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  • 1 carpō

        carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.
    * * *
    carpere, carpsi, carptus V TRANS
    seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool); separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode

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  • 2 imminuō (in-m-)

        imminuō (in-m-) uī, ūtus, ere,    to lessen, diminish: copias.—To weaken, impair, enfeeble: mente inminutā, S.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, abate: tempus mora inminuerat, S.: imminuitur aliquid de voluptate: se dolor imminuit, O.: verbum imminutum, contracted.—To encroach upon, violate, injure, subvert, ruin, wear out, destroy: auctoritatem: ius legationis: libertatem: Bocchi pacem, S.: Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? H.: se imminui querebatur, was slighted, Ta.

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  • 3 molliō

        molliō (mollībat for molliēbat, O.), īvī, ītus, īre    [mollis], to make soft, make supple, soften: umor mollitur tepefactus: lanam trahendo, by spinning, O.: artūs oleo, L.: dum ferrum molliat ignis, H.: glaebas, O.: agri molliti.—Fig., to pacify, conciliate, moderate: hominem his verbis sentio mollirier, T.: lacrimae meorum me molliunt, overcome me. —To soften, moderate, mitigate, tame, restrain, check, ease, lighten: Hannibalem patientiā suā: iras, L.: poenam, O.: clivum, make the ascent easier, Cs.: verba usu: fructūs feros colendo, render milder, V.— To soften, render effeminate, make unmanly: legionem: membra, O.
    * * *
    mollire, mollivi, mollitus V
    soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble

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  • 4 re-solvō

        re-solvō solvī, solūtus, ere,    to untie, unfasten, unbind, loose, loosen, release, open: equos, unyoke, O.: fila, separate, O.: oras, cast loose, L.: resoluta catenis Incedit virgo, i. e. release, O.: litteras, L.: iugulum mucrone, O.: faucīs haec in verba, O.: fatis ora, V.: dolos tecti ambagesque (Labyrinthi), i. e. explain, V.: nivem, melt, O.: Venus tenebras resolvit, V.: Zephyro se glaeba resolvit, is softened, V.—To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble: (Cerberus) inmania terga resolvit Fusus humi, stretched out, V.: utrumque (concubitus), O.: corpus (somno), O.: resolutis membris, Cu.—Fig., to set free, release: Teque piacula nulla resolvent, H.—To do away, cancel, make void, dispel: litem quod lite resolvit, H.: Invitat genialis hiemps curasque resolvit, V.: iura (pudoris), V.

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  • 5 tenuō

        tenuō āvī, ātus, āre    [tenuis], to make thin, make slender, wear away, dilute, rarefy, attenuate: adsiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu, O.: Ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes, make lean, V.: tenuatum corpus, H.: se in undas, dissolve, O.: vocis via est tenuata, contracted, O.: Luna tenuata, i. e. waning, O.—Fig., to make small, lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble: Utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae, O.: virīs amoris, O.: Magna modis tenuare parvis, to degrade, H.
    * * *
    tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus V
    make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down

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  • 6 infimo

    infimare, infimavi, infimatus V TRANS
    bring down to the lowest level; weaken, enfeeble; refute, invalidate, annul

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  • 7 adtenuo

    at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.
    I.
    Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

    attritum mentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

    bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    legio proeliis attenuata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

    diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

    Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

    fame attenuari,

    Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

    macie attenuari,

    ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

    sortes adtenuatae,

    diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

    foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

    (lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

    Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

    Cat. 64, 41:

    adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

    patrias opes,

    id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    curas lyrā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

    luctus,

    Albin. ad Liv. 342:

    insignem attenuat deus,

    brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

    attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

    Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

    attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

    Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    adtenuatus amore,

    Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

    voce paululum attenuatā,

    with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

    id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

    Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —
    B.
    Esp., of discourse.
    1.
    Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—
    2.
    Too much refined, affected:

    itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

    hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—
    3.
    Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

    attenuata verborum constructio,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—
    * Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

    attenuate presseque dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

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  • 8 attenuo

    at-tĕnŭo ( adt-, Lachm., Merk., Weissenb.; att-, Kayser, K. and H., L. Müller), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish.
    I.
    Lit.: aëna Signa manus dextras ostendunt adtenuari Saepe salutantūm tactu, * Lucr. 1, 317 (cf.:

    attritum mentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43):

    bellum (servile) exspectatione Pompeii attenuatum atque imminutum est, adventu sublatum ac sepultum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    legio proeliis attenuata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89:

    diutino morbo viribus admodum adtenuatis,

    Liv. 39, 49; 25, 11:

    fame attenuari,

    Vulg. Job, 18, 12; ib. Jer. 14, 18:

    macie attenuari,

    ib. 2 Reg. 13, 4:

    sortes adtenuatae,

    diminished, Liv. 21, 62:

    foliorum exilitate usque in fila attenuatā,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30:

    (lingua) attenuans lambendo cutem homines,

    id. 11, 37, 65, § 172 al.:

    Non falx attenuat frondatorum arboris umbram,

    Cat. 64, 41:

    adtenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 735 (cf. infra, P. a.):

    patrias opes,

    id. M. 8, 844; so id. P. 4, 5, 38.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    curas lyrā,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16; 4, 6, 18:

    luctus,

    Albin. ad Liv. 342:

    insignem attenuat deus,

    brings low, abases, Hor. C. 1, 34, 13:

    attenuabit omnes deos terrae,

    Vulg. Soph. 2, 11: hujusmodi partes sunt virtutis amplificandae, si suadebimus; attenuandae, si ab his dehortabimur, Auct. ad. Her. 3, 3, 6:

    attenuabitur gloria Jacob,

    Vulg. Isa. 17, 4.—Hence, attĕnŭātus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    adtenuatus amore,

    Ov. M. 3, 489: continuatione laborum, August. ap. Suet. Tib. 21: fortuna rei familiaris attenuatissima, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41:

    voce paululum attenuatā,

    with a voice a little suppressed, id. ib. 3, 14:

    acuta atque attenuata nimis acclamatio,

    id. ib. 12, 21.— Comp. not in use. — Sup.: fortunae familiares attenuatissimae, Auct. ad Her. 4, 41, 53.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Feeble, destitute, poor (eccl. Lat.):

    Siattenuatus frater tuus vendiderit etc.,

    Vulg. Lev. 25, 25; 25, 35; 25, 47; ib. 2 Esdr. 5, 18. —
    B.
    Esp., of discourse.
    1.
    Shortened, brief: ipsa illa [pro Roscio] juvenilis redundantia [p. 195] multa habet attenuata, Cic. Or. 30, 108.—
    2.
    Too much refined, affected:

    itaque ejus oratio nimiā religione attenuata doctis et attente audientibus erat illustris,

    hence his discourse was so delicately formed, through excessive scrupulousness, Cic. Brut. 82.—
    3.
    Meagre, dry, without ornament: attenuata (oratio) est, quae demissa est usque ad usitatissimam puri sermonis consuetudinem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 8:

    attenuata verborum constructio,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 15.—
    * Adv.: at-tenuātē, simply:

    attenuate presseque dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 201.

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  • 9 carpo

    carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].
    I.
    Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).
    A.
    In gen.:

    (flos) tenui carptus ungui,

    Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

    ab arbore flores,

    id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

    infra, II.: rosam, poma,

    Verg. G. 4, 134:

    violas et papavera,

    id. E. 2, 47:

    violas, lilia,

    Ov. M. 5, 392:

    frondes uncis manibus,

    id. G. 2, 366:

    plenis pomaria ramis,

    Ov. H. 4, 29:

    vindemiam de palmite,

    Verg. G. 2, 90:

    fructus,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    frumenta manu,

    id. ib. 3, 176.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

    alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    carpunt gramen equi,

    Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

    herbam,

    Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

    pabula,

    id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

    alimenta,

    id. M. 15, 478:

    apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

    gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

    apis carpens thyma,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

    Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

    Ov. M. 2, 792:

    nec carpsere jecur volucres,

    id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

    prandium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

    carpe cibos digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —
    2.
    Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

    summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

    Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

    vellera,

    Verg. G. 4, 335:

    pensa,

    id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

    lana carpta,

    carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

    ex collo furtim coronas,

    to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

    crinem genasque,

    to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

    so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

    Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

    Sen. Thyest. 1061.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

    ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

    Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

    atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

    Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

    basia,

    Mart. 5, 46, 1:

    gaudia,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

    dulcia,

    Pers. 5, 151:

    regni commoda carpe mei,

    Ov. F. 3, 622:

    fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

    and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

    delicias,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

    syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

    Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

    flore aetatis frui,

    Liv. 21, 3, 4):

    illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

    spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

    diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    honores virtutis,

    Val. Fl. 1, 177:

    auras vitales,

    Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

    sub dio somnos,

    Verg. G. 3, 435:

    quietem,

    id. A. 7, 414:

    soporem,

    id. ib. 4, 522:

    noctes securas,

    Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—
    b.
    In a bad sense.
    (α).
    To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

    Liv. 45, 35, 5:

    imperatorem,

    id. 44, 38, 2:

    quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

    Quint. 11, 1, 24:

    maligno sermone,

    Suet. Aug. 27:

    obliquis orationibus,

    id. Dom. 2:

    nonnihil vocibus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Liv. 7, 12, 12:

    sinistris sermonibus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    Ciceronem in his,

    Quint. 9, 4, 64:

    te ficto quaestu,

    Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

    et detorquere recte facta,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    famam vitamque,

    id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—
    (β).
    To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

    vires,

    Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

    quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

    id. 34, 3, 2;

    esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

    Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

    solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

    Verg. A. 4, 32:

    curā carpitur ista mei,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

    aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

    invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

    Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

    non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

    to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

    Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

    aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

    totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

    Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,
    (γ).
    In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

    agmen adversariorum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

    Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

    novissimum agmen,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

    novissimos,

    Liv. 8, 38, 6:

    extrema agminis,

    id. 6, 32, 11. —
    2.
    To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

    Liv. 26, 38, 2:

    summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

    id. 3, 61, 13:

    Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

    is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning
    (α).
    supra:

    si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

    distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

    viam,

    Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

    iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

    supremum iter = mori,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

    gyrum,

    to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

    fugam,

    to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

    prata fugā,

    Verg. G. 3, 142:

    pede viam,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

    pede iter,

    id. F. 3, 604:

    pedibus terras, pontum remis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 33:

    pede campos,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

    mare,

    id. M. 11, 752:

    litora,

    id. ib. 12, 196;

    15, 507: aëra alis,

    id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

    aethera,

    Ov. M. 8, 219:

    carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

    id. ib. 10, 53.

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  • 10 imminuo

    immĭnŭo ( inm-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [inminuo], to lessen, diminish a thing (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. diminuo, comminuo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    si istas exiguas copias quam minime imminueris,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

    pondus,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47.—
    B.
    Pregn., to weaken, impair, enfeeble:

    corpus otio, animum libidinibus imminuebant,

    Tac. H. 2, 93; cf.:

    Gauda, morbis confectus, et ob eam caussam mente paululum inminuta,

    Sall. J. 65, 1:

    vires (Venus),

    Lucr. 5, 1017; cf. ib. 626.—In mal. part.:

    virginem,

    App. Flor. p. 350; Lact. 1, 10 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to lessen, diminish, abate:

    aestivorum tempus comitiorum mora imminuerat,

    Sall. J. 44, 3:

    quod populi semper proprium fuit, quod nemo imminuit, nemo mutavit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19:

    imminuitur aliquid de voluptate,

    id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:

    nihil ex consuetudine luxus atque desidiae,

    Suet. Ner. 42:

    postquam se dolor imminuit,

    Ov. H. 15, 113:

    verbum imminutum,

    contracted, Cic. Or. 47, 157.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to encroach upon, to violate, injure, subvert, ruin, destroy:

    nullum jus tam sanctum atque integrum, quod non ejus scelus atque perfidia violarit et imminuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 109:

    cupiditas imminuta ac debilitata,

    id. Phil. 12, 3, 7:

    bellum attenuatum atque imminutum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    pudicitiam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 90:

    auctoritatem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 5; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 60:

    jus legationis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 33, §

    84: laudem alicujus,

    id. Att. 14, 17, A, 2:

    libertatem,

    id. Caecin. 12, 35:

    Bocchi pacem,

    Sall. J. 81, 4:

    mentes hominum (ebrietas),

    Gell. 15, 2, 4:

    Agrippa discidio domum imminuerat,

    Tac. A. 2, 86.—With acc. pers. only in Tac.:

    quamquam Augusta se violari et imminui quereretur,

    Tac. A. 2, 34:

    perculso Seneca, promptum fuit Rufum Fenium imminuere,

    id. ib. 14, 57.—Hence, immĭnūtus, a, um, P. a., diminished, smaller, weak:

    mens,

    Tac. A. 6, 46:

    modus intercalandi interdum cumulatior, interdum imminutior,

    Sol. 1, § 44 [p. 893]

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imminuo

  • 11 infirmantes

    1.
    infirmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [infirmus].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    legiones,

    Tac. A. 15, 10: munimenta madore, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 6:

    hominem,

    Cels. 2, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    a.
    To invalidate, disprove, refute:

    res tam leves infirmare ac diluere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42;

    with tollere,

    id. N. D. 2, 59, 147;

    with frangere,

    id. de Or. 131:

    fidem testis,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 45:

    fidem alicui,

    id. Att. 15, 26. —
    b.
    To annul, make void:

    legem,

    Liv. 34, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 49:

    contractum,

    Dig. 49, 14, 46:

    graviter ferens aliquid a se factum infirmari,

    Vell. 2, 2, 1:

    acta illa atque omnes res superioris anni,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 40.—
    II.
    Neutr. only in part. pres. as subst.: infirmantes, um, m., the weak, sick, Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 18, 5; id. Ep. 2, 12.
    2.
    in-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to establish in, fix, or confirm in (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 4, 36.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > infirmantes

  • 12 infirmo

    1.
    infirmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [infirmus].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    legiones,

    Tac. A. 15, 10: munimenta madore, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 6:

    hominem,

    Cels. 2, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    a.
    To invalidate, disprove, refute:

    res tam leves infirmare ac diluere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42;

    with tollere,

    id. N. D. 2, 59, 147;

    with frangere,

    id. de Or. 131:

    fidem testis,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 45:

    fidem alicui,

    id. Att. 15, 26. —
    b.
    To annul, make void:

    legem,

    Liv. 34, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 49:

    contractum,

    Dig. 49, 14, 46:

    graviter ferens aliquid a se factum infirmari,

    Vell. 2, 2, 1:

    acta illa atque omnes res superioris anni,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 40.—
    II.
    Neutr. only in part. pres. as subst.: infirmantes, um, m., the weak, sick, Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 18, 5; id. Ep. 2, 12.
    2.
    in-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to establish in, fix, or confirm in (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 4, 36.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > infirmo

  • 13 inminuo

    immĭnŭo ( inm-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [inminuo], to lessen, diminish a thing (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. diminuo, comminuo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    si istas exiguas copias quam minime imminueris,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

    pondus,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47.—
    B.
    Pregn., to weaken, impair, enfeeble:

    corpus otio, animum libidinibus imminuebant,

    Tac. H. 2, 93; cf.:

    Gauda, morbis confectus, et ob eam caussam mente paululum inminuta,

    Sall. J. 65, 1:

    vires (Venus),

    Lucr. 5, 1017; cf. ib. 626.—In mal. part.:

    virginem,

    App. Flor. p. 350; Lact. 1, 10 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to lessen, diminish, abate:

    aestivorum tempus comitiorum mora imminuerat,

    Sall. J. 44, 3:

    quod populi semper proprium fuit, quod nemo imminuit, nemo mutavit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19:

    imminuitur aliquid de voluptate,

    id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:

    nihil ex consuetudine luxus atque desidiae,

    Suet. Ner. 42:

    postquam se dolor imminuit,

    Ov. H. 15, 113:

    verbum imminutum,

    contracted, Cic. Or. 47, 157.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to encroach upon, to violate, injure, subvert, ruin, destroy:

    nullum jus tam sanctum atque integrum, quod non ejus scelus atque perfidia violarit et imminuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 109:

    cupiditas imminuta ac debilitata,

    id. Phil. 12, 3, 7:

    bellum attenuatum atque imminutum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30:

    pudicitiam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 90:

    auctoritatem,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18, 5; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 60:

    jus legationis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 33, §

    84: laudem alicujus,

    id. Att. 14, 17, A, 2:

    libertatem,

    id. Caecin. 12, 35:

    Bocchi pacem,

    Sall. J. 81, 4:

    mentes hominum (ebrietas),

    Gell. 15, 2, 4:

    Agrippa discidio domum imminuerat,

    Tac. A. 2, 86.—With acc. pers. only in Tac.:

    quamquam Augusta se violari et imminui quereretur,

    Tac. A. 2, 34:

    perculso Seneca, promptum fuit Rufum Fenium imminuere,

    id. ib. 14, 57.—Hence, immĭnūtus, a, um, P. a., diminished, smaller, weak:

    mens,

    Tac. A. 6, 46:

    modus intercalandi interdum cumulatior, interdum imminutior,

    Sol. 1, § 44 [p. 893]

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inminuo

  • 14 resolvo

    rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    equos,

    to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

    juncta juga leonibus,

    Cat. 63, 76:

    quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

    Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

    cinctas vestes,

    Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

    nodum,

    Cels. 7, 4, 4:

    fila,

    to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

    vulnera,

    to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

    oras,

    to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

    virginem catenis,

    i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

    crura vinclis,

    id. A. A. 3, 272:

    (puella) resoluta capillos,

    id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

    claustra,

    to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

    litteras,

    Liv. 26, 15:

    venas,

    Tac. A. 6, 48:

    jugulum mucrone,

    Ov. M. 1, 227:

    ferro,

    id. ib. 6, 643:

    manum in diversum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 97:

    fauces haec in verba,

    Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

    exspectato Ora sono,

    id. ib. 13, 126:

    fatis ora,

    Verg. G. 4, 452;

    and simply ora,

    id. A. 3, 457:

    ignis aurum resolvit,

    melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

    nivem,

    to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

    resolutus repente Rhenus,

    Suet. Dom. 6:

    margaritas in tabem,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

    glaebam in pulverem,

    Col. 11, 2, 60:

    nummos,

    to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

    nebulas ventis ac sole,

    to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

    tenebras (sidere),

    Verg. A. 8, 591:

    resoluta caligo,

    Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

    terra resoluta,

    Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

    muros ariete,

    to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

    cinctos muros,

    id. 12, 495:

    saxa,

    id. 1, 369. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

    felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

    Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

    (Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

    stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

    nexos artus,

    id. ib. 4, 695:

    utrumque (concubitus),

    Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

    corpus (somno),

    id. M. 7, 328:

    placitā resoluta quiete,

    id. ib. 9, 468:

    membra ad molles choros,

    Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

    fatigatione resolutus,

    id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—
    2.
    Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

    minas,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

    argentum,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

    pro vecturā,

    id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

    damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

    id. ib. 149, 2. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

    ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127:

    quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

    have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

    teque piacula nulla resolvent,

    release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

    amore resolutus,

    Tib. 1, 10, 83:

    (Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

    liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

    resoluta legibus urbs,

    id. 11, 36:

    ira resoluta frenis legum,

    Luc. 2, 145:

    litem quod lite resolvit,

    does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

    invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

    banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

    tristitiam animi,

    Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

    dolos tecti ambagesque,

    i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

    jura (pudoris),

    id. ib. 4, 27:

    dolos fraudesque,

    Sil. 7, 153:

    gaudia ferro,

    id. 13, 508:

    amphiboliam,

    to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

    ambiguitatem,

    id. 12, 2, 13:

    dicta ex parte diversā,

    i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

    vectigal et onera commerciorum,

    to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

    stipulationem,

    Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

    conventionem,

    ib. 41, 5, 2:

    emptionem,

    ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. B.).
    1.
    To relax, soften:

    disciplinam militarem,

    Tac. H. 1, 51:

    judices,

    Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —
    2.
    To pay:

    unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

    corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

    Mart. 10, 98.—
    2.
    Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—
    3.
    Unbridled:

    gaudia,

    Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

    quo resolutius decachinnetis,

    more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > resolvo

  • 15 tenuo

    tĕnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tenuis], to make thin, slender, meagre, fine, rare; to dilute, rarefy, attenuate, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: rarefacio, minuo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    assiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 43:

    hoc (tempus) tenuat dentem aratri,

    id. Tr. 4, 6, 13:

    sol matutinum aëra spissum et umidum ortu suo tenuat,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 2; so,

    aëra,

    to rarefy, Stat. Th. 1, 338:

    auras,

    Ov. M. 14, 399:

    ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes,

    make lean, Verg. G. 3, 129:

    tenuatum corpus,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 84:

    corpus parvo victu tenuatum,

    Tac. A. 15, 63:

    exiles videor tenuatus in artus,

    Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 21:

    se in undas,

    to dissolve into water, Ov. A. A. 1, 761; so,

    artus in undas,

    id. M. 15, 551; cf.:

    tenuatus in auras, Aëraque umor abit,

    id. ib. 15, 246:

    vocis via est tenuata,

    narrowed, contracted, id. ib. 14, 498:

    flumina per multos rivos,

    id. R. Am. 445:

    chartam interpolatione,

    Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 75:

    adipes,

    Quint. 2, 10, 6:

    luna quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,

    i. e. waning, Ov. M. 7, 531: ne ad [p. 1857] spadonum exilitatem vox nostra tenuetur, Quint. 11, 3, 19; so,

    vocem,

    id. 11, 3, 32.—
    II.
    Trop., to make small or trifling, to lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble:

    utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 65:

    iram,

    id. H. 20, 73:

    vires amoris,

    id. M. 5, 374:

    magna modis tenuare parvis,

    to lessen, degrade, Hor. C. 3, 3, 72:

    gesta tanti viri enumerando,

    Pac. Pan. ad Theod. 5; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 127:

    dicite, quo pariter carmen tenuastis in antro,

    have spun out a slight elegiac poem, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 5; cf.:

    Maximo carmen tenuare tanto,

    Stat. S. 4, 7, 2; v. tenuis, II. B.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tenuo

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