bursting forth

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rumpo, rūpi, ruptum ( inf. paragog. rumpier, Afran. Com. 127), 3, v. a. [root rup], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture; to break asunder, burst in pieces, force open, etc. (very freq. and class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets; cf. frango).

Lit.: SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Fest. S. V. TALIO, p. 274; and ap. Gell. 20, 1, 14; cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.:

vincula,

Lucr. 3, 83; Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Prop. 4, 10, 4; Verg. A. 10, 233 al.:

catenas,

Prop. 3, 13, 11; Hor. S. 2, 7, 70; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3:

frena pudoris,

Prop. 4, 18, 3:

obstantia claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

teretes plagas (aper),

id. C. 1, 1, 28:

pontem,

to break down, Liv. 7, 9; cf.:

rupti torrentibus pontes,

Quint. 2, 13, 16:

montem aceto (Hannibal),

Juv. 10, 153:

Alpes,

Sil. 11, 135:

arcum,

Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

plumbum (aqua),

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

carinam (sinus Noto remugiens),

id. Epod. 10, 20:

tenta cubilia tectaque,

id. ib. 12, 12:

vestes,

Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:

tenues a pectore vestes,

id. A. A. 3, 707:

sinus pariterque capillos,

id. M. 10, 722:

linum ruptum aut turbata cera,

Quint. 12, 8, 13:

praecordia ferro,

to penetrate, Ov. M. 6, 251; 5, 36; cf.:

guttura cultro,

to cut, id. ib. 15, 465:

colla securi,

id. ib. 12, 249:

nubem (vis venti),

to sunder, rive, Lucr. 6, 432:

fulmen nubes rumpit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 58, 1:

spiritus rumpit nubes,

id. ib. 2, 54, 3:

ruptae nubes et in pronum solutae,

id. ib. 5, 12, 1:

caelum,

Sil. 3, 196:

polum,

id. 1, 135: turbo ruptus, breaking or bursting forth, Verg. A. 2, 416 et saep.:

tuā causā rupi ramices,

burst, ruptured, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30:

suos ramices,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 37:

inflatas vesiculas,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

pectora fremitu (leones),

Lucr. 3, 297:

illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes,

filled to repletion, Verg. G. 1, 49; Col. 10, 307:

frugibus rupta congestis horrea,

Sid. 1, 6:

ilia,

Cat. 11, 20; 80, 7; Verg. E. 7, 26; cf. with a personal object:

rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15.—Esp. reflexively, to burst or split one ' s self, to burst, split, etc.:

me rupi causā currendo tuā,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 43; id. Capt. prol. 14; Lucil. ap. Non. 88, 11; 382, 23:

ut me ambulando rumperet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 21:

non, si te ruperis, Par eris,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 319.— Mid.: ego misera risu clandestino rumpier, to burst, split, Afran. ap. Non. 382, 21 (Com. Rel. p. 154 Rib.); so,

frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

Verg. E. 8, 71:

quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, nunc ne movear quidem,

could have burst, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

et inflatas rumpi vesiculas,

id. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf.:

rumpantur iniqui, Vicimus,

Prop. 1, 8, 27:

miser Rumperis (sc. irā) et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136: rumpere viam, iter, etc., to force a passage, make one ' s way by force: ferro rumpenda per hostes Est via, a passage must be burst or forced through, Verg. A. 10, 372; cf.:

eo nisi corporibus armisque rupere cuneo viam,

Liv. 2, 50:

rupta via,

Quint. 9, 4, 63:

viam igne,

Stat. Th. 8, 469:

iter ferro,

Sil. 4, 196 (with reserare viam);

15, 782: Alpes,

id. 11, 135:

rupto sonuit sacer aequore Titan,

Val. Fl. 2, 37:

cursus,

id. ib. 1, 3; Sil. 7, 568 et saep.:

rumpere media agmina,

to burst through, break through, Verg. A. 12, 683; cf.:

proelia misso equo,

Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 10, 62):

ruptā mersum caput obruit undā,

Ov. M. 11, 569:

mediam aciem,

Liv. 26, 5:

pugnantibus acies rumpenda,

Just. 1, 6, 11:

ordines,

Liv. 6, 13:

aditus,

Verg. A. 2, 494:

parvos hiatus,

Sil. 5, 616:

fontem,

to break open, cause to break forth, Ov. M. 5, 257:

fontes abyssae magnae,

Vulg. Gen. 7, 11: se rumpere, to break out, burst forth ( = erumpere):

ubi sub lucem densa inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii,

Verg. G. 1, 446:

tantus se nubibus imber Ruperat,

id. A. 11, 548:

unde altus primum se erumpit Enipeus,

id. G. 4, 368; so,

rumpi, in mid. force: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus,

id. ib. 3, 428:

alicui reditum,

to cut off, Hor. Epod. 13, 15.— Absol.: offendit, fregit, rumpit, icit poculo, wounds, Afran. ap. Non. 124, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 173 Rib.); so, si quis rumpet occidetve insciens ne fraus esto, an ancient form of rogation in Liv. 22, 10, 5; cf. Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 17. —

Trop., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt, etc.:

hunc quisquam... foedera scientem neglexisse, violasse, rupisse dicere audebit?

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; so,

foedera,

Lucr. 2, 254; Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35:

foedus,

Liv. 3, 25, 5; 42, 40, 3:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 2, 15; Tac. A. 13, 36; id. H. 3, 19:

sacramenti religionem,

Liv. 28, 27:

reverentiam sacramenti,

Tac. H. 1, 12:

fidem induciarum, pacis, etc.,

Liv. 9, 40 fin.; 24, 29; Verg. G. 4, 213; Flor. 4, 2, 16:

jus gentium,

Liv. 4, 17:

hostium jus et sacra legationis et fas gentium,

Tac. A. 1, 42:

rogationes vos rogatas rumpitis,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24:

edicta,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 22:

decreta,

Ov. M. 15, 780:

leges,

Luc. 4, 175:

constat, agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

is made void, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; cf.:

jura testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum,

id. ib. 1, 38, 173:

nuptias,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 7:

amores,

Verg. A. 4, 292:

condiciones pacis,

Vell. 2, 48, 5:

obsequium,

Suet. Galb. 16:

fata aspera,

Verg. A. 6, 882:

fati necessitatem humanis consiliis,

Liv. 1, 42:

ne me e somno excitetis et rumpatis visum,

break in upon, interrupt, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; so,

somnum,

Verg. A. 7, 458; cf. Sen. Ep. 51, 12:

sacra,

Verg. A. 8, 110:

carmina,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 539:

ut vero amplexus fessi rupere supremos,

Val. Fl. 5, 32:

strepitu silentia rumpi,

Lucr. 4, 583:

silentia (verbis),

Verg. A. 10, 64; Ov. M. 1, 208; 11, 598; Hor. Epod. 5, 85; Val. Fl. 3, 509; Plin. Pan. 55, 4:

diutinum silentium,

App. M. 10, p. 239, 14:

taciturnitatem,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

patientiam,

Suet. Tib. 24:

en age, segnes Rumpe moras,

break off, end delay, Verg. G. 3, 43; so,

rumpe moras,

id. A. 4, 569; 9, 13; Ov. M. 15, 583 Bach, N. cr.; Val. Fl. 1, 306; Mart. 2, 64, 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf.:

rumpunt moras,

Luc. 1, 264:

otia,

Verg. A. 6, 813.— Poet.: rumpit has imo pectore voces, breaks forth, breaks out in, gives vent to, utters, etc., Verg. A. 11, 377; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 2, 129; 3, 246; Sil. 8, 301; Tac. A. 6, 20:

questus,

Verg. A. 4, 553; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 249:

gemitum,

Sil. 4, 458.

ēruptĭo, ōnis, f. [erumpo, II.], a breaking out, bursting forth.

Lit.

In gen.:

(elephanti) universi eruptionem tentavere,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; 16, 10, 19, § 45; 18, 17, 44, § 150 al.—In plur., Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., a sally:

ex oppido eruptionem fecerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2; 3, 3, 3; 3, 5, 2; 3, 6, 1 et saep.—

In medic. lang., concr., a breaking out, eruption of morbid matter, Plin. 23 prooem. 5, § 8; 24, 9, 38, § 63; 20, 7, 26, § 67; 20, 8, 27, § 71; 26, 11, 73, § 120; 28, 6, 18, § 66.—

Of a volcano, an eruption:

Aetnaeorum ignium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96.—

Of plants, the putting forth, sprouting:

semen prima eruptione agnoscitur,

Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 150.—

Trop.:

vitiorum,

Sen. Clem. 1, 2, 2.

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an eruption, bursting forth / sally, attack, assault

exĭtus, a, um, Part., from exeo, II.

exĭtus, ūs, m. [exeo], a going out or forth, egress, departure (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

reditum mihi gloriosum injuria tua dedit, non exitum calamitosum,

Cic. Par. 4, 29:

omni exitu et pabulatione interclusi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 44 fin.:

exitum sibi parere,

id. B. C. 3, 69, 3.—In plur.:

singulorum hominum occultos exitus asservare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 4; 1, 25, 4. —Of things:

introitusque elementis redditus exstat,

Lucr. 6, 494:

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

a setting sail, departure, id. 1, 100:

amnis,

a flowing out, discharge, id. 6, 727: animaï (i. e. venti), a bursting or rushing out, id. 6, 586; cf. Quint. 1, 11, 7.—

Transf., concr., way of egress, outlet, passage:

exitum non habent, ac pervium non est,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 145 Müll.:

cum angusto portarum exitu se ipsi premerent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28, 3:

in exitu paludis,

mouth, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 226:

cibi,

vent, id. 11, 34, 40, § 116 et saep.:

si de multis nullus placet exitus,

Juv. 6, 33.—In plur.:

insula undique exitus maritimos habet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185:

septem exitus e domo fecerat,

Liv. 39, 51, 5; Col. 6, 30, 8:

alvorum,

Plin. 21, 14, 48, § 82 et saep.

Trop.

A way out, an end, close, conclusion, termination (syn.: eventus, eventum).

In gen.:

hujus orationis difficilius est exitum quam principium invenire,

end, close, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 3; cf.: quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio, id. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

exitus fuit orationis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 8, 1:

ut tragici poëtae, cum explicare argumenti exitum non potestis, confugitis ad deum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53:

adducta ad exitum quaestio est,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; cf.:

ad exitum pervenire,

id. Fam. 10, 22, 2; id. Or. 33, 116:

ita magnarum initia rerum celerem et facilem exitum habuerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

verba quae casus habent in exitu similes,

at the end, Cic. Or. 49, 164; cf.

in the foll.: fugam quaerebamus omnes, quae ipsa exitum non habebat,

end, aim, id. Phil. 5, 16, 42:

hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 6 et saep.:

in exitu est meus consulatus,

Cic. Mur. 37, 80; cf.: in exitu jam annus erat Liv. 35, 10, 1:

superioris anni,

id. 30, 26, 2:

veris,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 170:

oppugnationis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9, 8:

mimi, fabulae,

the catastrophe, conclusion, Cic. Cael. 27, 65:

vitae,

end of life, latter end, Nep. Eum. 13; cf.:

vitae mortisque,

Vell. 2, 7, 1.—In plur.:

tristes exitus habuit consulatus,

Cic. Brut. 34, 128: eae causae sunt plenissimae, quae plurimos exitus dant ad ejusmodi degressionem, outlets, i. e. opportunities, id. de Or. 2, 77, 312: habent exitus aut in a aut in e, etc., Varr. L. L. 10, § 62 Müll.—

In partic., end of life, end, death:

natura ad humanum exitum (Romulum) abripuit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16 fin.:

duravere usque ad Sejani exitum,

Plin. 8, 58, 74, § 197; Amm. 14, 11:

exitus in dubio est,

Ov. M. 12, 522:

Thrasymachi,

Juv. 7, 204:

saevus et illum exitus eripuit,

id. 10, 127; 271.—In plur.:

nonnumquam bonos exitus habent boni,

Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89:

non igitur fatales exitus habuerunt,

id. Div. 2, 9, 24.—

A means, method, way, device, solution of a difficulty:

cum autem exitus ab utroque datur conturbato errantique regi,

Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 63:

non solum viam quaestus invenerunt, verum etiam exitum ac rationem defensionis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 190:

jam nullum fortunis communibus exitum reperietis,

id. Dom. 47, 123.—

Issue, result, event, i. q. eventus:

si mihi alterutrum de eventu atque exitu rerum promittendum est,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5:

in unum exitum spectare,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

videtur ad exitum venisse quaestio,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

neque exitum legis esse in meretrice publicanda,

i. e. the law would be without proper effect, id. Inv. 2, 40, 118, v. the context:

de exitu rerum sentire,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.:

incerto etiam nunc exitu victoriae,

id. ib. 7, 62, 6:

de exitu fortunarum suarum consultabant,

id. ib. 7, 77, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 3; and:

prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus,

events, Hor. C. 3, 29, 29: ut quae rei publicae polliceremur, exitu praestaremus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3:

exitum rei imponere,

Liv. 37, 19, 1:

quaestiones ad exitum perductae,

id. 40, 19, 10:

ad exitum spei pervenire,

accomplishment, id. 5, 12, 4; so,

serae exitum spei exspectare,

id. 5, 6, 2:

sine exitu esse,

without result, id. 32, 40, 3.—In plur.:

fortasse haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 6:

quae (responsa haruspicum) aut nullos habuerint exitus aut contrarios,

id. Div. 2, 24, 52:

Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 34; cf.:

(fortuna) Belli secundos reddidit exitus,

id. ib. 4, 14, 38.—Prov.:

exitus acta probat,

the event justifies the deed, Ov. H. 2, 85.