a pushing

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concursātĭo, ōnis, f. [concurso].

A running together, a disorderly meeting:

cum multā concursatione (populi),

Cic. Brut. 69, 242; Tac. A. 6, 17.—

Trop.: inventus est ordo in stellis... cedo tandem qui sit ordo aut quae concursatio somniorum? what coincidence? i. e. what concert of motion that can express a design? Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146.—

A running upon, pushing against one another:

concursatio in obscuro incidentium aliorum in alios incertum fecerat, an, etc.,

Liv. 41, 2, 6.—

A running about, going to and fro, etc.:

quid ego hujus lacrimas et concursationes proferam?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75 Zumpt ad loc.:

et in Albaniā et Seplasiā quae concursatio percunctantium, quid, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 34, 94:

puerorum illa concursatio nocturna,

id. Dom. 6, 14:

Libonis et Hypsaei non obscura concursatio et contentio,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

(mulierum) concursatio incerta nunc hos nunc illos sequentium,

Liv. 5, 40, 3; cf. id. 35, 49, 9:

decemviralis,

a travelling over the provinces, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

concursationes ad divitias euntium sapiens securus laetusque ridebit,

Sen. Ep. 17, 9.—

In milit. lang., the skirmishing of light-armed troops, Liv. 30, 34, 2; Curt. 8, 14, 13.—

Trop., an anxious, troubled restlessness, anxiety:

exagitatae mentis,

Sen. Ep. 3, 5.

impulsĭo ( inp-), ōnis, f. [impello], a pushing against.

Lit., external pressure, influence:

omnis coagmentatio corporis vel calore vel frigore vel aliqua impulsione vehementi labefactatur et frangitur,

Cic. Univ. 5, 14.—

Trop., incitement, instigation, impulse.

In gen.:

impulsio est, quae sine cogitatione per quandam affectionem animi facere aliquid hortatur, ut amor, iracundia, aegritudo,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. § 19; 2, 6, 20.—

In partic.: ad hilaritatem impulsio, pleasantry, an incitement to merriment, = Gr. charientismos, a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 3.

impulsus ( inp-), a, um, Part., from impello.

impulsus ( inp-), ūs, m. [impello], a pushing or striking against.

Lit., an outward pressure or shock, an impulse (class.; most freq. in abl. sing.):

impulsu scutorum,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

orbium,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

quae (natura) a primo impulsu moveatur,

id. ib. 6, 25 fin.:

is ardor non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte movetur,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ventus, qui inferiora repentinis impulsibus quatit, App. de Mundo, p. 62.—

Trop., incitement, instigation, influence (class.):

ubi duxere impulsu vostro, vostro impulsu easdem exigunt,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; cf. ib. 4, 4, 65:

ipsos non negare, ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161:

impulsu patrum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25, 4:

impulsu patrum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

qui simili impulsu aliquid commiserint,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 19:

oratio pondere modo et impulsu proeliatur,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

temeritatis subiti et vehementes impulsus,

Val. Max. 9, 8.

impulsĭo ( inp-), ōnis, f. [impello], a pushing against.

Lit., external pressure, influence:

omnis coagmentatio corporis vel calore vel frigore vel aliqua impulsione vehementi labefactatur et frangitur,

Cic. Univ. 5, 14.—

Trop., incitement, instigation, impulse.

In gen.:

impulsio est, quae sine cogitatione per quandam affectionem animi facere aliquid hortatur, ut amor, iracundia, aegritudo,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. ib. § 19; 2, 6, 20.—

In partic.: ad hilaritatem impulsio, pleasantry, an incitement to merriment, = Gr. charientismos, a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 3.

impulsus ( inp-), a, um, Part., from impello.

impulsus ( inp-), ūs, m. [impello], a pushing or striking against.

Lit., an outward pressure or shock, an impulse (class.; most freq. in abl. sing.):

impulsu scutorum,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

orbium,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

quae (natura) a primo impulsu moveatur,

id. ib. 6, 25 fin.:

is ardor non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte movetur,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ventus, qui inferiora repentinis impulsibus quatit, App. de Mundo, p. 62.—

Trop., incitement, instigation, influence (class.):

ubi duxere impulsu vostro, vostro impulsu easdem exigunt,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; cf. ib. 4, 4, 65:

ipsos non negare, ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161:

impulsu patrum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25, 4:

impulsu patrum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

qui simili impulsu aliquid commiserint,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 19:

oratio pondere modo et impulsu proeliatur,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

temeritatis subiti et vehementes impulsus,

Val. Max. 9, 8.

pulsus, a, um, Part., from pello.

pulsus, ūs, m. [pello], a pushing, beating, striking, stamping; a push, blow (class.).

Lit.:

pulsu externo agitari,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:

remorum,

the stroke of the oars, rowing, id. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

pulsus seni,

i. e. a galley of six banks, Sil. 14, 487; cf. Liv. 22, 19; 27, 37:

pedum,

the trampling of feet, Verg. A. 12, 445; 7, 722: palmarum, Laber ap. Non. p. 151, 28:

lyrae,

a striking, playing, Ov. F. 5, 667:

terrae,

an earthquake, Amm. 23, 1, 7.—

Esp.: pulsus venarum,

the beating of the pulse, the pulse, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6; Val. Max. 5, 7, 1 ext.:

sentire pulsus venarum,

Quint. 7, 10, 10:

pulsum venarum attingere,

Tac. A. 6, 50; so,

arteriarum,

Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219; and so pulsus alone (sc. venarum), the pulse:

pulsus densior, celer, fluctuans,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 14, 92:

debilis, densus, formicalis,

id. Tard. 2, 14, 198:

febricitans,

id. Acut. 2, 10, 63 et saep.—

Trop., impulse, influence:

sive externus et adventicius pulsus animus dormientium commovet, sive, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 61, 126:

nulla enim species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum,

id. ib. 2, 67, 137:

animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque,

Gell. 9, 13, 1.

rĕ-pello, reppuli (less correctly repuli), rĕpulsum, 3, v. a., to drive, crowd, or thrust back; to reject, repulse, repel, etc., = reicere (freq. and class.; syn.: reicio, repono, removeo).

Lit.:

eum ego meis Dictis malis his foribus atque hac reppuli, rejeci hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:

aliquem foribus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 90:

foribus tam saepe repulsus,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 9:

homines inermos armis,

Cic. Caecin. 12, 33:

adversarius, qui sit et feriendus et repellendus,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

aliquem ab hoc templo,

id. Phil. 14, 3, 8:

homines a templi aditu,

id. Dom. 21, 54:

Sabinos a moenibus urbis,

id. Rep. 2, 20, 36:

hostes a ponte,

Caes. B. C. 1, 16;

ab castris,

id. ib. 1, 75:

a citeriore ripā,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 10:

aliquem inde,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

hostes in silvas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.:

in oppidum,

id. ib. 3, 22 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 14 fin.— Absol.:

nostri acriter in eos impetu facto, repulerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17. —Of impersonal objects (mostly poet.):

reppulit mihi manum,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 14; cf. Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 72:

telum aere repulsum,

repelled, Verg. A. 2, 545:

mensas,

to push back, Ov. M. 6, 661; cf.

aras,

id. ib. 9, 164:

repagula,

to shove back, id. ib. 2, 157:

tellurem mediā undā,

crowds back, id. ib. 15, 292:

navem a terrā, Auct. B. Alex. 20: serpentes,

Amm. 14, 2, 5. — Poet., of the apparent pushing back or away of the starting-point, in flying up or sailing away:

Oceani spretos pede reppulit amnes,

Verg. G. 4, 233; cf.:

cum subito juvenis, pedibus tellure repulsā, Arduus in nubes abiit,

spurning the ground, Ov. M. 4, 710:

impressā tellurem reppulit hastā,

id. ib. 2, 786;

6, 512: aera repulsa,

i. e. cymbals struck together, Tib. 1, 3, 24; 1, 8, 22; cf.:

aera Aere repulsa,

Ov. M. 3, 533.—

Trop., to drive away, reject, remove; to keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse, etc.:

repelli oratorem a gubernaculis civitatum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

aliquem a consulatu,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

ab hoc conatu,

id. Or. 11, 36:

a cognitione legum,

id. Balb. 14, 32:

ab impediendo ac laedendo,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14, 55:

ab hac spe repulsi Nervii,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

repulsum ab amicitiā,

Sall. J. 102, 13:

fracti bello fatisque repulsi,

Verg. A. 2, 13:

repulsus ille veritatis viribus,

Phaedr. 1, 1, 9:

hinc quoque repulsus,

Nep. Lys. 3:

per colloquia repulsus a Lepido,

Vell. 2, 63, 1. —

Of suitors for office,

Cic. Planc. 21, 51:

haud repulsus abibis,

Sall. J. 110, 8; Liv. 39, 32. —

Of lovers: saepe roges aliquid, saepe repulsus eas,

Prop. 2, 4, 2 (12):

proci repulsi,

Ov. M. 13, 735:

aliquam ad meretricium quaestum,

to drive, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 43.—

Of abstract objects: dolorem a se repellere,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

furores Clodii a cervicibus vestris,

id. Mil. 28, 77:

illius alterum consulatum a re publicā,

id. Att. 7, 18, 2:

quod tamen a verā longe ratione repulsum'st,

removed, Lucr. 1, 880; cf. id. 2, 645; 5, 406:

tegimenta ad defendendos ictus ac repellendos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 6, 767: cute ictus, Ov. M. 3, 64:

pericula,

Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Caes. B. C. 1, 79, 2:

vim (opp. inferre),

Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

crimen (with transferre),

Quint. 4, 2, 26:

temptamina,

Ov. M. 7, 735:

facinus,

id. ib. 15, 777:

fraudem,

id. A. A. 3, 491:

verba,

id. P. 4, 1, 19:

ver hiemem repellit,

id. M. 10, 165:

conubia nostra,

to reject, disdain, Verg. A. 4, 214 amorem, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 76:

preces,

id. M. 14, 377:

diadema,

to refuse, reject, Vell. 2, 56, 4; Suet. Caes. 79; cf.

dictaturam,

Vell. 2, 89, 5:

ut contumelia repellatur,

be discarded, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 137.— Hence, rĕpulsus, a, um, P. a., removed, remote; once in Cato: ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior, publicis negotiis repulsior, Cato ap. Fest. p. 286, and ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 287 Müll.

tŭdĭtans, antis, Part. [tud, tundo], striking or beating often (ante-class.).

Lit., Lucr. 3, 394:

corpora,

id. 2, 1142.—

Trop., pushing or driving on: tuditantes significat negotium tundentes, id est agentes, Fest. pp. 352 and 353 Müll.: haec inter sese tum (certabant) tuditantes, Enn. ib. (Ann. v. 138 Vahl.).