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1 submisse

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
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:
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.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submisse
2 submitto

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
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:
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.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto
3 summissa

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
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:
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.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summissa
4 summitto

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
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:
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.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summitto
5 sub-mittō (summ-)

sub-mittō (summ-) mīsī, missus, ere, to let down, put down, lower, sink, drop: se ad pedes, L.: latus in herbā, O.: poplitem in terrā, O.—Of animals, to keep for breeding, cause to breed: (pullos) in spem gentis, V.: vitulos pecori habendo, V.— To let grow: crinem barbamque, Ta.—To breed, produce: non Monstrum submisere Colchi Maius, H.—To provide a substitute for, supersede: huic vos non summittetis?—To send privately, despatch secretly: iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat, sent a secret message: alqm, qui moneret, etc.—To send as aid, furnish for support, supply as reinforcement, help with, yield: cohortes equitibus praesidio, Cs.: laborantibus, Cs.: Vinea summittit capreas non semper edules, H.—Fig., to lower, make lower, reduce, moderate: multum summittere, to moderate the voice (of an actor): furorem, control, V.—To lower, let down, bring down, humble, yield, surrender: se in amicitiā, condescend: se in humilitatem causam dicentium, stoop, L.: facilitas summittentis se, readiness to subordinate himself, L.: ad calamitates animos, bow, L.: animos amori, surrender, V.: se culpae, O.

Latin-English dictionary > sub-mittō (summ-)
6 premo

prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
I.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:
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.—
2.
Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:
premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:
ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:
capulum,
id. 2, 615.—
3.
Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:
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.—
4.
To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):
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.—
5.
To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):
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.—
6.
To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:
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.—
7.
To press down, burden, load, freight:
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.—
8.
To press into, force in, press upon:
(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. —
b.
To make with any thing ( poet.):
aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:
littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:
multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—
9.
To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:
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. —
b.
In partic.
(α).
To set, plant:
virgulta per agros,
Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
(β).
To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:
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.—
(γ).
To strike to the ground, to strike down:
tres famulos,
Verg. A. 9, 329:
paucos,
Tac. H. 4, 2.—
10.
To press closely, compress, press together, close:
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.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To shorten, tighten, draw in:
pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:
laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—
(β).
To keep short, prune:
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.—
(γ).
To check, arrest, stop:
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.—
11.
To press out, bring out by pressure:
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.—
12.
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.):
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.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):
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.—
2.
To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:
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.—
b.
To surpass, exceed:
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.—
c.
To rule ( poet.):
dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:
imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:
Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—
3.
To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:
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.—
4.
To compress, abridge, condense:
haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
5.
To check, arrest, repress, restrain:
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.—
6.
To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:
(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
I.
Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
A.
Lit.:
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.—
B.
Trop.
1.
Of the voice or manner, subdued:
haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
2.
Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:
color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:
color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:
spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
II.
Esp., of an orator or of speech.
A.
Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):
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.—
B.
Close, exact, accurate:
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.—
B.
Closely, tightly.
1.
Lit.:
vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:
pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
2.
Trop.
a.
Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:
loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
b.
Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:
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.—
(β).
Without ornament, simply:
unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:
aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
(γ).
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,
Gell. 1, 3, 21.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > premo
7 volgō or vulgō

volgō or vulgō āvī, ātus, āre [volgus], to spread among the multitude, make general, make common, put forth: contagium in alios, Cu.: rem, i. e. to let all share in, L.: volgari cum privatis, i. e. to lower himself to the level of, L.—To spread abroad, publish, divulge, circulate, report: non quod ego volgari facinus per omnes velim, L.: verbis dolorem, V.: alia volgata miracula erant, L.—To make common, mingle, confound, prostitute: ut volgentur concubitūs plebis patrumque, L.: volgato corpore, L.

Latin-English dictionary > volgō or vulgō
8 premō

premō essī, essus, ere [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
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premere, pressi, pressus V

press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

Latin-English dictionary > premō
9 gravanter

grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravis].
I.
To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
A.
Lit.:
praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,
Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.:
ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,
Stat. Th. 10, 257:
non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,
Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22:
aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,
Ov. H. 11, 38:
gravantur arbores fetu,
Lucr. 1, 253; cf.:
sunt poma gravantia ramos,
Ov. M. 13, 812:
ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,
id. ib. 8, 205:
quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,
Quint. 1, 12, 10:
stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,
Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128:
minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,
id. 11, 53, 119, § 284:
ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,
Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.:
alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,
weighed down, oppressed, Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.:
gravatus somno,
Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27:
vino,
Curt. 6, 11, 28:
telis,
id. 8, 14, 38:
ebrietate,
id. 5, 7, 11:
cibo,
Liv. 1, 7, 5:
vino somnoque,
id. 25, 24, 6.—
B.
Esp., to make pregnant:
uterum,
Stat. Th. 2, 614:
gravatam esse virginem,
Lact. 4, 12, 2; id. Epit. 44, 1; cf.: semper gravata lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 16; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95, 15. —
C.
Trop.
1.
To burden, oppress, incommode:
nil moror officium, quod me gravat,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264:
septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,
Liv. 21, 23, 6:
sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. —
2.
To make more grievous, aggravate, increase:
tu fortunam parce gravare meam,
id. ib. 5, 11, 30:
quo gravaret invidiam matris,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
injusto faenore gravatum aes alienum,
Liv. 42, 5, 9.—
D.
To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo):
a littera gravatur,
Prisc. 539, 573 P.—
II.
Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.
(α).
Absol.:
non gravabor,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22:
quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,
id. ib. 5, 4, 40:
ne gravare,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19:
primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,
Cic. Clu. 25, 69:
ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,
id. Lael. 5, 17:
nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,
Liv. 9, 3, 9:
ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 3:
spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.—
(β).
With an object-clause:
rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:
ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9:
quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,
Liv. 31, 46, 4:
tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,
id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.—
(γ).
With acc.:
Pegasus terrenum equitem gravatus Bellerophontem,
disdaining to bear, throwing off, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:
at illum acerbum et sanguinarium necesse est graventur stipatores sui,
be weary of supporting, Sen. Clem. 1, 12 fin.:
matrem,
Suet. Ner. 34:
ampla et operosa praetoria,
id. Aug. 72:
aspectum civium,
Tac. A. 3, 59 fin.:
spem ac metum juxta gravatus,
id. ib. 5, 8; Quint. 1, 1, 11.— Hence, adv. in two forms:
A.
grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly:
non gravate respondere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208;
opp. gratuito,
id. Off. 2, 19, 66;
opp. benigne,
id. Balb. 16, 36:
Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,
id. Off. 3, 14, 59:
qui cum haud gravate venissent,
Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati):
concedere,
id. 42, 43, 2.— Comp.:
manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,
Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin. —
B.
grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly:
reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,
Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gravanter
10 gravo

grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravis].
I.
To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
A.
Lit.:
praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,
Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.:
ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,
Stat. Th. 10, 257:
non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,
Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22:
aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,
Ov. H. 11, 38:
gravantur arbores fetu,
Lucr. 1, 253; cf.:
sunt poma gravantia ramos,
Ov. M. 13, 812:
ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,
id. ib. 8, 205:
quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,
Quint. 1, 12, 10:
stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,
Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128:
minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,
id. 11, 53, 119, § 284:
ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,
Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.:
alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,
weighed down, oppressed, Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.:
gravatus somno,
Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27:
vino,
Curt. 6, 11, 28:
telis,
id. 8, 14, 38:
ebrietate,
id. 5, 7, 11:
cibo,
Liv. 1, 7, 5:
vino somnoque,
id. 25, 24, 6.—
B.
Esp., to make pregnant:
uterum,
Stat. Th. 2, 614:
gravatam esse virginem,
Lact. 4, 12, 2; id. Epit. 44, 1; cf.: semper gravata lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 16; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95, 15. —
C.
Trop.
1.
To burden, oppress, incommode:
nil moror officium, quod me gravat,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264:
septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,
Liv. 21, 23, 6:
sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. —
2.
To make more grievous, aggravate, increase:
tu fortunam parce gravare meam,
id. ib. 5, 11, 30:
quo gravaret invidiam matris,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
injusto faenore gravatum aes alienum,
Liv. 42, 5, 9.—
D.
To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo):
a littera gravatur,
Prisc. 539, 573 P.—
II.
Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.
(α).
Absol.:
non gravabor,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22:
quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,
id. ib. 5, 4, 40:
ne gravare,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19:
primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,
Cic. Clu. 25, 69:
ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,
id. Lael. 5, 17:
nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,
Liv. 9, 3, 9:
ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 3:
spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.—
(β).
With an object-clause:
rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:
ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9:
quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,
Liv. 31, 46, 4:
tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,
id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.—
(γ).
With acc.:
Pegasus terrenum equitem gravatus Bellerophontem,
disdaining to bear, throwing off, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:
at illum acerbum et sanguinarium necesse est graventur stipatores sui,
be weary of supporting, Sen. Clem. 1, 12 fin.:
matrem,
Suet. Ner. 34:
ampla et operosa praetoria,
id. Aug. 72:
aspectum civium,
Tac. A. 3, 59 fin.:
spem ac metum juxta gravatus,
id. ib. 5, 8; Quint. 1, 1, 11.— Hence, adv. in two forms:
A.
grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly:
non gravate respondere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208;
opp. gratuito,
id. Off. 2, 19, 66;
opp. benigne,
id. Balb. 16, 36:
Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,
id. Off. 3, 14, 59:
qui cum haud gravate venissent,
Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati):
concedere,
id. 42, 43, 2.— Comp.:
manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,
Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin. —
B.
grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly:
reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,
Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gravo
11 gravor

grăvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [gravis].
I.
To charge with a load, to load, burden, weigh down, oppress (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
A.
Lit.:
praefectum castrorum sarcinis gravant,
Tac. A. 1, 20; cf.:
ferus Actora magno Ense gravat Capaneus,
Stat. Th. 10, 257:
non est ingenii cymba gravanda tui,
Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 22:
aegraque furtivum membra gravabat onus,
Ov. H. 11, 38:
gravantur arbores fetu,
Lucr. 1, 253; cf.:
sunt poma gravantia ramos,
Ov. M. 13, 812:
ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas,
id. ib. 8, 205:
quia pondus illis abest, nec sese ipsi gravant,
Quint. 1, 12, 10:
stomacho inutilis, nervis inimicus, caput gravans,
Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128:
minui quod gravet (corpus) quolibet modo utilius,
id. 11, 53, 119, § 284:
ne obsidio ipsa multitudine gravaretur,
Just. 14, 2, 3; 38, 10, 8; so in pass.:
alia die febre commotus est: tertia cum se gravari videret,
weighed down, oppressed, Capitol. Anton. 12; and esp. in perf. part.:
gravatus somno,
Plin. 10, 51, 70, § 136; 26, 1, 4, § 6; 33, 1, 6, § 27:
vino,
Curt. 6, 11, 28:
telis,
id. 8, 14, 38:
ebrietate,
id. 5, 7, 11:
cibo,
Liv. 1, 7, 5:
vino somnoque,
id. 25, 24, 6.—
B.
Esp., to make pregnant:
uterum,
Stat. Th. 2, 614:
gravatam esse virginem,
Lact. 4, 12, 2; id. Epit. 44, 1; cf.: semper gravata lentiscus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 9, 16; Paul. ex Fest. p. 95, 15. —
C.
Trop.
1.
To burden, oppress, incommode:
nil moror officium, quod me gravat,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 264:
septem milia hominum, quos et ipse gravari militia senserat,
Liv. 21, 23, 6:
sed magis hoc, quo (mala nostra) sunt cognitiora, gravant,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 28. —
2.
To make more grievous, aggravate, increase:
tu fortunam parce gravare meam,
id. ib. 5, 11, 30:
quo gravaret invidiam matris,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
injusto faenore gravatum aes alienum,
Liv. 42, 5, 9.—
D.
To lower in tone; hence, gram. t. t., to give the grave accent to a vowel (opp. acuo):
a littera gravatur,
Prisc. 539, 573 P.—
II.
Transf., as v. dep.: grăvor, ātus (lit., to be burdened with any thing, to feel burdened; hence), to feel incommoded, vexed, wearied, or annoyed at any thing; to take amiss, to bear with reluctance, to regard as a burden, to do unwillingly (class.); in Cic. only absol. or with an object-clause, afterwards also constr. with acc.
(α).
Absol.:
non gravabor,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 49: quid gravare? id. Stich. 3, 2, 22:
quamquam gravatus fuisti, non nocuit tamen,
id. ib. 5, 4, 40:
ne gravare,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 19:
primo gravari coepit, quod invidiam atque offensionem timere dicebat,
Cic. Clu. 25, 69:
ego vero non gravarer si, etc.,
id. Lael. 5, 17:
nec gravatus senex dicitur locutus esse, etc.,
Liv. 9, 3, 9:
ille non gravatus, Primum, inquit, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 3:
spem ac metum juxta gravatus Vitellius ictum venis intulit,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
benignus erga me ut siet: ne gravetur,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 15.—
(β).
With an object-clause:
rogo, ut ne graveris exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164; 1, 23, 107; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:
ne graventur, sua quoque ad eum postulata deferre,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9:
quod illi quoque gravati prius essent ad populandam Macedoniam exire,
Liv. 31, 46, 4:
tibi non gravabor reddere dilatae pugnae rationem,
id. 34, 38, 3; Curt. 9, 1, 8; 6, 8, 12; Suet. Aug. 34 al.—
(γ).
With acc.:
Pegasus terrenum equitem gravatus Bellerophontem,
disdaining to bear, throwing off, Hor. C. 4, 11, 27:
at illum acerbum et sanguinarium necesse est graventur stipatores sui,
be weary of supporting, Sen. Clem. 1, 12 fin.:
matrem,
Suet. Ner. 34:
ampla et operosa praetoria,
id. Aug. 72:
aspectum civium,
Tac. A. 3, 59 fin.:
spem ac metum juxta gravatus,
id. ib. 5, 8; Quint. 1, 1, 11.— Hence, adv. in two forms:
A.
grăvātē (acc. to II.), with difficulty or reluctance, unwillingly, grudgingly:
non gravate respondere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208;
opp. gratuito,
id. Off. 2, 19, 66;
opp. benigne,
id. Balb. 16, 36:
Canius contendit a Pythio ut venderet: gravate ille primo,
id. Off. 3, 14, 59:
qui cum haud gravate venissent,
Liv. 3, 4, 6 Weissenb. (al. gravati):
concedere,
id. 42, 43, 2.— Comp.:
manus et plantas ad saviandum gravatius porrigere,
Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 12 fin. —
B.
grăvanter, with reluctance, unwillingly:
reguli Gallorum haud gravanter venerunt,
Liv. 21, 24, 5 Weissenb. (al. gravate); Cassiod. Varr. 4, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gravor
12 redigo

rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].
I.
To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).
A.
Lit.:
(Sol) Disjectos redegit equos,
Lucr. 5, 403:
si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est,
bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848:
filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas,
Ov. F. 4, 511:
tauros in gregem,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.:
in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64:
oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt,
Liv. 21, 9:
hostium equitatum in castra,
id. 26, 10:
turbam ferro in hostes,
id. 37, 43:
aliquem Capuam,
id. 26, 12 fin.:
aliquem in exsilium,
Just. 9, 4, 7. —
B.
Trop.:
rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.:
annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem,
Suet. Aug. 31:
disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores,
Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10:
omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis,
Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:
aliquem in concordiam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:
vos in gratiam,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73:
tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam,
recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36:
in memoriam,
Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:
(poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti,
brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,
II.
(With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:
cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.:
pecuniam ex bonis patriis,
id. Phil. 13, 5, 10;
and simply pecuniam,
id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69:
omne argentum tibi,
to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23:
bona vendit, pecuniam redigit... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16:
quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:
fructus,
Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.:
pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est,
Liv. 5, 19:
fructus ad eum,
Dig. 10, 2, 51:
quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum,
paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42:
venditum sub hastā in aerarium,
id. 4, 53:
(patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi,
id. 2, 5, 1; cf.:
praedam in fiscum,
Tac. H. 4, 72:
aliquid in commune,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—
B.
To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.
(α).
With in:
viros in servitutem,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47:
Aeduos in servitutem,
Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:
in pristinam sortem servitutis,
Just. 6, 5, 1:
vidulum in potestatem alicujus,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22:
civitatem in potestatem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.:
civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani,
Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.:
aliquos in dicionem,
Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19:
gentes in dicionem hujus imperii,
Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13:
Arvernos in provinciam,
to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.:
partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae,
Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93:
in formulam provinciae,
Vell. 2, 38, 1:
in formam praefecturae,
id. 2, 44, 4:
in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.:
republicā in tranquillum redactā,
Liv. 3, 40; and:
mentem in veros timores,
Hor. C. 1, 37, 15:
si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur,
be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13:
dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus,
reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.:
arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla,
Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. enkrinein; opp. numero eximere = ekkrinein):
libertinos in equestrem ordinem,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3;
for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum,
id. 10, 1, 54;
also,
to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:
quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera,
Quint. 9, 4, 52:
in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā,
id. 11, 2, 45:
servos, in dominium nostrum,
Dig. 1, 5, 5:
in nihilum redigam te, et non eris,
Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21:
in cinerem,
id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.—
(β).
With ad:
aliquem ad inopiam redigere,
to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56:
aliquem ad incitas,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136:
genus id ad interitum,
Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.:
prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28:
ad nihilum redigere,
Vulg. Psa. 72, 20:
victoriam ad vanum et irritum,
to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: [p. 1541] spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31:
aliquid ante dubium ad certum,
to render certain, id. 44, 15:
carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem,
Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.:
cicatrices ad planum,
id. 20, 9, 36, § 93:
aliquem ad desperationem,
Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.:
redegit se ad pallium et crepidas,
Suet. Tib. 13.—
(γ).
With sub:
Galliam sub populi Romani imperium,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:
Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium,
Nep. Timoth. 2, 1:
barbaros sub jus dicionemque,
Liv. 28, 21:
incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium,
Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5:
totam Italiam sub se,
id. Flor. 1, 9, 8:
GENTES SVB IMPERIVM,
Inscr. Grut. 226.—
(δ).
With adv. of place:
eo redigis me, ut, etc.,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23:
eo, ut,
Flor. 1, 2, 4:
hem! Quo redactus sum!
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—
(ε).
Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.—
(ζ).
With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare;
more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.:
(Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,
id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.—
2.
In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:
familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti,
Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.:
redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,
id. Or. 61, 208:
hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes,
reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10:
ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28:
ad semuncias redacta,
Tac. A. 6, 16:
judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit,
Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10:
non ad numerum redigar duorum,
Ov. M. 6, 199:
quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:
ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes,
Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149:
rem maximam redigere ad minimum,
Lact. 3, 9, 15.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > redigo
13 cēnsor

cēnsor ōris, m [cf. censeo], the title of a Roman magistrate, instituted B.C. 443. The censors were two in number (usually patricians of high rank), elected in the Comitia Curiata, originally every five years. Their duties, which they swore to perform without favor or enmity, were to make a census of the people, giving the age, property, and class of each person; to exercise general control over public morals, with power to degrade any citizen to a lower rank, to expel senators, and deprive the equites of horses and rings; to administer, under direction of the Senate, the public finances, to construct and keep in repair public buildings, roads, and aqueducts, and to furnish victims for the sacrifices: Papirium Sempronium que censui agendo populus suffragiis praefecit; censores ab re appellati sunt, L.: video animadvertisse censores in iudices: cum Saturninum censor notasset: qui eum ex senatu censor eiecerat: quem censores senatu moverant, S.: quem censores aerarium reliquisse se subscripserunt. — Meton., the title of a magistrate in a colony or province, whose duties were similar to those of the censor at Rome: censores in Siciliā creati: iurati censores coloniarum, L.—Fig., a severe judge of morals, censurer, critic: pertristis: castigator censorque minorum, H.
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censoris N M

censor, magistrate for registration/census; censurer, critic (behavior/books)

Latin-English dictionary > cēnsor
14 minor

minor minus, ōris, adj. comp. (for posit. and sup. see parvus, minimus) [3 MAN-], smaller, less: navigia, Cs.: pecunia minor facta: inter ignīs Luna minores, H.: Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia, less by half, Cs.: genibus minor, i. e. kneeling, H.: Neve minor sit quinto actu Fabula, shorter, H.: luna, waning, H.—As subst n.: minus praedae quam speraverant fuit, L.: sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum, less by half, L.: minus opinione suā efficere, Cs.—Of time, less, shorter, briefer: tempus, O.: dies sermone minor, too short for, O.—Of age, younger, junior: minor natu: filia minor regis, Cs.: aetate minores, O.: minor uno mense, H.—Plur. as subst, posterity, descendants: nostri minores, V.: Et fessae referunt se minores, the young, V.—Fig., inferior, less important: res: sapiens uno minor est Iove, H.: sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, unworthy of, O.: in certamine, beaten, H.: tanto certare, unfit to cope with, H.: capitis minor, see caput.—As subst n. genit., in expressions of value or price, at a lower price, of less value: minoris vendere: (suam fidem) non minoris quam publicam ducere, S.: minores facere filium quam, etc., care less for.
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I
minari, minatus sum V DEP

threaten, speak/act menacingly; make threatening movement; give indication of
II
minoris N M

those inferior in rank/grade/age, subordinate; descendants (pl.)

Latin-English dictionary > minor
15 minuō

minuō uī, ūtus, ere [3 MAN-], to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces: Mullum in singula pulmenta, H.: ligna, chop into small pieces, O.: minuendo corpus alebat, by feeding on it, O.— To diminish, ebb: minuente aestu, at ebbtide, Cs.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict. Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, T.: meum consilium, change, T.: neque cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, S.: (rem familiarem), H.: gloriam Pompei: auctoritatem, Cs.: minuunt ea corporis artūs, grow less, diminish in size, O.: proelio uno et volnere suo minutus, discouraged, L.: controversias, settle, Cs.: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted: magistratum, restrict, L.: censuram, limit, L.: maiestatem populi R. per vim, offend against: religionem, N.: ne quid de dignitate generum minuatur.
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minuere, minui, minutus V

lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate

Latin-English dictionary > minuō
16 summitto

I.

(se) to condescend, submit / raise, rear, make grow.

II.

to send as help / to send secretly.

III.

to let down, lower / subject, subordinate

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > summitto
17 aura

aura, ae ( gen. sing. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, like familias, custodias, terras, etc.; Servius gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; still all the MSS. give aurae, and so Rib.), f., = aura [AÔ, auô, to blow].
I.
The air, as in gentle motion, a gentle breeze, a breath of air (syn.:
aër, ventus, spiritus): agitatus aër auram facit,
Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur;
frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5:
flatus, qui non aura, non procella, sed venti sunt,
Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116:
et me... nunc omnes terrent aurae,
now every breeze terrifies me, Verg. A. 2, 728:
Concutiat tenerum quaelibet aura,
Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence,
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen., a breeze, a wind (even when violent):
Et reserata viget genitabilis aura Favoni,
Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282:
omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,
Verg. E. 9, 58:
aurae Vela vocant,
id. A. 3, 356:
aura post meridiem,
Vulg. Gen. 3, 8:
aura tenuis,
ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12:
lenis, ib. Job, 4, 16: petulans,
Lucr. 6, 111:
ignarae,
brutish, Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis:
rapida,
Ov. M. 3, 209:
stridens,
Val. Fl. 2, 586:
violentior,
Stat. Th. 6, 157:
aurae flatus,
Vulg. Act. 27, 40:
omnes eos tollet aura,
ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also breath:
flammas exsuscitat aura,
Ov. F. 5, 507.—
B.
Trop.: dum flavit velis aura secunda meis, while a favorable breeze breathed on my sails, i. e. so long as I was in prosperity, Ov. P. 2, 3, 26:
totam opinionem parva non numquam commutat aura rumoris,
Cic. Mur. 17:
tenuis famae aura,
Verg. A. 7, 646:
quem neque periculi tempestas neque honoris aura potuit umquam de suo cursu aut spe aut metu demovere,
Cic. Sest. 47 fin.:
levi aurā spei objectā,
Liv. 42, 39, 1:
sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari in hoc crimine voluntatis defensionisque eorum, quibus, etc.,
token of favor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13:
nescius aurae (sc. amoris) Fallacis,
Hor. C. 1, 5, 11:
incerta Cupidinis aura,
Ov. Am. 2, 9, 33.—Hence freq. aura popularis, the popular breeze, popular favor, Cic. Har. Resp. 20 fin.; Liv. 3, 33, 7; 30, 45, 6 al.; Hor. C. 3, 2, 20; Quint. 11, 1, 45 (cf.:
ventus popularis,
Cic. Clu. 47, 130); so,
aura favoris popularis,
Liv. 22, 26, 4.—Also in plur.:
nimium gaudens popularibus auris,
Verg. A. 6, 816; and absol.:
adliciendo ad se plebem jam aurā non consilio ferri,
Liv. 6, 11, 7.—
C.
1.. The air (mostly poet. and plur.):
cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,
Lucr. 6, 190:
Tenvis enim quaedam moribundos deserit aura,
id. 3, 232:
Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores,
id. 5, 236:
(anima) discedit in auras,
id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591;
4, 693: liquidissimus aether Atque levissimus aërias super influit auras,
id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933:
Nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras,
Tib. 4, 1, 127:
Qui tamen aërias telum contorsit in auras,
Verg. A. 5, 520.—
2.
Esp., the vital air:
Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras,
breathes a breath of ethereal air, Lucr. 3, 405;
imitated by Verg.: haud invisus caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus auris, i. e. vivere,
Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so,
haurire auram communem,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
12: captare naribus auras,
to snuff the air, Verg. G. 1, 376.— Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to catch at the air of freedom, i. e. to seize upon any hope of liberty, Liv 3, 37, 1.—
3.
Meton.
a.
The upper air, Heaven, on high:
assurgere in auras,
Verg. G. 3, 109; so id. A. 4, 176:
dum se laetus ad auras Palmes agit,
id. G. 2, 363:
ad auras Aetherias tendit,
id. ib. 2, 291; so id. A. 4, 445: stat ferrea turris ad auras, poet. for ad alta, rises high, id. ib. 6, 554: Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos, id. ib. 3, 422; 7, 466; 2, 759; 5, 427 al.; cf. Wagner, Quaest. Verg. X. 1.—
b.
In opp. to the lower world, the upper world (cf. aether, I. B. 3.):
Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras,
Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128:
Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras,
Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos);
so of childbirth: pondus in auras expulit,
Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for publicity, daylight:
ferre sub auras,
i. e. to make known, Verg. A. 2, 158:
reddere ad auras,
to restore, id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to seclude or hide one ' s self, id. ib. 4, 388.—
D.
Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc.
1.
A bright light, a gleam, glittering (cf. phaeos aütmê, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117):
discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit,
Verg. A. 6, 204 (splendor auri, Serv.).—
2.
The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—
3.
Sound, tone, voice, echo:
Si modo damnatum revocaverit aura puellae,
Prop. 3, 23, 15:
at illi Nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert,
id. 1, 20, 50.—
4.
Vapor, mist, odor, exhalation:
inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram,
Lucr. 2, 851:
at illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura,
a sweet odor exhaled, Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394:
si tantum notas odor attulit auras,
Verg. G. 3, 251:
pingues ab ovilibus aurae,
Stat. Th. 10, 46.

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18 depretio

dēprĕtĭo ( deprec-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pretium], to lower the price of, to undervalue, to depreciate (post-class.).
I.
Prop.:
vetera corpora depretiata sunt,
Dig. 9, 2, 22; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, § 212: vilescit pretio depretiatus homo, Paul. Nol. carm. 22, 56.—
II.
Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to disregard, make light of:
Epicurus omnem dolorem depretiat,
Tert. Apol. 45; Sid. Ep. 2, 10 fin.

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19 gemo

gĕmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [Gr. gemô, to be full; hence].
I.
Neutr., to sigh, groan.
A.
Lit. (freq. and class.):
accurrit ad me Incurvus, tremulus, labiis demissis, gemens,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44:
cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:
neque gementem neque plorantem,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 47; cf.:
hos pro me lugere, hos gemere videbam,
Cic. Planc. 42, 101:
gemere desiderio alicujus,
id. Pis. 11, 25:
ah gemat in terris! ista qui protulit ante,
let him groan in the lower world, Prop. 2, 6, 31; cf. id. 2, 25 (3, 20), 12. —Of mournful music:
nullo gemit hic tibicina cornu,
Juv. 2, 90; cf.
trop.: surda nihil gemeret grave buccina (Vergilii),
id. 7, 69.—Of beasts, to cry, make a mournful noise:
(leones) gementes,
Lucr. 3, 297:
gemuit noctua,
Prop. 4 (5), 3, 59:
turtur ab ulmo,
Verg. E. 1, 59.—
B.
Poet. transf.
1.
Of things, to groan, creak:
visam gementis litora Bospori,
Hor. C. 2, 20, 14:
repleti amnes,
Verg. A. 5, 806:
et malus celeri saucius Africo Antennaeque gemant,
Hor. C. 1, 14, 6:
gemuit sub pondere cymba,
Verg. A. 6, 413:
stridunt funes, curvatur arbor, gubernacula gemunt,
Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 4:
gemuit parvo mota fenestra sono,
Ov. P. 3, 3, 10:
gemens rota,
Verg. G. 3, 183; Val. Fl. 6, 168.—
2.
In gen., of animals, to utter complaints: feras cum hominibus gemere fecimus, Avien. Fab. praef. fin.; id. 26.—
II.
Act., to sigh over, bemoan, bewail any thing (freq. and class.).
(α).
With acc.:
haec gemebant boni, sperabant improbi,
Cic. Sest. 30, 66 fin.:
dare, quod gemerent hostes,
Lucr. 5, 1348:
talia voce,
Val. Fl. 5, 37: eandem virtutem istam veniet tempus cum graviter gemes, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:
flebiliter Ityn,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 5:
tacite tristem fortunae vicem,
Phaedr. 5, 1, 6:
multa ignominiam,
Verg. G. 3, 226:
casus urbis,
Juv. 3, 214.—In pass.:
atque hic status est, qui una voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur,
Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.—
(β).
With inf. ( poet.):
paucis ostendi gemis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 4; Stat. Ach. 1, 281:
qui servum te gemis esse diu,
Mart. 9, 93, 2:
sane murteta relinqui... Sulphura contemni vicus gemit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 7.

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20 infimo

infĭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make low, to lower (post-class.):
deos,
App. M. 1, p. 106, 2:
ingenia ad miserias infimata (opp. ad beatitudinem sublimata),
id. de Deo Socr. p. 44, 8.

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