nip off

rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to scrape, scratch, shave, rub, or smooth; of the hair, to shave off with a razor (while tondere is to cut off with shears; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. scabo).

Lit.: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, tear, lacerate by scratching, in mourning, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157;

and Fest. s. v. radere, p. 227: fauces,

to irritate, Lucr. 4, 528; Quint. 11, 3, 13 Spald.;

11, 3, 20: terram pedibus (corvus),

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 2:

caput et supercilia,

to shave, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20 (just before, abrasa); Petr. 103:

caput, as a token of slavery,

Liv. 34, 52 fin.;

in mourning,

Suet. Calig. 5;

and in execution of a vow made in times of peril,

Juv. 12, 81 (cf. Petr. 103 sqq.):

barbam,

Suet. Aug. 79.— Transf., of the person himself:

ut tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur,

Suet. Caes. 45; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211:

tigna,

to smooth off, Lucr. 5, 1267:

virgae,

Verg. G. 2, 358; cf.

lapides,

to sweep the mosaic ground, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83:

parietes,

to scratch, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52:

aream,

i. e. to clear of bushes, Col. 2, 19; cf.:

medicam marris ad solum,

to weed out, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 147:

arva imbribus (Eurus),

to strip, lay waste, sweep, ravage, Hor. Epod. 16, 54; cf.:

terras (Aquilo),

id. S. 2, 6, 25:

nomen fastis,

to scratch out, erase, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.:

margine in extremo littera rasa,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22:

tabellae rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437.—

Poet., transf.

To touch in passing, touch upon, brush along, graze; of streams:

ripas radentia flumina rodunt,

Lucr. 5, 256; Ov. F. 1, 242; Luc. 2, 425; Sen. Hippol. 16.—

Of sailors: hinc altas cautes projectaque saxa Pachyni Radimus (in sailing by),

Verg. A. 3, 700; 5, 170; 7, 10; Val. Fl. 5, 108; Luc. 5, 425; 8, 246 al.: sicco freta radere passu (with percurrere;

of horses running past),

Ov. M. 10, 654:

terra rasa squamis (serpentis),

id. ib. 3, 75:

arva radens serpens,

Stat. Th. 5, 525; cf. Verg. A. 5, 217:

trajectos surculus rasit,

crept through, Suet. Ner. 48.—

To strip off, nip off:

damnosa canicula quantum raderet,

Pers. 3, 50: ista tonstrix radit, i. e. shaves her customers (sc. of their money), Mart. 2, 17, 5.—

Trop., to grate upon, hurt, offend:

aures delicatas radere,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

teneras auriculas mordaci vero,

Pers. 1, 107:

pallentes mores,

to lash, satirize, id. 5, 15.

amb-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn around, to scorch (opp. exurere, to burn entirely up); also, with an extension of the idea, to burn wholly up, to consume (most freq. in part. perf.; class.).

Lit.

Hadrianus vivus exustus est:

Verres sociorum ambustus incendio, tamen ex illā flammā periculoque evasit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27:

Herculis corpus ambustum,

id. Sest. 68, 143:

terret ambustus Phaëthon avaras spes,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 25 al. —So Cicero jestingly calls the tribune of the people Munacius Plancus, at whose suggestion the enraged populace set fire to the senate-house, tribunus ambustus, the singed tribune of the people, Cic. Mil. 5, 12 Moeb.—Of those whom the lightning had struck, but not killed: Sen. Agam. 537:

tot circa me jactis fulminibus quasi ambustus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3; so Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 9; id. Mil. 3, 2, 22:

Cassius, quem fama est esse libris Ambustum propriis,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 64:

magna vis frumenti ambusta,

Tac. H. 5, 12:

ambustum theatrum,

Suet. Claud. 21 al. —Hence, ambu-stum, i, n., in medic. lang., a burn:

inflammatio recentis ambusti,

Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 51:

sedare ambusta,

id. 24, 4, 5, § 10:

ambusta sanare,

id. 20, 20, 82, § 217:

ambusta igne vel frigore,

id. 24, 8, 29, § 45 al. —

From the similarity of effect, to injure by cold, to nip, benumb (cf. aduro):

ambusti multorum artus vi frigoris,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

ambusta pruinis lumina, i. e. oculi,

Val. Fl. 4, 70.—

Trop.

Of property:

ambustas fortunarum mearum reliquias,

the charred remains, Cic. Dom. 43.—

Of one who, when tried for an offence, comes off with great trouble:

qui damnatione collegae et suā prope ambustus evaserat,

had come off scorched, Liv. 22, 35.

amb-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn around, to scorch (opp. exurere, to burn entirely up); also, with an extension of the idea, to burn wholly up, to consume (most freq. in part. perf.; class.).

Lit.

Hadrianus vivus exustus est:

Verres sociorum ambustus incendio, tamen ex illā flammā periculoque evasit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27:

Herculis corpus ambustum,

id. Sest. 68, 143:

terret ambustus Phaëthon avaras spes,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 25 al. —So Cicero jestingly calls the tribune of the people Munacius Plancus, at whose suggestion the enraged populace set fire to the senate-house, tribunus ambustus, the singed tribune of the people, Cic. Mil. 5, 12 Moeb.—Of those whom the lightning had struck, but not killed: Sen. Agam. 537:

tot circa me jactis fulminibus quasi ambustus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3; so Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 9; id. Mil. 3, 2, 22:

Cassius, quem fama est esse libris Ambustum propriis,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 64:

magna vis frumenti ambusta,

Tac. H. 5, 12:

ambustum theatrum,

Suet. Claud. 21 al. —Hence, ambu-stum, i, n., in medic. lang., a burn:

inflammatio recentis ambusti,

Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 51:

sedare ambusta,

id. 24, 4, 5, § 10:

ambusta sanare,

id. 20, 20, 82, § 217:

ambusta igne vel frigore,

id. 24, 8, 29, § 45 al. —

From the similarity of effect, to injure by cold, to nip, benumb (cf. aduro):

ambusti multorum artus vi frigoris,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

ambusta pruinis lumina, i. e. oculi,

Val. Fl. 4, 70.—

Trop.

Of property:

ambustas fortunarum mearum reliquias,

the charred remains, Cic. Dom. 43.—

Of one who, when tried for an offence, comes off with great trouble:

qui damnatione collegae et suā prope ambustus evaserat,

had come off scorched, Liv. 22, 35.

ăd-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to set fire to, to kindle, to set in a flame, to burn, singe, scorch (cf. accendo), etc.

A.. Lit., of food: hoc adustum est, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; so Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; 90: splendor quicunque est acer, adurit Saepe oculos, * Lucr. 4, 330:

Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—So of the Indian sages:

sine gemitu aduruntur,

suffer themselves to be burned, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

ignes caelestes adussisse complurium vestimenta dicebantur,

Liv. 39, 22.—So in Cels., of the burning or cauterizing of a diseased limb: os eodem ferramento adurendum, 8, 2; cf. id. 5, 26, 21; 33:

flammis aduri Colchicis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 24:

in desertis adustisque sole,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19.—

Transf., to hurt, damage, consume; of locusts:

multa contactu adurentes,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.— So of wind, to blast, from its effects:

(arbores) aduri fervore aut flatu frigidiore,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 216.—And also of cold and frost, to nip, to freeze:

ne frigus adurat,

Verg. G. 1, 92:

nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma,

Ov. M. 14, 763:

adusta gelu,

id. F. 4, 918:

rigor nivis multorum adussit pedes,

Curt. 7, 3:

(leonis adipes) sanant adusta nivibus,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

Fig., poet. of the fire (flame) of love, to burn, inflame:

Venus non erubescendis adurit Ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; cf.:

ardores vincet adusta meos,

Ov. H. 12, 180.— Hence, ădustus, a, um, P. a.

Burned by the sun; hence, scorched, made brown, and, in gen., brown, swarthy:

si qui forte adustioris coloris ex recenti via essent,

Liv. 27, 47:

adustus corpora Maurus,

Sil. 8, 269:

lapis adusto colore,

Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 149.—

Subst.: ădusta, ōrum, n., burns upon the flesh, Cels. 5, 27.

ăd-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to set fire to, to kindle, to set in a flame, to burn, singe, scorch (cf. accendo), etc.

A.. Lit., of food: hoc adustum est, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71; so Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; 90: splendor quicunque est acer, adurit Saepe oculos, * Lucr. 4, 330:

Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—So of the Indian sages:

sine gemitu aduruntur,

suffer themselves to be burned, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

ignes caelestes adussisse complurium vestimenta dicebantur,

Liv. 39, 22.—So in Cels., of the burning or cauterizing of a diseased limb: os eodem ferramento adurendum, 8, 2; cf. id. 5, 26, 21; 33:

flammis aduri Colchicis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 24:

in desertis adustisque sole,

Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 19.—

Transf., to hurt, damage, consume; of locusts:

multa contactu adurentes,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104.— So of wind, to blast, from its effects:

(arbores) aduri fervore aut flatu frigidiore,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 216.—And also of cold and frost, to nip, to freeze:

ne frigus adurat,

Verg. G. 1, 92:

nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma,

Ov. M. 14, 763:

adusta gelu,

id. F. 4, 918:

rigor nivis multorum adussit pedes,

Curt. 7, 3:

(leonis adipes) sanant adusta nivibus,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

Fig., poet. of the fire (flame) of love, to burn, inflame:

Venus non erubescendis adurit Ignibus,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; cf.:

ardores vincet adusta meos,

Ov. H. 12, 180.— Hence, ădustus, a, um, P. a.

Burned by the sun; hence, scorched, made brown, and, in gen., brown, swarthy:

si qui forte adustioris coloris ex recenti via essent,

Liv. 27, 47:

adustus corpora Maurus,

Sil. 8, 269:

lapis adusto colore,

Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 149.—

Subst.: ădusta, ōrum, n., burns upon the flesh, Cels. 5, 27.