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  • 1 praecipito

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

    pilae in mare praecipitatae,

    Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

    truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

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

    pinus,

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

    se e Leucade,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    se a tecto,

    Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

    se de turri,

    Liv. 23, 37:

    sese in fossas,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

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

    plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

    Liv. 21, 14, 1:

    se in Tiberim,

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

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

    Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

    praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

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

    cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

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

    lux Praecipitatur aquis,

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

    hac te praecipitato,

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

    vitem,

    Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

    partem (vitis),

    Col. 4, 20, 4:

    palmitem,

    id. 5, 6, 33.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

    in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

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

    semet ipse praecipitare,

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

    se in exitium,

    Cels. 3, 21:

    se in insidias,

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

    furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

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

    spem festinando praecipitare,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

    in senectam praecipitare,

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

    quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

    Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
    2.
    To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quae Praecipitent obitum,

    hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

    vindemiam,

    Col. 3, 21, 10:

    consulta viri,

    Sil. 3, 166:

    ne praecipitetur editio,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

    consilia raptim praecipitata,

    precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

    moras,

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

    Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

    Val. Fl. 2, 390:

    cursum,

    Juv. 15, 78.—
    3.
    With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

    dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

    Verg. A. 11, 3:

    si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

    Stat. Th. 1, 679. —
    II.
    Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

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

    de montibus altis ad terram,

    Lucr. 4, 1021:

    ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

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

    Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

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

    in amni praecipitante,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    nimbi In vada praecipitant,

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

    in fossam,

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

    39, 2, 3: in insidias,

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

    non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

    Verg. A. 4, 565:

    sol praecipitans,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

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

    hiems jam praecipitaverat,

    had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

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

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

    praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

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

    praecipitantem impellamus,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

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

    praecipitante re publicā,

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

    cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

    Liv. 27, 40:

    ad exitium praecipitans,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—
    2.
    To be too hasty:

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

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

    agens mannos ad villam,

    Lucr. 3, 1063.

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  • 2 rapiō

        rapiō puī (old fut perf. rapsit, C.), raptus, ere    [RAP-], to seize and carry off, snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away: sublimen intro hunc rape, T.: quo fessum rapitis? V.: Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, H.: sumasne pudenter An rapias, snatch, H.: ab aede rapuit funale, O.: de volnere telum, V.: commeatum in navīs rapiunt, L.: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit, i. e. break off boughs of trees (in collecting wood), V.: in ius, drag before a court, H.: ob facinus ad supplicium, hale: alii ad necem rapiebantur: ad stuprum matres, L.: (infantes) ab ubere rapti, V.: nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divom rapiam, drag into open day, H.: Nasonis carmina rapti, i. e. torn from his home, O.— To hurry, impel, drive, cause to hasten: Quattuor hinc rapimur raedis, H.: per aequora navem, V.: ventis per aequora, O.: missos currūs, H.: arma rapiat iuventus, snatch, V.: arma, O.: bipennem dextrā, V.: rapiuntque ruuntque, hurry and bustle, V.—With pron reflex., to make haste, hasten, hurry, fly: ocius hinc te Ni rapis, H.: se ad caedem optimi cuiusque.— To carry off by force, seize, rob, ravish, plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by storm: spes rapiendi occaecat animos: semper rapiens, semper ebrius: raptas ad litora vertere praedas, V.: rapere omnes trahere, S.: vivere latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset: virgines, to abduct, S.: Arsit Atrides Virgine raptā, H.: Omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, pillage and plunder, V.: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, L.— To carry off suddenly, snatch away, destroy: improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes, H.: rapto de fratre dolens, H.: Et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis, i. e. hurries on, V.— To take, catch, assume: flammam, catch quickly, V.: nigrum colorem, O.: Virga... Vim rapuit monstri, imbibed, O.— To lead on hurriedly: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populus, leads hastily on, V.: Nec rapit inmensos orbīs per humum, sweeps along, V.—Fig., to snatch away, carry along, hurry away: ipsae res verba rapiunt, carry along with them: (comoediam) in peiorem partem, i. e. misrepresent, T.: Si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve, V.: almum Quae rapit hora diem, snatches away, H.: simul tecum solacia rapta, V. — To drive, impel, carry away, precipitate, transport, ravish, captivate, overwhelm, draw irresistibly: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā studioque rapi: semper eo tractus est, quo libido rapuit: amentiā rapi: Furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa? H.: animum In partīs rapit varias, turns hurriedly, V.: ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur.— To seize by violence, snatch, steal: Hippodameam raptis nanctu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. C.: Venerem incertam, H.: sed rapiat sitiens Venerem, but may eagerly seize upon, V.— To snatch, seize quickly, hasten, precipitate: rapienda occasio, Iu.: viam, hasten, O.: ut limis rapias, quid velit, etc., may hastily note, H.: raptae prope inter arma nuptiae, L.
    * * *
    rapere, rapui, raptus V
    drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

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  • 3 rapio

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 4 rapta

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 5 currō

        currō cucurrī, cursus, ere    [1 CEL-], to run, move quickly, hasten: propere, T.: per totum conclave pavidi, H.: fugiens hostem, H.: Plus homine, with superhuman speed, O.: ad vocem praeceps, O.: eosdem cursūs: curritur ad praetorium. —With acc: qui stadium currit, runs a race: iter aequore, V.: aequor, V.—Prov.: currentem incitare, to spur a willing horse: asellum currere doceas, i. e. you labor to no purpose, H.: per flammam, to go through fire.—Poet., of rapid motion, to sail, fly, hasten, move rapidly: per omne mare, H.: mercator ad Indos, H.: medio ut limite curras, Icare, O.—Of things, to run, flow, roll, spread, extend: amnes in aequora currunt, V.: flumina, O.: currente rotā, H.: rubor per ora, V.: rivis currentia vina, V. — Fig., to run, flow, trip, advance, move, pass away: proclivi currit oratio: versus incomposito pede, H.: nox inter pocula currat, Pr.: Aetas, H.—With acc, to run, traverse: eosdem cursūs, adopt the same policy. — Poet.: Talia saecla currite (i. e. currendo efficite), V.
    * * *
    currere, cucurri, cursus V INTRANS
    run/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly

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  • 6 dē-currō

        dē-currō cucurrī or currī, cursus, ere,    to run down, hasten down, run, hasten: rus, make an excursion: de tribunali, L.: summā ab arce, V.: iugis, V.: Monte decurrens amnis, H.: tuto mari, to sail, O.: pedibus siccis super summa aequora, O.: ad navïs, Cs.: in mare, L.—To run over, run through, traverse: septingenta milia passuum decursa: decurso spatio: decursa novissima meta est, passed, O.—Esp., of troops, to march, effect a movement, move, manœuvre: crebro, L.: ex montibus in vallem, Cs.: ab arce, L.: incredibili celeritate ad flumen, Cs.: in armis, L.—Of a formal procession, to march, move: exercitum decucurisse cum tripudiis Hispanorum, L.: circum accensos rogos, V.— Of ships, to land, come to land: Syracusas ex alto, L.—Fig., to come, come away, hasten: omnium eo sententiae decurrerunt, ut, etc., L.: decurritur ad leniorem sententiam, ut, etc., L.: eo decursum est, ut, etc., the conclusion was reached, L. — To pass, traverse, run over, pass through: aetate decursā: inceptum unā decurre laborem, V.: ista, quae abs te breviter decursa sunt, treated.—To betake oneself, have recourse: ad haec extrema iura: ad miseras preces, H.: alio, H.: decurritur ad illud extremum, S., C., Cs.

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  • 7 fēstīnō

        fēstīnō āvī, ātus, āre    [festinus], to hasten, make haste, be in haste, hurry, be quick: quid festinas? T.: dies noctīsque, S.: omnibus modis, S.: plura scripsissem, nisi tui festinarent: quaestūs sui causā: Festinate, viri, V.— To make haste with, hasten, hurry, accelerate, drive, do speedily: migrare: abire, S.: ultum ire iniurias, S.: aram Congerere arboribus, V.: ni id festinaret, S.: ad bellum cuncta, S.: poenas, H.: iussa Sibyllae, promptly execute, V.: animo cupienti nihil satis festinatur, S.: nec virgines festinantur, are not married early, Ta.: festinatae mortis solacium, premature, Ta.: vestīs, prepare hastily, O.: mors gladiis festinata, prematurely inflicled, Iu.
    * * *
    festinare, festinavi, festinatus V
    hasten, hurry

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  • 8 praecipitō

        praecipitō āvī, ātus, āre    [praeceps], to throw headlong, cast down, hurl down, precipitate: p<*>ae in mare praecipitatae, N.: currum scopulis, hurl against, O.: se ex altissimo muro: sese in fossas, Cs.: se (sc. de muro), L.: se in Tiberim, L.: se in medios ignīs, Cu.: etiam pulcherrima, throw overboard, Iu.: cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, threw themselves down, S.: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sets in the ocean, O.: hac te praecipitato, run this way for life! T.: iis (parvis) minari, praecipitaturos alicunde, threaten to throw them down.—To rush down, throw oneself down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, drop, tumble, fall (of involuntary falling): statim praecipitat in Lirem: nimbi In vada praecipitant, V.: in fossam, L.: sol praecipitans: iam nox caelo Praecipitat, is sinking, V.: hiems iam praecipitaverat, had come to an end, Cs.—Fig., to throw down, hurl down, precipitate: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu: semet ipse praecipitare, destroy oneself, S.: se in insidias, L.: furor iraque mentem Praecipitant, carry headlong, V.: quosdam praecipitat potentia Invidiae, Iu.: nox praecipitata, declining, O.— To hasten, hurry: quae Praecipitent obitum, hasten their setting: praecipitata raptim consilia, precipitate, L.: moras, i. e. exchange for haste, V.: dare tempus Praecipitant curae, hasten, V.— To fall down, fall, sink, be ruined: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet, may tumble down: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, L.: ad exitium praecipitans.— To be too hasty, be precipitate: sustinenda est adsensio, ne praecipitet: praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere, to jump at a conclusion.
    * * *
    praecipitare, praecipitavi, praecipitatus V
    throw headlong, cast down

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  • 9 festino

    festīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. theinô; Lat. -fendo in defendo, offendo, -festus in manifestus, etc., and fustis, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 190; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 255].
    I.
    Neutr., to hasten, make haste, hurry, be quick (class.; not in Caes.; syn.: propero, celero, maturo): aliud est properare, aliud festinare. Qui unum quid mature transigit, is properat: qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, is festinat, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2; id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. properare, p. 235 Müll.; ap. Non. 441, 22:

    propemodum quid illic festinet sentio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 14:

    aput nos eccillam festinat cum sorore uxor tua,

    id. Stich. 4, 1, 30:

    quid festinas?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 8; cf.:

    quamquam festinas, non est mora longa,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 35; Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 8:

    ibi,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 4:

    plura scripsissem, nisi tui festinarent,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 22, 4; cf. id. Att. 6, 2 fin.:

    solent nautae festinare quaestus sui causa,

    id. Fam. 16, 9, 4:

    esseda festinant, pilenta, petorrita, naves,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192:

    in provinciam festinare,

    Quint. 6, 3, 39:

    ad portas,

    Sall. J. 69, 2; cf.:

    ad singulare Antonii factum festinat oratio,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    ad probationem,

    Quint. 4, 3, 8; cf. id. 4, 5, 10:

    quis te festinare jubet?

    Juv. 14, 212.—Prov.: festina lente (speude bradeôs), Suet. Aug. 25.
    II.
    Transf., as v. a., to make haste with a thing, to hasten, hurry, accelerate, do speedily.
    (α).
    With an object-clause (class.):

    ut migrare tanto opere festines,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23 fin.:

    ne festinaret abire,

    Sall. J. 64, 4:

    ultum ire injurias,

    id. ib. 68, 1:

    finem imponere,

    Quint. 9, 4, 146:

    sequi,

    Curt. 6, 6, 25:

    componere lites,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:

    quae laedunt oculum, festinas demere,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 38:

    terris advertere proram,

    Verg. G. 4, 117:

    aram congerere arboribus,

    id. A. 6, 177; cf.:

    callidus id modo festinabat, Bocchi pacem imminuere, ne, etc.,

    Sall. J. 81 fin.:

    universis prodesse festinet,

    Inscr. Orell. 775.—
    (β).
    With acc. (not in Cic.): festivum festinant diem, hasten to celebrate, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

    ni id festinaret,

    Sall. J. 77, 1:

    ad bellum cuncta,

    id. ib. 73, 1: soleas festinate (sc. dare), id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 425:

    festinare fugam,

    Verg. A. 4, 575:

    vias,

    Stat. Th. 2, 478:

    poenas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 61:

    pyram,

    Sil. 8, 52:

    vestes,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 128:

    caedes, patibula, ignes, cruces,

    Tac. A. 14, 33:

    mortem in se,

    to bring on speedily, id. ib. 4, 28:

    pyram,

    prepares in haste, Sil. 8, 52.—In pass.:

    quod animo cupienti nihil satis festinatur,

    Sall. J. 64 fin.:

    ea cuncta per idoneos ministros festinabantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 82:

    cum belli civilis praemia festinarentur,

    id. ib. 3, 37:

    nec virgines festinantur,

    are not married early, id. G. 20:

    adoptio festinatur,

    id. A. 12, 25; 6, 50; id. H. 3, 37.—In part. perf., hastened, accelerated:

    festinata maturitas,

    Quint. 6 praef. § 10;

    iter,

    Ov. P. 4, 5, 8:

    missio,

    Tac. A. 1, 52:

    casus,

    id. ib. 6, 44:

    nuptiae,

    Suet. Aug. 69:

    honores,

    i. e. obtained before the proper time, Luc. 8, 24; Plin. Pan. 69, 5:

    festinatis annis raptus,

    by an early death, Mart. 7, 40, 7; cf.:

    festinatis lictorum manibus in carcerem raptus,

    Tac. A. 6, 40:

    mors domini gladiis tam festinata,

    prematurely inflicted, Juv. 4, 96.—
    * (γ).
    With se, to make haste, Gell. 14, 2, 9.—Hence,
    1.
    festīnans, antis, P. a., hasty, in haste:

    ille properans, festinans, mandata vestra conficere cupiens,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6:

    haec festinans scripsi in itinere atque agmine,

    id. Att. 6, 4 fin. —Adv.: festīnanter, hastily, speedily, quickly (class.):

    improbe, turbide, festinanter, rapide omnia videtis esse suscepta, Cic. Scaur. § 37: nimium festinanter dictum,

    id. Fin. 5, 26, 77.— Comp.:

    compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,

    Tac. A. 15, 3:

    factum quid,

    Gell. 10, 11, 8:

    publicatum,

    Suet. Aug. 29:

    germinant,

    Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78.— Sup.:

    festinantissime,

    Aug. Ep. 250.—
    2.
    festīnāto, adv., hastily, hurriedly (post-Aug.):

    quam nihil praeparato, nihil festinato fecisse videtur Milo,

    Quint. 4, 2, 58; Suet. Claud. 16; Vulg. Gen. 44, 11 al.

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  • 10 maturato

    mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].
    I.
    Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    Poet.:

    multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,

    i. e. to do in good time, betimes, Verg. G. 1, 261.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.):

    ficus, quae sero maturant,

    Pall. Mart. 10, 27:

    tardius,

    id. Nov. 7, 22.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 11 maturo

    mātūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [id.].
    I.
    Act., to make ripe, ripen, to bring to ma turity (class.).
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop., to hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite (class.).
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    Poet.:

    multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, maturare datur,

    i. e. to do in good time, betimes, Verg. G. 1, 261.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit., to grow ripe, ripen (post-class.):

    ficus, quae sero maturant,

    Pall. Mart. 10, 27:

    tardius,

    id. Nov. 7, 22.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 12 praefestino

    prae-festīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    To hasten before the time, to hasten too much (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): praefestinare praeloqui,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 31: sciscere, quae sit causa, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. p. 182 Rib.):

    ne deficere praefestinarent,

    Liv. 23, 14 fin.:

    praefestinatum opus,

    Col. 11, 2, 3.—
    II.
    To hasten past:

    sinum,

    Tac. A. 5, 10.

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  • 13 transilio

    transĭlĭo or trans-sĭlĭo, īvi or ŭi (the former in Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38; Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9; the latter in Ov. F. 4, 727; Liv. 1, 7, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3; Flor. 3, 3, 12 al.;

    transilii,

    Sen. Ep. 39, 5), 4, v. n. and a. [salio], to leap, jump, or spring across, to leap over, spring over, etc. (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    illac per hortum transilivit ad nos,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38:

    de muro ad nos, Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3: transilire ex humilioribus in altiorem navem,

    Liv. 30, 25, 6:

    in hostium naves, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 4: per Thraciam, Macedoniam et Graeciam,

    i. e. to hasten through, Flor. 3, 5, 25:

    hinc in Aegyptum subito,

    id. 4, 2, 6. —
    (β).
    Act.:

    fama est, ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros,

    Liv. 1, 7, 2:

    positas flammas,

    Ov. F. 4, 727:

    retia,

    Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

    amnem,

    Flor. 3, 3, 12:

    vada,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 24:

    quaternos senosque equos,

    i. e. to leap from one to the other, Flor. 3, 3, 10.—
    B.
    In partic., to go quickly over to, hasten to join a party:

    eadem aetas Neronis principatu ad Thessalum transilivit,

    Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9. —
    II.
    Trop.
    (α).
    Neutr., to hasten, make haste, pass rapidly (very rare):

    ad ornamenta ea (i. e. aureos anulos) etiam servitute liberati transiliunt,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    onyx in gemmam transilit ex lapide Caramaniae,

    the name Onyx passed over, was transferred, id. 37, 6, 24, § 90 dub. (v. Jan. ad loc.).—
    (β).
    Act. (class.):

    transilire ante pedes posita et alia longe repetita sumere,

    to skip over, neglect, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

    ne rem unam pulcherrimam transiliat oratio,

    to pass by, omil, id. Phil. 2, 33, 84:

    quid est in principatu tuo quod cujusquam praedicatio vel transilire vel praetervehi debeat?

    Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

    non transilivi principis nostri consulatum,

    id. ib. 56, 66:

    proxima pars vitae transilienda meae,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 146:

    ne quis modici transiliat munera Liberi,

    i. e. enjoy to excess, Hor. C. 1, 18, 7.

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  • 14 approperō (ad-p-)

        approperō (ad-p-) āvī, ātus, āre.—     Trans, to hasten, accelerate: opus, L.: intercisis venis mortem, Ta.: portas intrare, O.— Intrans, to hasten, make haste: ad facinus: approperate!

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  • 15 celerō

        celerō —, —, āre    [celer], to quicken, hasten, accelerate: fugam in silvas, V.: haec celerans, swift in obeying this order, V.: celerandae victoriae intentior, Ta.—To make haste, be quick, Ct., Ta.
    * * *
    celerare, celeravi, celeratus V
    quicken/accelerate; make haste, act quickly/be quick; hasten, hurry, do quickly

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  • 16 con-tendō

        con-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch, bend, draw tight, strain: arcum, V.: tormenta: vincla, V.: ilia risu, O.—To aim, draw, make ready: nervo equino telum, V.—To aim, shoot, hurl, dart, throw: Mago hastam (i. e. in Magum), V.: telum in auras, V.—Fig., to strain, stretch, exert: nervos aetatis meae: animum in curas, O.: ad hunc cursum (i. e. ad huius imperium), follow zealously, V.—To strive for, press, pursue, prosecute, hasten, exert oneself: id sibi contendendum existimabat, Cs.: hunc (locum) oppugnare contendit, zealously lays siege to, Cs.: summā vi transcendere in hostium navīs, Cs.: in Britanniam proficisci, Cs.: litora cursu petere, V.: voce ut populus hoc exaudiat: remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Cs.: ne patiamini imperatorem eripi: quantum maxime possem, contenderem: oculo quantum Lynceus, reach with the sight, H.—To march, press on, seek, journey hastily, hasten: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Cs.: huc magno cursu, Cs.: ad castra, Cs.: Lacedaemonem, N.: ad summam laudem maximis laboribus: quo contendimus, pervenire: nocte unā tantum itineris.—To measure together, compare, contrast: causas ipsas: leges: id cum defensione nostrā: ostro vellera, H.—To measure strength, strive, dispute, fight, contend, vie: proelio, Cs.: magis virtute quam dolo, Cs.: rapido cursu, V.: Moribus, H.: frustra, V.: iactu aleae de libertate, play for, Ta.: is liceri non destitit; illi contenderunt, kept bidding (at an auction): tecum de honore: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, S.: cum victore, H.: humilitas cum dignitate: Nec cellis contende Falernis, compete with, V.: contra populum R. armis, Cs.: contra vim morbi: de potentatu inter se, Cs.: non iam de vitā Sullae contenditur, the dispute is: proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Cs.—To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, seek: a me (ut dicerem), qui, etc.: a Pythio ut venderet: a militibus ne, etc., Cs.: hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur: ne quid contra aequitatem.—To assert, affirm, insist, protest, maintain, contend: hoc contra Hortensium: hoc ex contrario: contendam, eum damnari oportere: audebo hoc contendere, numquam esse, etc.: illud nihil nos... scientes fuisse, L.: quae contendere possis Facta manu, you might swear, O.

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  • 17 dē-volō

        dē-volō —, ātūrus, āre,     to fly down: Iris per caelum, V.: sibi de caelo devolatura in sinum victoria, L.—To fly away: turdus devolet illuc, ubi, etc., H.—To hasten down, hasten away, fly: praecipites pavore in forum, L.: ad florentem aliam (amicitiam).

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  • 18 mātūrō

        mātūrō āvī, ātus, āre    [maturus], to make ripe, ripen, bring to maturity: omnia maturata, ripened: uva maturata dulcescit, ripe.—Fig., to make haste, hasten, accelerate, quicken, despatch, expedite: at matura, T.: ita maturare, ut, etc.: legati in Africam maturantes veniunt, S.: maturandum sibi existimavit, Cs.: maturavit, ne, etc., L.: quam maturato opus erat, L.: nuptias, T.: ad coepta maturanda redire, L.: iter, Cs.: huic mortem: insidias consuli, S.: fugam, V.: flumen Axonam exercitum traducere, Cs.: venire: iter pergere, S.: Multa quae mox caelo properanda sereno, Maturare datur, i. e. do deliberately, V.— To hurry, precipitate: signum dare, i. e. give too soon, S.
    * * *
    maturare, maturavi, maturatus V
    ripen, hurry, make haste to, hasten

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  • 19 re-currō

        re-currō currī, —, ere,    to run back, hasten back, return: ad me: in Tusculanum: in arcem, L.: rure, H.: huc, T.: Ad fontem Xanthi versa recurret aqua, O.: coeptum saepe recurrit iter, O.: quā sol utrumque recurrens Aspicit oceanum, V.: recurrentes per annos, revolving, H.—Fig., to come back, hasten back, return, revert, recur: mox Bruma recurrit iners, H.: versa recurrat hiemps, O.: ad easdem condiciones, Cs.

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  • 20 ruō

        ruō uī, ātus (P. fut. ruitūrus), ere    [1 RV-], to fall with violence, rush down, fall down, tumble down, go to ruin: caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique, V.: ruere illa non possunt: tecta, tumble down, L.: Templa deum, H.: murus latius quam caederetur, L.: alta a culmine Troia, V.: ruit arduus aether, rain falls in torrents, V.: caelum in se, L.: ruit imbriferum ver, i. e. is ending, V.—Prov.: quid si nunc caelum ruat? i. e. what if the impossible happens? T.— To hasten, hurry, run, rush: id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant itaque turbent: (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant: Huc omnis turba ruebat, V.: ultro ruere ac se morti offerre, Ta.: in aquam, L.: in volnera ac tela, L.: ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae, Cu.: de montibus amnes, V.: per apertos flumina campos, O.: Nox ruit, i. e. hastens on, V.: antrum, Unde ruunt totidem voces, break forth, V.— To cause to fall, cast down, dash down, hurl to the ground, prostrate: Ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: cumulos ruit harenae, levels, V.— To cast up, turn up, throw up, rake up: (mare) a sedibus (venti), V.: cinerem focis, V.: unde Divitias aerisque ruam acervos, H.—Fig., to fall, fail, sink, be ruined: ruere illam rem p.: sive ruet sive eriget rem p.— To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run: ad interitum: pati reum ruere, L.: crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem, L.: In sua fata, O.: omnia fatis In peius, V.: Quo quo scelesti ruitis? H.: ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur, L.
    * * *
    ruere, rui, rutus V
    destroy, ruin, overthrow; rush on, run; fall; charge (in + ACC); be ruined

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  • Hasten — Has ten, v. i. To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly. [1913 Webster] I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. De Foe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hasten — I verb accelerare, accelerate, advance, contendere, dash, dispatch, drive forward, expedite, facilitate, forward, help along, hurry, hurry along, hustle, incite, lose no time, make haste, maturare, move fast, move quickly, move speedily,… …   Law dictionary

  • hasten on — index dispatch (send off) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hasten — (v.) 1560s, extended form of HASTE (Cf. haste) (v.) with EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Hastened; hastening …   Etymology dictionary

  • hasten — *speed, accelerate, quicken, hurry, precipitate Antonyms: delay Contrasted words: retard, slow, slacken, detain (see DELAY): lag, procrastinate, dawdle (see DELAY) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hasten — [v] speed something; hurry accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip*, cover ground*, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get cracking*, get the lead out*, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, make haste, make tracks*,… …   New thesaurus

  • hasten — ► VERB 1) be quick to do something; move quickly. 2) cause to happen sooner than anticipated …   English terms dictionary

  • hasten — [hās′ən] vt. [extended form of HASTE, v.] to cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate vi. to move or act swiftly; hurry …   English World dictionary

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