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1 aulaeum
aulaeum ī, n, αὐλαία, embroidered stuff, tapestry.—A curtain, canopy: suspensa aulaea, H.: superba, V.—The curtain of a theatre (lowered to show the stage, and drawn up to hide it): aulaeum tollitur: premitur, H.: mittitur, is dropped, Ph.—The figures seemed, as it rose, to lift it: ut Purpurea intexti tollant aulaea Britanni, V.—A covering for beds and sofas, tapestry: aulaeis se superbis conposuit, V.: Cenae sine aulaeis et ostro, H.: pictae aulaea togae, the vast folds, Iu.* * *canopy/covering; theater curtain; hangings/folds (pl.), tapestries/drapery -
2 dēductus
dēductus adj. [P. of deduco], lowered, unambitious, modest (poet.): carmen, V.: vox, Pr.* * *Ideducta -um, deductior -or -us, deductissimus -a -um ADJdrawn down; bent in; attenuated/slender, weak, soft (voice); fine-spun (style)IIdownward pull; drawing/dragging down (L+S) -
3 dēmissus
dēmissus adj. with comp. [P. of demitto].— Of places, lowered, sunken, low-lying, low: loca, Cs. — Drooping, falling, hanging down, low: Demissis umeris esse, T.: labia, T.: si demissior ibis, fly too low, O.: demisso capite: demisso voltu. S.: demisso crine, O.: Dido voltum demissa, V.— Fig., downcast, dejected, dispirited, low: animus: demissā voce loqui, V.: nihilo demissiore animo, L.: videsne illum demissum? — Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring: multum demissus homo, H.: sit apud vos demissis hominibus perfugium.—Of style, modest, reserved: orator ornamentis demissior.— Humble, poor: qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent, S.* * *demissa -um, demissior -or -us, demississimus -a -um ADJlow/low-lying; of low altitude; keeping low (people); slanting/hanging/let down; lowly/degraded/abject; downhearted/low/downcast/dejected/discouraged/desponden -
4 de-mittō
de-mittō mīsī, missus, ere, to send down, let down, drop, lower, put down, let fall, sink: lacrimas, shed, V.: ubera, let down, V.: ancilia caelo demissa, L.: latum clavum pectore, H.: Maiā genitum demittit ab alto, V.: ab aethere currum, O.: aurīs, H.: crinem, O.: tunicam, H.: se ad aurem alicuius, bend: se ob assem, stoop, H.: vallis, quā se demittere rivi Adsuerant, O.: (matres) de muris per manūs demissae, letting themselves down, Cs.: de caelo demissus, i. e. of heavenly origin, L.: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered. — To cast down, cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive: Demissa tempestas ab Euro, H.: per pectora tela, O.: equum in flumen: in eum locum demissus, S.: Manīs deam ad imos, V.: hostem in ovilia, H.: ferrum in ilia, O.: sublicas in terram, Cs.: huc stipites, Cs.: nummum in loculos, to put, H.: fessas navīs, i. e. from the high seas, V.: navem secundo amni Scodram, L.: puteum alte in solido, sink, V.: corpora Stygiae nocti, O.: aliquem Orco, V.: ferrum lacubus, O.—Of troops, to send down, lead down: in loca plana agmen, L.: in inferiorem campum equites, L.—With se, to descend, march down: cum se pars agminis in convallem demisisset, Cs.: in aequum locum sese, Cs.—Fig., to cast down, depress, let sink, let fall: quā se (incipit) molli iugum demittere clivo, V.: demissis in terram oculis, L.: voltum metu, O.: animos: mentes, V.: ne se admodum animo demitterent, Cs.: hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress, S.: voces in pectora, L.: dicta in aurīs, V.: Segnius inritant animos demissa per aurem (i. e. in animum), received, H.: me penitus in causam, to engage in: me in res turbulentissimas, to meddle with: eo rem demittit, si, etc., concedes so much.— P. pass., derived, sprung, descended (poet.): ab alto Demissum genus Aeneā, H.: ab Iove gens, V.: Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo, V. -
5 fascis
fascis is, m [FASC-], a bundle, fagot, fascine, packet, parcel: sarmentorum, L.: comites in fasce libelli, Iu.— A burden, load: Romanus Iniusto sub fasce, i. e. soldiers' baggage, V.: (apes) animam sub fasce dedēre, V.— Plur, a bundle of rods with an axe, carried before the highest magistrates, as an emblem of authority: imperi populi R. fasces: anteibant lictores cum fascibus bini: fasces praetoribus praeferuntur: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered before the people: fasces versi (at a consul's funeral), Ta.: Marius cum fascibus laureatis. —Fig.: cum tibi aetas nostra fascis summitteret, yield precedence.—High office, supreme power: fascibus conreptis, i. e. usurping the government, S.: Illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit, V.: si Detulerit fascīs indigno, i. e. the consulship, H.: fasces meruit, the throne, Iu.* * *bundle, faggot; packet, parcel; rods with an ax (pl.) (symbol of authority) -
6 submissus (summ-)
submissus (summ-) adj. with comp. [P. of submitto], let down, lowered, low: stantibus primis, secundis summissioribus, stooping lower, L.: Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postīs, O.—Fig., of speech, low, soft, gentle, calm, composed, moderate: dicere summissā (voce) leniter: forma summissi oratoris.—Of character, humble, submissive: Submissi petimus terram, V.— Low, mean, grovelling, abject: ne quid submissum faciamus. -
7 summissus
(from summitto)let down, lowered, gentle, mild. -
8 abicio
ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.I.ăbĭci,
Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;ăbĭcit,
Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.Lit.:II.in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:scutum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:insigne regium de capite,
id. Sest. 27:socer ad pedes abjectus,
id. ib. 34; so,se ad pedes,
id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:se e muro in mare,
id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,corpus in mare,
id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,
id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:se abjecit exanimatus,
he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:si te uret sarcina, abicito,
throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:anulum in mari,
Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:statuas in propatulo domi,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3:cadaver in viā,
Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:ubi cadaver abjeceris,
Tac. A. 1, 22.Fig.A.In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:B.ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,
as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:vitam,
Cic. Att. 3, 19:salutem pro aliquo,
id. Planc. 33:memoriam beneficiorum,
id. Phil. 8, 11:versum,
to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).In partic.1.To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:2.abicimus ista,
we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,
I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:abjectis nugis,
nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.3.Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.A.Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:B.plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,
Cic. Att. 3, 2.—Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:1.contemptum atque abjectum,
id. Agr. 2, 34:verbis nec inops nec abjectus,
id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:animus abjectior,
Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:animus abjectissimus,
Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.Dispiritedly, despondingly:2.in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—Low, meanly:quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,
Tac. Or. 8:incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,
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9 aulaeum
aulaeum, i, n., = aulaia (Plut.), a splendidly wrought or embroidered stuff, tapestry, arras, esp. a covering, a curtain, hangings: aulaea genus vestis peregrinum, Varr. de Vita populi Rom. lib. III.; Non. p. 537 sq.:I.aulaea dicta sunt ab aulā Attali, in quā primum inventa sunt vela ingentia,
Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 25.A curtain, canopy:II.suspensa aulaea,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 54; and so Prop. 3, 30, 12.—In partic., the curtain of a theatre; which, among the ancients, contrary to modern usage, was lowered from the ceiling to the floor at the beginning of a piece or act, and at the conclusion was drawn up; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.; hence the expression, aulaeum tollitur, is drawn up, at the end of a piece (act), Cic. Cael. 27, 65; Ov. M. 3, 111; on the contr. mittitur, is dropped, at the beginning, Phaedr. 5, 7, 23. Usually such curtains were wrought with the figures of gods or men, esp. of heroes, and in drawing up the curtain, the upper part of the figures would first become visible, then the lower parts in succession, appearing, as it were, themselves to draw up the curtain;hence, utque Purpurea intexti tollant aulaea Britanni,
and how the Britons woven upon it lift the purple curtain, Verg. G. 3, 25 Voss; cf. also Ov. M. l. l. Bach.—A covering for beds and sofas, tapestry:III.aulaeis jam se regina superbis Aurea composuit spondā,
Verg. A. 1, 697:Cenae sine aulaeis et ostro,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 15; Curt. 8, 5, 21; 8, 9, 15.—The drapery of a heavy upper garment, pictae Sarrana ferentem Ex umeris aulaea togae, the folds of his embroidered toga, Juv. 10, 39. -
10 Caianus
Gāĭus (less correctly Cāĭus;II.trisyl.,
Cat. 10, 30; Mart. 9, 22, 12; 11, 36, 8); gen. Gāi (voc. Gāi, Mart. 10, 16, 1), m., and Gāĭa, ae, f. [for Gavius; from gaudeo], a Roman prœnomen, usu. written C.; v. the letter G. Gaia was written O, Quint. 1, 7, 28; Vel. Long. p. 2218; P. prol. p. 1502.— At marriage festivals it was customary to call the bridegroom and bride Gaius and Gaia, Fest. s. v. Gaia, p. 71; Quint. l. l.; Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —In partic.A.An eminent jurist who lived about A.D. 110-180, author of the Institutionum Commentarii IV., which contain a systematic summary of the Roman law of family relations, of private property, and of actions; and which for generations was a standard educational work on the subject. This work was known, however, to modern scholars only by the fragments preserved in the Pandects, etc., until in 1816 Niebuhr discovered in the Chapter House of Verona a nearly complete MS. of the original work of Gaius, over which works of St. Jerome had been written. Teuffel, Gesch. d. Röm. Lit. p. 812 sqq.—B.In post-Aug. historians, esp., the emperor Gaius Caligula; hence, Gāiānus or Cāiānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Caligula:custodia,
Sen. Tranq. 11:clades,
id. ib. 14 fin.:expeditiones,
Tac. 4, 15:nex,
Suet. Tit. 1:as (because lowered in value by him),
Stat. Sil. 4, 9, 22. -
11 demitto
dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:b.picis e caelo demissum flumen,
Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:caelo imbrem,
Verg. G. 1, 23:caelo ancilia,
Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:barbam malis,
Lucr. 5, 673:latum clavum pectore,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:monilia pectoribus,
Verg. A. 7, 278:laenam ex humeris,
id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,
Sall. Hist. 2, 53:aliquem in sporta per murum,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:taleam (sc. in terram),
to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;arbores altius,
Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:puteum alte in solido,
i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,
Curt. 5, 1, 31:arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,
Lucr. 5, 670:demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:fasces,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:cibos (sc. in alvum),
Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),
Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,
id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:arma, classem, socios Rheno,
Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;and pecora secundā aquā,
id. ib. 3, 14, 4:manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,
Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.brachia,
id. 2, 13, 9:frontem (opp. attolli),
id. 11, 3, 78:supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,
Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.auriculas,
id. S. 1, 9, 20:caput,
Ov. M. 10, 192:crinem,
id. ib. 6, 289:demisso capite,
Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:aliquos per funem,
Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:vestem,
id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.tunicam,
id. ib. 25:stolam,
id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:equum in flumen,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:equos a campo in cavam viam,
Liv. 23, 47:aliquem in carcerem,
Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:aliquem ad imos Manes,
Verg. A. 12, 884:hostem in ovilia,
Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:gladium in jugulum,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:ferrum in ilia,
Ov. M. 4, 119:sublicas in terram,
Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:huc stipites,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:huc caementa,
Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:nummum in loculos,
to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:calculum atrum in urnam,
Ov. M. 15, 44:milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,
Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,
Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:navem secundo amni Scodam,
Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,
Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:aliquem neci,
Verg. A. 2, 85:aliquem Orco,
id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:aliquem umbris,
Sil. 11, 142:ferrum jugulo,
Ov. H. 14, 5:ferrum lacubus,
id. M. 12, 278:offa demittitur faucibus boum,
Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:B.(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,
Lucr. 6, 446:se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,
Cels. 1, 3:se ad aurem alicujus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:cum se demittit ob assem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,
Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—Esp., milit. t. t.1.To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:2.in loca plana agmen demittunt,
Liv. 9, 27; cf.:agmen in vallem infimam,
id. 7, 34:equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,
id. 27, 18:agmen in Thessaliam,
id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:agmen,
Liv. 9, 2:levem armaturam,
id. 22, 28 al.:cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,
had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;so with se,
id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —II.Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:A.demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,
Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:vultu demisso,
Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:demissis in terram oculis,
Liv. 9, 38, 13;also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,
Val. Fl. 3, 41:vultum,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:vultum animumque metu,
Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.vultus,
id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:eas voces in pectora animosque,
Liv. 34, 50; and:dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,
Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:dignitatem in discrimen,
Liv. 3, 35:vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),
Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:me penitus in causam,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:me in res turbulentissimas,
id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:se in comparationem,
Suet. Rhet. 6:se in adulationem,
to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:se usque ad servilem patientiam,
id. ib. 14, 26:se ad minora illa,
Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,animos (with contrahere),
id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:animum (with contrahere),
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:mentes,
Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:ne se admodum animo demitterent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.Lit.1.Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):2.campestribus ac demissis locis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:loca demissa ac palustria,
id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:B.demissis umeris esse,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:tremulus, labiis demissis,
with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:demisso capite discedere,
Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:tristes, capite demisso,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32:demisso vultu,
with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:Dido vultum demissa,
Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:demissa vulnera,
Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —Trop.1.Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):2.erigebat animum jam demissum,
Cic. Clu. 21, 58:esse fracto animo et demisso,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:(homines) animo demisso atque humili,
id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:demisso animo fuit,
Sall. J. 98 al.:demissa voce loqui,
Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,
Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?
Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:videsne illum demissum?
id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,
Cic. Or. 24, 81.—Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):3.ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:multum demissus homo,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,
Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:4.qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),
Sall. C. 51, 12.—Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:1.ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.Lit., low:2.hic alte, demissius ille volabat,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:suppliciter demisseque respondere,
id. Fl. 10, 21:se tueri,
id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin. -
12 divulgatus
dīvulgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to spread among the people, to make common, publish, divulge (rare but class.; cf.:B.publico, vulgo, pervulgo, pervagor): librum,
Cic. Att. 12, 40; 13, 21, 4; id. Or. 31 fin.; cf.seria,
id. Phil. 2, 4: consilium Domitii, * Caes. B. C. 1, 20, 1:chirographa omnium,
Suet. Calig. 24:versiculos,
id. ib. 8:omnem mimum,
id. Oth. 3 fin. et saep.:rem sermonibus,
Cic. Font. 5, 10; cf.:aliquid turpi fama,
Tac. A. 12, 49:opinionem tam gloriosae expeditionis,
Just. 42, 2, 11; cf.:hanc opinionem in Macedoniam,
id. 12, 5, 5.— With acc. and inf.:non est divulgandum de te jam esse perfectum,
Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3; cf. Suet. Claud. 39 fin. —Transf., to make common: cujus primum tempus aetatis palam fuisset ad omnium libidines divulgatum, lowered or degraded to, Cic. Post. Red. ap. Sen. 5, 11.—Hence, dīvul-gātus, a, um, P. a., widespread:alicujus divulgata gloria,
Lucr. 6, 8:divulgata veris ante habere,
Tac. A. 4, 11:Afer divulgato ingenio,
id. ib. 4, 52:magistratus levissimus et divulgatissimus (sc. praeturae),
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13 divulgo
dīvulgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to spread among the people, to make common, publish, divulge (rare but class.; cf.:B.publico, vulgo, pervulgo, pervagor): librum,
Cic. Att. 12, 40; 13, 21, 4; id. Or. 31 fin.; cf.seria,
id. Phil. 2, 4: consilium Domitii, * Caes. B. C. 1, 20, 1:chirographa omnium,
Suet. Calig. 24:versiculos,
id. ib. 8:omnem mimum,
id. Oth. 3 fin. et saep.:rem sermonibus,
Cic. Font. 5, 10; cf.:aliquid turpi fama,
Tac. A. 12, 49:opinionem tam gloriosae expeditionis,
Just. 42, 2, 11; cf.:hanc opinionem in Macedoniam,
id. 12, 5, 5.— With acc. and inf.:non est divulgandum de te jam esse perfectum,
Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3; cf. Suet. Claud. 39 fin. —Transf., to make common: cujus primum tempus aetatis palam fuisset ad omnium libidines divulgatum, lowered or degraded to, Cic. Post. Red. ap. Sen. 5, 11.—Hence, dīvul-gātus, a, um, P. a., widespread:alicujus divulgata gloria,
Lucr. 6, 8:divulgata veris ante habere,
Tac. A. 4, 11:Afer divulgato ingenio,
id. ib. 4, 52:magistratus levissimus et divulgatissimus (sc. praeturae),
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14 fascis
I. A.In gen. (rare):B.fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 6:lignorum,
Tac. A. 13, 35:magno comites in fasce libelli,
Juv. 7, 107:tot crimina, tot reos uno velut fasce complecti,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 9.— Trop., of a crowd of people, Vulg. Isa. 24, 22.—A burden, load:II.Romanus in armis Injusto sub fasce viam cum carpit,
i. e. soldiers' baggage, Verg. G. 3, 347; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 26 Spald.:(apes) saepe ultro animam sub fasce dedēre,
under the burden, Verg. G. 4, 204:ego hoc te fasce levabo,
id. E. 9, 65:venales humero fasces portare,
id. M. 80.—In partic., in plur. fasces, a bundle carried before the highest magistrates, and consisting of rods and an axe, with which [p. 727] criminals were scourged and beheaded.A.Prop.:2.lictores duo, duo viminei fasces virgarum,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 26:ut sibi (Tullo Hostilio) duodecim lictores cum fascibus anteire liceret, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 17:anteibant lictores cum fascibus duobus,
id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:fasces praetoribus praeferuntur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,
id. Rep. 2, 31: tum demissi populo fasces, lowered (as a mark of respect) before the people, id. ib. 1, 40, 62; cf.:P. Valerius fasces primus demitti jussit,
id. ib. 2, 31;for which: (P. Valerius) summissis fascibus in contionem escendit,
Liv. 2, 7, 7; cf.under B.: paulo ante dimissi fasces,
surrendered, Plin. Pan. 61, 7:praecedebant incompta signa, versi fasces, at the funeral of Germanicus,
Tac. A. 3, 2 init.:neque in litteris, neque in fascibus insignia laureae praetulit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 71, 3; cf.:visus C. Marius cum fascibus laureatis,
Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; so,laureati,
id. Att. 8, 3, 5:imperatorii,
Tac. A. 13, 9.—Meton., a high office, esp. the consulship ( poet.):* B.qui petere a populo fasces saevasque secures Imbibit,
Lucr. 3, 1009:illum non populi fasces, non purpura regum Flexit,
Verg. G. 2, 495:ut si Detulerit fasces indigno, detrahet idem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34; id. S. 1, 6, 97:et titulis et fascibus olim Major habebatur donandi gloria,
Juv. 5, 110; Sil. 11, 152.—Of royalty:diadema Quirini Et fasces meruit,
Juv. 8, 260.—Trop., to give place, to acknowledge one's inferiority:cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet fascesque summitteret,
Cic. Brut. 6, 22. -
15 Gaia
Gāĭus (less correctly Cāĭus;II.trisyl.,
Cat. 10, 30; Mart. 9, 22, 12; 11, 36, 8); gen. Gāi (voc. Gāi, Mart. 10, 16, 1), m., and Gāĭa, ae, f. [for Gavius; from gaudeo], a Roman prœnomen, usu. written C.; v. the letter G. Gaia was written O, Quint. 1, 7, 28; Vel. Long. p. 2218; P. prol. p. 1502.— At marriage festivals it was customary to call the bridegroom and bride Gaius and Gaia, Fest. s. v. Gaia, p. 71; Quint. l. l.; Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —In partic.A.An eminent jurist who lived about A.D. 110-180, author of the Institutionum Commentarii IV., which contain a systematic summary of the Roman law of family relations, of private property, and of actions; and which for generations was a standard educational work on the subject. This work was known, however, to modern scholars only by the fragments preserved in the Pandects, etc., until in 1816 Niebuhr discovered in the Chapter House of Verona a nearly complete MS. of the original work of Gaius, over which works of St. Jerome had been written. Teuffel, Gesch. d. Röm. Lit. p. 812 sqq.—B.In post-Aug. historians, esp., the emperor Gaius Caligula; hence, Gāiānus or Cāiānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Caligula:custodia,
Sen. Tranq. 11:clades,
id. ib. 14 fin.:expeditiones,
Tac. 4, 15:nex,
Suet. Tit. 1:as (because lowered in value by him),
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16 Gaianus
Gāĭus (less correctly Cāĭus;II.trisyl.,
Cat. 10, 30; Mart. 9, 22, 12; 11, 36, 8); gen. Gāi (voc. Gāi, Mart. 10, 16, 1), m., and Gāĭa, ae, f. [for Gavius; from gaudeo], a Roman prœnomen, usu. written C.; v. the letter G. Gaia was written O, Quint. 1, 7, 28; Vel. Long. p. 2218; P. prol. p. 1502.— At marriage festivals it was customary to call the bridegroom and bride Gaius and Gaia, Fest. s. v. Gaia, p. 71; Quint. l. l.; Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —In partic.A.An eminent jurist who lived about A.D. 110-180, author of the Institutionum Commentarii IV., which contain a systematic summary of the Roman law of family relations, of private property, and of actions; and which for generations was a standard educational work on the subject. This work was known, however, to modern scholars only by the fragments preserved in the Pandects, etc., until in 1816 Niebuhr discovered in the Chapter House of Verona a nearly complete MS. of the original work of Gaius, over which works of St. Jerome had been written. Teuffel, Gesch. d. Röm. Lit. p. 812 sqq.—B.In post-Aug. historians, esp., the emperor Gaius Caligula; hence, Gāiānus or Cāiānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Caligula:custodia,
Sen. Tranq. 11:clades,
id. ib. 14 fin.:expeditiones,
Tac. 4, 15:nex,
Suet. Tit. 1:as (because lowered in value by him),
Stat. Sil. 4, 9, 22. -
17 Gaius
Gāĭus (less correctly Cāĭus;II.trisyl.,
Cat. 10, 30; Mart. 9, 22, 12; 11, 36, 8); gen. Gāi (voc. Gāi, Mart. 10, 16, 1), m., and Gāĭa, ae, f. [for Gavius; from gaudeo], a Roman prœnomen, usu. written C.; v. the letter G. Gaia was written O, Quint. 1, 7, 28; Vel. Long. p. 2218; P. prol. p. 1502.— At marriage festivals it was customary to call the bridegroom and bride Gaius and Gaia, Fest. s. v. Gaia, p. 71; Quint. l. l.; Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —In partic.A.An eminent jurist who lived about A.D. 110-180, author of the Institutionum Commentarii IV., which contain a systematic summary of the Roman law of family relations, of private property, and of actions; and which for generations was a standard educational work on the subject. This work was known, however, to modern scholars only by the fragments preserved in the Pandects, etc., until in 1816 Niebuhr discovered in the Chapter House of Verona a nearly complete MS. of the original work of Gaius, over which works of St. Jerome had been written. Teuffel, Gesch. d. Röm. Lit. p. 812 sqq.—B.In post-Aug. historians, esp., the emperor Gaius Caligula; hence, Gāiānus or Cāiānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Caligula:custodia,
Sen. Tranq. 11:clades,
id. ib. 14 fin.:expeditiones,
Tac. 4, 15:nex,
Suet. Tit. 1:as (because lowered in value by him),
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18 premo
I.Lit.:B.pede pedem alicui premere,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,
Verg. A. 7, 518:veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,
id. ib. 2, 379:novercae Monstra manu premens,
id. ib. 8, 288:pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,
i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,
press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:premere terga genu alicujus,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:ubera plena,
i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:vestigia alicujus,
to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,
Juv. 1, 43:dente frena,
to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:ore aliquid,
to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:aliquid morsu,
Lucr. 3, 663:presso molari,
with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:pressum lac,
i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:Hister Peucen premerat Antro,
forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:uxorem,
Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:feminas premunt galli,
Mart. 3, 57, 17.—Transf.1.Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:2.premere litora,
Ov. M. 14, 416:litus,
to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:aëra,
i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:3.premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:capulum,
id. 2, 615.—Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:4.toros,
Ov. H. 12, 30:sedilia,
id. M. 5, 317:hoc quod premis habeto,
id. ib. 5, 135:et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,
id. ib. 2, 421:humum,
to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:frondes tuo premis ore caducas,
id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):5.aliquid terrā,
to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:nonumque prematur in annum,
kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:ossa male pressa,
i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:ut premerer sacrā lauro,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:molli Fronde crinem,
Verg. A. 4, 147:canitiem galeā,
id. ib. 9, 612:mitrā capillos,
Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):6.quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,
they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:os fingit premendo,
id. A. 6, 80:caseos,
id. E. 1, 35:mollem terram,
Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:7.hostes de loco superiore,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,
id. B. C. 3, 46:hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,
Verg. A. 1, 467:Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,
Nep. Hann. 11, 5:hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,
Verg. A. 8, 473:obsidione urbem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:ad retia cervum,
Verg. G. 3, 413:spumantis apri cursum clamore,
id. A. 1, 324:bestias venatione,
Isid. 10, 282.—To press down, burden, load, freight:8.nescia quem premeret,
on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:tergum equi,
id. ib. 8, 34;14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,
Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):pressae carinae,
Verg. G. 1, 303:pressus membra mero,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,
Caes. B. G. 4, 24:auro phaleras,
to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—To press into, force in, press upon:b.(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,
Ov. F. 1, 355:presso sub vomere,
Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:presso aratro,
Tib. 4, 1, 161:alte ensem in corpore,
Stat. Th. 11, 542:et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,
Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:et cubito remanete presso,
leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —To make with any thing ( poet.):9.aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:b.nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,
Ov. M. 2, 135:humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,
id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,
sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —In partic.(α). (β).To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:(γ). 10.vestigio leviter presso,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,
id. Sest. 5, 13:sulcum premere,
to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),
Front. Strat. 1, 5:fossa pressa,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:cavernae in altitudinem pressae,
Curt. 5, 1, 28.—To press closely, compress, press together, close:b.oculos,
Verg. A. 9, 487:alicui fauces,
Ov. M. 12, 509:laqueo collum,
to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,
Ov. M. 9, 78:presso gutture,
compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,
i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,
choked, id. 14, 221:amplexu presso,
united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:oscula jungere pressa,
to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,pressa basia,
Mart. 6, 34, 1:presso gradu incedere,
in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:pede presso,
id. 8, 8.—In partic.(α).To shorten, tighten, draw in:(β).pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—To keep short, prune:(γ).Calenā falce vitem,
Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:luxuriem falce,
Ov. M. 14, 628:falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),
Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:molle salictum,
Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—To check, arrest, stop:11.premere sanguinem,
Tac. A. 15, 64:vestigia pressit,
Verg. A. 6, 197:attoniti pressere gradum,
Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—To press out, bring out by pressure:12.tenerā sucos pressere medullā,
Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—II.Trop.A.To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):B.ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,
id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:aerumnae, quae me premunt,
Sall. J. 14, 22:pressus gravitate soporis,
bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13:invidia et odio populi premi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:premi periculis,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:cum a me premeretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:aliquem verbo,
id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:criminibus veris premere aliquem,
Ov. M. 14, 401:cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,
was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;mortali urgemur ab hoste,
Verg. A. 10, 375:premere reum voce, vultu,
Tac. A. 3, 67:crimen,
to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:confessionem,
to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:argumentum etiam atque etiam,
to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,
Verg. A. 3, 47:maerore pressa,
Sen. Oct. 103:veritate pressus negare non potuit,
overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—Transf.1.To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):2.dum nocte premuntur,
Verg. A. 6, 827:curam sub corde,
id. ib. 4, 332:odium,
Plin. Pan. 62:iram,
Tac. A. 6, 50:pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,
id. ib. 13, 16:interius omne secretum,
Sen. Ep. 3, 4:dolorem silentio,
Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:aliquid ore,
Verg. A. 7, 103:jam te premet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:b.premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12:arma Latini,
Verg. A. 11, 402:opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:famam alicujus,
Tac. A. 15, 49:premere ac despicere,
Quint. 11, 1, 16:premere tumentia, humilia extollere,
id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—To surpass, exceed:c.facta premant annos,
Ov. M. 7, 449:ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,
id. P. 3, 1, 116:quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—To rule ( poet.):3.dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:4.quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,
Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:premebat reum crimen,
id. 3, 13, 1.—To compress, abridge, condense:5.haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—To check, arrest, repress, restrain:6.cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,
Cic. Brut. 97, 332:sub imo Corde gemitum,
Verg. A. 10, 464:vocem,
to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:sermones vulgi,
to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:I. A.(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.Lit.:B.presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,
Liv. 8, 8, 9:presso gradu,
id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
Ov. M. 3, 17.—Trop.1.Of the voice or manner, subdued:2.haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:II.color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—Esp., of an orator or of speech.A.Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):B.fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,
id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,
Quint. 10, 1, 102:pressus et demissus stilus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—Close, exact, accurate:B.Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,
Gell. 2, 6, 5:quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,
stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:cogitationes pressiores,
id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—Closely, tightly.1.Lit.:2.vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—Trop.a.Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:b.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:(β).definire presse et anguste,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:abundanter dicere, an presse,
Quint. 8, 3, 40:pressius et astrictius scripsi,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—Without ornament, simply:(γ).unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:definiunt pressius,
id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,
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19 submisse
I.With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).1.In gen.a.To set, put, or place under or below:b.singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:2.tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,palmas,
id. 4, 411:manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):3.arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—Trop.(α).To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):(β). B. 1.huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—Lit.:2.se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:II.ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:B.summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):A.summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):B.scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—Trop. (class. and freq.).1.Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:2.lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—Of character or disposition.a.In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):b.videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:2.humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:1.summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:2.dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup. -
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I.With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).1.In gen.a.To set, put, or place under or below:b.singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:2.tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,palmas,
id. 4, 411:manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):3.arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—Trop.(α).To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):(β). B. 1.huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—Lit.:2.se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:II.ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:B.summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):A.summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):B.scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—Trop. (class. and freq.).1.Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:2.lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—Of character or disposition.a.In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):b.videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:2.humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:1.summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:2.dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.
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