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  • 1 reicio

    rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl., Stat. Th. 4, 574;

    and likewise reice,

    Verg. E. 3, 96;

    and perh. also,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), v. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Of inanim. objects:

    imago nostros oculos rejecta revisit,

    Lucr. 4, 285; 4, 107; cf. id. 4, 570:

    telum in hostes,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46: tunicam reicere, i. e. to fling back, fling over the shoulder (whereas abicere is to throw off, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf.:

    togam in umerum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 131; 140:

    togam a sinistro,

    id. 11, 3, 144:

    togam ab umero,

    Liv. 23, 8 fin.:

    amictum ex umeris,

    Verg. A. 5, 421:

    ex umeris' vestem,

    Ov. M. 2, 582:

    de corpore vestem,

    id. ib. 9, 32:

    penulam,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 2, 5 Burm.:

    sagulum,

    Cic. Pis. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 26:

    amictum,

    Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 13:

    vestem,

    Cat. 66, 81 al.:

    ab ore colubras,

    Ov. M. 4, 474:

    capillum circum caput neglegenter,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 50: manibus ad tergum rejectis, thrown back or behind, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

    manus post terga,

    Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 45: scutum, to throw over one ' s back (in flight), Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    parmas,

    Verg. A. 11, 619:

    ut janua in publicum reiceretur,

    might be thrown back, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112:

    fatigata membra rejecit,

    i. e. stretched on the ground, Curt. 10, 5, 3:

    voluit... Reicere Alcides a se mea pectora,

    to push back, Ov. M. 9, 51:

    librum e gremio suo,

    to fling away, id. Tr. 1, 1, 66:

    sanguinem ore,

    to cast up, vomit, Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; so,

    sanguinem,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6; 8, 1, 2:

    bilem,

    Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106:

    vinum,

    Suet. Aug. 77:

    aliquid ab stomacho,

    Scrib. Comp. 191.— Poet.:

    oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis,

    turns away, averts, Verg. A. 10, 473:

    pars (vocum) solidis adlisa locis rejecta sonorem Reddit,

    echoed, Lucr. 4, 570.—
    b.
    Of living objects, to drive back, chase back, force back, repel (so in gen. not found in class. prose authors):

    hominem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:

    aliquem,

    id. Merc. 5, 2, 69:

    in bubilem reicere (boves),

    id. Pers. 2, 5, 18:

    pascentes a flumine capellas,

    Verg. E. 3, 96:

    in postremam aciem,

    to place in the rear, Liv. 8, 8.—
    (β).
    Reicere se, to throw or cast one ' s self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one ' s self anywhere:

    tum illa Rejecit se in eum,

    flung herself into his arms, Ter. And. 1, 1, 109:

    se in gremium tuom,

    Lucr. 1, 34:

    se in grabatum,

    Petr. 92, 3; cf.:

    in cubile rejectus est,

    id. 103, 5; cf.:

    fatigata membra rejecit,

    leaned back, Curt. 10, 5, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Milit. t. t., to force back, beat back, repel, repulse the enemy (cf.:

    repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.:

    reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt,

    id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin.:

    Tusci rejecti armis,

    Verg. A. 11, 630:

    ab Antiocheā hostem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.:

    praesidia adversariorum Calydone,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr.).—
    2.
    Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so,

    naves,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    a Leucopetrā profectus... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram,

    Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88:

    sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to cast off, remove, repel, reject:

    abs te socordiam omnem reice,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.):

    quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat,

    Lucr. 6, 81:

    (hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

    ab his reicientur plagae balistarum,

    Vitr. 10, 20:

    foedum contactum a casto corpore,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. prol. 18:

    ferrum et audaciam,

    Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf.

    ictus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 770; and:

    minas Hannibalis retrorsum,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 16:

    (in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient,

    Quint. 6, 3, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse, scorn, disdain, despise; esp. of a lover, etc.:

    forsitan nos reiciat,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5:

    petentem,

    Ov. M. 9, 512:

    Lydiam,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 20:

    Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

    refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

    qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 4;

    of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset,

    Liv. 2, 31, 9:

    recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

    ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf.

    (vulgares reïce taedas, deligere),

    Ov. M. 14, 677:

    rejectā praedā,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:

    condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.—
    b.
    In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject the judges appointed by lot:

    cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret,

    Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.—
    c.
    In the philosoph. lang. of the Stoics: reicienda and rejecta (as a transl. of the Gr. apoproêgmena), rejectable things, i. e. evils to be rejected, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78; 3, 16, 52; id. Ac. 1, 10, 37; cf. rejectaneus.—
    2.
    With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to, make over to, remand to:

    ad ipsam te epistulam reicio,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8:

    in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis?

    id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).—
    b.
    Publicists' t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter, or the one whom it concerns, from one ' s self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.):

    totam rem ad Pompeium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

    senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit,

    Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.:

    ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta,

    id. 40, 29; and:

    rem ad senatum,

    id. 5, 22, 1:

    aliquid ad pontificum collegium,

    id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2:

    rem ad Hannibalem,

    Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28:

    tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects:

    legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol.:

    tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt,

    Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin. —
    c.
    With respect to time, to put off to a later period, to defer, postpone (Ciceronian):

    a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:

    reliqua in mensem Januarium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 1.—
    * d.
    Reicere se aliquo, to fling one ' s self on a thing, i. e. apply one ' s self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > reicio

  • 2 sequor

        sequor (P. praes. gen. plur. sequentūm, V.), secūtus (-quūtus), ī, dep.    [SEC-], to follow, come after, follow after, attend, accompany: I prae, sequor, T.: cum omnibus suis carris, Cs.: servi sequentes, H.: hos falcati currūs sequebantur, Cu.: me intro hac, T.: signa, to march, S.: Ne sequerer moechas, H.: vallem, L.: scrutantīs quā evellant telum non sequitur, i. e. cannot be drawn out, L.: trahit manu lignum; Id vix sequitur, O.: zonā bene te secutā, i. e. which you fortunately have worn, H.— To follow, succeed, come after, come next: sequitur hunc annum Caudina pax, L.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequuntur: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: quae sequuntur, and so forth: sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.— To go to, seek, be bound for, have for a destination: Formias nunc sequimur: loca, Cs.: Italiam, V.: Rura, O.— To follow, chase, pursue: finem sequendi, Cs.: facere: hanc pestem agmen sequebatur: hostīs, Cs.: (te) fugacem, H.: feras, O.— To follow, fall to the share of, belong to: ut urbes captae Aetolos sequerentur, L.: heredes monumentum ne sequeretur, H.: quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illa sequebatur, S.—Fig., to follow, succeed, result, ensue: si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.: patrem sequuntur liberi, take the rank of, L.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut, etc., to befall, Cs.: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, ensue: ex hac re, L.— To follow, take as guide, comply with, accede to, obey, imitate, adopt, conform to: sententiam Scipionis, Cs.: vos vestrum<*> que factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have imitated, Cs.: Crassi auctoritatem: quid? iudices non crimina, non testīs sequentur? shall be influenced by: naturam: victricia arma, V.: me auctorem: non lingua valet... nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. obey the will, V.— To follow, pursue, strive after, aim at, seek: iustitiam: amoenitatem: Caesaris gratiam, Cs.: linguam et nomen, L.: Mercedes, H.: ferro extrema, V.—Of an inference, to follow, be proved: ut sequatur vitam beatam virtute confici: hoc sequitur, ut familia Tulli concidi oportuerit?: non enim sequitur, ut, etc.— To follow naturally, come easily, be readily controlled, be obtained without effort: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: nihil est quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.
    * * *
    sequi, secutus sum V DEP
    follow; escort/attend/accompany; aim at/reach after/strive for/make for/seek; support/back/side with; obey, observe; pursue/chase; range/spread over; attain

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  • 3 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > premo

  • 4 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

    Latin-English dictionary > premō

  • 5 secor

    seci, secutus sum V DEP
    follow; escort/attend/accompany; aim at/reach after/strive for/make for/seek; support/back/side with; obey, observe; pursue/chase; range/spread over; attain

    Latin-English dictionary > secor

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