drawing to a close

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

Lit.:

pilae in mare praecipitatae,

Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

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

pinus,

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

se e Leucade,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

se a tecto,

Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

se de turri,

Liv. 23, 37:

sese in fossas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

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

plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

Liv. 21, 14, 1:

se in Tiberim,

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

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

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

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

cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

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

lux Praecipitatur aquis,

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

hac te praecipitato,

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

Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

vitem,

Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

partem (vitis),

Col. 4, 20, 4:

palmitem,

id. 5, 6, 33.—

Trop.

To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

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

semet ipse praecipitare,

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

se in exitium,

Cels. 3, 21:

se in insidias,

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

furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

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

spem festinando praecipitare,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

in senectam praecipitare,

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

quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—

To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae Praecipitent obitum,

hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

vindemiam,

Col. 3, 21, 10:

consulta viri,

Sil. 3, 166:

ne praecipitetur editio,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

consilia raptim praecipitata,

precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

moras,

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

Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

Val. Fl. 2, 390:

cursum,

Juv. 15, 78.—

With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

Verg. A. 11, 3:

si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

Stat. Th. 1, 679. —

Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).

Lit.:

praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

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

de montibus altis ad terram,

Lucr. 4, 1021:

ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

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

Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

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

in amni praecipitante,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

nimbi In vada praecipitant,

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

in fossam,

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

39, 2, 3: in insidias,

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

non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

Verg. A. 4, 565:

sol praecipitans,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

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

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Trop.

To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

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

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

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

praecipitantem impellamus,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

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

praecipitante re publicā,

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

cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

Liv. 27, 40:

ad exitium praecipitans,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—

To be too hasty:

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

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

agens mannos ad villam,

Lucr. 3, 1063.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.

Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;

acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28):

quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,

Cic. Part. Or. 11:

Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,

Lucr. 1, 175:

Inde autumnus adit,

id. 5, 743:

pomifer,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

varius purpureo colore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

sordidus calcatis uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:

sub autumno,

Ov. A. A. 2, 315:

autumno adulto,

about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:

vergente,

drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:

flexus autumni,

id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:

Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—

Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:

et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,

Mart. 3, 58, 7.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Cato, R. R. 58:

autumno frigore,

Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):

sidera,

Manil. 2, 269:

tempus,

id. 2, 425:

pruinae,

Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;

Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,

Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:

tempestas,

Gell. 19, 7, 2.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.

Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;

acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28):

quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,

Cic. Part. Or. 11:

Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,

Lucr. 1, 175:

Inde autumnus adit,

id. 5, 743:

pomifer,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

varius purpureo colore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

sordidus calcatis uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:

sub autumno,

Ov. A. A. 2, 315:

autumno adulto,

about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:

vergente,

drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:

flexus autumni,

id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:

Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—

Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:

et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,

Mart. 3, 58, 7.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Cato, R. R. 58:

autumno frigore,

Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):

sidera,

Manil. 2, 269:

tempus,

id. 2, 425:

pruinae,

Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;

Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,

Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:

tempestas,

Gell. 19, 7, 2.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), i, m. ( autumnum, i, n., Varr.ap.Non.p.71, 20). [This word was anciently referred to augeo, as the season of increase, as by Paul. ex Fest. p. 23, 11 Müll.; so Curtius. But Corssen and others, in view of its correct form, autumnus, refer it to the Sanscr. av, to do good to, to satisfy one's self; cf. the Gr. enênês (i.e. enêWês), good, kindly, and 2.aveo, to be well.] The season of abundance, the autumn.

Lit. (from the 22d of September to the 22d of December;

acc. to the designation of the ancients, from the entering of the sun into Libra until the setting of the Pleiades, comprising 91 days,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28):

quae temporis quasi naturam notant, hiems, ver, aestas, autumnus,

Cic. Part. Or. 11:

Vites autumno fundi suadente videmus,

Lucr. 1, 175:

Inde autumnus adit,

id. 5, 743:

pomifer,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 11:

varius purpureo colore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

sordidus calcatis uvis,

Ov. M. 2, 29: letifer, sickly (on account of the diseases that prevail in autumn), Juv. 4, 56:

sub autumno,

Ov. A. A. 2, 315:

autumno adulto,

about the middle of autumn, Tac. A. 11, 31:

vergente,

drawing to a close, id. ib. 11, 4:

flexus autumni,

id. H. 5, 23 al. —In plur.:

Frustra per autumnos nocentem Corporibus metuemus Austrum,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 15; Ov. M. 1, 117; 3, 327.—

Meton., the produce of the autumn, the harvest:

et multa fragrat testa senibus autumnis, i. e. vino vetere,

Mart. 3, 58, 7.

auctumnus (correctly aut-), a, um, adj. [1. auctumnus], autumnal ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

imber,

Cato, R. R. 58:

autumno frigore,

Ov. M. 3, 729 (Merk., autumni frigore):

sidera,

Manil. 2, 269:

tempus,

id. 2, 425:

pruinae,

Aus. Idyll. 8, 10;

Cod. Th. 2, 8, 2: aequinoctium,

Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 108:

tempestas,

Gell. 19, 7, 2.

fessus, a, um, P. a. [cf. Sanscr. hā-, gahāmi, relinquo; Gr. chiros, chêra, chôris; Lat. ad-fatim, fatigo], wearied, tired, fatigued; worn out, weak, feeble, infirm (class.; esp. freq. in poets; syn.: fatigatus, defessus, lassus, languidus).

Prop., of living beings:

Romani quamquam itinere atque opere castrorum et proelio fessi lassique erant, tamen, etc.,

Sall. J. 53, 5:

de via fessus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

fessum inedia fluctibusque recreare,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

Veientes bello fessi,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

militiā fessae cohortes,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 38:

plorando fessus sum,

Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1:

satiate videndi,

Lucr. 2, 1038:

curāque viāque,

Ov. M. 11, 274:

somno,

Tib. 1, 3, 88:

malis,

Ov. M. 9, 293:

aetate,

Verg. A. 2, 596; cf.

annis,

Ov. M. 9, 440:

valetudinibus,

Tac. H. 3, 2:

fessi vomere tauri,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 11:

elephanti fessi aegritudine,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3:

exercito corpore fessus,

Sall. J. 71, 1; 70, 2:

cum tibi librum Sollicito damus aut fesso,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 221:

inde Rubos fessi pervenimus,

id. S. 1, 5, 94; so,

viator,

id. ib. 1, 5, 17:

pastor,

id. C. 3, 29, 22:

Graii (sc. bello),

id. ib. 2, 4, 11:

boves,

id. Epod. 2, 63.—

With gen. ( poet.):

fessi rerum,

exhausted with events, misfortunes, Verg. A. 1, 178:

fessus bellique viaeque,

Stat. Th. 3, 395:

trepidi rerum fessique salutis,

despairing of safety, Sil. 2, 234.—With acc.:

agmina fessa gradum,

Sil. 4, 40.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

alter fessum vulnere, fessum cursu trahens corpus,

Liv. 1, 25, 11; cf. Hor. C. 2, 7, 18; Lucr. 4, 848:

(Phoebus) qui salutari levat arte fessos Corporis artus,

i. e. sick, diseased, Hor. Carm. Sec. 63:

vox fessa loquendo,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 85:

fessa aetas,

i. e. the weakness of age, Tac. A. 14, 33:

fessa aetate Galbae,

id. H. 1, 12:

domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto Obruat,

worn out, decayed, Lucr. 3, 774; cf. id. 5, 308:

cardines fessi et turbati,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 120:

(amnes) In mare deducunt fessas erroribus undas,

Ov. M. 1, 582:

naves,

Verg. A. 1, 168; 5, 29:

puppes,

Ov. M. 6, 519; Tib. 2, 5, 46:

carinae,

Ov. M. 11, 393; id. A. A. 3, 748:

vela,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 19: fessa dies, spent, i. e. drawing to a close, Stat. S. 2, 2, 48:

fessae res,

critical, precarious, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18;

also,

misfortunes, calamities, Verg. A. 3, 145:

rebus succurite fessis,

id. ib. 11, 335:

deligendum esse qui fessis rebus succurreret,

Tac. A. 15, 50.

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

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

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

per proclivem viam duci,

Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

facile descenditur,

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

pelli per proclive,

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

adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

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

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

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

Trop.

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

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

jam proclivi senectute,

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

Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

proclivi currit oratio,

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

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

With ad:

ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

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

id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

id. Lael. 18, 66.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

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

fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

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

faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

id. As. 3, 3, 73.—

Transf., easy to be done:

proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. 27, 95:

ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

proclivus impetus,

Lucr. 6, 728:

cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

Gell. 9, 1, 2:

dictu quidem est proclive,

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

quod est multo proclivius,

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

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

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

id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

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

Downwards:

proclive labuntur,

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

labi verba proclivius,

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

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

Lucr. 3, 311.—

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

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

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

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

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

per proclivem viam duci,

Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

facile descenditur,

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

pelli per proclive,

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

adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

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

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

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

Trop.

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

proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

jam proclivi senectute,

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

Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

proclivi currit oratio,

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

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

With ad:

ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

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

id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

id. Lael. 18, 66.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

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

fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

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

faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

id. As. 3, 3, 73.—

Transf., easy to be done:

proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

id. Part. 27, 95:

ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

proclivus impetus,

Lucr. 6, 728:

cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

Gell. 9, 1, 2:

dictu quidem est proclive,

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

quod est multo proclivius,

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

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

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

id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

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

Downwards:

proclive labuntur,

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

labi verba proclivius,

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

quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

Lucr. 3, 311.—

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

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

con-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or bring several objects together, to collect, assemble (freq. and class.).

In gen.

Lit. (syn. colligo;

opp. dissipo): quae in rerum naturā constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

cohortes ex finitimis regionibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

exercitum in unum locum,

id. B. G. 1, 34; cf.:

omnes copias Luceriam,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; and:

omnia in unum locum,

id. ib. 8, 11, B, 3:

omnes copias eo,

Nep. Ages. 3, 1:

navibus circiter LXXX. coactis, contractisque,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf.:

magnam classem,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

naves,

Suet. Calig. 19:

agrestes,

Ov. F. 4, 811:

captivos,

Liv. 37, 44, 3:

utrumque ad colloquium,

id. 28, 18, 2:

undique libros,

Suet. Aug. 31; cf.

exemplaria,

id. Gram. 24:

muscas in manu,

Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122; cf.

serpentes,

id. 28, 9, 42, § 151: ii, qui in idem (collegium) contracti fuerint, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 34 (43), 1—

Trop.

To bring about, carry into effect, accomplish, execute, get, contract, occasion, cause, produce, make, etc. (very freq.):

amicitiam,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

vinculum amicitiae,

Val. Max. 4, 7 init.:

aliquid litigii,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 31; cf.

lites,

id. Capt. prol. 63: qui hoc [p. 458] mihi contraxit, id. Cas. 3, 2, 21; cf.:

negotium mihi,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; and:

numinis iram mihi (arte),

Ov. M. 2, 660:

bellum Saguntinis,

Liv. 24, 42, 11:

aliquid damni,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

molestias,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5; cf. Sall. H. 2, 41, 8 Dietsch:

aes alienum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

causam certaminis,

Liv. 22, 28, 4; cf.

certamen,

id. 23, 26, 11; 25, 34, 10 al.:

necessitates ad bellum,

id. 44, 27, 12:

culpam,

to incur, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1 al.:

cruditatem,

Quint. 7, 3, 38; cf. id. 2, 10, 6:

morbum,

Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65:

pestilentiam,

id. 36, 27, 69, § 202:

saginam corporis,

Just. 21, 2:

causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi,

Suet. Aug. 97 fin. et saep.: porca contracta, owed, due, sc. for the expiation of a crime, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57 fin. —

In the lang. of business, t. t., to make a contract, conclude a bargain, to contract:

rationem, rem cum illo,

Cic. Clu. 14, 41; cf. id. Off. 1, 17, 53; id. Sull. 20, 56; id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

in tribuendo suum cuique et rerum contractarum fide,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

ex rebus contrahendis,

id. ib. 3, 15, 61:

in contrahendis negotiis,

id. ib. 2, 11, 40:

adfinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis,

Vell. 2, 44, 3 et saep.—

Transf. beyond the sphere of business:

cum aliquo,

to have intercourse with, to associate with, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4:

nihil cum populo,

id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105.—

In partic., with the prevailing idea of shortening or diminishing by drawing together (cf.: cogo, colligo, etc.), to draw close or together, to draw in, contract, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish (freq. and class.; opp. porrigo, dilato, tendo).

Lit.:

animal omne membra quocumque volt flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

pulmones tum se contrahunt adspirantes, tum intrante spiritu dilatant,

id. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor,

id. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

se millepeda tactu,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

bina cornua (opp. protendere),

id. 9, 32, 51, § 101: collum. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41;

opp. tendere,

Quint. 11, 3, 82:

frontem,

to wrinkle, contract, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125:

supercilia (opp. deducere),

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

medium digitum in pollicem,

id. 11, 3, 92; cf.:

contractum genibus tangas caput,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 61:

gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo,

Hier. Ep. 53:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

vela,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; Quint. 12, prooem. § 4; cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

orbem (lunae),

Ov. M. 15, 198:

umbras,

id. ib. 3, 144:

orationem (with summittere),

Quint. 11, 1, 45; cf. id. 12, 11, 16:

tempora dicendi,

id. 6, 5, 4 et saep.:

lac,

to curdle, coagulate, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 117.—Of bees:

contracto frigore pigrae ( = contractae frigore pigro),

Verg. G. 4, 259; cf.:

pigrum est enim contractumque frigus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 2:

horrida tempestas contraxit caelum,

narrows, Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

vulnera,

Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48; cf.

cicatrices,

id. 12, 17, 38, § 77:

ventrem,

to stop, check, Cels. 4, 19; cf.

alvum,

id. ib.:

vomitiones,

Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 11.—

Esp., archit. t. t., to narrow, make smaller or tapering:

columnam,

Vitr. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. 3, 3, 12; 4, 7, 2:

pyramis XXIV. gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31.—

Trop., to draw in, lessen, check, restrain ( = certis limitibus quasi coartare et circumscribere;

opp. remittere, diffundere): cui non animus formidine divum contrahitur?

Lucr. 5, 1219; cf.:

te rogo, ne contrahas ac demittas animum,

do not suffer your spirits to droop, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4; and:

animos varietas sonorum (opp. remittere),

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: terram quasi tristitiā (sol;

opp. laetificas),

id. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

ut et bonis amici quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur,

are made sad, id. Lael. 13, 48 (cf. id. Tusc. 4, 6, 14):

ex quibus intellegitur, appetitus omnes contrahendos sedandosque,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.

cupidmem,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 39 et saep. —Hence, contractus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together into a narrow space, i. e. compressed, contracted, close, short, narrow, abridged, restricted, limited, etc.

Lit.:

tanto contractioribus ultimis digitis,

Quint. 11, 3, 95:

nares contractiores habent introitus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

contractior ignis,

smaller, Lucr. 5, 569:

aequora,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 33; cf.

freta,

Ov. F. 6, 495:

locus (with exiguus),

Verg. G. 4, 295:

Nilus contractior et exilior,

Plin. Pan. 30, 3: contractiora spatia ordinum, Col. 5, 5, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, etc.:

et brevis ambitus verborum,

Cic. Brut. 44, 162; cf.:

contractior oratio,

id. ib. 31, 120:

propositum dicendi (opp. uberius),

Quint. 11, 1, 32:

summissā atque contractā voce (opp. erectā et concitatā),

id. 11, 3, 175; so,

vox,

id. 11, 3, 64: parvum opusculum lucubratum his jam contractioribus noctibus, Cic. Par. prooem. § 5.—

In gen.:

quae studia in his jam aetatibus nostris contractiora esse debent,

Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

paupertas,

stinted, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20 (cf.:

angusta pauperies,

id. C. 3, 2, 1);

in the same sense transf. to the person: ad mare descendet vates tuus et sibi parcet Contractusque leget,

retired, solitary, id. ib. 1, 7, 12; cf.

homo,

Verg. M. 78.— Adv.: contractē, on a contracted scale; only in comp.:

assuescamus. servis paucioribus serviri, habitare contractius,

Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; Lact. 2, 8, 39 al.

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).

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.—

Transf.

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.—

To close, shut up ( poet.):

obducta penetralia Phoebi,

Luc. 5, 67:

fores,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.—

To draw in, drink down, swallow:

venenum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

potionem,

Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.—

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.—

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.—

To injure, harm (late Lat.):

stomachum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.—

To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another:

eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum,

Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.—

Trop.

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.—

Transf.

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.—

Qs., to draw out, i. e. to pass, spend time:

itaque obduxi posterum diem,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).

Lit.:

te stringam ad carnarium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

stringit vitta comas,

Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

Liv. 22, 51:

pectora pigro gelu,

Luc. 4, 652:

strictos insedimus amnes,

Val. Fl. 1, 414:

mare gelu stringi et consistere,

Gell. 17, 8, 16:

quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

habenam,

to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

ferrum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

Ov. M. 11, 733:

aequor (aurā),

id. ib. 4, 136:

metas interiore rotā,

id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

latus,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

vestigia canis rostro,

Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

equos,

to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

tela stringentia corpus,

i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

Ov. M. 11, 776:

strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

Flor. 4, 12, 44.—

To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

oleam,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

bacam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

quernas glandes,

Verg. G. 1, 305:

folia ex arboribus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

frondes,

Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

hordea,

Verg. G. 1, 317:

arbores,

Col. 6, 3, 7:

celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

strictam aciem offerre,

Verg. A. 6, 291:

ensem,

id. ib. 10, 577; so,

gladios,

id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

ensem,

id. ib. 8, 207;

14, 296: ferrum,

Liv. 7, 40 al.:

cultrum,

id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

manum,

to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—

Trop.

Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

narrationis loco rem stringat,

Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—

To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

Claud. B. Get. 371.—

To waste, consume, reduce:

praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 9, 294:

quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

nomen alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 350.—

To draw in hostility, attack with:

in hostes stringatur iambus,

Ov. R. Am. 377:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.

Lit.:

laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

Liv. 24, 7, 5:

duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

Tac. G. 30:

strictissima janua,

Ov. R. Am. 233:

si strictior fuerit pedatura,

Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

emplastrum,

thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

venter,

i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

strictior aura,

more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, brief, concise:

quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 77:

qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

id. 12, 10, 52.—

Of character, severe, strict:

Catones,

Manil. 5, 106:

mentes,

id. 1, 769:

lex,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—

Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

in foramen conicies,

Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—

Fig., accurately:

strictius interpretari,

Dig. 8, 2, 20.