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plead as an excuse

  • 1 excuso

    ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

    Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

    Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

    aliquem alicui per litteras,

    id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

    his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

    Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

    Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

    primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

    se de aliqua re,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

    de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

    Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

    se alicui,

    Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

    cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

    Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

    dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

    apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

    me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

    id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—
    (β).
    With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

    Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

    habitum permutatum,

    Quint. 3, 7, 6:

    palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

    id. 11, 3, 144:

    commentarios,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    missos ignes,

    Ov. M. 2, 397;

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 4, 256:

    toros,

    Stat. Th. 2, 256:

    reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

    her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    propinquitatem excusavit,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

    morbum,

    id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

    inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

    valetudinem,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

    imbecillitatem,

    Suet. Tib. 6:

    vires,

    Ov. M. 14, 462:

    diversa,

    Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

    ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

    dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

    Liv. 6, 39, 4:

    aliquid apud aliquem,

    Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

    quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

    Tac. H. 2, 85:

    excusata necessitas praesentium,

    id. ib. 1, 78:

    excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

    Suet. Aug. 101:

    excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

    id. Ner. 41 et saep.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause:

    si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—
    B.
    Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

    a coepta (tutela) excusari,

    Dig. 27, 1, 11:

    collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

    ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

    cui excusari mallet,

    Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

    se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—
    C.
    Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

    ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

    Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,
    D.
    Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

    nefas armis,

    Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

    hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

    excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

    fieri id videtur excusate,

    Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

    quod exoratus excusatius facies,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

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  • 2 excusso

    ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

    Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

    Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

    aliquem alicui per litteras,

    id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

    his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

    Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

    Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

    primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

    se de aliqua re,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

    de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

    Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

    se alicui,

    Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

    cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

    Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

    dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

    apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

    me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

    id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—
    (β).
    With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

    Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

    habitum permutatum,

    Quint. 3, 7, 6:

    palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

    id. 11, 3, 144:

    commentarios,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    missos ignes,

    Ov. M. 2, 397;

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 4, 256:

    toros,

    Stat. Th. 2, 256:

    reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

    her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    propinquitatem excusavit,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

    morbum,

    id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

    inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

    valetudinem,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

    imbecillitatem,

    Suet. Tib. 6:

    vires,

    Ov. M. 14, 462:

    diversa,

    Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

    ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

    dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

    Liv. 6, 39, 4:

    aliquid apud aliquem,

    Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

    quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

    Tac. H. 2, 85:

    excusata necessitas praesentium,

    id. ib. 1, 78:

    excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

    Suet. Aug. 101:

    excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

    id. Ner. 41 et saep.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause:

    si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—
    B.
    Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

    a coepta (tutela) excusari,

    Dig. 27, 1, 11:

    collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

    ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

    cui excusari mallet,

    Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

    se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—
    C.
    Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

    ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

    Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,
    D.
    Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

    nefas armis,

    Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

    hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

    excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

    fieri id videtur excusate,

    Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

    quod exoratus excusatius facies,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

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  • 3 obtendo

    ob-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Proque viro nebulam et ventos obtendere inanes, Verg. A. 10, 82:

    sudarium ante faciem,

    Suet. Ner. 48.— Poet.:

    obtentā nocte,

    i. e. in dark night, Verg. G. 1, 248.—
    2.
    Pass., with mid. force:

    oculis membrana obtenditur,

    spreads over, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153:

    Britannia Germaniae obtenditur,

    lies over against Germany, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Trop., to pretend, allege, plead as an excuse:

    matris preces obtendens,

    Tac. A. 3, 17:

    ad ea Drusus cum arbitrium senatūs obtenderet,

    id. ib. 1, 26:

    valetudinem corporis, aetatem liberūm, nubilem filiam,

    id. ib. 3, 35:

    suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem obtendunt,

    Quint. 12, 10, 15: rationem turpitudini, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 15:

    qui delictis suis excusationem carnis obtendet,

    Lact. 4, 24, 10:

    quid poterimus obtendere,

    plead what excuse, Vulg. Gen. 44, 16.—
    II.
    Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.
    A.
    Lit.:

    obtendunt limina silvis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 248:

    lucem pulvere,

    Sil. 10, 228:

    diem nube atrā,

    Tac. H. 3, 56.—
    B.
    Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop:

    quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—
    2.
    To spread over, make a cover for:

    Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat,

    i. e. sought a refuge from, Tac. H. 3, 36 init.

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  • 4 ob-tendō

        ob-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to spread before, stretch over: Pro viro nebulam, V.: obtentā nocte, i. e. in dark night, V.: Britannia Germaniae obtenditur, lies over against, Ta.—To plead as an excuse: matris preces obtendens, Ta.—Fig., to hide, conceal, envelop: quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscuiusque natura.—To make a cover for: curis luxum, Ta.

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  • 5 obtendo

    obtendere, obtendi, obtentus V
    stretch/spread before/over; hide, envelop, conceal; plead as an excuse

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  • 6 excūsō

        excūsō āvī, ātus, āre    [ex +*causo; 1 CAV-] —With pers. obj., to excuse, make an excuse for: Atticae me: se de consilio, Cs.: me apud Apuleium: ut excuser morbi causā: si iudex excusetur Areopagites esse, pleads as his excuse: dixi, cur excusatus abirem, H.: Titium excusavit, quod, etc.: cognatione Licini se, L.: verba excusantia, apologies, O.— To excuse, apologize for: Varroni tarditatem litterarum: missos ignīs, O.— To allege in excuse, plead, excuse oneself with: propinquitatem: inopiam, Cs.: verba excusandae valetudini solita, L.: Philippo laborem, H.— To decline, refuse, excuse the refusal of: reditum Agrippinae ob hiemem, Ta.: in cognitionibus se (iudices), Ta.: alcui rei excusari, to be relieved of, Ta.
    * * *
    excusare, excusavi, excusatus V TRANS
    excuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt

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  • 7 causor

        causor ātus, ārī, dep.    [causa], to allege as a reason, make a pretext of, plead, pretend: omnia Visaque, O.: locum inmeritum, H.: animi perturbationem, L.: negotia, Ta.: numquid causare quin abeas victus? have you anything to plead? causatus consulere velle, pretending, L.: Causando in longum ducis amores, you make pretexts for putting off, V.
    * * *
    causari, causatus sum V DEP
    allege an excuse/reason, object; excuse oneself; plead a cause, bring action

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  • 8 dē-precor

        dē-precor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to avert by prayer, deprecate, plead against, beg to escape, seek to avoid: ullam ab sese calamitatem: a me patriae querimoniam: nullum genus supplici: mortem, Cs.: inimici imperium, S.: sui periculi deprecandi facultas, Cs.: ignominiam, L.: primum deprecor, ne me, etc.: unum, ne se armis despoliaret, Cs.: non deprecor, quin, etc., Ct.: illam, i. e. curse, Ct.—To pray, plead with, apply to, solicit, offer a plea: quem deprecarere?: patres, ne festinarent decernere, L.: errasse regem deprecati sunt, plead in excuse, S.: pro filio patres deprecamur: neque illum se deprecari, quo minus pergat, L.: roget, deprecetur: merui, nec deprecor, inquit, V.—Supin. acc.: ad me deprecatum venire.—To pray for, intercede in behalf of: multorum vitam a Sullā: quos ad pacem deprecandam miserat: me a vobis.

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  • 9 pūrgō

        pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre    [purus+1 AG-], to free from what is superfluous, make clean, make pure, clean, cleanse, purify: piscīs ceteros purga, bone, T.: falcibus locum, cleared the ground: domum muribus, Ph.: educ omnīs tuos, purga urbem: miror morbi purgatum te illius, H.— To clear the body, purge: quid radix ad purgandum possit<*> Qui purgor bilem, purge myself of, H.— To clear away, remove: ligonibus herbas, O.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, V.: Cultello unguīs, trim, H.—Fig., of persons, to clear from accusation, excuse, exculpate, justify: Sullam ipsius virtus purgavit: me tibi: Caesarem de interitu Marcelli: si sibi purgati esse vellent, Cs.: civitatem facti hostilis, L.— To remove, refute, repel, justify: Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, T.: factum, O.: facinus, Cu.: purgandis criminibus, by disproving: suspicionem, remove, L.: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, refute, L. — To establish, vindicate, plead: innocentiam suam, L.: viri factum (esse) purgantes cupiditate atque amore, pleading in excuse, L.: purgantibus iis multitudinis concursu factum, L.—In religion, to make atonement for, expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate: populos, O.: nefas, O.
    * * *
    purgare, purgavi, purgatus V
    make clean, cleanse; excuse

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  • 10 excusso

    excussare, excussavi, excussatus V TRANS
    excuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt

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  • 11 caussor

    caussari, caussatus sum V DEP
    allege an excuse/reason, object; excuse oneself; plead a cause, bring action

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  • 12 ad-ferō (aff-)

        ad-ferō (aff-) attulī    (adt-), adlātus (all-), adferre (aff-), to bring, fetch, carry, convey, take, deliver: magnam partem ad te, T.: scyphos ad praetorem: Curio pondus auri: nuntium ei: donum in Capitolium: litterae ab urbe adlatae, L.: litteras a patre: huc scyphos, H.: adfertur muraena in patinā, is served, H.: peditem alvo, V.: ad consules lecticā adfertur, L.—Poet., of a person: te qui vivum casūs attulerint, V. — Esp., with pron reflex., to betake oneself, go, come: huc te adfers, V.: urbem Adferimur, V.: te verus mihi nuntius adfers? i. e. present yourself in your true person, V.—Adferre manūs, to lay on, use force, do violence: pro se quisque manūs adfert, defends himself forcibly.—Freq. with dat, to lay hands on, attack, assail: domino: pastoribus vim et manūs. —With dat. of thing, to do violence to, i. e. rob, plunder, pillage: templo: eis rebus. — Fig., to bring, introduce, carry, convey to, apply, employ, use, exert, exercise: genus sermonum adfert exile, i. e. employs: quod ad amicitiam populi R. adtulissent, i. e. had enjoyed before the alliance, Cs.: in re militari nova, i. e. to reorganize the army, N.: non minus ad dicendum auctoritatis, quam, etc.: auctoritatem in iudicium, exercise: bellum in patriam, O.: Iris alimenta nubibus adfert, brings, O. —Esp., vim alicui, to employ force against, compel: ut filiae suae vis adferretur, compulsion: praesidio armato, attack, L.—To bring tidings, bring word, carry news, report, announce: haud vana adtulere, L.: ad Scipionem perductus, quid adferret, expromit, explains what news he brought, L.: calamitatem ad aurīs imperatoris: subito adlatum periculum patriae: inimico nuntium, notify: ad illam attulisse se aurum quaerere: attulerunt quieta omnia esse, L.: rebellasse Etruscos adlatum est, L.: calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius adferret.—To carry, produce, cause, occasion, impart, render, give: agri plus adferunt quam acceperunt: detrimentum, Cs.: vobis populoque R. pacem: suspicionem multis: parricidae aliquid decoris, to lend lustre: difficultatem ad consilium capiendum, Cs.: aliquid melius, suggest: aliquid oratoriae laudis, attain: quod iniquitas loci adtulisset, i. e. the consequences, Cs.: tempus conloquio non dare magnam pacis desperationem adferebat, Cs.: natura adfert ut eis faveamus, etc., brings it about: (id) volvenda dies attulit, V. — To bring forward, allege, assign: causam, T.: nihil adferunt, qui negant, etc., say nothing to the point: rationes cur hoc ita sit: aetatem, to plead in excuse: cur credam adferre possum. — Aliquid, to contribute, help, assist, be of use: nihil ad communem fructum: vide si quid opis potest adferre huic, T.: precibus aliquid attulimus etiam nos, have been of some assistance by.

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  • 13 excuso

    to exempt from blame, excuse, make excuses, plead.

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  • 14 deprecatus

    dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).
    A.
    In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    ullam ab sese calamitatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60 fin.; cf.:

    ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

    id. Cat. 1, 11: quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9; cf.:

    ego meae cum vitae parcam, letum inimico deprecer?

    id. ib. §

    10: qui nullum genus supplicii deprecatus est neque recusavit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    mortem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6; cf.:

    non jam mortem neque aerumnas, tantummodo inimici imperium et cruciatus corporis deprecor,

    Sall. J. 24, 10:

    periculum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3 (with refugere), Liv. 3, 58:

    poenam,

    id. 40, 15:

    ignominiam,

    id. 27, 20 fin.:

    iram senatus,

    id. 39, 35:

    praecipiendi munus,

    Quint. 2, 12, 12 et saep.—Of abstract subjects:

    Claudii invidiam Gracchi caritas deprecabatur,

    averted, Cic. Rep. 6, 2 (ap. Gell. 6, 16, 11; and Non. 290, 17).—
    (β).
    With acc. pers., usually in the sense of praying:

    quem deprecarentur, cum omnes essent sordidati?

    Cic. Sest. 12: in hoc te deprecor, ne, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

    Patres, ne festinarent decernere, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 59:

    senatum litteris deprecatus est, ne, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 29:

    dispensatorem deprecati sumus, ut, etc.,

    Petr. 30, 9:

    deos mala (opp. bona rogare),

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 33; cf.:

    hoc superos, hoc te quoque deprecor,

    Val. Fl. 8, 53:

    numina versu,

    Petr. 133, 2: Dominum, Vulg. [p. 552] Esth. 14, 3 et saep.—Less freq. in the sense of averting:

    lecto te solum, lecto te deprecor uno,

    Prop. 2, 34, 17 (3, 32, 7 M.).—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    umbram accipere,

    Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—
    * (δ).
    With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse:

    postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,

    Sall. J. 104, 4.—
    (ε).
    With ne:

    primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1:

    unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4:

    spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,

    Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., b; so,

    opp. to postulo ut,

    Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
    (ζ).
    With quominus:

    neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,

    Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely
    (η).
    with quin:

    quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,

    Cat. 44, 18.—
    (θ).
    With ut (rarely):

    deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,

    Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf.

    supra,

    Petr. 30, 9.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    pro amico, pro republica deprecari,

    Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14:

    arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.—
    B.
    In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.—
    2.
    Transf.:

    quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,

    execrate, Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).—
    II.
    To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger):

    vitam alicujus ab aliquo,

    Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3;

    paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects:

    a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,

    Cic. Planc. 42, 102:

    nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.:

    te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,

    id. Fam. 4, 7 fin. —Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.
    ► dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.:

    deprecatum bellum,

    Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > deprecatus

  • 15 deprecor

    dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).
    A.
    In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    ullam ab sese calamitatem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60 fin.; cf.:

    ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

    id. Cat. 1, 11: quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9; cf.:

    ego meae cum vitae parcam, letum inimico deprecer?

    id. ib. §

    10: qui nullum genus supplicii deprecatus est neque recusavit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

    mortem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6; cf.:

    non jam mortem neque aerumnas, tantummodo inimici imperium et cruciatus corporis deprecor,

    Sall. J. 24, 10:

    periculum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3 (with refugere), Liv. 3, 58:

    poenam,

    id. 40, 15:

    ignominiam,

    id. 27, 20 fin.:

    iram senatus,

    id. 39, 35:

    praecipiendi munus,

    Quint. 2, 12, 12 et saep.—Of abstract subjects:

    Claudii invidiam Gracchi caritas deprecabatur,

    averted, Cic. Rep. 6, 2 (ap. Gell. 6, 16, 11; and Non. 290, 17).—
    (β).
    With acc. pers., usually in the sense of praying:

    quem deprecarentur, cum omnes essent sordidati?

    Cic. Sest. 12: in hoc te deprecor, ne, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

    Patres, ne festinarent decernere, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 59:

    senatum litteris deprecatus est, ne, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 29:

    dispensatorem deprecati sumus, ut, etc.,

    Petr. 30, 9:

    deos mala (opp. bona rogare),

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 33; cf.:

    hoc superos, hoc te quoque deprecor,

    Val. Fl. 8, 53:

    numina versu,

    Petr. 133, 2: Dominum, Vulg. [p. 552] Esth. 14, 3 et saep.—Less freq. in the sense of averting:

    lecto te solum, lecto te deprecor uno,

    Prop. 2, 34, 17 (3, 32, 7 M.).—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    umbram accipere,

    Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—
    * (δ).
    With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse:

    postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,

    Sall. J. 104, 4.—
    (ε).
    With ne:

    primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1:

    unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4:

    spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,

    Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., b; so,

    opp. to postulo ut,

    Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
    (ζ).
    With quominus:

    neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,

    Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely
    (η).
    with quin:

    quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,

    Cat. 44, 18.—
    (θ).
    With ut (rarely):

    deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,

    Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf.

    supra,

    Petr. 30, 9.—
    (ι).
    Absol.:

    pro amico, pro republica deprecari,

    Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14:

    arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.—
    B.
    In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.—
    2.
    Transf.:

    quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,

    execrate, Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).—
    II.
    To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger):

    vitam alicujus ab aliquo,

    Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3;

    paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects:

    a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,

    Cic. Planc. 42, 102:

    nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.:

    te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,

    id. Fam. 4, 7 fin. —Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.
    ► dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.:

    deprecatum bellum,

    Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > deprecor

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