To strip off

ex-ŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [ex and root av-, to go to, put on; Zend. avaiti, go into, ao-thra, shoe; Slav. and Lith. forms, v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 17; cf. ind-uo], to draw out or off, to pull or strip off, put off, divest (class.; esp. freq. since the Aug. period).

Lit.:

serpens exuit in spinis vestem,

Lucr. 4, 61:

manticam umero,

App. M. 1, p. 110; cf.:

pharetram umero,

Ov. M. 2, 419:

telum magno e vulnere,

Stat. Th. 9, 287:

ensem vaginā,

id. ib. 9, 76:

clipeum reduci,

Ov. H. 13, 147; cf.:

vincula sibi,

id. M. 7, 773:

jugum,

to shake off, Liv. 35, 17, 8:

alas,

to lay aside, Verg. A. 1, 690:

Trojanos cestus,

id. ib. 5, 420:

setosa duris exuere pellibus membra,

Hor. Epod. 17, 15; cf.:

magnos membrorum artus, magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,

strips, bares, Verg. A. 5, 423:

aliquem veste,

Suet. Ner. 32:

palmas vinclis,

Verg. A. 2, 153:

digitos,

i. e. to strip of rings, Mart. 14, 109:

mensas,

to uncover, id. 9, 60, 7:

si ex his te laqueis exueris,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151:

se jugo,

Liv. 34, 13, 9. —In a Greek construction:

unum exuta pedem vinclis,

Verg. A. 4, 518:

cornua exuitur,

Ov. M. 9, 52.— Absol.:

si non saltas, exue igitur (sc. pallam),

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 16. —

Transf., in gen., to strip, despoil, deprive of any thing:

hostium copiis fusis armisque exutis,

i. e. to be forced to throw off their arms and to flee, Caes. B. G. 3, 6, 3:

hostem armis,

id. ib. 5, 51 fin.; Sall. J. 88, 3; Liv. 22, 21, 4:

exuti prope omnes armis diffugere,

id. 21, 61, 9; 34, 28, 11; Verg. A. 11, 395:

impedimentis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14, 8; 7, 42, 5:

castris,

Liv. 31, 42, 7; 41, 3, 10; 41, 12, 5; Vell. 1, 9, 4:

sedibus,

Tac. A. 13, 39:

aliquem avitis bonis,

id. ib. 14, 31; cf.:

aliquem patrimonio,

Suet. Gramm. 11:

montes,

to strip, lay bare, Stat. S. 4, 3, 50:

se agro paterno avitoque,

Liv. 2, 23, 6: exuto Lepido, interfecto Antonio, stripped bare, i. e. without legions, without arms, etc., Tac. A. 1, 2.—

Trop., to lay aside, cast off, divest one's self of any thing:

humanitatem,

Cic. Lig. 5, 14; cf. id. Att. 13, 2, 1:

sapientia vanitatem exuit mentibus,

Sen. Ep. 90 med.:

mentitum colorem,

Quint. 12, 10, 76:

silvestrem animum,

Verg. G. 2, 51:

vultus severos,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 43:

feritatem,

id. F. 3, 281:

mores antiquos,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

virtutes,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

fidem,

id. ib. 12, 14:

amicitiam,

id. ib. 1, 8:

tristitiam et arrogantiam et avaritiam,

id. Agr. 9:

jus fasque,

id. H. 3, 5:

promissa,

to break one's word, id. A. 13, 44:

pacta,

id. ib. 6, 43:

patriam,

id. H. 5, 5 et saep.:

hominem exuens ex homine,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

magistrum,

Tac. A. 14, 52 fin. —

With a subjectclause:

mihi quidem ex animo exui non potest, esse deos,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7.—

Transf., to make void of, to free from:

se omnibus vitiis,

Sen. Ep. 11.

rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to scrape, scratch, shave, rub, or smooth; of the hair, to shave off with a razor (while tondere is to cut off with shears; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. scabo).

Lit.: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, tear, lacerate by scratching, in mourning, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157;

and Fest. s. v. radere, p. 227: fauces,

to irritate, Lucr. 4, 528; Quint. 11, 3, 13 Spald.;

11, 3, 20: terram pedibus (corvus),

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 2:

caput et supercilia,

to shave, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20 (just before, abrasa); Petr. 103:

caput, as a token of slavery,

Liv. 34, 52 fin.;

in mourning,

Suet. Calig. 5;

and in execution of a vow made in times of peril,

Juv. 12, 81 (cf. Petr. 103 sqq.):

barbam,

Suet. Aug. 79.— Transf., of the person himself:

ut tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur,

Suet. Caes. 45; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211:

tigna,

to smooth off, Lucr. 5, 1267:

virgae,

Verg. G. 2, 358; cf.

lapides,

to sweep the mosaic ground, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83:

parietes,

to scratch, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52:

aream,

i. e. to clear of bushes, Col. 2, 19; cf.:

medicam marris ad solum,

to weed out, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 147:

arva imbribus (Eurus),

to strip, lay waste, sweep, ravage, Hor. Epod. 16, 54; cf.:

terras (Aquilo),

id. S. 2, 6, 25:

nomen fastis,

to scratch out, erase, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.:

margine in extremo littera rasa,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22:

tabellae rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437.—

Poet., transf.

To touch in passing, touch upon, brush along, graze; of streams:

ripas radentia flumina rodunt,

Lucr. 5, 256; Ov. F. 1, 242; Luc. 2, 425; Sen. Hippol. 16.—

Of sailors: hinc altas cautes projectaque saxa Pachyni Radimus (in sailing by),

Verg. A. 3, 700; 5, 170; 7, 10; Val. Fl. 5, 108; Luc. 5, 425; 8, 246 al.: sicco freta radere passu (with percurrere;

of horses running past),

Ov. M. 10, 654:

terra rasa squamis (serpentis),

id. ib. 3, 75:

arva radens serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 525; cf. Verg. A. 5, 217:

trajectos surculus rasit,

crept through, Suet. Ner. 48.—

To strip off, nip off:

damnosa canicula quantum raderet,

Pers. 3, 50: ista tonstrix radit, i. e. shaves her customers (sc. of their money), Mart. 2, 17, 5.—

Trop., to grate upon, hurt, offend:

aures delicatas radere,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

teneras auriculas mordaci vero,

Pers. 1, 107:

pallentes mores,

to lash, satirize, id. 5, 15.

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spŏlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spolium], to strip, to deprive of covering, rob of clothing.

In gen. (rare but class.; syn. exuo): Phalarim vestitu spoliare, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29:

consules spoliari hominem et virgas expediri jubent,

Liv. 2, 55 Drak.; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

Papirius spoliari magistrum equitum ac virgas et secures expediri jussit,

Liv. 8, 32; cf.

also,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 8:

corpus caesi hostis,

Liv. 7, 26:

cadaver,

Luc. 7, 627:

Gallum caesum torque,

Liv. 6, 42:

corpus jacentis uno torque,

id. 7, 10:

jacentem veste,

Nep. Thras. 2, 6:

folliculos leguminum,

to strip off, Petr. 135.—

Pregn., to rob, plunder, pillage, spoil; to deprive, despoil; usually: aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to deprive or rob one of something (the predominant signif. of the word; syn. praedor).

With acc.:

Chrysalus me miserum spoliavit,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 8:

meos perduelles,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 8:

spoliatis effossisque domibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42 fin.:

fana sociorum,

Cic. Sull. 25, 71:

delubra,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

templa,

Luc. 3, 167; 5, 305:

pars spoliant aras,

Verg. A. 5, 661:

deos,

Luc. 1, 379; Quint. 6, 1, 3:

spoliare et nudare monumenta antiquissima,

Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

pudicitiam,

id. Cael. 18, 42:

dignitatem,

id. ib. 2, 3:

spoliata fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38.—

Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re:

spoliatur lumine terra,

Lucr. 4, 377:

caput,

i. e. of hair, Petr. 108:

spoliari fortunis,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

ut Gallia omni nobilitate spoliaretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

provinciam vetere exercitu,

Liv. 40, 35:

spoliata armis navis,

Verg. A. 6, 353:

magistro,

id. ib. 5, 224:

corpus spoliatum lumine,

id. ib. 12, 935:

Scylla sociis spoliavit Ulixen,

Ov. M. 14, 71:

penetralia donis,

id. ib. 12, 246;

11, 514: te spoliare pudicā Conjuge,

id. P. 4, 11, 8:

ea philosophia, quae spoliat nos judicio, privat approbatione, omnibus orbat sensibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

regem regno,

id. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

aliquem dignitate,

id. Mur. 41, 88; Caes. B. G. 7, 66:

probatum hominem famā,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

aliquem ornamento quodam,

id. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

aliquem vitā,

Verg. A. 6, 168:

spoliare atque orbare forum voce eruditā,

Cic. Brut. 2, 6 et saep.:

juris civilis scientiam, ornatu suo spoliare atque denudare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—

In a Greek construction:

hiems spoliata capillos,

stripped of his locks, Ov. M. 15, 213.—

Absol.:

si spoliorum causā vis hominem occidere, spoliasti,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145.—Hence, * spŏlĭātus, a, um, P. a., plundered, despoiled:

nihil illo regno spoliatius,

more impoverished, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.

dē-tergĕo, si, sum, 2 (also post-class.:

detergis,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 191: detergunt, id. ap. Eutr. 2, 375:

detergantur,

Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21; Ap. Mag. 59, p. 312, 26; Sen. Ep. 47, 4, v. tergeo), v. a.

To wipe off, wipe away (class.).

Lit.:

sudorem frontis brachio,

Suet. Ner. 23; cf.:

lacrimas pollice,

Ov. M. 13, 746; cf.:

teneros fletus stamine,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 375:

araneas,

Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.— Poet.:

nubila,

i. e. to drive away, remove, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 15; cf. sidera, to drive or chase away, Cic. Arat. 246.—

Transf., to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out:

caput pallio,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 20:

labra spongiā,

Col. 6, 9, 2; cf.:

se linguā,

id. 6, 6, 1:

frontem unguento,

Petr. 47, 1:

falces fibrina pelle,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265:

cloacas,

Liv. 39, 44; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—Comic:

mensam,

i. e. to clear, to empty, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 2.—

Trop.

To take away, remove:

fastidia,

Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—

To cleanse, purge:

animum helleboro,

Petr. 88, 4;

secula foedo victu,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—

In colloq. lang., of money:

primo anno LXXX. detersimus,

have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—

To strip off, break off; to break to pieces:

remos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58; Liv. 28, 30 fin.:

pinnas asseribus falcatis,

id. 38, 5:

palmites,

Col. 4, 27 fin.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).

Lit.:

te stringam ad carnarium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

stringit vitta comas,

Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

Liv. 22, 51:

pectora pigro gelu,

Luc. 4, 652:

strictos insedimus amnes,

Val. Fl. 1, 414:

mare gelu stringi et consistere,

Gell. 17, 8, 16:

quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

habenam,

to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

ferrum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

Ov. M. 11, 733:

aequor (aurā),

id. ib. 4, 136:

metas interiore rotā,

id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

latus,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

vestigia canis rostro,

Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

equos,

to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

tela stringentia corpus,

i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

Ov. M. 11, 776:

strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

Flor. 4, 12, 44.—

To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

oleam,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

bacam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

quernas glandes,

Verg. G. 1, 305:

folia ex arboribus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

frondes,

Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

hordea,

Verg. G. 1, 317:

arbores,

Col. 6, 3, 7:

celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

strictam aciem offerre,

Verg. A. 6, 291:

ensem,

id. ib. 10, 577; so,

gladios,

id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

ensem,

id. ib. 8, 207;

14, 296: ferrum,

Liv. 7, 40 al.:

cultrum,

id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

manum,

to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—

Trop.

Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

narrationis loco rem stringat,

Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—

To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

Claud. B. Get. 371.—

To waste, consume, reduce:

praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 9, 294:

quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

nomen alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 350.—

To draw in hostility, attack with:

in hostes stringatur iambus,

Ov. R. Am. 377:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.

Lit.:

laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

Liv. 24, 7, 5:

duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

Tac. G. 30:

strictissima janua,

Ov. R. Am. 233:

si strictior fuerit pedatura,

Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

emplastrum,

thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

venter,

i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

strictior aura,

more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, brief, concise:

quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 77:

qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

id. 12, 10, 52.—

Of character, severe, strict:

Catones,

Manil. 5, 106:

mentes,

id. 1, 769:

lex,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—

Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

in foramen conicies,

Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—

Fig., accurately:

strictius interpretari,

Dig. 8, 2, 20.

dē-stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To strip off.

Lit. (class.), of the leaves of plants:

avenam,

Cato R. R. 37, 5:

oleam,

Col. 11, 2, 83:

bacam myrti,

id. 12, 38, 7:

frondem,

Quint. 12, 6, 2:

ramos,

Luc. 4, 317 al. —Of rubbing the body in the bath, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 14; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; 62; Mart. 14, 51; hence also of scouring out the intestines:

interanea,

Plin. 32, 9, 31, § 96. Esp. freq. of the sword; to unsheathe, draw:

gladium,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; id. B. C. 1, 46; Liv. 27, 13 al.:

ensem,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 17; Ov. F. 2, 99; 207 et saep.;

hence also securim,

Liv. 8, 7.—

Trop. (very rare):

non laturi homines destringi aliquid et abradi bonis,

should be taken from, Plin. Pan. 37, 2.—

To touch gently, to graze, skim, skirt (perh. only in the poets).

Lit.:

aequora alis,

Ov. M. 4, 562:

pectus arundine,

id. ib. 10, 526:

pectora summa sagittā,

id. H. 16, 275;

for which, corpus harundo,

id. M. 8, 382; cf.:

Cygnum cuspis,

id. ib. 12, 101;

and even vulnus,

to cause a slight wound, Grat. Cyn. 364.—

Trop., to criticise, censure, satirize:

quemquam mordaci carmine,

Ov. Tr. 2, 563:

alios gravi contumelia,

Phaedr. 1, 29, 2.—Hence, dē-strictus, a, um, P. a., severe, rigid, censorious:

quam destrictam egerunt censuram,

Val. Max. 2, 9, 6.— Comp.:

ut quis destrictior accusator, velut sacrosanctus erat,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.

dē-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to pull or tear down any thing built (opp. construo— [p. 561] for syn. cf.: demolior, diruo).

Prop. (rare but class.):

navem, aedificium idem destruit facillime, qui construxit,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; so,

templum prope funditus,

Suet. Vesp. 9:

moenia,

Verg. A. 4, 326:

aras,

Vulg. Exod. 34, 13 et saep.—

Poet. transf.:

crinemque manumque, i. e.,

to strip off crown and sceptre, Stat. Th. 12, 93.—

Trop., to destroy, ruin, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.):

destruere ac demoliri aliquid,

Liv. 34, 3:

tyrannidem,

Quint. 1, 10, 48:

orationem (opp. illustrare),

id. 11, 1, 2; cf.

finitionem (opp. confirmare),

id. 7, 3, 19:

singulos testes (opp. exornare),

id. 5, 7, 25 sq.:

hostem,

Tac. A. 2, 63:

senem,

id. H. 1, 6:

multa vetustas,

Ov. F. 5, 132; cf. id. M. 15, 235:

dicta vultu,

id. A. A. 2, 312:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 3, 31.

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