grow soft

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rĕ-mollesco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.).

Lit.:

ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit,

softens, Ov. M. 10, 285:

sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda,

i. e. melts, id. ib. 9, 661.—

Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.:

si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt,

are softened, touched, Ov. M. 1, 378.

lĭquesco, lĭcŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become fluid or liquid, to melt.

Lit.:

tabes nivis liquescentis,

Liv. 21, 36:

haec ut cera liquescit,

Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431:

volnificusque chalybs vastā fornace liquescit,

Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162:

corpora foeda jacent... dilapsa liquescunt,

i. e. putrefy, Ov. M. 7, 550.—

Transf.

To become clear, limpid: aqua liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.—

Of the liquid sound of l, m, n, r with other consonants, to merge, coalesce, be confined with other sounds:

eorum sonus liquescit et tenuatur,

Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.—

Trop.

To grow soft, effeminate:

qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52. —

To melt or waste away:

fortuna liquescit,

Ov. Ib. 425.—Of a person:

minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere,

Sen. Ep. 26.

lĭquesco, lĭcŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become fluid or liquid, to melt.

Lit.:

tabes nivis liquescentis,

Liv. 21, 36:

haec ut cera liquescit,

Verg. E. 8, 80; Ov. M. 5, 431:

volnificusque chalybs vastā fornace liquescit,

Verg. A. 8, 446; Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162:

corpora foeda jacent... dilapsa liquescunt,

i. e. putrefy, Ov. M. 7, 550.—

Transf.

To become clear, limpid: aqua liquescit ac subsidit, Auct. B. Alex. 5.—

Of the liquid sound of l, m, n, r with other consonants, to merge, coalesce, be confined with other sounds:

eorum sonus liquescit et tenuatur,

Val. Prob. p. 1389 P.—

Trop.

To grow soft, effeminate:

qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52. —

To melt or waste away:

fortuna liquescit,

Ov. Ib. 425.—Of a person:

minui et deperire, et, ut proprie dicam, liquescere,

Sen. Ep. 26.

per-mădesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become thoroughly wet, quite moist.

Lit.:

quasi hibernis pluviis terra permaduerit,

Col. 2, 4; Prud. steph. 10, 1010.—

Trop., to grow soft or effeminate:

deliciis,

Sen. Ep. 20, 11:

fugite enervatam felicitatem, quā animi permadescunt,

id. Prov. 4, 9.

mītesco ( mitisco), ĕre, v. inch. n. [mitis], to become mild or mellow, to grow ripe (of fruits, to lose their roughness or harsh flavor; class.).

Lit.: nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitescere, Pac. ap. Non. 343, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 142 Rib.): uvae a sole mitescunt, Cic. Oecon. ap. Gell. 15, 5, 8:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

cornus, arbutus, prunus, piri,

to grow mellow, ripe, Col. 7, 9:

sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flamma, Mollirique queant,

Ov. M. 15, 78:

ervum,

Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 153.—

Transf., in gen., to grow mild, soft; to grow gentle, tame: offirmatod animo mitescit metus, Pac. ap. Non. 406, 9 (Trag. Rel. v. 293 Rib.): nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non... mitiscat malo, Att. ap. Non. 473, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 684 Rib.): caelum mitescere, arbores frondescere, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

hiems,

Liv. 23, 19:

annus,

Sil. 15, 505:

frigora,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 9:

Alpium juga,

Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt,

Liv. 33, 45. —

Trop., to grow mild, gentle:

nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.

mītesco ( mitisco), ĕre, v. inch. n. [mitis], to become mild or mellow, to grow ripe (of fruits, to lose their roughness or harsh flavor; class.).

Lit.: nec grandiri frugum fetum posse nec mitescere, Pac. ap. Non. 343, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 142 Rib.): uvae a sole mitescunt, Cic. Oecon. ap. Gell. 15, 5, 8:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

cornus, arbutus, prunus, piri,

to grow mellow, ripe, Col. 7, 9:

sunt (herbae) quae mitescere flamma, Mollirique queant,

Ov. M. 15, 78:

ervum,

Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 153.—

Transf., in gen., to grow mild, soft; to grow gentle, tame: offirmatod animo mitescit metus, Pac. ap. Non. 406, 9 (Trag. Rel. v. 293 Rib.): nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non... mitiscat malo, Att. ap. Non. 473, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 684 Rib.): caelum mitescere, arbores frondescere, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

hiems,

Liv. 23, 19:

annus,

Sil. 15, 505:

frigora,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 9:

Alpium juga,

Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

ferae quaedam numquam mitescunt,

Liv. 33, 45. —

Trop., to grow mild, gentle:

nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39.

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mansŭesco, sŭēvi, sŭētum, 3, v. inch. a. and n. [manus-suesco; lit., to accustom to the hand; hence],

Act., to tame, to make tame (in the verb. finit. ante- and post-class.; but cf. infra, mansuetus).

Lit.:

silvestria animalia,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4:

tigres, Coripp. Johann. 6, 253: fructus feros,

Lucr. 5, 1368; v. Lachm. ad h. l.—

Trop., to render mild, gentle, or peaceable: gentes, Coripp. Johann. 6, 484.—

Neutr. ( = mansuetum fieri), to become or grow tame (in the verb. finit. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

buculi triduo fere mansuescunt,

Col. 6, 2, 4:

ferae,

Luc. 4, 237.—

Trop., to grow tame, gentle, mild, soft:

nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda,

Verg. G. 4, 470:

umor,

Lucr. 2, 475:

tellus,

Verg. G. 2, 239:

radii,

Petr. 122:

fera mansuescere jussa,

Juv. 11, 104.—Hence, mansŭētus (MASVETA, Inscr. Grut. 688, 2), a, um, P. a., tamed, tame.

Lit.:

juvenci diebus paucis erunt mansueti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2:

sus,

Liv. 35, 49:

cum (apes) sint neque mansueti generis, neque feri,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 12:

stabula, i. e. mansuetarum pecudum,

Grat. Cyn. 164.—

Trop., mild, soft, gentle, quiet, etc. (syn. mitis;

opp. ferus): illud quaero, cur tam subito mansuetus in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset ferus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 23:

amor,

Prop. 1, 9, 12:

manus,

id. 3, 14, 10:

malum,

Liv. 3, 16:

litora,

tranquil, not stormy, Prop. 1, 17, 28.— Comp.: ut mitior mansuetiorque fiat, Asellio ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.:

nam me jam ab orationibus dijungo fere, referoque ad mansuetiores Musas,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

ira,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 23.— Sup.:

ut mansuetissimus viderer,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

ingenium,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 11.—Hence, adv.: mansŭētē (acc. to B.), gently, mildly, calmly, quietly, etc.:

clementer, mansuete factum,

Cic. Marcell. 3, 9:

adeo tum imperio meliori animus mansuete obediens erat,

Liv. 3, 29, 3:

ferre fortunam,

Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65.— Comp.:

mansuetius versari,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.

mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].

Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).

Lit., of fruits:

uvas,

Tib. 1, 4, 19:

pomum,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102. — Pass.: maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity:

frumenta maturantur,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60:

omnia maturata,

ripened, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

uva maturata dulcescit,

ripe, id. de Sen. 13, 53.—

Transf., to make ripe, to ripen, mature, soften, bring to maturity:

vitis alba suppurationes veteres maturat,

Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

lupini strumas maturant,

id. 22, 25, 74, § 156:

partus conceptos,

id. 30, 14, 43, § 123:

olivas muria,

to make ripe, soft, eatable, Pall. 12, 22, 2.— Pass., to become ripe or soft, to come to maturity:

ova in sicco maturari,

Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 177:

alumen aestivis solibus maturatur,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 184:

concoctione maturata,

id. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—

Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).

With acc.:

domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet,

Liv. 24, 13:

iter,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

mortem alicui,

Cic. Clu. 61, 171:

necem alicui,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.:

mortem ea res maturat,

Cels. 7, 7, 7:

insidias consuli,

Sall. C. 32:

fugam,

Verg. A. 1, 137:

negotia,

Suet. Caes. 80:

sibi exitium,

id. Dom. 15:

maturatur recordatio,

Quint. 11, 2, 43:

spem praedae suae morte maturare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—

With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing:

jube maturare illam exire huc,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101:

flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

ab urbe proficisci,

id. ib. 1, 7:

venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7:

iter pergere,

Sall. J. 79, 5.—

To hurry too much, precipitate:

ni Catilina maturasset signum dare,

had not Catiline given the signal too soon, Sall. C. 18, 8:

jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi,

Liv. 32, 16, 5.—

Poet.:

multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,

i. e. to do in good time, betimes, Verg. G. 1, 261.—

Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.):

ficus, quae sero maturant,

Pall. Mart. 10, 27:

tardius,

id. Nov. 7, 22.—

Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.):

successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

legati in Africam maturantes veniunt,

Sall. J. 22, 1:

et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc.,

Liv. 2, 22:

maturandum ne, etc.,

id. 24, 12:

facto maturatoque opus esse,

id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin.:

quam maturato opus erat,

id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē, betimes, quickly (very rare):

properare,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō, hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.

mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].

Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).

Lit., of fruits:

uvas,

Tib. 1, 4, 19:

pomum,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102. — Pass.: maturari, to grow ripe, ripen, to come to maturity:

frumenta maturantur,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60:

omnia maturata,

ripened, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

uva maturata dulcescit,

ripe, id. de Sen. 13, 53.—

Transf., to make ripe, to ripen, mature, soften, bring to maturity:

vitis alba suppurationes veteres maturat,

Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

lupini strumas maturant,

id. 22, 25, 74, § 156:

partus conceptos,

id. 30, 14, 43, § 123:

olivas muria,

to make ripe, soft, eatable, Pall. 12, 22, 2.— Pass., to become ripe or soft, to come to maturity:

ova in sicco maturari,

Plin. 9, 57, 83, § 177:

alumen aestivis solibus maturatur,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 184:

concoctione maturata,

id. 11, 37, 79, § 200.—

Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).

With acc.:

domum ad coepta maturanda redire jubet,

Liv. 24, 13:

iter,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

mortem alicui,

Cic. Clu. 61, 171:

necem alicui,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 16; cf.:

mortem ea res maturat,

Cels. 7, 7, 7:

insidias consuli,

Sall. C. 32:

fugam,

Verg. A. 1, 137:

negotia,

Suet. Caes. 80:

sibi exitium,

id. Dom. 15:

maturatur recordatio,

Quint. 11, 2, 43:

spem praedae suae morte maturare,

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—

With inf., to make haste or hasten to do a thing:

jube maturare illam exire huc,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 101:

flumen Axonam exercitum transducere maturavit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

ab urbe proficisci,

id. ib. 1, 7:

venire,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7:

iter pergere,

Sall. J. 79, 5.—

To hurry too much, precipitate:

ni Catilina maturasset signum dare,

had not Catiline given the signal too soon, Sall. C. 18, 8:

jussis ceteris quantum possent maturare sequi,

Liv. 32, 16, 5.—

Poet.:

multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,

i. e. to do in good time, betimes, Verg. G. 1, 261.—

Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.):

ficus, quae sero maturant,

Pall. Mart. 10, 27:

tardius,

id. Nov. 7, 22.—

Transf., to make haste, hasten (rare but class.):

successor tuus non potest ita maturare, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

legati in Africam maturantes veniunt,

Sall. J. 22, 1:

et maturavit Romanus, ne, etc.,

Liv. 2, 22:

maturandum ne, etc.,

id. 24, 12:

facto maturatoque opus esse,

id. 1, 58; cf. id. 8, 13 fin.:

quam maturato opus erat,

id. 24, 23.—Hence, adv.: mātūrātē, betimes, quickly (very rare):

properare,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 58; also: mātūrātō, hastily (late Lat.), Schol. Verg. ap. Clan. Auct. Mai. vol. 7, p. 291.

con-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),

Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.:

concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,

Verg. G. 3, 360;

opp. liquere,

Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.:

Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,

id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233):

quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,

Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250:

imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,

Ov. M. 9, 220:

(aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,

Verg. A. 12, 905:

cum lac concrevit,

Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.:

concreta sanguine barba,

Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.:

crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,

harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.:

aër... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—

Meton.

To take form, to grow, increase:

de terris terram concrescere parvis,

Lucr. 1, 840:

terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,

id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.:

indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56:

valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,

Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex:

omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,

composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Trop.:

illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),

Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —

(Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare):

(lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,

Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.):

dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66:

aër crassus et concretus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.:

aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.:

pingue et concretum esse caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

umores (opp. acres),

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

spuma,

Ov. M. 4, 537:

lac,

Verg. G. 3, 463:

in sanguine,

Ov. M. 13, 492:

mare,

Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104:

nix concreta pruinā,

Lucr. 3, 20:

concreta et durata glacies,

Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.:

concreta frigora canā pruinā,

stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376:

gelu,

Curt. 8, 4.— Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:

nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,

shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41:

dolor,

benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.— Subst.: concrētum, i, n., firm or solid matter:

species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost:

nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)— Comp.:

semen concretius,

Lucr. 4, 1240:

spuma lactis concretior,

Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.— Sup. and adv. not in use.

con-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),

Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.:

concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,

Verg. G. 3, 360;

opp. liquere,

Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.:

Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,

id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233):

quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,

Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250:

imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,

Ov. M. 9, 220:

(aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,

Verg. A. 12, 905:

cum lac concrevit,

Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.:

concreta sanguine barba,

Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.:

crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,

harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.:

aër... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—

Meton.

To take form, to grow, increase:

de terris terram concrescere parvis,

Lucr. 1, 840:

terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,

id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.:

indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56:

valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,

Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex:

omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,

composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Trop.:

illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),

Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —

(Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare):

(lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,

Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.):

dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66:

aër crassus et concretus,

id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.:

aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.:

pingue et concretum esse caelum,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

umores (opp. acres),

id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

spuma,

Ov. M. 4, 537:

lac,

Verg. G. 3, 463:

in sanguine,

Ov. M. 13, 492:

mare,

Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104:

nix concreta pruinā,

Lucr. 3, 20:

concreta et durata glacies,

Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.:

concreta frigora canā pruinā,

stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376:

gelu,

Curt. 8, 4.— Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:

nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,

shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41:

dolor,

benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.— Subst.: concrētum, i, n., firm or solid matter:

species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost:

nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,

Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)— Comp.:

semen concretius,

Lucr. 4, 1240:

spuma lactis concretior,

Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.— Sup. and adv. not in use.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

To set, put, or place under or below:

singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

Col. 7, 4, 3:

vaccas tauris (for breeding),

Pall. Jul. 4:

vaccas in feturam,

id. ib. 4, 1:

equas alternis annis,

id. Mart. 13, 6:

canterium vitibus,

Col. 4, 14, 1.—

To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

tellus submittit flores,

puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

Luc. 4, 411:

quo colores (humus formosa),

Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

palmas,

id. 4, 411:

manus,

Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

Sil. 1, 673.—

In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

arictes,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

tauros,

Verg. E. 1, 46:

pullos equorum,

id. G. 3, 73:

vitulos,

id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

materiam vitis constituendae causā,

Col. Arb. 5, 1:

frutices in semen,

id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—

Trop.

To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

se ad pedes,

Liv. 45, 7:

se patri ad genua,

Suet. Tib. 20:

latus in herbā,

Ov. M. 3, 23:

caput in herbā,

id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

verticem,

id. ib. 8, 638:

genu,

id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

poplitem in terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 191:

aures (opp. surrigere),

Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

oculos,

Ov. F. 3, 372:

faciem,

Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

fasces,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

capillum,

to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

crinem barbamque,

Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

Tiberis aestate summittitur,

sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—

Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

summittere se in privatum fastigium,

id. 27, 31, 6:

ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

id. 1, 8, 1:

(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

ad calamitates animos,

to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

animos amori,

to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

se temporibus,

Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

verba summittere,

to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

alicui se,

to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

se culpae,

i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

furorem,

to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

proinde ne submiseris te,

be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

neutri fortunae se submittere,

id. Ep. 66, 6:

animum saevienti fortunae,

Tac. A. 2, 72:

ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.

The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —

In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

subsidium alicui,

id. ib. 2, 6; so,

subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

auxilium laborantibus,

id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).

Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

Ov. M. 8, 638:

bracchia,

id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

capillo summissiore,

hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

purpura,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

oculi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

vox (with lenis),

Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

murmur,

Quint. 11, 3, 45:

oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

oratio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

lenior atque summissior oratio,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

(sermo) miscens elata summissis,

id. 11, 3, 43:

actio,

id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

forma summissi oratoris,

Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

Quint. 9, 4, 138.—

Of character or disposition.

In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

adulatio,

Quint. 11, 1, 30. —

In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

Verg. A. 3, 93:

causae reorum,

Quint. 11, 3, 154:

civitates calamitate summissiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

preces,

Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

summissa precatur,

Val. Fl. 7, 476:

tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

sciscitari,

Petr. 105 fin. —

Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

alicui summisse supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

scribere alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

loqui (opp. aspere),

Quint. 6, 5, 5:

agere (opp. minanter),

Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

summissius se gerere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

dolere,

Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.