deep-lying

dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

vis venti nubem deprimit,

Lucr. 6, 432:

qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:

ad mentum depresso supercilio,

id. Pis. 6 fin.:

animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,

id. de Sen. 21:

depresso aratro (sc. in terram),

Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

haec quae porto deprimunt,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—

In partic.

To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:

vites in terram,

Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

plantas,

Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:

qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,

Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:

saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:

valle in altitudinem depressa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:

locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

Sall. C. 55, 3:

fossam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:

deprimere vel allevare rivum,

Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—

Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:

partem navium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

naves,

id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:

lenunculos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:

carinam,

Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —

Trop.

To press down, depress:

animus depressus,

Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:

improbitate depressa veritas emergit,

id. Clu. 65, 183:

ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,

Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:

preces,

to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,

Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—

Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):

adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,

Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—

To oppress (late Lat.):

populum,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):

humilius et depressius iter,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:

aquaeductus depressior,

Front. Aquaed. 65:

depresso loco castra ponere,

id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—

Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:

quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,

Auct. Her. 3, 14.— Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.— Comp.:

fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:

pastinare,

Col. 11, 3, 10.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rĕ-condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put up again, put back again; to lay up, put or stow away, hoard; to shut up, close; to hide, conceal, bury, etc. (cf.: abscondo, occulo, retrudo, abdo).

Lit.:

gladium cruentatum in vaginam recondidit,

put up again, sheathe, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

gladium in vaginā,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

cum Lepidus flammae vi e rogo ejectus recondi propter ardorem non potuisset,

put back again, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186: reliquias (ciborum) aliquo, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 78; cf.:

uvas in amphoras,

Col. 12, 16, 3:

uvas in vasis,

id. 12, 15 fin.:

victum tectis,

id. ib. prooem. §

12: Caecubum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 2:

opes aerario,

Quint. 10, 3, 3:

frumentum in annos,

Col. 2, 20, 6: se, to bury one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 8, 1: se in locum, ex quo, etc., to hide one ' s self, Quint. 10, 3, 25:

quod celari opus erat, habebant sepositum et reconditum,

hid away, concealed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24; cf.:

nihil tam clausum neque tam reconditum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

40: recondita alia invenerunt,

Liv. 8, 18:

imo reconditus antro,

Ov. M. 1, 583; cf.

nube,

id. ib. 3, 273:

silvā,

id. ib. 4, 339; Flor. 1, 13, 11 Duk. (cf. Liv. 5, 51, 9 Drak., and v. the foll.).— Poet.: oculos, to close again (opp. erigere), Ov. M. 4, 146: avidā recondidit alvo, hid, i. e. swallowed, id. ib. 12, 17; cf.: cum subito Triton ore recondit aquam, sucks in, i. q. absorbet, Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 16:

ensem in pulmone,

to bury, sheathe, plunge, Verg. A. 10, 387; so,

gladium lateri,

Ov. M. 12, 482. —

Trop.:

mens alia visa sic arripit, ut his statim utatur, alia recondit, e quibus memoria oritur,

lays up, stores away, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:

verba, vultus in crimen detorquens recondebat,

Tac. A. 1, 7 fin.;

and, odia,

id. ib. 1, 69 fin.:

Venerem interius recondere,

Verg. G. 3, 137:

quos fama obscura recondit,

id. A. 5, 302:

voluptates,

to keep secret, Tac. A. 4, 57:

in hoc me recondidi... ut prodesse pluribus possem,

went into retirement, Sen. Ep. 8, 1; cf.:

penitus quicquid arcani apparo, id Herc. Oet. 478: praecepta mea reconde,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 1.— Hence, rĕcondĭtus, a, um, P. a., put away, out of the way, hidden, concealed, retired, sequestered.

Lit.:

neque tabulis et signis propalam collocatis, sed his omnibus rebus constructis ac reconditis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

quid Aegyptus? ut occulte latet! ut recondita est!

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; cf.

locus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207; so,

saltus,

Cat. 34, 11:

venae auri argentique,

deep-lying, concealed, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

habemus senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vaginā reconditum,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4.— Subst.: rĕcondĭtum, i, n., a secret place, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.— Plur.: rĕ-condĭta, ōrum, n., remote, sequestered places: Pergami in occultis ac reconditis templi, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4.—

Trop., hidden, profound, abstruse, recondite:

litterae,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; cf.:

reconditae abstrusaeque res,

id. Brut. 11, 44;

and, reconditiora, opp. quae in promptu sunt,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

artes,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 8; cf. id. Off. 1, 27, 95:

causae,

Tac. Or. 28:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

profound, recondite, Cic. Brut. 97, 274: verba, unusual, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

(natura) speciem ita formavit oris, ut in eā penitus reconditos mores effingeret,

concealed, hidden, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 26; cf.:

Quinctius naturā tristi ac reconditā fuit,

of a reserved disposition, id. Quint. 18, 59.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

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Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].

A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:

exercitus,

Liv. 1, 28:

pax,

the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—

Pertaining to Albania:

mare Albanum,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

ora,

Val. Fl. 5, 460.—

Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.

The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—

The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;

hence. Albanae columnae,

made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72.

Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].

A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:

exercitus,

Liv. 1, 28:

pax,

the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—

Pertaining to Albania:

mare Albanum,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

ora,

Val. Fl. 5, 460.—

Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.

The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—

The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;

hence. Albanae columnae,

made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72.

Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].

A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:

exercitus,

Liv. 1, 28:

pax,

the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—

Pertaining to Albania:

mare Albanum,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

ora,

Val. Fl. 5, 460.—

Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.

The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—

The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;

hence. Albanae columnae,

made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72.

Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].

A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:

exercitus,

Liv. 1, 28:

pax,

the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—

Pertaining to Albania:

mare Albanum,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

ora,

Val. Fl. 5, 460.—

Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.

The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—

The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;

hence. Albanae columnae,

made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72.

Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].

A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:

exercitus,

Liv. 1, 28:

pax,

the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—

Pertaining to Albania:

mare Albanum,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

ora,

Val. Fl. 5, 460.—

Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.

The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—

The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;

hence. Albanae columnae,

made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72.

Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].

A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:

exercitus,

Liv. 1, 28:

pax,

the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—

Pertaining to Albania:

mare Albanum,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

ora,

Val. Fl. 5, 460.—

Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.

The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—

The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;

hence. Albanae columnae,

made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72.

rē̆-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To draw back, withdraw; to call back (class.).

Lit.:

me retrahis,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 8;

aliquem,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83; Liv. 30, 20; 21, 63 (in the last two passages with revocare);

10, 25: bos domitus et procurrentem (bovem) retrahit, et cunctantem producit,

holds back, Col. 6, 2, 10: aliquem hinc, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

Hannibalem in Africam (Scipio),

Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56:

aliquem in urbem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

manum,

Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

pedem,

Verg. A. 10, 307:

quo fata trahunt retrahuntque,

id. ib. 5, 709:

castra intra penitus,

Liv. 36, 17 Drak.:

occulere aut retrahere aliquid (pecuniae),

to keep back, withhold, id. 32, 38 fin.:

se,

Cic. Cael. 27, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 58:

se ab ictu,

Ov. M. 3, 87:

se a convivio,

Cels. 1, 1, 5; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 14, 2.—

Mid.: (corpuscula complexa) inter se retrahuntur,

Lucr. 2, 155:

in servitutem retrahi,

Tac. A. 13, 26. —

In partic., to drag back, bring back a fugitive, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Liv. 2, 12; 25, 7:

ut retractus, non reversus, videretur,

Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Sall. C. 39, 5:

ex fugā, 47, 4: fugientem,

Just. 38, 9, 6; 38, 10, 13. —

Hence, comically, of fugitive money,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 11; cf. also infra, B.—

Trop., to draw back, withdraw, remove, etc.:

postquam poëta vetus poëtam non potest Retrahere ab studio,

to withdraw, remove, Ter. Phorm. prol. 2:

aliquem a re publicā,

Cic. Sest. 15, 34:

Thebas ab interitu,

Nep. Epam. 8, 4:

aliquem ex magnis detrimentis,

Suet. Aug. 71:

ex viginti trecentisque millibus ad centum quinquaginta retraxit,

i. e. he reduced them to one hundred and fifty thousand, Suet. Caes. 41 Oud.:

verba,

to keep back, suppress, Sen. Ep. 3, 6; so,

vires ingenii,

id. ib. 79, 3: noctes, to shorten, Manil. 4, 253:

stellae splendorem suum,

Vulg. Joel, 2, 10: genus ejusmodi calliditatis et calumniae retrahetur in odium judicis, is drawn or converted into, results in, Cic. Part. 39, 137:

imaginem nocturnae quietis ad spem haud dubiam retraxit,

Tac. A. 16, 1.—

With reference to the signif. A. 2: illa (verba), quae jam majoribus nostris ademit oblivio fugitiva,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll. —

To draw again or anew; to bring forth or to light again, make known again (so perh. only in Tac.).

Lit.:

Caesar Antistium Veterem absolutum adulterii increpitis judicibus ad dicendam majestatis causam retraxit,

Tac. A. 3, 38:

aliquem postero die ad eosdem cruciatus,

id. ib. 15, 57:

Treviros in arma,

id. H. 4, 70 fin. —

Trop.:

oblitterata aerarii monimenta,

Tac. A. 13, 23:

potiorem civitatis partem ad societatem Romanam,

id. H. 4, 56 fin. — Hence, rĕtractus, a, um, P. a., drawn back, lying back, remote, distant: emporium in intimo sinu Corinthiaco, Liv. 36, 21:

in trorsus sinus maris,

id. 26, 42.— Comp.:

retractior a mari murus,

Liv. 34, 9:

retractius paulo cubiculum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:

retracti introrsum oculi,

deep-set, Sen. Contr. 1, 6.