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To press upon

  • 1 desak/menekan

    press upon, pressed upon, pressed upon, pressing upon

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  • 3 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > premo

  • 4 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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  • 5 insisto

    in-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n., to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6:

    ut proximi jacentibus insisterent,

    stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

    alternis pedibus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 128:

    volucres metuunt insistere ramis,

    Luc. 3, 407:

    vestigiis,

    Liv. 25, 33 fin.:

    huic (saxo) institerat frustra,

    Ov. F. 5, 150:

    plantis,

    Juv. 6, 96:

    clamoso circo,

    occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110:

    cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt,

    id. Rep. 6, 20:

    in jugo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    ipse non insistere in terra poterat,

    Curt. 7, 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in sinistrum pedem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.:

    corvus repente super galeam insistit,

    lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—
    (δ).
    With the simple acc.:

    plantam,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

    limen,

    to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563:

    vestigia nuda sinistri pedis,

    id. ib. 7, 690:

    primis infans vestigia plantis,

    id. ib. 11, 574:

    cineres,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey:

    cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï,

    Lucr. 1, 407:

    huc an illuc iter,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

    omnes itinera insistant sua,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 14:

    quam insistam viam,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—
    2.
    In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.:

    effusis hostibus,

    Liv. 26, 44, 4:

    fugientibus,

    id. 27, 13, 4:

    contenti non institere cedentibus,

    Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.— Pass. impers.:

    ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur,

    Tac. A. 2, 62.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to follow, pursue.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    viam domandi,

    Verg. G. 3, 164:

    rationem pugnae,

    plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    vestigiis laudum suarum,

    Liv. 5, 30, 2:

    honoribus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one ' s self to:

    in dolos,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

    totus et mente et animo in bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.:

    hoc negotium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

    manus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.:

    rebus magnis,

    Tib. 4, 1, 135:

    perdomandae Campaniae,

    Tac. H. 3, 77.—
    2.
    To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2:

    Appium institit sequi,

    id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.:

    postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt,

    id. 22, 51, 5:

    flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.:

    sic institit ore,

    i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.:

    sic insistit secumque corde volutat,

    i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—
    3.
    To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.:

    credere,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53:

    tueri,

    Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.:

    sin crudelitati insisteret,

    Tac. A. 16, 25:

    spei,

    id. H. 2, 46:

    caedibus,

    id. A. 2, 21:

    studiis,

    to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10:

    obsidioni,

    Curt. 7, 6, 23:

    curae rerum,

    Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2:

    funeri,

    to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.:

    importune,

    to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—
    4.
    To press upon, urge; with dat.:

    atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant,

    Col. 12, 3, 9:

    id bellum ipsis institit moenibus,

    was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.— Absol.:

    dilataque tempora taedae Institerant,

    were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769:

    institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret,

    urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —
    III.
    To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still:

    stellarum motus insistunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    ut non referat pedem, insistet certe,

    id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60:

    quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187:

    saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum,

    id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt:

    ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—
    B.
    To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length:

    ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

    insistendum ei (arbori) paulum,

    Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100:

    profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae,

    Ov. R. Am. 315.

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  • 6 incumbo

    incumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, ĕre, v. n. [1. incubo], to lay one ' s self upon, to lean or recline upon a thing (cf. ingruo; class., partic. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit., constr. with in, ad, super, or dat.; also with the simple acc.:

    olivae,

    Verg. E. 8, 16:

    in parietem,

    Dig. 39, 2, 28:

    densis ordinibus nunc alii in alios, nunc in scuta incumbentes sustinebant impetus Romanorum,

    Liv. 35, 5, 7:

    toro,

    Verg. A. 4, 650:

    materiae,

    Curt. 8, 10, 25:

    terrae,

    Tac. A. 2, 17:

    super praedam,

    to lie upon, Petr. 80:

    in eum,

    Curt. 6, 9: ad vos, Ov. M. 9, 385:

    cumulatis in aqua sarcinis insuper incumbebant,

    Liv. 22, 2, 8:

    validis incumbere remis,

    Verg. A. 5, 15; 10, 294; Curt. 9, 9, 4.—Of the heavens:

    cava in se convexitas vergit, et cardini suo, hoc est terrae, undique incumbit,

    Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160:

    mare,

    to cast itself into the sea, id. 5, 32, 40, § 141: fessi arma sua, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 229:

    tecto incubuit bubo,

    perched on, Ov. M. 6, 432:

    gladium faciam culcitam, camque incumbam,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 29.—
    B.
    Transf., to lean or incline towards, to overhang; to rush towards:

    silex prona jugo laevum incumbebat ad amnem,

    Verg. A. 8, 236:

    laurus incumbens arae,

    id. ib. 2, 514: in gladium, to fall on one ' s sword, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    gladio,

    Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:

    ferro,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 33:

    in hostem,

    to press upon the enemy, Liv. 30, 34, 2; cf.:

    duo duces circumstare urbem... et unum in locum totam periculi molem, omne onus incubuisse,

    id. 27, 40, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press upon, burden, oppress, weigh upon:

    incubuere (venti) mari,

    Verg. A. 1, 84:

    tempestas a vertice silvis incubuit,

    id. G. 2, 311:

    gravis incumbens scopulis aestas,

    id. ib. 2, 377:

    febrium terris incubuit cohors,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 30:

    (aestus) incubuit populo,

    Lucr. 6, 142. — Absol.:

    saevior armis Luxuria incubuit,

    Just. 6, 292.—
    B.
    To bend one ' s attention to, to apply or devote one ' s self to, to exert one ' s self, or take pains with, pay attention to; constr. with in, ad, or dat.:

    rogandis legibus,

    Flor. 3, 16:

    ceris et stilo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 9:

    labori,

    Sil. 4, 820:

    toto pectore novae cogitationi,

    Tac. Or. 3:

    et animo et opibus in bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76:

    ut jam inclinato (judici) reliqua incumbat oratio,

    press upon, exert influence on, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324; cf.:

    invidia mihi incumbit,

    Tac. A. 14, 54:

    in aliquod studium,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    in causam,

    id. Phil. 4, 5, 12:

    acrius graviusque ad ulciscendas rei publicae injurias,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 2:

    tota mente in aliquam curam et cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3:

    toto pectore ad laudem,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 2:

    omni cogitatione curaque in rem publicam,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    fato urguenti incumbere,

    to press on, hasten, Verg. A. 2, 653.—With inf.:

    sarcire ruinas,

    Verg. G. 4, 249:

    delatorem pervertere,

    Tac. H. 2, 10.—With ut and subj.:

    Appius Claudius... cum suis tum totius nobilitatis viribus incubuit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 10, 15, 8.— Absol.:

    nunc, nunc incumbere tempus,

    Ov. M. 10, 657.—
    C.
    To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards:

    hoc servi esse officium reor,... non quo incumbat eum (i. e. erum) inpellere,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

    ut eos, qui audiunt, quocumque incubuerit, possit impellere,

    whithersoever he may incline, choose, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 55:

    eodem incumbunt municipia,

    are inclined the same way, id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

    ad voluntatem perferendae legis,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 4:

    voluntatum inclinatio ad virum bonum,

    to lean towards, turn to, id. Mur. 26, 53: in causam, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:

    in cupiditatem,

    Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3:

    in illo,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6.—
    D.
    To be incumbent upon one as a duty (post-class.):

    accusandi necessitas domino,

    Dig. 48, 2, 5:

    ei probatio,

    ib. 22, 3, 2:

    judici omnium rerum officium,

    ib. 21, 1, 25.

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  • 7 nītor

        nītor nīxus (usu. in lit. sense) and nīsus (usu. fig.), ī, dep.    [CNI-], to bear upon, press upon, lean, support oneself: niti modo ac statim concidere, strive to rise, S.: stirpibus suis niti: mulierculā nixus: hastā, V.: nixus baculo, O.: cothurno, strut, H.: nixi genibus, on their knees, L.: nixus in hastam, V.: humi nitens, V.— To make way, press forward, advance, mount, climb, fly: serpentes, simul ac primum niti possunt: nituntur gradibus, V.: ad sidera, V.: in aëre, O.: in adversum, O.: niti corporibus, struggle, S.— To strain in giving birth, bring forth: nitor, am in labor, O.— Fig., to strive, put forth exertion, make an effort, labor, endeavor: virtute et patientiā nitebantur, Cs.: tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur: pro libertate summā ope niti, S.: ad sollicitandas civitates, Cs.: ne gravius in eum consuleretur, S.: maxime, ut, etc., N.: summā vi Cirtam inrumpere nititur, S.: patriam recuperare, N.: vestigia ponere, O.: ad inmortalitatem: in vetitum, O.— To contend, insist: nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi. — To rest, rely, depend upon: coniectura in quā nititur divinatio: cuius in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis: quā (auctoritate) apud exteras <*>ationes, Cs.: rebus iudicatis: quo confugies? ubi nitere?
    * * *
    I
    niti, nisus sum V DEP
    press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor
    II
    niti, nixus sum V DEP
    press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor
    III
    brightness, splendor; brilliance; gloss, sheen; elegance, style, polish; flash

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  • 8 навязывать

    1. impose on impose upon
    2. intrude
    3. press on
    4. press upon
    5. thrust upon
    6. foist
    7. imposed
    8. imposing
    9. obtrude
    10. obtruded
    11. obtruding
    12. tie; fasten; knit; impose; obtrude
    13. enforce
    14. impose
    15. press
    Синонимический ряд:
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  • 9 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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  • 10 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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  • 11 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > urgeo

  • 12 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > urgueo

  • 13 acosar

    v.
    1 to pursue relentlessly.
    2 to harass.
    3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.
    El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.
    * * *
    1 to pursue, chase
    \
    acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions
    * * *
    verb
    to harass, hound
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=atosigar) to hound, harass

    ser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed

    2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    ----
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.

    * * *
    acosar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to hound
    lo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after him
    un compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing her
    se ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and disease
    me acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts
    2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *

     

    acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to hound;

    ( sexualmente) to harass;
    ◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions


    acosar verbo transitivo
    1 to harass
    2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
    ' acosar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrinconar
    - asediar
    - hostigar
    English:
    assault
    - beset
    - harass
    - hound
    - mob
    - molest
    - persecute
    - plague
    - ply
    - stalk
    - bait
    - goad
    - harry
    - worry
    * * *
    acosar, Méx acosijar vt
    1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly
    2. [hostigar] to harass;
    lo acosaron a o [m5] con preguntas they fired questions at him;
    fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work
    * * *
    v/t hound, pursue;
    me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions
    * * *
    acosar vt
    perseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass

    Spanish-English dictionary > acosar

  • 14 preocupar

    v.
    1 to worry.
    me preocupa no saber nada de él I'm worried I haven't heard from him
    Su depresión concierne a Ricardo Her depression worries Richard.
    2 to bother.
    sólo le preocupa su apariencia externa he's only bothered about his appearance
    3 to worry about.
    Me preocupa esa situación I worry about that situation.
    * * *
    1 to worry
    1 (sentir preocupación) to worry ( por, about), get worried ( por, about)
    2 (ocuparse) to mind (de, -)
    * * *
    verb
    to concern, trouble, worry
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=inquietar) to worry; (=molestar) to bother

    esto me preocupa muchísimo — I'm extremely worried about this, this worries me very much

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to worry

    le preocupa el futuro — she's worried o concerned about her future

    2.
    preocuparse v pron
    1) ( inquietarse) to worry

    preocuparse POR algo/alguien — to worry about something/somebody

    2) ( ocuparse)

    preocuparse DE algo: me preocupé de que no faltara nada I made sure o I saw to it that we had everything; no se preocupó más del asunto — he gave the matter no further thought

    * * *
    = bother, cause + concern, preoccupy, press upon, trouble, perturb, heighten + concern, stress + Nombre + out.
    Ex. Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.
    Ex. The decision to introduce payments for ILL in Australia has caused much concern and a lot of anger.
    Ex. Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex. This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.
    Ex. She wanted to suggest some course of action splendid and decisive, and was perturbed to find that she could not.
    Ex. Rapid urban growth and suburban sprawl have heightened concern in many quarters about sustainable development.
    Ex. Forty percent of Americans say it stresses them out too much to think about health care and costs.
    ----
    * no preocuparse que = rest + assured that.
    * preocuparse = become + distressed, dismay, fret, wring + Posesivo + hands, stew.
    * preocuparse de = agonise over [agonize, -USA].
    * preocuparse del coste de = be cost conscious.
    * preocuparse (de/por) = worry (about).
    * preocuparse por = become + apprehensive about, care (about/for), be apprehensive (about), lose + sleep over/on, fret about.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to worry

    le preocupa el futuro — she's worried o concerned about her future

    2.
    preocuparse v pron
    1) ( inquietarse) to worry

    preocuparse POR algo/alguien — to worry about something/somebody

    2) ( ocuparse)

    preocuparse DE algo: me preocupé de que no faltara nada I made sure o I saw to it that we had everything; no se preocupó más del asunto — he gave the matter no further thought

    * * *
    = bother, cause + concern, preoccupy, press upon, trouble, perturb, heighten + concern, stress + Nombre + out.

    Ex: Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.

    Ex: The decision to introduce payments for ILL in Australia has caused much concern and a lot of anger.
    Ex: Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex: This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.
    Ex: She wanted to suggest some course of action splendid and decisive, and was perturbed to find that she could not.
    Ex: Rapid urban growth and suburban sprawl have heightened concern in many quarters about sustainable development.
    Ex: Forty percent of Americans say it stresses them out too much to think about health care and costs.
    * no preocuparse que = rest + assured that.
    * preocuparse = become + distressed, dismay, fret, wring + Posesivo + hands, stew.
    * preocuparse de = agonise over [agonize, -USA].
    * preocuparse del coste de = be cost conscious.
    * preocuparse (de/por) = worry (about).
    * preocuparse por = become + apprehensive about, care (about/for), be apprehensive (about), lose + sleep over/on, fret about.

    * * *
    preocupar [A1 ]
    vt
    to worry
    le preocupa el futuro de sus hijos she's worried o concerned about her children's future
    no lo preocupes con esas cosas don't worry him with things like that
    me preocupa que aún no haya llegado it worries me that she hasn't arrived yet
    le preocupa mucho lo que puedan pensar de él he worries a lot o he's very worried about what others may think of him
    ¿y si se entera alguien? — no me preocupa and what if somebody finds out? — I don't care o it doesn't bother o worry me
    A (inquietarse) to worry
    no te preocupes don't worry
    preocuparse POR algo/algn to worry ABOUT sth/sb
    es tan tranquilo que no se preocupa por nada he's so easygoing he never worries o gets worried about anything
    tiene amigos que se preocupan por ella she has friends who care o who are concerned about her
    B (ocuparse) preocuparse DE algo:
    me preocupé de que no faltara nada I made sure o I saw to it o I ensured that we had everything
    no se preocupó más del asunto he gave the matter no further thought, he took no further interest in the matter
    * * *

     

    preocupar ( conjugate preocupar) verbo transitivo
    to worry;

    le preocupa el futuro she's worried o concerned about her future;
    me preocupa que no haya llamado it worries me that she hasn't phoned;
    no me preocupa it doesn't bother o worry me
    preocuparse verbo pronominal
    1 ( inquietarse) to worry;
    preocuparse POR algo/algn to worry about sth/sb
    2 ( ocuparse) preocuparse DE algo:
    ◊ me preocupé de que no faltara nada I made sure o I saw to it that we had everything;

    no se preocupó más del asunto he gave the matter no further thought
    preocupar verbo transitivo to worry, bother: les preocupa su futuro, they are concerned about his future
    no le preocupa, it doesn't bother him
    ' preocupar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concernir
    - angustiar
    English:
    agitate
    - bother
    - concern
    - disturb
    - trouble
    - weigh
    - worry
    - burden
    - preoccupy
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [inquietar] to worry;
    me preocupa no saber nada de él I'm worried I haven't heard from him;
    me preocupa que no haya llamado I'm worried that she hasn't called;
    no me preocupa que lo sepan otros it doesn't worry me that other people know about it
    2. [importar] to bother;
    sólo le preocupa su apariencia externa he's only bothered about his appearance
    * * *
    v/t worry, concern
    * * *
    inquietar: to worry, to concern
    * * *
    preocupar vb to worry [pt. & pp. worried]

    Spanish-English dictionary > preocupar

  • 15 opprimō

        opprimō essī, essus, ere    [ob+premo], to press against, press together, press down, close: Os opprime, shut your mouth! T.: ora loquentis, close, O.: flammam in ore, repress: onere armorum oppressi, weighed down, Cs.: opprimi ruinā conclavis, be crushed: classem, sink: Tellus Sustulit oppressos voltūs, covered (by the sea), O.: omnibus unum Opprimere est animus, overwhelm, O.—Fig., to press upon, weigh down, burden, overwhelm: institit, oppressit, he prosecuted urgently, resistlessly: insontem oblato falso crimine, L.: opprimi aere alieno: metu, L.: oppressi somno, Cs.—To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash: quae oratio a censore opprimenda est: ea fraus oppressa magnā caede hostium, baffled, L.: litterae oppressae, multered: libertatem, subvert, N.: potentiam, overthrow: quaestionem, quash, L.—To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.: nationem: Duxit ab oppressā Karthagine nomen, from the conquest of Carthage, H.—To fall upon, surprise, seize, catch: somnus virginem opprimit, T.: inscios Menapios, Cs.: incautos, L.: Antonium mors oppressit: muscam, Ph.: rostra, occupy: quem Fraude loci Oppressum rapit, betrayed, V.: si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex), Iu.—To hide, conceal, suppress: quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur: iram, S.: ita eius rei oppressa mentio est, L.
    * * *
    opprimere, oppressi, oppressus V
    press down; suppress; overthrow; crush, overwhelm, fall upon, oppress

    Latin-English dictionary > opprimō

  • 16 conocimiento

    m.
    1 knowledge.
    hablar/actuar con conocimiento de causa to know what one is talking about/doing
    poner algo en conocimiento de alguien to bring something to somebody's attention, to inform somebody of something
    tener conocimiento de algo to be aware of something
    ha llegado a mi conocimiento que estás insatisfecho it has come to my attention that you are not happy
    2 consciousness (sentido, conciencia).
    perder/recobrar el conocimiento to lose/regain consciousness
    estaba tumbado en el suelo, sin conocimiento he was lying unconscious on the floor
    3 awareness, consciousness, cognizance.
    * * *
    1 (In 1, also used in plural with the same meaning) (saber) knowledge
    2 (sensatez) good sense
    3 (conciencia) consciousness
    \
    con conocimiento de causa with full knowledge of the facts
    perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness
    poner algo en conocimiento de alguien to make something known to somebody, inform somebody of something
    recobrar el conocimiento to regain consciousness, come round
    tener conocimiento de algo to know about something
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=saber) knowledge

    conocimientos — (=nociones) knowledge sing

    mis pocos conocimientos de filosofía/cocina — my limited knowledge of philosophy/cookery

    2) (=información) knowledge

    • dar conocimiento de algo, dimos conocimiento del robo a la policía — we informed the police about the robbery

    • llegar a conocimiento de algn — to come to sb's attention o notice

    • tener conocimiento de algo, aún no tenemos conocimiento de su detención — we still do not know that he has been arrested

    desea ponerlo en conocimiento público — he wants it brought to the public's attention, he wishes it to be made public

    conocimiento de causa, hacer algo con conocimiento de causa — to be fully aware of what one is doing

    3) (=consciencia) consciousness

    recobrar o recuperar el conocimiento — to regain consciousness

    4) (=sentido común) common sense
    5) (Jur) cognizance frm
    6) (Com)
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( saber) knowledge
    b) conocimientos masculino plural ( nociones) knowledge
    2) (frml) ( información)

    dar conocimiento de algo a alguien — to inform o (frml) apprise somebody of something

    pongo en su conocimiento que... — (Corresp) I am writing to inform you that...

    con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa (frml) he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be; hablo con conocimiento de causa — I know what I'm talking about

    3) ( sentido) consciousness

    perder/recobrar el conocimiento — to lose/regain consciousness

    aún es pequeño, no tiene todavía conocimiento — he's not old enough to understand

    * * *
    = cognition, competency, enlightenment, expertise, familiarisation [familiarization, -USA], familiarity, insight, knowledge, learning, acquaintance, understanding, cognisance [cognizance, -USA], connoisseurship, consciousness.
    Ex. The information-processing model of cognition, and developments in artificial intelligence encourage such comparisons = El modelo de la cognición sobre el procesamiento de la información de y los avances de la inteligencia artificial fomentan este tipo de comparaciones.
    Ex. SLIS programmes intended to 'produce' librarians with competency in the use of IT have to be designed.
    Ex. Considered as necessary work in the interest of humanity and general enlightenment, bibliography gains ground as the years pass.
    Ex. Its primary function is to provide a centre for software and hardware expertise for its members.
    Ex. Step 1 Familiarisation: This first step involves the indexer in becoming conversant with the subject content of the document to be indexed.
    Ex. The most effective searchers are those who have both system experience and some familiarity with the subject area in which they are searching.
    Ex. The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.
    Ex. These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.
    Ex. It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.
    Ex. It is only with accumulating experience and many years of close study and acquaintance with bibliographic works that a really substantial body of knowledge of the potential of bibliographic sources is acquired.
    Ex. We librarians ought to have a clearer understanding of our stock-in-trade (books) and their function of social mechanism.
    Ex. The passive cognisance of growth causes considerable difficulties = El conocimiento pasivo del crecimiento causa dificultades importantes.
    Ex. This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    ----
    * actualizar los conocimientos = upgrade + Posesivo + skills.
    * adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.
    * ampliar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, expand + Posesivo + knowledge, widen + knowledge, broaden + knowledge, deepen + understanding.
    * ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.
    * área de conocimiento = area of study.
    * área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.
    * bannco de conocimiento = knowledge bank.
    * basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-based.
    * basado en las disciplinas del conocimiento = discipline-based.
    * bibliotecario con conocimientos de medicina = informationist.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * campo del conocimiento = field of knowledge.
    * centrado en el conocimiento = knowledge-centric.
    * ciencia del conocimiento = cognitive science.
    * compartir el conocimiento = knowledge sharing, pool + knowledge.
    * con conocimiento = authoritatively.
    * con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * con conocimiento de = appreciative of, conversant with.
    * con conocimiento de causa = knowingly, knowingly.
    * con conocimiento de informática = computer literate [computer-literate].
    * con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.
    * con conocimientos en = versed in.
    * con conocimientos sobre el correo electrónico = e-mail literate.
    * con el conocimiento de que = on the understanding that.
    * conjunto de conocimientos = body of knowledge.
    * conocimiento académico = academic knowledge.
    * conocimiento acumulado sobre un tema = lore.
    * conocimiento básico = working familiarity, working knowledge.
    * conocimiento científico = scientific knowledge.
    * conocimiento compartido = knowledge sharing.
    * conocimiento de base = foundation study.
    * conocimiento de cómo sobrevivir en el bosque = woodcraft.
    * conocimiento de embarque = bill of lading.
    * conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.
    * conocimiento de lengua = language skill.
    * conocimiento del objeto = object knowledge.
    * conocimiento de los diferentes soportes = media competency.
    * conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.
    * conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.
    * conocimiento documentado = recorded knowledge.
    * conocimiento enciclopédico = factual knowledge.
    * conocimiento en tecnología = technological skill.
    * conocimiento específico = expert knowledge.
    * conocimiento experto = expert knowledge, expertise.
    * conocimiento explícito = explicit knowledge.
    * conocimiento factual = declarative knowledge.
    * conocimiento humano = human consciousness.
    * conocimiento humano, el = human record, the.
    * conocimiento indígena = indigenous knowledge.
    * conocimiento lingüístico = language skill.
    * conocimiento mutuo = mutual knowledge.
    * conocimiento pasivo = nodding acquaintance.
    * conocimiento pleno = awareness.
    * conocimiento práctico = working knowledge, procedural knowledge.
    * conocimiento previo = foreknowledge.
    * conocimientos = knowledge base [knowledge-base].
    * conocimientos básicos = literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda, recuperación y organización de informació = information literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos de documentación = information literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos de informática = computer literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * conocimientos de tecnología = techno-savvy, tech-savvy.
    * conocimientos en el manejo de la información = info-savvy.
    * conocimiento sobre una materia = subject knowledge.
    * conocimientos requeridos = job specs.
    * conocimiento tácito = tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge.
    * conocimiento técnico = know-how, technical knowledge.
    * conocimiento teórico = declarative knowledge.
    * con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.
    * corpus de conocimiento = corpus of knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * cúmulo de conocimiento = repository of knowledge, knowledge repository.
    * decisión con conocimiento de causa = informed decision.
    * difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.
    * director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.
    * dominio del conocimiento = knowledge domain.
    * economía basada en el conocimiento = knowledge driven economy.
    * economía del conocimiento = knowledge economy.
    * Era del Conocimiento, la = Knowledge Age, the.
    * estructuración del conocimiento = knowledge structuring.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.
    * filtro del conocimiento = knowledge filter.
    * fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.
    * fondo común de conocimientos = pool of knowledge, pool of expertise.
    * frontera del conocimiento = frontier of knowledge.
    * fundamentos del conocimiento, los = foundations of knowledge, the.
    * gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management (KM).
    * gestor del conocimiento = knowledge worker, knowledge manager.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer gala del conocimiento que uno tiene = air + knowledge.
    * hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.
    * hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.
    * impartir conocimiento = impart + knowledge.
    * inculcar conocimiento = instil + knowledge.
    * ingeniería del conocimiento = knowledge engineering.
    * ingeniero del conocimiento = knowledge engineer.
    * institucion del conocimiento = institution of learning.
    * intercambio de conocimientos = learning exchange, cross-fertilisation [cross-fertilization, -USA], cross-fertilisation of knowledge.
    * jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).
    * metaconocimiento = meta-knowledge.
    * navegación por el conocimiento = knowledge navigation.
    * navegador del conocimiento = knowledge navigator.
    * obtener conocimiento = gain + an understanding.
    * ofrecer conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.
    * personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.
    * presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * producto del conocimiento = knowledge record.
    * profundizar en el conocimiento = deepen + knowledge.
    * propagar el conocimiento = propagate + knowledge.
    * proporcionar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.
    * quedarse sin conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.
    * rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.
    * recobrar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * recuperar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * red de conocimiento = knowledge network.
    * servidor del conocimiento = knowledge server.
    * sin conocimiento = unconscious.
    * sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.
    * sintetizar el conocimiento = synthesise + knowledge.
    * sistema basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-base system.
    * sistema de gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management system (KMS).
    * sociedad basada en el conocimiento = knowledge based society.
    * sociedad del conocimiento = knowledge society.
    * Sociedad para el Conocimiento Global = Global Knowledge Partnership.
    * suministrar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.
    * tener conocimiento de = be privy to, be aware of.
    * toma de decisiones con conocimiento de causa = informed decision making.
    * tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa = make + informed decisions.
    * transferencia de conocimiento = transfer of knowledge, knowledge transfer.
    * utilizar los conocimientos de Uno = put + Posesivo + knowledge to work.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( saber) knowledge
    b) conocimientos masculino plural ( nociones) knowledge
    2) (frml) ( información)

    dar conocimiento de algo a alguien — to inform o (frml) apprise somebody of something

    pongo en su conocimiento que... — (Corresp) I am writing to inform you that...

    con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa (frml) he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be; hablo con conocimiento de causa — I know what I'm talking about

    3) ( sentido) consciousness

    perder/recobrar el conocimiento — to lose/regain consciousness

    aún es pequeño, no tiene todavía conocimiento — he's not old enough to understand

    * * *
    = cognition, competency, enlightenment, expertise, familiarisation [familiarization, -USA], familiarity, insight, knowledge, learning, acquaintance, understanding, cognisance [cognizance, -USA], connoisseurship, consciousness.

    Ex: The information-processing model of cognition, and developments in artificial intelligence encourage such comparisons = El modelo de la cognición sobre el procesamiento de la información de y los avances de la inteligencia artificial fomentan este tipo de comparaciones.

    Ex: SLIS programmes intended to 'produce' librarians with competency in the use of IT have to be designed.
    Ex: Considered as necessary work in the interest of humanity and general enlightenment, bibliography gains ground as the years pass.
    Ex: Its primary function is to provide a centre for software and hardware expertise for its members.
    Ex: Step 1 Familiarisation: This first step involves the indexer in becoming conversant with the subject content of the document to be indexed.
    Ex: The most effective searchers are those who have both system experience and some familiarity with the subject area in which they are searching.
    Ex: The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.
    Ex: These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.
    Ex: It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.
    Ex: It is only with accumulating experience and many years of close study and acquaintance with bibliographic works that a really substantial body of knowledge of the potential of bibliographic sources is acquired.
    Ex: We librarians ought to have a clearer understanding of our stock-in-trade (books) and their function of social mechanism.
    Ex: The passive cognisance of growth causes considerable difficulties = El conocimiento pasivo del crecimiento causa dificultades importantes.
    Ex: This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    * actualizar los conocimientos = upgrade + Posesivo + skills.
    * adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.
    * ampliar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, expand + Posesivo + knowledge, widen + knowledge, broaden + knowledge, deepen + understanding.
    * ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.
    * área de conocimiento = area of study.
    * área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.
    * bannco de conocimiento = knowledge bank.
    * basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-based.
    * basado en las disciplinas del conocimiento = discipline-based.
    * bibliotecario con conocimientos de medicina = informationist.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * campo del conocimiento = field of knowledge.
    * centrado en el conocimiento = knowledge-centric.
    * ciencia del conocimiento = cognitive science.
    * compartir el conocimiento = knowledge sharing, pool + knowledge.
    * con conocimiento = authoritatively.
    * con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * con conocimiento de = appreciative of, conversant with.
    * con conocimiento de causa = knowingly, knowingly.
    * con conocimiento de informática = computer literate [computer-literate].
    * con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.
    * con conocimientos en = versed in.
    * con conocimientos sobre el correo electrónico = e-mail literate.
    * con el conocimiento de que = on the understanding that.
    * conjunto de conocimientos = body of knowledge.
    * conocimiento académico = academic knowledge.
    * conocimiento acumulado sobre un tema = lore.
    * conocimiento básico = working familiarity, working knowledge.
    * conocimiento científico = scientific knowledge.
    * conocimiento compartido = knowledge sharing.
    * conocimiento de base = foundation study.
    * conocimiento de cómo sobrevivir en el bosque = woodcraft.
    * conocimiento de embarque = bill of lading.
    * conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.
    * conocimiento de lengua = language skill.
    * conocimiento del objeto = object knowledge.
    * conocimiento de los diferentes soportes = media competency.
    * conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.
    * conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.
    * conocimiento documentado = recorded knowledge.
    * conocimiento enciclopédico = factual knowledge.
    * conocimiento en tecnología = technological skill.
    * conocimiento específico = expert knowledge.
    * conocimiento experto = expert knowledge, expertise.
    * conocimiento explícito = explicit knowledge.
    * conocimiento factual = declarative knowledge.
    * conocimiento humano = human consciousness.
    * conocimiento humano, el = human record, the.
    * conocimiento indígena = indigenous knowledge.
    * conocimiento lingüístico = language skill.
    * conocimiento mutuo = mutual knowledge.
    * conocimiento pasivo = nodding acquaintance.
    * conocimiento pleno = awareness.
    * conocimiento práctico = working knowledge, procedural knowledge.
    * conocimiento previo = foreknowledge.
    * conocimientos = knowledge base [knowledge-base].
    * conocimientos básicos = literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda, recuperación y organización de informació = information literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos de documentación = information literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos de informática = computer literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * conocimientos de tecnología = techno-savvy, tech-savvy.
    * conocimientos en el manejo de la información = info-savvy.
    * conocimiento sobre una materia = subject knowledge.
    * conocimientos requeridos = job specs.
    * conocimiento tácito = tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge.
    * conocimiento técnico = know-how, technical knowledge.
    * conocimiento teórico = declarative knowledge.
    * con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.
    * corpus de conocimiento = corpus of knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * cúmulo de conocimiento = repository of knowledge, knowledge repository.
    * decisión con conocimiento de causa = informed decision.
    * difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.
    * director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.
    * dominio del conocimiento = knowledge domain.
    * economía basada en el conocimiento = knowledge driven economy.
    * economía del conocimiento = knowledge economy.
    * Era del Conocimiento, la = Knowledge Age, the.
    * estructuración del conocimiento = knowledge structuring.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.
    * filtro del conocimiento = knowledge filter.
    * fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.
    * fondo común de conocimientos = pool of knowledge, pool of expertise.
    * frontera del conocimiento = frontier of knowledge.
    * fundamentos del conocimiento, los = foundations of knowledge, the.
    * gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management (KM).
    * gestor del conocimiento = knowledge worker, knowledge manager.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer gala del conocimiento que uno tiene = air + knowledge.
    * hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.
    * hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.
    * impartir conocimiento = impart + knowledge.
    * inculcar conocimiento = instil + knowledge.
    * ingeniería del conocimiento = knowledge engineering.
    * ingeniero del conocimiento = knowledge engineer.
    * institucion del conocimiento = institution of learning.
    * intercambio de conocimientos = learning exchange, cross-fertilisation [cross-fertilization, -USA], cross-fertilisation of knowledge.
    * jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).
    * metaconocimiento = meta-knowledge.
    * navegación por el conocimiento = knowledge navigation.
    * navegador del conocimiento = knowledge navigator.
    * obtener conocimiento = gain + an understanding.
    * ofrecer conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.
    * personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.
    * presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * producto del conocimiento = knowledge record.
    * profundizar en el conocimiento = deepen + knowledge.
    * propagar el conocimiento = propagate + knowledge.
    * proporcionar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.
    * quedarse sin conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.
    * rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.
    * recobrar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * recuperar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.
    * red de conocimiento = knowledge network.
    * servidor del conocimiento = knowledge server.
    * sin conocimiento = unconscious.
    * sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.
    * sintetizar el conocimiento = synthesise + knowledge.
    * sistema basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-base system.
    * sistema de gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management system (KMS).
    * sociedad basada en el conocimiento = knowledge based society.
    * sociedad del conocimiento = knowledge society.
    * Sociedad para el Conocimiento Global = Global Knowledge Partnership.
    * suministrar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.
    * tener conocimiento de = be privy to, be aware of.
    * toma de decisiones con conocimiento de causa = informed decision making.
    * tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa = make + informed decisions.
    * transferencia de conocimiento = transfer of knowledge, knowledge transfer.
    * utilizar los conocimientos de Uno = put + Posesivo + knowledge to work.

    * * *
    A
    1 (saber) knowledge
    tiene algunos conocimientos de inglés he has some knowledge of English, he knows some English
    B ( frml)
    (información): dio conocimiento del suceso a las autoridades he informed o ( frml) apprised the authorities of the incident
    puso el hecho en conocimiento de la policía she informed the police of the incident, she reported the incident to the police
    pongo en su conocimiento que … ( Corresp) I am writing to inform you that …
    al tener conocimiento del suceso upon learning of the incident ( frml)
    a esas horas no se tenía todavía conocimiento de la noticia at that time we/they still had not heard the news
    ciertas personas tienen conocimiento de sus actividades certain people are aware of her activities
    llegar a conocimiento de algn to come to sb's attention o notice ( frml)
    con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa ( frml); he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be
    te lo digo con conocimiento de causa I know what I'm talking about
    Compuesto:
    bill of lading, waybill
    C (sentido) consciousness
    perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness
    cuando recobró el conocimiento when he regained consciousness, when he came to o round
    estar sin conocimiento to be unconscious
    D
    (entendimiento): aún es pequeño, no tiene todavía conocimiento he's not old enough to understand
    * * *

     

    conocimiento sustantivo masculino


    poner algo en conocimiento de algn to inform sb of sth;
    tener conocimiento de algo to be aware of sth

    ◊ perder/recobrar el conocimiento to lose/regain consciousness;

    estar sin conocimiento to be unconscious
    conocimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 knowledge
    2 (conciencia) consciousness
    3 conocimientos, knowledge
    ♦ Locuciones: perder/recobrar el conocimiento, to lose/regain consciousness
    con conocimiento de causa, with full knowledge of the facts
    ' conocimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    braga
    - ciencia
    - conciencia
    - desfallecer
    - desvanecerse
    - dominio
    - error
    - orientación
    - parcela
    - revelar
    - sentida
    - sentido
    - experiencia
    - perder
    - pérdida
    - reanimar
    - recobrar
    - saber
    English:
    acquaintance
    - air
    - black out
    - blackout
    - cognizance
    - come to
    - comprehensive
    - consciousness
    - familiarity
    - grounding
    - improve
    - knock out
    - knowledge
    - notice
    - privy
    - recover
    - self-awareness
    - sketchy
    - superficial
    - thorough
    - unconsciousness
    - black
    - knock
    - know
    - pass
    * * *
    1. [saber] knowledge;
    hablar/actuar con conocimiento de causa to know what one is talking about/doing;
    puso el robo en conocimiento de la policía she informed the police of the burglary;
    ponemos en su conocimiento que se ha detectado un error en el programa this is to inform you that an error has been detected in the program;
    no teníamos conocimiento de su dimisión we were not aware that he had resigned;
    al tener conocimiento del accidente, acudió inmediatamente al hospital when she found out about the accident she immediately went to the hospital;
    ha llegado a mi conocimiento que estás insatisfecho it has come to my attention that you are not happy
    2.
    conocimientos [nociones] knowledge;
    tengo algunos conocimientos de informática I have some knowledge of computers, I know a bit about computers;
    nuestros conocimientos acerca de la enfermedad son muy limitados our knowledge of the disease is very limited, we know very little about the disease
    3. [sentido, conciencia] consciousness;
    perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness;
    recobrar el conocimiento to regain consciousness;
    estaba tumbado en el suelo, sin conocimiento he was lying unconscious on the floor
    4. [juicio] (common) sense;
    5. Com conocimiento de embarque bill of lading
    * * *
    m
    1 knowledge;
    con conocimiento de causa hacer algo fully aware of the consequences;
    para su conocimiento for your information;
    conocimientos pl ( nociones) knowledge sg
    2 MED consciousness;
    perder el conocimiento lose consciousness;
    sin conocimiento unconscious;
    recobrar el conocimiento regain consciousness
    * * *
    1) : knowledge
    2) sentido: consciousness
    * * *
    1. (en general) knowledge
    2. (sentido) consciousness

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  • 17 incumbō

        incumbō cubuī, cubitus, ere    [CVB-], to lay oneself, lean, press, support oneself: in scuta, L.: in gladium, fall on: toro, V.: validis incumbere remis, bend to, V.: tecto incubuit bubo, perched on, O.: ferro, fall on, O.—To lean, incline, overhang: silex incumbebat ad amnem, V.: ad vos, O.: laurus Incumbens arae, V.—In war, to press upon, throw oneself: in hostem, L.: unum in locum totam periculi molem incubuisse, L.—Fig., to press upon, settle on, burden, oppress, weigh upon: Incubuere (venti) mari, V.: tempestas silvis Incubuit, V.: febrium Terris incubuit cohors, H.—To make an effort, apply oneself, exert oneself, take pains with, pay attention to: Tum Teucri incumbunt, V.: nunc, nunc incumbere tempus, O.: huc incumbe, attend to this: et animo et opibus in id bellum, Cs.: omni studio ad bellum: acrius ad ulciscendas rei p. iniurias: ut inclinato (iudici) incumbat oratio, influence: fato urguenti, i. e. accelerate, V.: sarcire ruinas, V.: suis viribus incubuit, ut, etc., L.—To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards: eos, quocumque incubuerit, impellere, whithersoever he may try: eodem incumbunt municipia, are inclined: inclinatio incubuit ad virum bonum: in cupiditatem.
    * * *
    incumbere, incumbui, incumbitus V
    lean forward/over/on, press on; attack, apply force; fall on (one's sword)

    Latin-English dictionary > incumbō

  • 18 īn-sistō

        īn-sistō stitī, —, ere,    to set foot, take a stand, stand on, step on, tread on: firmiter, hold their ground, Cs.: ut proximi iacentibus insisterent, stepped upon, Cs.: vestigiis abeuntium, L.: huic (saxo) institerat frustra, O.: clamoso circo, occupy a place in, Iu.: insistebat in manu Cereris dextrā simulacrum: cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt: digitis, on tiptoe, O.: limen, step upon, V.: vestigia plantis Institerat, V.: cineres, H.—To make a stand, halt, pause, stop, stand still: stellarum motūs insistunt: ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum: ille non poterit eodem modo insistere? hesitate: insistit, secum<*> que corde volutat, V.—To enter on, pursue, follow: quam insistam viam, T.: quā quaerere insistam viam? where shall I go to find<*> (him)? T.: iter, quod insistis, approbo, L.—To follow, pursue, press on: acrius hostis institit, N.: fugientibus, L.— Fig., to follow, pursue: viam domandi, V.: rationem pugnae, plan, Cs.: vestigiis laudum suarum, L.—To follow up, pursue, persist, insist, press vigorously, apply oneself, be busy about: sic institit ore, V.: importune: ad spolia legenda, L.: munus: viventi, H.: obsidioni, Cu.: orare dictatorem, ut, etc., L.: flagitare senatus institit Cornutum, ut, etc.: Iulium tueri, N.—To press upon, urge: dilataque tempora taedae Institerant, were at hand, O.: id bellum ipsis institit moenibus, was at, L.: singulis, dwell upon.

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  • 19 ingero

    in-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a. ( imper. inger for ingere, Cat. 27, 2), to carry, pour, throw, or put into, in, or upon a place.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    aquam ingere,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24:

    ligna foco,

    Tib. 2, 1, 22:

    quicquid vini oleique erat, oribus ingerebatur,

    Curt. 7, 5, 7:

    e puteis aquam in salinas,

    Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Ingerere se, to betake one ' s self or rush to any place:

    ubi confertissimos hostes pugnare conspexisset, eo se semper ingerebat,

    Just. 11, 14, 5:

    se morti obviam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1032; cf.: se oculis, to offer one ' s self to, Just. 18, 7, 9:

    sese periclis,

    Sil. 10, 5.—
    2.
    To inflict upon, execute, apply:

    supplicia,

    Sen. Med. 461:

    pugnos alicui in ventrem,

    to deal blows, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 95: verbera, Curt. 6, 11, 8:

    manus capiti,

    Sen. Ep. 99 med. —
    3.
    Of weapons, to press upon, thrust into:

    ensem viris,

    Val. Fl. 6, 230:

    hastas in tergum fugientibus,

    Verg. A. 9, 763:

    saxa in subeuntes,

    Liv. 2, 65, 4:

    sagittas et jacula,

    id. 36, 18, 5:

    missilia in propugnantes,

    Curt. 4, 3, 15; 4, 4, 13.—
    4.
    To bring, give, or present to one:

    saginandis anseribus polentae duas partes, et furfuris quatuor ingerunt,

    Pall. 1, 30:

    mihi nova pocula,

    Nemes. Cyneg. 5.— Absol.:

    aqua frigida ingesta sistitur sanguis,

    administered internally, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40.—
    5.
    To bring, throw, heap, or put upon a person or thing:

    ut Cassandreus, saucius ingestā contumuleris humo,

    Ov. Ib. 460:

    vasta giganteis ingesta est insula membris,

    id. M. 5, 346:

    adeps pastillis ingestus,

    Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:

    stercus vitibus,

    Col. 2, 16, 8:

    summis ingestum montibus Aepy,

    Stat. Th. 4, 180:

    facies ingesta sopori,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 81:

    ingesta vincula unguibus,

    id. B. Gild. 365:

    supplicia,

    Sen. Med. 461. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., of language.
    1.
    To pour forth, to pour out against:

    convicia alicui,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 12:

    contumelias,

    Tac. A. 1, 39:

    vocis verborumque quantum voletis,

    Liv. 3, 68, 4. —
    2.
    To mention, repeat, keep saying:

    auctorem suum ingerit et inculcat,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 12:

    ingerebat lentissima voce, Carpe, Carpe,

    Petr. 36; Sen. Ben. 7, 22, 2:

    omnia mala ingerebat,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 17:

    voces quae plerumque verae et graves coram ingerebantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 42:

    a tribunis eadem ingerebantur,

    id. H. 4, 78.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To obtrude, press, or force upon one:

    ne recusanti quidem amicitiam suam ingerere destitit,

    Suet. Vit. Hor. p. 297 Roth:

    nomina liberis,

    Tac. Or. 7; cf. id. A. 1, 72:

    filium filiamque orbis senibus,

    Petr. 140:

    omnia imperia recusanti,

    Just. 6, 8:

    ingerebat iste Artemidorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

    his se ingerit (Fortuna),

    presses her favors, Juv. 6, 609:

    veritatis tanta vis est ut nemo... qui non videat ingerentem se oculis divinam claritatem,

    Lact. 1, 5, 2:

    nomen patris patriae a populo saepius ingestum repudiavit,

    pressed upon him, Tac. A. 1, 72.—
    2.
    To heap up:

    scelus sceleri,

    Sen. Thyest. 731.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ingero

  • 20 ἐπίκειμαι

    ἐπίκειμαι impf. ἐπεκείμην (Hom.+).
    ① to be at or in a place in contact with a surface, lie upon ἐπί τινι someth. (Paus. 5, 10, 2) of a stone J 11:38 (JSwetnam, CBQ 28, ’66, 155–73). ἐπί τινος on someth. (Cass. Dio 67, 16; Herm. Wr. 1, 13b) of the brass serpent B 12:7. τὰ στόματα αὐτῶν ἐπικείμενα τῷ ὕδατι καὶ μὴ πίνοντα (I saw how) their (the goats’) mouths were at the water but not drinking GJs 18:3. Abs. ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον fish lying on it J 21:9 (cp. PTebt 47, 25 [113 B.C.]; PGrenf II, 57, 9 τ. ἐπικειμένην σποράν; 2 Macc 1:21).—In imagery be on of the image on a coin IMg 5:2.
    ⓐ of personal force, act of pushing press around, press upon, be urgent w. dat. of pers. (X., An. 4, 3, 7; Arrian, An. 1, 14, 5; Aesop, fab. 140 P.= 249 H.; Job 19:3; 21:27; Jos., Ant. 6, 334 al.) Lk 5:1.
    ⓑ of impersonal force confront χειμῶνος ἐπικειμένου since a storm lay upon us Ac 27:20 (cp. Plut., Timol. 250 [28, 7]; Wsd 17:20 v.l.). ἀνάγκη μοι ἐπίκειται necessity is laid upon me 1 Cor 9:16 (cp. Il. 6, 459; SibOr 3, 572). ἀγὼν ἡμῖν ἐπίκειται a conflict confronts us 1 Cl 7:1; μέγας ἐπίκειται πιρασμός a serious temptation confronts (Paul) AcPl Ha 8, 22. In a somewhat weakened sense stand before (Achilles Tat. 2, 16, 2) ὁ τοκετός μοι ἐπίκειται the pains of birth (typical of the tortures to come) are upon me IRo 6:1.
    ③ to have the force of obligation, be imposed, be incumbent (Lucian, Cal. 17; Ar. 7:3 θάνατος; 1 Macc 6:57; Just., D. 53, 4 τὸν … νόμον ἐπικείμενον ἔχετε; TestJob 15:3 and Just., A I, 12, 3 τὰ ἐπικείμενα) δικαιώματα ἐπικείμενα regulations imposed Hb 9:10. διακονίαι ἐπίκεινταί τινι duties are imposed on someone 1 Cl 40:5. ἵνα μὴ κατέξω τ̣ὰ [προς]|τεταγμένα καὶ ἐπεικίμ̣[εν]α so that I do not default on my assignments and obligations AcPl Ha 7, 15.
    ④ keep on doing someth., be urgent about ἐπέκειντο αἰτούμενοι they urgently demanded Lk 23:23 (cp. Hdt. 5, 104; Jos., Ant. 18, 184 πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπέκειτο ἀξιῶν; also 20, 110).
    ⑤ exist as possibility, be open τούτοις ἐπίκειται μετάνοια repentance is open to them Hs 8, 7, 2 v.l.—M-M. TW.

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > ἐπίκειμαι

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