in pieces by her

Absyrtus, i, m., = Apsurtos, a son of Æetes, king of Colchis, killed by his sister Medea in her flight with Jason; he was torn in pieces by her, and his limbs were scattered in the way to prevent her father's pursuit, Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 6 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.

Absyrtus, i, m., = Apsurtos, a river in Illyria which flows into the Adriatic Sea, Luc. 3, 190 (al. Absyrtis or Apsyrtis).

Ăgāvē or Ăgauē, ēs, f., = Agauê.

A daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, wife of Echion, king of Thebes, who tore in pieces with her own hands her son Pentheus, because he cast contempt upon the orgies of Bacchus, Ov. M. 3, 725; Hyg. Fab. 184 and 240.—

One of the Nereids, Hyg. praef. ad Fab.—

One of the Amazons, Hyg. Fab. 163.

Ăgāvē or Ăgauē, ēs, f., = Agauê.

A daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, wife of Echion, king of Thebes, who tore in pieces with her own hands her son Pentheus, because he cast contempt upon the orgies of Bacchus, Ov. M. 3, 725; Hyg. Fab. 184 and 240.—

One of the Nereids, Hyg. praef. ad Fab.—

One of the Amazons, Hyg. Fab. 163.

frango, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [root in Gr. FPAT, rhêgnumi, rhêgma, rhôgaleos; Goth. Brikkan; Irish brissim; Germ. brechen; Engl. break; but cf. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 182, and v. the letter F], to break, break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, break in two (cf.: rumpo, diffringo).

Lit.: hastas frangit quatitque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 435 ed. Vahl.); cf.: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 ed. Vahl.): fraxinus frangitur atque abies consternitur alta, is broken, felled, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.):

simulacra,

Lucr. 6, 419:

milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo: ergo alter alterius ubicumque nactus est ova, frangit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

anulus aureus fractus et comminatus est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56:

compluribus navibus fractis,

dashed to pieces, Caes. B. G. 4, 29, 3:

naves,

Hor. A. P. 20:

navem is fregit apud Andrum insulam,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 17; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:

domus fracta conjectu lapidum,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

janua frangatur, latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128:

patinam,

id. ib. 2, 8, 72:

lagenam,

id. ib. 81:

crystallina,

Mart. 14, 111:

aulas in caput,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21:

corpora ad saxum,

Verg. A. 3, 625:

vindices rerum capitalium laqueo gulam fregere,

broke his neck, strangled him, Sall. C. 55, 5:

cervices civium Romanorum in carcere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; id. Vatin. 11, 26:

senile guttur parentis impiā manu,

Hor. Epod. 3, 2:

cerebrum,

Verg. A. 5, 413:

brachium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf.

coxam,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

crus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59:

crura,

Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Tib. 44; Vulg. Johan. 19, 31:

cornu in arbore,

Ov. F. 5, 121:

non ego te, tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere persequor,

to tear in pieces, Hor. C. 1, 23, 10; cf.:

indomitos ut cum Massyla per arva Armenti reges magno leo fregit hiatu, etc.,

Stat. Th. 11, 28; Val. Fl. 2, 458; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

nubes in montem actae non franguntur, sed circumfunduntur,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 2.—

Transf., in gen., to break up small, to grind, bruise, crush (freq. since the Aug. per.):

glebam bidentibus,

Verg. G. 2, 400;

glebas,

id. ib. 3, 161:

fruges robore saxi,

Lucr. 1, 882:

farra saxo,

Val. Fl. 2, 448:

hordeum molis,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72:

granum dentibus,

id. 18, 24, 54, § 196:

fabam,

id. 19, 3, 15, § 40:

glandem (sues),

Verg. G. 2, 72:

testes homini,

Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263:

toros,

to press, throw one's self upon, Mart. 2, 59, 3; 4, 8, 6: comam in gradus, to twist, braid, Quint. 1, 6, 44:

mare montis ad ejus Radices frangit fluctus,

breaks, Lucr. 6, 695; cf.:

quam (fortunam) existimo levem et imbecillam ab animo firmo et gravi tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

fluctus (scopulus),

Luc. 6, 266:

undam,

Ov. F. 4, 282:

aquas,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

amnem nando,

Luc. 8, 374; cf. Sil. 3, 457; 8, 555:

iter,

i. e. turn off from it, Stat. Th. 12, 232.

Trop., to break down, subdue, weaken, diminish, violate; to soften, move, touch:

quem (Viriathum) C. Laelius praetor ita fregit et comminuit ferocitatemque ejus ita repressit, ut, etc.,

broke down, subdued, Cic. Off. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

fractam illam et debilitatam vim suam, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

quem series immensa laborum fregerit,

Ov. H. 9, 6:

nationes frangere domareque,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

proeliis calamitatibusque fracti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7:

victi sumus igitur, aut, si vinci dignitas non potest, fracti certe et abjecti,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

te ut ulla res frangat?

would break, shake thy resolution, id. Cat. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

frangi metu, cupiditate,

id. Off. 1, 20, 68:

fractus ac debilitatus metu,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 121:

flecti animo atque frangi,

id. Sull. 6, 18:

frangi animo,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37:

dolore,

id. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

misericordiā,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3:

pudore,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et simil.; cf.

also: aliquem auctoritate,

id. ib. 1, 21 fin.:

aliquem patientiā,

id. Brut. 25, 95: quae (vis) summas frangit infirmatque opes, Poët. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28:

debilitatur ac frangitur eloquentia,

Tac. Dial. 39:

mollis illa educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit,

Quint. 1, 2, 6:

frangitur vox,

id. 11, 3, 20; cf. id. 12, 11, 2:

vox Auditur fractos sonitus imitata tubarum,

Verg. G. 4, 72:

et illa (littera), quae est sexta nostrarum (i. e. F) quoties aliquam consonantem frangit, ut in hoc ipso frangit, multo fit horridior,

i. e. weakens, Quint. 12, 10, 29 Spald. (v. the passage in its connection); cf. id. 1, 4, 11:

primum divisit ineleganter: duo enim genera quae erant, fecit tria: hoc est non dividere, sed frangere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; cf.:

frangas citius quam corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt,

Quint. 1, 3, 12:

bellum proeliis frangere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

dignitatem,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 6:

hunc (pedum dolorem) abstinentiā, sanctitate vicit et fregit,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

ut equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 113:

animos frangi et debilitari molestiā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

ingenium (mala),

Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 33:

sublimia pectora (Venus et vinum),

id. F. 1, 301:

ego unus contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 13 fin.; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 8 (id. Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.):

furorem et petulantiam alicujus,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

libidines,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

odium iramque (risus),

Quint. 6, 3, 9:

impetum cogitationis (membranae),

id. 10, 3, 31:

consilium alicujus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf.:

sententiam alicujus,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

foedus,

id. Pis. 12, 28; id. Scaur. 42:

fidem,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

jura pudicitiae,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 28:

mandata,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19:

fas,

Grat. Cyneg. 451:

morantem diem mero (= breviorem reddere),

to shorten, Hor. C. 2, 7, 6:

vina,

i. e. to weaken, dilute, Mart. 14, 103; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 138:

cum frangerem jam ipse me cogeremque illa ferre toleranter,

Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

nec animus tantis se laboribus frangeret, neque, etc.,

id. Arch. 11, 29:

ante quam calores aut frigora se fregerunt,

diminished, abated, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; cf.:

Scaevola paulum quiescet, dum se calor frangat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265:

fracti aestus et nondum orta frigora,

Cels. 7, 7, 4 fin.; cf.:

fluctus se frangit,

Sen. Med. 392:

glacies se frangit,

id. Q. N. 4, 5, 4.—Hence, fractus, a, um, P. a., weakened, weak, feeble, faint:

jamque adeo fracta est aetas effetaque tellus Vix animalia parva creat,

Lucr. 2, 1151:

quod me audis fractiorem esse animo,

i. e. more disheartened, less courageous, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4; cf.:

spes amplificandae fortunae fractior,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

in compositione fractus,

powerless, feeble, Quint. 12, 10, 12; cf.:

quid est tam fractum, tam minutum, tam in ipsa concinnitate puerile?

Cic. Brut. 83, 287; and:

corruptum et omnibus vitiis fractum dicendi genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 125: corrupta oratio maxime comprehensione obscura, compositione fracta consistit, id. [p. 777] 8, 3, 57:

effeminata et fracta impudicis modis (musice),

id. 1, 10, 31.

con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen., of buildings:

conclave illud concidit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,

Tac. A. 14, 6:

turris terrae motu,

Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:

urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,

Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:

omne caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,

id. Div. 1, 35, 77:

(alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

pinus bipenni Thessalā,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:

ad terram pondere vasto,

Verg. A. 5, 448:

sub onere,

Liv. 24, 8, 17:

pronus in fimo,

Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —

Pregn.

To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):

paene in cursu concidi,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:

vi morbi coactus concidere,

Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:

accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,

Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:

Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,

Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:

sanus bibit, statim concidit,

Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

concidere epoto poculo,

id. 5, 13, 15; and:

ad primum gustum,

Suet. Ner. 33:

deficientibus viribus,

id. Tib. 73:

par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,

id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:

Dido usa manu,

id. H. 7, 196:

sparo percussus,

Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

in proelio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

vitio adversariorum,

Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:

multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,

Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:

vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,

Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;

hence also of Iphigenia,

Lucr. 1, 99.—

Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:

concidunt venti,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:

jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,

Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

macie,

to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:

illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,

id. M. 15, 422; cf.:

concidit auguris Argivi domus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:

quā concidit Ilia tellus,

Verg. A. 11, 245:

eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,

Vell. 1, 13:

judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

id. ib. 3, 10, 2:

malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

id. ib. 7, 25 med.:

concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:

Tiberii saevitiā,

id. ib. 16, 29:

hostes concidunt animis,

are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,

failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:

opes Persarum,

Tac. A. 12, 13:

senatūs auctoritas,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

imperii majestas,

Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:

artificia,

id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

praeclara nomina artificum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

omnis ferocia,

Liv. 28, 26, 14:

bellum,

Tac. H. 2, 57 al.

con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nervos,

Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

corpus in partes,

Petr. 141, 2:

vitulum Ajax,

id. 59 fin.:

ligna,

Ov. F. 2, 647:

agrum umidiorem fossis,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:

concidere et cremare naves,

to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:

essedum argenteum,

Suet. Claud. 16:

haec minute,

Col. 12, 22.—

In partic.

To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:

aliquem virgis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

loris,

Juv. 6, 413:

pugnis,

id. 3, 300.—

To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:

hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,

id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—

In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;

hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —

Trop.

Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:

nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,

Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:

(sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,

id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—

To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:

omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

Antonium decretis vestris,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

Vatinium arbitratu nostro,

to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:

Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,

are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

Timocraten totis voluminibus,

to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

testamentum,

to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—

In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:

em istic homo te articulatim concidit,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:

sententiae,

Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

concisae et angustae disputationes,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

brevitas,

id. ib. 3, 53, 202:

brevia illa atque concisa,

Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.

thus with brevis,

id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:

insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:

(philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,

Quint. 12, 2, 11:

ululare,

Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].

Lit.

In gen.

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.—

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).—

Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—

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.—

Prov.:

stimulos pugnis caedere,

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

Trop.:

in judicio testibus caeditur,

is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—

Pregn.

(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.,

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].

Lit.

In gen.

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.—

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).—

Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—

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.—

Prov.:

stimulos pugnis caedere,

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

Trop.:

in judicio testibus caeditur,

is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—

Pregn.

(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.,

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

frăgor, ōris, m. [id.], a breaking, breaking to pieces.

Lit. (very rare):

pausam stare fragori,

to fragility, Lucr. 1, 747:

so,

id. 5, 109; 317.—

Transf., a crashing (as when something is broken to pieces), a crash, noise, din (the usual signif. of the word; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

sonus, sonor): ut crebram silvam cum flamina Cauri Perflant, dant sonitum frondes ramique fragorem,

Lucr. 6, 136:

sternitur nemus, et propulsa fragorem silva dat,

Ov. M. 8, 340:

fragor tectorum, quae diruebantur,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

ruentium tectorum,

Quint. 8, 3, 68:

venti procella dat fragorem,

Lucr. 6, 129:

multus geli,

id. 6, 156:

pelagi,

Verg. A. 1, 154; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

subitoque fragore intonuit laevum,

Verg. A. 2, 692; 9, 541; cf. 8, 527; cf.:

quem (Periclea) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24:

Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181:

sublimitas profecto et magnificentia et nitor et auctoritas expressit illum fragorem,

those thunders of applause, Quint. 8, 3, 3:

exornatio significandae rei causa, sic: Postquam iste in rem publicam fecit impetum, fragor civitatis imprimis est auditus. Hoc genere raro utendum est, ne novi verbi assiduitas odium pariat, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42:

terra continens adventus hostium non modo exspectatos, sed etiam repentinos multis indiciis et quasi fragore quodam et sonitu ipso ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3 Mos.— Poet. for report, rumor, Val. Fl. 1, 753.

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Ădōnis, nis or nĭdis, m., = Adônis and Adôn (nom. Adon, Venant. Carm. 7, 12 and 18; gen. Adonis, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 49; dat. Adonidi, Cic. N. D. 3, 23; acc. Adonidem, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 16:

Adonim,

Prop. 3, 5, 37, acc. to Müller, Adonem:

Adonem,

Serv. ad Verg. E. 10, 18; Arnob. 4, p. 184; voc. Adoni, Ov. Met. 10, 542; abl. Adone, App. M. 8, p. 213).

A son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus, beloved by Venus on account of his extraordinary beauty; he was torn in pieces in the chase by a wild boar, which Mars (acc. to some, Diana) sent against him out of jealousy, but was changed by Venus to a flower, which bore the name Adonium, and was yearly bewailed by her on the anniversary of his death, Ov. M. 10, 503 sq.; Macr. S. 1, 21; Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 37; cf. with 10, 18, and Adonia: Adonis horti, Gr. kêpoi Adônidos, pots of lettuce and other plants, which blossom quick, but wither as soon, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 49; cf. Böttig. Sab. 1, 264.—

A name of the Sun-god among the Assyrians and Phœnicians, Macr. S. 1, 21.—

A name of a fish, i. q. exocoetus, Plin. 9, 19, 34, § 70.

Aegĭăleus (quadrisyl.), ĕi, m., = Aigialeus.

Son of Æetes, brother of Medea, commonly called Absyrtus; he was cut to pieces by his sister in her flight, and scattered upon the sea-shore, Pac. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Just. 43, 3.—

Son of Adrastus, one of the Epigoni before Thebes, slain by Laodamas, Hyg. Fab. 71.

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.

Pĕlĭas, ădis, f.

Of or belonging to Pelias; v. 2. Pelias fin. —

Pēlĭas, ădis, f., of or belonging to Pelion; v. Pelion, C.

Pĕlĭas, ae (nom. Pelia, Sen. Med. 201; 276), m., = Pelias, a king of Thessaly, son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, brother of Neleus, half-brother of Æson, and father of Acastus. Being appointed by Æson guardian to his son Jason, he sought, when Jason grew up, to rid himself of the charge by inciting him to join the Argonautic expedition. After Jason's return Pelias was slain by his own daughters, at the artful instigation of Medea, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80; Hyg. Fab. 24; Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 286 Vahl.); id. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217 (id. v. 313 ib.); Ov. M. 7, 304; Val. Fl. 1, 22 et saep.—Hence, Pĕlĭădes, the daughters of Pelias, who, upon Medea's promise to restore their father's youth, cut him to pieces, and boiled him in a caldron, Phaedr. 4, 7, 16; cf. Hyg. Fab. 24.

Pĕlĭas, ădis, f.

Of or belonging to Pelias; v. 2. Pelias fin. —

Pēlĭas, ădis, f., of or belonging to Pelion; v. Pelion, C.

Pĕlĭas, ae (nom. Pelia, Sen. Med. 201; 276), m., = Pelias, a king of Thessaly, son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, brother of Neleus, half-brother of Æson, and father of Acastus. Being appointed by Æson guardian to his son Jason, he sought, when Jason grew up, to rid himself of the charge by inciting him to join the Argonautic expedition. After Jason's return Pelias was slain by his own daughters, at the artful instigation of Medea, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 80; Hyg. Fab. 24; Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 286 Vahl.); id. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217 (id. v. 313 ib.); Ov. M. 7, 304; Val. Fl. 1, 22 et saep.—Hence, Pĕlĭădes, the daughters of Pelias, who, upon Medea's promise to restore their father's youth, cut him to pieces, and boiled him in a caldron, Phaedr. 4, 7, 16; cf. Hyg. Fab. 24.

Pentheus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave, grandson of Cadmus, and king of Thebes; having treated with contempt the rites of Bacchus, he was torn in pieces by his mother and her sisters when under the influence of the god, Ov. M. 3, 514; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; 3 (4), 22, 33; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 40; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 73; id. C. 2, 19, 14.—Hence,

Penthēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean:

mater,

Sid. Carm. 22, 94.—

Penthēus, a, um, adj., = Pentheios, of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean, Stat. Th. 2, 575.—

Penthīdes, ae, m., = Pentheidês, a male descendant of Pentheus, Ov. Ib. 449 and 609.

Pentheus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave, grandson of Cadmus, and king of Thebes; having treated with contempt the rites of Bacchus, he was torn in pieces by his mother and her sisters when under the influence of the god, Ov. M. 3, 514; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; 3 (4), 22, 33; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 40; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 73; id. C. 2, 19, 14.—Hence,

Penthēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean:

mater,

Sid. Carm. 22, 94.—

Penthēus, a, um, adj., = Pentheios, of or belonging to Pentheus, Penthean, Stat. Th. 2, 575.—

Penthīdes, ae, m., = Pentheidês, a male descendant of Pentheus, Ov. Ib. 449 and 609.

plăcĕo, cŭi and cĭtus, cĭtum, 2, v. n. ( part. fut. pass.:

dos placenda,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35; v. I. A. fin.) [cf. placo], to please, to be pleasing or agreeable, to be welcome, acceptable, to satisfy (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ungor ut illi placeam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 11:

meo neque cara'st cordi neque placet,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

si placeo, utere,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 43:

non placet Antonio consulatus meus: at placuit P. Servilio,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 12; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34: et quae vobis placita est condicio, datur. id. Hec. 2, 1, 44:

nec dubito, quin mihi (Erigona) placitura sit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 13:

exspecto quid illis placeat de epistolā ad Caesarem,

id. Att. 13, 1:

tibi Ne Enipeus Plus justo placeat,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 24:

dis, quibus septem placuere colles,

id. C. S. 7; id. Ep. 1, 7, 45; 1, 17, 35:

quid placet aut odio est,

id. ib. 2, 1, 101:

quod spiro et placeo (si placeo) tuum est,

id. C. 4, 3, 24; Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29:

sibi non placere, quod (Aristides) cupide elaborasset, ut, etc.,

Nep. Arist. 1, 4:

quis gener hic placuit censu minor,

Juv. 3, 160:

Deo placere non possunt,

Vulg. Rom. 8, 8.—As act.:

si illa tibi placet, placenda dos quoque'st quam dat tibi,

must be pleasing, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 35.—

In partic.

In scenic lang., of players or pieces presented, to please, find favor, give satisfaction:

primo actu placeo, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 31: cui scenico placenti,

Suet. Ner. 42; id. Galb. 12; id. Vit. 11:

populo ut placerent quas fecisset fabulas,

Ter. And. prol. 3;

id. Hec. prol. alt. 12: ubi (fabulae) sunt cognitae, Placitae sunt,

id. ib. 13.—

Placere sibi, to be pleased or satisfied with one's self, to flatter one's self, to pride or plume one's self:

ego numquam mihi minus quam hesterno die placui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

nolo tibi tam valde placeas,

Petr. 126; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 63:

tu tibi tunc curruca places,

Juv. 6, 276:

omnes competitores placebant sibi, omnes omnibus displicebant,

Sid. Ep. 7, 9.—

Transf.: placet mihi (tibi, etc.), or simply placet, it pleases me, it seems good, right, or proper to me; it is my opinion, I am of opinion, I hold, believe, intend, purpose; and in perf., placuit, or placitum est, it is decided, resolved, determined (mihi, nobis, etc., or absol.).

In gen.

With dat.:

ut ipsi auctori hujus disciplinae placet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 29:

ut doctissimis sapientissimisque placuit,

id. Div. 1, 49, 110:

postea mihi placuit, ut summorum oratorum Graecas orationes explicarem,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

ita nobis placitum est, ut, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 1, 1:

sic Justitiae placitumque Parcis,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 16:

si placitum hoc Superis,

Val. Fl. 3, 296.—With subject-clause:

duo placet esse Carneadi genera visorum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99; id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

sic visum Veneri, cui placet impares Formas, etc., mittere,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 10:

quis paria esse fere placuit peccata, laborant, Cum, etc.,

id. S. 1, 3, 96.—

Without dat., Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

sed, si placet, in hunc diem hactenus,

id. ib. 2, 44, 71; id. Sest. 51:

placitum est, ut in aprico maxime pratuli loco considerent,

id. Rep. 1, 12, 18.—With neutr. pron. as subj.:

hocine placet?

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 16.—With subj.:

placuit ad hunc primum ferremus aditum,

App. M. 4, 9.—With subject-clause:

placet enim esse quiddam in re publicā praestans et regale, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69; 1, 36, 56:

si enim pecunias aequari non placet,

id. ib. 1, 32, 49:

hos corripi placitum,

Tac. A. 4, 19; 6, 7; Hor. S. 1, 3, 96.—

In partic.

In publicists' lang., to resolve, will, order, determine:

senatui placere, ut C. Pansa, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38:

senatui placere, C. Cassium, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 12, 30:

deliberatur de Avarico in communi concilio, incendi placeret an defendi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

quamobrem placitum est mihi, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, §

4: edixit, mulieres ante horam quintam venire in theatrum non placere,

Suet. Aug. 44 fin.; cf.:

quid placeat, die,

your decision, Juv. 10, 338.—

Si dis placet, please the gods; and in eccl. writers:

Deo placere,

Vulg. Num. 23, 27; v. deus.— Hence, *

plăcens, entis, P. a., pleasing, charming, dear:

expetendum esse quod non placens sit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8:

placens uxor,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 21.— Acceptable:

hostia placens Deo,

Vulg. Phil. 4, 18:

sibi placentes,

self-willed, id. 2 Pet. 2, 10.—

plăcĭtus, a, um, P. a., pleasing, agreeable, acceptable (mostly poet.):

placita es simplicitate tuā,

you are pleasing, you please, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 18:

oliva,

Verg. G. 2, 425:

amor,

id. A. 4, 38:

bona,

Ov. H. 17, 98:

in locum ambobus placitum exercitus conveniunt,

Sall. J. 81, 1:

artes,

Tac. A. 2, 66:

exemplum,

id. ib. 4, 37:

eum (regem creari) quasi placitissimum diis. qui, etc.,

Just. 18. 3. 9 (the reading acceptissimum is a later emendation).— Abl. absol.: sic placito ocius surrexit. App. M. 2, 24:

placiti dies,

appointed days, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 11.—

Subst.: plăcĭtum, i, n.

Prop., that which is pleasing or agreeable:

ultra placitum laudare,

more than is agreeable, Verg. E. 7, 27.—

Transf.

An opinion, sentiment (post-Aug.):

Catonis placita de olivis,

Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 20.—

A determination, prescription, order:

medicorum placita,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 143.—

A maxim, principle:

ipse (Rubellius) placita majorum colebat,

Tac. A. 14, 22:

sapientium placita,

id. ib. 16, 19:

Stoicorum,

id. H. 3, 81:

philosophorum,

id. Or. 19:

nec est quare hoc inter nostra placita mireris,

Sen. Ep. 66, 45:

decreta, quae Graeci vocant dogmata, nobis vel decreta licet adpellare vel scita vel placita,

Sen. Ep. 95, 10: philosophiae placita, id. ib. §

37: Babyloniorum,

Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; Col. 9, 2, 1.

prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.

Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.

With acc. and dat.:

linguam alicui,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

manum alicui gladio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

aures, nasum et labia alicui,

Just. 1, 10, 5.—

With acc. and gen.:

collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—

With acc.:

manus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

Petr. 1:

medici membra praecidunt,

Quint. 8, 3, 75:

capillos,

id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

ancoras,

to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

traducem,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—

Transf.

To cut through, cut up (class.):

cotem novaculā,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

naves,

to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—

To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

praecide os tu illi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—

Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

iter,

Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—

Trop., to cut off, to take away.

Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

maximam partem defensionis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

3: sibi reditum,

id. Pis. 22, 51:

per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

brevi praecidam,

in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

praecide, inquit,

cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—

To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

Liv. 4, 3, 7:

praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—

To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—

Transf.

Castrated (post-class.):

fanatici,

Lampr. Elag. 7:

praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—

Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

Verg. A. 8, 233:

iter,

Sall. J. 92, 7:

rupes,

Quint. 12, 9, 2.—

Trop.

Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

Quint. 10, 2, 17:

comprehensio,

id. 7, 3, 15.—

Troublesome (postclass.):

ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.

In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—

Positively, absolutely (class.):

praecise negare alicui,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

non praecise, sed sub condicione,

Dig. 36, 3, 1.