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  • 21 convolsus

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

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  • 22 dēligō

        dēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [de + 1 lego], to choose, pick out, select, elect, designate, single out: ad eas res conficiendas deligi, Cs.: quos Romae relinqueres: ex civitate fortissimum quemque: ex legionibus fabros, Cs.: delecti Latio, V.: melimela Ad lunam delecta, H.: ordine ab omni Centum oratores, V.: sibi domicilio locum, Cs.: alqm socium sibi imperi, L.: Vertumnum socium, O.— To pick out, separate, remove: senes ac fessas aequore matres, V.
    * * *
    I
    deligare, deligavi, deligatus V TRANS
    bind fast, tie (up), fasten; make fast by tying; bandage; tie (bandage)
    II
    deligere, delegi, delectus V TRANS
    pick/pluck off, cull; choose, select, levy (soldiers), enrol; conduct a levy

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  • 23 eradico

    ē-rādīco ( exr-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. eradicarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21), v. a., to pluck up by the roots, to root out, eradicate (an ante-class. word).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ex terra enata,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2:

    plantationem,

    Vulg. Matt. 15, 13; 13, 29 al.—
    B.
    Transf.:

    aliquem,

    to root out, utterly destroy, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38; id. Truc. 3, 1, 15; id. Merc. 4, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 28; Vulg. Jer. 18, 7.—
    * II.
    Trop.: pugnis memorandis suis hominum aures, i. e. to wear out, pester with talking, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 53.

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  • 24 demeto

    1.
    dē-mĕto, messŭi, messum, 3, v. a., to mow, reap, cut off, gather, crop, harvest (class.). Usually of fruits:

    tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. N. D. 2, 62 fin.: hordeum, Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.: demesso frumento, * Caes. B. G. 4, 32, 4; so,

    frumentum,

    Liv. 34, 26:

    segetes,

    Tac. A. 14, 24; cf.:

    Galli armati alienos agros demetunt,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    demessa est terra,

    Vulg. Apoc. 14. 16.—Less freq. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) of other objects:

    pollice florem,

    to pluck off, Verg. A. 11, 68:

    favos,

    i. e. to cut out, take out, Col. 9, 15, 12:

    testes caudamque adultero (ferrum),

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 46; cf.:

    huic ense caput,

    to behead, Ov. M. 5, 104; and absol.:

    acies ferro demetit,

    Sil. 16, 102.
    2.
    dē-mēto, āre, v. dimeto.

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  • 25 electa

    ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

    coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

    uvam ad edendum (with legere),

    id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

    herbas,

    to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

    trop.,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

    ex malis minima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

    a multis commodissimum quodque,

    id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

    id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

    aliquando et elegit,

    Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

    par columbarum,

    Petr. 85, 6:

    viri electissimi civitatis,

    Cic. Quint. 2:

    pugiles,

    Suet. Calig. 18:

    quisque,

    id. ib. 49:

    electissima verba,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

    electius verbum,

    id. ib.;

    scripta,

    Cat. 36, 6:

    res,

    Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—
    II.
    In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

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  • 26 eligo

    ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

    coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

    uvam ad edendum (with legere),

    id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

    herbas,

    to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

    trop.,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

    ex malis minima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

    a multis commodissimum quodque,

    id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

    id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

    aliquando et elegit,

    Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

    par columbarum,

    Petr. 85, 6:

    viri electissimi civitatis,

    Cic. Quint. 2:

    pugiles,

    Suet. Calig. 18:

    quisque,

    id. ib. 49:

    electissima verba,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

    electius verbum,

    id. ib.;

    scripta,

    Cat. 36, 6:

    res,

    Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—
    II.
    In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

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  • 27 exstirpo

    ex-stirpo ( ext-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to pluck up by the stem or root, to root out, extirpate.
    I.
    Lit. (only post-Aug.):

    arbores,

    Curt. 7, 8, 7; cf.

    lucos,

    id. 7, 5, 17; and:

    silva exstirpata procellis,

    Prud. Hamart. 241:

    pilos de corpore toto,

    Mart. 6, 56, 3.— Transf.:

    silvestris ager decrescente luna utilissime exstirpatur,

    is cleared from stubble, Col. 11, 2, 52:

    agros arboribus atque virgultis,

    Pall. Jul. 1, 1.—
    II.
    Trop., to root out, eradicate, extirpate (class.):

    vitia et funditus tollere,

    Cic. Fat 5, 11:

    ex animo humanitatem,

    id. Lael. 13, 48:

    perturbationes,

    id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: nomina inimica libertati, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16 med.:

    virtutem Israël,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 35.

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  • 28 refigo

    rĕ-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to unfix, unfasten, unloose, tear or pluck down, pull out or off (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    num figentur rursus eae tabulae, quas vos decretis vestris refixistis?

    have taken down, Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

    affixis hostium spoliis, quae nec emptori refigere liceret,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 7; so,

    clipeo refixo,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 11:

    clipeum de poste Neptuni sacro,

    Verg. A. 5, 360:

    signa Parthorum templis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 56:

    clipeos captos in bello,

    Sil. 10, 601:

    dentes,

    to pull out, extract, Cels. 6, 15 fin.:

    refigere se crucibus,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 19 fin.; cf.:

    refixum corpus interfectoris cremavit,

    Just. 9, 7, 11. — Poet.:

    caelo refixa sidera,

    loosened, falling down, Verg. A. 5, 527:

    non hasta refixas vendit opes,

    the plundered goods, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 497.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    To take down the tables of the laws suspended in public, i. e. to annul, abolish, abrogate laws:

    acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; cf.:

    cujus aera refigere debeamus,

    id. Fam. 12, 1 fin.: fixit leges pretio atque refixit, for a bribe, Verg, A. 6, 622.—
    * 2.
    To take away, remove: quo facilius nostra refigere deportareque tuto possimus, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1.

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  • 29 ēripiō

        ēripiō ipuī, eptus, ere    [ex + rapio], to tear out, snatch away, wrest, pluck, tear, take away: vela, armamenta, copias, Cs.: quae nunc hebetat visūs nubem, V.: ornamenta ex urbibus: sacra ex aedibus: arma ab aliis: ab igne ramum, O.: vaginā ensem, V.: consuli caput, L.: classem Caesari, Cs.: mihi Scipio ereptus: ereptus rebus humanis, Cu.— To rescue, deliver, free (fugitivam), Cs.: patriam ex hostium manibus, L.: hos ex morte: istum de vestrā severitate: me his malis, V.— With pron reflex., to break away, rescue oneself, escape: per eos se, Cs.: ex pugnā se: me e complexu patriae: leto me, V.: te morae, H.—Fig., to take away, snatch away, take violently, remove, deprive, free: (vocem) loquentis ab ore, caught up eagerly, V.: hominis aspiciendi potestatem: ut usus navium eriperetur, was lost, Cs.: erepto semenstri imperio, Cs.: libertatem lictori: diem Teucrorum ex oculis, V.: Tempora certa modosque, H.: anni Eripuere iocos, H.: vatibus Eripienda fides, O.: Eripe fugam, flee, V.: Posse loqui eripitur, the power of speech, O.: Vix tamen eripiam, velis quin, etc., I shall scarcely destroy your desire, etc., H.
    * * *
    eripere, eripui, ereptus V
    snatch away, take by force; rescue

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  • 30 re-vellō

        re-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus, ere,    to pluck away, pull away, tear out, tear off: crucem quae fixa est ad portum: equi de fronte revolsus amor, V.: titulum de fronte, O.: caput a cervice, V.: partem e monte, O.: a me morte revelli, to be torn away, O.: scuta manibus, wrest, Cs.: sudem osse, O.: herbas radice, with the root, O.: tabulam: ianua, quā revolsā, pateret provincia: stipites revincti, ne revelli possent, Cs.: proximos agri terminos, tear away, H.: curvo dente humum, tear up, O.: cinerem manīsve, violate, V.—Fig., to abolish, do away: honorificis verbis iniurias.

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  • 31 depilo

    depilare, depilavi, depilatus V TRANS
    strip hair/feathers; pull out hair; pluck feathers; peel skin; plunder, cheat

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  • 32 evello

    evellere, evelli, evulsus V
    pull/pluck/tear/root out

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  • 33 meto

    1.
    mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
    2.
    mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. amaô, mow, reap; amê, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum est matura seges, metendum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3:

    sunt autem metendi genera complura,

    Col. 2, 21, 2:

    in metendo occupatos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    pabula falce,

    to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84:

    farra,

    id. F 2, 519:

    arva,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.:

    ut sementem feceris, ita et metes,

    as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.:

    ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent,

    Vulg. Os. 8, 7:

    qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala,

    id. Prov. 22, 8:

    mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur,

    i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80:

    sibi quisque ruri metit,

    every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris;

    tibi item metes,

    id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.:

    postremus metito,

    Verg. G. 2, 410; so,

    vindemiam,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ( poet.):

    virgā lilia summa metit,

    Ov. F. 2, 706:

    barbam forfice,

    Mart. 7, 95, 12:

    capillos,

    id. 10, 83, 11:

    olus,

    to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74:

    et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper,

    laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40:

    ille metit barbam,

    Juv. 3, 186. —
    2.
    In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down:

    proxima quaeque metit gladio,

    Verg. A. 10, 513:

    primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147:

    agmina plura metam,

    Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death:

    metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: anankaiôs d echei bion therizein), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.—
    B.
    To inhabit a region ( poet.):

    qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,

    Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).
    3.
    Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

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  • 34 revello

    rĕ-vello, velli, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a., to pluck or pull away, to pull or tear out, to tear off or away (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    tela de corpore,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 25:

    nascentis equi de fronte revolsus amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 515:

    titulum de fronte,

    Ov. P. 4, 13, 7:

    telum altā ab radice,

    Verg. A. 12, 787:

    caput a cervice,

    id. G. 4, 523; cf.:

    cornu a fronte,

    Ov. M. 9, 86:

    saxum e monte,

    id. ib. 12, 341:

    partem e monte,

    id. ib. 13, 882:

    a silvis silvas et ab arvis arva,

    id. ib. 8, 584:

    ab aliquo morte revelli,

    to be torn away, id. ib. 4, 152:

    scuta manibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

    axem temone,

    Ov. M. 2, 316; cf.:

    sudem osse,

    id. ib. 12, 300:

    arborem manibus tellure,

    id. R. Am. 87:

    quos Sidoniā urbe,

    to tear away, remove, Verg. A. 4, 545:

    puerum,

    Ov. F. 6, 515:

    solio regem,

    Sil. 16, 273:

    herbas radice,

    with the root, Ov. M. 7, 226; so,

    too, annosam pinum solido trunco,

    id. ib. 12, 356:

    illam crucem, quae fixa est ad portum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26:

    tabulam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 46, §

    112: Gorgonis os pulcherrimum revellit atque abstulit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 56, §

    124: gradus,

    id. Pis. 10, 23:

    saepta,

    id. Phil. 5, 4, 9:

    claustra,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21:

    janua, quā effractā et revolsā, tota pateret provincia,

    Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

    vincula,

    id. Caecin. 25, 70:

    paene fores templi,

    Suet. Calig. 6:

    templa,

    Luc. 3, 115:

    revulsis venis,

    opened, Sen. Oedip. 978:

    scuta manibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52:

    pellem,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    stipites revincti, ne revelli possent,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

    proximos agri terminos,

    to tear away, remove, Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

    signa (when an army decamps),

    Luc. 7, 77; Sil. 12, 733:

    curvo dente humum,

    to tear up, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 14; cf.:

    majorum sepulcra,

    Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12. — Poet.:

    cinerem manesque,

    to disturb, violate, Verg. A. 4, 427.—
    II.
    Trop., to tear away, send away, etc.:

    cujus totus consulatus est ex omni monumentorum memoriā revulsus,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 26:

    injurias honorificis verbis,

    id. Att. 5, 20, 11:

    alicui avias veteres,

    prejudices, Pers. 5, 92:

    falsorum persuasionem,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

    penitus de stirpe imperium,

    Claud. in Rufin. 2, 207:

    oscula fida,

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 57 (with dissipat amplexus).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > revello

  • 35 runco

    1.
    runco, āre, v. a. [runca, runcina], to weed out, root up; to weed, clear of weeds.
    I.
    Lit.:

    spinas,

    Cato, R. R. 2:

    segetes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 30; Col. 11, 2, 40; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 184; Tert. Pall. 2 med. —
    II.
    Transf.
    * A.
    To pluck, deprive of its hair, Pers. 4, 35.—
    B.
    To mow: frumenta, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 med.
    2.
    runco, ōnis, m. [1. runco], a weedinghook, grubbing-hoe, Pall. 1, 43, 3; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 14, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > runco

  • 36 subvello

    sub-vello, no perf., vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a., to pluck up, pull out (only in the two foll. passages): rador, subvellor, desquamor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 15: qui barba volsa feminibusque subvolsis ambulet, Scip. Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subvello

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