicta auribus,

    Ov. M. 13, 787; cf.:

    oculis auribusque tantum gaudium,

    Liv. 27, 51:

    hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus,

    to be swallowed up, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.:

    cum praealtis paludibus arma, equi haurirentur,

    Tac. H. 5, 15:

    altitudine et mollitia nivis hauriebantur,

    id. ib. 1, 79:

    hauriuntur gurgitibus,

    id. A. 1, 70:

    aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 3:

    cunctos incendium hausit,

    Tac. H. 4, 60:

    miratur et haurit Pectore ignes,

    imbibes, Ov. M. 10, 253; cf.:

    flammasque latentes Hausit,

    id. ib. 8, 325:

    caelo medium Sol igneus orbem Hauserat,

    i. e. had rapidly passed through, finished, Verg. G. 4, 427:

    vastum iter,

    Stat. Th. 1, 369: bracchia Cancri (Titan), Col. poët. 10, 313: cum spes arrectae juvenum exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, exhausts = exhaurit, Verg. G. 3, 105:

    pariter pallorque ruborque Purpureas hausere genas,

    Stat. Th. 1, 538.—
    II.
    Trop., to draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive:

    sequimur potissimum Stoicos, non ut interpretes, sed, ut solemus, e fontibus eorum judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoque modo videbitur, hauriemus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

    fontes, unde hauriretis,

    id. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

    a fontibus potius haurire quam rivulos consectari,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    reconditis atque abditis e fontibus haurire,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    omnia dixi hausta e fonte naturae,

    id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

    eodem fonte haurire laudes suas,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 9; id. Caecin. 27, 78:

    quam (legem) non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus,

    id. Mil. 4, 10 (quoted in Cic. Or. 49, 165):

    quas (artes) cum domo haurire non posses, arcessivisti ex urbe ea (i. e. Athenis), quae, etc.,

    id. Brut. 97, 332:

    ex divinitate, unde omnes animos haustos aut acceptos aut libatos haberemus,

    id. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

    animos hominum quadam ex parte extrinsecus esse tractos et haustos,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 70:

    quid enim non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cujus sanguinem non bibere censetis?

    id. Phil. 11, 5, 10; cf.:

    libertatem sitiens hausit,

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    voluptates undique,

    id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    dolorem,

    id. Cael. 24, 59:

    calamitates,

    id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

    luctum,

    id. Sest. 29, 63:

    unde laboris Plus haurire mali est quam ex re decerpere fructus,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

    animo spem turbidus hausit inanem,

    drank in illusive hope, Verg. A. 10, 648:

    expugnationes urbium, populationes agrorum, raptus Penatium hauserant animo,

    had thought of, intended, Tac. H. 1, 51:

    supplicia,

    to suffer, Verg. A. 4, 383:

    (Thessali) velut ex diutina siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem,

    indulging, revelling in, Liv. 39, 26, 7; cf.:

    studium philosophiae acriter hausisse,

    Tac. Agr. 4.

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  • 18 re-vellō

        re-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus, ere,    to pluck away, pull away, tear out, tear off: crucem quae fixa est ad portum: equi de fronte revolsus amor, V.: titulum de fronte, O.: caput a cervice, V.: partem e monte, O.: a me morte revelli, to be torn away, O.: scuta manibus, wrest, Cs.: sudem osse, O.: herbas radice, with the root, O.: tabulam: ianua, quā revolsā, pateret provincia: stipites revincti, ne revelli possent, Cs.: proximos agri terminos, tear away, H.: curvo dente humum, tear up, O.: cinerem manīsve, violate, V.—Fig., to abolish, do away: honorificis verbis iniurias.

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  • 19 Hippolytus

    Hippŏlytus, i, m., = Hippolutos, son of Theseus and Hippolyte; his step-mother Phœdra fell in love with him, but, on her advances being repelled, she accused him to her husband of attempts upon her chastity; the king in his rage cursed him and devoted him to destruction; whereupon he was torn to pieces by his horses; he was, however, restored to life by Æsculapius, and taken by Diana, under the name of Virbius, to the grove near Aricia, where he afterwards received divine honors, Ov. M. 15, 497 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32; id. Tusc. 4, 11, 27; Verg. A. 7, 761 sq.; Hor. C. 4, 7, 26; Hyg. Fab. 47; 251.

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  • 20 revello

    rĕ-vello, velli, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a., to pluck or pull away, to pull or tear out, to tear off or away (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    tela de corpore,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

    nascentis equi de fronte revolsus amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 515:

    titulum de fronte,

    Ov. P. 4, 13, 7:

    telum altā ab radice,

    Verg. A. 12, 787:

    caput a cervice,

    id. G. 4, 523; cf.:

    cornu a fronte,

    Ov. M. 9, 86:

    saxum e monte,

    id. ib. 12, 341:

    partem e monte,

    id. ib. 13, 882:

    a silvis silvas et ab arvis arva,

    id. ib. 8, 584:

    ab aliquo morte revelli,

    to be torn away, id. ib. 4, 152:

    scuta manibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

    axem temone,

    Ov. M. 2, 316; cf.:

    sudem osse,

    id. ib. 12, 300:

    arborem manibus tellure,

    id. R. Am. 87:

    quos Sidoniā urbe,

    to tear away, remove, Verg. A. 4, 545:

    puerum,

    Ov. F. 6, 515:

    solio regem,

    Sil. 16, 273:

    herbas radice,

    with the root, Ov. M. 7, 226; so,

    too, annosam pinum solido trunco,

    id. ib. 12, 356:

    illam crucem, quae fixa est ad portum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26:

    tabulam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 46, §

    112: Gorgonis os pulcherrimum revellit atque abstulit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

    124: gradus,

    id. Pis. 10, 23:

    saepta,

    id. Phil. 5, 4, 9:

    claustra,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21:

    janua, quā effractā et revolsā, tota pateret provincia,

    Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

    vincula,

    id. Caecin. 25, 70:

    paene fores templi,

    Suet. Calig. 6:

    templa,

    Luc. 3, 115:

    revulsis venis,

    opened, Sen. Oedip. 978:

    scuta manibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

    pellem,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    stipites revincti, ne revelli possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    proximos agri terminos,

    to tear away, remove, Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

    signa (when an army decamps),

    Luc. 7, 77; Sil. 12, 733:

    curvo dente humum,

    to tear up, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 14; cf.:

    majorum sepulcra,

    Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12. — Poet.:

    cinerem manesque,

    to disturb, violate, Verg. A. 4, 427.—
    II.
    Trop., to tear away, send away, etc.:

    cujus totus consulatus est ex omni monumentorum memoriā revulsus,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26:

    injurias honorificis verbis,

    id. Att. 5, 20, 11:

    alicui avias veteres,

    prejudices, Pers. 5, 92:

    falsorum persuasionem,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

    penitus de stirpe imperium,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 207:

    oscula fida,

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 57 (with dissipat amplexus).

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