dislocate

to twist, wrench, dislocate / extort by force.

con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.

To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Without designation of place from which, etc.:

cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

and, fundamenta,

Lucr. 4, 506:

cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

aesculum,

Verg. G. 2, 294:

convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

limina tectorum,

Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 344;

so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

convolsis laceratisque membris,

id. ib. § 6; cf.

armos,

to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

teneros fetus,

i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—

With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

186: me ex nostris hortulis,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

viridem silvam ab humo,

Verg. A. 3, 24:

funem ab terrā,

id. G. 1, 457:

(turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

id. A. 2, 464:

robora suā terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 204:

Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

domus convulsa sedibus suis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

aspera undique nisu,

Val. Fl. 5, 159.—

Absol.:

haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

Ov. M. 9, 351.—

Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

vexilla,

Tac. A. 1, 20.—

Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

latus,

Suet. Tib. 72:

fauces,

Quint. 11, 3, 20.—

Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

so with labefactare: cogitationem,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

rei publicae statum,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

ea quae non possint commoveri,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

id. Caecin. 18, 51:

convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

acta Dolabellae,

id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

rem publicam judicio aliquo,

id. Brut. 30, 115:

gratiam Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

vires aegri,

Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

11: fidem legionum promissis,

Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

id. ib. 6, 48:

fata,

Ov. H. 16, 41:

secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—

To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

dapes avido dente,

Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

id. ib. 3, 414:

septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

convulsi laniatique centuriones,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

domum,

id. ib. 6, 40.—

Trop.

Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

magno cursu verba convellere,

Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

To afflict, torture:

verbis convellere pectus,

Ov. H. 17, 111.

con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.

To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Without designation of place from which, etc.:

cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

and, fundamenta,

Lucr. 4, 506:

cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

aesculum,

Verg. G. 2, 294:

convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

limina tectorum,

Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 344;

so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

convolsis laceratisque membris,

id. ib. § 6; cf.

armos,

to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

teneros fetus,

i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—

With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

186: me ex nostris hortulis,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

viridem silvam ab humo,

Verg. A. 3, 24:

funem ab terrā,

id. G. 1, 457:

(turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

id. A. 2, 464:

robora suā terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 204:

Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

domus convulsa sedibus suis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

aspera undique nisu,

Val. Fl. 5, 159.—

Absol.:

haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

Ov. M. 9, 351.—

Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

vexilla,

Tac. A. 1, 20.—

Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

latus,

Suet. Tib. 72:

fauces,

Quint. 11, 3, 20.—

Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

so with labefactare: cogitationem,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

rei publicae statum,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

ea quae non possint commoveri,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

id. Caecin. 18, 51:

convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

acta Dolabellae,

id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

rem publicam judicio aliquo,

id. Brut. 30, 115:

gratiam Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

vires aegri,

Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

11: fidem legionum promissis,

Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

id. ib. 6, 48:

fata,

Ov. H. 16, 41:

secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—

To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

dapes avido dente,

Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

id. ib. 3, 414:

septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

convulsi laniatique centuriones,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

domum,

id. ib. 6, 40.—

Trop.

Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

magno cursu verba convellere,

Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

To afflict, torture:

verbis convellere pectus,

Ov. H. 17, 111.

ē-ĭcĭo (or ejicio), jēci, jectum, 3 (eicit, dissyl., Lucr. 3, 877; 4, 1272), v. a. [jacio], to cast, thrust, or drive out; to eject, expel (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

aliquem e senatu,

Cic. de Sen. 12 fin.; Liv. 43, 15; cf.:

ex oppido,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 3:

de senatu,

Liv. 40, 51; 41, 26:

de collegio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5:

a suis diis penatibus,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

finibus,

Sall. J. 14, 8:

domo,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 9; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; cf.:

aedibus foras,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 1:

omnes amasios foras,

id. Truc. 3, 1, 14:

aliquem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42; id. Mil. 38 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 4; id. B. C. 2, 19 fin.:

aliquem in exsilium,

Cic. Cat. 2, 7; cf.:

o fortunatum rem publicam, si hanc sentinam hujus urbis ejecerit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 7; so,

eicere alone,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5 et saep.; cf.

of a rider,

to throw, Verg. A. 10, 894:

vitem ex se,

to shoot forth, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

sanguinem,

to throw up, to vomit, Plin. 24, 5, 10, § 15; cf. Cic. Fam. 14, 7; Cels. 1, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 27.— Absol. (sc. fetum), to miscarry, Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 22; cf. Lucr. 4, 1272:

linguam,

to thrust out, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266: cervicem, to dislocate (luxare), Veg. Vet. 3, 41, 1; cf.

armum,

id. ib. 2, 45, 7; Verg. A. 10, 984:

oculum,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 46:

coxas,

Hyg. Fab. 57:

voces pectore ab imo,

to utter, Lucr. 3, 58:

fauces, e quibus eici vocem et fundi videmus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57 (al. elicere, v. elicio).—

Se (ex aliquo loco), to rush out, sally forth, Caes. B. G. 4, 15, 1; 5, 15, 3; 5, 21, 5; id. B. C. 3, 16, 3; Cic. Cat. 1, 12 fin. et saep.; cf.:

sese in terram e navi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35:

se in agros,

Liv. 6, 3 (also in Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 2, inst. of the vulg. reading effunderet):

se foras,

id. 1, 40 fin. —

In partic., as a naut. t. t., to drive a ship to land.

To bring to land:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4; cf.:

navem in terram,

id. ib. 3, 28, 5:

naves ad Chium,

Liv. 44, 28.—Far more freq.,

To run aground, cast ashore; to strand, wreck.

Of vessels, etc.:

scapham,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 80 sq. (v. the passage in connection):

naves in litore,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10, 2; cf.:

naves in litora,

Liv. 29, 18:

classem ad Baleares insulas,

id. 23, 34 fin.:

naves apud insulas,

Tac. A. 2, 24 et saep.—

Of persons, esp. in perf. part. pass., wrecked, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 4; 2, 3, 78; 1, 5, 14; Ter. And. 1, 3, 18; 5, 4, 20; Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72; Verg. A. 4, 373; Ov. M. 13, 536; id. H. 7, 89 et saep.—Hence,

Meton. (causa pro effectu):

ejectus homo,

a broken, ruined man, Cic. Quint. 19 fin. (Acc. to others, an outcast, acc. to II. B.)

Trop.

In gen., to expel:

curam ex animo,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 23; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 53; Liv. 28, 28; 30, 13:

mollitiem animi,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 16:

superstitionis stirpes,

Cic. Div. 2, 72.— Poet.:

ejectus die,

i. e. deprived of light, Stat. Th. 4, 617. —

With se: voluptates subito se nonnumquam [p. 635] profundunt atque eiciunt universae, etc., rush forth, break forth or out, Cic. Cael. 31, 75.—

In partic., like ekballein, to reject disapprovingly:

Cynicorum ratio tota est eicienda,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; cf. id. Clu. 31, 86; id. Fin. 5, 8, 23 (in both passages with explodere), id. de Or. 1, 32, 146; id. Att. 2, 24, 2.—Esp. of players, public speakers, etc., to hiss or hoot off, Cic. de Or. 3, 50 fin.; Auct. Her. 4, 47 (with deridere); cf.:

cantorum ipsorum vocibus eiciebatur,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118.

ex-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a., to twist out, wrench out, wrest away (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ferrum e manibus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Planc. 41, 98:

arma e manibus,

id. Brut. 2, 7; Curt. 8, 2, 4;

for which: tibi sica de manibus extorta est,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 16:

pedem mensulae,

Petr. 136:

ut inhaerentem atque incubantem Italiae extorqueret Hannibalem,

tear away, force away, Flor. 2, 6, 57.—

In partic.

Of limbs, to wrench out, put out of joint, dislocate (syn. luxo):

articulum,

Sen. Ep. 104:

omnibus membris extortus et fractus,

crippled, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. Sen. Ep. 66 med.; and:

prava extortaque puella,

Juv. 8, 33:

in servilem modum lacerati atque extorti,

i. e. dislocated by torture, tortured, Liv. 32, 38, 8; cf. absol.:

extorque, nisi ita factum'st,

put me to the torture, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 37.—

To obtain by force, to extort (syn.:

eripio, exprimo): ut pecunia omnis Stajeno extorta atque erepta sit,

Cic. Clu. 28 fin.:

nihil exprimere ab egentibus, nihil ulla vi a miseris extorquere potuit,

id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:

vi et metu extortum,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica quinquaginta extorsistis,

id. Att. 6, 1, 25:

obsidibus summa cum contumelia extortis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 54 fin. —

Trop., to wrest out or away, obtain or take away by force, to tear away, to extort (syn.: eripio, demo, aufero, etc.): hoc est vim afferre, Torquate, sensibus: extorquere ex animis cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

sententias de manibus judicum vi quadam orationis,

id. de Or. 2, 18, 74:

suffragium populi per vim,

Liv. 25, 4, 4:

extorquebat enim vitam vis morbida membris,

Lucr. 6, 1225 Lachm.:

opinionem veritas extorquebit,

Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

suam citius abiciet humanitatem quam extorquebit tuam,

id. Lig. 5, 16:

patientiam saepe tranquillissimis pectoribus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1; cf.:

mihi hunc errorem,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 85:

cui sic extorta voluptas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139; cf. ib. 57:

cum extorta mihi veritas esset,

Cic. Or. 48, 160.—With ut:

quoniam extorsisti, ut faterer,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14.

luxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. loxos, slanting, akin to obliquus, limus, licinus], to put out of joint, to dislocate.

Lit.:

luxatum si quod est, sanum faciet,

Cato, R. R. 157:

luxata in locum reponere,

Sen. Ep. 104, 18:

articulis luxatis,

Plin. 30, 9, 23, § 79:

luxata corpora,

id. 31, 6, 37, § 71.—

Transf., to put out of place, displace:

luxare vitium radices,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227:

luxatae machinae,

fallen apart, id. 36, 15, 24, § 119:

luxata cornua,

id. 8, 45, 70, § 179.

prō-mōvĕo, mōvi, mōtum ( pluperf. promorat. Hor Epod. 11, 14:

promosset,

Ov. Am 2, 9, 17 Jahn), 2, v. a., to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, advance.

Lit.

In gen.:

saxa vectibus, Caes B. C. 2, 11: onera,

Col. 11, 1, 8; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64:

assa in alterum apodyterii anguium,

Cic. Q. Fr 3, 1, 1, § 2:

legiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 16: castra ad Carthaginem, to move onward, Liv 28, 44 fin.:

exercitu in Aetoliam promoto,

Just. 14, 1, 6:

cornua utrimque (in acie),

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

scalas et machinamenta,

Tac. A. 15, 4 fin.:

calculum,

to push forward, move, Quint. 11, 2, 38; 11, 3, 113:

unum pedem triclinio,

to put forth, move from, Phaedr. 4, 23, 28:

ibi te videbo et promovebo,

will take you along with me, Cic. Att. 4, 12 fin. —

In partic., to extend, enlarge. moenia Ostia tenus, Suet Ner 16:

imperium, Ov P 2, 2, 72: vires in immensum orbem,

id. Am. 2, 9, 17.—

Med. t. t., to put out of joint, dislocate, displace:

in palmā quoque ossa interdum suis sedibus promoventur,

Cels. 8, 18 init.:

femur in omnes quattuor partes promovetur, saepissime in interiorem,

id. 8, 20 init. —

Trop.

In gen., to bring to pass, effect, accomplish (ante- and post-class.):

promovere parum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 81:

aliquis dicat, Nihil promoveris,

id. And. 4, 1, 17:

meditatio nihil ad vitam tuendam promovens,

Gell. 10, 22, 24; cf.

in a lusus verbb. with movere se,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 4.— Absol.:

cum in studio facundiae abunde promovisset,

Gell. 5, 10, 7.—

In partic.

To enlarge, increase: doctrina vim promovet insitam, Hor C. 4, 4, 33; so, promovere aliquem, to advance, prefer, promote (post-Aug.; cf.:

perduco, produco, proveho): vetus miles ad eum gradum promotus,

Curt. 6, 11, 1:

promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3; Suet. Oth. 1; id. Vesp. 16; Lampr. Elag. 12; 20; Plin. Pan. 90, 6; Vulg. Dan. 3, 97.—

To bring to light, reveal: arcana promorat loco (i. e. ex intimo corde), Hor Epod. 11, 14.—

To put off, defer, postpone:

nuptias alicui,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 28.—Hence, prōmōtus, a, um, P a.

Of time, advanced, i. e. late:

nocte promotā,

late at night, far into the night, App. M. 4, p. 152, 38; 7, p. 190, 30.—

Subst.: prōmōta, ōrum, n., in the lang. of the Stoics, things that are to be preferred, pref. erable things, as being next in degree to absolute good; a literal transl. of the Gr. proêgmeua, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.

tālus, i, m. [from tax-lus; root tak-, tvak-; cf. Gr. tassô, whence taxus; cf. taxillus], the ankle, ankle-bone; of animals, the pastern-bone, knuckle-bone (syn. calx).

Lit., Ov. M. 4, 343; Cels. 8, 1 fin.; 8, 7 fin.; 8, 22; Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 253; Ov. M. 8, 808:

talum expellere,

to dislocate, Mart. 8, 75, 3:

extorsisse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 1.—

Transf.

The heel:

purpura ad talos demissa,

Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Hor. S. 1, 2, 29 and 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 11:

talos a vertice pulcher ad imos,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:

summaque vix talos contigit unda meos,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 6:

nudus,

Juv. 7, 16.— Poet.: securus, cadat an recto stet fabula talo, whether it stands or falls, i. e. whether it succeeds or fails, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176; cf.: tibi recto vivere talo Ars dedit, i. e. to act well, conduct one ' s self well, Pers. 5, 104.—

A die (orig. made from the knuckle-bones of certain animals) of an oblong shape, rounded at the ends, and marked only on the other four sides (cf. alea);

while the tesserae were cubes, and marked on all six sides. Four tali were used in playing, but only three tesserae: ad pilam se aut ad talos se aut ad tesseras conferunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; id. Sen. 16, 58; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75; 2, 3, 79; id. Capt. 1, 1, 5; Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; id. Fin. 3, 16, 54; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 1, 4, 18; id. S. 2, 3, 171; 2, 7, 17; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 253 sq.