prōpositum

sollĭcĭtus ( sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, adj. [sollus-cieo; cf. sollicito], thoroughly moved, agitated, disturbed.

Of physical motion ( poet. and rare).

As attrib. of motus, restless, unceasing:

quae sollicito motu carerent, referring to the elements in constant motion, as air, water, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 343: sic igitur penitus qui in ferro'st abditus aër Sollicito motu semper jactatur, i. e. an unceasing air-current within the iron, to explain its attraction by the magnet, id. 6, 1038.—

Of the sea agitated by storms:

ut mare sollicitum stridet,

Verg. G. 4, 262. —

Pregn., with the idea of distress (v. II. B.):

utile sollicitae sidus utrumque rati,

to a ship in distress, Ov. F. 5, 720: sollicitae porro plenaeque sonoribus aures, agitated, vibrating ( by disease), Lucr. 6, 1185:

corpus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1299.—

Sollicitum habere (cf. II. A. and B. infra), = sollicitare:

omnes sollicitos habui,

kept them busy, on the move, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 52 Donat. ad loc.

Of mental affections, full of anxiety, excitement, distracted by cares, engaged, troubled, disturbed (opp. quietus).

Of cares of business; esp. sollicitum habere, to keep busy, engaged (Plaut. and Ter.):

(clientes) qui neque leges colunt, neque, etc., sollicitos patronos habent,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 12 Brix ad loc.;

4, 2, 21: quorum negotiis nos absentum sollicitae noctes et dies sumus semper,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 6:

hem, tot mea Solius solliciti sunt curā, of servants busy in attending their master,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77: numquid vis? Py. Ne magis sim pulcer quam sum:

ita me mea forma habet sollicitum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 95; cf.:

Hispaniae armis sollicitae,

Sall. H. 1, 48 Dietsch. —

Of restlessness from fear, suspense, etc., full of anxiety, agitated, alarmed, solicitous, anxious (opp. securus; freq. and class.): sollicitum habere, to fill with apprehension and fear, keep in anxiety; constr.,

Absol.:

in quibus si non erunt insidiae... animus tamen erit sollicitus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 36:

diutius videtur velle eos habere sollicitos a quibus se putat diuturnioribus esse molestiis conflictatum,

id. Fam. 6, 13, 3:

quae maxime angere atque sollicitam habere vestram aetatem videtur,

id. Sen. 19, 66:

sollicitum te habebat cogitatio periculi mei,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; so id. Att. 2, 18, 1; id. Sest. 11, 25:

initia rerum quae... sollicitam Italiam habebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

cum satis per se ipsum Samnitium bellum et,... sollicitos haberet patres,

Liv. 8, 29, 1:

solliciti et incerti rerum suarum Megaram referre signa jubent,

id. 24, 23, 5:

sollicitae ac suspensae civitati,

id. 27, 50 med.:

quid illis nos sollicitis ac pendentibus animi renuntiare jubetis,

id. 7, 30, 22:

sollicitae mentes,

Ov. F 3, 362:

pectus,

id. M. 2, 125:

mens,

Curt. 4, 13, 2:

animi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 18:

ego percussorem meum securum ambulare patiar, me sollicito?

Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 4:

sollicitus est et incertus sui quem spes aliqua proritat,

id. Ep. 23, 2:

ut sollicitus sim cum Saturnus et Mars ex contrario stabunt,

alarmed, id. ib. 88, 14:

fertur sollicitas tenuisse deas,

kept them in anxious suspense, Stat. Achill. 2, 338:

nunc sollicitam timor anxius angit,

Verg. A. 9, 89.—And opposed to securus and securitas:

quid est turpius quam in ipso limine securitatis esse sollicitum?

Sen. Ep. 22, 5:

securo nihil est te pejus, eodem Sollicito nihil est te melius,

Mart. 4, 83, 1; so id. 5, 31, 8; Sen. Ep. 124, 19; Quint. 11, 3, 151; Tac. H. 4, 58.—

With abl.:

sollicitam mihi civitatem suspitione, suspensam metu... tradidistis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23:

Sophocles, ancipiti sententiarum eventu diu sollicitus,

Val. Max. 9, 12, 5 ext. —

With de:

sollicitus eram de rebus urbanis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

de tuā valetudine,

id. ib. 16, 7, 1:

sollicita civitas de Etruriae defectione fuit,

Liv. 27, 21 med.:

sollicitum te esse scribis de judicii eventu,

Sen. Ep. 24, 1:

desii jam de te esse sollicitus,

id. ib. 82, 1.—

With pro:

ne necesse sit unum sollicitum esse pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45.—

With propter: sollicitus propter iniquitatem locorum, Liv. 38, 40, 9; 44, 3, 5 infra.—

With adverb. acc. vicem, for the fate of:

sollicito consuli et propter itineris difficultatem et eorum vicem,... nuntius occurrit,

Liv. 44, 3, 5:

ut meam quoque, non solum reipublicae vicem videretur sollicitus,

id. 28, 43, 9:

clamor undique ab sollicitis vicem imperatoris militibus sublatus,

id. 28, 19, 17.—

With gen.:

non sollicitus futuri, pendet (filius tuus mortuus),

Sen. Cons. Marc. 19, 6.—

With dat. (late Lat.):

ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae, neque corpori vestro,

Vulg. Matt. 6, 25.—

With ex:

ex hoc misera sollicita'st, diem Quia olim in hunc, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 33:

haec turba sollicita ex temerariā regis fiduciā,

Curt. 3, 1, 17.—

With ne, like verbs of fearing:

(mater) sollicita est ne eundem conspiciat, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

legati Romanorum circuire urbes, solliciti ne Aetoli partis alicujus animos ad Antiochum avertissent,

apprehensive, Liv. 35, 31, 1:

sollicitis populis ne suas operiant terras,

Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104:

sollicitus Solon, ne tacendo parum reipublicae consuleret,

Just. 2, 7, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 1, 6.—

With interrog.-clause:

solliciti erant quo evasura esset res,

Liv. 30, 21 init.:

quam sim sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3.—

In gen., troubled, disturbed, afflicted, grieved; constr. absol., with abl. alone, or with de:

sollicitus mihi nescio quā re videtur,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 30:

neque est consentaneum ullam honestam rem, ne sollicitus sis... deponere,

lest you be troubled by cares, Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

vehementer te esse sollicitum et praecipuo quodam dolore angi,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

vehementer populum sollicitum fuisse de P. Sullae morte,

id. ib. 9, 10, 3:

num eum postea censes anxio animo aut sollicito fuisse,

afflicted by remorse, id. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

hoc genus omne Maestum ac sollicitum est cantoris morte Tigelli,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 3.—

Excited, passionate (rare):

qui, ut sint pudici, solliciti tamen et anxii sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70:

atqui sollicitae nuntius hospitae, Suspirare Chloen.. Dicens, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 9; so, = avidus, with gen. or de ( poet. and post-class.):

hominem cuppedinis sollicitum,

Lucr. 5, 46:

de regno sollicitus ( = avidus regni potiundi),

Just. 1, 10, 6.—

Very careful for, concerned in, punctilious, particular about (post-Aug.; freq.); constr. absol., with de, circa, in, or obj.-inf.:

ne decet quidem, ubi maxima rerum monumenta versantur, de verbis esse sollicitum,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

de quorum sumus judicio solliciti,

for whose judgment we care, id. 10, 7, 24:

dixit Cicero, non se de ingenii famā, sed de fide esse sollicitum,

id. 11, 1, 74:

nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa appareat,

id. 8, 4, 15:

eloquentia non in verba sollicita,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2:

si tamen contingere eloquentia non sollicito potest,

id. Ep. 75, 5:

cur abis, non sollicitus prodesse bonis, nocere malis?

id. Hippol. 976; cf.

in double sense,

Mart. 4, 83, 2 and 5.—

= sollicitatus (v. sollicito; poet.):

solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc.,

without repose, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.

Of abstr. and inanim. things.

In gen., solicitous, mournful, full of or connected with cares and anxiety, anxious, disturbed (class.;

often approaching the signif. II.): scio quam timida sit ambitio, et quam sollicita sit cupiditas consulatūs,

how full of cares is the desire for the consulship, Cic. Mil. 16, 42:

id est proprium civitatis ut sit libera et non sollicita rei cujusque custodia,

i. e. that nobody be disturbed in the quiet possession of his property, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:

est enim metus futurae aegritudinis sollicita exspectatio,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 52:

quam sit omnis amor sollicitus et anxius,

fraught with solicitude, id. Att. 2, 24, 1: assentior, sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, id. Fragm. Rep. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P. (Rep. 3, 27, 39): sollicitam lucem rapuisti Ciceroni, the mournful light, i. e. life, Vell. 2, 66:

in sollicito civitatis statu,

Quint. 6, 1, 16:

Hermagoras, vir diligentiae nimium sollicitae,

evercareful, id. 3, 11, 22:

sollicitum dicendi propositum,

anxiously accurate, id. 11, 1, 32:

sollicita parentis diligentia,

earnest care, id. 6, prooem. 1; so id. 6, 12, 16:

sollicitae actiones,

carefully elaborated, id. 4, 1, 57: causae sollicitae (opp. securae), [p. 1723] very doubtful cases, i. e. in which there is anxious suspense about the issue, id. 11, 3, 151: captarum (ferarum) sollicita possessio;

saepe enim laniant dominos,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 2:

maxima quaeque bona sollicita sunt,

id. ib. 17, 4; id. Ep. 14, 18:

noctes, id. Ira, 2, 20, 1: tutela,

id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3:

sollicitos fecisti, Romule, ludos,

Ov. A. A. 1, 101:

quisque, sibi quid sit Utile, sollicitis supputat articulis,

id. P. 2, 3, 18:

sollicito carcere dignus eras,

a prison carefully guarded, id. Am. 1, 6, 64:

Cressa... sollicito revocavit Thesea filo,

Stat. S. 2, 6, 26:

pudor,

Mart. 11, 45, 7:

amor,

Ov. H. 19 (18), 196:

os,

id. P. 4, 9, 130:

frons,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

manus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2:

preces,

id. P. 3, 1, 148:

prex,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 5:

vita,

id. S. 2, 6, 62:

lux,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 116:

senecta,

id. M. 6, 500:

libelli,

Mart. 9, 58, 5:

saccus,

id. 12, 60 b, 3:

fuga,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 50:

sedes,

id. ib. 4, 1, 85:

via,

id. ib. 1, 11, 2:

terrae,

id. M. 15, 786.— Hence,

= sollicitum habens, that causes distress, distressing, trying:

quid magis sollicitum dici potest,

what more distressing fact can be mentioned? Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

in quā (tyrannorum) vitā nulla... potest esse fiducia, omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita,

causing alarm, id. Lael. 15, 52:

sollicitumque aliquid laetis intervenit,

Ov. M. 7, 454:

o mihi sollicitum decus ac suprema voluptas,

Stat. Th. 7, 363; so,

opes,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 79:

aurum,

Sen. Hippol. 519:

pretia,

id. Herc. Fur. 461:

timor or metus,

Ov. H. 1, 12; 8, 76; 13, 124; id. P. 3, 2, 12; id. Tr. 3, 11, 10:

cura,

id. P. 1, 5, 61; Sen. Thyest. 922:

dolor,

Ov. A. A. 3, 374:

taedium,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 17:

fatum,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 11.

Of animals (rare): sollicitum animal (canis) ad nocturnos strepitus, very attentive to, i. e. watchful, Liv. 5, 47, 3; so Ov. M. 11, 599:

solliciti terrentur equi,

id. F. 6, 741:

lepus,

timid, id. ib. 5, 372.

Comp.: sollicitior (mostly post-Aug.; for which Cic. has magis sollicitus; v. III. 2. supra) homo, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

nos circa lites raras sollicitiores,

too particular about, Quint. 7, 1, 43:

sollicitior rei familiaris diligentia,

id. 12, 1, 6:

innocentiam sollicitiore habituri loco,

Sen. Ben. 3, 13, 1:

(pauperes) sollicitiores divitibus,

id. Cons. Helv. 12, 1:

quod est sollicitius,

id. Tranq. 1, 15:

qui non sollicitior de capitis sui decore sit quam de salute,

id. Brev. Vit. 12, 3:

pro vobis sollicitior,

Tac. H. 4, 58.— Sup. (post-Aug. and rare):

illorum brevissima ac sollicitissima aetas est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 16, 1.— Adv.: sollĭcĭtē (post-Aug.).

Carefully, punctiliously, anxiously: vestis nec servata, nec sumenda sollicite, Ser. Samm. ap. Sen. Tranq. 1, 5:

in conviviis lingua sollicite etiam ebriis custodienda est,

Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 2:

recitare,

Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4:

exspectatus,

Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1; id. Aquaed. 103:

sollicitius et intentius,

Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 2:

custodiendus est honor,

id. ib. 1, 19, 4:

cavere,

App. Mag. p. 274, 35.— Sup.:

urbis curam sollicitissime agere,

Suet. Claud. 18.—

With grief, solicitude (class.:

sollicito animo): sollicite possidentur,

their possession is connected with solicitude, Sen. Ep. 76, 30:

laetus,

Sil. 6, 572.— Sup., Sen. Ep. 93, 12.

tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

tetinerit,

Att. ib. 178, 12:

tetinisse,

Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].

Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.

Lit.

In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

argentum,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

for which: aliquid manu,

Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

aliquid dextrā,

Ov. F. 1, 99:

digitis,

id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

lacertis,

id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

radicem ore,

Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

cibum ore,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

for which: decoctum diu in ore,

Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

aliquem in sinu,

Ov. H. 3, 114;

for which: aliquem sinu,

id. ib. 13, 157:

flabellulum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

facem,

Verg. A. 6, 224:

telum,

Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

id. Clu. 7, 20. —

In partic.

With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

Liv. 1, 5:

provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

colles praesidiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

tenente Caesare terras,

id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

rem publicam,

Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

summam imperii,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

equitum centurias,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

alterum cornu,

to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

provincias aliaque omnia,

Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —

With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

montes teneri,

id. B. G. 3, 2:

haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

id. ib. 7, 69:

Capitolia celsa tenebat,

Verg. A. 8, 653:

quo teneam Protea nodo?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

agri qui diu aquam tenent,

Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

classem ibi tenebat,

Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

cursum,

Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

quo iter,

Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

(lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

Lucr. 5, 714:

tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

Liv. 29, 32, 6.—

With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

Liv. 1, 37, 4:

regionem,

id. 30, 25, 11:

Tenum,

id. 36, 21, 1:

terram,

id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

Ov. F. 1, 498:

portus,

id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

id. H. 2, 9.—

With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

naves, quae vento tenebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

si id te non tenet, advola,

id. Fam. 16, 19:

septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

Liv. 24, 20, 7:

non tenebo te pluribus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

ne diutius teneam,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

ventrem,

id. 4, 19 med.:

tene linguam,

Ov. F. 2, 602:

pecus omne tenendum,

Verg. G. 2, 371:

vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

manus,

id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

manum stomachumque teneto,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

id. C. 1, 18, 13:

et Phoebi tenuere viam,

i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

quo me decet usque teneri?

Verg. A. 5, 384:

lacrimas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

Liv. 6, 14, 1. —

Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

id. 3, 26, 3:

Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

id. 23, 26, 2:

se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

se intra silentium tenuit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

multum me intra silentium tenui,

id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

tenes, quid dicam?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

teneo,

I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

teneo quid erret,

id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

alicujus reconditos sensus,

id. Sest. 10, 22:

quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

et teneo melius ista,

Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—

In partic.

To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—

To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

ordinem,

id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

portum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

statum,

id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

si jus suum populi teneant,

id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

morem,

id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

foedus,

Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

silentium,

Liv. 1, 28, 8.—

To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

propositum tenere,

to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

suas leges,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

causam apud centumviros,

id. Caecin. 24, 67:

quo causae teste tenentur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

locum quendam cum aliquo,

Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

Liv. 4, 30, 16:

ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—

Of memory:

alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

satin' haec meministi et tenes?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

Verg. E. 9, 45:

dicta tenere,

Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—

To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

Liv. 4, 3, 12:

teneri res aliter non potest,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

multa tenuisse,

Liv. 42, 11, 8:

causam,

Ov. M. 13, 190.—

To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

dolorem,

id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

cupiditates,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

somnum,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

risum,

id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

iram,

Curt. 4, 2, 5:

ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—

Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

quamquam leges eum non tenent,

Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

interdicto non teneri,

id. Caecin. 14, 41:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

Liv. 3, 55, 3:

teneri alienis foederibus,

id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

caedis teneri,

Quint. 5, 14, 11:

teneri repetundarum,

Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

furti,

Dig. 6, 1, 4:

injuriarum,

ib. 47, 10, 11:

mandati,

ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —

Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

magna me spes tenet,

id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

teneri desiderio,

id. Sen. 10, 33:

studio philosophiae,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

magno amore,

Verg. A. 1, 675:

pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —

To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.

Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).

Lit.

To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

Liv. 32, 5, 12:

duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

id. 3, 62, 7:

tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

Verg. A. 2, 505.—

For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

Liv. 1, 1, 4:

Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

Liv. 31, 45, 14:

ad Mendaeum,

id. 21, 49, 2:

Diam,

Ov. M. 3, 690:

Creten,

id. ib. 13, 706:

Hesperiam,

id. F. 1, 498:

Ausoniam,

id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

Ov. M. 2, 140.—

Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

imber per noctem totam tenuit,

Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

id. 24, 47, 15:

per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

id. 1, 4, 6:

quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

id. 1, 17, 6:

fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

consuetudo, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 2:

nomen illud tenet,

id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

aliquid in mortario,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

aliquid in farinam,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

bacam trapetis,

Verg. G. 2, 519:

unguibus herbas,

Ov. M. 9, 655:

dentes in stipite,

id. ib. 8, 369:

lumina manu,

Cat. 66, 30:

sucina trita redolent,

Mart. 3, 64, 5:

piper,

Petr. 74:

Appia trita rotis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

cibum in ventre,

i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

crystalla labris,

Mart. 9, 23, 7.—

In partic.

To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

frumentum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

area dum messes teret,

Tib. 1, 5, 22:

teret area culmos,

Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—

To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

polio, acuo): oculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

crura mordaci pumice,

Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

hinc radios trivere rotis,

smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

vitrum torno,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

catillum manibus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

tritus cimice lectus,

Mart. 11, 33, 1.—

To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

(navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

ferrum,

to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

trita labore colla,

Ov. M. 15, 124:

trita subucula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

trita vestis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

librum,

i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

pocula labris patrum trita,

Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—

Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

litibus,

id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—

To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

Verg. G. 1, 380:

iter propositum,

Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

Appiam mannis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

viam,

Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

via trita pede,

Tib. 4, 13, 10:

ambulator porticum terit,

Mart. 2, 11, 2:

limina,

id. 10, 10, 2:

mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —

In mal. part.:

Bojus est, Bojam terit,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —

Trop. (freq. in good prose).

To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

diem sermone terere segnities merast,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

naves diem trivere,

Liv. 37, 27, 8:

tempus in convivio luxuque,

id. 1, 57, 9:

tempus ibi in secreto,

id. 26, 19, 5:

omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

teretur interea tempus,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

omne aevum ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 609:

spe otia,

id. ib. 4, 271:

otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

Liv. 1, 57, 5. —

To expend, employ (late Lat.):

qui operam teri frustra,

Amm. 27, 12, 12. —

To exert greatly, exhaust:

ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

id. 6, 27, 7.—

Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

jurata deorum majestas teritur,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.

Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

iter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

via,

id. Brut. 81, 281:

quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

tritissima quaeque via,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —

Fig.

Practised, expert:

tritas aures habere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —

Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.

thĕsis, is, f., = thesis, in rhetoric, a proposition, thesis (pure Lat. propositum), Quint. 3, 5, 11; 3, 5, 14; 2, 4, 24; 7, 10, 5; 12, 2, 25; Sen. Contr. prooem.—

In prosody, the falling of the voice, the thesis (opp. arsis), Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 974 and 985.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.

With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.

In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:

neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:

arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,

Liv. 25, 14, 4:

cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,

id. 41, 4, 2:

pontibus transjectis,

thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,

Liv. 30, 10, 5:

volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,

Verg. A. 5, 488:

tela alio,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:

pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,

drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:

pedes super acervos,

to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,

Ov. F. 4, 782.—

In partic.

To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):

est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,

i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:

anulum in dextram manum,

Petr. 74:

quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,

decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:

cerussam in cacabum,

Scrib. Comp. 45.—

Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40:

omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,

Liv. 21, 26, 6:

res suas trans Halyn,

id. 38, 25, 7:

quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,

id. 23, 31, 4:

ut classem in Italiam traiceret,

id. 28, 36, 1:

pecuniam in provinciam,

id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:

huc legionem postea transicit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,

Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:

equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,

Liv. 35, 48, 3:

classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,

id. 27, 6, 13:

(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,

id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:

inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,

id. 32, 17, 3:

in Galliam trajecti forent,

Tac. A. 12, 39.—

With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:

equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55:

Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,

id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:

si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

copias Rhodanum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 2:

quos in Africam secum traiceret,

Liv. 29, 22, 12.—

With se:

ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,

Liv. 28, 18, 10.—

Poet., of the eyes:

quocumque oculos trajecimus,

i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—

To pass through, make a way through.

Of soldiers:

pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,

broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—

To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:

unum ex multitudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

aliquem pilis,

id. ib. 7, 82:

aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,

id. ib. 7, 25:

lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,

Ov. M. 4, 571:

lanceā infestā medium femur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

femur tragulā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

pectus ferro,

Liv. 41, 11, 6:

cava tempora ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 634:

harundine linguam,

Ov. M. 11, 325:

terga sagittā,

id. ib. 9, 128:

exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,

Just. 3, 1, 8:

sagittā sub mammā trajectus,

id. 12, 9, 12:

aliquid acu,

Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:

se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,

Suet. Oth. 11.—

Trop.

In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:

cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

culpam in alium,

Quint. 9, 2, 4:

arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,

Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:

in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,

having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—

In partic., in rhet.:

verba,

to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:

verba in clausulas,

Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—

To cross over, pass over, cross.

With the place or thing passed over as object:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

trajecto amni,

Liv. 21, 27, 3:

Hiberum,

id. 21, 30, 3:

occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,

id. 21, 39, 10:

ratibus Trebiam,

id. 21, 56, 8:

mare,

id. 33, 31, 10:

flumen,

id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:

fretum,

Sen. Ep. 14, 8:

amnem,

Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:

utribus amnem,

id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:

Rhenum,

Suet. Tib. 18:

mare,

Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:

Padum,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

sinum maris,

Vell. 2, 43, 1:

flumina nando,

Suet. Caes. 57:

Tiberim clipeo,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:

Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,

Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:

postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,

Liv. 21, 30, 5:

ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,

Sol. 52, 46.—

Absol.:

ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,

Liv. 37, 13, 3:

ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,

id. 30, 24, 11:

ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,

id. 30, 2, 1:

sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,

id. 40, 4, 10:

(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,

id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:

Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,

id. 37, 13, 6:

primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,

id. 29, 22, 11:

ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,

id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:

piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,

Just. 2, 13, 9:

trajecisse veteres Iberos,

Tac. Agr. 14. —

Trop., to overstep, transgress:

traicit et fati litora magnus amor,

Prop. 1, 19, 12.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.