I will control myself

rĕ-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a., to press back, keep back; to check, curb, restrain (class., partic. in the trop. sense; cf.: repello, refuto).

Lit.: illa praedicta Veientium, si lacus Albanus redundasset, Romam periturum;

si repressus esset, Veios,

Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69:

amnem,

Flor. 1, 1, 3:

fontes,

Stat. Th. 5, 522:

alvum,

Cels. 2, 12; cf.:

medicamenta reprimentia,

id. 6, 6, 2; 6, 16, 2 al.:

vulvas procidentes,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182:

sudorem,

id. 20, 13, 51, § 142:

labra,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 16:

dextram,

Verg. A. 12, 939:

ensem,

Stat. Th. 11, 309:

retro pedem cum voce,

Verg. A. 2, 378.—

Of personal objects: represso jam Lucterio et remoto,

forced back, Caes. B. G. 7, 8; cf.:

aliquem repressum, non oppressum relinquere,

Cic. Mur. 15, 32.—

Trop. (the figure borrowed from the restraining, confining of a stream), to check, curb, restrain, limit, confine, repress:

difficilem quandam temperantiam postulant in eo, quod semel admissum coërceri reprimique non potest,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

furorem exsultantem reprimere,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

intellego hanc rei publicae pestem paulisper reprimi, non in perpetuum comprimi posse,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

memoria, non exstincta, sed repressa vetustate,

suppressed, id. Cael. 30, 71:

impetus hostium repressos esse intellegunt ac retardatos,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

iis regios spiritus repressit,

Nep. Dion, 5, 5:

animi incitationem atque alacritatem non reprimere sed augere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92 fin.:

cursum,

id. ib. 3, 93:

itinera,

Cic. Att. 10, 9:

fugam hostium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

iracundiam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8; 9:

nunc reprimam susceptam objurgationem,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 9 (15):

illius conatus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:

consuetudinem peccandi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 22, §

53: fletum,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

gemitum,

Ov. M. 9, 163 et saep.:

odium suum a corpore alicujus,

Cic. Sest. 55, 117:

famam,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 23:

ferocitatem,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

impetum,

id. Leg. 3, 12, 27.— Poet., with inf.: ast occasus ubi tempusve audere repressit, the bold undertaking, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 292 Vahl.).—

Of personal objects: quem neque fides, neque jusjurandum... Repressit,

has restrained, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9:

me... horum aspectus in ipso cursu orationis repressit,

Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

quem L. Murena repressum magnā ex parte, non oppressum reliquit,

id. Mur. 15, 32: reprimam me, ne aegre quicquam ex me audias, I will control myself, check or restrain myself, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; so,

me,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 44:

hac repressi castigatione in proelium redeunt,

Just. 1, 6, 15; cf.

mid.: vix reprimor, quin te manere jubeam,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 58:

se ab omni contagione vitiorum,

Plin. Pan. 83, 2.— Hence, adv.: rĕpressē, with restraint, constrainedly:

repressius peccare,

Gell. 12, 11, 5:

repressius actum est,

Amm. 29, 2, 12.

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per-pĕtĭor, pessus, 3, v. dep. n. and a. [patior], to bear steadfastly, suffer with firmness or patience; to stand out, abide, endure (class.): animus aeger neque pati neque perpeti potis est, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5 (Trag. v. 260 Vahl.):

o multa dictu gravia, perpessu aspera, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: facile omnes perpetior ac perfero,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 77:

mendicitatem,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

dolorem,

id. ib. 1, 14, 48:

affirmavi quidvis me potius perpessurum, quam, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

casus illi perpetienti erat voluptarius,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

mihi omnia potius perpetienda esse duco, quam, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

dolorem asperum et difficilem perpessu,

id. Fin. 4, 26, 72: audax omnia perpeti Gens humana, i. e. to dare, brave every consequence, Hor. C. 1, 3, 25; Prop. 3, 22, 15:

fulmina, noctem, imbres... Perpetimur Danai,

Ov. M. 14, 472.—With object-clause:

aliam tecum esse equidem facile possim perpeti,

Plaut. As. 5, 1, 17:

neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,

id. Am. 3, 2, 6; id. Trin. 3, 2, 35; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 3:

exscindine domos Perpetiar,

Verg. A. 12, 644:

non tamen hanc sacro violari pondere pinum Perpetiar,

Ov. M. 3, 622.—With inf.: perpetiar memorare, i. e. will collect or control myself so as, etc., Ov. M. 14, 466.—

Transf., of abstract things, to endure, put up with, etc.:

vehementius quam gracilitas mea perpeti posset,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 15.

ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.

In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

id. Att. 9, 10, 3:

gladii de manibus exciderunt,

id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.;

for which also: inter manus (urna),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22; and:

a digitis (ansa),

Ov. H. 16, 252:

Palinurus exciderat puppi,

Verg. A. 6, 339; cf.

arce,

Ov. F. 5, 34:

equis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164:

num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48:

volvae excidunt,

Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.— Poet.:

ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,

will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410:

in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate),

Liv. 21, 28 fin.:

cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem,

Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

ante pedes (lingua resecta),

Ov. Ib. 536.—

In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare):

ut cujusque sors exciderat,

Liv. 21, 42, 3;

and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit,

id. 23, 3, 7.

Trop.

In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape:

verbum ex ore alicujus,

Cic. Sull. 26; cf.:

vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 686:

tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf.:

scelus ore tuo,

Ov. M. 7, 172:

quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito,

Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.:

libellus me imprudente et invito excidit,

escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

vox horrenda per auras excidit,

Verg. A. 9, 113:

et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit,

Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176:

ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

(versus) qui in breves excidunt,

i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.— Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.—

In partic.

To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—

To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear:

neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

primo miser excidit aevo,

Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.):

nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 30:

at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet,

Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.):

excidit omnis luctus,

Ov. M. 8, 448:

ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria,

Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.—Esp.

To fail, faint, swoon, lose one's self:

excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1:

quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi!

Sen. Hippol. 589 sq. —

To slip out, escape from the memory:

excidere de memoria,

Liv. 29, 19 fin.:

exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis,

id. 34, 37; cf.

animo,

Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188;

and pectore,

id. Pont. 2, 4, 24:

o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.:

quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause:

non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc.,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.— Absol.:

quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari,

id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause:

si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset,

id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut:

excidit, ut peterem, etc.,

i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.—Rarely transf. to the person:

excidens,

who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19:

palam moneri excidentis est,

id. 11, 3, 132.—

(Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.;

in Cic. not at all): ex familia,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104:

uxore,

to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

regno,

Curt. 10, 5:

quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis,

failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.:

fine medicinae,

Quint. 2, 17, 25:

genere,

id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or [p. 677] causā;

v. cado, II.),

Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.

ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).

Lit.:

lapides e terra,

Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.:

omnes arbores longe lateque,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 1; cf.:

excisa enim est arbor, non evulsa,

Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: exciditur ilex (with percellunt magnas quercus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. 194 ed. Vahl.):

arborem e stirpe,

Dig. 43, 27, 1:

ericium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67 fin.:

radicem,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82:

columnas rupibus,

Verg. A. 1, 428; cf.:

rubos arvis,

Quint. 9, 4, 5: linguam alicui, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1 fin.:

partum mulieri,

Dig. 11, 8, 2:

os,

Cels. 8, 3:

virilitatem,

i. e. to castrate, geld, Quint. 5, 12, 17;

for which also, se,

Ov. F. 4, 361; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.:

vias per montes,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:

latus rupis in antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 42; cf.:

vasa anaglypta in asperitatem,

i. e. wrought with raised figures, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139: exciderat eum (sc. obeliscum) rex, majusque opus in devehendo statuendove multo quam in excidendo, i. e. cut out in the quarry, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 67; absol., id. ib. § 65.—

Transf., in gen., to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy:

qui domos inimicorum suorum oppugnavit, excidit, incendit,

Cic. Sest. 44:

Numantiam,

id. Off. 1. 22, 76; cf.

Trojam,

Verg. A. 2, 637:

urbem,

id. ib. 12, 762:

oppida,

Lact. 1, 18, 8:

Germaniam,

Vell. 2, 123 fin.:

agrum,

id. 2, 115:

exercitum,

i. e. to cut to pieces, annihilate, id. 2, 120, 3.—

Trop., to extirpate, remove, banish:

aliquid ex animo,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.:

iram animis, Sen. de Ira, 3, 1: aliquem numero civium,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 6.