devolare

af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).

Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

nolo equidem te adfligi,

id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

statuam,

to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

monumentum,

id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

id. ib.:

tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

Sall. J.101,11:

ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

Liv. 28, 19:

imaginem solo,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caput saxo,

to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—

Fig.

To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

Cic. Off. 2, 6:

virtus nostra nos adflixit,

has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

id. Att. 2, 19:

senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

id. Sen. 70:

opes hostium,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquem bello,

id. 28, 39:

Othonianas partes,

Tac. H. 2, 33:

amicitias,

Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—

To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—

Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.

Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

naves,

damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

Cic. Fl. 7:

ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

id. Quint. 30:

non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

id. Sull. 31:

adflictum erigere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

adflictiore condicione esse,

id. Fam. 6,1;

hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

copiae,

Suet. Oth. 9.—

Fig.

Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

luctu,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

maerore,

id. Cat. 2, 1:

adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—

Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

homo adflictus et perditus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).

Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

nolo equidem te adfligi,

id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

statuam,

to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

monumentum,

id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

id. ib.:

tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

Sall. J.101,11:

ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

Liv. 28, 19:

imaginem solo,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caput saxo,

to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—

Fig.

To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

Cic. Off. 2, 6:

virtus nostra nos adflixit,

has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

id. Att. 2, 19:

senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

id. Sen. 70:

opes hostium,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquem bello,

id. 28, 39:

Othonianas partes,

Tac. H. 2, 33:

amicitias,

Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—

To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—

Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.

Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

naves,

damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

Cic. Fl. 7:

ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

id. Quint. 30:

non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

id. Sull. 31:

adflictum erigere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

adflictiore condicione esse,

id. Fam. 6,1;

hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

copiae,

Suet. Oth. 9.—

Fig.

Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

luctu,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

maerore,

id. Cat. 2, 1:

adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—

Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

homo adflictus et perditus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

dē-vŏlo, āre, v. n., to fly down or away (very rare).

Lit.

To fly down:

devolant angues jubati deorsum in impluvium,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56:

Iris per caelum,

Verg. A. 4, 702:

sibi de caelo devolaturam in sinum victoriam,

Liv. 7, 12, 13.—

To fly away:

turdus devolet illuc, ubi, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 11:

phoenicem devolavisse in Aegyptum,

Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 5.—

Transf., to hasten down, to fly or hasten away:

de tribunali,

Liv. 2, 29:

in terram,

Lucr. 6, 205:

praecipites in forum,

Liv. 3, 15; cf.:

raptim ad puerum,

Petr. 105, 8: ab afflicta amicitia transfugere atque ad florentem aliam devolare, * Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf. absol. Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24.

prōclīvis, e (ante- and post-class. and poet.; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [proclivus], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7:

per proclivem viam duci,

Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

facile descenditur,

Sen. Apoc. 13.— Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a slope, descent, declivity:

pelli per proclive,

downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2:

adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio):

in proclive detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare,

Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, going downwards or downhill ( poet.), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—

Trop.

Downwards, descending, downhill, declining (rare but class.):

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

jam proclivi senectute,

declining, drawing to a close, App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.:

Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

proclivi currit oratio,

flows precipitately, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—

Inclined or disposed to a thing, liable, prone, subject; ready, willing (freq. and class.; mostly in a bad sense; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. proclivitas; syn. propensus); constr. usually ad aliquid, more rarely with dat. or circa.

With ad:

ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

ergo et invidi et malevoli...quia proclives ad eas perturbationes,

id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

id. Lael. 18, 66.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

Steep, unsafe, untrustworthy; and hence, obscure, unintelligible:

fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

you make it plain, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28:

faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

id. As. 3, 3, 73.—

Transf., easy to be done:

proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. 27, 95:

ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

proclivus impetus,

Lucr. 6, 728:

cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

Gell. 9, 1, 2:

dictu quidem est proclive,

easy to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

quod est multo proclivius,

much easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, easy:

tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi, quam imber est, quando pluit,

as easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

will be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. planum.—Hence, adv., in two forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).

Downwards:

proclive labuntur,

rush downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. sublime ferri, under sublimis.— Comp.:

labi verba proclivius,

i. e. more rapidly, Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.:

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

Lucr. 3, 311.—

Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

prōclīvis, e (ante- and post-class. and poet.; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [proclivus], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7:

per proclivem viam duci,

Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

facile descenditur,

Sen. Apoc. 13.— Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a slope, descent, declivity:

pelli per proclive,

downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2:

adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio):

in proclive detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare,

Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, going downwards or downhill ( poet.), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—

Trop.

Downwards, descending, downhill, declining (rare but class.):

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

jam proclivi senectute,

declining, drawing to a close, App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.:

Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

proclivi currit oratio,

flows precipitately, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—

Inclined or disposed to a thing, liable, prone, subject; ready, willing (freq. and class.; mostly in a bad sense; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. proclivitas; syn. propensus); constr. usually ad aliquid, more rarely with dat. or circa.

With ad:

ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

ergo et invidi et malevoli...quia proclives ad eas perturbationes,

id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

id. Lael. 18, 66.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

Steep, unsafe, untrustworthy; and hence, obscure, unintelligible:

fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

you make it plain, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28:

faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

id. As. 3, 3, 73.—

Transf., easy to be done:

proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. 27, 95:

ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

proclivus impetus,

Lucr. 6, 728:

cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

Gell. 9, 1, 2:

dictu quidem est proclive,

easy to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

quod est multo proclivius,

much easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, easy:

tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi, quam imber est, quando pluit,

as easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

will be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. planum.—Hence, adv., in two forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).

Downwards:

proclive labuntur,

rush downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. sublime ferri, under sublimis.— Comp.:

labi verba proclivius,

i. e. more rapidly, Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.:

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

Lucr. 3, 311.—

Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

trans-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. a., to flee over to the other side, go over to the enemy, desert (very rare; syn. transeo).

Lit.:

multi proximā nocte funibus per murum demissi ad Romanos transfugerunt,

Liv. 34, 25, 12: cf. Suet. Ner. 3; Nep. Dat. 6, 3; id. Ages. 6, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 7, 4; 11, 3; Tac. A. 3, 13; 4, 16.—In a comical transf.: Ep. Ubi arma sunt Stratippocli? Th. Pol illa ad hostes transfugerunt, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 28. —

Trop.:

non ab afflictā amicitiā transfugere atque ad florentem aliam devolare,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

illius oculi atque aures atque opinio Transfugere ad nos,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 107.