boldly inquire the will of the gods

irrumpo ( inr-), rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-rumpo], to break, burst, or rush in or into.

Lit.

With advv. or prepp.:

cesso huc intro inrumpere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 26:

nec inrumpo, quo non licet ire,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 23:

quocunque,

id. Tr. 2, 305:

qua irrumpens oceanus, etc.,

Plin. 3 prooem. §

3: in castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50; Caes. B. G. 4, 14; 6, 36:

in eam partem hostium,

id. ib. 5, 43:

in medios hostes,

id. ib. 7, 50:

in castellum,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

cum telis ad aliquem,

Sall. C. 50, 2:

ad regem,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 3, 26:

mare in aversa Asiae,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

intra tecta,

Sen. Oct. 732:

tellurem irrumpentem in sidera,

Sil. 15, 167: se in curiam, Varr. ap. Non. 263, 21:

irrumpentis in curiam turbae,

Suet. Calig. 14:

in Macedoniam,

Just. 24, 6, 1:

vacuos in agros,

Luc. 2, 441.—

With acc.:

quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 4:

domum alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 111, 1:

portam,

Sall. J. 58, 1; 25, 9:

castra,

Just. 2, 11, 15:

interiora domus irrumpit limina,

Verg. A. 4, 645:

moenia Romae,

Sil. 13, 79:

stationes hostium,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 13:

Karthaginem,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

cubiculum,

Suet. Claud. 37:

triclinium,

id. Vesp. 5:

vacuam arcem,

Sil. 2, 692.—

With dat.:

thalamo,

Verg. A. 6, 528:

templo,

Sil. 2, 378:

trepidis,

id. 9, 365:

sacris muris,

id. 10, 368:

tectis,

id. 13, 176.—

Absol.:

cum irrumpere nostri conarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

ad primum gemitum,

upon the first groan, Suet. Oth. 11:

dixit et irrupit,

Ov. F. 6, 453:

cognoscit hostes pluribus agminibus inrupturos,

Tac. Agr. 25.—

Trop., to break or rush in or upon; to intrude upon, invade, attack, interrupt:

quo modo in Academiam irruperit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

imagines in animos per corpus irrumpunt,

id. ib. 2, 40, 125:

in alicujus patrimonium,

id. de Or. 3, 27, 108:

luxuries in domum irrupit,

id. ib. 3, 42, 168:

in nostrum fletum,

id. Lig. 5, 13:

calamitates, quae ad me irruperunt,

Sen. Ep. 117:

irrumpet adulatio,

Tac. H. 1, 15: grammatici ad prosopopoeias usque... irrumpunt, venture upon, i. e. presume to teach, Quint. 2, 1, 2:

Deos,

i. e. boldly inquire the will of the gods, Stat. Achill. 1, 508:

Phoebe, hanc dignare irrumpere mentem,

to enter, inspire, id. Th. 10, 341:

animos populi,

Luc. 1, 470; 5, 167:

extremique fragor convexa irrupit Olympi,

id. 7, 478.—

To break, violate:

foedus,

Lact. 1, 18, 17; Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 25:

institutum, Lact. de Ira Dei, 14, 6: legem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20:

pacem,

Cassiod. Var. 5, 43.

irrumpo ( inr-), rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-rumpo], to break, burst, or rush in or into.

Lit.

With advv. or prepp.:

cesso huc intro inrumpere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 26:

nec inrumpo, quo non licet ire,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 23:

quocunque,

id. Tr. 2, 305:

qua irrumpens oceanus, etc.,

Plin. 3 prooem. §

3: in castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50; Caes. B. G. 4, 14; 6, 36:

in eam partem hostium,

id. ib. 5, 43:

in medios hostes,

id. ib. 7, 50:

in castellum,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

cum telis ad aliquem,

Sall. C. 50, 2:

ad regem,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 3, 26:

mare in aversa Asiae,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

intra tecta,

Sen. Oct. 732:

tellurem irrumpentem in sidera,

Sil. 15, 167: se in curiam, Varr. ap. Non. 263, 21:

irrumpentis in curiam turbae,

Suet. Calig. 14:

in Macedoniam,

Just. 24, 6, 1:

vacuos in agros,

Luc. 2, 441.—

With acc.:

quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 4:

domum alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 111, 1:

portam,

Sall. J. 58, 1; 25, 9:

castra,

Just. 2, 11, 15:

interiora domus irrumpit limina,

Verg. A. 4, 645:

moenia Romae,

Sil. 13, 79:

stationes hostium,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 13:

Karthaginem,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

cubiculum,

Suet. Claud. 37:

triclinium,

id. Vesp. 5:

vacuam arcem,

Sil. 2, 692.—

With dat.:

thalamo,

Verg. A. 6, 528:

templo,

Sil. 2, 378:

trepidis,

id. 9, 365:

sacris muris,

id. 10, 368:

tectis,

id. 13, 176.—

Absol.:

cum irrumpere nostri conarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

ad primum gemitum,

upon the first groan, Suet. Oth. 11:

dixit et irrupit,

Ov. F. 6, 453:

cognoscit hostes pluribus agminibus inrupturos,

Tac. Agr. 25.—

Trop., to break or rush in or upon; to intrude upon, invade, attack, interrupt:

quo modo in Academiam irruperit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

imagines in animos per corpus irrumpunt,

id. ib. 2, 40, 125:

in alicujus patrimonium,

id. de Or. 3, 27, 108:

luxuries in domum irrupit,

id. ib. 3, 42, 168:

in nostrum fletum,

id. Lig. 5, 13:

calamitates, quae ad me irruperunt,

Sen. Ep. 117:

irrumpet adulatio,

Tac. H. 1, 15: grammatici ad prosopopoeias usque... irrumpunt, venture upon, i. e. presume to teach, Quint. 2, 1, 2:

Deos,

i. e. boldly inquire the will of the gods, Stat. Achill. 1, 508:

Phoebe, hanc dignare irrumpere mentem,

to enter, inspire, id. Th. 10, 341:

animos populi,

Luc. 1, 470; 5, 167:

extremique fragor convexa irrupit Olympi,

id. 7, 478.—

To break, violate:

foedus,

Lact. 1, 18, 17; Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 25:

institutum, Lact. de Ira Dei, 14, 6: legem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20:

pacem,

Cassiod. Var. 5, 43.