ăbĭcĭo

ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

ăbĭci,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

ăbĭcit,

Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.

Lit.:

in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

scutum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

insigne regium de capite,

id. Sest. 27:

socer ad pedes abjectus,

id. ib. 34; so,

se ad pedes,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

se e muro in mare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

corpus in mare,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

se abjecit exanimatus,

he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

si te uret sarcina, abicito,

throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

anulum in mari,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

statuas in propatulo domi,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

cadaver in viā,

Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

ubi cadaver abjeceris,

Tac. A. 1, 22.

Fig.

In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

vitam,

Cic. Att. 3, 19:

salutem pro aliquo,

id. Planc. 33:

memoriam beneficiorum,

id. Phil. 8, 11:

versum,

to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).

In partic.

To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

abicimus ista,

we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

abjectis nugis,

nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).

To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.

Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.

Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 2.—

Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

contemptum atque abjectum,

id. Agr. 2, 34:

verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

animus abjectior,

Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

animus abjectissimus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.

Dispiritedly, despondingly:

in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—

Low, meanly:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8:

incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

to thrown down, dispense with, get rid of / dishearten, weaken.

abjectĭo, ōnis, f. [abicio].

A throwing away or rejecting:

figurarum (opp. additio),

Quint. 9, 3, 18.—

Abjectio animi, dejection, despondency (joined h. l. with debilitatio), Cic. Pis. 36, 88.

cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].

Lit.

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;

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.

Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

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.:

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:

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:

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.—

Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—

In a more restricted sense.

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):

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;

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.):

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.—

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.

Trop.

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:

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.):

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):

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).

Alicui:

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.;

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:

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:

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.),

To lose all one ' s strength, worth, value, etc., to fall, to perish, vanish, decay, cease.

In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

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.:

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.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

sŭperbĭa, ae, f. [superbus].

In a bad sense, loftiness, haughtiness, pride, arrogance (syn.:

arrogantia, insolentia, fastidium, fastus): num sibi aut stultitia accessit aut superat superbia?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77:

magnitudinem animi superbia (imitatur) in animis extollendis,

Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81:

divitiae dedecoris plenae sunt et insolentis superbiae,

id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

abicio superbiam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 10:

in rebus prosperis superbiam magno opere, fastidium arrogantiamque fugiamus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 90; so (with fastidium) id. Rep. 1, 32, 48; (with arrogantia) id. Inv. 1, 54, 105; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8; (with avaritia) Liv. 43, 2, 2; (with insolentia, contumacia) Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 89;

(with importunitas),

id. Rep. 1, 40, 62; id. Lael. 15, 54; (with inhumanitas) id. de Or. 1, 22, 99; (with crudelitas) Liv. 8, 33, 11; (opp. moderatio) id. 8, 33, 13:

domicilium superbiae,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

pone superbiam,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 9:

superbiam alicujus retundere,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 21:

in vultu damnosa superbia vestro, Ov A. A. 3, 509: silentium ipsius in superbiam accipiebatur,

was interpreted as pride, Tac. A. 6, 19 (13) fin.:

absit superbia, asperitas,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5:

nec tanta superbia victis,

Verg. A. 1, 529.— Plur.:

secundas fortunas decent superbiae,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 28.—

Conceit, vanity:

legatos, velut ad ludibrium stolidae superbiae in senatum vocatos esse,

Liv. 45, 3, 3.—

Rudeness, discourtesy:

superbiam tuam accusant, quod negent te percontantibus respondere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3.—

Transf., of things: album opus propter superbiam candoris concipit fumum, the delicacy of white (as a color), Vitr. 7, 3, 4.—

In a good sense, lofty spirit, honorable pride ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 14:

nec tantam Vespesiano superbiam,

Tac. H. 3, 66.—

Transf., of things:

eadem causa in piris taxatur superbiae cognomine,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53; cf. superbus, II. B. 1.