abrumpo

to break off, sever, remove, dissociate, separate.

ab-rumpo, ūpi, uptum, 3, v. a., to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever ( poet.; seldom used before the Aug. per., only once in Cic., but afterw. by Verg., Ov., and the histt. often).

Lit.: vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric desmon aporrêxas, Il. 6, 507), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.); so, nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo, * Hor. C. 4, 7, 27; cf. Verg. A. 9, 118:

abrupti nubibus ignes,

torn from, Lucr. 2, 214; cf.

with the fig. reversed, in Verg.: ingeminant abruptis nubibus ignes, A. 3, 199: abrupto sidere,

i. e. hidden by clouds, id. ib. 12, 451:

plebs velut abrupta a cetero populo,

broken off, torn from, Liv. 3, 19, 9.—

Trop.:

(legio Martia) se prima latrocinio Antonii abrupit,

first freed itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

abrumpere vitam,

to break the thread of life, Verg. A. 8, 579; 9, 497;

so later, abrumpere fata,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 893, or, medios annos, Luc. 6, 610:

abrumpere vitam a civitate,

to leave it, in order to live elsewhere, Tac. A. 16, 28 fin.:

fas,

to destroy, violate, Verg. A. 3, 55:

medium sermonem,

to break off, interrupt, id. ib. 4, 388; cf.

abruptus: omnibus inter victoriam mortemve abruptis,

since all means of escape, except victory or death, were taken from us, Liv. 21, 44, 8.—Hence, ab-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken off from, separated, esp. of places, inaccessible, or difficult of access.

Lit., of places, precipitous, steep (syn.:

praeceps, abscissus): locus in pedum mille altitudinem abruptus,

Liv. 21, 36:

(Roma) munita abruptis montibus,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Tac. A. 2, 23:

petra undique abscissa et abrupta,

Curt. 7, 11.—Also absol.: abruptum, i, n., a steep ascent or descent; cf. praeceps:

vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus,

she swallows down her gulf, Verg. A. 3, 422.—

Trop., broken, disconnected, abrupt:

Sallustiana brevitas et abruptum sermonis genus,

Quint. 4, 2, 45:

contumacia,

stubborn, Tac. A. 4, 20.— Comp., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1.— Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5.— Absol.:

per abrupta,

by rough, dangerous ways, Tac. Agr. 42 fin. (cf. supra: abrupta contumacia).— Adv.: abruptē.

Lit., in broken manner, here and there:

palantes flammarum ardores,

Amm. 17, 7, 8.—

Trop., of conduct, hastily, inconsiderately, Just. 2, 15, 4;

of discourse,

abruptly, Quint. 3, 8, 6; 4, 1, 79;

also,

simply, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19.— Comp., Amm. 20, 11.

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abruptĭo, ōnis, f. [abrumpo], a breaking or tearing off, a rending asunder.

Lit.: corrigiae, of a shoe-latchet, * Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84.—

Trop.: augurii, interruption, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 270 and 271 Müll. —Of divorce, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1.

ăd-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (less correctly, adessum), 3, v. a. (adest = adedit, Luc. 6, 265; cf. ĕdo), to begin to eat, to bite, to nibble at, to gnaw, etc.—As verb finite very rare, and mostly poet.; not found in prose of Cic.

Prop.:

angues duo ex occulto allapsi adedere jecur,

Liv. 25, 16, 2; so,

adeso jecinore,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 8:

favos,

Verg. G. 4, 242.—Hence metaph. of fire:

cum me supremus adederit ignis,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 41:

flamma plurima postibus haesit adesis,

Verg. A. 9, 537.—

In an enlarged sense (as a consequence of a continued biting, gnawing, etc.; and hence only in the perf. or part. pass.; cf.: accīdo, absumo, abrumpo), to eat up, to consume entirely: frumento adeso, quod ex areis in oppidum portatum est, Sisenn. ap. Non. 70, 32; so,

extis adesis,

Liv. 1, 7, 13;

pisces ex parte adesi,

Quint. 6, 3, 90: and metaph., to use up, to consume, waste (as money, strength, etc.):

non adesa jam, sed abundante etiam pecunia,

Cic. Quint. 12:

adesis fortunis omnibus,

Tac. A. 13, 21:

bona adesa,

id. H. 1, 4:

adesus cladibus Asdrubal,

Sil. 13, 680.—Hence, ădēsus, a, um, P. a., eaten, gnawed; hence poet., worn away, esp. by water:

adesi lapides,

smooth, polished, Hor. C. 3, 29, 36 (after Theocr. 22, 49; hous potamos periexese):

scopulus,

Ov. H. 10, 26: sale durus adeso caseus, poet. for sale adesus caseus, Verg. Mor. 98.