down-

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

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

aliquid,

Col. 2, 20, 1:

semen obrutum pavicula,

id. 11, 3, 34.—

Trop.

To stuff, press, or force in:

Graeca verba,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

leviora,

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

To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:

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

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

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

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

firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,

Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.

judicibus,

id. 11, 3, 130:

quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:

inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,

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

Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,

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

Lit.:

lana morsibus canis,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:

lapides,

Col. 8, 15, 3.—

Trop., mixed or foisted in:

inania verba,

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

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

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

aliquid,

Col. 2, 20, 1:

semen obrutum pavicula,

id. 11, 3, 34.—

Trop.

To stuff, press, or force in:

Graeca verba,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

leviora,

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

To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:

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

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

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

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

firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,

Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.

judicibus,

id. 11, 3, 130:

quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:

inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,

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

Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,

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

Lit.:

lana morsibus canis,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:

lapides,

Col. 8, 15, 3.—

Trop., mixed or foisted in:

inania verba,

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

infrā [infer, inferă, sc. parte], adv. and prep.

Adv., on the under side, below, underneath.

Lit.:

infra nihil est nisi mortale... supra Lunam sunt aeterna omnia,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

in occipitio et infra, qua summa vertebra, etc.,

Cels. 3, 23 fin. — With quam:

ipsius autem partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id quod devoratur, dilatantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3:

si infra, quam rami fuere, praecidatur,

Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 123.— Absol., of the lower world:

non seges est infra,

there is no sowing down below, Tib. 1, 10, 35.—Of a following place in a writing, below:

earum exemplum infra scripsi,

Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Fam. 5, 10, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 9.— Comp.: inferius, lower, farther down:

altius egressus caelestia tecta cremabis. inferius terras,

Ov. M. 2, 137:

currere,

id. ib. 2, 208:

inferius, quam collo pectora subsunt,

id. ib. 12, 420.—

Trop.

Below, beneath, in value or esteem:

liberos ejus ut multum infra despectare,

Tac. A. 2, 43.— Comp., lower, farther down:

persequi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 263: virtutem non flamma, non ruina inferius adducet. Sen. Ep. 79:

quae praeterire, quam inferius exsequi tutius duximus,

Sol. 2 med. —

Farther along the coast:

onerariae duae... paulo infra delatae sunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 36.—

Later in time:

quid quod Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra... geminabatur,

Quint. 1, 7, 20.

Prep. with acc., below, under.

Lit.:

ad mare infra oppidum exspectabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

infra mortuos amandare,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

infra caelum et sidera nox cadit,

Tac. Agr. 12.—

Of time, later than:

Homerus non infra superiorem Lycurgum fuit,

Cic. Brut. 10, 40. —

Of size, smaller than:

uri sunt magnitudine paulo infra elephantos,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28.—

Of number, less than:

non infra novena (ova),

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; id. 6, 6, 6, § 18.—

Trop., below, beneath in rank, honor, or esteem:

quem ego infra esse infimos omnis puto homines,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 36:

res humanas despicere atque infra se positas arbitrari,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

omnia infra se esse judicare,

id. Fin. 3, 7, 25:

e quo infra se et Caesarem videret et rempublicam,

he despised them, Vell. 2, 76, 4:

semper infra aliorum aestimationes se metientem,

id. 2, 127 fin.:

infra servos cliens,

id. 2, 83:

non infra speciem,

not inferior in beauty, Prop. 1, 20, 5:

conferant se Marii... infra Pallantis laudes jacebunt,

they will not come up to the glory of Pallas, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

id quidem infra grammatici officium est,

Quint. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 2, 5, 4.

illābor ( inl-), psus, 3, v. dep. n. [inlabor], to fall, slip, slide, glide, or flow into; to fall down, sink down (rare but class.).

Lit.:

quo (i. e. in stomachum) primo illabuntur ea, quae accepta sunt ore,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113:

antennis illabitur ebria serpens,

Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 367:

notae jugis illabitur Aetnae,

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 330:

si fractus illabatur orbis,

should fall in, tumble to ruins, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7:

tepet illabentibus astris Pontus,

Stat. Ach. 1, 138:

rapidus fervor, per pingues unguine taedas illapsus,

Sil. 14, 427:

conjugis illabi lacrimis, unique paratum scire rogum,

to sink down dying, Luc. 5, 281:

qua Nar Tiberino illabitur amni,

id. 1, 475. —

Trop., to flow into, penetrate:

si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus, ut ita dicam, et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

sensim pernicies illapsa civium in animos,

id. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris,

enter into our minds, Verg. A. 3, 89:

animis illapsa voluptas,

Sil. 15, 95; with per, id. 11, 400.

in-verto, verti, versum, 3, v. a., to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert (class.).

Lit.:

pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri,

to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64:

campum,

id. ib. 3, 161:

Boreas invertit ornos,

upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390:

vinaria,

to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39:

mare,

i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5:

alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere,

Sall. J. 18, 5:

adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim,

dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3:

si polypus invertatur,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

invertere se,

to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13:

cum in locum anulum inverterat,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —

Esp., to dip, dye:

albentes lanas,

Sil. 16, 568.—

Trop., to invert, transpose; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange:

ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur,

Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63:

virtutes,

to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55:

lanas,

to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569:

Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est,

i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —

Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.):

invertuntur verba, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.

Lit.:

vomer inversus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 63:

carinae,

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

manus (opp. supina),

id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

charta,

Mart. 4, 87, 11:

submovere Euros Pellibus inversis,

turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—

Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36:

pro curia, inversique mores!

perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7:

consuetudo,

Quint. 3, 9, 9:

verba,

perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so,

too, verba,

dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down:

surculis inversum superpositis,

Sol. 8.

jăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum ( fut. part. jaci-turus, Stat. Th. 7, 777), 2, v. n. [ intr. of jacio; lit., to be thrown or cast; hence], to lie.

Lit.

In gen.:

in limine,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:

stratum ad pedes alicujus,

id. Quint. 31, 96; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2:

alicui ad pedes,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:

in lecto,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 45; Juv. 6, 269:

in ignota harena,

Verg. A. 5, 871:

Tyrio sublimis in ostro,

Ov. H. 12, 179:

in viridi gramine,

id. Am. 1, 14, 22:

in teneris dominae lacertis,

id. ib. 1, 13, 5:

in solo,

id. M. 2, 420:

in viduo toro,

id. H. 16, 316:

in gremio,

id. ib. 9, 136;

11, 4: in servi complexibus,

Juv. 6, 279;

for which: saxum campo quod forte jacebat,

Verg. A. 12, 897:

deserto lecto,

Ov. H. 1, 7:

saxo,

id. M. 6, 100:

gremio mariti,

Juv. 2, 120:

in aversa ora,

Ov. H. 12, 63:

super corpus alicujus,

id. F. 2, 836:

somno,

Verg. E. 6, 14:

spissa harena,

id. A. 6, 336:

humo,

Ov. A. A. 2, 238:

nudus humi jacet,

Lucr. 5, 224; Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 12:

humi ante lectum jacens,

Suet. Oth. 7:

mecum inter salices lenta sub vite jacere,

Verg. E. 10, 40:

sub alta platano,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 14:

strata jacent sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54.— Absol.:

Tityos jacet alitis esca,

Verg. Cul. 237:

vittae jacentes,

Tib. 2, 5, 53:

pisces jacentes,

i. e. flatfish, Col. 8, 17, 9.—

In partic.

Of sick persons, to lie ill, to be sick:

cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20:

cum tristj morbo defessa jaceres,

Tib. 1, 5, 9:

hic facit ut jaceas,

Ov. H. 20, 173:

graviter,

Plin. Ep. 5. 9:

sine spe,

Sen. Ep. 101, 3.—

To lie dead, to have fallen:

Aeacidae telo jacet Hector,

Verg. A. 1, 99; 10, 737:

corpora per campos ferro quae fusa jacebant,

id. ib. 11, 102:

cum primi occidissent, proximi jacentibus insisterent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 3; 7, 25, 3:

neminem jacentem veste spoliavit,

Nep. Thras. 2, 6; cf.:

spolia jacentis hostium exercitus,

Liv. 44, 45:

ne inultos imperatores suos jacere sinerent,

id. 25, 37:

qui bene pro patria cum patriaque jacent,

Ov. H. 3, 106:

Arge, jaces!

id. M. 1, 720: morte jacent merita, id. F. 3, 707:

fratri jacet,

killed by his brother, Sil. 15, 650:

rupto jacuit corpore (rana),

Phaedr. 1, 24, 10:

jacuit Catilina cadavere toto,

Juv. 10, 288.—

To be or lie long anywhere, to linger, tarry, stop at a place:

pernam, glandium, sumen facito in aqua jaceant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 33:

Brundusii,

to stay long at, Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2.—

Geographically, to lie, be situate, = esse, situm esse (not in Cic. or Cæs.): jacet Vada inter Appenninum et Alpis, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Liv. 5, 48, 2; 6, 30, 5; 22, 3, 3:

inter Taurum montem jacet et Hellespontem,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2 saep.:

quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,

id. Dat. 4:

ad vesperam jacentis terrae,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 216:

summo in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,

Verg. A. 11, 527:

quod urbes in planis jaceant,

Just. 22, 5, 5:

alio patriam quaerunt sub sole jacentem,

Verg. G. 2, 512:

jacet extra sidera tellus,

id. A. 6, 795; cf.:

pallente sub umbra Cimmerias jacuisse domos,

Sil. 12, 132:

inter eos solemque jacent immania ponti aequora,

Lucr. 4, 412; cf.:

Cyclades et Sporades per quingenta milia in longitudinem... jacent,

extend, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71.—

To be low, flat, level:

jacentia et plana urbis loca,

Tac. H. 1, 86:

despiciens terras jacentīs,

Verg. A. 1, 224:

praetervehor Thapsum jacentem,

id. ib. 3, 689; Val. Fl. 4, 712:

quaeque jacent valles,

Ov. F. 2, 392; Just. 22, 5, 5:

jacentes campos,

Luc. 4, 52:

summo despexit ab aethere terras Infelix Phaëthon penitus penitusque jacentes,

Ov. M. 2, 178.—

Esp., of the sea, to be level, quiet, lie still:

mediusque jacet sine murmure pontus,

Luc. 1, 260; 5, 434:

servatum bello jacuit mare,

id. 3, 523:

planum mare,

Juv. 12, 62:

stagna jacentia,

Sil. 5, 583.—

To lie in ruins, be broken down: cui nec arae patriae domi stant, fractae et disjectae jacent, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. Rel. v. 115 Vahl.):

jacent, Ilion ingens,

Ov. M. 13, 505:

ausa et jacentem visere regiam vultu sereno,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 25:

Troja jacet certe,

Ov. H. 1, 3:

vetus Thebe jacet,

Juv. 15, 6.—

To hang loose:

vagi crines per colla jacebant,

Ov. M. 2, 673; id. A. A. 3, 236:

jacentia lora,

lying loose on the horse's neck, id. M. 2, 201; cf.

, of clothing, etc.: juvenes timidaeque puellae Praeverrunt latas veste jacente vias,

id. Am. 3, 13, 24:

demissa jacent tibi pallia terrae,

id. ib. 3, 2, 25; id. A. A. 153.—

Of the eyes, face, etc., to be cast down, fixed on the ground:

vultusque attolle jacentes,

Ov. M. 4, 144:

jacentes Vix oculos tollens,

id. ib. 11, 618.

Trop.

To be indolent or inactive, not to come forward:

in pace jacere, quam in bello vigere maluit. Quamquam ille quidem numquam jacuit,

Cic. Phil. 10, 7, 14:

C. Marius cum a spe consulatus longe abesset et jam septimum annum post praeturam jaceret,

id. Off. 3, 20, 79:

ars tua, Tiphy, jacet, si non sit in aequore fluctus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 77:

at mea numina tandem fessa jacent,

Verg. A. 7, 298.—

To be cast down, dejected:

Gnaeus noster ut totus jacet,

Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:

ne jaceam? quis unquam minus,

id. ib. 12, 40, 2:

jacet in maerore meus frater,

id. ib. 10, 4; id. Phil. 12, 2:

militum jacere animos,

Liv. 10, 35.—

To lie prostrate:

victa jacet pietas,

Ov. M. 1, 149:

nobilitas sub amore jacet,

id. H. 4, 161:

Africani, Marii, Sullae, Pompeii infra Pallantis laudes jacebant,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

justitia vacillat, vel jacet potius,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 118:

humana cum vita jaceret, oppressa gravi sub religione,

Lucr. 1, 63.—

To be refuted, overcome, disproved, to fail:

jacent suis testibus, qui Clodium negant Romam fuisse rediturum, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

jacet omnis ratio Peripateticorum,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 86:

jacet igitur tota conclusio,

id. Div. 2, 51, 106.—

To lie dormant, be disused or neglected, to be of no avail:

cum leges nihil valebant, cum judicia jacebant,

Cic. Par. 4, 1:

tota Capua et omnis hic delectus jacet,

id. Att. 7, 22: dici non potest, quomodo hic omnia jaceant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

justitia jacet,

Cic. Off. 3, 33:

maximas virtutes jacere omnes necesse est voluptate dominante,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 117; Quint. 9, 2, 4.—

To be despised, in no esteem:

cum jacerent pretia praediorum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:

ut neque jacere regem pateremur,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 3:

sed nunc omnia ista jacere puto, propter nummorum caritatem,

are cheap, id. Att. 9, 9, 4: dat census honores, Census amicitias:

pauper ubique jacet,

Ov. F. 1, 218; id. R. Am 139.—

To lie idle, neglected, or unemployed:

cur tamdiu jacet hoc nomen in adversariis,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

quomodo tibi tanta pecunia extraordinaria jacet?

id. ib. 1:

quae (pecuniae) vereor, ne otiosae jaceant,

Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:

nonne justius erit proximo cuique bonorum possessionem dari, ne bona jaceant,

that they be not without an owner, Dig. 37, 3, 1.—

To lie open, be obvious, to be known, be at hand:

neque ex alio genere (verborum) ad usum cottidianum, alio ad scenam pompamque sumuntur, sed ea nos cum jacentia sustulimus e medio,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177.—

Of speech or language, to be languid, lifeless, dull:

quibus detractis, jacet (oratio),

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

jacens oratio,

Gell. 1, 11, 15; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32.

mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.

mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. amaô, mow, reap; amê, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).

Lit.:

cum est matura seges, metendum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3:

sunt autem metendi genera complura,

Col. 2, 21, 2:

in metendo occupatos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pabula falce,

to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84:

farra,

id. F 2, 519:

arva,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.:

ut sementem feceris, ita et metes,

as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.:

ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent,

Vulg. Os. 8, 7:

qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala,

id. Prov. 22, 8:

mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur,

i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80:

sibi quisque ruri metit,

every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris;

tibi item metes,

id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.:

postremus metito,

Verg. G. 2, 410; so,

vindemiam,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.—

Transf.

In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ( poet.):

virgā lilia summa metit,

Ov. F. 2, 706:

barbam forfice,

Mart. 7, 95, 12:

capillos,

id. 10, 83, 11:

olus,

to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74:

et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper,

laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40:

ille metit barbam,

Juv. 3, 186. —

In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down:

proxima quaeque metit gladio,

Verg. A. 10, 513:

primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147:

agmina plura metam,

Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death:

metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: anankaiôs d echei bion therizein), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.—

To inhabit a region ( poet.):

qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,

Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).

Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

per-cello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (perculsi for perculi, Amm. 17, 8, 4; 25, 8, 13), v. a. [cf.: procella, celer], to beat down, throw down; to overturn, upset (class.; syn.: percutio, deicio).

Lit.: ventus Cercius plaustrum oneratum percellit, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29; cf.: vento perculsam ratem, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 273 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 154 fin. Rib.): magnas quercus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): abietem, Varr. ap. Non. 152, 11: alii adnutat... alii percellit pedem, Naev. ap. Isid. Orig. 1, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 17 Rib.):

perii! perculit me prope,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 87:

radicibus arborum,

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 334:

Mars communis saepe spoliantem jam et exsultantem evertit et perculit ab abjecto,

Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

eos Martis vis perculit,

id. Marc. 6, 17.—Prov.: Perii, plaustrum perculi! I've upset my cart, i. e. I've done for myself, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 22.—

Transf., to strike, smite, hit:

fetiali Postumius genu femur perculit,

Liv. 9, 10 fin.; cf. id. 9, 11, 11:

aliquem cuspide,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 7; 1, 7, 32.— Poet.:

vox repens perculit urbem,

struck, reached, Val. Fl. 2, 91.—

Trop.

To cast down, overthrow, ruin, destroy:

adulescentiam perculisse atque afflixisse,

Cic. Cael. 32, 80; id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Leg. 3, 8, 24:

rem publicam,

Tac. A. 2, 39:

aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 55.—

To strike with consternation, to deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten:

haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132:

timore perculsi membra,

Lucr. 5, 1223:

civitates atrocibus edictis,

Tac. H. 1, 53; Flor. 1, 10, 2:

animos (timor),

Val. Fl. 4, 651.—

To urge on, excite, impel:

volucres perculsae corda tuā vi,

Lucr. 1, 13:

aliquem ad turpitudinem,

App. Mag. p. 281.— Perf.:

perculit, in a neutr. signif., for perculsus est,

Flor. 3, 10, 8.