crush to pieces

ob-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].

To squeeze together (rare but class.):

caelum digitulis duobus oblidere, Cic. Scaur. § 10, p. 261 Orell.: oblisis faucibus,

strangled, Tac. A. 5, 9; so,

obliso gutture,

Prud. Psych. 589; App. M. 4, p. 147.—

To squeeze or crush to pieces (post-Aug.):

fetus,

Col. 7, 3, 8:

oblisus pondere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 16.

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frango, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [root in Gr. FPAT, rhêgnumi, rhêgma, rhôgaleos; Goth. Brikkan; Irish brissim; Germ. brechen; Engl. break; but cf. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 182, and v. the letter F], to break, break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, break in two (cf.: rumpo, diffringo).

Lit.: hastas frangit quatitque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 435 ed. Vahl.); cf.: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 ed. Vahl.): fraxinus frangitur atque abies consternitur alta, is broken, felled, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.):

simulacra,

Lucr. 6, 419:

milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo: ergo alter alterius ubicumque nactus est ova, frangit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

anulus aureus fractus et comminatus est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56:

compluribus navibus fractis,

dashed to pieces, Caes. B. G. 4, 29, 3:

naves,

Hor. A. P. 20:

navem is fregit apud Andrum insulam,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 17; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:

domus fracta conjectu lapidum,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

janua frangatur, latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128:

patinam,

id. ib. 2, 8, 72:

lagenam,

id. ib. 81:

crystallina,

Mart. 14, 111:

aulas in caput,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21:

corpora ad saxum,

Verg. A. 3, 625:

vindices rerum capitalium laqueo gulam fregere,

broke his neck, strangled him, Sall. C. 55, 5:

cervices civium Romanorum in carcere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; id. Vatin. 11, 26:

senile guttur parentis impiā manu,

Hor. Epod. 3, 2:

cerebrum,

Verg. A. 5, 413:

brachium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf.

coxam,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

crus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59:

crura,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Tib. 44; Vulg. Johan. 19, 31:

cornu in arbore,

Ov. F. 5, 121:

non ego te, tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor,

to tear in pieces, Hor. C. 1, 23, 10; cf.:

indomitos ut cum Massyla per arva Armenti reges magno leo fregit hiatu, etc.,

Stat. Th. 11, 28; Val. Fl. 2, 458; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

nubes in montem actae non franguntur, sed circumfunduntur,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 2.—

Transf., in gen., to break up small, to grind, bruise, crush (freq. since the Aug. per.):

glebam bidentibus,

Verg. G. 2, 400;

glebas,

id. ib. 3, 161:

fruges robore saxi,

Lucr. 1, 882:

farra saxo,

Val. Fl. 2, 448:

hordeum molis,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72:

granum dentibus,

id. 18, 24, 54, § 196:

fabam,

id. 19, 3, 15, § 40:

glandem (sues),

Verg. G. 2, 72:

testes homini,

Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263:

toros,

to press, throw one's self upon, Mart. 2, 59, 3; 4, 8, 6: comam in gradus, to twist, braid, Quint. 1, 6, 44:

mare montis ad ejus Radices frangit fluctus,

breaks, Lucr. 6, 695; cf.:

quam (fortunam) existimo levem et imbecillam ab animo firmo et gravi tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

fluctus (scopulus),

Luc. 6, 266:

undam,

Ov. F. 4, 282:

aquas,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

amnem nando,

Luc. 8, 374; cf. Sil. 3, 457; 8, 555:

iter,

i. e. turn off from it, Stat. Th. 12, 232.

Trop., to break down, subdue, weaken, diminish, violate; to soften, move, touch:

quem (Viriathum) C. Laelius praetor ita fregit et comminuit ferocitatemque ejus ita repressit, ut, etc.,

broke down, subdued, Cic. Off. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

fractam illam et debilitatam vim suam, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

quem series immensa laborum fregerit,

Ov. H. 9, 6:

nationes frangere domareque,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

proeliis calamitatibusque fracti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7:

victi sumus igitur, aut, si vinci dignitas non potest, fracti certe et abjecti,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

te ut ulla res frangat?

would break, shake thy resolution, id. Cat. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

frangi metu, cupiditate,

id. Off. 1, 20, 68:

fractus ac debilitatus metu,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 121:

flecti animo atque frangi,

id. Sull. 6, 18:

frangi animo,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37:

dolore,

id. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

misericordiā,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3:

pudore,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et simil.; cf.

also: aliquem auctoritate,

id. ib. 1, 21 fin.:

aliquem patientiā,

id. Brut. 25, 95: quae (vis) summas frangit infirmatque opes, Poët. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28:

debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,

Tac. Dial. 39:

mollis illa educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit,

Quint. 1, 2, 6:

frangitur vox,

id. 11, 3, 20; cf. id. 12, 11, 2:

vox Auditur fractos sonitus imitata tubarum,

Verg. G. 4, 72:

et illa (littera), quae est sexta nostrarum (i. e. F) quoties aliquam consonantem frangit, ut in hoc ipso frangit, multo fit horridior,

i. e. weakens, Quint. 12, 10, 29 Spald. (v. the passage in its connection); cf. id. 1, 4, 11:

primum divisit ineleganter: duo enim genera quae erant, fecit tria: hoc est non dividere, sed frangere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; cf.:

frangas citius quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,

Quint. 1, 3, 12:

bellum proeliis frangere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

dignitatem,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

hunc (pedum dolorem) abstinentiā, sanctitate vicit et fregit,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

ut equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 113:

animos frangi et debilitari molestiā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

ingenium (mala),

Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 33:

sublimia pectora (Venus et vinum),

id. F. 1, 301:

ego unus contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 13 fin.; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 8 (id. Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.):

furorem et petulantiam alicujus,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

libidines,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

odium iramque (risus),

Quint. 6, 3, 9:

impetum cogitationis (membranae),

id. 10, 3, 31:

consilium alicujus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf.:

sententiam alicujus,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

foedus,

id. Pis. 12, 28; id. Scaur. 42:

fidem,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

jura pudicitiae,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 28:

mandata,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19:

fas,

Grat. Cyneg. 451:

morantem diem mero (= breviorem reddere),

to shorten, Hor. C. 2, 7, 6:

vina,

i. e. to weaken, dilute, Mart. 14, 103; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 138:

cum frangerem jam ipse me cogeremque illa ferre toleranter,

Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

nec animus tantis se laboribus frangeret, neque, etc.,

id. Arch. 11, 29:

ante quam calores aut frigora se fregerunt,

diminished, abated, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; cf.:

Scaevola paulum quiescet, dum se calor frangat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

fracti aestus et nondum orta frigora,

Cels. 7, 7, 4 fin.; cf.:

fluctus se frangit,

Sen. Med. 392:

glacies se frangit,

id. Q. N. 4, 5, 4.—Hence, fractus, a, um, P. a., weakened, weak, feeble, faint:

jamque adeo fracta est aetas effetaque tellus Vix animalia parva creat,

Lucr. 2, 1151:

quod me audis fractiorem esse animo,

i. e. more disheartened, less courageous, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4; cf.:

spes amplificandae fortunae fractior,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

in compositione fractus,

powerless, feeble, Quint. 12, 10, 12; cf.:

quid est tam fractum, tam minutum, tam in ipsa concinnitate puerile?

Cic. Brut. 83, 287; and:

corruptum et omnibus vitiis fractum dicendi genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 125: corrupta oratio maxime comprehensione obscura, compositione fracta consistit, id. [p. 777] 8, 3, 57:

effeminata et fracta impudicis modis (musice),

id. 1, 10, 31.

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ob-tĕro ( opt-), trīvi, trītum, 3 ( pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15), v. a.

To bruise, crush, or break to pieces (syn. obtundo; class.).— Lit.:

ne in stabulo infantes grex boum obtereret,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5:

ranas,

Phaedr. 1, 30, 1:

puerum,

Suet. Ner. 5:

homines,

Liv. 27, 41:

caput saxo,

Luc. 6, 276:

locustarum ova,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

crura,

Col. 8, 8:

in angustiis portarum obtriti sunt,

crushed by the crowd, Liv. 30, 5.—

Trop., to crush, trample on, degrade, disgrace, contemn, disparage, ravage, destroy:

meaeque pugnae proeliares plurumae optritae jacent?

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 17:

calumniam,

Cic. Caecin. 7, 18:

laudem imperatoriam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 2:

obtrectationes,

id. Fam. 5, 9, 1:

jura populi,

Liv. 3, 56:

legionarios,

Tac. A. 15, 11:

Graeciam,

Just. 5, 2, 11:

militem verbis,

to degrade, Liv. 24, 15:

Penates,

Sen. Oed. 645:

vulgi omne cadaver,

Juv. 3, 260.—

To rub:

dentes carbone,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15.

ob-tĕro ( opt-), trīvi, trītum, 3 ( pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15), v. a.

To bruise, crush, or break to pieces (syn. obtundo; class.).— Lit.:

ne in stabulo infantes grex boum obtereret,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5:

ranas,

Phaedr. 1, 30, 1:

puerum,

Suet. Ner. 5:

homines,

Liv. 27, 41:

caput saxo,

Luc. 6, 276:

locustarum ova,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 105:

crura,

Col. 8, 8:

in angustiis portarum obtriti sunt,

crushed by the crowd, Liv. 30, 5.—

Trop., to crush, trample on, degrade, disgrace, contemn, disparage, ravage, destroy:

meaeque pugnae proeliares plurumae optritae jacent?

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 17:

calumniam,

Cic. Caecin. 7, 18:

laudem imperatoriam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 2:

obtrectationes,

id. Fam. 5, 9, 1:

jura populi,

Liv. 3, 56:

legionarios,

Tac. A. 15, 11:

Graeciam,

Just. 5, 2, 11:

militem verbis,

to degrade, Liv. 24, 15:

Penates,

Sen. Oed. 645:

vulgi omne cadaver,

Juv. 3, 260.—

To rub:

dentes carbone,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15.

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.)

com-mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to make small, either by breaking into many small parts, or by removing parts from the whole (class. in prose and poetry).

To separate into small parts, to break or crumble to pieces, to crush, split, etc.: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.):

fores et postes securibus,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 31:

ossa atque artua illo scipione,

id. Men. 5, 2, 103:

tibi caput,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 74:

illi statuam... deturbant, affligunt, comminuunt, dissipant,

Cic. Pis. 38, 93:

scalas,

Sall. J. 60, 7:

anulum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56:

lapidem,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:

vitrea,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 73:

fabas molis,

Ov. Med. Fac. 72:

vasa crystallina,

Petr. 64.—Also of medicines:

calculos,

Plin. 20, 4, 13, § 23.—Fig.: diem articulatim, i.e. to divide into hours, Plaut. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5.—

To lessen, diminish.

Lit. (very rare): argenti pondus et auri, * Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

opes civitatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 98:

regni opes,

Sall. J. 62, 1.—

Transf. to persons:

re familiari comminuti sumus,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 6.—

Trop. (freq.), to weaken, impair, enervate:

nullum esse officium tam sanctum atque solenne, quod non avaritia comminuere atque violare soleat,

Cic. Quint. 8, 26:

ingenia,

Quint. 1, 7, 33; cf.:

ingenii vires,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 34;

and, animum,

Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.—

Transf. to persons:

Viriathus, quem C. Laelius praetor fregit et comminuit,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40;

so of enemies,

Flor. 1, 3, 3; 2, 6, 28:

nec te natalis origo Comminuit (i. e. animum tuum),

Ov. M. 12, 472:

lacrimis comminuēre meis, i.e. vinceris, commoveberis,

id. H. 3, 134.

ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].

To knock, strike, or dash out, to tear out, to force out, squeeze out.

Lit.:

aurigam e curru,

Cic. Rep. 2, 41:

oculos,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261:

ignem velut e silice,

Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:

flammas ex sese,

id. 18, 35, 84, § 358:

ignes nubibus,

Ov. M. 6, 696:

aërem lituis,

Luc. 7, 476:

partum,

i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25:

litteras,

to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5:

vina praelis,

i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73; cf.

herbam,

Ov. F. 4, 371:

corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta,

Tac. A. 2, 24.—

Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32:

(imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc.,

is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296:

colores repercussu parietum,

Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137:

sibilum,

to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf.

sonum,

Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146:

vocem,

Quint. 11, 3, 51:

morbum,

to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald.—

To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.

Lit.:

talos alicui,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12:

tuum caput,

id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45:

fauces,

to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2:

aliquem stipite,

Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

draconem pondere,

Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:

geminos angues (Hercules),

i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf.

infantes,

Flor. 3, 3, 17 al. —

Trop., to break down, destroy:

(poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

aegritudine elidi,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

prius pactum per posterius,

i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.