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  • 1 Origo

    1.
    ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. [orior], earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    originem rerum quaerere,

    Cic. Univ. 3:

    origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,

    id. ib. 6, 25, 27:

    nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,

    id. Univ. 2, 3:

    rerum genitalis,

    Lucr. 5, 176:

    ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),

    Verg. G. 3, 473:

    summi boni,

    Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:

    omnium virtutum,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 17:

    fontium qui celat origines Nilus,

    source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:

    auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,

    to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:

    mentis causa malae est origo penes te,

    Juv. 14, 226:

    accipere,

    to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    ducere ex Hispaniā,

    to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. [p. 1279] 6, 20, 23, §

    76: ab aliquo habere,

    to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:

    trahere,

    id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:

    PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,

    i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
    B.
    In partic.:

    Origines,

    the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:

    quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;

    libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:

    ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,

    Verg. A. 10, 618:

    Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,

    Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
    B.
    Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:

    Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,

    Verg. A. 12, 166:

    celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,

    Tac. G. 2:

    hujus origo Ilus,

    Ov. M. 11, 755:

    mundi melioris origo,

    the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:

    eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,

    their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.
    2.
    Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f., a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55.

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  • 2 origo

    1.
    ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. [orior], earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    originem rerum quaerere,

    Cic. Univ. 3:

    origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,

    id. ib. 6, 25, 27:

    nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,

    id. Univ. 2, 3:

    rerum genitalis,

    Lucr. 5, 176:

    ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),

    Verg. G. 3, 473:

    summi boni,

    Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:

    omnium virtutum,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 17:

    fontium qui celat origines Nilus,

    source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:

    auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,

    to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:

    mentis causa malae est origo penes te,

    Juv. 14, 226:

    accipere,

    to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    ducere ex Hispaniā,

    to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. [p. 1279] 6, 20, 23, §

    76: ab aliquo habere,

    to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:

    trahere,

    id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:

    PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,

    i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—
    B.
    In partic.:

    Origines,

    the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:

    quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;

    libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:

    ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,

    Verg. A. 10, 618:

    Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,

    Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —
    B.
    Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:

    Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,

    Verg. A. 12, 166:

    celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,

    Tac. G. 2:

    hujus origo Ilus,

    Ov. M. 11, 755:

    mundi melioris origo,

    the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:

    eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,

    their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.
    2.
    Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f., a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55.

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  • 3 orior

    ŏrĭor, ortus, fut. part. oriturus, 4 (but with some forms of the 3d conj.: orĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 305 Müll.; Gell. 4, 17, 14; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 26; Lucr. 3, 272; Verg. A. 2, 411; 680; Hor. S. 1, 5, 39; Ov. M. 1, 774 et saep.:

    oreris,

    id. ib. 10, 166; imperat. orere, Val. Max. 4, 7, 7: impf. subj. oreretur, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 59; and oreretur and orerentur are the more usual forms in the best MSS.; cf. Haase in Reisig's Vorles. p. 251; Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 418 sq.), v. dep. [root or.; Sanscr. ar-; Gr. ornumi, orinô; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. 348 sq.].
    I.
    In gen., of persons, to rise, bestir one's self, get up, etc.:

    consul oriens nocte diceret dictatorem,

    Liv. 8, 23.—
    B.
    Esp., of the heavenly bodies, to rise, become visible, appear:

    stellae, ut quaeque oriturque caditque,

    Ov. F. 1, 295:

    ortā luce,

    in the morning, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    orto sole,

    at sunrise, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 112:

    postera lux oritur,

    id. S. 1, 5, 39; cf.: crassa pulvis oritur, Enn. ap. Non. 205, 28. —
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to come forth, become visible; to have one's origin or descent, to spring, descend from; to grow or spring forth; to rise, take its origin; arise, proceed, originate (syn. nascor):

    hoc quis non credat abs te esse ortum?

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 9:

    Rhenus oritur ex Lepontiis,

    takes its rise, Caes. B. G. 5, 4:

    Maeander ex arce summā Celaenarum ortus,

    Liv. 38, 13, 7:

    Tigris oritur in montibus Uxiorum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 1:

    fons oritur in monte,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 2:

    Durius amnis oritur in Pelendonibus,

    Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 112:

    amnis Indus in Cibyratarum jugis,

    id. 5, 28, 29, § 103:

    ibi Caicus amnis oritur,

    id. 5, 30, 33, § 125:

    incliti amnes Caucaso monte orti,

    Curt. 8, 9, 3:

    Rhenus Alpium vertice ortus,

    Tac. G. 1, 2:

    clamor,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

    oritur controversia,

    arises, Cic. Clu. 69, 161: unde oritur nox, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 407 Vahl.):

    tempestas,

    Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

    monstrum mirabile,

    Verg. A. 2, 680:

    ulcera,

    Cels. 6, 13:

    ea officia. quae oriuntur a suo cujusque genere virtutum,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:

    id facmus ex te ortum,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 67:

    tibi a me nulla orta est mjuria,

    I have caused you no injury, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 35: quod si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam, comes into being, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 27. —Of persons, to be born:

    in quo (solo) tu ortus et procreatus es,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4:

    pueros orientes animari,

    at birth, id. Div. 2, 42, 89: ex concubina, Sal. J. 108, 1; to be descended from:

    plerosque Belgas esse ortos a Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4; to begin, commence, take its beginning:

    ab aliquo sermo oritur,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 5.—Hence,
    A.
    ŏrĭens, entis, P. a.; as subst. m.
    1.
    The rising sun, morning sun:

    et me saevus equis oriens afflavit anhelis,

    Verg. A. 5, 739; id. G. 1, 250.—
    2.
    The quarter where the sun rises, the East, the Orient (opp. to occidens, the West, the Occident):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66:

    aestivus,

    the quarter where the sun rises in summer, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 105:

    hibernus,

    Col. 1, 6:

    vernus,

    Gell. 2, 22, 7.—
    3.
    Poet. for day:

    septimus hinc oriens cum se demiserit undis,

    Ov. F. 1, 653.—
    B.
    ortus, a, um, P. a., sprung, descended, born; constr. with ex, ab, and (partic. with poets and since the Aug. per.) with simple abl.
    (α).
    Class. usually with ab:

    a me ortus,

    Cic. Planc. 27, 67:

    quoniam ab illo (Catone) ortus es,

    id. Mur. 31, 66; Nep. Att. 18, 3; Hor. S. 1, 5, 55:

    maternum genus ab regibus ortum,

    Suet. Caes. 6:

    a liberatoribus patriae ortus,

    Liv. 7, 32, 13: homo a se ortus, without noble or famous ancestors:

    ego a me ortus et per me nixus (opp. adjuvari commendatione majorum),

    Cic. Planc. 27, 67; id. Phil. 6, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    Less freq. with ex and name of person:

    ex Tantalo,

    Quint. 9, 3, 57; but with ex and the name of a place, family, order, class, etc., freq. and class.:

    ex eodem loco ortus,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:

    ortus ex eā familiā, quā, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 10, 3:

    ex concubinā,

    Sall. J. 5, 7; 108, 1; Liv. 1, 34, 6:

    ex patricio sanguine,

    id. 6, 40, 6.—
    (γ).
    With abl. alone (except with loco and genere, mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

    eā familiā ortus,

    Sall. C. 31, 7:

    orte Saturno,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 50; 4, 5, 1; 3, 6, 33: 4, 6, 32: id. Ep. 1, 6, 22:

    ortus sorore ejus,

    Liv. 8, 3, 7:

    paelice,

    id. 39, 53, 3:

    orti Atticis,

    Vell. 1, 4 init.:

    antiquis nobilibus,

    Quint. 3, 8, 31:

    Germanicum Druso ortum,

    Tac. A. 1, 3:

    Thessalis,

    id. ib. 6, 34; 12, 53;

    15, 72: regiā stirpe,

    Curt. 4, 1, 17:

    oppido Ferentino,

    Suet. Oth. 1:

    equestri familiā,

    id. Aug. 2:

    magnis e centurionibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 73.

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  • 4 generō

        generō āvī, ātus, āre    [genus], to beget, procreate, engender, produce, create: hominem: quem generasse Telon Sebethide Fertur, V.: Unde nil maius generatur ipso (Iove), springs, H.: generati a naturā: generatus ab illo, O.: aliam ex aliā prolem, V.: semina, unde essent omnia generata: seminata generantia ranas, O.: generandi gloria mellis, V.: exemplum generatum (opp. aeternum).
    * * *
    generare, generavi, generatus V
    beget, father, produce, procreate; spring/descend from (PASSIVE)

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  • 5 genero

    gĕnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [genus], to beget, procreate, engender, produce, create; in pass., to spring or descend from.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    hominem generavit et ornavit deus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: isque (Capys) pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 32 Vahl.):

    Oebalus, quem generasse Telon Sebethide nymphā Fertur,

    Verg. A. 7, 734:

    unde nil majus generatur ipso (Jove),

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 17:

    Herculis stirpe generatus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 12:

    homines hominum causa esse generatos,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

    ita generati a natura sumus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 103; cf. id. Rep. 6, 15:

    a quo (deo) populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

    ab origine ultima stirpis Romanae generatus,

    Nep. Att. 1:

    Tros est generatus ab illo,

    Ov. F. 4, 33:

    fuit Argolico generatus Alemone quidam Myscelos,

    id. M. 15, 19:

    Trojā generatus Acestes,

    Verg. A. 5, 61:

    mulos (antiqui vocabant) quos asini et equae generarent,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172:

    quale portentum... nec Jubae tellus generat,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 15:

    terram tanto prius animalia generare coepisse,

    Just. 2, 1 fin.:

    atque aliam ex alia generando suffice prolem,

    Verg. G. 3, 65:

    (mundus) semperne fuerit, nullo generatus ortu: an, etc.,

    Cic. Univ. 2:

    semina, unde essent omnia orta, generata, concreta,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; cf.:

    semina generantia ranas,

    Ov. M. 15, 375:

    terra et hos (rubos) generat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 5:

    terra generandis alendisque seminibus fecundior,

    id. 10, 3, 2:

    e gramine, quod in eo loco generatum esset, etc.,

    Gell. 5, 6, 9:

    generandi gloria mellis,

    Verg. G. 4, 205:

    ignibus generandis nutriendisque soli ipsius naturalis materia,

    Just. 4, 1.— Absol.:

    asina generare coepit,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172.—
    II.
    Trop. (perh. only post-Aug.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    cetera forsitan tenuis quoque et angusta ingenii vena... generare atque ad frugem aliquam perducere queat,

    Quint. 6, 2, 3:

    verecundia vitium quidem, sed quae virtutes facillime generet,

    id. 12, 5, 2; Dig. 25, 3, 7:

    peccatum generat mortem,

    Vulg. Jacob. 1, 15.—
    B.
    In partic., to bring forth, produce, of mental productions:

    quae (aetates) nihil dum ipsae ex se generare queunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 36:

    cum generabit ipse aliquid atque componet,

    id. 1, 12, 12; 8, 6, 32; cf. id. 10, 2, 5:

    similiter decurrentium spatiorum observatione esse generatum (poëma),

    id. 9, 4, 114; cf. Suet. Ner. 52.

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  • 6 descendo

    dē-scendo, di, sum, 3 ( perf. redupl.: descendidit, Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 4 fin.; and, descendiderant, Laber. ib.; perf.: desciderunt, Inscr. Frat. Arv. 13 Henzen.), v. n., to come down; and of inanimate subjects, to fall, sink down, to descend, opp. to ascendo (class. and freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex equo,

    to alight, Cic. de Sen. 10, 34; Auct. B. Hisp. 15, 2;

    for which, equo,

    Sall. Hist. Fragm. 5, 13:

    sicut monte descenderat,

    id. J. 50, 2:

    e curru,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    e tribunali,

    id. Claud. 15:

    de rostris,

    Cic. Vatin. 11:

    de templo,

    Liv. 44, 45:

    de caelo,

    id. 6, 18;

    for which, caelo,

    Hor. Od. 3, 4, 1:

    e caelo,

    Juv. 11, 27:

    caelo ab alto,

    Verg. A. 8, 423; cf.:

    vertice montis ab alto,

    id. ib. 7, 675; and:

    ab Histro (Da cus),

    id. G. 2, 497:

    ab Alpibus,

    Liv. 21, 32, 2; 27, 38, 6:

    monte,

    Verg. A. 4, 159:

    aggeribus Alpinis atque arce Monoeci,

    id. ib. 6, 831:

    antro Castalio,

    Ov. M. 3, 14:

    per clivum,

    id. F. 1, 263 et saep.—Indicating the terminus ad quem:

    in mare de caelo,

    Lucr. 6, 427:

    Juppiter in terras,

    id. 6, 402:

    in pon tum,

    Sil. 1, 607; 15, 152; cf.:

    caelo in hibernas undas,

    Verg. G. 4, 235:

    caelo ad suos honores templaque, etc.,

    Ov. F. 5, 551:

    in aestum,

    Lucr. 6, 402:

    in inferiorem ambulationem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4:

    in campos,

    Liv. 6, 737; cf. Curt. 9, 9:

    in Piraeum,

    Quint. 8, 6, 64 et saep.:

    ad naviculas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48 fin.:

    ad genitorem imas Erebi descendit ad umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 404:

    sinus vestis infra genua,

    Curt. 6, 5 et saep. Poet. also with dat.:

    nocti, i. e. ad inferos,

    Sil. 13, 708; cf.

    Erebo,

    id. 13, 759.—With sup.:

    per quod oraculo utentes sciscitatum deos descendunt,

    Liv. 45, 27, 8.— Absol.:

    turbo descendit,

    Lucr. 6, 438; cf. Verg. E. 7, 60:

    asta ut descendam (sc. ex equo),

    dismount, alight, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 120; Suet. Galb. 18:

    descendens (sc. e lecto),

    Tib. 1, 5, 41:

    descendo (sc. de arce),

    Verg. A. 2, 632:

    umbrae descendentes (sc. ad inferos),

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 41.— Poet.: trepidi quoties nos descendentis arenae vidimus in partes, i. e. that seemed to sink as the wild beasts rose from the vaults, Calp. Ecl. 7, 69.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go down, to go, to come, sc. from the dwelling-houses (which in Rome were mostly situated on eminences) to the forum, the comitia, etc.: in forum descendens, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; so, ad forum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 538, 26; Q. Cic. Petit. cons. 14; Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9 fin.; Liv. 24, 7; 34, 1; cf.:

    fuge, quo descendere gestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 5;

    Orell. ad loc.: ad comitia,

    Suet. Caes. 13 al.:

    de palatio et aedibus suis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46.— Absol.:

    hodie non descendit Antonius,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 38; Liv. 2, 54; Sen. Ben. 3, 27 al. —
    b.
    Transf.:

    in causam,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2; Liv. 36, 7; Tac. H. 3, 3:

    in partes,

    id. A. 15, 50. —
    c.
    Of land, etc., to sink, fall, slope:

    regio,

    Val. Fl. 1, 538.—
    d.
    Of forests whose wood is brought to the plain, Stat. Ach. 2, 115:

    Caucasus,

    Val. Fl. 7, 55.—
    e.
    Of water conveyed in pipes, to fall:

    subeat descendatque,

    Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57; cf.

    of the sea: non magis descenderet aequor,

    Luc. 5, 338.—
    2.
    In milit. lang., to march down, sc. from an eminence [p. 555] into the plain:

    ex superioribus locis in planitiem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 98; cf. id. ib. 3, 65, 2:

    qua (sc. de monte),

    Sall. J. 50, 3:

    inde (sc. de arce),

    Liv. 32, 32; cf. id. 7, 29:

    in aequum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 53, 2;

    for which, in aequum,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    in campum omnibus copiis,

    id. 23, 29:

    in plana,

    Front. Strat. 2, 5, 18:

    ad Alexandriam,

    Liv. 45, 12 et saep.— Absol., Liv. 44, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 17, 9:

    ad laevam,

    Sall. J. 55 al. —With supine:

    praedatum in agros Romanos,

    Liv. 3, 10, 4; 10, 31, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf.:

    in aciem,

    to go into battle, to engage, Liv. 8, 8; 23, 29; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 11 al.:

    in proelium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 10; Just. 21, 2, 5:

    in certamen,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26:

    ad pugnam, ad tales pugnas,

    Val. Fl. 3, 518; Juv. 7, 173; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41;

    and even, in bellum,

    Just. 15, 4, 21; 38, 8, 1; cf.:

    in belli periculum,

    id. 15, 1, 2.—
    3.
    In medic. lang., of the excrements: to pass off, pass through, Cels. 2, 4 fin.:

    olera,

    id. 1, 6:

    alvus,

    id. 2, 7.—
    4.
    Pregn., to sink down, penetrate into any thing (freq. only after the Aug. per.;

    not in Cic. and Caes.): ferrum in corpus,

    Liv. 1, 41; cf. Sil. 16, 544:

    toto descendit in ilia ferro,

    Ov. M. 3, 67:

    (harundo) in caput,

    Luc. 6, 216; cf.:

    in jugulos gladiis descendebant (hostes),

    Flor. 3, 10, 13:

    ense in jugulos,

    Claud. B. Get. 601:

    in terram (fulmen),

    Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146:

    in rimam calamus,

    id. 17, 14, 24, § 102:

    subjacens soli duritia non patitur in altum descendere (radices), lapathi radix ad tria cubita,

    Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98 et saep.:

    toto corpore pestis,

    Verg. A. 5, 683:

    galeas vetant descendere cristae,

    to sink down, Stat. Th. 9, 262. —
    5.
    In an obscene sense, Catull. 112, 2; Juv. 11, 163.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (esp. freq. in Quint.), to descend, etc.:

    a vita pastorali ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3 sq.; cf.:

    ad aliquem,

    Just. 1, 4, 1:

    usus in nostram aetatem descendit,

    Quint. 1, 11, 18:

    (vox) attollitur concitatis affectibus, compositis descendit,

    id. 11, 3, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 92:

    grammatici omnes in hanc descendent rerum tenuitatem,

    id. 1, 4, 7 et saep.:

    in omnia familiaritatis officia,

    Plin. Pan. 85, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    eo contemptionis descensum, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 15, 1 et saep.:

    si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures,

    Hor. A. P. 387:

    si descendere ad ipsum Ordine perpetuo quaeris sunt hujus origo Ilus et Assaracus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 754.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to no. I. A. 4.) To sink deep into, to penetrate deeply:

    quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius, quam quisquam ratus erat, descendit,

    Sall. J. 11, 7; cf.:

    ut altius injuriae quam merita descendant,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1 med.; id. Contr. 1 praef.; Spart. Ant. Get. 6:

    cura in animos Patrum,

    Liv. 3, 52; cf.:

    qui (metus deorum) cum descendere ad animos... non posset,

    id. 1, 19:

    nemo in sese tentat descendere,

    to examine himself, Pers. 4, 23.—
    2.
    To lower one's self, descend to an act or employment, etc.; to yield, agree to any act, esp. to one which is unpleasant or wrong (freq. in Cic. and Caes.; cf. Orell. ad Cic. Cael. 2, and Fabri ad Liv. 23, 14, 3).—Constr. with ad, very rarely with in or absol.:

    senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. de Or. 2, 6:

    ad calamitatum societates,

    id. Lael. 17, 64:

    sua voluntate sapientem descendere ad rationes civitatis non solere,

    id. Rep. 1, 6 al.:

    ad ejusmodi consilium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 5:

    ad innocentium supplicia,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.:

    ad vim atque ad arma,

    id. ib. 7, 33:

    ad gravissimas verborum contumelias,

    id. B. C. 3, 83:

    ad accusandum, ad inimicitias,

    Cic. Mur. 27, 56; id. Sest. 41, 89; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 1: ad extrema, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    ad frontis urbanae praemia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    preces in omnes,

    Verg. A. 5, 782:

    videte, quo descendam, judices,

    Cic. Font. 1, 2; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 38; Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 5:

    ad intellectum audientis,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ad minutissima opera,

    id. 1, 12, 14; 4, 2, 15: placet mihi ista defensio;

    descendo,

    I acquiesce, id. ib. 2, 2, 72.—
    3.
    (Mostly ante-Aug.) To descend or proceed from any person or thing:

    ex gradu ascendentium vel descendentium uxorem ducere,

    Dig. 23, 2, 68 et saep.:

    quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit,

    ib. 43, 26, 1; cf. ib. 18, 1, 57 fin.:

    a Platone,

    Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.—Hence, subst.: dē-scendens, entis, m. and f., a descendant; plur. descendentes, posterity, Dig. 23, 2, 68. —
    4.
    (In Quint.) To depart, deviate, differ from:

    tantum ab eo defluebat, quantum ille (sc. Seneca) ab antiquis descenderat,

    Quint. 10, 1, 126; id. 3, 5, 8.
    ► The passive is very rare, Plin.
    2, 16, 13, § 71; Prud. Apoth. 1075.

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  • 7 demitto

    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.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    Esp., milit. t. t.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —
    II.
    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.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.
    1.
    Lit., low:

    hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—
    2.
    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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  • 8 orior

        orior ortus (p. fut. oritūrus), orīrī (2d pers. or<*> ris; 3d pers. oritur; subj. usu. orerētur, orerentur), dep.    [OL-], to arise, rise, stir, get up: consul oriens de nocte, L.—To rise, become visible, appear: stellae, ut quaeque oriturque caditque, O.: ortā luce, in the morning, Cs.: orto sole, at sunrise, H.—To be born, be descended, originate, receive life: pueros orientīs animari, at birth: si ipse orietur et nascetur ex sese: ex concubinā, S.: orti ab Germanis, descended, Cs.—Fig., to rise, come forth, spring, descend, grow, take origin, proceed, start, begin, originate: ut clamor oreretur, was raised, Cs.: ut magna tempestas oreretur, N.: oritur monstrum, appears, V.: quod si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam, comes into being: orientia tempora Instruit, the rising generation, H.: Rhenus oritur ex Lepontiis, takes its rise, Cs.: Rhenus Alpium vertice ortus, Ta.: prosit nostris in montibus ortas, to have grown, V.: tibi a me nullast orta iniuria, I have done you no injury, T.: ab his sermo oritur, begins with.
    * * *
    I
    ori, ortus sum V DEP
    rise (sun/river); arise/emerge, crop up; get up (wake); begin; originate from; be born/created; be born of, decend/spring from; proceed/be derived (from)
    II
    oriri, oritus sum V DEP
    rise (sun/river); arise/emerge, crop up; get up (wake); begin; originate from; be born/created; be born of, decend/spring from; proceed/be derived (from)

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  • 9 cadō

        cadō cecidī, casūrus, ere    [CAD-], to fall, fall down, descend: lucrumae cadunt gaudio, T.: (apes) praecipites cadunt, V.: caelo ceciderunt sereno Fulgura, V.: a mento cadit manus, O.: de manibus arma cecidissent: vela cadunt, are furled, V.: Altius atque cadant imbres, from a greater height, V.—To fall, fall down, fall prostrate, fall over: ne ille ceciderit, has had a fall, T.: velut si prolapsus cecidisset, L.: prolapsa in volnus moribunda cecidit, L.: in pectus pronus, O.: casura moenia Troum, O.: casurae arces, V.—Of heavenly bodies, to set, go down, fall, sink: iuxta solem cadentem, V.: quā (nocte) Orion cadit, H.: oriens mediusve cadensve Phoebus, O.: primis cadentibus astris, fading, i. e. at dawn, V.—To fall off, fall away, fall out, drop off, be shed: barba, V.: Prima (folia) cadunt, H.: gregibus lanae cadunt, O.: poma ramis, O.: elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae, O.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself: in sinum maris, L.—Of dice, to be thrown, fall, turn up: illud, quod cecidit forte, T.—Of shadows, to be thrown, fall (poet.): cadunt de montibus umbrae, V.—To fall dead, fall, die, be slain: in acie: Civili acie, O.: pauci de nostris cadunt, Cs.: plures Saguntini cadebant quam Poeni, L.: ante diem, prematurely, V.: suo Marte (i. e. suā manu), O.: iustā Morte, H.: femineo Marte, O.: a tanto viro, O.: a centurione, Ta.: In pio officio, O.: in patriā cadendum est, we must perish.—Of victims, to be slain, be offered, be sacrificed, fall (poet.): Multa tibi cadet hostia, V.: Si tener cadit haedus, H.: Victima vota cadit, O.—Of a woman, to yield, Tb. —Fig., to come, fall under, fall, be subject, be exposed: sub sensum: in conspectum, to become visible: si regnum ad servitia caderet, into servile hands, L.: sub imperium Romanorum: in deliberationem: in suspicionem alicuius, N.—To belong, be in accordance, agree, refer, be suitable, apply, fit, suit, become: non cadit in hos mores ista suspitio: cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri?: Heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus? V.: sub eandem rationem.—Of time, to fall upon: in alienissimum tempus: in hanc aetatem.— To fall due: in eam diem cadere nummos.—To befall, fall to the lot of, happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out: mihi peropportune: insperanti mihi cecidit, ut, etc.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, V.: Ut illis... voluptas cadat, H.: verba cadentia, uttered at random, H.: verba si Graeco fonte cadent, be derived from, H.: verebar quorsum id casurum esset, how it would turn out: praeter opinionem, N.: si quid adversi caderet, L.: fortuito in melius casura, Ta.: curare Quo promissa cadent, how fulfilled, H.: Vota cadunt, are fulfilled, Tb.: tibi pro vano benigna cadant, Pr.: Quo res cumque cadent, V.: si non omnia caderent secunda, Cs.: ut inrita promissa eius caderent, L.: libertas in servitutem cadit: in hunc hominem ista suspitio: ad inritum cadens spes, turning out to be vain, L.—To lose strength, fall, perish, be overthrown, drop, decline, vanish, decay, cease: cadentem rem p. fulcire: tua laus pariter cum re p. cecidit: virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit, H.: non tibi ira cecidit, L.: animus, to fail. L.: cadere animis, to lose courage: cecidere illis animi, O.— To fail (in speaking), falter: orator cadet.—Causā cadere, to lose the cause: cadere in iudicio: Ut cecidit fortuna Phrygum, O.— Of the countenance or features: tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent, i. e. expressed terror.— Of words: Multa renascentur, quae iam cecidere, fallen into disuse, H.—Of theatrical representations, to fail, be condemned: cadat an recto stet fabula talo, H.—Of the wind, to abate, subside, die away: cadit Eurus, O.: venti vis omnis cecidit, L.—Of words and clauses, to be terminated, end, close: verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt: similiter cadentia, having the same endings.
    * * *
    cadere, cecidi, casus V INTRANS
    fall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay

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  • 10 praeceps

    praeceps, cĭpĭtis (old form praecĭ-pes, cĭpis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8; id. et Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 391 Vahl.; abl. praecipiti), adj. [prae-caput].
    I.
    Lit., headforemost, headlong (class.):

    praecipitem trahi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    aliquem praecipitem deicere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

    praeceps ad terram datus,

    dashed to the ground, Liv. 31, 37:

    praeceps curru ab alto Desilit,

    Ov. M. 12, 128:

    hic se praecipitem tecto dedit,

    threw himself headlong from the roof, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41:

    aliquem in praeceps jacere,

    headlong, Tac. A. 4, 22; so,

    jacto in praeceps corpore,

    id. ib. 6, 49; cf.:

    in praeceps deferri,

    Liv. 5, 47.—For in praeceps, in late Lat., per praeceps occurs:

    abiit grex per praeceps in mare,

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 32; id. Judic. 5, 22.—Hence, of one going rapidly, headforemost, headlong:

    de ponte Ire praecipitem in lutum per caputque pedesque,

    Cat. 17, 9:

    se jacere praecipitem e vertice,

    id. 63, 244; Verg. A. 5, 860:

    ab equo praeceps decidit,

    Ov. Ib. 259:

    (apes) praecipites Cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    aliquem praecipitem agere,

    to drive headlong, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60; Verg. A. 5, 456:

    praecipites se fugae mandabant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    Monoeten In mare praecipitem deturbat,

    Verg. A. 5, 175; cf.:

    praeceps amensque cucurri,

    Ov. M. 7, 844:

    praeceps Fertur,

    is borne headlong, rushes, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:

    nuntii,

    Tac. H. 2, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. things.
    1.
    Of localities, qs. that descend suddenly in front, i. e. downhill, steep, precipitous:

    in declivi ac praecipiti loco,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    via (opp. plana),

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

    saxa,

    Liv. 38, 23:

    fossae,

    Ov. M. 1, 97; Verg. A. 11, 888:

    iter,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74; cf.

    trop.: iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    loci,

    Col. 1, 2:

    mons,

    Plin. Pan. 16.—
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n., a steep place, a precipice:

    turrim in praecipiti stantem,

    Verg. A. 2, 460:

    specus vasto in praeceps hiatu,

    Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

    in praeceps pervenitur,

    Vell. 2, 3, 4:

    immane,

    Juv. 10, 107:

    altissimum,

    App. M. 4, p. 144 med. —In plur.:

    in praecipitia cursus iste deducit,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 4.—
    2.
    Sinking, declining:

    (in vitibus) praecipites palmites dicuntur, qui de hornotinis virgis enati in duro alligantur,

    Col. 5, 6, 33:

    sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum,

    Verg. G. 3, 359:

    jam praeceps in occasum sol erat,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    dies,

    id. 4, 9; cf.:

    senectus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 3. —
    3.
    In gen., swift, rapid, rushing, violent ( poet.;

    syn.: celer, velox): praeceps Anio,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 13:

    Boreas,

    Ov. M. 2, 185:

    nox,

    fleeting, transient, id. ib. 9, 485:

    procella,

    Stat. Th. 5, 419:

    oceani fragor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 404:

    letum,

    Sen. Hippol. 262:

    remedium,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    noster erus, qui scelestus sacerdotem anum praecipes Reppulit,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

    sol jam praecipitans me quoque haec praecipitem paene evolvere coëgit,

    almost headlong, precipitately, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

    chase, pursue, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

    to rush into the abyss, id. Lael. 24, 89:

    quoniam ab inimicis praeceps agor,

    am pursued, Sall. C. 31, 9:

    praeceps celeritas dicendi,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 48: profectio, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6: occumbunt multi letum... praecipe cursu, in rapid destruction, Enn. l. l.—With gen.:

    SI NON FATORVM PRAECEPS HIC MORTIS OBISSET,

    sudden as regards fate, Inscr. Grut. 695, 9, emended by Minervini in Bullet. Arch. Napol. III. 1845, p. 41 (but Minervini's assumption of a new adj., praeceps, from praecipio, anticipating fale, is unnecessary).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Rash, hasty, inconsiderate:

    homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37: praeceps et effrenata mens, id. Cael. 15, 35:

    praeceps consilium et immaturum,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    cogitatio,

    id. Calig. 48:

    audacia,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 7.—
    2.
    Inclined to any thing:

    praeceps in avaritiam et crudelitatem animus,

    Liv. 26, 38:

    praeceps ingenio in iram,

    id. 23, 7:

    animus ad flagitia praeceps,

    Tac. A. 16, 21.—
    3.
    Dangerous, hazardous, critical:

    in tam praecipiti tempore,

    Ov. F. 2, 400.—Hence,
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n.
    (α).
    Great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances:

    se et prope rem publicam in praeceps dederat,

    brought into extreme danger, Liv. 27, 27:

    levare Aegrum ex praecipiti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 292:

    aeger est in praecipiti,

    Cels. 2, 6.—
    (β).
    The highest part, summit, sublimity (postAug.):

    omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,

    at its point of culmination, Juv. 1, 149:

    debet orator erigi, attolli, efferri, ac saepe accedere ad praeceps,

    to verge on the sublime, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.—Hence, adv.: prae-ceps, headlong.
    1.
    Lit.:

    aliquem praeceps trahere,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt, similia prosilientibus stellis,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 15, 2:

    moles convulsa dum ruit intus immensam vim mortalium praeceps trahit atque operit,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    toto praeceps se corpore ad undas Misit,

    Verg. A. 4, 253.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam praeceps dabat,

    brought into danger, Tac. A. 6, 17:

    praeceps in exsilium acti,

    suddenly, hastily, Amm. 29, 1, 21.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praeceps

  • 11 dēclīnō

        dēclīnō āvī, ātus, āre    [CLI-], to bend aside, turn away: ad dexteram de viā: si omnes atomi declinabunt (i. e. oblique ferentur): via ad mare declinans, L.— To deflect, turn away: agmen, L.: cursūs, O.— To avoid, evade, shun: urbem: ictum, L.— To lower, close, let sink: dulci lumina somno, V. — Fig., to turn aside, deviate, turn away, digress: de statu suo: a religione offici: aliquantulum a proposito: ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio: quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli, L.: paulatim amor, decreases, O.— To turn aside, cause to differ: mulier declinata ab aliarum ingenio, differing, T.— To turn off, ascribe: adversa in inscitiam Paeti, Ta. — To turn from, avoid, shun: (oratio) declinat impetum: laqueos iudici: vitia: societate culpae invidiam, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V TRANS
    decline/conjugate/inflect (in the same manner/like); change word form, modify
    II
    declinare, declinavi, declinatus V
    deflect/divert/turnaside/swerve/change direction/deviate/dodge; digress/diverge; avoid/stray; vary/be different; bend/sink down, subside/decline; lower/descend

    Latin-English dictionary > dēclīnō

  • 12 de-mittō

        de-mittō mīsī, missus, ere,    to send down, let down, drop, lower, put down, let fall, sink: lacrimas, shed, V.: ubera, let down, V.: ancilia caelo demissa, L.: latum clavum pectore, H.: Maiā genitum demittit ab alto, V.: ab aethere currum, O.: aurīs, H.: crinem, O.: tunicam, H.: se ad aurem alicuius, bend: se ob assem, stoop, H.: vallis, quā se demittere rivi Adsuerant, O.: (matres) de muris per manūs demissae, letting themselves down, Cs.: de caelo demissus, i. e. of heavenly origin, L.: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered. — To cast down, cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive: Demissa tempestas ab Euro, H.: per pectora tela, O.: equum in flumen: in eum locum demissus, S.: Manīs deam ad imos, V.: hostem in ovilia, H.: ferrum in ilia, O.: sublicas in terram, Cs.: huc stipites, Cs.: nummum in loculos, to put, H.: fessas navīs, i. e. from the high seas, V.: navem secundo amni Scodram, L.: puteum alte in solido, sink, V.: corpora Stygiae nocti, O.: aliquem Orco, V.: ferrum lacubus, O.—Of troops, to send down, lead down: in loca plana agmen, L.: in inferiorem campum equites, L.—With se, to descend, march down: cum se pars agminis in convallem demisisset, Cs.: in aequum locum sese, Cs.—Fig., to cast down, depress, let sink, let fall: quā se (incipit) molli iugum demittere clivo, V.: demissis in terram oculis, L.: voltum metu, O.: animos: mentes, V.: ne se admodum animo demitterent, Cs.: hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress, S.: voces in pectora, L.: dicta in aurīs, V.: Segnius inritant animos demissa per aurem (i. e. in animum), received, H.: me penitus in causam, to engage in: me in res turbulentissimas, to meddle with: eo rem demittit, si, etc., concedes so much.— P. pass., derived, sprung, descended (poet.): ab alto Demissum genus Aeneā, H.: ab Iove gens, V.: Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo, V.

    Latin-English dictionary > de-mittō

  • 13 demano

    dē-māno, āvi, 1, v. n., to flow down:

    tenuis sub artus flamma demanat,

    Cat. 51, 9; Gell. 17, 11, 1; Porc. Latro decl. in Cat. 10, 29; 36.—
    II.
    Transf., to descend, be descended from:

    de patriarcharum genere,

    Ambros. in Luc. 3, 41 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > demano

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