dē-culco

con-culco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [calco], to tread under foot, to crush or bruise by treading. *

Prop.:

vinaceos in dolia picata,

Cato, R. R. 25.—More freq.,

Trop. (cf. calco, I. B.).

To tread down, trample upon in a hostile manner, to abuse:

istum semper illi ipsi domi proterendum et conculcandum putaverunt,

Cic. Fl. 22, 53:

adversarios tuos,

Hier. in Isa. 14, 51, 14:

miseram Italiam,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to despise, treat with contempt:

nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum,

Lucr. 5, 1140:

lauream,

Cic. Pis. 35, 61:

pontificem a pedisequis conculcari,

id. Dom. 42, 110:

disice et conculca ista quae extrinsecus splendent,

Sen. Ep. 23, 6.

ex-culco, āvi, ātum, 1 [calco], to tread or beat out (very rare; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

ex dominis meis pugnis furfures,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.—

Transf., to tread down, to stamp firm or close:

singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

rammed down, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7 Oud.— Hence, * exculcātus, a, um, P. a. (trodden out, worn out by treading; trop.), worn out:

verba nimis obsoleta exculcataque,

Gell. 11, 7, 1.

in-culco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-calco], to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit., to tread down, ram [p. 930] down:

aliquid,

Col. 2, 20, 1:

semen obrutum pavicula,

id. 11, 3, 34.—

Trop.

To stuff, press, or force in:

Graeca verba,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

leviora,

id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—

To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:

id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:

vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.:

firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,

Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.

judicibus,

id. 11, 3, 130:

quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:

inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one ' s self upon:

Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus, a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).

Lit.:

lana morsibus canis,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:

lapides,

Col. 8, 15, 3.—

Trop., mixed or foisted in:

inania verba,

Cic. Or. 69, 250: archetupon crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē, adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63.

in-culco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-calco], to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit., to tread down, ram [p. 930] down:

aliquid,

Col. 2, 20, 1:

semen obrutum pavicula,

id. 11, 3, 34.—

Trop.

To stuff, press, or force in:

Graeca verba,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

leviora,

id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—

To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:

id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:

vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.:

firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,

Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.

judicibus,

id. 11, 3, 130:

quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:

inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one ' s self upon:

Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus, a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).

Lit.:

lana morsibus canis,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:

lapides,

Col. 8, 15, 3.—

Trop., mixed or foisted in:

inania verba,

Cic. Or. 69, 250: archetupon crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē, adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63.

in-culco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-calco], to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit., to tread down, ram [p. 930] down:

aliquid,

Col. 2, 20, 1:

semen obrutum pavicula,

id. 11, 3, 34.—

Trop.

To stuff, press, or force in:

Graeca verba,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

leviora,

id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—

To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:

id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:

vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.:

firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,

Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.

judicibus,

id. 11, 3, 130:

quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:

inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one ' s self upon:

Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus, a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).

Lit.:

lana morsibus canis,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:

lapides,

Col. 8, 15, 3.—

Trop., mixed or foisted in:

inania verba,

Cic. Or. 69, 250: archetupon crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē, adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63.

prō-culco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [calco], to tread down, trample upon (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

turbatus eques sua ipse subsidia territis equis proculcavit,

Liv. 10, 36, 5:

crescenti segetes proculcat in herbā,

Ov. M. 8, 290; cf. Sev. ap. Sen. Suas. 6, 26, 26 sq.—Of a Centaur:

pedibusque virum proculcat equinis,

Ov. M. 12, 374:

solum,

Col. 3, 13, 6:

uvas,

id. 12, 19, 3; cf. id. 12, 15, 3; Phaedr. 1, 32, 9:

nepotem,

trample to death, Just. 44, 4, 4:

una ala ipso impetu proculcata erat,

crushed, Curt. 3, 11, 14:

aliquem,

Tac. H. 3, 81:

materiam,

Just. 38, 10, 3: qui tot proculcavimus nives, have trodden, i. e. traversed, Curt. 6, 3, 16.—

Trop., to trample upon, tread under foot, despise:

qui fata proculcavit,

Sen. Phoen. 193:

proculcato senatu,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

proculcata desertaque respublica,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

contumeliosā voce,

Val. Max. 9, 5, 3.—Hence, prōculcātus, a, um, P. a., trodden down; trop., = tritus, trodden under foot, mean, low, common (post-class.):

verba proculcata vulgo et protrita,

Gell. 18, 4, 6; cf. id. 17, 2, 10.