nitrum

nĭtrum, i, n., = nitron, also called sal nitrum, native mineral alkali, native soda, natron; found chiefly in Media, Egypt, Thrace, and Macedonia, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106:

flos nitri,

Vitr. 7, 11, 1;

and used for washing with: laveris te nitro,

Vulg. Jer. 2, 22; Isid. Orig. 16, 2.—Hence,

Transf.: censuram lomentum aut nitrum esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4.

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portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

agrĭus, a, um, adj., = agrios, wild:

(nitrum) sordidum terrā, a quā appellant agrium,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106.

Agrĭus ( - os), i, m., son of Parthaon, and father of Thersites, Ov. H. 9, 153.

agrĭus, a, um, adj., = agrios, wild:

(nitrum) sordidum terrā, a quā appellant agrium,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106.

Agrĭus ( - os), i, m., son of Parthaon, and father of Thersites, Ov. H. 9, 153.

agrĭus, a, um, adj., = agrios, wild:

(nitrum) sordidum terrā, a quā appellant agrium,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106.

Agrĭus ( - os), i, m., son of Parthaon, and father of Thersites, Ov. H. 9, 153.

con-cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3, v. a.

To boil or seethe together (very rare):

sal et nitrum sulphuri concoctum in lapidem vertitur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 122:

odores,

Lucr. 2, 853:

(spondyli) perturbati concoctique,

Sen. Ep. 95, 28:

remedia,

Macr. S. 7, 16, 23. —

To digest (class., esp. in prose).

Prop.:

cum stomachi calore concoxerit conchas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124; so Lucr. 4, 631; Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; 2, 54, 55; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64; Cels. 3, 22; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 3; Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283; Quint. 8, 4, 16; Cat. 23, 8 al.:

mirifice concoquit brassica,

promotes digestion, Cato, R. R. 156, 1.—

Transf. to other objects, to prepare, ripen, mature (freq. in Plin., esp. of the bringing to maturity of a tumor, and the like):

terra acceptum umorem concoquens,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 110 (coquens, Sillig):

omnem sucum in venenum,

id. 22, 22, 46, § 94:

tumida,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

dura,

Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107:

tussis et duritias,

id. 24, 8, 36, § 54:

suppurationes,

id. 21, 19, 74, § 127 al. —

Trop.

Like Engl. digest, = to endure, suffer, put up with, brook, tolerate (rare, but in good prose):

ut ejus ista odia non sorbeam solum, sed etiam concoquam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 5:

ut quem senatorem concoquere civitas vix posset, regem ferret,

Liv. 4, 15, 7:

tres plagas,

Petr. 105, 5:

sicco famem ore,

id. 82, 5: krisin (i. e. probare), Cic. Fam. 9, 4 med. —

To revolve in mind, think upon, weigh, to reflect maturely upon, to consider well:

tibi diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, utrum, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45 Orell. N. cr.:

clandestina consilia,

to concoct, devise, Liv. 40, 11, 2:

concoquamus illa: alioquin in memoriam ibunt, non in ingenium,

Sen. Ep. 84, 7:

cum multa percurreris, unum excerpe, quod illo die concoquas,

id. ib. 2, 4:

sive concoquitur seu maturatur recordatio,

Quint. 11, 2, 43.

lentĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [2. lens], a lentil.

Lit.:

faba vel lenticula,

Cels. 2, 18:

hoc mense lenticulam seres,

Pall. 3, 4.—

Transf.

The shape of a lentil, lentilshape, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196.—

A vessel shaped like a lentil:

vasa fictilia (quas a similitudine lenticulas vocant),

Cels. 2, 17, § 25; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 7, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1.—

A freckly eruption, freckles, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7:

lenticulam tollunt galbanum et nitrum,

Cels. 6, 5; cf. lentigo.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3 (old fut. perf. pepugero, Att. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 10; perf. punxi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.:

pupungi, in pungit, punxit, pupungit,

Not. Tir. p. 131; scanned pŭpūgi, Prud. steph. 9, 59), v. a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence also pugil, pugnus; Gr. pux, etc.], to prick, puncture (class.).

Lit.:

aliquem,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24:

acu comatoriā mihi malas pungebat,

Petr. 21:

vulnus quod acu punctum videretur,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65.—

Transf.

To pierce into, penetrate, enter:

corpus,

Lucr. 2, 460 (v. the passage in connection).—

To affect sensibly, to sting, bite: ut pungat colubram: cum pupugerit, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.:

pungunt sensum,

Lucr. 4, 625:

aliquem manu,

to pinch, Petr. 87 fin.:

nitrum adulteratum pungit,

has a pungent taste, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—

To press, hasten:

futura pungunt, nec se superari sinunt,

Pub. Syr. v. 177 Rib.—

Trop., to prick, sting, vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy, etc.:

scrupulus aliquem stimulat ac pungit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

epistula illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 158:

pungit me, quod scribis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 1:

si paupertas momordit, si ignominia pupugit,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

quos tamen pungit aliquid,

id. ib. 5, 35, 102:

odi ego, quos numquam pungunt suspiria somnos,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27. —Hence, punctus, a, um, P. a., pricked in, like a point; hence, of time: puncto tempore (cf.: puncto temporis; v. infra), in an instant, in a moment (only in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 263; 456; 1006; 4, 216; 6, 230.—Hence, subst. in two forms.

punctum, i, n., that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture.

Lit. (very rare), Mart. 11, 45, 6.—

Transf.

A point, small spot (as if made by pricking):

ova punctis distincta,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 144:

gemma sanguineis punctis,

id. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

puncta quae terebrantur acu,

Mart. 11, 46, 2:

ferream frontem convulnerandam praebeant punctis,

i. e. with the marks of slavery, Plin. Pan. 35.—

In partic.

A point made in writing, Aus. Epigr. 35, 1; 145, 5;

as a punctuation mark,

Diom. p. 432 P.—

A mathematical point. Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—

A point or spot on dice: quadringenis in punctum sestertiis aleam lusit, Suet. Ner. [p. 1492] 30; Aus. Prof. 1, 29.—

A point or dot as the sign of a vote, made in a waxen tablet, before the introduction of separate ballots;

hence, transf.,

a vote, suffrage, ballot, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Mur. 34, 72; id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—Hence, poet., applause, approbation:

omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,

Hor. A. P. 343:

discedo Alcaeus puncto illius,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 99; Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 5.—

A point on the bar of a steelyard, indicating the weight:

diluis helleborum, certo compescere puncto nescius examen,

Pers. 5, 100.—

A small part of any thing divided or measured off, e.g.,

A small weight, Pers. 5, 100.—

A small liquid measure, Front. Aquaed. 25.—

A small portion of time, an instant, a moment (cf. momentum):

puncto temporis eodem,

in the same moment, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; cf.:

ne punctum quidem temporis,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 7:

nullo puncto temporis intermisso,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 52; Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—In plur.:

omnibus minimis temporum punctis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 67:

animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

temporis puncto omnes Uticam relinquunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.; Plin. Pan. 56:

horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

diei,

Lucr. 4, 201.—Rarely absol.:

punctum est quod vivimus et adhuc puncto minus,

Sen. Ep. 49, 14, 3:

puncto brevissimo dilapsa domus,

App. M. 9, p. 235, 30; cf.:

quod momentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile aut vacuum laude,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2; Vulg. Isa. 54, 7.—

In space, a point:

ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri, quo quasi punctum ejus attingimus, poeniteret,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—

In discourse, a small portion, brief clause, short section, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Aus. Idyll. 12 prooem.—

puncta, ae, f. (very rare), a prick, puncture, Veg. Mil. 1, 12.

suc-curro ( subc-), curri, cursum, 3, v. n., to run under.

Lit.

In gen.: tempore eodem aliud nequeat succurrere lunae Corpus, * Lucr. 5, 763; cf.: pagus Succusanus, quod succurrit Carinis, runs, i. e. lies under or behind, Varr. L. L. 5, § 48 Müll.—

In partic., to run or hasten to the aid or assistance of one; to help, aid, assist, succor (the predom. and class, signif.;

syn.: subvenio, adjuvo, sublevo): ut laborantibus succurrat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

saluti fortunisque communibus,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

succurrit illi Varenus et laboranti subvenit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

laborantibus,

id. B. C. 2, 6; Sall. C. 60, 4:

afflictis semper,

Nep. Att. 11:

suis cedentibus auxilio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 80:

domino,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29: oppido, Auct. B. Afr. 5, 1.—

Of things, to be useful for, good against:

tantis malis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 70. —

Esp., of medicines: cannabis succurrit alvo jumentorum,

helps, relieves, Plin. 20, 23, 97, § 259:

strangulationibus (crethmos),

id. 26, 15, 90, § 158:

venenis fungorum (nitrum),

id. 31, 10, 46, § 119: dum succurrere humanis erroribus cupiunt, ipsi se in errores maximos induxerunt, Lact. 1, 3, 8.— Impers. pass.:

se confidere munitionibus oppidi, si celeriter succurratur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80; 3, 52; Liv. 3, 58; Cels. 8, 4; Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; Quint. 10, 7, 2:

paratae lites: succurrendum'st,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 6.—

Trop.

In gen.:

licet undique omnes in me terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

I will encounter and undergo them, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31.—

In partic., to come into the mind, occur to one (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period;

syn. subit): ut quidque succurrit, libet scribere,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2: illud etiam mihi succurrebat, grave esse, etc., id. fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6:

alicui,

Liv. 6, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 6; 8, 3, 81 et saep.: succurrit versus ille Homericus, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.—Impers.:

non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas,

Curt. 7, 8, 21:

neque cuiquam facile succurrat,

Suet. Tit. 10.—With inf.:

et illud annotare succurrit, unum omnino, etc.,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 157:

mirari succurrit,

id. 17, 1, 1, § 1; 34, 18, 51, § 171.

suc-curro ( subc-), curri, cursum, 3, v. n., to run under.

Lit.

In gen.: tempore eodem aliud nequeat succurrere lunae Corpus, * Lucr. 5, 763; cf.: pagus Succusanus, quod succurrit Carinis, runs, i. e. lies under or behind, Varr. L. L. 5, § 48 Müll.—

In partic., to run or hasten to the aid or assistance of one; to help, aid, assist, succor (the predom. and class, signif.;

syn.: subvenio, adjuvo, sublevo): ut laborantibus succurrat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

saluti fortunisque communibus,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

succurrit illi Varenus et laboranti subvenit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

laborantibus,

id. B. C. 2, 6; Sall. C. 60, 4:

afflictis semper,

Nep. Att. 11:

suis cedentibus auxilio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 80:

domino,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29: oppido, Auct. B. Afr. 5, 1.—

Of things, to be useful for, good against:

tantis malis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 70. —

Esp., of medicines: cannabis succurrit alvo jumentorum,

helps, relieves, Plin. 20, 23, 97, § 259:

strangulationibus (crethmos),

id. 26, 15, 90, § 158:

venenis fungorum (nitrum),

id. 31, 10, 46, § 119: dum succurrere humanis erroribus cupiunt, ipsi se in errores maximos induxerunt, Lact. 1, 3, 8.— Impers. pass.:

se confidere munitionibus oppidi, si celeriter succurratur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80; 3, 52; Liv. 3, 58; Cels. 8, 4; Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; Quint. 10, 7, 2:

paratae lites: succurrendum'st,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 6.—

Trop.

In gen.:

licet undique omnes in me terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

I will encounter and undergo them, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31.—

In partic., to come into the mind, occur to one (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period;

syn. subit): ut quidque succurrit, libet scribere,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2: illud etiam mihi succurrebat, grave esse, etc., id. fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6:

alicui,

Liv. 6, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 6; 8, 3, 81 et saep.: succurrit versus ille Homericus, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.—Impers.:

non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas,

Curt. 7, 8, 21:

neque cuiquam facile succurrat,

Suet. Tit. 10.—With inf.:

et illud annotare succurrit, unum omnino, etc.,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 157:

mirari succurrit,

id. 17, 1, 1, § 1; 34, 18, 51, § 171.