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  • 1 traho

    trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. traxe, Verg. A. 5, 786), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. trankh, trakh, to move; Gr. trechô, to run], to draw, drag, or haul, to drag along; to draw off, forth, or away, etc. (syn.: tracto, rapio, rapto, duco).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Amphitruonem collo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus a templo Cassandra,

    Verg. A. 2, 403:

    corpus tractum et laniatum abjecit in mare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    materiam (malagmata),

    Cels. 4, 7:

    bilem,

    Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54:

    vapor porro trahit aëra secum,

    Lucr. 3, 233:

    limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt,

    Sall. J. 78, 3: Charybdis naves ad litora trahit, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 425; cf.:

    Scyllam naves in saxa trahentem, Verg. l. l.: (haematiten) trahere in se argentum, aes, ferrum,

    Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146: Gy. Amiculum hoc sustolle saltem. Si. Sine trahi, cum egomet trahor, let it drag or trail, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 117; cf.:

    tragula ab eo, quod trahitur per terram,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.:

    sarcinas,

    Sen. Ep. 44, 6:

    vestem per pulpita,

    Hor. A. P. 215:

    plaustra per altos montes cervice (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    siccas machinae carinas,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

    genua aegra,

    Verg. A. 5, 468:

    trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2; cf.:

    aliquem ad praetorem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45:

    praecipitem in pistrinum,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    Hectorem circum sua Pergama,

    to drag, trail, Ov. M. 12, 591. —

    Of a train of soldiers, attendants, etc.: Scipio gravem jam spoliis multarum urbium exercitum trahens,

    Liv. 30, 9, 10:

    ingentem secum occurrentium prosequentiumque trahentes turbam,

    id. 45, 2, 3; 6, 3, 4; cf.:

    sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem Ipse trahit,

    Verg. A. 2, 321:

    secum legionem,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 20:

    feminae pleraeque parvos trahentes liberos, ibant,

    Curt. 3, 13, 12; 5, 5, 15:

    uxor, quam comitem trahebat,

    id. 8, 3, 2:

    folium secum,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 12:

    cum privato comitatu quem semper secum trahere moris fuit,

    Vell. 2, 40, 3:

    magnam manum Thracum secum,

    id. 2, 112, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw:

    trahens haerentia viscere tela,

    drawing out, extracting, Ov. M. 6, 290:

    ferrum e vulnere,

    id. ib. 4, 120:

    e corpore ferrum,

    id. F. 5, 399:

    de corpore telum,

    id. M. 5, 95; cf.:

    gladium de visceribus,

    Mart. 1, 14, 2:

    manu lignum,

    Ov. M. 12, 371; cf.:

    te quoque, Luna, traho (i. e. de caelo),

    draw down, id. ib. 7, 207:

    captum Jovem Caelo trahit,

    Sen. Oct. 810. —
    2.
    To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle:

    at coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum,

    Lucr. 6, 968:

    in manibus vero nervi trahere,

    id. 6, 1190:

    vultum rugasque coëgit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 33.—
    3.
    Of fluids, etc., to draw in, take in, quaff; draw, draw up: si pocula arente fauce traxerim, had drawn in, i. e. quaffed, Hor. Epod. 14, 4; cf. Ov. M. 15, 330:

    aquas,

    Luc. 7, 822:

    venena ore,

    id. 9, 934:

    ubera,

    id. 3, 351 al.:

    ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi (videmus),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: navigium aquam trahit, draws or lets in water, leaks, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 5; cf.:

    sanguinem jumento de cervice,

    to draw, let, Veg. Vet. 3, 43.—Of smelling:

    odorem naribus,

    Phaedr. 3, 1, 4.—Of drawing in the breath, inhaling:

    auras ore,

    Ov. M. 2, 230:

    animam,

    Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 6; cf.:

    Servilius exiguā in spe trahebat animam,

    Liv. 3, 6, 8:

    spiritum,

    to draw breath, Col. 6, 9, 3; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Cels. 4, 4; Curt. 3, 6, 10: spiritum extremum, [p. 1886] Phaedr. 1, 21, 4:

    penitus suspiria,

    to heave sighs, to sigh, Ov. M. 2, 753:

    vocem imo a pectore,

    Verg. A. 1, 371.—
    4.
    To take on, assume, acquire, get:

    Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

    Verg. A. 4, 701:

    squamam cutis durata trahebat,

    Ov. M. 3, 675:

    colorem,

    id. ib. 2, 236;

    14, 393: ruborem,

    id. ib. 3, 482;

    10, 595: calorem,

    id. ib. 11, 305:

    lapidis figuram,

    id. ib. 3, 399:

    maturitatem,

    Col. 1, 6, 20:

    sucum,

    id. 11, 3, 60:

    robiginem,

    Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136. —
    5.
    To drag away violently, to carry off, plunder, = agein kai pherein:

    cetera rape, trahe,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

    rapere omnes, trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    quibus non humana ulla neque divina obstant, quin... in opes potentisque trahant exscindant,

    id. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

    sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

    id. J. 41, 5:

    de aliquo trahere spolia,

    Cic. Balb. 23, 54:

    praedam ex agris,

    Liv. 25, 14, 11:

    tantum jam praedae hostes trahere, ut, etc.,

    id. 10, 20, 3; cf.:

    pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 1.—
    6.
    Trahere pecuniam (for distrahere), to make away with, to dissipate, squander:

    omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant,

    Sall. C. 20, 12.—
    7.
    Of drugs, etc., to purge, rcmove, clear away:

    bilem ex alvo,

    Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 26, 8, 42, § 69:

    pituitam,

    id. 21, 23, 94, § 166:

    cruditates, pituitas, bilem,

    id. 32, 9, 31, § 95.—
    8.
    Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 545, 12:

    lanam,

    Juv. 2, 54:

    vellera digitis,

    Ov. M. 14, 265:

    data pensa,

    id. ib. 13, 511; id. H. 3, 75:

    Laconicas purpuras,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.,
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To draw, draw along; to attract, allure, influence, etc.:

    trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 26; cf.:

    omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 18:

    allicere delectatione et viribus trahere,

    Quint. 5, 14, 29:

    trahit sua quemque voluptas,

    Verg. E. 2, 65: aliquem in aliam partem, to bring or gain over, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2; so,

    Drusum in partes,

    Tac. A. 4, 60:

    civitatem ad regem,

    Liv. 42, 44, 3:

    aliquem in suam sententiam,

    id. 5, 25, 1; cf.

    also: rem ad Poenos,

    id. 24, 2, 8; 23, 8, 2:

    res ad Philippum,

    id. 32, 19, 2:

    ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

    draw off, divert, Sall. C. 7, 7.—
    2.
    To drag, lead, bring:

    plures secum in eandem calamitatem,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    Lucanos ad defectionem,

    Liv. 25, 16, 6:

    quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur,

    Verg. A. 5, 709: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Cleanth. ap. Sen. Ep. 107, 11.—
    3.
    To draw to, i. e. appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to, etc.:

    atque egomet me adeo cum illis una ibidem traho,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 166: St. Quid quod dedisti scortis? Le. Ibidem una traho, id. ib. 2, 4, 10:

    hi numero avium regnum trahebant,

    drew to their side, laid claim to, claimed, Liv. 1, 7, 1; cf.:

    qui captae decus Nolae ad consulem trahunt,

    id. 9, 28, 6:

    omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur,

    were set down to, referred, attributed, Sall. J. 92, 2:

    ornatum ipsius (ducis) in superbiam,

    Tac. H. 2, 20:

    cuncta Germanici in deterius,

    id. A. 1, 62 fin.:

    fortuita ad culpam,

    id. ib. 4, 64:

    id ad clementiam,

    id. ib. 12, 52; cf.:

    aliquid in religionem,

    Liv. 5, 23, 6:

    cur abstinuerit spectaculo ipse, varie trahebant,

    Tac. A. 1, 76 fin.:

    in se crimen,

    Ov. M. 10, 68:

    spinas Traxit in exemplum,

    adopted, id. ib. 8, 245. —
    4.
    To drag, distract, etc.:

    quae meum animum divorse trahunt,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    trahi in aliam partem mente atque animo,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

    Vologeses diversas ad curas trahebatur,

    Tac. A. 15, 1.—
    5.
    To weigh, ponder, consider:

    belli atque pacis rationes trahere,

    Sall. J. 97, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 4: trahere consilium, to form a decision or determination, id. ib. 98, 3.—
    6.
    To get, obtain, derive: qui majorem ex pernicie et peste rei publicae molestiam traxerit, who has derived, i. e. has received, suffered, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    qui cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    nomen e causis,

    Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

    inde nomen,

    id. 36, 20, 38, § 146:

    nomen ab illis,

    Ov. M. 4, 291:

    originem ab aliquo,

    to derive, deduce, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 157:

    scio ab isto initio tractum esse sermonem,

    i. e. has arisen, Cic. Brut. 6, 21: facetiae, quae multum ex vero traxere, drew, i. e. they were founded largely on truth, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.:

    multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse,

    id. G. 46, 2.—
    7.
    Of time, to protract, drag out, linger:

    afflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

    Verg. A. 2, 92; so,

    vitam,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 12; 4, 5, 37; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9:

    traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem,

    was bringing on the night, Ov. M. 1, 219: verba, to drag, i. e. to utter with difficulty, Sil. 8, 79.—
    8.
    To draw out, in respect of time; to extend, prolong, lengthen; to protract, put off, delay, retard (cf.:

    prolato, extendo): sin trahitur bellum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 10, 7; Sall. J. 23, 2:

    trahere omnia,

    to interpose delays of all kinds, id. ib. 36, 2; Ov. M. 12, 584:

    pugnam aliquamdiu,

    Liv. 25, 15, 14:

    dum hoc naturae Corpus... manebit incolume, comitem aevi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5:

    obsidionem in longius,

    Quint. 1, 10, 48; cf.:

    rem de industriā in serum,

    Liv. 32, 35, 4:

    omnia,

    id. 32, 36, 2:

    jurgiis trahere tempus,

    id. 32, 27, 1:

    tempus, Auct. B. Alex. 38, 2: moram ficto languore,

    Ov. M. 9, 767:

    (legati) querentes, trahi se a Caesare,

    that they were put off, delayed, Suet. Tib. 31 fin.; so,

    aliquem sermone, quousque, etc.,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 1:

    Marius multis diebus et laboribus consumptis anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum,

    Sall. J. 93, 1.—
    9.
    Rarely neutr., to drag along, to last, endure. si quis etiam in eo morbo diutius traxit, Cels. 2, 8 med.:

    decem annos traxit ista dominatio,

    Flor. 4, 2, 12.—Hence, tractus, a, um, P. a., drawn on, i. e. proceeding continuously, flowing, fluent, of language:

    genus orationis fusum atque tractum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64:

    in his (contione et hortatione) tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur,

    id. Or. 20, 66.—
    B.
    Subst.: tractum, i, n., any thing drawn out at length.
    1.
    A flock of wool drawn out for spinning:

    tracta de niveo vellere dente,

    Tib. 1, 6, 80.—
    2.
    A long piece of dough pulled out in making pastry, Cato, R. R. 76, 1; 76, 4; Apic. 2, 1; 4, 3; 5, 1 al.—Called also tracta, ae, f., Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 106.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > traho

  • 2 deduco

    dē-dūco, xi, ctum ( imper.:

    deduc,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 21, 34;

    old form, deduce,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32), 3, v. a., to lead or bring away, to lead, fetch, bring or draw down (for syn. cf.: duco, comitor, prosequor, persequor, stipo, sequor, consequor—freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Not designating a limit:

    atomos de via,

    to turn from a straight course, Cic. Fat. 9, 18:

    eum concionari conantem de rostris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:

    pedes de lecto,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 82:

    suos clam ex agris,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30 fin.; so,

    aliquem ex ultimis gentibus,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 13:

    lunam e curru,

    Tib. 1, 8, 21; cf.

    the foll.: summā vestem deduxit ab orā,

    Ov. M. 3, 480:

    cantando rigidas deducere montibus ornos,

    Verg. E. 6, 71: lunam caelo id. ib. 8, 69; cf.:

    lunam cursu,

    Ov. H. 6, 85:

    hunc caelo,

    id. F. 3, 317:

    dominam Ditis thalamo,

    Verg. A. 6, 397:

    tota carbasa malo,

    i. e. to spread, unfurl, by letting down, Ov. M. 11, 477; cf.

    the foll.: febres corpore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48:

    inde boves,

    Ov. M. 6, 322:

    transfuga duci se ad consules jubet deductusque traditurum urbem promittit,

    Liv. 9, 24:

    Ubiis imperat, ut pecora deducant suaque omnia ex agris in oppida conferant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 10, 2; cf. Liv. 21, 37: rivos, i. e. to clear out, cleanse ( = detergere, Macr. Sat. 3, 3; Col. 2, 22, 3), Verg. G. 1, 269 Heyne ad loc.; cf.:

    aqua Albana deducta ad utilitatem agri suburbani,

    conducted off, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69, and v. the foll.:

    lunam,

    Prop. 1, 1, 19; cf.

    Jovem,

    the sun, Hor. Epod. 13, 2:

    crines pectine,

    to comb, Ov. M. 4, 311; cf.:

    caesariem barbae dextrā,

    id. ib. 15, 656:

    vela,

    id. ib. 3, 663:

    sive aliquis molli deducit candida gestu Brachia,

    moves, Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 5 (al. diducit); imitated by Stat. Silv. 3, 5, 66 (al. diducit) et saep.—
    b.
    Stating the limit:

    cito hunc deduc ad militem,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32:

    aliquem ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 10; Cic. Lael. 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 18, 3; Sall. J. 113 fin. et saep.:

    juvenem ad altos currus,

    Ov. M. 2, 106:

    suas vestes humero ad pectora,

    Ov. M. 6, 405; cf.:

    manum ad imum ventrem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112 et saep.:

    impedimenta in proximum collem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 68, 2:

    aquam in vias,

    Cato R. R. 155; Ov. M. 1, 582:

    aliquem in conspectum (Caesaris),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 22, 2:

    aliquem in arcem,

    Liv. 1, 18; id. 1, 58:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Sall. C. 55:

    in arenam,

    Suet. Calig. 35: levis deducet pondere fratres, will bring down (the scale), Grat. Cyn. 292. —
    B.
    In partic.
    I.
    Milit. t. t., to draw off, lead off, withdraw troops from a place; to lead, conduct, bring to a place: praesidia de locis, Sisenna ap. Non. 289, 15; so with de, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 51, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 14 al.:

    exercitum ex his regionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so with ex, id. ib. 7, 87, 4 fin.; 7, 81 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 12, 3 al.:

    legionem ab opere,

    id. ib. 3, 69; so with ab, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; Liv. 34, 35 al.:

    deducta Orico legione,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    exercitum finibus Attali,

    Liv. 32, 27: deducto exercitu, Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 3; 7, 20, 11; id. B. C. 3, 39 al.; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2:

    milites ad Ciceronem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 27, 9:

    tres in arcem cohortes praesidio,

    id. B. C. 3, 19, 5:

    a Flacco inter ceteros, quos virtutis causa secum ex provincia ad triumphum deducebat, deductus sum,

    Liv. 42, 34:

    copias ex locis superioribus in campum deducit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 40 fin.:

    legionibus in hiberna deductis,

    id. B. G. 2, 35, 3; so,

    in hiberna,

    Liv. 26, 20; 43, 9:

    in interiorem Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2; cf.

    in Menapios,

    id. ib. 4, 22, 5:

    in proxima municipia,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    in hiberna in Sequanos,

    id. B. G. 1, 54, 2:

    in aciem,

    Liv. 3, 62:

    praesidia eo,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5:

    neque more militari vigiliae deducebantur,

    Sall. Jug. 44, 5; id. C. 59, 1. —
    2.
    Pub. law t. t., to lead forth, conduct a colony to a place:

    coloni, qui lege Julia Capuam deducti erant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 81:

    colonos in aliquem locum,

    id. ib. 28:

    coloniam in aliquem locum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 3; 2, 4; Liv. 10, 1; 10, 13; 34, 45 (repeatedly); Suet. Tib. 4 al.:

    Aquileia colonia Latina eo anno in agro Gallorum est deducta,

    Liv. 40, 34; cf.:

    in colonia Capua deducti,

    Suet. Caes. 81:

    ut emantur agri a privatis, quo plebs publice deducatur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 26;

    2, 34, 92: triumvir coloniis deducendis,

    Sall. J. 42; cf. Liv. 9, 46; 9, 28; Suet. Aug. 46 al.— Absol.:

    deductis olim et nobiscum per conubium sociatis, haec patria est,

    Tac. H. 4, 65. —
    3.
    Nautical t. t.
    a.
    To draw out a ship from the docks:

    ex navalibus eorum unam (navem) deducit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 3, 2:

    deducunt socii naves,

    Verg. A. 3, 71.—Hence far more freq. meton., like the Gr. kathelkein, to draw down a ship from the stocks into the sea; to launch, Liv. 21, 17; 41, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 60:

    neque multum abesse (naves) ab eo, quin paucis diebus deduci possent,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 2:

    naves,

    id. ib. 5, 23, 2:

    classem,

    Liv. 36, 41 al.:

    naves litore,

    Verg. A. 4, 398:

    carinas,

    Ov. M. 6, 144; 8, 104 et saep.—
    b.
    Rarely for subducere and the Gr. katagein, to draw a ship into port:

    onerarias naves in portum deducunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2:

    in portum,

    Petr. 101, 8.—
    4.
    Weavers' t. t., to draw out, spin out the thread, yarn:

    dextera tum leviter deducens fila, Catull. 64, 313: filum,

    Ov. M. 4, 36; id. Am. 1, 14, 7; id. H. 9, 77.—Hence, meton., to prepare a web, to weave:

    vetus in tela deducitur argumentum,

    is interwoven, represented in weaving, Ov. M. 6, 69.—
    5.
    t. t. of common life, to lead out, conduct, escort, accompany a person out of the house, as a mark of respect or for protection:

    haec ipsa sunt honorabilia... assurgi, deduci, reduci,

    Cic. de Sen. 18, 63:

    cum magna multitudo optimorum virorum et civium me de domo deduceret,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; Suet. Aug. 29:

    ne deducendi sui causa populum de foro abduceret,

    Liv. 23, 23 fin.; cf. Tac. A. 3, 14:

    a quibus (sc. equitibus Rom.) si domus nostra celebratur, si interdum ad forum deducimur, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 34.—
    b.
    Esp., to conduct a young man to a public teacher:

    dicam hunc a patre continuo ad me esse deductum,

    Cic. Cael. 4, 9; id. Lael. 1, 1; Tac. Dial. 34; Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. ephebum in gymnasium, Petron. 85, 3.—
    c.
    Aliquam alicui, ad aliquem, to lead, conduct a bride (from her father's house) to her husband (cf. denubo):

    bona uxor si ea deducta est usquam cuiquam gentium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 90; cf.

    Catull. 68, 143: virginem juveni marito,

    Tib. 3, 4, 31:

    uni nuptam, ad quem virgo deducta sit,

    Liv. 10, 23:

    nullo exemplo deductae in domum patrui fratris filiae,

    Tac. A. 12, 5; so,

    in domum,

    id. ib. 14, 63; so of the bridegroom himself, to take home the bride:

    domum in cubiculum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 60:

    uxorem domum,

    id. Hec. 1, 2, 60:

    quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14 fin.—Absol.:

    eas velut auspicibus nobilissimis populis deductas esse,

    Liv. 42, 12, 4; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 3, 13.—
    (β).
    In a dishonorable sense, to bring one a concubine, Plaut. Casin. 2, 8, 36; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Caes. 50; id. Ner. 28; cf. also the foll., no. 7.—
    d.
    To lead about in a public procession, Suet. Tib. 17 fin.:

    invidens privata deduci superbo non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. Od. 1, 37, 31:

    tensas,

    Suet. Aug. 43; id. Vesp. 5.—
    e.
    Hence, to drive out, expel = expellere: Arsinoen ex regno, Auct. B. [p. 527] Alex. 33:

    ex possessione,

    Liv. 34, 58, 6. —
    6.
    Jurid. t. t.
    a.
    Aliquem de fundo, to lead away a person from a disputed possession in the presence of witnesses (with or without force: the latter moribus, the former vi solida), in order to procure him the right of action (this was a symbolic procedure preparatory to an action): appellat Fabius, ut aut ipse Tullium deduceret aut ab eo deduceretur. Dicit deducturum se Tullius, etc., Cic. pro Tull. Fragm. § 20; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68;

    placuit Caecinae constituere, quo die in rem praesentem veniretur, et de fundo Caecina moribus deduceretur, etc.,

    id. Caecin. 7, 20.—
    b.
    To bring before a tribunal as a witness:

    multi boni ad hoc judicium deducti non sunt,

    Cic. Flac. 4, 9.—
    c.
    To bring to trial:

    lis ad forum deducta est,

    Phaedr. 3, 13, 3. —
    7.
    With the accessory idea of diminution, to withdraw, deduct, subtract, diminish:

    cibum,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23. And as a mercantile t. t.:

    addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    ut centum nummi deducerentur,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53; cf. Cato R. R. 144 sq.:

    de capite deducite, quod usuris pernumeratum est,

    Liv. 6, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 42 et saep.—Hence in a double sense: Tertia deducta est (in allusion to the meaning, no. 5, c. b), Suet. Caes. 50; cf. the same account in Macr. S. 2, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bring down, bring or lead away, withdraw, bring, lead: quare, si placet, deduc orationem tuam de coelo ad haec citeriora, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 85, 20, and 289, 9:

    licet enim contrahere universitatem generis humani, eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere in singulos,

    id. N. D. 2, 65 fin.:

    aliquem de animi lenitate,

    id. Cat. 2, 13; cf.:

    aliquem de animi pravitate,

    Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10 fin.:

    aliquem de sententia,

    Cic. Brut. 25 fin.:

    aliquem de fide,

    id. Verr. 1, 9, 25 et saep.:

    perterritos a timore,

    id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

    aliquem a tristitia, ab acerbitate,

    id. de Or. 2, 83 fin.:

    aliquem ab humanitate, a pietate, a religione,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6 (for which, shortly before, abducere):

    aliquem a vera accusatione,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 6 fin.; id. Fam. 1, 1, 2 et saep.:

    voluntates impellere quo velit, unde autem velit deducere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

    mos unde deductus,

    derived, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 19; cf.:

    nomen ab Anco,

    Ov. F. 6, 803:

    quae tandem ea est disciplina, ad quam me deducas,

    Cic. Acad. 2, 36:

    aliquem ad fletum misericordiamque,

    id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

    aliquem ad eam sententiam,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 5; 6, 10, 2:

    rem ad arma,

    id. B. C. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:

    rem ad otium,

    id. ib. 1, 5 fin.:

    plura argumenta ad unum effectum,

    Quint. 9, 2, 103 et saep.:

    quam in fortunam quamque in amplitudinem deduxisset (Aeduos),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 54, 3; so,

    aliquem in eum casum,

    id. ib. 2, 31, 6:

    aliquem in periculum,

    id. ib. 7, 50, 4: Quint. 4, 2, 12; cf.:

    rem in summum periculum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 1, 19, 3:

    rem in controversiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

    aliquem in causam,

    Liv. 36, 5:

    in societatem belli,

    id. 36, 7 et saep.:

    huc jam deduxerat rem, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 62; so,

    rem huc, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 86, 3:

    deduxisti totam hanc rem in duo genera solum causarum, caetera innumerabilia exercitationi reliquisti,

    have brought, reduced, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71; id. Cat. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    rem in eum locum, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 16, 12:

    quem in locum,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 3:

    ergo huc universa causa deducitur, utrum, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:

    rerum divisio in duos articulos deducitur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 2:

    audi, quo rem deducam,

    what I aim at, what I have in view, to what conclusion I will bring the matter, Hor. S. 1, 1, 15:

    Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos,

    transfer, transplant, id. Od. 3, 30, 14; cf.:

    in patriam deducere musas,

    Verg. G. 3, 10. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To mislead, seduce, entice, induce, bring one to an opinion (rare):

    adolescentibus et oratione magistratus et praemio deductis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 6; id. B. C. 1, 7, 1:

    sibi esse facile, Seuthen regem Thracum deducere, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Alcib. 8:

    aliquem vero,

    from the truth, Lucr. 1, 370.—
    2.
    To spin out a literary composition, like a thread, i. e. to elaborate, prepare, compose ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose):

    tenui deducta poëmata filo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225:

    mille die versus,

    id. Sat. 2, 1, 4; Ov. Pont. 1, 5, 13:

    carmina,

    id. Tr. 1, 1, 39; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 71: nihil expositum, Juv. 7, 54:

    commentarios,

    Quint. 3, 6, 59:

    oratio deducta atque circumlata,

    finely spun out, id. 4, 1, 60 al.:

    primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen,

    Ov. M. 1, 3; cf. id. Tr. 2, 560; Hor. A. P. 129:

    opus,

    Manil. 1, 3. —
    3.
    (Another figure borrowed from spinning.) To make finer, thinner, weaker; to attenuate: vocem deducas oportet, ut mulieris videantur verba, Pompon. ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: "Odusseus" ad "Ulixem" deductus est, Quint. 1, 4, 16; cf. P. a. B.—
    4.
    To derive (of the origin of words):

    nomen Christianorum a Christo deducitur,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 14;

    id. de Virg. vel. 5: diximus nomen religionis a vinculo pietatis esse deductum,

    Lact. 4, 28, 12; cf.:

    sed et Pharnacion (cognominatur) a Pharnace rege deductum,

    Plin. 25, 4, 14, § 33.—
    5.
    To remove, cure, of physical evils:

    brassica de capite omnia deducet et sanum faciet,

    Cato R. R. 157, 6:

    corpore febres, animo curas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47.—
    6.
    To bring down (late Lat.):

    deducis ad inferos,

    i. e. to death, Vulg. Tobiae, 13, 2; id. Gen. 42, 38; id. 1 Reg. 2, 6.—
    7.
    Law t. t., to withhold:

    cum in mancipanda proprietate (usus fructus) deducatur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 33.—Hence,

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  • 3 dē-dūcō

        dē-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    （imper. deduc, C.; deduce, T.), to lead away, draw out, turn aside, divert, bring out, remove, drive off, draw down: atomos de viā: eum contionari conantem de rostris, drag down, Cs.: aliquem ex ultimis gentibus: summā vestem ab orā, O.: Cantando rigidas montibus ornos, V.: canendo cornua lunae, i. e. bring to light (from eclipse), O.: dominam Ditis thalamo, V.: tota carbasa malo, i. e. unfurl, O.: febrīs corpore, H.: molliunt clivos, ut elephanti deduci possent, L.: rivos, i. e. to clear out, V.: aqua Albana deducta ad utilitatem agri, conducted off: imbres deducunt Iovem, i. e. Jupiter descends in, etc., H.: crinīs pectine, to comb, O.: vela, O.: deductae est fallacia Lunae, Pr.: hunc ad militem, T.: suas vestīs umero ad pectora, O.: in mare undas, O.: alqm in conspectum (Caesaris), Cs.: ab augure deductus in arcem, L.: aliquem in carcerem, S.: mediā sulcum deducis harenā, i. e. are dragged to execution, Iu.—Of troops, to draw off, lead off, withdraw, lead, conduct, bring: nostros de valle, Cs.: ab opere legiones, Cs.: finibus Attali exercitum, L.: praesidia, Cs.: legionibus in hiberna deductis, Cs.: in aciem, L.: neque more militari vigiliae deducebantur, S.—Of colonists, to lead forth, conduct: coloni lege Iuliā Capuam deducti, Cs.: milites in colonias: triumvir coloniis deducendis, S.: illi qui initio deduxerant, the founders, N.—Of ships, to draw out (from the dock): ex navalibus eorum (navem), Cs.: Deducunt socii navīs, V.—To draw down, launch: celoces viginti, L.: neque multum abesse (navīs) ab eo, quin paucis diebus deduci possent, Cs.: navīs litore, V.: carinas, O.: deducendus in mare, set adrift, Iu. — To bring into port: navīs in portum, Cs.—In weaving, to draw out, spin out: pollice filum, O.: fila, Ct.: stamina colo, Tb.—Poet.: vetus in tela deducitur argumentum, is interwoven, O. — Of personal attendance, in gen., to lead, conduct, escort, accompany: te domum: me de domo: deducendi sui causā populum de foro abducere, L.: quem luna solet deducere, Iu.: deducam, will be his escort, H. — To conduct a young man to a public teacher: a patre deductus ad Scaevolam.—Of a bride, to lead, conduct (to her husband): uni nuptam, ad quem virgo deducta sit, L.: domum in cubiculum, to take home, T.: quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est, Cs.—To lead in procession, conduct, show: deduci superbo triumpho, H.—In law, to eject, exclude, put out of possession (a claimant of land): ut aut ipse Tullium deduceret aut ab eo deduceretur: de fundo deduci.—To expel, exclude: alqm ex possessione, L.—To summon, bring (as a witness): ad hoc iudicium.—To take away, subtract, withdraw, deduct, diminish: cibum, T.: addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat: de capite, quod usuris pernumeratum est, L.— Fig., to bring down, lead away, divert, withdraw, bring, lead, derive, deduce, reduce: alqm de animi lenitate: alqm de fide: me a verā accusatione: mos unde deductus, derived, H.: nomen ab Anco, O.: alqm ad fletum: rem ad arma, Cs.: ad humum maerore, bows, H.: ad sua flagra Quirites, subdue under, Iu.: in eum casum deduci, Cs.: rem in controversiam, Cs.: rem huc, ut, etc., Cs.: audi, quo rem deducam, what I have in view, H.: Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos, transfer, H.: in patriam deducere musas, V.—To mislead, seduce, entice, induce, bring, instigate: adulescentibus oratione deductis, Cs.: a quibus (inimicis) deductus, Cs.—To spin out, string out, compose (poet.): tenui deducta poëmata filo, H.: mille die versūs, H.: nihil expositum, Iu: carmen in actūs, H. — To remove, expel, cure: corpore febrīs, H.: haec (vitia) deducuntur de corpore, i. e. men try to remove.

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  • 4 trahō

        trahō trāxī （ inf perf. trāxe for trāxisse, V.), tractus, ere    [TRAG-], to draw, drag, haul, train along, draw off, pull forth, drag away: cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur, Cs.: trahantur pedibus omnes rei (sc. ad supplicium): Hector circum sua Pergama tractus, O.: nullum vacuum tractum esse remum, pulled: limum harenamque fluctūs trahunt, S.: Hectoris umbra circum sua Pergama, to trail, O.—Of followers or attendants, to lead, draw, take along, be followed by: exercitum, L.: Sacra manu victosque deos, V.: uxor, quam comitem trahebat, Cu.— To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw: haerentia viscere tela, O.: e corpore ferrum, O.: Te quoque, Luna, traho, drag down, O.— To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle: voltum, rugasque coëgit, O.— To draw, draw up, draw in, take in, quaff, inhale: Pocula fauce, quaff, H.: ex puteis iugibus aquam trahi (videmus): Odorem naribus, Ph.: exiguā in spe animam, L.: spiritum, Cu.: penitus suspiria, to heave sighs, O.: imo a pectore vocem, V.— To take on, assume, acquire, get: Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores, V.: sannam cutis durata trahebat, O.: lapidis figuram, O.— To drag away violently, carry off, plunder: rapere omnes, trahere, S.: de nobis trahere spolia: praedam ex agris, L.— To make away with, dissipate, squander: pecuniam, S.— To draw out, spin, manufacture: lanam, Iu.: vellera digitis, O.: Laconicas purpuras, H.—Fig., to draw, draw along, lead on, force, attract, allure, influence: trahimur omnes studio laudis: trahit sua quemque voluptas, V.: me in aliam partem, to gain over: ad Poenos rem, L.: si alii alio trahunt res, i. e. if they divide into factions, L.: per principes factionibus et studiis trahuntur, Ta.: longius nos ab incepto, divert, S.— To drag, lead, bring: plures secum in eandem calamitatem: ad defectionem Lucanos, L.: traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem, O.— To draw to, appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to: hi numero avium regnum trahebant, i. e. laid claim to, L.: omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur, S.: Iovis equis aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem trahebant, i. e. regarded as impious presumption, L.: spinas Traxit in exemplum, took, O.: apud civīs partem doloris publica trahebat clades, appropriated, L.— To drag, distract: meum animum divorse, T.: in aliam partem mente trahi, Cs.— To weigh, ponder, consider: belli atque pacis rationes, S.: consilium, i. e. form a plan, S.— To get, obtain, derive, acquire, experience: maiorem ex peste rei p. molestiam: nomen ab illis, O.: multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse, adopted, Ta.—In time, to protract, drag out, linger through, extend, prolong, lengthen, delay, retard: vitam in tenebris, V.: si trahitur bellum: de industriā rem in serum, L.: iurgiis tempus, S.: Marius anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum, i. e. deliberated, S.
    * * *
    trahere, traxi, tractus V
    draw, drag, haul; derive, get

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  • 5 detraho

    dē-trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. detraxe, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 15), v. a., to draw or take off, draw away, draw or take down; to pull down; to take away, remove, withdraw (class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc. and de or ex with abl.:

    crumenam sibi de collo,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 7:

    anulum de digito,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 38:

    aliquem de curru,

    Cic. Cael. 14 fin. et saep.:

    aliquem ex cruce,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

    stramenta e mulis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 2:

    homines ex provinciis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1; cf.:

    inimicum ex Gallia,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    Hannibalem ex Italia,

    Liv. 29, 20;

    aliquem pedibus e tribunali,

    Suet. Rhet. 6 et saep.—
    (β).
    With acc. and dat.:

    nudo vestimenta detrahere me jubes,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79:

    alicui anulum,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31:

    vestem alicui,

    id. Eun. 4, 4, 40:

    amiculum alicui,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

    torquem alicui,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

    loricam alicui,

    Verg. A. 5, 260 et saep.: tegumenta scutis, Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5:

    frenos equis,

    Liv. 4, 33 et saep.:

    virum equo,

    Liv. 22, 47; cf.:

    aliquem in transvehendo,

    Suet. Aug. 38.
    (γ).
    With acc. alone: vestimenta, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    veste detracta,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

    soccos detrahunt (servi),

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 72:

    detractis insignibus imperatoris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96, 3:

    vestem,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 262;

    statuas,

    Just. 38, 8, 12.—
    (δ).
    With ad, in, or trans:

    castella trans Euphraten,

    Tac. A. 15, 17 et saep.:

    aliquem in judicium,

    Cic. Mil. 8, 38; cf.:

    aliquem ad accusationem,

    id. Clu. 68, 179:

    aliquem ad aequum certamen,

    Liv. 22, 13:

    tauros ad terram cornibus,

    Suet. Claud. 21; cf.: naves ad terram, Auct. B. Alex. 10 fin.:

    dominationem in carcerem et catenas,

    Flor. 1, 24, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In medic. lang., to purge, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48 et saep.—
    2.
    With the accessory idea of depriving or diminishing, to remove, withdraw, take away a thing from any one; to draw off, remove, take away from any thing.
    (α).
    With acc. and de or ex with abl.:

    multa de suis commodis,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid de summa,

    Lucr. 3, 513; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181:

    aliquid ex ea summa,

    id. Att. 10, 5; and:

    nihil de vivo,

    id. Fl. 37:

    ex tertia acie singulas cohortes,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 3; cf.:

    detractis cohortibus duabus,

    id. B. G. 3, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    With acc. and dat.:

    cum ei eidem detraxisset Armeniam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 37 fin.:

    scuto militi detracto,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    coronam capiti,

    Liv. 38, 47; cf. Hor. S. 1, 10, 48:

    auxilia illi,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

    fasces indigno (opp. deferre),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34 et saep.:

    pellem hostiae,

    to flay, Vulg. Levit. 1, 6.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and ab with abl.:

    aliquid ab homine,

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to pull down, to lower (very rarely):

    regum majestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium,

    Liv. 37, 45, 18:

    superbiam,

    Vulg. Isa. 23, 9.—Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to withdraw, take away, take; to lower in estimation, disparage, detract from.
    (α).
    With de or ex:

    detractis de homine sensibus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30; cf.:

    quicquam de nostra benevolentia,

    id. Fam. 5, 2 fin.:

    tantum sibi de facultate,

    id. Brut. 70 fin.; cf.:

    studiose de absentibus detrahendi causa, severe dicitur,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

    de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo,

    Cic. Pis. 29, 71: aliquid de aliquo, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

    de hoc senatu detrahere,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; so,

    de aliquo,

    id. Att. 11, 11 fin.; Nep. Chabr. 3, 3:

    de se,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

    de rebus gestis alicujus,

    Nep. Timol. 5, 3:

    quantum detraxit ex studio, tantum amisit ex gloria,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 236; cf. id. Div. ap. Caecil. 15, 49; id. Fam. 1, 5, a.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    nihil tibi detraxit senatus nisi, etc. (opp. dare),

    id. ib. 1, 5, b; cf.

    opp. concedere,

    id. de Or. 2, 71; Quint. 11, 1, 71:

    honorem debitum ordini,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11:

    illam opinionem maerenti,

    id. Tusc. 3, 31, 76:

    auctoritatem Cottae,

    Quint. 6, 5, 10:

    fidem sibi,

    id. 2, 17, 15; 5, 7, 4 al.:

    errorem animis,

    Ov. M. 2, 39:

    multum alicui,

    Nep. Eum. 1, 2:

    regi,

    Vulg. Eccles. 10, 20.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aliquid dicere detrahendae spoliandaeque dignitatis alicujus gratia,

    Cic. Cael. 2 et saep.:

    laudis simulatione detrahitur,

    Quint. 8, 6, 55; id. 12, 9, 7.—
    C.
    To withhold:

    ususfructus in mancipanda proprietate detrahi potest,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 33.

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  • 6 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 7 refero

    rĕ-fĕro, rettŭli (also written retuli), rĕlātum (rēlātum or rellatum, Lucr. 2, 1001), rĕferre, v. a. irr., to bear, carry, bring, draw, or give back (very freq. and class.; cf.: reduco, reporto, retraho).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Ingen.: zonas, quas plenas argenti extuli, eas ex provinciā inanes rettuli, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.:

    arma,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 25:

    vasa domum,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 25; cf.:

    pallam domum,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 59; 4, 2, 97; 98; cf.:

    anulum ad me,

    id. Cas. 2, 1, 1;

    and simply pallam, spinther,

    id. Men. 3, 3, 16; 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 56:

    secum aurum,

    id. Aul. 4, 5, 4:

    exta,

    id. Poen. 2, 44:

    uvidum rete sine squamoso pecu,

    id. Rud. 4, 3, 5:

    aestus aliquem in portum refert,

    id. As. 1, 3, 6:

    Auster me ad tribulos tuos Rhegium rettulit,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, reterrentur, Caes. B. G. 4, 28:

    me referunt pedes in Tusculanum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; cf.:

    aliquem lecticae impositum domum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; and:

    in Palatium,

    id. Vit. 16: intro referre pedem, to turn one ' s feet back, to return, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 50; cf.:

    incertus tuum cave ad me rettuleris pedem,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 3:

    caelo rettulit illa pedem,

    Ov. H. 16, 88; 15, 186:

    fertque refertque pedes,

    id. F. 6, 334 (for a different use of the phrase, v. infra B. 2.):

    in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria),

    Verg. A. 11, 290:

    in convivia gressum,

    Sil. 11, 355:

    in thalamos cursum,

    id. 8, 89:

    ad nomen caput ille refert,

    turns his head, looks back, Ov. M. 3, 245:

    suumque Rettulit os in se,

    drew back, concealed, id. ib. 2, 303:

    ad Tuneta rursum castra refert,

    Liv. 30, 16:

    corpus in monumentum,

    Petr. 113:

    relatis Lacedaemona (ossibus),

    Just. 3, 3, 12:

    gemmam non ad os, sed ad genas,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 5: digitos ad os referre, to draw back (v. digitus), Quint. 11, 3, 103:

    digitos ad frontem saepe,

    Ov. M. 15, 567:

    manum ad capulum,

    Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.:

    rursus enses vaginae,

    Sil. 7, 508:

    pecunias monumentaque, in templum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

    caput ejus in castra,

    id. B. G. 5, 58:

    vulneratos in locum tutum,

    id. B. C. 2, 41:

    cornua (urorum) in publicum,

    id. B. G. 6, 28:

    frumentum omne ad se referri jubet,

    id. ib. 7, 71:

    signa militaria, scutum, litteras ad Caesarem,

    id. ib. 7, 88; id. B. C. 3, 53; 3, 99; id. B. G. 1, 29; 5, 49:

    Caesaris capite relato,

    id. B. C. 3, 19 fin. —
    b.
    Esp.: referre se, to go back, return:

    Romam se rettulit,

    Cic. Fl. 21, 50:

    sese in castra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.:

    se huc,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 2:

    domum me Ad porri catinum,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 115:

    sese ab Argis (Juno),

    Verg. A. 7, 286:

    se ab aestu,

    Ov. M. 14, 52; cf.:

    se de Britannis ovans,

    Tac. A. 13, 32:

    causam Cleanthes offert, cur se sol referat,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37.—
    c.
    Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive:

    sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

    classem relatam,

    Verg. A. 1, 390:

    nunc Itali in tergum versis referuntur habenis,

    Sil. 4, 317; 7, 623.—
    d.
    To withdraw, remove:

    fines benignitatis introrsus referre,

    to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5:

    Seleucia ab mari relata,

    remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere):

    scyphos, quos utendos dedi Philodamo, rettuleritne?

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34; cf. id. Aul. 4, 10, 29; 37; 38;

    and, pateram (surreptam),

    Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54:

    argentum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 29; so (with reddere) id. Curc. 5, 3, 45:

    mercedem (with reddere),

    id. As. 2, 4, 35; cf.:

    octonis idibus aera,

    to pay the money for tuition. Hor. S. 1, 6, 75 (v. idus):

    si non Rettuleris pannum,

    id. Ep. 1, 17, 32; 1, 6, 60:

    verum, si plus dederis, referam,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112.—
    2.
    Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., to draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat (different from the gen. signif., to return, and the above passages):

    vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.:

    ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant,

    id. B. C. 2, 40; Liv. 7, 33; so,

    referre pedem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44 (with loco excedere); Cic. Phil. 12, 3 (opp. insistere); Liv. 3, 60 (opp. restituitur pugna);

    21, 8 al.— For the sake of euphony: referre gradum: cum pedes referret gradum,

    Liv. 1, 14. —

    And, in a like sense, once mid.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebatur,

    Liv. 8, 8, 11.—
    b.
    Transf., out of the milit. sphere:

    feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator),

    Phaedr. 2, 1, 8; cf.:

    viso rettulit angue pedem,

    Ov. F. 2, 342; 6, 334:

    rettulit ille gradus horrueruntque comae,

    id. ib. 2, 502:

    (in judiciis) instare proficientibus et ab iis, quae non adjuvant, quam mollissime pedem oportet referre,

    Quint. 6, 4, 19.
    II.
    Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring, draw, or give back.
    A.
    In gen.: (Saxum) ejulatu... Resonando mutum flebiles voces refert, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.); cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

    sonum,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 144; id. Or. 12, 38; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201 al.:

    voces,

    Ov. M. 12, 47; cf.:

    Coëamus rettulit Echo,

    id. ib. 3, 387: cum ex CXXV. judicibus reus L. referret, restored to the list, i. e. retained, accepted (opp. quinque et LXX. reiceret), Cic. Planc. 17:

    o mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos!

    Verg. A. 8, 560; cf.: tibi tempora, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13:

    festas luces (sae culum),

    id. ib. 4, 6, 42:

    dies siccos (sol),

    id. ib. 3, 29, 20 et saep.:

    hoc quidem jam periit: Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3:

    ad amicam meras querimonias referre,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 65:

    hic in suam domum ignominiam et calamitatem rettulit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; cf.:

    pro re certā spem falsam domum rettulerunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

    rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    servati civis decus referre,

    Tac. A. 3, 21:

    e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam,

    to turn back, turn towards, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

    oculos animumque ad aliquem,

    id. Quint. 14, 47:

    animum ad studia,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    animum ad veritatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48:

    animum ad firmitudinem,

    Tac. A. 3, 6 et saep.:

    multa dies variique labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius,

    brought to a better state, Verg. A. 11, 426:

    uterque se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem refert,

    Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; so,

    se ad philosophiam referre,

    to go back, return, id. Off. 2, 1, 4:

    ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 77.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo):

    denique Par pari referto,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; cf.:

    quod ab ipso adlatum est, id sibi esse relatum putet,

    id. Phorm. prol. 21:

    ut puto, non poteris ipsa referre vicem,

    pay him back in his own coin, Ov. A. A. 1, 370; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1337. — Esp. in the phrase referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show one ' s gratitude (by deeds), to recompense, requite (cf.:

    gratiam habeo): spero ego mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratium referam parem,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 39:

    parem gratiam,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51:

    et habetur et refertur, Thais, a me ita, uti merita es, gratia,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

    meritam gratiam debitamque,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14:

    justam ac debitam gratiam,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam,

    id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; 1, 11, 28; id. Off. 2, 20, 69:

    fecisti ut tibi numquam referre gratiam possim,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12; id. Most. 1, 3, 57; id. Pers. 5, 2, 71; id. Ps. 1, 3, 86; id. Rud. 5, 3, 36 al.; Cic. Lael. 15, 53; Caes. B. G. 1, 35:

    alicui pro ejus meritis gratiam referre,

    id. ib. 5, 27 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 39; 3, 1, fin.:

    gratiam emeritis,

    Ov. P. 1, 7, 61:

    gratiam factis,

    id. Tr. 5, 4, 47.— Plur.:

    pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores ei habeantur gratiaeque referantur,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39; 10, 11, 1:

    dis advenientem gratias pro meritis agere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27; v. gratia.—
    2.
    To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.:

    (Hecyram) Iterum referre,

    to produce it again, Ter. Hec. prol. 7; id. ib. prol. alt. 21 and 30; cf. Hor. A. P. 179.— So, to bring up for reconsideration:

    rem judicatam,

    Cic. Dom. 29, 78:

    ludunt... Dictaeos referunt Curetas,

    Lucr. 2, 633:

    Actia pugna per pueros refertur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 62: institutum referri ac renovari, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; cf.:

    consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata,

    id. ib. 21, 67:

    te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc rettulisse demiror,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 86:

    cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint eandemque totius caeli descriptionem longis intervallis retulerint,

    id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    mysteria ad quae biduo serius veneram,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

    quasdam caerimonias ex magno intervallo,

    Liv. 3, 55:

    antiquum morem,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    consuetudinem antiquam,

    id. Tib. 32 et saep.:

    cum aditus consul idem illud responsum rettulit,

    repeated, Liv. 37, 6 fin.:

    veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem,

    to restore, Cic. Fl. 1, 1:

    hunc morem, hos casus atque haec certamina primus Ascanius Rettulit,

    Verg. A. 5, 598:

    O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,

    id. ib. 8, 560.—
    b.
    To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.:

    referre Naturam, mores, victum motusque parentum,

    to reproduce, Lucr. 1, 597:

    majorum vultus vocesque comasque,

    id. 4, 1221:

    mores, os vultusque ejus (sc. patris),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9:

    parentis sui speciem,

    Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

    (Tellus) partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, partim nova monstra creavit,

    Ov. M. 1, 437:

    faciem demptā pelle novam,

    Tib. 1, 8, 46:

    temporis illius vultum,

    Ov. M. 13, 443: si quis mihi parvulus aulā Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore [p. 1545] referret, might represent, resemble thee, Verg. A. 4, 329; cf.:

    nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem,

    id. ib. 12, 348:

    Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    neque amissos colores lana refert,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 28.—
    3.
    To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.;

    in late Lat. saepissime): certorum hominum sermones referebantur ad me,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10 Orell. N. cr.:

    tales miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam),

    Verg. A. 4, 438:

    pugnam referunt,

    Ov. M. 12, 160:

    factum dictumve,

    Liv. 6, 40:

    si quis hoc referat exemplum,

    Quint. 5, 11, 8:

    in epistulis Cicero haec Bruti refert verba,

    id. 6, 3, 20:

    quale refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput eum, etc.,

    id. 6, 3, 67 et saep.:

    quaecunque refers,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60; 2, 1, 130:

    sermones deorum,

    id. C. 3, 3, 71:

    multum referens de Maecenate,

    Juv. 1, 66. —With obj.-clause, Suet. Caes. 30; Ov. M. 1, 700; 4, 796:

    Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere refer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2 al.; cf. poet. by Greek attraction:

    quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos,

    Ov. M. 13, 141; and:

    referre aliquid in annales,

    Liv. 4, 34 fin., and 43, 13, 2:

    ut Proetum mulier perfida credulum Falsis impulerit criminibus, refert,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 16.— Absol.:

    quantum, inquam, debetis? Respondent CVI. Refero ad Scaptium,

    I report, announce it to Scaptius, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

    in quo primum saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum,

    reported, stated, id. Brut. 57, 288:

    (Hortensius) nullo referente, omnia adversariorum dicta meminisset,

    id. ib. 88, 301:

    abi, quaere, et refer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53. —
    b.
    Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one ' s self, call to mind:

    tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert,

    Ov. M. 15, 27:

    si forte refers,

    id. Am. 2, 8, 17:

    haec refer,

    id. R. Am. 308:

    saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae,

    id. ib. 299:

    mente memor refero,

    id. M. 15, 451:

    foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae,

    id. ib. 1, 165; cf.:

    illam meminitque refertque,

    id. ib. 11, 563.—
    c.
    Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo):

    id me non ad meam defensionem attulisse, sed illorum defensioni rettulisse,

    Cic. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ego tibi refero,

    I reply to you, id. ib. 29, 85, §

    84: ut si esset dictum, etc., et referret aliquis Ergo, etc.,

    id. Fat. 13, 30:

    quid a nobis autem refertur,

    id. Quint. 13, 44: retices;

    nec mutua nostris Dicta refers,

    Ov. M. 1, 656; 14, 696:

    Musa refert,

    id. ib. 5, 337; id. F. 5, 278:

    Anna refert,

    Verg. A. 4, 31:

    talia voce,

    id. ib. 1, 94:

    pectore voces,

    id. ib. 5, 409:

    tandem pauca refert,

    id. ib. 4, 333 et saep. —
    d.
    Publicists' t. t.
    (α).
    To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare:

    legati haec se ad suos relaturos dixerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9; cf.:

    cujus orationem legati domum referunt,

    id. B. C. 1, 35: responsa (legati), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 380, 31:

    legationem Romam,

    Liv. 7, 32:

    mandata ad aliquem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

    responsa,

    id. B. G. 1, 35; cf.:

    mandata alicui,

    id. ib. 1, 37:

    numerum capitum ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 33 fin.:

    rumores excipere et ad aliquem referre,

    Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

    Ubii paucis diebus intermissis referunt, Suevos omnes, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 10; Liv. 3, 38, 12.—
    (β).
    Ad senatum de aliquā re referre (less freq with acc., a rel.-clause, or absol.), to make a motion or proposition in the Senate; to consult, refer to, or lay before the Senate; to move, bring forward, propose: VTI L. PAVLVS C. MARCELLVS COSS... DE CONSVLARIBVS PROVINCIIS AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID PRIVS... AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID CONIVNCTVM DE EA RE REFERRETVR A CONSVLIBVS, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq.: de legibus abrogandis ad senatum referre. Cic. Cornel. 1, Fragm. 8 (p. 448 Orell.); cf.:

    de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    de ejus honore ad senatum referre,

    id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

    de eā re postulant uti referatur. Itaque consulente Cicerone frequens senatus decernit, etc.,

    Sall. C. 48, 5, 6:

    rem ad senatum refert,

    id. ib. 29, 1; cf.:

    tunc relata ex integro res ad senatum,

    Liv. 21, 5:

    rem ad senatum,

    id. 2, 22:

    consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui, etc.,

    Sall. C. 50, 3: ut ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari (a consulibus) non potuit. Referunt consules de re publicā, Caes. B. C. 1, 1; cf.:

    refer, inquis, ad senatum. Non referam,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20.—

    Of other bodies than the Senate (cf.: defero, fero): C. Cassium censorem de signo Concordiae dedicando ad pontificum collegium rettulisse,

    Cic. Dom. 53, 136: eam rem ad consilium cum rettulisset Fabius. Liv. 24, 45, 2; 30, 4, 9:

    est quod referam ad consilium,

    id. 30, 31, 9; 44, 2, 5; Curt. 4, 11, 10.— Per syllepsin: DE EA RE AD SENATVM POPVLVMQVE REFERRI, since referre ad populum was not used in this sense (for ferre ad populum); v. fero, and the foll. g:

    de hoc (sc. Eumene) Antigonus ad consilium rettulit,

    Nep. Eum. 12, 1.— Transf., to make a reference, to refer (class.): de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum;

    ad quem etiam Athenienses publice de majoribus rebus semper rettulerunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122; cf. Nep. Lys. 3; Cic. Quint. 16, 53.— Different from this is, *
    (γ).
    Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.;

    v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1006): factum est illorum aequitate et sapientiā consulum, ut id, quod senatus decreverat, id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrarentur,

    Cic. Clu. 49, 137; cf. Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 29; Liv. 22, 20; Val. Max. 8, 10, 1.—
    e.
    A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.:

    cum scirem, ita indicium in tabulas publicas relatum,

    Cic. Sull. 15, 42:

    in tabulas quodcumque commodum est,

    id. Fl. 9, 20:

    nomen in tabulas, in codicem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4:

    quod reliquum in commentarium,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 7:

    quid in libellum,

    id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    tuas epistulas in volumina,

    i. e. to admit, id. Fam. 16, 17 init.; cf.:

    orationem in Origines,

    id. Brut. 23, 89 al.:

    in reos, in proscriptos referri,

    to be set down among, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27:

    absentem in reos,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 109; cf.:

    aliquem inter proscriptos,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    anulos quoque depositos a nobilitate, in annales relatum est,

    Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18:

    senatūs consulta falsa (sc. in aerarium),

    enter, register, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Phil. 5, 4, 12. —Entirely absol.:

    ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent,

    Liv. 26, 36 fin. —Here, too, belongs referre rationes or aliquid (in rationibus, ad aerarium, ad aliquem, alicui), to give, present, or render an account:

    rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2;

    and rationes referre alone: in rationibus referendis... rationum referendarum jus, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 20, 1; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77; 2, 3, 71, § 167:

    referre rationes publicas ad Caesarem cum fide,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20 fin.:

    si hanc ex fenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167:

    (pecuniam) in aerarium,

    Liv. 37, 57, 12; cf.: pecuniam operi publico, to charge to, i. e. to set down as applied to, Cic. Fl. 19, 44.— So, too, acceptum and in acceptum referre, to place to one ' s credit, in a lit. and trop. sense (v. accipio).— Hence, transf.: aliquem (aliquid) in numero (as above, in rationibus), in numerum, etc., to count or reckon a person or thing among:

    Democritus, qui imagines eorumque circuitus in deorum numero refert,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

    (Caesar, Claudius) in deorum numerum relatus est,

    Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 45:

    Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 34:

    nostri oratorii libri in Eundem librorum numerum referendi videntur,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 4: hoc nomen in codicem relatum, id. Rosc. Com. B. and K. (al. in codice).—With inter (postAug. and freq.):

    ut inter deos referretur (August.),

    Suet. Aug. 97:

    diem inter festos, nefastos,

    Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.:

    hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur,

    id. G. 46; Suet. Claud. 11; id. Tib. 53:

    dumque refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse situs,

    Ov. M. 7, 302:

    intellectum est, quod inter divos quoque referretur,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14:

    inter sidera referre,

    Hyg. Fab. 192:

    inter praecipua crudelitatis indicia referendus,

    Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 5:

    inter insulas,

    Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48:

    dicebat quasdam esse quaestiones, quae deberent inter res judicatas referri,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 12:

    eodem Q. Caepionem referrem,

    I should place in the same category, Cic. Brut. 62, 223.—
    4.
    Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing:

    qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    omnia ad igneam vim,

    id. N. D. 3, 14, 35:

    omnia ad incolumitatem et ad libertatem suam,

    id. Rep. 1, 32, 49; 1, 26, 41:

    in historiā quaeque ad veritatem, in poëmate pleraque ad delectationem,

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. Off. 1, 16, 52 et saep. al.:

    hunc ipsum finem definiebas id esse, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur, neque id ipsum usquam referretur,

    id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; cf.

    nusquam,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 29:

    ad commonendum oratorem, quo quidque referat,

    id. de Or. 1, 32, 145:

    hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 6.— With dat.:

    cujus adversa pravitati ipsius, prospera ad fortunam referebat,

    Tac. A. 14, 38 fin. — In Tac. once with in:

    quidquid ubique magnificum est, in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus,

    Tac. G. 34.—Rarely of persons;

    as: tuum est Caesar, quid nunc mihi animi sit, ad te ipsum referre,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 7.— Absol.: ita inserere oportet referentem ad fructum, meliore genere ut sit surculus, etc., one who looks to or cares for the fruit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.—
    5.
    Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon, accuse, hold responsible for, etc. (post-Aug.):

    hic, quod in adversis rebis solet fieri, alius in alium culpam referebant,

    Curt. 4, 3, 7; Aug. contr. Man. 2, 17, 25 Hier. Epp. 1, 9 fin.: cf.:

    augere ejus, in quem referet crimen, culpam,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 83:

    causa ad matrem referebatur,

    Tac. A. 6, 49:

    causam abscessus ad Sejani artes,

    id. ib. 4, 57.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > refero

  • 8 scribo

    scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):

    in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:

    litteras, tabellas,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:

    (littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:

    nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,

    id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;

    12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:

    hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:

    scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,

    id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:

    in aquā,

    Cat. 68, 4; cf.

    also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,

    Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):

    scribere decore,

    to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:

    erat scriptum ipsius manu,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    suā manu scripsit,

    Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:

    si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,

    has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:

    totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,

    Cat. 37, 10:

    (Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

    ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,

    draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:

    quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,

    i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:

    scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,

    Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:

    inscripta, insculpta),

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:

    arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,

    Stat. Th. 11, 514.—
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,

    id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,

    historiam,

    id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:

    bellum,

    Liv. 21, 1:

    res gestas,

    Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:

    librum de rebus rusticis,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

    scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

    in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4:

    carmen in aliquem,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    libellos,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:

    notas,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 90:

    Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):

    versus,

    Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:

    carmina,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:

    poëmata,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):

    formam et situm agri alicui,

    to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:

    epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:

    haec scripsi properans,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

    litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,

    Liv. 41, 16:

    plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:

    scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,

    id. ib. 6, 4, 11:

    haec ad te scripsi verbosius,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:

    scriptā jam epistulā superiore,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

    non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,

    id. Att. 4, 4, a:

    epistulam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:

    scribere salutem,

    to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:

    laudes atque gratias populo Romano,

    Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:

    nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,

    written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

    per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,

    Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:

    scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,

    id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—
    (β).
    With object-clause:

    in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:

    ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:

    Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

    quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 1:

    Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 15, 8, 2:

    Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 92:

    post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:

    eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:

    scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—
    (γ).
    With rel.-clause:

    nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:

    scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

    id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

    ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

    Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,

    Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:

    poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,

    Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:

    sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

    Hor. A. P. 38:

    sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,

    id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:

    Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:

    ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

    denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:

    tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:

    ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,

    id. ib. 3, 27:

    nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 12, 3:

    senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:

    scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 3:

    in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 11:

    ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:

    Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:

    velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,

    id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:

    consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,

    Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:

    Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,

    Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:

    scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:

    scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,

    Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:

    scriptum est,

    i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—
    B.
    Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.
    1.
    Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:

    quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,

    leges,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.

    in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:

    testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

    haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:

    quod me esse ad scribendum vides,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):

    Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,

    to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:

    milites,

    Sall. J. 43, 3:

    legiones,

    id. C. 32, 1:

    exercitui supplementum,

    id. J. 39, 2:

    supplementum legionibus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:

    exercitum,

    id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:

    equites,

    id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:

    socios navales,

    id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:

    socios scribere in urbem,

    id. 4, 11, 4.—
    b.
    Poet., transf.:

    scribe tui gregis hunc,

    enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—
    3.
    Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):

    Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,

    id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:

    testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,

    Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:

    in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

    quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,

    Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:

    aliquem coheredem,

    Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:

    aliquem exheredem,

    to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§

    1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,

    to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:

    libertatem servo,

    to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:

    pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:

    scribit nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 34:

    sibi creditam pecuniam,

    Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:

    genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,

    ib. 4, 4, 17:

    lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,

    ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:

    in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 2, 38;

    v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):

    ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,

    the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

    incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,

    have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:

    quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

    utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!

    id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

    in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 15:

    Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,

    without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:

    recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,

    id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

    laudavit pater scripto meo,

    in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:

    adire aliquem scripto,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

    writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

    ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

    scripta recitare,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:

    nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 56:

    Graecorum Scripta optima,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:

    si non accipiet scriptum,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 469:

    debueram scripto certior esse tuo,

    id. H. 6, 4.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:

    quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

    (Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,

    id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:

    (senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,

    rescript, id. Dom. 26, 69.

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  • 9 obduco

    ob-dūco, xi, ctum ( inf. perf. sync. obduxe, Arg. ad Plaut. Merc. 7), 3, v. a., to lead or draw before, lead or conduct against or towards, to draw or bring forward or around, draw over (class. and very freq.; syn.: obtendo, obtego).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ad oppidum exercitum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13: vim Gallicam obduc contra in acie, Att. ap. Non. 224, 13:

    Curium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: ab utroque latere collis transversam fossam obduxit, drew forward, drew, made, or extended a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

    vela,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21: vestem, to draw on or over, Tac. A. 4, 70; Curt. 6, 5, 27:

    seram,

    to draw, close, fasten, Prop. 5, 5, 48:

    callum,

    to draw over, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cover by drawing over; to cover over, overspread, surround, envelop:

    trunci obducuntur libro, aut cortice,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    operimento,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. E. 1, 49:

    vultus, of the sun,

    Ov. M. 2, 330:

    caput,

    Luc. 9, 109:

    semina cortice,

    Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119:

    obducta cicatrix,

    a closed, healed scar, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4; Curt. 8, 10, 31:

    obductā nocte,

    overcast, cloudy, dark, Nep. Hann. 5, 2; Curt. 8, 13, 25.—
    2.
    To close, shut up ( poet.):

    obducta penetralia Phoebi,

    Luc. 5, 67:

    fores,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.—
    3.
    To draw in, drink down, swallow:

    venenum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    potionem,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.—
    4.
    To swallow up, overwhelm:

    uti eos, eum exercitum, eos hostes, eosque homines, urbes agrosque eorum... obducatis (an imprecation to the gods below),

    Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.—
    5.
    To contract, wrinkle, knit the brow:

    obductā solvatur fronte senectus,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 5:

    frontem,

    Juv. 9, 2:

    vultum,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5.—
    6.
    To injure, harm (late Lat.):

    stomachum,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.—
    7.
    To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another:

    eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum,

    Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To draw or spread over: obsidionem, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Trag. v. 11 Vahl.):

    clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere,

    i. e. to darken, obscure, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    paulatim tenebris sese obducentibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 143.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cover, conceal:

    obductus verbis dolor,

    Verg. A. 10, 64:

    obductos rescindere luctus,

    Ov. M. 12, 543:

    rei publicae obducere cicatricem,

    Cic. Leg. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Qs., to draw out, i. e. to pass, spend time:

    itaque obduxi posterum diem,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1.

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  • 10 subduco

    sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.
    I.
    Without the idea of removal.
    A.
    In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare):

    brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris,

    Cato, R. R. 157, 15:

    aliquid sursum,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4:

    cataractam funibus,

    Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.:

    subducto voltu,

    Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—
    B.
    In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water;

    class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

    longas naves in aridum,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 29:

    navis subducta in terrā,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50:

    naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt,

    Liv. 45, 42:

    ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat,

    id. 31, 22:

    classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so,

    naves,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27:

    classem,

    id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—
    II.
    With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito,

    Cato, R. R. 105, 1:

    lapides ex turri,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11:

    rerum fundamenta,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42:

    conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem,

    Verg. A. 6, 524:

    subduc cibum unum diem athletae,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

    et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis,

    Verg. E. 3, 6:

    pugnae Turnum,

    id. A. 10, 615;

    so,

    id. ib. 10, 50:

    aliquem manibus Graium,

    id. ib. 10, 81:

    aliquem praesenti periculo,

    Vell. 2, 72, 5:

    se pedibus (terra),

    Lucr. 1, 1106:

    se ab ipso Vulnere (fera),

    Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —
    2.
    Esp.
    (α).
    To purge, evacuate:

    quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum,

    Gell. 4, 11, 4; so,

    alvum,

    Cels. 3, 4.—
    (β).
    Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3:

    rem de judicio,

    Dig. 10, 2, 14.—
    B.
    Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.):

    cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    Numidas ex mediā acie,

    id. 22, 48:

    triarios ex postremā acie,

    id. 44, 37:

    subductis ordinibus,

    id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30:

    ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos... in primam aciem subducit,

    Sall. C. 59, 3:

    copias in proximum collem subducit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22:

    milites pleno gradu in collem,

    Sall. J. 98, 4:

    agmen in aequiorem locum,

    Liv. 7, 34.—
    C.
    With the idea of stealth or secrecy.
    1.
    To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

    alicui anulum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81:

    subducta viatica plorat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54:

    post ignem aethereā domo Subductum,

    id. C. 1, 3, 30:

    nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores,

    Prop. 1, 8, 45:

    saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt,

    Dig. 47, 11, 7:

    obsides furto,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis,

    secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—
    2.
    Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away:

    tempus est subducere hinc me,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62:

    clam te subduxti mihi,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25:

    de circulo se subduxit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1:

    modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est,

    Ov. M. 7, 781:

    se clam,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 4;

    Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant,

    Quint. 8, prooem. § 21.— Poet.:

    neve terra se pedibus subducat,

    Lucr. 1, 1106:

    quā se subducere colles Incipiunt,

    i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf.

    mid.: fons subducitur,

    i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—
    III.
    Trop.
    1.
    Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.:

    intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 89:

    subducamus summam,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.:

    assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—
    2.
    In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate:

    rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    Medea et Atreus... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

    id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16;

    for which also, calculis subductis,

    id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

    bene subductā ratione,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1:

    hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare):

    terra subductior,

    Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.

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  • 11 detraho

    detrahere, detraxi, detractus V TRANS
    drag/pull/strip/take down/away/off; remove; exclude, omit, cut out; subtract; detract (from in speech), disparagei; lessen, cause diminishment/detriment; detach, diclodge (troops); draw (into action); demolish; abstract, derive; draw off (blood); promote discharge of; force down, induce to come down

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  • 12 ob-dūcō

        ob-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere,    to draw before, draw forward, bring over: Curium, to bring forward (as a candidate): ab utroque latere collis fossam, extend, Cs.—To close over, cover over, overspread, surround, envelop: trunci obducuntur libro aut cortice: pascua iunco, V.: voltūs (of the sun), O: obducta cicatrix, a closed scar: consuetudo callum obduxit stomacho meo, has overworn.—To draw in, drink down, swallow: venenum.—Fig., to spread over: clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere, i. e. darken.—To scar over, heal, cover, conceal: obductus verbis dolor, V.: obductos rescindere luctūs, O.—To draw out, pass, spend: diem.

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  • 13 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 14 ēliciō

        ēliciō licuī, —, ere    [ex + lacio], to draw out, entice out, lure forth, bring out, elicit: hostem ex paludibus, Cs.: omnīs citra flumen, Cs.: hostem ad proelium, L.: praemiis ex civitatibus optimum quemque.— To call down, evoke, raise, conjure up: caelo te, Iuppiter, O.: inferorum animas. — To draw forth, extract, produce: vocem: terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (semine) viriditatem: ferrum e cavernis: lapidum conflictu ignem: cadum, H. —Fig., to extract, elicit, excite, bring out: causas praesensionum: misericordiam, L.: ad ea elicienda Iovi Elicio aram dicavit, for interpreting, L.
    * * *
    elicere, elicui, elicitus V
    draw/pull out/forth, entice, elicit, coax

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  • 15 sub-dūcō

        sub-dūcō dūxī    (subdūxtī, T.), ductus, ere, to draw away, take away, lead away, carry off, wrest, withdraw, remove: lapidibus ex turri subductis, Cs.: rerum fundamenta: capiti ensem, V.: cibum athletae: Aenean manibus Graium, V.—Of troops, to draw off, remove, transfer, detach, detail: cohortes subductae e dextro cornu, L.: subductis ordinibus, L.: copias in proximum collem, Cs.: agmen in aequiorem locum, L.—To take secretly, remove by stealth, steal, hide: subducta viatica plorat, H.: obsides furto, L.—With pron reflex., to withdraw stealthily, steal away: te mihi, T.: de circulo se: se ab ipso Volnere, O.: clam se, N.: quā se subducere colles Incipiunt, i. e. to slope down gradually, V.—To draw from under, bring from below, pull up, lift up, raise: cataractam funibus, L.: subductis (tunicis), pulled up, H.—Of ships, to haul up, bring out of water, beach: longas navīs in aridum, Cs.: naves in campo Martio subductae, L.: classis subducta ad Gytheum.—Fig., to cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, balance: summam: rationibus subductis: calculis subductus: bene subductā ratione, T.

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  • 16 deduco

    deducere, deduxi, deductus V TRANS
    lead/draw//pull/bring/stretch down/away/out/off; escort; eject/evict (claimant); divert/draw (water); draw (sword); spin; deduct/reduce/lessen; describe; deduc launch/bring downstream (ship); remove (force); entice; found/settle (colony)

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  • 17 abduco

    ab-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (ABDOVCIT =abduit, in the epitaph of Scipio, Inscr. Orell. 550; perf. abduxti, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 16; imper. abduce, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 108; id. Curc. 5, 3, 15; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 36; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 63;

    but also abduc,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 86), to lead one away, to take or bring with one, to carry off, take or bring away, remove, etc.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., of personal objects; constr. aliquem, ab, ex, de; in, ad: SVBIGIT. OMNE. LOVCANAM. OPSIDESQVE. ABDOVCIT (=subigit omnem Lucanam obsidesque abducit), epitaph of Scipio, 1. 1.: hominem P. Quinctii deprehendis in publico;

    conaris abducere,

    Cic. Quint. 19, 61:

    cohortes secum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15 med. al.:

    abduce me hinc ab hac, quantum potest,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 108:

    abductus a mari atque ab lis copiis, quas, etc.... frumento ac commeatu abstractus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 78:

    tamquam eum, qui sit rhetori tradendus, abducendum protinus a grammaticis putem,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    ut Hispanos omnes procul ab nomine Scipionis ex Hispania abduceret,

    Liv. 27, 20, 7: tu dux, tu comes es; tu nos abducis ab Histro. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 119:

    ut collegam vi de foro abducerent,

    Liv. 2, 56, 15:

    sine certamine inde abductae legiones,

    id. 2, 22, 2:

    credo (illum) abductum in ganeum aliquo,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 5:

    abduxi exercitum ad infestissimam Ciliciae partem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

    ipsos in lautumias abduci imperabat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 56 fin.; so,

    liberos eorum in servitutem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 3:

    servum extra convivium,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 25. — Poet. with acc. only: tollite me, Teucri;

    quascumque abducite terras (= in terras),

    Verg. A. 3, 601. —
    b.
    Of animals:

    donec (avem) in diversum abducat a nidis,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51 fin. —
    c.
    . Sometimes also of inanim. objects:

    clavem,

    to take away, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 8:

    pluteos ad alia opera,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

    capita retro ab ictu,

    to draw back, Verg. A. 5, 428:

    togam a faucibus ac summo pectore,

    Quint. 11, 3, 145:

    aquam alicui (=deducere, defiectere),

    to divert, draw off, Dig. 39, 2, 26. — Poet.:

    somnos,

    to take away, deprive of, Ov. F. 5, 477.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To take with one to dine:

    tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 17:

    advenientem ilico abduxi ad cenam,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 9 al.
    2.
    To take aside (in mal. part.):

    aliquam in cubiculum,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 7; so Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 33; Suet. Aug. 69; Just. 21, 2 fin. al.
    3.
    To carry away forcibly, to raxish, rob:

    ad quem iste deduxerat Tertiam, Isidori mimi flliam, vi abductam ab Rhodio tibicine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 81; Verg. A. 7, 362: aliquam alicui (marito, etc.), Suet. Oth. 3; Dig. 47, 10, 1 al.:

    aliquam gremils,

    Verg. A. 10, 79. —So also of stolen cattle, to drive away:

    cujus (Geryonis) armenta liercules abduxerit,

    Plin. 4, 22, 36 fin.; so,

    abducta armenta,

    Ov. H. 16, 359.
    4.
    In jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanlmate things, abducere of living beings, as slaves, cattle), Cic. Quint. 27, 84; Dig. 21, 2, 57, § 1.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to lead away, separate, distinguish:

    animum ad se ipsum advocamus, secum esse cogimus, maximeque a corpore abducimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 31; so,

    aciem mentis a consuetudine oculorum,

    id. N. D. 2, 17:

    divinationem caute a conjecturis,

    id. Div. 2, 5, 13.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seduce, alienate from fidelity or allegiance:

    legiones a Bruto,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 6:

    exercitum ab illo,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 9:

    equitatum a consule,

    id. ib. 11, 12, 27 al.
    2.
    From a study, pursuit, duty, etc., to withdraw, draw off, hinder (syn.:

    avoco, averto): vos a vostris abduxi negotlis,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 1; cf.:

    a quo studio te abduci negotiis intellego,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5; and:

    abducuntur homines nonnumquam etiam ab institutis suis magnitudine pecuniae,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12 (followed by ab humanitate deducere); so,

    aliquem a meretricio quaestu,

    id. Phil. 2, 18:

    aliquem a populorum rebus,

    id. Rep. 5, 2:

    ab isto officio incommodo,

    id. Lael. 2, 8 al.
    3.
    To bring down, reduce, degrade (Ciceron.):

    ne ars tanta...a religionis auctoritate abduceretur ad mercedem atque quaestum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; so,

    aliquem ad hanc hominum libidinem ac licentiam,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210.

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  • 18 excipio

    ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio].
    I.
    (With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.
    A.
    Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter):

    vidulum (e mari),

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.:

    dens manu, forcipe,

    Cels. 7, 12, 1:

    telum (e vulnere),

    id. 7, 5, 1:

    clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti,

    to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2:

    nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum,

    exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.):

    hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

    qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur,

    id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28:

    Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt,

    id. Rep. 4, 4:

    senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.—With ne:

    Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc.... sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21;

    so in legal limitations,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.—With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26:

    excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem,

    id. Div. 1, 39, 87:

    ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37:

    dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc.,

    Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.—In the abl. absol.:

    omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios,

    you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.:

    vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis,

    id. Lael. 27 fin.:

    exceptā sapientiā,

    id. ib. 6, 20. — Neutr. absol.:

    excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50:

    excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

    Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.—Hence,
    (β).
    Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff's statement:

    verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur,

    Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18:

    adversus aliquem,

    ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.—
    b.
    In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.):

    cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.
    II.
    (With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one's self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    sanguinem paterā,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9:

    e longinquo sucum,

    Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78:

    labentem excepit,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one's feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4:

    filiorum extremum spiritum ore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.:

    tunicis fluentibus auras,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

    omnium tela,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so,

    tela,

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

    vulnera,

    Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.:

    vulnus ore,

    Quint. 6, 3, 75; and:

    plagae genus in se,

    Lucr. 2, 810:

    o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit!

    Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

    aliquem benigno vultu,

    Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf.

    also: hic te polenta excipiet,

    Sen. Ep. 21 med.:

    aliquem epulis,

    Tac. G. 21:

    multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5:

    servos in pabulatione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9:

    incautum,

    Verg. A. 3, 332:

    (uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4:

    aprum latitantem,

    Hor. C. 3, 12, 10:

    caprum insidiis,

    Verg. E. 3, 18:

    fugientes feras,

    Phaedr. 1, 11, 6:

    aprum, feram venabulo,

    Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.—
    b.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit,

    received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8:

    silva tum excepit ferum,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing:

    linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris;

    inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.:

    alios alii deinceps,

    id. B. G. 5, 16 fin. — Poet.:

    porticus excipiebat Arcton,

    i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.—
    b.
    In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something:

    quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto,

    Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept:

    genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate,

    Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

    posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod,

    i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one's self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy's blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so,

    impetus,

    id. B. C. 1, 58, 1:

    vim frigorum hiememque,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

    labores magnos,

    id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.:

    excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine,

    receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15:

    verba risu,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates,

    for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32:

    invidiam,

    to draw upon one's self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.—
    b.
    Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:

    quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1:

    quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent,

    i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear:

    maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102:

    assensu populi excepta vox consulis,

    Liv. 8, 6, 7:

    ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus,

    id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3:

    laudem avidissimis auribus excipit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

    notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum,

    i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3:

    rumores,

    Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf.

    voces,

    Liv. 40, 7, 4:

    sermonem eorum,

    id. 2, 4, 5:

    furtivas notas,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.—
    b.
    To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.):

    tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit,

    Liv. 5, 13, 4:

    Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur,

    Cic. Sest. 68, 143:

    violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus,

    Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68:

    excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius,

    Flor. 1, 3, 1:

    hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.— Absol.:

    turbulentior inde annus excepit,

    succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2:

    re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc.,

    id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.—Hence,
    (β).
    Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing:

    memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3:

    vices alicujus,

    Just. 11, 5.— Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excipio

  • 19 dē-trahō

        dē-trahō trāxī, trāctus, ere,    to draw off, take down, pull down, take away, remove, withdraw, drag, bring: soccos detrahunt (servi), T.: detractis insignibus imperatoris, Cs.: vestem: pellem, H.: alquem in iudicium: ducem ad certamen, L.: de digito anulum, T.: de his (mulis) stramenta, Cs.: Hannibalem ex Italiā, L.: vestem tibi, T.: anulos liberis suis: illi coronam, H.: me mihi, O.: tegumenta scutis, Cs.: frenos equis, L.: altā ilice virgam, O.—To remove, withdraw, take away, deprive, strip, rob: detractis cohortibus duabus, Cs.: eidem Armeniam: illi Haerentem capiti coronam, H.: animis errorem, O.: ex tertiā acie singulas cohortīs, Cs.: ut (remigum) pars ab nostris detraheretur, i. e. from the ships, Cs.: aliquid ab homine. —Fig., to pull down, drag down, lower: conlegam de caelo: regum maiestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium, L.—To withhold, divert: tantum tempus ex re militari.—To lower in estimation, disparage, detract: detrahendae dignitatis gratiā: de se: de absentibus detrahendi causā dicitur: de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo: quod tibi ille detrahit: multum ei detraxit, quod, etc., N.

    Latin-English dictionary > dē-trahō

  • 20 ab-dūcō

        ab-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    imper. sometimes abdūce, T.), to lead away, take away, carry off, remove, lead aside: filiam abduxit suam, has taken away (from her husband), T.: cohortes secum, Cs.: squalent abductis arva colonis, drafted (for the war), V.: ipsos in lautumias; (poet.): tollite me, Teucri, quascumque abducite terras (i. e. in terras), V.: pluteos ad alia opera, conduct, Cs.: capita retro ab ictu, draw back, V. — Esp., to take home (to dine): tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi, T.—To take (prisoner), arrest: hunc abduce, vinci, T.: e foro abduci, non perduci, arrested for debt, not enticed (by a love-adventure). — To take apart, lead aside (for a private interview): Iugurtham in praetorium, S.—To carry away forcibly, ravish, rob: filia, vi abducta ab tibicine: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, steal betrothed damsels from their bosoms, V.; in jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanimate things, abducere of living beings), C. — Fig., to lead away, separate, distinguish: animum a corpore: divinationem a coniecturis.—To seduce, alienate: legiones a Bruto: equitatum a consule: servum ab avo.—From a study, pursuit, or duty, to withdraw, draw off, hinder: a quo studio abduci negotiis: aliquem a quaestu: ab isto officio incommodo.—To bring down, reduce, degrade: ad hanc hominum libidinem me.

    Latin-English dictionary > ab-dūcō

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