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I.bas1, basse1 [bα, bαs]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = peu élevé) [siège, porte, colline, nuages] low ; [ciel] overcast ; [maison] low-roofed ; [terrain] low-lyingb. ( = grave) [voix] deepc. ( = mesquin) [jalousie, vengeance] petty ; [action] base2. <a. low► plus basb. ( = doucement) [parler] softly► à bas !• à bas le fascisme ! down with fascism!• à bas les tyrans ! down with tyrants!3. <• la colonne est évasée dans le bas the pillar is wider at the bottom► dans le bas de at the bottom of• l'équipe se retrouve au bas du classement the team is at the bottom of the league► de bas en haut from the bottom upII.bas2 [bα]masculine noun* * *
1.
basse bɑ, bɑs adjectif1) [maison, table, mur] low; [salle] low-ceilinged (épith)2) [nuage] low; [côte, terre, vallée] low-lying (épith)3) [fréquence, pression, température, prix, salaire, latitude] low; Musique [note] low; [instrument] bassde bas niveau — [produit] low-grade; [élève, classe] at a low level (après n); [style, texte] low-brow
les cours sont au plus bas — ( en Bourse) prices have reached rock bottom
4) [origine, condition] low, lowly5) [époque, période] late6) [esprit, vengeance, complaisance] basede bas étage — [individu] common; [plaisanterie] coarse, vulgar
2.
1) ( à faible hauteur) lowcomment peut-on tomber si bas! — ( dans l'abjection) how can one sink to such a low level!
2) ( dans un texte)3) ( doucement) [parler] quietlytout bas — [parler] in a whisper; [chanter] softly
mettre bas — ( abattre) to bring [somebody/something] down [dictateur, régime]
mettre bas les armes — lit ( se rendre) to lay down one's arms; fig ( renoncer) to give up the fight; mettre 2.
4) ( mal)être au plus bas — ( physiquement) to be extremely weak; ( moralement) to be at one's lowest
3.
nom masculin invariable1) ( partie inférieure) bottomvers le bas — [incliner] downward(s)
2) ( vêtement) stocking3) Musique [U]
4.
en bas locution ( au rez-de-chaussée) downstairs; ( en dessous) down below; (sur panneau, page) at the bottomen bas de — at the bottom of [falaise, page]
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *abr nm bureau d'aide socialesocial security office Grande-BretagneWelfare office USA* * *A adj2 ( en altitude) [nuage] low; [côte, terre, vallée] low-lying ( épith); la partie basse d'un mur the lower part of a wall; l'étagère la plus basse the bottom shelf; les branches basses the lower ou bottom branches; le ciel est bas the sky is overcast;3 ( dans une échelle de valeurs) [fréquence, pression, température, prix, salaire, latitude] low; Mus [note] low; [instrument] bass; vendre qch à bas prix to sell sth cheap; un enfant en bas âge a very young child; basses besognes ( ennuyeuses) menial chores; ( répugnantes) dirty work ¢; le moral des joueurs est très bas the players are in very low spirits; de bas niveau [produit] low-grade; [élève, classe] at a low level ( après n); [style, texte] low-brow; être au plus bas de la hiérarchie to be at the bottom of the hierarchy; les cours sont au plus bas Fin prices have reached rock bottom;4 ( dans une hiérarchie) [origine, condition] low, lowly; les postes les plus bas the lowest-grade jobs;5 Géog le bas Dauphiné the Lower Dauphiné;7 ( moralement) [esprit, âme, vengeance, complaisance] base; de bas étage [individu] common; [plaisanterie] coarse, vulgar.B adv1 ( à faible hauteur) [voler, s'incliner] low; la lune est bas dans le ciel the moon is low in the sky; tomber or descendre très bas [thermomètre] to go down very low; [prix, cours] to fall very low; comment peut-on tomber si bas! ( dans l'abjection) how can one sink to such a low level!; tu es assis trop bas your seat is too low; colle-le plus bas sur la page stick it lower down (the page); loger un étage plus bas to live one floor below; plus bas dans la rue/sur la colline further down the street/the hill;2 ( dans un texte) voir plus bas see below;3 ( doucement) [parler] quietly; tout bas [parler] in a whisper; [chanter] softly; parle plus bas lower your voice; ce que chacun pense tout bas what everyone is thinking privately; jeter or mettre bas ( abattre) to bring [sb/sth] down [dictateur, régime]; mettre bas les armes lit ( se rendre) to lay down one's arms; fig ( renoncer) to give up the fight; ⇒ mettre B;4 ( mal) être bien bas ( physiquement) to be very weak; ( moralement) to be very low; être au plus bas ( physiquement) to be extremely weak; ( moralement) to be at one's lowest ou at a very low ebb.C nm inv1 ( partie inférieure) (d'escalier, échelle, de mur, montagne, meuble, vêtement, page) bottom; le bas du visage the lower part of the face; le bas du corps the bottom half of the body; déchiré dans le bas torn at the bottom; au bas de la liste/colline at the bottom of the list/hill; le rayon/l'image du bas the bottom shelf/picture; les pièces du bas the downstairs rooms; vers le bas [incliner] downward(s); le bas de son maillot de bain the bottom part of her swimsuit; sauter à bas de sa monture to jump off one's horse;D en bas loc ( au rez-de-chaussée) downstairs; ( en dessous) down below; (sur panneau, page) at the bottom; en bas de at the bottom of [falaise, page] ; tomber en bas de la falaise to fall to the bottom of the cliff; il habite en bas de chez moi he lives below me; l'arrêt de bus en bas de chez moi the bus stop outside my place; la cuisine est en bas the kitchen is downstairs; en bas dans la rue in the street (down) below; signe en bas à gauche sign on the bottom left-hand side; l'odeur vient d'en bas the smell is coming from below; tout en bas right at the bottom; jusqu'en bas right down to the bottom; passer par en bas ( dans un village) to take the bottom road; ( dans une maison) to get in on the ground GB ou first US floor.E basse ⇒ Le chant et les chanteurs, Les instruments de musique nf Mus (partie, chanteur, instrument) bass; ( voix) bass (voice); basse continue (bass) continuo; basse contrainte ground bass.bas allemand Ling Low German; bas de casse Imprim lower case; le bas clergé Relig the lower clergy; bas de contention Méd support stocking; bas de gamme Ind, Comm adj low-quality ( épith); nm lower end of the market; bas de laine fig nest egg, savings (pl); bas latin Ling Low Latin; bas morceaux Culin cheap cuts; bas sur pattes short-legged ( épith); le bas peuple the lower classes; les bas quartiers the seedy ou poor districts (of a town); bas à varices Méd = bas de contention; basse école Équit basic equitation; basse fréquence Phys, Télécom low frequency; basse saison Tourisme low season; basse de viole Mus viola da gamba; basses eaux ( de mer) low tide ¢; ( de rivière) low water ¢; pendant les basses eaux when the waters are low.avoir des hauts et des bas to have one's ups and downs; à bas les tyrans! down with tyrants!; mettre qn plus bas que terre to run sb into the ground.I( féminin basse) [ba, devant nm commençant par voyelle ou 'h' muet baz, bas ] adjectifA.[DANS L'ESPACE]attrape les branches basses grasp the lower ou bottom branches2. [peu profond] lowa. [de la mer] at low tideb. [d'une rivière] when the water level is low3. [incliné vers le sol]le chien s'enfuit, la queue basse the dog ran away with its tail between its legs4. GÉOGRAPHIEB.[DANS UNE HIÉRARCHIE]1. [en grandeur - prix, fréquence, pression etc.] lowà bas prix cheap, for a low priceson moral est très bas he's down, he's in very low spiritsles bas morceaux [en boucherie] the cheap cuts5. [peu fort] low, quietparler à voix basse to speak in a low ou quiet voice6. (péjoratif) [abject, vil - âme] low, mean, villainous ; [ - acte] low, base, mean ; [ - sentiment] low, base, abject[vulgaire - terme, expression] crude, vulgar7. [le plus récent]bas adverbe1. [à faible hauteur, à faible niveau] lowa. [physiquement] she's very poorlyb. [moralement] she's very low ou downa. [financièrement] you've certainly gone down in the worldb. [moralement] you've sunk really lowplus bas, vous trouverez la boulangerie [plus loin] you'll find the baker's a little further on[dans un document]bas les masques: je sais tout maintenant, alors bas les masques I know everything now, so you can stop pretending2. ACOUSTIQUE [d'une voix douce] in a low voice[d'une voix grave] in a deep voiceil dit tout haut ce que les autres pensent tout bas he voices the thoughts which others keep to themselves5. NAUTIQUEmettre pavillon bas to lower ou to strike the coloursbas nom masculin[partie inférieure - d'un pantalon, d'un escalier, d'une hiérarchie etc.] bottom ; [ - d'un visage] lower partbasse nom féminin1. MUSIQUE [partie] bass (part) ou score2. [voix d'homme] bass (voice)[chanteur] bass3. [instrument - généralement] bass (instrument) ; [ - violoncelle] (double) bass————————à bas locution adverbiale————————au bas de locution prépositionnelleau bas des escaliers at the foot ou bottom of the stairsau bas de la hiérarchie/liste at the bottom of the hierarchy/listde bas en haut locution adverbiale————————d'en bas locution adjectivale————————d'en bas locution adverbiale[dans une maison] from downstairs[d'une hauteur] from the bottom————————du bas locution adjectivale1. [de l'étage inférieur]l'appartement du bas the flat underneath ou below ou downstairs2. [du rez-de-chaussée] downstairs (modificateur)3. [de l'endroit le moins élevé] lower————————en bas locution adverbiale2. [dans la partie inférieure]3. [vers le sol]je ne peux pas regarder en bas, j'ai le vertige I can't look down, I feel dizzyle village semblait si petit, tout en bas the village looked so small, down there ou below————————en bas de locution prépositionnelleen bas de la côte at the bottom ou foot of the hillII[ba] nom masculin[de femme] stockingdes bas avec/sans couture seamed/seamless stockingsb. (figuré) savings, nest eggbas (de) Nylon® nylon stockings -
2 labor
1.lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.I.Lit.A.In gen.1.Of living beings:2.non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,
Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,
Ov. M. 15, 721:pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,
Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,
Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,
Ov. H. 10, 65:dum Stygio gurgite labor,
id. M. 5, 504:tua labens navita aqua,
Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,
Verg. A. 6, 202:vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,
id. ib. 4, 223:pennis lapsa per auras,
Ov. M. 8, 51:labere, nympha, polo,
Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,
Ov. A. A. 7, 342:labitur infelix (equus),
Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:labitur exsanguis,
Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:super terram,
Ov. M. 13, 477:equo,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:temone,
Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:in vulnera,
id. 7, 604:in colla mariti,
Val. Fl. 2, 425:alieno vulnere,
Luc. 2, 265:in rivo,
Cic. Fat. 3, 5:pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,
Luc. 7, 572.—Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,
Verg. A. 3, 243.—Of things:B.splendida signa videntur labier,
Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:umor in genas Furtim labitur,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:stellas Praecipites caelo labi,
Verg. G. 1, 366:perque genas lacrimae labuntur,
Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:lapsi de fontibus amnes,
id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,
id. ib. 3, 699:lapsuram domum subire,
about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,
Verg. A. 6, 310:ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:lapsis repente saxis,
Tac. A. 4, 59:ab arbore ramus,
Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:labentes, oculos condere,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:lumina,
Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—Transf.1.To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:2.labitur uncta vadis abies,
Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,
id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,
Quint. 7, 10, 17.—To slip away, escape:II.lapsus custodiā,
Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:e manibus custodientium lapsus,
Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—Trop.A.In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:B.ilico res foras labitur,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,
Cic. Or. 57; 56:sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,
id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:labi somnum sensit in artus,
id. M. 11, 631:nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,
Verg. E. 1, 64.—In partic.1.Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):2.ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:3.eheu fugaces labuntur anni,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:anni tacite labentis origo,
Ov. F. 1, 65:labentia tempora,
id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:aetas labitur,
Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:4.cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,
Cic. Or. 3, 10:labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,
id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,
id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,
Tac. H. 3, 23:vidi labentes acies,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:eo citius lapsa res est,
Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:fides lapsa,
Ov. H. 2, 102:labentur opes,
will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:res,
Lucr. 4, 1117:hereditas lapsa est,
Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:5.hoc munere,
Sil. 7, 740:facultatibus,
to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:mente,
to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:lapsae mentis error,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:6.labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,
Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:ad opinionem,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:in adulationem,
Tac. A. 4, 6:in gaudia,
Val. Fl. 6, 662:in vitium,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:7.labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:in aliqua re labi et cadere,
id. Brut. 49, 185:in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:lapsus est per errorem suum,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:consilio,... casu,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:propter inprudentiam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 3:in officio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:in verbo,
Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:ne verbo quidem labi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3:it vera ratione,
Lucr. 2, 176.—Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):2.lapsorum fratrum petulantia,
Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).I.Lit.:B.ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:haud existimans quanto labore partum,
id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:corporis,
id. Cael. 17, 39:res est magni laboris,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,
id. Mur. 18, 38:sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,
id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:multum operae laborisque consumere,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:laborem sustinere,
id. Att. 1, 17, 6:exantlare,
id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:suscipere,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:subire,
id. Att. 3, 15, 7:capere,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:labores magnos excipere,
id. Brut. 69, 243:se in magnis laboribus exercere,
id. Arch. 11, 28:summi laboris esse,
capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:laborem levare alicui,
Cic. Or. 34, 120:detrahere,
id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:ex labore se reficere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:victus suppeditabatur sine labore,
Cic. Sest. 48, 103:non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:nullo labore,
Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:quantum meruit labor,
Juv. 7, 216:reddere sua dona labori,
id. 16, 57:numerenter labores,
be valued, id. 9, 42.—In partic.1.Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;2.si id facietis, levior labos erit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,
id. ib. 5, 1, 25:cum labore magno et misere vivere,
id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,
id. ib. 2, 3, 20:vel in labore meo vel in honore,
Cic. Fam. 15, 18:Iliacos audire labores,
Verg. A. 4, 78:mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,
id. G. 1, 150:belli labores,
id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;12, 727: labor militiae,
Juv. 16, 52:castrorum labores,
id. 14, 198:Lucinae labores,
Verg. G. 4, 340:cor de labore pectus tundit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,
Scrib. 227:litterarius, = opus,
Aug. Conf. 9, 2;id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,
id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,
Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,
Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:jucundi acti labores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,
id. ib. —Poet.a.Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,b.defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,
id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —Of plants:3.hunc laborem perferre,
i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—II.Meton., of the products of labor.a.Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):b.operum,
Verg. A. 1, 455:hic labor ille domūs,
id. ib. 6, 27:nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,
Juv. 8, 104. —Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:c.ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,
Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,
id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193. -
3 Labos
1.lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.I.Lit.A.In gen.1.Of living beings:2.non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,
Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,
Ov. M. 15, 721:pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,
Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,
Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,
Ov. H. 10, 65:dum Stygio gurgite labor,
id. M. 5, 504:tua labens navita aqua,
Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,
Verg. A. 6, 202:vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,
id. ib. 4, 223:pennis lapsa per auras,
Ov. M. 8, 51:labere, nympha, polo,
Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,
Ov. A. A. 7, 342:labitur infelix (equus),
Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:labitur exsanguis,
Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:super terram,
Ov. M. 13, 477:equo,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:temone,
Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:in vulnera,
id. 7, 604:in colla mariti,
Val. Fl. 2, 425:alieno vulnere,
Luc. 2, 265:in rivo,
Cic. Fat. 3, 5:pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,
Luc. 7, 572.—Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,
Verg. A. 3, 243.—Of things:B.splendida signa videntur labier,
Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:umor in genas Furtim labitur,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:stellas Praecipites caelo labi,
Verg. G. 1, 366:perque genas lacrimae labuntur,
Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:lapsi de fontibus amnes,
id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,
id. ib. 3, 699:lapsuram domum subire,
about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,
Verg. A. 6, 310:ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:lapsis repente saxis,
Tac. A. 4, 59:ab arbore ramus,
Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:labentes, oculos condere,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:lumina,
Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—Transf.1.To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:2.labitur uncta vadis abies,
Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,
id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,
Quint. 7, 10, 17.—To slip away, escape:II.lapsus custodiā,
Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:e manibus custodientium lapsus,
Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—Trop.A.In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:B.ilico res foras labitur,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,
Cic. Or. 57; 56:sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,
id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:labi somnum sensit in artus,
id. M. 11, 631:nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,
Verg. E. 1, 64.—In partic.1.Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):2.ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:3.eheu fugaces labuntur anni,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:anni tacite labentis origo,
Ov. F. 1, 65:labentia tempora,
id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:aetas labitur,
Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:4.cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,
Cic. Or. 3, 10:labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,
id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,
id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,
Tac. H. 3, 23:vidi labentes acies,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:eo citius lapsa res est,
Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:fides lapsa,
Ov. H. 2, 102:labentur opes,
will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:res,
Lucr. 4, 1117:hereditas lapsa est,
Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:5.hoc munere,
Sil. 7, 740:facultatibus,
to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:mente,
to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:lapsae mentis error,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:6.labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,
Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:ad opinionem,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:in adulationem,
Tac. A. 4, 6:in gaudia,
Val. Fl. 6, 662:in vitium,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:7.labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:in aliqua re labi et cadere,
id. Brut. 49, 185:in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:lapsus est per errorem suum,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:consilio,... casu,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:propter inprudentiam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 3:in officio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:in verbo,
Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:ne verbo quidem labi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3:it vera ratione,
Lucr. 2, 176.—Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):2.lapsorum fratrum petulantia,
Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).I.Lit.:B.ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:haud existimans quanto labore partum,
id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:corporis,
id. Cael. 17, 39:res est magni laboris,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,
id. Mur. 18, 38:sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,
id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:multum operae laborisque consumere,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:laborem sustinere,
id. Att. 1, 17, 6:exantlare,
id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:suscipere,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:subire,
id. Att. 3, 15, 7:capere,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:labores magnos excipere,
id. Brut. 69, 243:se in magnis laboribus exercere,
id. Arch. 11, 28:summi laboris esse,
capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:laborem levare alicui,
Cic. Or. 34, 120:detrahere,
id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:ex labore se reficere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:victus suppeditabatur sine labore,
Cic. Sest. 48, 103:non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:nullo labore,
Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:quantum meruit labor,
Juv. 7, 216:reddere sua dona labori,
id. 16, 57:numerenter labores,
be valued, id. 9, 42.—In partic.1.Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;2.si id facietis, levior labos erit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,
id. ib. 5, 1, 25:cum labore magno et misere vivere,
id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,
id. ib. 2, 3, 20:vel in labore meo vel in honore,
Cic. Fam. 15, 18:Iliacos audire labores,
Verg. A. 4, 78:mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,
id. G. 1, 150:belli labores,
id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;12, 727: labor militiae,
Juv. 16, 52:castrorum labores,
id. 14, 198:Lucinae labores,
Verg. G. 4, 340:cor de labore pectus tundit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,
Scrib. 227:litterarius, = opus,
Aug. Conf. 9, 2;id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,
id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,
Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,
Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:jucundi acti labores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,
id. ib. —Poet.a.Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,b.defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,
id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —Of plants:3.hunc laborem perferre,
i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—II.Meton., of the products of labor.a.Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):b.operum,
Verg. A. 1, 455:hic labor ille domūs,
id. ib. 6, 27:nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,
Juv. 8, 104. —Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:c.ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,
Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,
id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193. -
4 perseguir
v.1 to pursue.con esta medida, el gobierno persigue la contención de la inflación the government's purpose in taking this measure is to curb inflationElla persigue el éxito She pursues success.2 to persecute.lo persiguieron por sus ideas he was persecuted for his beliefsle persigue la mala suerte he's dogged by bad lucklos fantasmas de la niñez la persiguen she is tormented by the ghosts of her childhoodEl policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.3 to chase, to chase down, to follow, to get after.Buck persigue aves Buck chases birds.4 to aspire to, to aim to, to pursue, to pursue to.Ella persigue estudiar en Francia She pursues to study in France.5 to prosecute, to prosecute by the law.La corte persigue a Ricardo The court prosecutes Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase3 (reprimir) to persecute4 figurado (pretender) to be after, be looking for5 DERECHO to prosecute* * *verb1) to persecute2) pursue3) worry, torment* * *VT1) [+ presa, fugitivo] [gen] to pursue, chase; [por motivos ideológicos] to persecute; (=acosar) to hunt down, hunt out2) [+ persona, empleo] to chase after, go after; [+ propósito, fin] to pursuela persiguió durante dos años — he was after her for two years, he pursued her for two years
* * *verbo transitivo1)a) <fugitivo/delincuente/presa> to pursue, chaseb) ( por la ideología) to persecute2)a) <objetivo/fin> to pursuela finalidad que se persigue es... — the ultimate aim is...
b) ( acosar)la han estado persiguiendo hasta conseguir que trabaje para ellos — they've been pursuing her until they've managed to get her to work for them
* * *= chase, hunt, seek (after), track, haunt, be after, woo, dog, persecute, track down, hound, gun for, hunt down, chase down.Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Ex. Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.Ex. Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Ex. A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.----* perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.* perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.* perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.* perseguir quimeras = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.* perseguir un fin = pursue + end.* perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.* persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) <fugitivo/delincuente/presa> to pursue, chaseb) ( por la ideología) to persecute2)a) <objetivo/fin> to pursuela finalidad que se persigue es... — the ultimate aim is...
b) ( acosar)la han estado persiguiendo hasta conseguir que trabaje para ellos — they've been pursuing her until they've managed to get her to work for them
* * *= chase, hunt, seek (after), track, haunt, be after, woo, dog, persecute, track down, hound, gun for, hunt down, chase down.Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Ex: Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.Ex: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Ex: A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.* perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.* perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.* perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.* perseguir quimeras = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.* perseguir un fin = pursue + end.* perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.* persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of.* * *vtA ‹fugitivo/delincuente› to pursue, chase; ‹presa› to pursue, chase, huntB (por la ideología) to persecuteel gobierno persiguió a los que se oponían al régimen the government persecuted those who opposed the regimeC1 ‹objetivo/fin› to pursuejóvenes que persiguen la fama young people in pursuit of o seeking famela finalidad que se persigue es que baje esta cifra the ultimate aim is to lower this figureno sé qué persigues con esa actitud I don't know what you're hoping to achieve with that attitude2(acosar): me persigue pidiéndome el coche prestado he's always pestering me to lend him the car ( colloq)me persigue la mala suerte I'm dogged by bad luckla suerte lo persigue luck always seems to be on his sideparece que te persiguen las enfermedades you seem to be plagued by illness* * *
perseguir ( conjugate perseguir) verbo transitivo
1
2 ‹objetivo/fin› to pursue;
me persigue la mala suerte I'm dogged by bad luck
perseguir verbo transitivo
1 (ir detrás de alguien) to chase
2 (por ideas) to persecute
3 (un objetivo) to pursue
4 (acompañar) les persigue la mala suerte, they are dogged by bad luck
' perseguir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
morosa
- moroso
- andar
- caza
- corretear
English:
chase
- dog
- get after
- go after
- hunt down
- make after
- persecute
- pursue
- victimize
- go
- haunt
- run
* * *perseguir vt1. [ir tras de] to pursue;[corredor, ciclista] to chase down2. [acosar] to persecute;lo persiguieron por sus ideas he was persecuted for his beliefs;lo persigue la mala suerte she's dogged by bad luck;los fantasmas de la niñez la persiguen she is tormented by the ghosts of her childhood3. [tratar de obtener] to pursue;con esta medida, el gobierno persigue la contención de la inflación the government's purpose in taking this measure is to curb inflation* * *v/t1 objetivo pursue2 delincuente look for3 ( molestar) pester4 ( acosar) persecute* * *perseguir {75} vt1) : to pursue, to chase2) : to persecute3) : to pester, to annoy* * *perseguir vb1. (en general) to chase / to pursue -
5 premo
I.Lit.:B.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.—Transf.1.Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:2.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.—Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:3.premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:capulum,
id. 2, 615.—Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:4.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.—To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):5.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.—To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):6.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.—To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:7.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.—To press down, burden, load, freight:8.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.—To press into, force in, press upon:b.(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. —To make with any thing ( poet.):9.aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:b.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. —In partic.(α). (β).To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:(γ). 10.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.—To press closely, compress, press together, close:b.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.—In partic.(α).To shorten, tighten, draw in:(β).pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—To keep short, prune:(γ).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.—To check, arrest, stop:11.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.—To press out, bring out by pressure:12.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.—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.):B.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.—Transf.1.To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):2.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.—To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:b.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.—To surpass, exceed:c.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.—To rule ( poet.):3.dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:4.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.—To compress, abridge, condense:5.haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—To check, arrest, repress, restrain:6.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.—To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:I. A.(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.Lit.:B.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.—Trop.1.Of the voice or manner, subdued:2.haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:II.color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—Esp., of an orator or of speech.A.Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):B.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.—Close, exact, accurate:B.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.—Closely, tightly.1.Lit.:2.vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—Trop.a.Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:b.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:(β).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.—Without ornament, simply:(γ).unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—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. -
6 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 Vpress, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm
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