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claudus ( clūdus, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 64; and clōdus, Arat. Act. Apost. 266), a, um, adj. [root klu-; v. claudo; prop. shut in, hampered], limping, halting, lame.

Prop.:

sutor,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34:

deus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:

claudus altero pede,

Nep. Ages. 8, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 61:

pes,

id. C. 3, 2, 32:

pars serpentis,

Verg. A. 5. 278 al.—

Prov.:

iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam,

said of one who cannot make a right use of a thing, Cic. Pis. 28, 69.—

Trop., wavering, crippled, imperfect, defective (rare; mostly poet.): clauda navigia aplustris, * Lucr. 4, 436; cf.:

claudae mutilataeque naves,

Liv. 37, 24, 6; Curt. 9, 9, 13; Tac. A. 2, 24. —

Esp. of language: clauda carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (since every second verse is a foot shorter than the preceding), Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 11:

clausulae,

Quint. 9, 4, 116; cf. id. 9, 4, 70.—

Wavering, untrustworthy:

clauda pars officii tui,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 86; cf.:

clauda fides,

Sil. 13, 33.— No comp. or sup.

con-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (tunsum, Plin. 21, 27, 101, § 174; 28, 16, 62, § 221 al.), 3 ( perf. contūdit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P., or Ann. v. 482 Vahl.; but contŭdit, id. ap. Prisc. l. l., or Ann. v. 387 Vahl.), v. a., to beat, bruise, grind, crush, pound, break to pieces (syn.: confringo, debilito; very freq. and class. in prose and poetry; not in Quint.; for in 11, 2, 13, confudit is the better reading).

Lit.

In gen.: oleas in lentisco, Cato. [p. 461] R. R. 7, 4 (cited ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 60):

thymum in pila,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; cf.:

radices ferreis pilis,

Col. 7, 7, 2: florem nullo aratro, * Cat. 62, 40:

colla,

Col. 6, 2, 8; 6, 14, 3: classis victa, fusa, contusa, fugataque est, Inscr. ap. Liv. 40, 52, 6:

aliquem male fustibus,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4; cf.:

aliquem pugnis,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 46; and:

pugiles caestibus contusi,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem saxis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 98:

pectus ictu,

Ov. M. 12, 85:

faciem planā palmā (with caedere pectus pugnis),

Juv. 13, 128:

contusi ac debilitati inter saxa rupesque,

Liv. 21, 40, 9:

hydram,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 10:

nares a fronte resimas,

to squeeze together, press in, Ov. M. 14, 96.—With acc. of part:

asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis,

Ov. Am. 1, 2, 15.— Poet. of the beating to pieces of crops by hail:

vites grando,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 5 (cf. id. C. 3, 1, 29: non verberatae grandine vineae);

and of lameness produced by disease, etc.: postquam illi justa cheragra Contudit articulos ( = debilitavit nodis),

id. S. 2, 7, 16 (cf. Pers. 5, 58: cum lapidosa cheragra fregerit articulos, has crippled).—

In medic. lang.: contūsum ( - tun-sum), i, n., a bruise, contusion (cf. contusio), Scrib. Comp. 209; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136 sq. al.—

Trop., to break, lessen, weaken, destroy, subdue, put down, baffle, check, etc. (syn.: frango, obtero, vinco): virosque valentes contudit crudelis hiems, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P.; cf. id. Ann. v. 387 and 482 Vahl.:

corpora conturbant magno contusa labore,

Lucr. 4, 958:

populos feroces,

Verg. A. 1, 264:

ferocem Hannibalem,

Liv. 27, 2, 2:

nostrae opes contusae hostiumque auctae erant,

Sall. J. 43, 5:

contudi animum et fortasse vici,

Cic. Att. 12, 44, 3; cf.:

animos feros placidā arte,

Ov. A. A. 1, 12:

contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 29:

calumniam et stultitiam (with obtrivit),

id. Caecin. 7, 18:

regum tumidas minas,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 8:

impetus,

id. ib. 3, 6, 10:

ingenium patientia longa laborum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 31:

facta Talthybi,

i. e. to surpass by my own, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 33. (But in Lucr. 5, 692, concludit is the right reading, Lachm., Munro.)

dēbĭlis (old shortened form debil, v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 331), e, adj. [de-habilis; cf. Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 12: lit. unmanageable, wanting in flexibility or activity; hence], lame, disabled, crippled, infirm, debilitated, feeble, frail, weak, etc. For syn. cf.: imbecillus, infirmus, invalidus (freq. and class.).

Lit.

Of personal subjects:

debiles fieri,

Cato R. R. 157, 10:

si gladium imbecillo seni aut debili dederis,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf. id. Phil. 8, 10, 31; Phaedr. 4, 2, 10:

confectus senectute, mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21; cf.: debilis manu, pede, coxa, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11; ille humero, hic lumbis, hic coxa debilis, * Juv. 10, 227:

plurimis stipendiis debilis miles,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

integris debiles implicabantur,

Curt. 4, 16, 11:

amissis remis atque ordine debilis uno Sergestus,

Verg. A. 5, 271:

claudi ac debiles equi,

Liv. 21, 40.—

Of inanimate subjects: membra metu, * Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 3; Sen. Contr. 5, 33; cf.

debile fit corpus,

Lucr. 4, 952; 5, 830:

manus,

Ov. M. 12, 106: crus, * Suet. Vesp. 7:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 12, 50:

pennae,

Ov. R. Am. 198:

jugum,

id. Pont. 3, 1, 68:

umbra,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 20.— Poet.:

iter,

i.e. of a wounded man, Stat. Th. 12, 144.

Trop., disabled, weak, in mind, character, authority, etc.

Of personal subjects:

eos qui restitissent infirmos sine illo (sc. Catilina) ac debiles fore putabam,

Cic. Cat. 3, 2:

qui hac parte animi (sc. memoria) tam debilis esset, ut, etc.,

id. Brut. 61, 219:

ingenio debilior,

Tac. H. 4, 62; cf.: sine animo anima est debilis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 48 (v. 296 Ribbeck).—

Of inanimate subjects:

duo corpora esse reipublicae, unum debile, infirmo capite: alterum firmum sine capite,

Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

manca ac debilis praetura,

id. Mil. 9, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:

manus, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis,

Quint. 11, 3, 85: inscitia, * Pers. 5, 99.— Comp. v. supra.— Sup. appears not to occur.—

* Adv., dēbĭlĭter, infirmly, lamely, feebly: lacrimis lingua debiliter stupet, Pac. ap. Non. 98, 18 (v. 355 Ribbeck).

ex-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a., to twist out, wrench out, wrest away (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ferrum e manibus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Planc. 41, 98:

arma e manibus,

id. Brut. 2, 7; Curt. 8, 2, 4;

for which: tibi sica de manibus extorta est,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16:

pedem mensulae,

Petr. 136:

ut inhaerentem atque incubantem Italiae extorqueret Hannibalem,

tear away, force away, Flor. 2, 6, 57.—

In partic.

Of limbs, to wrench out, put out of joint, dislocate (syn. luxo):

articulum,

Sen. Ep. 104:

omnibus membris extortus et fractus,

crippled, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. Sen. Ep. 66 med.; and:

prava extortaque puella,

Juv. 8, 33:

in servilem modum lacerati atque extorti,

i. e. dislocated by torture, tortured, Liv. 32, 38, 8; cf. absol.:

extorque, nisi ita factum'st,

put me to the torture, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 37.—

To obtain by force, to extort (syn.:

eripio, exprimo): ut pecunia omnis Stajeno extorta atque erepta sit,

Cic. Clu. 28 fin.:

nihil exprimere ab egentibus, nihil ulla vi a miseris extorquere potuit,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

vi et metu extortum,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica quinquaginta extorsistis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 25:

obsidibus summa cum contumelia extortis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 54 fin. —

Trop., to wrest out or away, obtain or take away by force, to tear away, to extort (syn.: eripio, demo, aufero, etc.): hoc est vim afferre, Torquate, sensibus: extorquere ex animis cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

sententias de manibus judicum vi quadam orationis,

id. de Or. 2, 18, 74:

suffragium populi per vim,

Liv. 25, 4, 4:

extorquebat enim vitam vis morbida membris,

Lucr. 6, 1225 Lachm.:

opinionem veritas extorquebit,

Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

suam citius abiciet humanitatem quam extorquebit tuam,

id. Lig. 5, 16:

patientiam saepe tranquillissimis pectoribus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1; cf.:

mihi hunc errorem,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 85:

cui sic extorta voluptas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139; cf. ib. 57:

cum extorta mihi veritas esset,

Cic. Or. 48, 160.—With ut:

quoniam extorsisti, ut faterer,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14.