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  • 1 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.

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  • 2 fundō

        fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere    [FV-], to pour, pour out, shed: sanguinem e paterā: liquorem de paterā, H.: vinum inter cornua, O.: vinum super aequora, O.: lacrimas, V.: parumne Fusum est Latini sanguinis? split, H.: sanguinem de regno (i. e. propter regnum), Cu.: ingentibus procellis fusus imber, pouring, L.: fusus labris amnis Inficit (i. e. fusa in labra aqua), V.— To make by melting, cast, found. quaerere, quid fusum durius esset, H.— To pour from, empty, pour: duo carchesia Baccho humi, V.: pateram vaccae inter cornua, V.— To pour forth in abundance, scatter, cast, hurl, spread, extend, diffuse: segetem corbibus in Tiberim, L.: res, quibus ignis excitari potest, Cs.: quas (maculas) incuria fudit, has scattered, H.: in pectora odores, O.: luna se per fenestras, V.: ne (vitis) in omnīs partīs fundatur, spread out: latius incendium, Cu.: fusus propexam in pectore barbam, V.: fusis circum armis, in full armor, V.— To bring forth, bear, produce abundantly, yield richly: flores: quem Maia fudit, bore, V.: te beluam ex utero.— To throw down, cast to the ground, prostrate: (hostes) de iugis funduntur, L.: septem Corpora (cervorum) humi, V.: puero fuso, O.— To overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish, put to flight: hostīs: Gallos a delubris vestris, L.: Latini ad Veserim fusi: quattuor exercitūs, L.: omnibus hostium copiis fusis, Cs.— Fig., to pour out, pour forth, give up, waste, lose: verba, T.: vitam cum sanguine, V.: opes, H.— To spread, extend, display: se latius fundet orator, will display himself: superstitio fusa per gentīs. —Of speech, to pour forth, utter: inanīs sonos: verba poëtarum more: carmen: ore loquelas, V.: vocem extremam cum sanguine, V.: preces, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    fundare, fundavi, fundatus V
    establish, found, begin; lay the bottom, lay a foundation; confirm
    II
    fundere, fudi, fusus V
    pour, cast (metals); scatter, shed, rout

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  • 3 dēcūtiō

        dēcūtiō cussī, cussus, ere    [de + quatio], to shake off, strike down, cast off: ense caput, O.: lilia, O.: summa papaverum capita baculo, L.: mella foliis, V.: silvis honorem (i. e. frondem), H.: turres fulminibus decussae, L.: ariete decussi muri, L.
    * * *
    I
    decutere, decussi, decussus V TRANS
    shake/strike/knock/force down/off/aside (from upright); dislodge; overturn
    II
    decutire, -, - V TRANS
    flay, skin; deprive of skin

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  • 4 prosterno

    to knock down, cast down / destroy, ruin.

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  • 5 conflo

    conflare, conflavi, conflatus V TRANS
    kindle/ignite, blow on; arouse/stir up; melt (down); cast/weld; run up debt; start, cause, bring about; bring/rake together, compose; invent/concoct (lie); forge; refine, purify; enflame

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  • 6 adfligo

    af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    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.—
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 7 affligo

    af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.
    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.—
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 8 deicio

    dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    araneas de foribus et de pariete,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31:

    aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.:

    aliquem e ponte,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),

    Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf.

    aliquem saxo Tarpeio,

    Tac. A. 6, 19:

    aliquem equo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19:

    jugum servile a cervicibus,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

    togam ab umeris,

    Suet. Aug. 52; cf.:

    togam de umero,

    id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.:

    se de muro,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.:

    se de superiore parte aedium,

    Nep. Dion, 4 fin.:

    se per munitiones,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5:

    se a praealtis montibus (venti),

    Liv. 28, 6:

    librum in mare,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.:

    aliquem in locum inferiorem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12:

    aliquem e summo in Tartara,

    Lucr. 5, 1124:

    elatam securim in caput (regis),

    Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10:

    equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,

    force to leap down, id. 23, 47:

    bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so,

    statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    monumenta regis templaque Vestae,

    Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15:

    signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),

    Liv. 40, 2:

    omnes Hermas,

    Nep. Alcib. 3:

    turrim,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf.

    arces,

    Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.:

    arbores,

    to fell, Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4:

    caput uno ictu,

    to cut off, Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546:

    libellos,

    to tear down, Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.:

    crinibus dejectis,

    loose, dishevelled, Tac. A. 14, 30:

    sortes,

    to cast into the urn, Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5:

    dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,

    Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.:

    cum dejecta sors esset,

    Liv. 21, 42; cf.:

    pernam, glandium,

    to throw into the pot, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36:

    alvum,

    to purge, Cato R. R. 158; cf.:

    casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,

    i. e. are most easily digested, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3;

    opp. alvum superiorem,

    i. e. to vomit, Cato R. R. 156, 2.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.:

    nostri dejecti sunt loco,

    id. ib. 7, 51:

    praesidium ex saltu,

    id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

    agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,

    Liv. 7, 10:

    ex tot castellis,

    id. 44, 35:

    praesidium Claternā,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.:

    praesidium loco summe munito,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.:

    castra hostium,

    to destroy, id. 25, 14:

    praetorium,

    id. 41, 2 et saep.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t., to drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess (cf. deduco):

    unde vi prohibitus sis... unde dejectus?

    Cic. Caecin. 13; cf. id. ib. 17, 50:

    nisi ex eo loco ubi vestigium impresserit, deici neminem posse,

    id. ib. 27, 76 fin.:

    aliquem de possessione imperii,

    Liv. 45, 22.—
    3.
    Naut. t. t., pass.: deici, to be driven out of one's course:

    naves ad inferiorem partem insulae,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28, 2:

    classis tempestate vexata ad Balearīs insulas deicitur,

    Liv. 23, 34, 16; id. 23, 40, 6.—
    4.
    Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay:

    his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.:

    quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?

    Verg. A. 11, 665:

    avem ab alto caelo,

    id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580:

    Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,

    i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice, Val. Fl. 1, 191:

    super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,

    Phaedr. 2, 1, 1:

    (Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,

    Lact. 1, 9, 2:

    gruem,

    Verg. A. 11, 580.—
    5.
    To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra):

    dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),

    Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast:

    id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,

    Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

    in pectora mentum,

    Ov. M. 12, 255:

    euntes dejecta cervice Getae,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,

    never took their eyes off him, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71:

    oculos a republica,

    id. Phil. 1, 1:

    dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,

    cast down her eyes, Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.:

    oculos in terram,

    Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.;

    and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,

    with downcast eyes, Verg. A. 11, 480:

    dejectus vultum,

    Stat. Th. 3, 367:

    ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?

    thou hast removed, averted, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.:

    quantum de doloris terrore,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

    vitia a se ratione,

    id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.:

    cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 62:

    hunc metum Siciliae,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.:

    quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,

    Quint. 10, 4, 1:

    eum de sententia dejecistis,

    hast diverted from his opinion, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

    fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

    id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of:

    de honore deici,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25:

    de possessione imperii,

    Liv. 45, 22, 7;

    for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,

    Liv. 39, 41;

    and, dejecti honore,

    id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.:

    aliquem aedilitate,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

    aedilitate,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23:

    praeturā,

    id. Mur. 36, 76:

    principatu,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8:

    certo consulatu,

    Liv. 40, 46, 14:

    spe,

    id. 44, 28, 1:

    ea spe,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.:

    opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),

    id. ib. 5, 48:

    conjuge tanto,

    Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3:

    cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,

    Liv. 38, 35:

    uxorem (sc. conjugio),

    Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.:

    hoc dejecto,

    after his fall, Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27:

    ex alto dejectus culmine regni,

    Sil. 17, 143.—
    C.
    To humble:

    deicimur, sed non perimus,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9:

    deiciendi hominis causa,

    Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).
    I.
    Sunk down, low:

    equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3:

    dejectius,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin. —
    II.
    (Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited:

    haud dejectus equum duci jubet,

    Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: [p. 535] haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315:

    in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,

    Quint. 9. 4, 138.— Sup. does not occur.—
    * Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.

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  • 9 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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  • 10 ruo

    rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).
    I.
    Neutr. (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit. Rarely of persons:

    caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,

    Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:

    ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    spectacula runnt,

    fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:

    parietes ruunt,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 36:

    lateres veteres,

    id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,

    aedes,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:

    omnia tecta (supra aliquem),

    Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:

    altae turres,

    Lucr. 5, 307:

    moles et machina mundi,

    id. 5, 96:

    murus,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    templa deum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;

    aulaea,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 71:

    acervus,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:

    murus latius quam caederetur,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    tecta in agris,

    id. 4, 21:

    silices a montibus altis,

    Lucr. 5, 314:

    alto a culmine Troja,

    Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:

    caeli templa,

    Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:

    caelum imbribus immodicis,

    Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:

    caelum in se,

    Liv. 40, 58:

    ruit imbriferum ver,

    i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:

    turbidus imber aquā,

    id. A. 5, 695:

    tempestas,

    Tac. A. 1, 30.
    1.
    Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —
    2.
    Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:

    volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

    (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,

    id. ib. 7, 20, 1:

    huc omnis turba ruebat,

    Verg. A. 6, 305:

    Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,

    id. ib. 8, 648:

    per proelia,

    id. ib. 12, 526:

    quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,

    Tac. Agr. 37:

    contis gladiisque ruerent,

    id. A. 6, 35:

    in aquam caeci ruebant,

    Liv. 1, 27 fin.:

    in castra fugientes,

    id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:

    promiscue in concubitus,

    id. 3, 47:

    eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,

    id. 27, 41:

    ad urbem infesto agmine,

    id. 3, 3:

    ad portas,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    ad convivium,

    id. H. 2, 68 fin.:

    per vias,

    id. ib. 5, 22:

    destinatā morte in proelium,

    Flor. 2, 18, 12:

    ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,

    Curt. 4, 15, 3:

    de montibus amnes,

    Verg. A. 4, 164:

    flumina per campos,

    Ov. M. 1, 285:

    in Galliam Rhenus,

    Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:

    vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,

    i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:

    revoluta ruebat dies,

    was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:

    antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,

    Verg. A. 6, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):

    ratio ruat omnis,

    Lucr. 4, 507:

    quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

    Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,

    by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:

    tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,

    Just. 5, 1, 9.—
    2.
    (Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):

    tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,

    Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:

    emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,

    to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:

    cum cotidie rueret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:

    compescere ruentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:

    ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,

    id. ib. 1, 46:

    crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,

    Liv. 3, 53:

    in servitium,

    Tac. A. 1, 7:

    in exitium,

    id. H. 1, 84:

    in sua fata,

    Ov. M. 6, 51:

    omnia fatis In pejus,

    Verg. G. 1, 200:

    quo scelesti ruitis?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 1:

    quo ruis,

    Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:

    multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,

    Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:

    quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:

    scire ruunt,

    Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:

    ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,

    Liv. 8, 24.—
    II.
    Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)
    A.
    Lit.:

    imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

    naves (vis venti),

    Lucr. 1, 272:

    res impetibus crebris (venti),

    id. 1, 293:

    ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:

    immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,

    Verg. A. 9, 516:

    cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,

    breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—
    B.
    Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:

    totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),

    Verg. A. 1, 85:

    spumas salis aere,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,

    id. ib. 11, 211:

    atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),

    id. G. 2, 308:

    unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:

    in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;

    caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,

    Dig. 19, 1, 17:

    in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,

    ib. 50, 16, 241:

    ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,

    Fest. p. 262 Müll.:

    ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,

    Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

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  • 11 abicio

    ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

    ăbĭci,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

    ăbĭcit,

    Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

    scutum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    insigne regium de capite,

    id. Sest. 27:

    socer ad pedes abjectus,

    id. ib. 34; so,

    se ad pedes,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

    se e muro in mare,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

    corpus in mare,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

    id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

    se abjecit exanimatus,

    he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

    si te uret sarcina, abicito,

    throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

    anulum in mari,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

    statuas in propatulo domi,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

    cadaver in viā,

    Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

    ubi cadaver abjeceris,

    Tac. A. 1, 22.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

    ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

    as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

    vitam,

    Cic. Att. 3, 19:

    salutem pro aliquo,

    id. Planc. 33:

    memoriam beneficiorum,

    id. Phil. 8, 11:

    versum,

    to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

    abicimus ista,

    we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

    fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

    I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

    abjectis nugis,

    nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).
    2.
    To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.
    3.
    Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.
    A.
    Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

    plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

    Cic. Att. 3, 2.—
    B.
    Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

    contemptum atque abjectum,

    id. Agr. 2, 34:

    verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

    id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

    animus abjectior,

    Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

    animus abjectissimus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.
    1.
    Dispiritedly, despondingly:

    in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—
    2.
    Low, meanly:

    quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

    Tac. Or. 8:

    incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

    improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

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  • 12 abiciō (a usu. long by position) or abiiciō

       abiciō (a usu. long by position) or abiiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [ab + iacio], to throw from one, cast away, throw away, throw down: abiecit hastas, has given up the fight: in proelio... scutum: arma, Cs.: se ad pedes: ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abieci, to many in your behalf: vastificam beluam, dash to the earth: se abiecit exanimatus, he threw himself down as if lifeless: si te uret sarcina, abicito, throw it away, H.; of weapons, to discharge, cast, throw, fling: priusquam telum abici possit (al. adici), Cs.: tragulam intra munitionem, Cs. — Fig., to cast off, throw away, give up: (psaltria) aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid of, T.: salutem pro aliquo.—In partic., to throw off, cast aside, give up, abandon: consilium belli faciendi: petitionem, to resign one's candidacy: abicio legem, I reject the technical defence: abiectis nugis, nonsense apart, H.—To cast down, degrade, humble, lower: suas cogitationes in rem tam humilem: hic annus senatūs auctoritatem abiecit. — With se, to give up in despair: abiiciunt se atque ita adflicti et exanimati iacent.—To throw away, sell for a trifle, sell cheap: agros abiciet moecha, ut ornatum paret, Ph.

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  • 13 praecipitō

        praecipitō āvī, ātus, āre    [praeceps], to throw headlong, cast down, hurl down, precipitate: p<*>ae in mare praecipitatae, N.: currum scopulis, hurl against, O.: se ex altissimo muro: sese in fossas, Cs.: se (sc. de muro), L.: se in Tiberim, L.: se in medios ignīs, Cu.: etiam pulcherrima, throw overboard, Iu.: cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, threw themselves down, S.: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sets in the ocean, O.: hac te praecipitato, run this way for life! T.: iis (parvis) minari, praecipitaturos alicunde, threaten to throw them down.—To rush down, throw oneself down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, drop, tumble, fall (of involuntary falling): statim praecipitat in Lirem: nimbi In vada praecipitant, V.: in fossam, L.: sol praecipitans: iam nox caelo Praecipitat, is sinking, V.: hiems iam praecipitaverat, had come to an end, Cs.—Fig., to throw down, hurl down, precipitate: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu: semet ipse praecipitare, destroy oneself, S.: se in insidias, L.: furor iraque mentem Praecipitant, carry headlong, V.: quosdam praecipitat potentia Invidiae, Iu.: nox praecipitata, declining, O.— To hasten, hurry: quae Praecipitent obitum, hasten their setting: praecipitata raptim consilia, precipitate, L.: moras, i. e. exchange for haste, V.: dare tempus Praecipitant curae, hasten, V.— To fall down, fall, sink, be ruined: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet, may tumble down: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, L.: ad exitium praecipitans.— To be too hasty, be precipitate: sustinenda est adsensio, ne praecipitet: praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere, to jump at a conclusion.
    * * *
    praecipitare, praecipitavi, praecipitatus V
    throw headlong, cast down

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  • 14 praecipito

    praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit.:

    pilae in mare praecipitatae,

    Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

    truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:

    pinus,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:

    se e Leucade,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    se a tecto,

    Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

    se de turri,

    Liv. 23, 37:

    sese in fossas,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

    threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:

    plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

    Liv. 21, 14, 1:

    se in Tiberim,

    id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;

    Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

    Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

    praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

    to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:

    cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

    threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:

    lux Praecipitatur aquis,

    sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:

    hac te praecipitato,

    run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

    vitem,

    Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

    partem (vitis),

    Col. 4, 20, 4:

    palmitem,

    id. 5, 6, 33.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

    in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

    Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:

    semet ipse praecipitare,

    to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:

    se in exitium,

    Cels. 3, 21:

    se in insidias,

    Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):

    furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

    carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:

    spem festinando praecipitare,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

    in senectam praecipitare,

    to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:

    quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

    Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
    2.
    To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quae Praecipitent obitum,

    hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

    vindemiam,

    Col. 3, 21, 10:

    consulta viri,

    Sil. 3, 166:

    ne praecipitetur editio,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

    consilia raptim praecipitata,

    precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

    moras,

    i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:

    Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

    Val. Fl. 2, 390:

    cursum,

    Juv. 15, 78.—
    3.
    With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

    dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

    Verg. A. 11, 3:

    si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

    Stat. Th. 1, 679. —
    II.
    Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    de montibus altis ad terram,

    Lucr. 4, 1021:

    ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:

    Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:

    in amni praecipitante,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    nimbi In vada praecipitant,

    Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:

    in fossam,

    Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;

    39, 2, 3: in insidias,

    id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:

    non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

    Verg. A. 4, 565:

    sol praecipitans,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

    is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:

    hiems jam praecipitaverat,

    had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

    qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

    praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,

    praecipitantem impellamus,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

    he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

    praecipitante re publicā,

    id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:

    cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

    Liv. 27, 40:

    ad exitium praecipitans,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—
    2.
    To be too hasty:

    cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:

    agens mannos ad villam,

    Lucr. 3, 1063.

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  • 15 dēiciō or dēiiciō

        dēiciō or dēiiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [de + iacio], to throw down, hurl down, precipitate, prostrate, raze, fell, cut down, tear down, destroy: alqm de ponte in Tiberim: alqm de saxo (Tarpeio), L.: a cervicibus iugum: se de muro, leap, Cs.: saxi deiectae vertice caprae, V.: se per munitiones, leap over, Cs.: venti a montibus se deiciunt, L.: volnerato equo deiectus, Cs.: statuas veterum hominum: naves deiciendi operis missae, to destroy, Cs.: monumenta regis, H.: muros, L.: ut omnes Hermae deicerentur, N.: deiectā turri, Cs.: caput uno ictu, V.; libellos, to tear down: sortīs, to cast, Cs.: deiectis lacrimis, shed, Pr.—Poet., with dat: Gyan leto, V.—Prov.: de gradu deici (orig. of a gladiator), to be thrown off one's balance, i. e. lose one's head.—To drive out, dislodge, expel: nostri deiecti sunt loco, Cs.: praesidium ex saltu, Cs.: Gallorum agmen ex rupe Tarpeiā, L.: praesidium Claternā.— To drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess: unde sis deiectus: ex eo loco.— Pass: deici, to be driven out of one's course: naves ad inferiorem partem insulae, Cs.: classis tempestate vexata ad Belearīs insulas deicitur, L. — To lay low, strike down, kill, slay, slaughter: paucis deiectis, Cs.: quem telo primum Deicis? V.: (viperam) Deice, crush, V.: super iuvencum stabat deiectum leo, Ph.— To lower, let fall, de press: in pectora mentum, O.—Fig., to cast down: oculos: voltum, V.: deiectus oculos, with downcast eyes, V.: Deiecto in humum voltu, O.— To remove, avert, divert, turn away, repel: hunc metum Siciliae damnatione istius: oculos a re p.: quantum mali de humanā condicione: vitia a se ratione: eum de sententiā.— To prevent from obtaining, deprive, rob of: de possessione imperi vos, L.: principatu, Cs.: eā spe, Cs.: deiecta coniuge tanto, V.: uxore deiectā (sc. coniugio), Ta.: hoc deiecto, after his fall, N.—In elections, to defeat, disappoint, prevent the choice of: me aedilitate: eiusdem pecuniā de honore deici: civis optimus praeturā deiectus: deiectis honore per coitionem, L.

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  • 16 ruō

        ruō uī, ātus (P. fut. ruitūrus), ere    [1 RV-], to fall with violence, rush down, fall down, tumble down, go to ruin: caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique, V.: ruere illa non possunt: tecta, tumble down, L.: Templa deum, H.: murus latius quam caederetur, L.: alta a culmine Troia, V.: ruit arduus aether, rain falls in torrents, V.: caelum in se, L.: ruit imbriferum ver, i. e. is ending, V.—Prov.: quid si nunc caelum ruat? i. e. what if the impossible happens? T.— To hasten, hurry, run, rush: id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant itaque turbent: (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant: Huc omnis turba ruebat, V.: ultro ruere ac se morti offerre, Ta.: in aquam, L.: in volnera ac tela, L.: ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae, Cu.: de montibus amnes, V.: per apertos flumina campos, O.: Nox ruit, i. e. hastens on, V.: antrum, Unde ruunt totidem voces, break forth, V.— To cause to fall, cast down, dash down, hurl to the ground, prostrate: Ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: cumulos ruit harenae, levels, V.— To cast up, turn up, throw up, rake up: (mare) a sedibus (venti), V.: cinerem focis, V.: unde Divitias aerisque ruam acervos, H.—Fig., to fall, fail, sink, be ruined: ruere illam rem p.: sive ruet sive eriget rem p.— To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run: ad interitum: pati reum ruere, L.: crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem, L.: In sua fata, O.: omnia fatis In peius, V.: Quo quo scelesti ruitis? H.: ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur, L.
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    ruere, rui, rutus V
    destroy, ruin, overthrow; rush on, run; fall; charge (in + ACC); be ruined

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  • 17 jaceo

    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.—
    6.
    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.—
    7.
    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.—
    8.
    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.—
    9.
    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.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    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.—
    F.
    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.—
    G.
    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.—
    H.
    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.—
    I.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > jaceo

  • 18 prōiciō

        prōiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [pro+iacio], to throw forth, cast before, throw out, throw down, throw: Tu (canis) Proiectum odoraris cibum, thrown to you, H.: aquilam intra vallum, Cs.: infantem provectum in mare proiecerunt, carried out to sea and threw overboard, L.: geminos cestūs in medium, V.— To throw away, cast out, cast off, let go, abandon: omnibus proiectis fugae consilium capere, Cs.: tela manu, V.: tribunos insepultos, L.: qui servos proicere aurum iussit, H.— To throw forward, hold out, extend: hastam, N.: scutum, hold in front, L.: proiecto pede laevo, V.: quo tectum proiceretur, was extended.—With pron reflex., to throw oneself, fall prostrate: vos ad pedes leonis: sese Caesari ad pedes, Cs.: ad genua se Marcelli, L.: se super exanimum amicum, V.: semet in flumen, Cu.— To cast out, expel, exile, banish: tantam pestem: inmeritum ab urbe, O.—Fig., to throw away, give up, yield, resign, sacrifice, reject: pro his libertatem: patriam virtutem, Cs.: ampullas et sesquipedalia verba, H.: pudorem, O.: animas, killed themselves, V.— To neglect, desert, abandon: pati fortunam paratos proiecit ille, Cs. — To throw, hurry, precipitate: in miserias proiectus sum, S.: in aperta pericula civīs, V.: vitam suam in periculum: se in hoc iudicium, thrust themselves: monent, ne me proiciam, act precipitately: in muliebrīs se fletūs, abandon themselves to, L.; cf. quae libido non se proripiet ac proiciet occultatione propositā, i. e. run riot.—To put off, delay: ultra quinquennium proici, Ta.
    * * *
    proicere, projeci, projectus V TRANS
    throw down, throw out; abandon; throw away

    Latin-English dictionary > prōiciō

  • 19 excutio

    ex-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. excussit, for excusserit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16), v. a. [quatio], to shake out or off, to cast out, drive out, to send forth (class., esp. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    posse ex his (litteris) in terram excussis annales Ennii, ut deinceps legi possint, effici,

    shaken out, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 94:

    equus excussit equitem,

    threw off, Liv. 8, 7, 10:

    excussus equo,

    Verg. A. 11, 640:

    excussus curru,

    id. ib. 10, 590; Suet. Caes. 37; Curt. 3, 11; cf.:

    lectis excussit utrumque,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 112:

    gubernatorem in mare e puppi,

    Curt. 4, 4 med.; cf.

    also: ancora ictu ipso excussa e nave sua,

    Liv. 37, 30, 9:

    lapide clavum,

    to knock off, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 10:

    pulvis digitis excutiendus erit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 150:

    poculum e manibus,

    Pers. 3, 101:

    ignem de crinibus,

    to shake off, Ov. M. 12, 281:

    rem de manu alicujus,

    to strike out, Dig. 47, 2, 53, § 13:

    Pelion subjectā Ossā (Juppiter),

    Ov. M. 1, 155:

    poma venti,

    to cast down, shake down, id. ib. 14, 764 et saep.:

    ne nucifrangibula (i. e. dentes) excussit ex malis meis,

    to knock out, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 16; cf.:

    cerebrum alicui,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 69; id. Aul. 2, 1, 29:

    oculum alicui cyatho, verberibus,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 53; cf.:

    oculo excusso,

    id. Caes. 68: ipso cum domino calce omnes excutiamus, to drive out or forth, Lucil. ap. Non. 298, 33:

    Teucros vallo,

    Verg. A. 9, 68:

    hostem oppidis et regionibus,

    Flor. 2, 6, 42:

    ab obsidione Nolae urbis (with pellere a Campania),

    id. ib. 29:

    feras cubilibus,

    to scare, rouse up, Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

    si flava excutitur Chloë,

    be shaken off, cast off, Hor. C. 3, 9, 19:

    (viros) excussos patriā infesta sequi,

    Verg. A. 7, 299:

    ut me excutiam atque egrediar domo,

    take myself off, decamp, Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 20:

    quartanas,

    to drive away, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 56 et saep.:

    (leo) gaudet comantes Excutiens cervice toros,

    shaking about, shaking, Verg. A. 12, 7; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 71:

    caesariem,

    Ov. M. 4, 492:

    pennas,

    id. ib. 6, 703:

    habenas,

    id. ib. 5, 404; cf.:

    nares inflare et movere... et pulso subito spiritu excutere, etc.,

    to blow up, dilate, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

    se (gallinae edito ovo),

    Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116:

    tela,

    to hurl, discharge, Tac. A. 2, 20; cf. Curt. 8, 13:

    fulmen in Thebas,

    Stat. Th. 10, 69:

    excussaque brachia jacto,

    tossed, Ov. M. 5, 596; id. H. 18, 189:

    (aër) Excussit calidum flammis velocibus ignem,

    sends out, produces, Lucr. 6, 688; cf. id. 6, 161: largum imbrem (procellae), Curt. 4, 7:

    lacrimas alicui,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15:

    vomitum alicui,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 15:

    sudorem,

    Nep. Eum. 5 et saep.— Transf.:

    excutior somno,

    I am roused from sleep, Verg. A. 2, 302; Ov. H. 13, 111; Hor. S. 2, 6, 112.—
    B.
    In partic., to shake out, shake.
    1.
    Esp. a garment, to free it from dust:

    vexatam solo vestem,

    Petr. 128, 4; Vulg. Act. 18, 6; cf.:

    excutere de pulvere,

    shake yourself, Vulg. Isa. 52, 2; and:

    pulverem de pedibus,

    id. Matt. 10, 14.—
    2.
    To stir, move any thing to see under it; and hence, to search, examine a person: St. Di me perdant, si ego tui quicquam abstuli. Eu. Agedum, excutedum pallium, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 19; so,

    culcitisque et stragulis praetentatis et excussis,

    Suet. Claud. 35.—With personal objects: excutiuntur tabellarii, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4; cf.:

    verum (porcellum) ut subesse pallio contenderent Et excuti juberent,

    Phaedr. 5, 5, 19:

    non excutio te, si quid forte ferri habuisti: non scrutor,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to shake out or off, force away, etc.:

    omnes istorum delicias, omnes ineptias,

    to shake off, discard, Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

    noli aculeos orationis meae, qui reconditi sunt, excussos arbitrari,

    plucked out, removed, id. Sull. 16, 47:

    omnia ista nobis studia de manibus excutiuntur,

    are torn, wrested from our hands, id. Mur. 14, 30; cf.:

    hanc excutere opinionem mihimet volui radicitus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    severitatem veterem,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2; cf.

    also: excutient tibi istam verborum jactationem,

    id. Sull. 8, 24:

    excute corde metum,

    remove, banish, Ov. M. 3, 689:

    diros amores,

    id. ib. 10, 426:

    orbem paci excutere,

    to banish peace from the world, Luc. 1, 69:

    omnis quae erat conceptae mentis intentio mora et interdum iracundia excutitur,

    Quint. 10, 3, 20:

    quem (Senecam) non equidem omnino conabar excutere,

    id. 10, 1, 126:

    aliena negotia curo, excussus propriis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 20:

    dummodo risum excutiat sibi,

    can raise, produce, id. ib. 1, 4, 35. —
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. B.), to search, examine, inspect, investigate:

    explicando excutiendoque verbo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 36, 134; cf.: pervulgata atque in manibus jactata et excussa, qs. shaken out, i. e. examined, id. Mur. 12. 26:

    illud excutiendum est, ut sciatur quid sit carere,

    id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    quae fere omnia Cicero in crimine veneficii excutit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 37; 12, 8, 13:

    totum locum,

    id. 5, 7, 6:

    aut conjecturā excutiuntur, an vera sint, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 19 et saep.— Hence, excussus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, stiff (post-Aug. and rare):

    interest, utrum tela excusso lacerto torqueantur, an remissa manu effluant,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 6; so,

    lacerto,

    Ov. H. 4, 43:

    palma excussissima,

    Petr. 95.— Adv.: excussē, strongly, violently:

    mittere pilam (with rigide, opp. languidius),

    Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excutio

  • 20 profligo

    1.
    prō-flīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).
    I.
    Lit.:

    inimicos profligare,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75:

    copias hostium,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37:

    classem hostium,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    hostes,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 8:

    proelia,

    i. e. the warriors, Tac. A. 14, 36:

    aciem virorum,

    Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To overthrow, ruin, destroy:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

    tantas opes,

    Nep. Pelop. 2, 3:

    undique se suosque profligante fortunā,

    Liv. 33, 19:

    valetudinem,

    Gell. 19, 5, 2.—
    B.
    To overwhelm, crush in spirit:

    quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.—
    C.
    To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch:

    bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,

    Liv. 21, 40, 11:

    profligato fere Samnitium bello,

    id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11:

    profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2:

    profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,

    id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

    omnia ad perniciem profligata,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

    sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,

    that it would be brought nearly to an end, Suet. Oth. 9:

    profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,

    Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2:

    profligatis in Africā rebus,

    Just. 22, 8, 1:

    victoriam,

    Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2:

    quantum profligatum sit,

    how far advanced, Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Wretched, miserable, vile (class.;

    syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.—
    B.
    In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.):

    tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65:

    homines,

    id. Arch. 6, 14:

    omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

    profligatissimus quisque,

    Suet. Tib. 35.—
    C.
    Of time, advanced (post-Aug.):

    profligatae aetatis (homo),

    Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.:

    in profligato esse,

    to be almost ended, Gell. 15, 5, 2.
    2.
    prō-flīgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to strike down, ruin, destroy (post-class.):

    proflictae res,

    cast down, ruined, Gell. 15, 5, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > profligo

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