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To sink deep

  • 1 deprimo

    dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vis venti nubem deprimit,

    Lucr. 6, 432:

    qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:

    ad mentum depresso supercilio,

    id. Pis. 6 fin.:

    animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,

    id. de Sen. 21:

    depresso aratro (sc. in terram),

    Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

    haec quae porto deprimunt,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:

    vites in terram,

    Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

    plantas,

    Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:

    qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,

    Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:

    saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:

    valle in altitudinem depressa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:

    locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

    Sall. C. 55, 3:

    fossam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:

    deprimere vel allevare rivum,

    Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:

    partem navium,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

    naves,

    id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    lenunculos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:

    carinam,

    Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press down, depress:

    animus depressus,

    Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:

    improbitate depressa veritas emergit,

    id. Clu. 65, 183:

    ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,

    Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:

    preces,

    to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

    nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,

    Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):

    adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,

    Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—
    C.
    To oppress (late Lat.):

    populum,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):

    humilius et depressius iter,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:

    aquaeductus depressior,

    Front. Aquaed. 65:

    depresso loco castra ponere,

    id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—
    B.
    Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:

    quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,

    Auct. Her. 3, 14.— Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.— Comp.:

    fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,

    Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:

    pastinare,

    Col. 11, 3, 10.

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  • 2 demitto

    dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    picis e caelo demissum flumen,

    Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

    caelo imbrem,

    Verg. G. 1, 23:

    caelo ancilia,

    Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

    barbam malis,

    Lucr. 5, 673:

    latum clavum pectore,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

    monilia pectoribus,

    Verg. A. 7, 278:

    laenam ex humeris,

    id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

    ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

    Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

    aliquem in sporta per murum,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

    taleam (sc. in terram),

    to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

    arbores altius,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

    puteum alte in solido,

    i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

    triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

    Curt. 5, 1, 31:

    arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

    Lucr. 5, 670:

    demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

    fasces,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

    cibos (sc. in alvum),

    Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

    Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

    Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

    effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

    id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

    arma, classem, socios Rheno,

    Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

    and pecora secundā aquā,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

    manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

    brachia,

    id. 2, 13, 9:

    frontem (opp. attolli),

    id. 11, 3, 78:

    supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

    Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

    auriculas,

    id. S. 1, 9, 20:

    caput,

    Ov. M. 10, 192:

    crinem,

    id. ib. 6, 289:

    demisso capite,

    Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

    aliquos per funem,

    Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

    vestem,

    id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

    tunicam,

    id. ib. 25:

    stolam,

    id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

    equum in flumen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

    equos a campo in cavam viam,

    Liv. 23, 47:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

    aliquem ad imos Manes,

    Verg. A. 12, 884:

    hostem in ovilia,

    Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

    gladium in jugulum,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

    ferrum in ilia,

    Ov. M. 4, 119:

    sublicas in terram,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

    huc stipites,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

    huc caementa,

    Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

    nummum in loculos,

    to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

    calculum atrum in urnam,

    Ov. M. 15, 44:

    milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

    Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

    quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

    Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

    navem secundo amni Scodam,

    Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

    corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

    aliquem neci,

    Verg. A. 2, 85:

    aliquem Orco,

    id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

    aliquem umbris,

    Sil. 11, 142:

    ferrum jugulo,

    Ov. H. 14, 5:

    ferrum lacubus,

    id. M. 12, 278:

    offa demittitur faucibus boum,

    Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—
    b.
    Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

    (venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

    Lucr. 6, 446:

    se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    se ad aurem alicujus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

    cum se demittit ob assem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

    concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

    Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

    nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—
    B.
    Esp., milit. t. t.
    1.
    To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

    in loca plana agmen demittunt,

    Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

    agmen in vallem infimam,

    id. 7, 34:

    equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

    id. 27, 18:

    agmen in Thessaliam,

    id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

    agmen,

    Liv. 9, 2:

    levem armaturam,

    id. 22, 28 al.:

    cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

    had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

    so with se,

    id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—
    2.
    Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —
    II.
    Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

    demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

    Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

    vultu demisso,

    Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

    demissis in terram oculis,

    Liv. 9, 38, 13;

    also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

    Val. Fl. 3, 41:

    vultum,

    Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

    vultum animumque metu,

    Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

    vultus,

    id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

    eas voces in pectora animosque,

    Liv. 34, 50; and:

    dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

    Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    dignitatem in discrimen,

    Liv. 3, 35:

    vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

    Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

    me penitus in causam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

    me in res turbulentissimas,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

    se in comparationem,

    Suet. Rhet. 6:

    se in adulationem,

    to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

    se usque ad servilem patientiam,

    id. ib. 14, 26:

    se ad minora illa,

    Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

    si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

    animos (with contrahere),

    id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

    animum (with contrahere),

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

    mentes,

    Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

    ne se admodum animo demitterent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

    campestribus ac demissis locis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

    loca demissa ac palustria,

    id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—
    2.
    Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

    demissis umeris esse,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

    tremulus, labiis demissis,

    with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

    demisso capite discedere,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

    tristes, capite demisso,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    demisso vultu,

    with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

    Dido vultum demissa,

    Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

    demissa vulnera,

    Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

    erigebat animum jam demissum,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    esse fracto animo et demisso,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

    (homines) animo demisso atque humili,

    id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

    demisso animo fuit,

    Sall. J. 98 al.:

    demissa voce loqui,

    Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

    nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

    Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

    quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

    Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

    videsne illum demissum?

    id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

    orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

    Cic. Or. 24, 81.—
    2.
    Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

    ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

    multum demissus homo,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

    sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

    Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—
    3.
    Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

    qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

    Sall. C. 51, 12.—
    4.
    Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

    ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.
    1.
    Lit., low:

    hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—
    2.
    Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    suppliciter demisseque respondere,

    id. Fl. 10, 21:

    se tueri,

    id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

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  • 3 sedeo

    sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.
    I.
    Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    hi stant ambo, non sedent,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

    quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    sedens iis assensi,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    lumbi sedendo dolent,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

    supplex ille sedet,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in subselliis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

    sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

    in proscaenio,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

    in sellā,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in saxo (ejecti),

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

    in arā (mulieres supplices),

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

    in solio,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

    in equo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

    in leone,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

    in conclavi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

    in hemicyclio domi,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

    bubo in culmine,

    Ov. M. 6, 432:

    cornix in humo,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

    musca in temone,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—
    (γ).
    With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

    bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

    Ov. M. 6, 72:

    solio,

    id. ib. 6, 650;

    14, 261: sede regiā,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    eburneis sellis,

    id. 5, 41:

    sellā curuli,

    id. 30, 19:

    carpento,

    id. 1, 34:

    cymbā,

    Ov. M. 1, 293:

    puppe,

    id. F. 6, 471:

    humo,

    id. M. 4, 261:

    equo,

    Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

    dorso aselli,

    Ov. F. 3, 749:

    delphine,

    id. M. 11, 237:

    columbae viridi solo,

    Verg. A. 6, 192:

    recessu,

    Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

    theatro,

    id. A. A. 1, 497.—
    (δ).
    With other prepp. and advv. of place:

    inter ancillas,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

    ante fores,

    Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    ad tumulum supplex,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    sub arbore,

    Ov. M. 4, 95:

    sub Jove,

    id. ib. 4, 261:

    ducis sub pede,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

    post me gradu uno,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

    apud quem,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

    non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

    illic,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—
    2.
    Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

    sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

    Spart. Hadr. 22;

    Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

    Sol. 45:

    animalia sedentur,

    Veg. 2, 28, 12.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

    (Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

    Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

    ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

    id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

    si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

    judex,

    Liv. 40, 8:

    Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

    id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

    sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

    Minos arbiter,

    Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

    sedeo pro tribunali,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

    nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

    dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

    sedente Claudio,

    Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

    sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—
    2.
    To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

    isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

    majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

    1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    an sedere oportuit Domi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

    iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

    quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

    in villā totos dies,

    Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

    circum argentarias cottidie,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

    sedemus desides domi,

    Liv. 3, 68:

    statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

    non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

    sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

    ante sacras fores,

    Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    custos ad mea busta sedens,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

    meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

    Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

    et frustra credula turba sedet,

    id. 4, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

    hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

    Naev. 6, 2:

    dum apud hostes sedimus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

    sedendo expugnare urbem,

    Liv. 2, 12:

    sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

    id. 22, 24:

    quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

    id. 44, 27:

    ad Suessulam,

    id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

    apud moenia Contrebiae,

    Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

    compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

    Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

    vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—
    3.
    For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

    sordido in loco sedere,

    Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

    cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

    Tib. 4, 1, 42:

    quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

    Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

    Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

    Ov. F. 1,110:

    sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

    Liv. 22, 4:

    sedet vox auribus,

    sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

    sedisse immensos montes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—
    2.
    Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

    nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 823. —
    3.
    Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

    campo Nola sedet,

    Sil. 12, 162:

    mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

    Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

    lactuca sedens,

    i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—
    B.
    In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

    tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

    Ov. M. 15, 337:

    in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

    stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

    so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

    id. F. 1, 576:

    cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 40:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

    alta sedent vulnera,

    Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

    ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

    sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

    toga umero,

    id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

    quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

    sicco jam litore sedit,

    Luc. 8, 726:

    naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

    stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

    cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

    aliquid fideliter in animo,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

    unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

    Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

    Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

    Ov. H. 2, 76:

    sedere coepit sententia haec,

    to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

    nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

    Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

    si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

    idque pio sedet Aeneae,

    id. ib. 5, 418:

    bellum,

    Flor. 2, 15, 4:

    consilium fugae,

    id. 2, 18, 14:

    haec,

    Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

    tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 324:

    vacuo petere omina caelo,

    id. ib. 3, 459:

    Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

    Val. Fl. 2, 383.

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  • 4 descendo

    dē-scendo, di, sum, 3 ( perf. redupl.: descendidit, Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 4 fin.; and, descendiderant, Laber. ib.; perf.: desciderunt, Inscr. Frat. Arv. 13 Henzen.), v. n., to come down; and of inanimate subjects, to fall, sink down, to descend, opp. to ascendo (class. and freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex equo,

    to alight, Cic. de Sen. 10, 34; Auct. B. Hisp. 15, 2;

    for which, equo,

    Sall. Hist. Fragm. 5, 13:

    sicut monte descenderat,

    id. J. 50, 2:

    e curru,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    e tribunali,

    id. Claud. 15:

    de rostris,

    Cic. Vatin. 11:

    de templo,

    Liv. 44, 45:

    de caelo,

    id. 6, 18;

    for which, caelo,

    Hor. Od. 3, 4, 1:

    e caelo,

    Juv. 11, 27:

    caelo ab alto,

    Verg. A. 8, 423; cf.:

    vertice montis ab alto,

    id. ib. 7, 675; and:

    ab Histro (Da cus),

    id. G. 2, 497:

    ab Alpibus,

    Liv. 21, 32, 2; 27, 38, 6:

    monte,

    Verg. A. 4, 159:

    aggeribus Alpinis atque arce Monoeci,

    id. ib. 6, 831:

    antro Castalio,

    Ov. M. 3, 14:

    per clivum,

    id. F. 1, 263 et saep.—Indicating the terminus ad quem:

    in mare de caelo,

    Lucr. 6, 427:

    Juppiter in terras,

    id. 6, 402:

    in pon tum,

    Sil. 1, 607; 15, 152; cf.:

    caelo in hibernas undas,

    Verg. G. 4, 235:

    caelo ad suos honores templaque, etc.,

    Ov. F. 5, 551:

    in aestum,

    Lucr. 6, 402:

    in inferiorem ambulationem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4:

    in campos,

    Liv. 6, 737; cf. Curt. 9, 9:

    in Piraeum,

    Quint. 8, 6, 64 et saep.:

    ad naviculas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48 fin.:

    ad genitorem imas Erebi descendit ad umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 404:

    sinus vestis infra genua,

    Curt. 6, 5 et saep. Poet. also with dat.:

    nocti, i. e. ad inferos,

    Sil. 13, 708; cf.

    Erebo,

    id. 13, 759.—With sup.:

    per quod oraculo utentes sciscitatum deos descendunt,

    Liv. 45, 27, 8.— Absol.:

    turbo descendit,

    Lucr. 6, 438; cf. Verg. E. 7, 60:

    asta ut descendam (sc. ex equo),

    dismount, alight, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 120; Suet. Galb. 18:

    descendens (sc. e lecto),

    Tib. 1, 5, 41:

    descendo (sc. de arce),

    Verg. A. 2, 632:

    umbrae descendentes (sc. ad inferos),

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 41.— Poet.: trepidi quoties nos descendentis arenae vidimus in partes, i. e. that seemed to sink as the wild beasts rose from the vaults, Calp. Ecl. 7, 69.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go down, to go, to come, sc. from the dwelling-houses (which in Rome were mostly situated on eminences) to the forum, the comitia, etc.: in forum descendens, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; so, ad forum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 538, 26; Q. Cic. Petit. cons. 14; Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9 fin.; Liv. 24, 7; 34, 1; cf.:

    fuge, quo descendere gestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 5;

    Orell. ad loc.: ad comitia,

    Suet. Caes. 13 al.:

    de palatio et aedibus suis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46.— Absol.:

    hodie non descendit Antonius,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 38; Liv. 2, 54; Sen. Ben. 3, 27 al. —
    b.
    Transf.:

    in causam,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2; Liv. 36, 7; Tac. H. 3, 3:

    in partes,

    id. A. 15, 50. —
    c.
    Of land, etc., to sink, fall, slope:

    regio,

    Val. Fl. 1, 538.—
    d.
    Of forests whose wood is brought to the plain, Stat. Ach. 2, 115:

    Caucasus,

    Val. Fl. 7, 55.—
    e.
    Of water conveyed in pipes, to fall:

    subeat descendatque,

    Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57; cf.

    of the sea: non magis descenderet aequor,

    Luc. 5, 338.—
    2.
    In milit. lang., to march down, sc. from an eminence [p. 555] into the plain:

    ex superioribus locis in planitiem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 98; cf. id. ib. 3, 65, 2:

    qua (sc. de monte),

    Sall. J. 50, 3:

    inde (sc. de arce),

    Liv. 32, 32; cf. id. 7, 29:

    in aequum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 53, 2;

    for which, in aequum,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    in campum omnibus copiis,

    id. 23, 29:

    in plana,

    Front. Strat. 2, 5, 18:

    ad Alexandriam,

    Liv. 45, 12 et saep.— Absol., Liv. 44, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 17, 9:

    ad laevam,

    Sall. J. 55 al. —With supine:

    praedatum in agros Romanos,

    Liv. 3, 10, 4; 10, 31, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf.:

    in aciem,

    to go into battle, to engage, Liv. 8, 8; 23, 29; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 11 al.:

    in proelium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 10; Just. 21, 2, 5:

    in certamen,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26:

    ad pugnam, ad tales pugnas,

    Val. Fl. 3, 518; Juv. 7, 173; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41;

    and even, in bellum,

    Just. 15, 4, 21; 38, 8, 1; cf.:

    in belli periculum,

    id. 15, 1, 2.—
    3.
    In medic. lang., of the excrements: to pass off, pass through, Cels. 2, 4 fin.:

    olera,

    id. 1, 6:

    alvus,

    id. 2, 7.—
    4.
    Pregn., to sink down, penetrate into any thing (freq. only after the Aug. per.;

    not in Cic. and Caes.): ferrum in corpus,

    Liv. 1, 41; cf. Sil. 16, 544:

    toto descendit in ilia ferro,

    Ov. M. 3, 67:

    (harundo) in caput,

    Luc. 6, 216; cf.:

    in jugulos gladiis descendebant (hostes),

    Flor. 3, 10, 13:

    ense in jugulos,

    Claud. B. Get. 601:

    in terram (fulmen),

    Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146:

    in rimam calamus,

    id. 17, 14, 24, § 102:

    subjacens soli duritia non patitur in altum descendere (radices), lapathi radix ad tria cubita,

    Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98 et saep.:

    toto corpore pestis,

    Verg. A. 5, 683:

    galeas vetant descendere cristae,

    to sink down, Stat. Th. 9, 262. —
    5.
    In an obscene sense, Catull. 112, 2; Juv. 11, 163.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (esp. freq. in Quint.), to descend, etc.:

    a vita pastorali ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3 sq.; cf.:

    ad aliquem,

    Just. 1, 4, 1:

    usus in nostram aetatem descendit,

    Quint. 1, 11, 18:

    (vox) attollitur concitatis affectibus, compositis descendit,

    id. 11, 3, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 92:

    grammatici omnes in hanc descendent rerum tenuitatem,

    id. 1, 4, 7 et saep.:

    in omnia familiaritatis officia,

    Plin. Pan. 85, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    eo contemptionis descensum, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 15, 1 et saep.:

    si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures,

    Hor. A. P. 387:

    si descendere ad ipsum Ordine perpetuo quaeris sunt hujus origo Ilus et Assaracus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 754.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to no. I. A. 4.) To sink deep into, to penetrate deeply:

    quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius, quam quisquam ratus erat, descendit,

    Sall. J. 11, 7; cf.:

    ut altius injuriae quam merita descendant,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1 med.; id. Contr. 1 praef.; Spart. Ant. Get. 6:

    cura in animos Patrum,

    Liv. 3, 52; cf.:

    qui (metus deorum) cum descendere ad animos... non posset,

    id. 1, 19:

    nemo in sese tentat descendere,

    to examine himself, Pers. 4, 23.—
    2.
    To lower one's self, descend to an act or employment, etc.; to yield, agree to any act, esp. to one which is unpleasant or wrong (freq. in Cic. and Caes.; cf. Orell. ad Cic. Cael. 2, and Fabri ad Liv. 23, 14, 3).—Constr. with ad, very rarely with in or absol.:

    senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. de Or. 2, 6:

    ad calamitatum societates,

    id. Lael. 17, 64:

    sua voluntate sapientem descendere ad rationes civitatis non solere,

    id. Rep. 1, 6 al.:

    ad ejusmodi consilium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 5:

    ad innocentium supplicia,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.:

    ad vim atque ad arma,

    id. ib. 7, 33:

    ad gravissimas verborum contumelias,

    id. B. C. 3, 83:

    ad accusandum, ad inimicitias,

    Cic. Mur. 27, 56; id. Sest. 41, 89; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 1: ad extrema, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    ad frontis urbanae praemia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    preces in omnes,

    Verg. A. 5, 782:

    videte, quo descendam, judices,

    Cic. Font. 1, 2; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 38; Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 5:

    ad intellectum audientis,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ad minutissima opera,

    id. 1, 12, 14; 4, 2, 15: placet mihi ista defensio;

    descendo,

    I acquiesce, id. ib. 2, 2, 72.—
    3.
    (Mostly ante-Aug.) To descend or proceed from any person or thing:

    ex gradu ascendentium vel descendentium uxorem ducere,

    Dig. 23, 2, 68 et saep.:

    quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit,

    ib. 43, 26, 1; cf. ib. 18, 1, 57 fin.:

    a Platone,

    Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.—Hence, subst.: dē-scendens, entis, m. and f., a descendant; plur. descendentes, posterity, Dig. 23, 2, 68. —
    4.
    (In Quint.) To depart, deviate, differ from:

    tantum ab eo defluebat, quantum ille (sc. Seneca) ab antiquis descenderat,

    Quint. 10, 1, 126; id. 3, 5, 8.
    ► The passive is very rare, Plin.
    2, 16, 13, § 71; Prud. Apoth. 1075.

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  • 5 premo

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

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

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

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

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

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

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

    vestigia alicujus,

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

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

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

    ore aliquid,

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

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

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

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

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

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

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

    aëra,

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

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

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

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

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

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

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

    aliquid terrā,

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

    nonumque prematur in annum,

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

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

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

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

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

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

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

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

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

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

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

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

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

    nescia quem premeret,

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

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

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

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

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

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

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

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

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

    et cubito remanete presso,

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

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

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

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

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

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

    virgulta per agros,

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

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

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

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

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

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

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

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

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

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

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

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

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

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

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

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

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

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

    oscula jungere pressa,

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

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

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

    pede presso,

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

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

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

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

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

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

    molle salictum,

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

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

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

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

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

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

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

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

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

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

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

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

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

    confessionem,

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

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

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

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

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

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

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

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

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

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

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

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

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

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

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

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

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

    premebat reum crimen,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

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

    sermones vulgi,

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

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

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

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

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

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

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

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

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

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

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

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

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

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

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

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

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

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

    cogitationes pressiores,

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

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

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

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

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

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

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

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

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

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

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

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

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 6 condō

        condō didī, ditus, ere    [com- + do], to put together, make by joining, found, establish, build, settle: oppida, H.: urbem: urbs condita vi et armis, L.: ante Romam conditam, before the foundation of Rome: post urbem conditam: gentem, V.: optato conduntur Thybridis alveo, they settle, V.—To erect, make, construct, build, found: aram, L.: sepulcrum, H.: moenia, V.—To compose, write, celebrate, treat, describe: conditum ab Livio poëtā carmen, L.: poëma: festa numeris, O. — To establish, found, be the author of, produce, make: aurea saecula, V.: collegium novum, L.—To put away, lay by, lay up, store, treasure: pecuniam: fructūs: (pocula) condita servo, V.: quod mox depromere possim, H.: Sabinum testā lēvi, H.: mella puris amphoris, H.: messīs, O.: (piratas) in carcerem, to imprison: captivos in vincula, L.: sortes eo: litteras in aerario: se (aves) in foliis, V.: domi conditus consulatus, i. e. safe: omne bonum in visceribus medullisque.—To preserve, pickle: corna in faece, O.—To inter, bury: mortuos cerā circumlitos: animam sepulcro, V.: te humi, V.: fraternas umbras tumulo, O.: patrem, Ph.: fulgura publica, i. e. things blasted, Iu.: tempora Notis condita fastis, i. e. recorded, H.: longos Cantando soles, to bury, dispose of, V.: diem collibus in suis, H.: lūstrum, to complete, close (by offering sacrifices): idque conditum lūstrum appellavit, L.—To conceal, hide, secrete, suppress: Sibylla condita: aetas condet nitentia, H.: caelum umbrā, V.: aliquid iocoso furto, make away with, H.: voltum aequore, O.: ensīs, sheathe, H.: ferrum, Ph.: oculos, shut, O.: lumina, V.: se in viscera (terrae), O.: per omnīs se portas, retire, V.: Numidarum turmas medio in saltu, place in ambush, L.—To strike deep, plunge, bury: in gurgitis ima sceptrum, O.: digitos in lumina, O.: Pectore in adverso ensem, V.: telum iugulo, O.: stimulos caecos in pectore, O.
    * * *
    condere, condidi, conditus V TRANS
    put/insert (into); store up/put away, preserve, bottle (wine); bury/inter; sink; build/found, make; shut (eyes); conceal/hide/keep safe; put together, compose; restore; sheathe (sword); plunge/bury (weapon in enemy); put out of sight

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  • 7 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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  • 8 immergo

    immergo ( inm-), si, sum, 3 ( perf. sync. immersti, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26; acc. to the second conj., inf. pres. pass. immergeri, Col. 5, 9, 3), v. a. [in-mergo], to dip, plunge, sink, or stick into any thing, to immerse (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    manus in aquam ferventem,

    Plin. 28, 6, 15, § 144:

    immersus in flumen,

    Cic. Univ. 13:

    in aqua cui subinde (ferrum) candens immergitur,

    Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144:

    nautas pelago,

    Ov. M. 4, 423:

    partem arboris deflexam terrae,

    Col. 5, 6, 30:

    aliquem spumosā undā,

    Verg. A. 6, 174:

    immergi melle cotoneà,

    Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:

    manus,

    Ov. M. 13, 563:

    se in aquam,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 90:

    se alto (belua),

    Curt. 4, 4.—

    Mid.: ubi Hister amnis inmergitur,

    i. e. pours itself into the sea, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41:

    at quidem tute errasti, quom parum inmersti ampliter (sc. manus),

    did not dip deep enough, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen.: se aliquo, to throw or plunge one's self into any thing, to betake one's self anywhere:

    immersit aliquo sese credo in ganeum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 3:

    se in contionem mediam,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

    inter mucrones se hostium immersit,

    Just. 33, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    se blanditiis et assentationibus in alicujus consuetudinem,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 36:

    se studiis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 37:

    se penitus Pythagorae praeceptis,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 1 fin.

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  • 9 inclino

    in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [clino, clinatus].
    I.
    Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    vela contrahit malosque inclinat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 2:

    genua arenis,

    Ov. M. 11, 356:

    (rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae,

    id. ib. 11, 209:

    inclinato in dextrum capite,

    Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69:

    inclinata utrolibet cervix,

    id. 1, 11, 9:

    pollice intus inclinato,

    id. 11, 3, 99:

    arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas,

    Mart. 1, 77, 8:

    sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus,

    Ov. M. 2, 721:

    at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes,

    i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis):

    prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc.,

    i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.:

    inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.—

    Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos,

    Quint. 11, 3, 132):

    (terra) inclinatur retroque recellit,

    bends down, Lucr. 6, 573:

    saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis,

    Juv. 15, 63.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way:

    ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,

    i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3:

    tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,

    id. 7, 33, 7:

    quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,

    Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —
    b.
    In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward:

    septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat,

    Liv. 26, 45, 8:

    cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,

    id. 29, 7, 2.—
    c.
    In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out:

    jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7:

    quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus,

    Juv. 10, 224:

    ipsos maritos,

    id. 9, 26.—
    3.
    Transf., of color, to incline to:

    colore ad aurum inclinato,

    Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37:

    coloris in luteum inclinati,

    id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—
    4.
    Of a disease, to abate, diminish:

    morbus inclinatus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    febris se inclinat,

    id. ib. al.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction:

    se ad Stoicos,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

    culpam in aliquem,

    to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12:

    quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,

    Just. 5, 1 fin.:

    judicem inclinat miseratio,

    moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14:

    haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.:

    quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,

    Liv. 1, 18, 5.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline:

    se fortuna inclinaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3:

    omnia simul inclinante fortuna,

    Liv. 33, 18, 1:

    ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,

    to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

    eloquentiam,

    Quint. 10, 1, 80.—
    b.
    To throw upon, remove, transfer:

    haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,

    Liv. 1, 43, 9:

    omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,

    id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.):

    (vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,

    Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9:

    partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,

    id. 10, 13, 1.—
    II.
    Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.
    A.
    Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.):

    paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,

    Lucr. 2, 243:

    sol inclinat,

    Juv. 3, 316:

    inclinare meridiem sentis,

    Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which:

    sol se inclinavit,

    Liv. 9, 32, 6;

    v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,

    Curt. 6, 11, 9.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way:

    ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,

    Liv. 7, 33, 7:

    in fugam,

    id. 34, 28 fin.:

    inclinantes jam legiones,

    Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—
    3.
    To change for the worse, turn, fail:

    si fortuna belli inclinet,

    Liv. 3, 61, 5:

    inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat,

    Tac. A. 15, 21. —
    B.
    Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.):

    si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

    ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,

    id. Att. 12, 29, 2:

    ad voluptatem audientium,

    Quint. 2, 10, 10:

    in stirpem regiam studiis,

    Curt. 10, 7, 12:

    amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce... inclinet,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 71:

    cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 16:

    color ad crocum inclinans,

    Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut:

    ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,

    Liv. 7, 9, 5:

    multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,

    id. 27, 46, 7:

    hos ut sequar inclinat animus,

    id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.:

    inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,

    Liv. 32, 13, 5:

    inclinavit sententia universos ire,

    id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.:

    consules ad patrum causam inclinati,

    Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.:

    inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,

    Tac. H. 1, 81:

    inclinatis ad credendum animis,

    Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1:

    ad paenitentiam,

    id. ib. 2, 45. —
    2.
    In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare):

    inclinant jam fata ducum,

    change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Bent down, sunken:

    senectus,

    Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep:

    vox,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.:

    inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

    id. ib. 8, 27. —
    B.
    Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing:

    plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,

    Liv. 23, 46, 3:

    plebs ad regem Macedonasque,

    id. 42, 30, 1:

    ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,

    id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—
    C.
    Sunken, fallen, deteriorated:

    ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

    copiae,

    Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

    rerum inclinata ferre,

    i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inclino

  • 10 inmergo

    immergo ( inm-), si, sum, 3 ( perf. sync. immersti, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26; acc. to the second conj., inf. pres. pass. immergeri, Col. 5, 9, 3), v. a. [in-mergo], to dip, plunge, sink, or stick into any thing, to immerse (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    manus in aquam ferventem,

    Plin. 28, 6, 15, § 144:

    immersus in flumen,

    Cic. Univ. 13:

    in aqua cui subinde (ferrum) candens immergitur,

    Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 144:

    nautas pelago,

    Ov. M. 4, 423:

    partem arboris deflexam terrae,

    Col. 5, 6, 30:

    aliquem spumosā undā,

    Verg. A. 6, 174:

    immergi melle cotoneà,

    Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:

    manus,

    Ov. M. 13, 563:

    se in aquam,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 90:

    se alto (belua),

    Curt. 4, 4.—

    Mid.: ubi Hister amnis inmergitur,

    i. e. pours itself into the sea, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41:

    at quidem tute errasti, quom parum inmersti ampliter (sc. manus),

    did not dip deep enough, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 26.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen.: se aliquo, to throw or plunge one's self into any thing, to betake one's self anywhere:

    immersit aliquo sese credo in ganeum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 3:

    se in contionem mediam,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

    inter mucrones se hostium immersit,

    Just. 33, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    se blanditiis et assentationibus in alicujus consuetudinem,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 36:

    se studiis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 37:

    se penitus Pythagorae praeceptis,

    Val. Max. 4, 1, 1 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inmergo

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