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  • 121 soft

    [soft]
    1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) macio
    2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) macio
    3) (not loud: a soft voice.) suave
    4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) suave
    5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) brando
    6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) não alcoólico
    7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) medricas
    •
    - softness
    - soften
    - soft-boiled
    - soft-hearted
    - soft-spoken
    - software
    - softwood
    - have a soft spot for
    * * *
    [sɔft] n material ou objeto mole. • adj 1 macio, flexível, plástico, maleável. 2 mole, tenro, dúctil. 3 suave, brando, agradável, gentil. 4 fino, liso, macio. 5 baixo (voz). 6 delicado, afável, meigo. 7 difuso (luz). 8 generoso (coração). 9 sem sais (água). 10 coll fácil. 11 fraco, afeminado. 12 estúpido, bobo, de miolo mole. 13 Phon mudo. • interj quieto, calma! to be soft on the head coll ser um tonto, fazer coisas bobas. he is soft on the head / ele tem o miolo mole, é meio bobão, ratardado. to be soft with somebody ser benevolente demais. she was soft with her child / ela tratou seu filho com muita benevolência. to have a soft spot in the heart for somebody coll ter um fraco (uma inclinação) por alguém. she has a soft spot in her heart for him / ela tem um fraco por ele.

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  • 122 soft

    [soft]
    1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) mehek
    2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) mehek
    3) (not loud: a soft voice.) tih
    4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) nežen
    5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) popustljiv
    6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) brezalkoholen
    7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) reva
    •
    - softness
    - soften
    - soft-boiled
    - soft-hearted
    - soft-spoken
    - software
    - softwood
    - have a soft spot for
    * * *
    I [sɔft]
    noun
    colloquially bedak, tepec, neumnež, butec
    II [sɔft]
    1.
    adjective
    mehek, upogljiv, popustljiv; mil, blag (podnebje, temperatura itd.); miren, nekričeč (barva); okusen, piten (vino); gladek (koža); topel, topel in vlažen, deževen (vreme); lahen, rahel (udarec, trkanje); tih, pridušen (glas); ljubezniv, prijazen; nežen ( with z); miren (spanje); economy nestabilen (cene); kóven (kovina), drobljiv, krhek (kamen); slang lahek; zaljubljen (on v); nemožat, pomehkužen, mlahav, neodporen, brez energije; bedast, neumen, prismuknjen; phonetics zveneč; palatalen, brez pridiha (aspiracije)
    soft air — mil, blag zrak
    a soft drink American slang brezalkoholna pijača
    soft money American papirnati denar, bankovci, menice
    soft nothings — ljubavno gruljenje, sladke besede
    soft sawder — laskanje, prilizovanje
    soft sex, softer sex — ženski spol, ženske
    soft soap — mehko kalijevo milo, figuratively American slang laskanje, dobrikanje
    soft solder — pločevina, ki se stali pri relativno nizki temperaturi
    soft tack slang bel kruh, nautical mehek kruh (ne prepečenec), dobra hrana
    soft thing colloquially lahko izvedljiva stvar, lahka in dobro plačana služba; laskanje; neumnost
    he was rather soft in this affair — ni ravno briljiral v tej zadevi (stvari);
    2.
    adverb
    počasi, tiho
    to lie soft — ležati na mehkem;
    3.
    noun
    mehkoba, milina; colloquially slabič; bedak;
    4.
    interjection archaic
    počasi! polahko!

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  • 123 SÆKJA

    * * *
    i. e. sœkja, an irregular verb, pres. sæki (sœki); pret. sótti, qs. sókti (as þótti from þykkja; cp. Engl. seek, sought); subj. sækti (sœkti); imperat. sæk, sæktú: part. sóttr, sótt (qs. sóktr, cp. þótt from þykkja); subj. sætti, Þkv. 14: [sak, sök, sók-n, referring to a lost strong verb, saka, sök; Ulf. sôkjan = ζητειν, αἰτειν; A. S. sêcan; Engl. seek; O. H. G. sohhjan; Germ. suchen; Dan. söge; Swed. söka.]
    A. To seek, fetch; ek mun fara heim ok s. mér bendi, Fms. iii. 209; s. sér skála-við, Nj. 280; s. sér kirkju-við, to fetch church-timber, Ld. 316; s. heilræði at e-m, Nj. 31; sækja vatn, to fetch water, Fas. ii. 29, Fb. i. 257, Fs. 100; gékk Gunnlaugr til lækjar eins ok sótti (vatn) í hjálminum, Ísl. ii. 269; er þér skyldra at s. Svanlaugu, Nj. 182; Kormakr sótti (Germ. abbolen) Steingerði, Korm. 228; skatt er Egill hafði sótt til Vermalands, Eg. 588; s. giptu á fund e-s., to fetch, derive good luck from, Fms. v. 253, 254.
    2. to visit, frequent (Germ. besuchen); enn aldna jötun ek sótta, Hm. 104; skyldi menn þangat til s. um alla Vestfjörðu, Eb. 26; sækja þing, to frequent a þing (þing-sókn); þeir vildueigi þangat s. þingit, Íb. 9; s. kirkju, to visit, frequent a church (kirkju-sókn); þessa brennu sótti margs-konar þjóð, Edda 38; sækja e-n at liðveizlu, to call on one for support, Fms. xi. 344; sækja e-n at eptirmáli, to seek one’s aid in …, Sturl. i. 193; hann var mikill málafylgis-maðr ef hann var at sóttr til ásjá, Bs. i. 82; s. or s. heim, to visit; fyrir því sótta ek þik heim, at mik hafði hér at landi borit, Eg. 165, (cp. heim-sókn, in a hostile sense), Nj. 107; hann sótti marga ókunna staði, Fms. vii. 199; sækja fuglar háleik lopts, Sks. 47 B; sækir Anselmus heim þat klaustr, Mar.; hann mundi aldri fljúga svá langt, at eigi mundi hann s. heim hönd, come back to the hand, Edda 70; s. fund e-s, Sturl. iii. 81; skyldi Bárðr s. norðr þangat ráðit, B. should go north to fetch his bride, Eg. 26; Sveinn sótti sér friðland, went in search of, Fms. x. 404; drottning býðr honum veizlu með svá mikið fjölmenni sem hann vill til hafa sótt, Orkn. 340; var blótveizla mikil ok sótti þar til konungr, Fms. i. 35; hann sækir á hönd Engla konungi, sought his service, Eg. 76; til Túnsbergs sóttu mjök kaupmenn, Fms. i. 11; at þér sækit norðr higat á várn fund, Sturl. iii. 81; þeir höfðu sótt ( advanced) langt á land upp, Fms. x. 239; þeir sækja ( advance) upp hólinn, Eg. 744; þá sækir ( arrives) sá maðr vestan af Írlandi er Haraldr hét, Fms. x. 418.
    3. to proceed, advance, absol.; er hann sótti langt austr, had advanced far eastward, Eg. 56; þá er þeir sóttu ofan at skipunum, Fms. vii. 159; er mornaði ok sól sótti á himin, Eg. 372, v. l.; þeir biðu þess at sólin sótti á himininn. Fms. viii. 114: impers., fór hann útleið, er suðr sótti, 82; þegar er ór sækir enum mesta háleik hafsins, Sks. 173 B; er síðar er á hausti ok nær meir sækir vetri, 225 B.
    4. to catch, overtake; fiðr hann geldinga ok fær eigi sótt, Ísl. ii. 331: to overcome, munu þeir mik aldri fá sótt meðan ek kem boganum við, Nj. 116; hann varðisk svá vel, at þeir fá eigi lengi sótt hann, 153; mér lízt ef þeir standa úti sem vér munim þá aldri sótta geta, 197; þangat sækir þik engi, … er þat eigi allra at s. hann þangat, 20, 21; mun ek eigi skjótt verða sóttr, Eb. 188: to carry, take, eigi mun eyin sótt verða, Fær. 98; her eru hiis ramlig, ok munu beir eigi skjótt sækja, Nj. 198; var áin allíll at sækja, the river was very bad to cross, Ld. ch. 15; býðr hann þeim at s. fjallit norðr í bygð, to cross the mountain, take that road, Bs. ii. 32.
    II. to attack; þá er hann (acc.) sótti þetta mein (nom.), Mar.; s. e-n með vápnum, Fms. ii. 172; griðungr sækir mann, Grág. ii. 122; s. e-n til dauðs. Stj. 99; samna liði ok s. hann norðr þangat, Nj. 20; þá er þeir sóttu Gunnar á Hlíðarenda inn í hús inn, Eb. 248; þeir sóttu þá hálfu djarfligar, 287.
    2. to pursue; hann lét þaðan s. útróðra ok selveiðar ok eggver, Eg. 135; Skallagrímr sótti fast smiðju-verkit, 142; hann lét mjök sækja föng þau er fyrir vóru, 134; sækja knáliga ferðina, leiðina, róðrinn, to press a matter, urge it on, 203, Fms. viii. 144; straumr var mikill, hann sótti fast sundit, swam hard, Grett. 148; s. bardagann frýju-laust, Fms. xi. 136; réri skip innan fjörðinn ok sóttu knáliga, Grett. 89; þeir er eptir Agli réru sóttu ákaft, Eg. 362.
    3. as a law phrase, sækja sök, mál, to prosecute, lead a cause; á hverr at sækja þá sök er vill, Grág. i. 17; skalt þú s. þær sakir báðar, Nj. 98; nú liðu þrjú þing þau er menn ætluðu, at hann mundi s. málit, 71; at annarr-hvárr okkarr sæki málit, ok munu vit þá verða at hluta með okkr, 86; nefndu þér nökkura vátta at orðunum—Önga, segir Skarphéðinn, vér ætlum ekki at s. þetta nema á vápna-þingi, 141, passim: metaph. to urge, press, hann sótti þat mál mjök, pressed the case bard, Eg. 108; sótti ( urged) hann þá enn um liðveizlu, Sturl. iii. 232: s. mann, to prosecute in a lawsuit; manna þeirra er menn vilja s. hér á þingi, Grág. i. 19; á þingi, þess manns er sóttr er, 26; sá skal s. goðann er sótt vill hafa, til fullra laga, 34; s. mann fullri sekt, 120; s. e-n sökum, Eg. 728; sótti Kolskeggr til lands at Móeiðar-hváli, laid claim to the estate at M., Nj. 103: with prepp., s. eptir, to pursue, 20, Fms. x. 239, Sturl. i. 11 (cp. eptir-sókn): sækja at (cp. at-sókn), to pursue, attack, Fms. vii. 70, Nj. 83, 84, Eg. 585: s. fram, to advance in battle, 297, Fms. i. 38.
    B. Reflex. to be advanced, be past, of a road or distance, work in hand, or the like; sóttisk þá mjök hafit, Fms. iv. 201; nú er meir en hálf-sótt, more than half-way passed: dró sundr með þeim, ok sóttisk mjök hafit, vi. 263; en er á leið vetrinn sóttisk mjök borgar-görðin, Edda 70; sóttisk þeim seint skip þeirra, Nj. 8; seint mun þat ok sækjask at grafa undir borgina, Fms. vi. 152; Galta þótti Lopti seint sækjask, that he went on slowly, Bs. i. 650; en þeim mönnum hefir lítt sókzk ( little succeeded in attacking) ofr-menni slikt í hús inn, Eb. 248; því nema þeir nú stað, at þeir ætla at þeim muni ílla sækjask at vinna oss, Nj. 198.
    2. recipr. to seek one another; sækjask sér um líkir, to flock together, Fms. ix. 389: to attack one another, fight, þeir nafnar sóttusk lengi, Landn. 85; þeir Hrafn sóttusk meðan ok Þorkell svarti, Ísl. ii. 268; fá sér vígi ok sækjask þaðan, Sturl. ii. 192: of a lawsuit, ef þeir vilja eigi sækjask, K. Þ. K. 52.

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  • 124 þykkja

    I)
    (þykki, þótta, þótt), v.
    1) to be thought to be, seem to be, be esteemed or reckoned as;
    hón þótti beztr kostr, she was thought the best match;
    2) with dat. it seems to one, one thinks (þykki mér ráð, at þú farir at finna Gizur hvíta);
    e-m þykkir at e-u, one feels hurt at, takes it to heart, is displeased with (þótti mönnum mikit at um víg Kjartans);
    mér þykkir fyrir (or fyr) e-u, I dislike, am unwilling to (mér þykkir meira fyrir en öðrum mönnum at vega menn);
    e-m þykkir mikit um e-t, one takes it much to heart (honum þótti svá mikit um fall Ólafs konungs, at);
    e-m þykkir mikit undir e-u, one thinks it of great importance (mikit þótti spökum mönnum undir því, at);
    impers., vilda ek, at þér þœtti eigi verr, I wish that thou wouuldst not take it amiss;
    þótti sinn veg hvárum, they disagreed;
    þykki mér sem undan sé gaflveggrinn, it seems to me as though the gable-wall were down;
    þótti mér þeir sœkja at (= sem þeir sœkti at), methought they pressed hard on me;
    3) refl., þykkjast, to seem to oneself, think oneself, think (en ek þykkjumst þó mjök neyddr til hafa verit);
    hann þykkist einn vita allt, he thinks he alone knows everything;
    þykkist hann mjök fyrir öðrum mönnum, he thinks himself far above other men;
    en Brynhildr þykkist brúðr var-gefin, but B. will think she is ill-matched.
    f.
    liking, sentiment, disposition;
    fóru þykkjur þeira saman, their sentiments went together;
    2) dislike, displeasure (leggja þykkju á e-n or e-t).
    * * *
    u, f. a thought, liking, sentiment, disposition; fann hann, at stórlangt var í millum þeirra þykkju, that their thoughts (likings) were wide apart, Eb. 24; fóru þykkjur þeirra saman, their sentiments went together, Grett. 113 new Ed.; þer munut ráða … en ek mun ráða þykkju minni, Fbr. 15; var konungr mjök sér einn á þykkju ( self-willed), þvi at hann vildi …, Bs. i. 781; honum þótti mestu varða um yðra þykkju ( goodwill), Fms. iii. 138.
    2. denoting discord; hann hvað úvarligt at fara þannig einsliga við slíkan þykkju-drátt ( discord) sem þeirra í milli var, Finnb. 284.
    3. denoting dislike; þóttusk menn þat sjá, at hvárir-tveggi lögðu á mál þessi mikla þykkju, Sturl. iii. 272; þótti mörgum mönnum við of, ok lögðu þykkju á Þorgrím þar fyrir, Vígl. 18, and so in mod. usage; sundr-þ., ú-þykkja.
    COMPDS: þykkjulauss, þykkjumikill.

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  • 125 ish kabibble

    expr AmE sl

    When he was pressed too hard, he smiled and murmured, ish kabibble! — Когда на него слишком давили, он лишь улыбался и бормотал: "А мне наплевать!"

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  • 126 caecidi

    caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

    frondem querneam caedito,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

    arbores,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

    robur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

    lignum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

    nemus,

    Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

    14, 535: harundinem,

    Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

    arboris auctum,

    Lucr. 6, 167:

    comam vitis,

    Tib. 1, 7, 34:

    faenum,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

    Liv. 21, 11, 9:

    caesis montis fodisse medullis,

    Cat. 68, 111; so,

    caedi montis in marmora,

    Plin. 12, prooem. §

    2: lapis caedendus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    silicem,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    marmor,

    Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

    toga rotunda et apte caesa,

    cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

    i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—
    c.
    Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—
    2.
    In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

    ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

    strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

    caedere januam saxis,

    Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    silicem rostro,

    Liv. 41, 13, 1:

    vasa dolabris,

    Curt. 5, 6, 5:

    femur, pectus, frontem,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

    verberibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

    pugnis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

    aliquem ex occulto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

    at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

    they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    populum saxis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

    ferulā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

    flagris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    aliquem loris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

    caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

    nudatos virgis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 8:

    hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

    id. 35, 5, 10:

    servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

    id. 2, 36, 1.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    stimulos pugnis caedere,

    to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    in judicio testibus caeditur,

    is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Pregn.
    1.
    (Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

    ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

    P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    caeso Argo,

    Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

    caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

    Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

    Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

    infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

    id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

    Indos,

    Curt. 9, 5, 19:

    passim obvios,

    id. 5, 6, 6:

    praesidium,

    id. 4, 5, 17:

    propugnatores reipublicae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

    Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

    consulem exercitumque caesum,

    id. 22, 56, 2:

    legio-nes nostras cecidere,

    id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

    Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

    caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

    Cat. 64, 359.—
    c.
    To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

    caedit greges armentorum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

    boves,

    Ov. M. 15, 141:

    deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

    caesis victimis,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—
    d.
    Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

    jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

    oratio caesa,

    i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

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    caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

    frondem querneam caedito,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

    arbores,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

    robur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

    lignum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

    nemus,

    Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

    14, 535: harundinem,

    Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

    arboris auctum,

    Lucr. 6, 167:

    comam vitis,

    Tib. 1, 7, 34:

    faenum,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

    Liv. 21, 11, 9:

    caesis montis fodisse medullis,

    Cat. 68, 111; so,

    caedi montis in marmora,

    Plin. 12, prooem. §

    2: lapis caedendus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    silicem,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    marmor,

    Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

    toga rotunda et apte caesa,

    cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

    i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—
    c.
    Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—
    2.
    In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

    ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

    strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

    caedere januam saxis,

    Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    silicem rostro,

    Liv. 41, 13, 1:

    vasa dolabris,

    Curt. 5, 6, 5:

    femur, pectus, frontem,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

    verberibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

    pugnis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

    aliquem ex occulto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

    at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

    they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    populum saxis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

    ferulā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

    flagris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    aliquem loris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

    caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

    nudatos virgis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 8:

    hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

    id. 35, 5, 10:

    servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

    id. 2, 36, 1.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    stimulos pugnis caedere,

    to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    in judicio testibus caeditur,

    is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Pregn.
    1.
    (Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

    ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

    P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    caeso Argo,

    Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

    caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

    Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

    Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

    infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

    id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

    Indos,

    Curt. 9, 5, 19:

    passim obvios,

    id. 5, 6, 6:

    praesidium,

    id. 4, 5, 17:

    propugnatores reipublicae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

    Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

    consulem exercitumque caesum,

    id. 22, 56, 2:

    legio-nes nostras cecidere,

    id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

    Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

    caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

    Cat. 64, 359.—
    c.
    To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

    caedit greges armentorum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

    boves,

    Ov. M. 15, 141:

    deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

    caesis victimis,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—
    d.
    Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

    jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

    oratio caesa,

    i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

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