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  • 1 urgenter

    urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.;

    syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

    Ov. M. 15, 182:

    urgeris turbā circum te stante,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

    angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

    trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

    Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

    i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

    versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

    Verg. G. 3, 222:

    tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

    id. A. 1, 111:

    miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

    Ov. H. 6, 92:

    equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

    Stat. Th. 3, 222.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).
    a.
    To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

    Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

    hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

    Verg. A. 10, 433:

    urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

    hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

    id. S. 2, 2, 64. —
    b.
    To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

    at onus urget,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

    onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

    Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

    quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

    quem scabies aut morbus urget,

    id. A. P. 453; cf.:

    ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

    id. C. 1, 24, 5:

    omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

    populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    praesens atque urgens malum,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—
    c.
    To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

    quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

    etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

    quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

    id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

    nihil urget,

    is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

    cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 33.—
    2.
    To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

    vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

    Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

    orationem,

    id. 11, 3, 102.—
    3.
    To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

    ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

    Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

    quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

    id. G. 4, 290.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

    urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

    illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

    sed urges me meis versibus,

    id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

    urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

    sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

    id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

    ut interrogando urgeat,

    Cic. Or. 40, 137:

    urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—
    B.
    To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

    eundem locum diutius,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

    quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

    id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

    jus, aequitatem,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

    propositum,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

    et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

    Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

    non tacta ligonibus arva,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

    vestem,

    Verg. A. 9, 489:

    iter,

    Ov. F. 6, 520:

    vestigia ad manes,

    Sil. 12, 419:

    Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

    am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

    male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

    Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

    marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

    urgentior causa,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

    urgentissima ratio,

    Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

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  • 2 urgeo

    urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.;

    syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

    Ov. M. 15, 182:

    urgeris turbā circum te stante,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

    angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

    trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

    Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

    i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

    versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

    Verg. G. 3, 222:

    tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

    id. A. 1, 111:

    miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

    Ov. H. 6, 92:

    equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

    Stat. Th. 3, 222.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).
    a.
    To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

    Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

    hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

    Verg. A. 10, 433:

    urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

    hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

    id. S. 2, 2, 64. —
    b.
    To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

    at onus urget,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

    onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

    Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

    quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

    quem scabies aut morbus urget,

    id. A. P. 453; cf.:

    ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

    id. C. 1, 24, 5:

    omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

    populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    praesens atque urgens malum,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—
    c.
    To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

    quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

    etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

    quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

    id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

    nihil urget,

    is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

    cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 33.—
    2.
    To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

    vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

    Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

    orationem,

    id. 11, 3, 102.—
    3.
    To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

    ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

    Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

    quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

    id. G. 4, 290.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

    urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

    illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

    sed urges me meis versibus,

    id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

    urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

    sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

    id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

    ut interrogando urgeat,

    Cic. Or. 40, 137:

    urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—
    B.
    To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

    eundem locum diutius,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

    quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

    id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

    jus, aequitatem,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

    propositum,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

    et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

    Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

    non tacta ligonibus arva,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

    vestem,

    Verg. A. 9, 489:

    iter,

    Ov. F. 6, 520:

    vestigia ad manes,

    Sil. 12, 419:

    Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

    am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

    male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

    Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

    marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

    urgentior causa,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

    urgentissima ratio,

    Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

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  • 3 urgueo

    urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.;

    syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

    Ov. M. 15, 182:

    urgeris turbā circum te stante,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

    angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

    trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

    Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

    i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

    versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

    Verg. G. 3, 222:

    tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

    id. A. 1, 111:

    miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

    Ov. H. 6, 92:

    equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

    Stat. Th. 3, 222.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).
    a.
    To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

    Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

    hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

    Verg. A. 10, 433:

    urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

    hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

    id. S. 2, 2, 64. —
    b.
    To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

    at onus urget,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

    onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

    Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

    quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

    quem scabies aut morbus urget,

    id. A. P. 453; cf.:

    ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

    id. C. 1, 24, 5:

    omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

    populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    praesens atque urgens malum,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—
    c.
    To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

    quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

    etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

    quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

    id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

    nihil urget,

    is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

    cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 33.—
    2.
    To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

    vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

    Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

    orationem,

    id. 11, 3, 102.—
    3.
    To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

    ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

    Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

    quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

    id. G. 4, 290.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

    urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

    illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

    sed urges me meis versibus,

    id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

    urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

    sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

    id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

    ut interrogando urgeat,

    Cic. Or. 40, 137:

    urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—
    B.
    To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

    eundem locum diutius,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

    quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

    id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

    jus, aequitatem,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

    propositum,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

    et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

    Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

    non tacta ligonibus arva,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

    vestem,

    Verg. A. 9, 489:

    iter,

    Ov. F. 6, 520:

    vestigia ad manes,

    Sil. 12, 419:

    Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

    am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

    male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

    Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

    marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

    urgentior causa,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

    urgentissima ratio,

    Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

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  • 4 urgueō or urgeō

        urgueō or urgeō ursī, —, ēre    [VERG-], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge: unda impellitur undā Urgueturque eadem veniens urguetque priorem, O.: urgueris turbā circum te stante, H.: urgues ruiturum saxum, i. e. roll up, O.: in obnixos urguentur cornua, V.— Poet. intrans.: urguent ad litora fluctūs, press, V.— To press upon, weigh down, bear hard upon, press hard, beset: legionem urgueri ab hoste, Cs.: hinc Pallas instat et urguet Hinc contra Lausus, V.: te, H.— To weigh down, burden, oppress, clog: onus iam urguentis senectutis: Quod latus mundi malus Iuppiter urget, H.: urgeri longā Nocte, H.: populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur, S.: urguens malum.— To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit: Milo unus urgebat: etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo: nihil urget, is pressing.—To press upon, crowd, hem in, confine: urbem hanc urbe aliā: Quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urguet, V.—Fig., to press, ply, urge, insist: interrogando: illum neque ursi, neque levavi: sed urguetis hominum esse istam culpam non deorum.— To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on, drive: istam occasionem et facultatem: ius, aequitatem: Minyeīa proles Urget opus, O.: vestem, V.: Urget diem nox, H.: forum, i. e. frequent: altum, plunge into, H.: Marisque urges Submovere litora, hasten, H.: abrumpi dissimulationem urgebat, insisted, Ta.

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  • 5 urgeo

    urgere, ursi, - V
    press/squeeze/bear hard/down; tread/traverse continually; push/shove/thrust; spur on, urge; press hard in attack/pursuit, beset, follow hard on heels of; hem in; threaten by proximity; press verbally/argument/point; follow up

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  • 6 urgueo

    urguere, ursi, - V
    press/squeeze/bear hard/down; tread/traverse continually; push/shove/thrust; spur on, urge; press hard in attack/pursuit, beset, follow hard on heels of; hem in; threaten by proximity; press verbally/argument/point; follow up

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  • 7 dūrō

        dūrō āvī ātus, āre    [durus].    I. Trans, to make hard, harden, solidify: fumo uvam, dry, H.: calor durat (terram), V.: caementa calce durata, L.: solo nives, H.: undam in glaciem, Tb.—Fig., to harden with use, make hardy, inure: membra animumque, H.: umeros ad volnera, V.: hoc se labore, Cs.: adversus mala duratus, L.— To render hard, make insensible, dull, blunt: ferro (Iuppiter) duravit saecula, H. — To bear, endure, resist: laborem, V.: Vix durare carinae Possunt Aequor, H. —    II. Intrans, to grow hard: Tum durare solum Coeperit, V.— To be inured, be patient, wait, persevere, endure, hold out: hic, T.: in labore sub pellibus, L.: Durate et vosmet servate, V. — Pass impers.: nec durari extra tecta poterat, L. — To hold out, continue, last, remain: totidem per annos, V.: duret gentibus odium sui, Ta.: durante originis vi, Ta.: eadem horam durare probantes, H.: durando saecula vincit, V.: in hanc saeculi lucem, to survive, Ta.: durant colles, i. e. extend, Ta.
    * * *
    durare, duravi, duratus V
    harden, make hard; become hard/stern; bear, last, remain, continue; endure

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  • 8 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 9 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 10 duro

    dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [durus], to make hard, to harden (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Act.:

    quae nobis durata ac spissa videntur, Haec, etc.,

    Lucr. 2, 444; so in the part. perf.:

    coria (with condurare ferrum),

    id. 6, 970; cf.

    cutis,

    Ov. M. 4, 577:

    caementa calce (opp. interlita luto),

    Liv. 21, 11:

    ova in aqua,

    Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 45:

    pontus frigore,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 85:

    nives solo,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

    aqua salibus,

    i. e. strongly saturated, Col. 7, 4 fin., v. durus, I.:

    ungulas (mularum),

    id. 6, 37, 11:

    ferrum ictibus,

    Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 149:

    guttas in grana,

    id. 12, 19, 42, § 94:

    uvam fumo,

    i. e. to dry, preserve, Hor. S. 2, 4, 72.—In medic. lang.: corpus, i. e. to bind, make costive, opp. mollire, Cels. 2, 14; cf. id. 2, 33 fin. —In fullers' lang., to harden, stiffen or full cloth: Art. Non queo durare. Par. Si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 (with a punning reference to the meaning II. A. 2.).—
    (β).
    Neutr.:

    tum durare solum et discludere Nerea ponto Coeperit, i. q. durescere,

    Verg. E. 6, 35; so,

    vino minime durante, uva maxime,

    Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to durus, II. A. 2.).
    1.
    Act., to harden with use or labor, etc.; to make hardy or callous, to inure (class.):

    opere in duro membra manusque,

    Lucr. 5, 1359; cf.:

    membra animumque,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 119:

    umeros ad vulnera,

    Verg. G. 3, 257: hoc se labore durant homines adolescentes, * Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 3; cf.:

    exercitum crebris expeditionibus, patientiaque periculorum,

    Vell. 2, 78, 2:

    cor,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 6; cf.

    mentem,

    Tac. A. 3, 15 al.:

    ab duratis usu armorum pulsi,

    Liv. 7, 29; so in the part., id. 23, 18; 30, 28:

    durati bellis,

    id. 42, 52:

    vitia durantur,

    grow inveterate, Quint. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Neutr. (so most freq.), to be hardened, inured to troubles, i. e. to be patient, to wait, persevere; to endure, hold out:

    durare nequeo in aedibus,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 1; cf. id. Men. 5, 2, 31; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 15; Liv. 5, 2, 7; 38, 7 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 23; Verg. A. 9, 604; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 82 al.; cf. impers., Liv. 10, 46:

    durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis,

    Verg. A. 1, 207; cf. Suet. Calig. 45; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 91; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 27 al.:

    nequeo durare, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 22:

    durare nequeo quin intro eam,

    id. Mil. 4, 6, 34; Suet. Claud. 26.—
    (β).
    With acc., to bear, endure ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    patior quemvis durare laborem,

    Verg. A. 8, 577:

    quascumque vias,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 153;

    and of inanimate subjects: sine funibus Vix durare carinae Possunt imperiosius Aequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 14, 7; cf.:

    (vitis genus) quod siccitatem durat et ventos,

    Pall. Febr. 9, 1.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    non quis parumper durare opperier,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 5.—
    b.
    In gen., to hold out, to continue in existence, to last, remain (very freq.): Ar. Ubi illaec (talenta) quae dedi ante? Cl. Abusa. Num si ea durarent mihi, [p. 621] etc., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 44:

    uti quam diutissime durent oleae,

    Cato R. R. 58; 104; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3:

    omnem durare per aevom,

    Lucr. 3, 605; cf. id. 3, 812; Verg. G. 2, 100; Suet. Calig. 6 al.:

    neque post mortem durare videtur (corpus),

    Lucr. 3, 339; cf. ib. 561:

    ad posteros virtus durabit,

    Quint. 3, 1, 21; cf. id. 1, 11, 18; 3, 1, 9; 5, 11, 41:

    maneat quaeso duretque gentibus, si non amor nostri, at certe odium sui,

    Tac. G. 33:

    durante originis vi,

    id. Agr. 11; cf. Petr. 96, 3:

    durante bello,

    Tac. A. 14, 39; so with adhuc, Suet. Gramm. 24; cf.:

    munera, quibus donatus est, durant, ostendunturque adhuc Bais,

    are still in existence, id. Tib. 6 et saep.—With inf.:

    ut vivere durent,

    Luc. 4, 519; so Sil. 10, 653; 11, 75; Petr. 41, 2.—In Tacitus sometimes of persons, for vivere, to live:

    narratum ab iis, qui nostram ad juventam duraverunt,

    Tac. A. 3, 16; id. Or. 17; id. Agr. 44. And once in the same author (acc. to the better reading) of extension in space: durant colles (= continuantur, ultra porriguntur; French, s'y prolongent), extend continuously to the frontier, Germ. 30.—
    B.
    (Acc. to durus, II. B.)
    1.
    Act., to render hard, callous, insensible; to dull, to blunt (rare and perh. not ante-Aug.):

    aerea dehinc ferro (Juppiter) duravit saecula,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 65:

    ad plagas durari,

    Quint. 1, 3, 14 (cf. §

    12: quae in pravam induruerunt): ad omne facinus durato,

    Tac. H. 4, 59.—Of the affections, Vulg. Job, 39, 16.— Pass.:

    linguae vitia, inemendabili in posterum pravitate durantur,

    to become confirmed, incurable, Quint. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Neutr., to be hard, stern, callous, insensible (rare and not ante-Aug.):

    ut non durat (pater) ultra poenam abdicationis,

    Quint. 9, 2, 88:

    in nullius umquam suorum necem duravit,

    Tac. A. 1, 6; Petr. 105 fin.; cf.:

    usque ad caedem ejus duratura filii odia,

    Tac. A. 14, 1 fin.

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  • 11 patior

    pătĭor, passus, 3, v. dep. ( act. archaic collat. form patiunto, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11: patias, Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.) [cf. Greek PATh, PENTh-, pepontha, penthos], to bear, support, undergo, suffer, endure (syn.: fero, tolero).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Tu fortunatu's, ego miser:

    patiunda sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 46; id. Am. 3, 2, 64:

    fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post potitur bonum,

    id. As. 2, 2, 58 Ussing (al. patitur bonum):

    o passi graviora!

    Naev. 1, 24; Verg. A. 1, 199; Cic. Univ. 6:

    belli injurias,

    id. Phil. 12, 4, 9:

    servitutem,

    id. ib. 6, 7, 19:

    toleranter dolores pati,

    id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43:

    gravissimum supplicium,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 30:

    omnia saeva,

    Sall. J. 14, 10:

    et facere et pati fortiter,

    Liv. 2, 12:

    haec patienda censeo potius, quam, etc.,

    id. 21, 13:

    Hannibal damnum haud aegerrime passus est,

    id. 22, 41:

    exilium,

    Verg. A. 2, 638:

    pauperiem,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 1. [p. 1315] aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt, populi Romani propria est libertas, Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19:

    extremam pati fortunam,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    aequo animo magnum morbum pati,

    Sen. Ep. 66, 36:

    mentietur in tormentis qui dolorem pati potest,

    Quint. 5, 10, 70:

    qui nec totam servitutem pati possunt, nec totam libertatem,

    Tac. H. 1, 16:

    non potest generosus animus servitutem pati,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 1:

    hiemem et aestatem juxta pati,

    Sall. J. 85, 33.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    dolor tristis res est... ad patiendum tolerandumque difficilis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 75.—
    2.
    To suffer, have, meet with, be visited or afflicted with (mostly postAug.):

    poenam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20; Val. Max. 6, 2, 1; Sen. Contr. 1, 5, 6:

    incommodum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    vim,

    Suet. Ner. 29:

    quicquid in captivum invenire potest, passurum te esse cogita,

    Curt. 4, 6, 26:

    mortem pati,

    Lact. Epit. 50, 1; Sen. Ep. 94, 7:

    indignam necem,

    Ov. M. 10, 627:

    mortem,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 42:

    rem modicam,

    Juv. 13, 143:

    adversa proelia,

    Just. 16, 3, 6:

    infamiam,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 2:

    sterilitatem famemque,

    Just. 28, 3, 1:

    cladem pati (post-Aug. for cladem accipere, etc.),

    Suet. Caes. 36 init.; so,

    naufragium,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 118:

    morbum,

    Veg. 1, 17, 11; Gell. 17, 15, 6:

    cruciatus corporis,

    Sen. Suas. 6, 10:

    ultima,

    Curt. 3, 1, 6:

    injuriam,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 21:

    ut is in culpā sit, qui faciat, non is qui patiatur injuriam,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78; cf.:

    de tribus unum esset optandum: aut facere injuriam nec accipere... optimum est facere, impune si possis, secundum nec facere nec pati,

    id. Rep. 3, 13, 23.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In mal. part., to submit to another's lust, to prostitute one's self, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 87; cf. Sall. C. 13, 3; Sen. Q. N. 1, 16; Petr. 25; 140.—
    2.
    To suffer, to pass a life of suffering or privation ( poet.):

    certum est in silvis inter spelaea ferarum Malle pati,

    Verg. E. 10, 53:

    novem cornix secula passa,

    Ov. M. 7, 274; Luc. 5, 313; Sen. Thyest. 470. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To suffer, bear, allow, permit, let (syn.:

    sino, permitto): illorum delicta,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 141.—With acc. and inf.:

    neque tibi bene esse patere, et illis, quibus est, invides,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 36; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 3:

    siquidem potes pati esse te in lepido loco,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 83:

    ista non modo homines, sed ne pecudes quidem passurae esse videntur,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes: non feram, non patiar, non sinam,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 10:

    quantum illius ineuntis aetatis meae patiebatur pudor,

    id. de Or. 2, 1, 3:

    nullo se implicari negotio passus est,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    duo spondei non fere se jungi patiuntur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 101:

    aut persuasurum se aut persuaderi sibi passurum,

    Liv. 32, 36, 2:

    ut vinci se consensu civitatis pateretur,

    id. 2, 2, 9; 6, 23, 8; Curt. 8, 9, 23.—With acc.:

    neque enim dilationem pati tam vicinum bellum poterat,

    Liv. 1, 14, 6:

    recentis animi alter (consul)... nullam dilationem patiebatur,

    id. 21, 52, 2.—With quin:

    non possum pati, Quin tibi caput demulceam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 13:

    nullum patiebatur esse diem, quin in foro diceret,

    Cic. Brut. 88, 302.— Poet. with part.:

    nec plura querentem Passa,

    Verg. A. 1, 385; 7, 421 (= passa queri, etc.).—Hence, facile, aequo animo pati, to be well pleased or content with, to acquiesce in, submit to: aegre, iniquo animo, moleste pati, to be displeased, offended, indignant at:

    quaeso aequo animo patitor,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 108:

    apud me plus officii residere facillime patior,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2; 1, 9, 21:

    consilium meum a te probari... facile patior,

    id. Att. 15, 2, 2; id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 5:

    cum indigne pateretur nobilis mulier... in conventum suam mimi filiam venisse,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    31: periniquo patiebar animo, te a me digredi,

    id. Fam. 12, 18, 1; Liv. 4, 18.—
    2.
    To submit:

    patior quemvis durare laborem,

    Verg. A. 8, 677:

    pro quo bis patiar mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 15.—
    B.
    To experience, undergo, to be in a certain state of mind or temper:

    nonne quiddam pati furori simile videatur,

    Quint. 1, 2, 31.—
    C.
    In gram., to be passive, to have a passive sense:

    (verbum) cum haberet naturam patiendi,

    a passive nature, Quint. 1, 6, 10:

    modus patiendi,

    id. 1, 6, 26; 9, 3, 7.— Hence, pătĭens, entis, P. a., bearing, supporting, suffering, permitting.
    A.
    Lit.:

    amnis navium patiens,

    i. e. navigable, Liv. 21, 31, 10:

    vomeris,

    Verg. G. 2, 223: vetustatis, lasting, Plin. 11, 37, 76, § 196:

    equus patiens sessoris,

    Suet. Caes. 61.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    That has the quality of enduring, patient:

    nimium patiens et lentus existimor,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305:

    animus,

    Ov. P. 4, 10, 9.— Comp.:

    meae quoque litterae te patientiorem lenioremque fecerunt,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14.— Sup.:

    patientissimae aures,

    Cic. Lig. 8, 24:

    patientissimus exercitus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96.—
    2.
    That has the power of endurance, firm, unyielding, hard ( poet.):

    patiens aratrum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 15, 31:

    saxo patientior illa Sicano,

    Prop. 1, 16, 29.—Hence, adv.: pătĭenter, patiently:

    alterum patienter accipere, non repugnanter,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

    patienter et fortiter ferre aliquid,

    id. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

    patienter et aequo animo ferre difficultates,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15:

    prandere olus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 13.— Comp.:

    patientius alicujus potentiam ferre,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.— Sup.:

    patientissime ferre aliquid,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 11.

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  • 12 gravis

        gravis e, adj. with comp. gravior, and sup. gravissimus    [2 GAR-], heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome, loaded, laden, burdened: gravi onere armorum oppressi, Cs.: corpus: Ipse gravis graviter Concidit, V.: bullae aureae: navigia, Cs.: agmen, L.: gravius dorso subiit onus, H.: robur aratri, V.: tellus, V.: naves spoliis graves, L.: aere dextra, V.: imbre nubes, L.—After the as was reduced in weight: aes grave, heavy money, money of the old standard (a full pound in each as), L. — With young, pregnant: sacerdos Marte, V.: uterus, O.—Of sound, deep, grave, low, bass: sonus, H.: gravissimus sonus: sonus auditur gravior, V.: fragor, O.—Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive: hircus in alis, rank, H.: ellebori, V.: odor caeni, V.: sentina, Iu.— Burdening, oppressive, serious, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe, sick: cibus: cantantibus umbra, V.: anni tempore gravissimo, season: autumnus in Apuliā, Cs.: virus, H.: tempus, weather, L.: graviore tempore anni acto, season, L.: morbo gravis, sick, V.: aetate et viribus gravior, L.: vino, O.: spiritus gemitu, difficult, V.: oculi, heavy, V.—Fig., hard to bear, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant: paupertas, T.: labores: gravissima hiemps, Cs.: volnus: numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse: Appia (via) tardis, H.: miserior graviorque fortuna, Cs.: Principum amicitiae, oppressive, H.: si tibi grave non erit, a trouble: in Caesarem contiones, hostile, Cs.: verbum gravius: ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret, Cs.: gravius est verberari quam necari, S.: edictum, L.: graviora (pericula), more serious, V.: quo inprovisus gravior accederet, more formidable, S.: adversarius imperi.—As subst n.: O passi graviora, greater hardships, V.—Of things, strong, weighty, important, grave, influential: inperium gravius, T.: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt: gravissima caerimonia, most solemn, Cs.: nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.: exemplum, H.: gravissima civitas.—Of character, of weight, of authority, eminent, venerable, great: animus natu gravior, T.: auctoritate graviores: omnes gravioris aetatis, more settled, Cs.: homo, sober: gravis Entellum dictis castigat (i. e. graviter), V.
    * * *
    grave, gravior -or -us, gravissimus -a -um ADJ
    heavy; painful; important; serious; pregnant; grave, oppressive, burdensome

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  • 13 difficilis

    dif-fĭcĭlis, e (old form difficul, like facul, famul, simul, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [facilis; hence, far from easy to do, to accomplish, to bear, etc.; v. facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quom invitus facias,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and:

    sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.:

    quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.:

    quam graves, quam difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates!

    Cic. Lael. 17 fin.:

    res arduae ac difficiles,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28:

    contortae res et difficiles,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.:

    quam scopuloso difficilique in loco verser,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.:

    in locos difficiles abire,

    Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.:

    iter angustum et difficile,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3:

    valles,

    id. ib. 1, 68, 2:

    difficili et arduo ascensu,

    id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

    difficilis atque impedita palus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    transitus,

    id. ib. 6, 7, 5:

    aditus,

    id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56:

    tempus anni difficillimum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5:

    difficili rei publicae tempore,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21:

    difficillimo reip. tempore,

    id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11:

    difficilioribus usi tempestatibus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4:

    partus,

    Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22:

    urina,

    id. 23, 9, 83, § 165:

    venter,

    id. 22, 13, 15, §

    33 et saep.: (Macer et Lucretius) alter humilis, alter difficilis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.:

    nimium difficile est reperiri amicum,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20;

    so with a subjectclause,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.:

    difficile ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, quot pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare numero,

    Liv. 3, 5, 12:

    difficile est longum subito deponere amorem,

    Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.:

    difficile est, crimen non prodere vultu,

    Ov. M. 2, 447:

    difficile est, tristi fingere mente jocum,

    Tib. 3, 7, 2:

    (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

    ad percipiendum,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.:

    difficile factu est,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so,

    factu,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11:

    dictu,

    id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

    aditu (locus),

    Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.:

    fructus difficilis concoctioni,

    Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.:

    in difficili esse,

    Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.:

    in facili esse,

    id. 3, 8, 9; so,

    in difficili rem esse,

    Cels. 5, 26 fin.:

    ille casus in difficili est, si, etc.,

    Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.
    II.
    In partic., of character, hard to manage or to please, obstinate, captious, morose, surly:

    difficiles ac morosi,

    Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173:

    senex,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

    moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes,

    Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

    sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    avunculus difficillimā naturā,

    Nep. Att. 5; cf.:

    difficili bile tumet jecur,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: parens in liberos difficilis, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    Penelopen difficilem procis,

    Hor. C. 3, 10, 11:

    vocanti,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 32:

    Gradivo,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 566:

    precibus,

    id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.:

    terrae,

    intractable, Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.:

    difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina,

    deaf, inaccessible, Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).— Adv., in three forms (but the use of the adv. is mostly avoided by the best authors, difficile est taking its place, v. supra).
    (α).
    diffĭcĭlē, with difficulty (perh. not ante-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—
    (β).
    diffĭculter, with difficulty (the usual form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—
    (γ).
    diffĭcĭl-ĭter, with difficulty (rare), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    difficilius,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—
    c.
    Sup.:

    difficillime,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al.

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  • 14 nitor

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 15 Nixi

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 16 Nixus

    1.
    nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:

    stirpibus suis niti,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,

    id. Sen. 15, 51:

    hastili nixus,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    mulierculā nixus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    juvenis, qui nititur hastā,

    Verg. A. 6, 760:

    paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,

    id. ib. 4, 252:

    nixus baculo,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    nixus in hastam,

    Verg. A. 12, 398.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,

    Ov. H. 21, 100.—
    (δ).
    With gen. of place:

    humi nitens,

    Verg. A. 2, 380.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    niti modo ac statim concidere,

    to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):

    quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

    nituntur gradibus,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    in altas rupes,

    Luc. 4, 37:

    ad sidera,

    Verg. G. 2, 427:

    in aëra,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:

    in adversum,

    id. M. 2, 72:

    sursum nitier,

    Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:

    niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,

    to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—
    2.
    To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):

    nitor,

    I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—
    3.
    To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:

    moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,

    Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

    nisurus contra regem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:

    pro aliquo,

    Liv. 35, 10; cf.:

    pro libertate summā ope niti,

    Sall. J. 31, 17:

    nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,

    Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:

    unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:

    summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

    Sall. J. 25, 9:

    patriam recuperare niti,

    Nep. Pelop. 2:

    ingenio nitor non periisse meo,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:

    tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—
    2.
    To strive after a thing:

    ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 82:

    ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—
    3.
    To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:

    nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—
    B.
    To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    nixus in nomine inani,

    Lucr. 5, 909:

    conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:

    ea, in quibus causa nititur,

    id. Cael. 10, 25:

    cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,

    id. Mil. 7, 19.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    spe niti,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:

    consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:

    si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,

    id. Clu. 40, 112.—
    (γ).
    With ubi:

    quo confugies? ubi nitere?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:

    magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,

    Ov. M. 9, 294.
    2.
    nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.
    I.
    Lit.:

    nitor exoriens aurorae,

    Lucr. 4, 538:

    diurnus,

    the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:

    herbarum viridis,

    Lucr. 5, 783:

    argenti et auri,

    Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:

    eboris,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:

    materiae,

    of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:

    speculi,

    id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:

    gladii,

    id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:

    nigerrimus gemmae,

    id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:

    nitorem cutis facit sal,

    id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:

    nitores splendoresque auri,

    Gell. 2, 6, 4.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:

    nitor corporis,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    urit me Glycerae nitor,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

    Liparei nitor Hebri,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 6:

    nullus totā nitor in cute,

    Juv. 9, 13.—
    2.
    Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:

    si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 77:

    habitus,

    Juv. 3, 180:

    oppidum praecipui nitoris,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
    3.
    In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:

    ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,

    Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—
    II.
    Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:

    adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,

    Cic. Or. 32, 115:

    domesticus eloquii,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:

    nitor et cultus descriptionum,

    Tac. Or. 20:

    translationum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:

    sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,

    Quint. 8, 3, 3:

    eruditione ac nitore praestare,

    id. 10, 1, 98:

    scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,

    id. 10, 1, 124.—
    B.
    Of character, dignity, excellence:

    generis,

    Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149.

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  • 17 sterilis

    stĕrĭlis, e (collat. form, acc. sing. fem sterilam sterilem, Fest. p. 316 Müll.; neutr. plur. sterila, Lucr. 2, 845; abl. sterile, Apic. 7, 1, § 258), adj. [Gr. stereos, hard; steriphê, steira, barren; Sanscr. starī, vacca sterilis], unfruitful, barren, sterile, of plants and animals (class. and very freq.;

    syn infecundus): steriles nascuntur avenae,

    Verg. E. 5, 37; so,

    ulvae,

    Ov. M. 4, 299:

    herba,

    id. Am. 3, 7, 31; Curt. 4, 1, 21:

    platani,

    Verg. G. 2, 70:

    agri,

    id. ib. 1, 84; id. A. 3, 141:

    tellus,

    Ov. M. 8, 789:

    palus,

    Hor. A. P. 65:

    harena,

    Verg. G. 1, 70:

    humus,

    Prop. 3, 2 (2, 11), 2; Curt. 7, 5, 34:

    solum,

    id. 3, 4, 3:

    steriles nimium crasso sunt semine,

    Lucr. 4, 1240; Cat. 67, 26:

    galli Tanagric' ad partus sunt steriliores,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 6:

    vacca,

    Verg. A. 6, 251:

    multae (mulie res),

    Lucr. 4, 1251:

    viri,

    i. e. eunuchs, Cat. 63, 69; Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 78; Mart. 9, 9, 8:

    ova,

    Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 166.—
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).
    1.
    Of things, causing unfruitfulness or sterility:

    rubigo,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 6:

    frigus,

    Luc. 4, 108:

    hiems,

    Mart. 8, 68, 10:

    serere pampinariis sterile est,

    produces sterility, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 157.—
    2.
    In gen., barren, bare, empty:

    manus,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 3:

    sterilis amator a datis,

    bare of gifts, id. ib. 2, 1, 30:

    amicus,

    Juv. 12, 97; Mart. 10, 18, 3:

    epistulae,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 2:

    saeculum,

    id. ib. 5, 17, 6:

    civitas ad aquas,

    App. M. 1, p. 106 fin.:

    vadum,

    Sen. Thyest. 173:

    corpora sonitu (with jejuna succo),

    that yield no sound, Lucr. 2, 845:

    prospectus,

    without human beings, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

    domus,

    without children, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 62:

    nummi,

    that do not bear interest, Dig. 22, 1, 7.—With gen.:

    sterilis laurus baccarum,

    Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 130:

    lapides plumbi,

    id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.—
    II.
    Trop., unproductive, unprofitable, fruitless, useless, vain:

    Februarius,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2:

    quod monumentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile, aut vacuum laude?

    Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

    ne sit sterile et effetum (saeculum),

    id. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

    fama (with cassa),

    Stat. Th. 6, 70:

    labor,

    Mart. 10, 58, 8:

    pax,

    Tac. A. 1, 17:

    amor,

    i. e. unreturned, unrequited, Ov. M. 1, 496; Stat. S. 3, 4, 42:

    cathedrae,

    unprofitable, Mart. 1, 76, 14; Juv. 7, 203:

    litus sterili versamus aratro,

    id. 7, 49.—With gen., destitute, deprived of, unacquainted with:

    urbes talium studiorum fuere steriles,

    Vell. 1, 18 fin.:

    non adeo virtutum sterile saeculum,

    Tac. H. 1, 3:

    heu steriles veri!

    Pers. 5, 75.

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  • bear hard on somebody — bear ˈhard, ˈheavily, seˈverely, etc. on sb idiom (formal) to be a cause of difficulty or suffering to sb • Taxation bears heavily on us all. Main entry: ↑bearidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bear — (b[^a]r), v. i. 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. [1913 Webster] This age to blossom, and the next to bear. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. [1913 Webster] But man is born to bear.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hard|ship — «HAHRD shihp», noun. something hard to bear; hard condition of living: »Hunger, cold, and sickness were among the hardships of pioneer life. SYNONYM(S): trial, affliction, privation …   Useful english dictionary

  • bear heavily on somebody — bear ˈhard, ˈheavily, seˈverely, etc. on sb idiom (formal) to be a cause of difficulty or suffering to sb • Taxation bears heavily on us all. Main entry: ↑bearidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • bear severely on somebody — bear ˈhard, ˈheavily, seˈverely, etc. on sb idiom (formal) to be a cause of difficulty or suffering to sb • Taxation bears heavily on us all. Main entry: ↑bearidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • bear — 1. v. (past bore; past part. borne, born) Usage: In the passive born is used with reference to birth (e.g. was born in July), except for borne by foll. by the name of the mother (e.g. was borne by Sarah). 1 tr. carry, bring, or take (esp.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bear down on — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, advance against, advance upon, approach, approach anchorage, appropinquate, approximate, bear against, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear up, bear up for, bear up to, close, close in, close with,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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