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  • 1 prōclīvī

        prōclīvī adv. with comp.    [proclivis], downward, headlong, precipitately: proclivi labuntur, rush downward: proclivi currit oratio: labi verba proclivius, i. e. more rapidly.

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  • 2 prōiciō

        prōiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [pro+iacio], to throw forth, cast before, throw out, throw down, throw: Tu (canis) Proiectum odoraris cibum, thrown to you, H.: aquilam intra vallum, Cs.: infantem provectum in mare proiecerunt, carried out to sea and threw overboard, L.: geminos cestūs in medium, V.— To throw away, cast out, cast off, let go, abandon: omnibus proiectis fugae consilium capere, Cs.: tela manu, V.: tribunos insepultos, L.: qui servos proicere aurum iussit, H.— To throw forward, hold out, extend: hastam, N.: scutum, hold in front, L.: proiecto pede laevo, V.: quo tectum proiceretur, was extended.—With pron reflex., to throw oneself, fall prostrate: vos ad pedes leonis: sese Caesari ad pedes, Cs.: ad genua se Marcelli, L.: se super exanimum amicum, V.: semet in flumen, Cu.— To cast out, expel, exile, banish: tantam pestem: inmeritum ab urbe, O.—Fig., to throw away, give up, yield, resign, sacrifice, reject: pro his libertatem: patriam virtutem, Cs.: ampullas et sesquipedalia verba, H.: pudorem, O.: animas, killed themselves, V.— To neglect, desert, abandon: pati fortunam paratos proiecit ille, Cs. — To throw, hurry, precipitate: in miserias proiectus sum, S.: in aperta pericula civīs, V.: vitam suam in periculum: se in hoc iudicium, thrust themselves: monent, ne me proiciam, act precipitately: in muliebrīs se fletūs, abandon themselves to, L.; cf. quae libido non se proripiet ac proiciet occultatione propositā, i. e. run riot.—To put off, delay: ultra quinquennium proici, Ta.
    * * *
    proicere, projeci, projectus V TRANS
    throw down, throw out; abandon; throw away

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  • 3 caduciter

    precipitately, headlong

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  • 4 caducum

    cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].
    I.
    That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

    glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

    Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

    spica,

    that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

    aqua,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

    aquae,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

    frondes,

    Verg. G. 1, 368:

    frons,

    Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

    folia,

    id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

    lacrimae,

    id. M. 6, 396:

    poma,

    Prop. 2, 32, 40:

    oliva,

    Col. 12, 52, 22:

    fulmen,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

    te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

    ligna,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

    tela,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

    moro coma nigrior caduco,

    Mart. 8, 64, 7.—
    B.
    Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—
    2.
    Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

    bello caduci Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 6, 481.—
    3.
    In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

    juvenis,

    Verg. A. 10, 622.—
    II.
    Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

    vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

    Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

    Veg. 1, 25, 2:

    asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

    App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

    morbus,

    the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

    in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

    ignis,

    quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

    res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

    nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

    virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

    id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

    tituli,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

    labores,

    id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

    fama,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

    spes,

    vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

    preces,

    ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

    pars voti,

    id. Ib. 88.—
    2.
    Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

    quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

    legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

    Juv. 9, 88:

    caduca occupare,

    Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—
    b.
    Transf., of other things:

    nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

    Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

    Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

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  • 5 caducus

    cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].
    I.
    That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

    glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

    Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

    spica,

    that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

    aqua,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

    aquae,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

    frondes,

    Verg. G. 1, 368:

    frons,

    Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

    folia,

    id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

    lacrimae,

    id. M. 6, 396:

    poma,

    Prop. 2, 32, 40:

    oliva,

    Col. 12, 52, 22:

    fulmen,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

    te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

    ligna,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

    tela,

    Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

    moro coma nigrior caduco,

    Mart. 8, 64, 7.—
    B.
    Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—
    2.
    Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

    bello caduci Dardanidae,

    Verg. A. 6, 481.—
    3.
    In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

    juvenis,

    Verg. A. 10, 622.—
    II.
    Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

    vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

    Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

    Veg. 1, 25, 2:

    asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

    App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

    morbus,

    the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

    in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

    ignis,

    quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

    res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

    nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

    virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

    id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

    tituli,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

    tempus,

    id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

    labores,

    id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

    fama,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

    spes,

    vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

    preces,

    ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

    pars voti,

    id. Ib. 88.—
    2.
    Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

    quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

    legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

    Juv. 9, 88:

    caduca occupare,

    Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—
    b.
    Transf., of other things:

    nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

    Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

    Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

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  • 6 praeceps

    praeceps, cĭpĭtis (old form praecĭ-pes, cĭpis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8; id. et Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 391 Vahl.; abl. praecipiti), adj. [prae-caput].
    I.
    Lit., headforemost, headlong (class.):

    praecipitem trahi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    aliquem praecipitem deicere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

    praeceps ad terram datus,

    dashed to the ground, Liv. 31, 37:

    praeceps curru ab alto Desilit,

    Ov. M. 12, 128:

    hic se praecipitem tecto dedit,

    threw himself headlong from the roof, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41:

    aliquem in praeceps jacere,

    headlong, Tac. A. 4, 22; so,

    jacto in praeceps corpore,

    id. ib. 6, 49; cf.:

    in praeceps deferri,

    Liv. 5, 47.—For in praeceps, in late Lat., per praeceps occurs:

    abiit grex per praeceps in mare,

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 32; id. Judic. 5, 22.—Hence, of one going rapidly, headforemost, headlong:

    de ponte Ire praecipitem in lutum per caputque pedesque,

    Cat. 17, 9:

    se jacere praecipitem e vertice,

    id. 63, 244; Verg. A. 5, 860:

    ab equo praeceps decidit,

    Ov. Ib. 259:

    (apes) praecipites Cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    aliquem praecipitem agere,

    to drive headlong, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60; Verg. A. 5, 456:

    praecipites se fugae mandabant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    Monoeten In mare praecipitem deturbat,

    Verg. A. 5, 175; cf.:

    praeceps amensque cucurri,

    Ov. M. 7, 844:

    praeceps Fertur,

    is borne headlong, rushes, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:

    nuntii,

    Tac. H. 2, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. things.
    1.
    Of localities, qs. that descend suddenly in front, i. e. downhill, steep, precipitous:

    in declivi ac praecipiti loco,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    via (opp. plana),

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

    saxa,

    Liv. 38, 23:

    fossae,

    Ov. M. 1, 97; Verg. A. 11, 888:

    iter,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74; cf.

    trop.: iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    loci,

    Col. 1, 2:

    mons,

    Plin. Pan. 16.—
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n., a steep place, a precipice:

    turrim in praecipiti stantem,

    Verg. A. 2, 460:

    specus vasto in praeceps hiatu,

    Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

    in praeceps pervenitur,

    Vell. 2, 3, 4:

    immane,

    Juv. 10, 107:

    altissimum,

    App. M. 4, p. 144 med. —In plur.:

    in praecipitia cursus iste deducit,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 4.—
    2.
    Sinking, declining:

    (in vitibus) praecipites palmites dicuntur, qui de hornotinis virgis enati in duro alligantur,

    Col. 5, 6, 33:

    sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum,

    Verg. G. 3, 359:

    jam praeceps in occasum sol erat,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    dies,

    id. 4, 9; cf.:

    senectus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 3. —
    3.
    In gen., swift, rapid, rushing, violent ( poet.;

    syn.: celer, velox): praeceps Anio,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 13:

    Boreas,

    Ov. M. 2, 185:

    nox,

    fleeting, transient, id. ib. 9, 485:

    procella,

    Stat. Th. 5, 419:

    oceani fragor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 404:

    letum,

    Sen. Hippol. 262:

    remedium,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    noster erus, qui scelestus sacerdotem anum praecipes Reppulit,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

    sol jam praecipitans me quoque haec praecipitem paene evolvere coëgit,

    almost headlong, precipitately, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

    chase, pursue, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

    to rush into the abyss, id. Lael. 24, 89:

    quoniam ab inimicis praeceps agor,

    am pursued, Sall. C. 31, 9:

    praeceps celeritas dicendi,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 48: profectio, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6: occumbunt multi letum... praecipe cursu, in rapid destruction, Enn. l. l.—With gen.:

    SI NON FATORVM PRAECEPS HIC MORTIS OBISSET,

    sudden as regards fate, Inscr. Grut. 695, 9, emended by Minervini in Bullet. Arch. Napol. III. 1845, p. 41 (but Minervini's assumption of a new adj., praeceps, from praecipio, anticipating fale, is unnecessary).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Rash, hasty, inconsiderate:

    homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37: praeceps et effrenata mens, id. Cael. 15, 35:

    praeceps consilium et immaturum,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    cogitatio,

    id. Calig. 48:

    audacia,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 7.—
    2.
    Inclined to any thing:

    praeceps in avaritiam et crudelitatem animus,

    Liv. 26, 38:

    praeceps ingenio in iram,

    id. 23, 7:

    animus ad flagitia praeceps,

    Tac. A. 16, 21.—
    3.
    Dangerous, hazardous, critical:

    in tam praecipiti tempore,

    Ov. F. 2, 400.—Hence,
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n.
    (α).
    Great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances:

    se et prope rem publicam in praeceps dederat,

    brought into extreme danger, Liv. 27, 27:

    levare Aegrum ex praecipiti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 292:

    aeger est in praecipiti,

    Cels. 2, 6.—
    (β).
    The highest part, summit, sublimity (postAug.):

    omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,

    at its point of culmination, Juv. 1, 149:

    debet orator erigi, attolli, efferri, ac saepe accedere ad praeceps,

    to verge on the sublime, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.—Hence, adv.: prae-ceps, headlong.
    1.
    Lit.:

    aliquem praeceps trahere,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt, similia prosilientibus stellis,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 15, 2:

    moles convulsa dum ruit intus immensam vim mortalium praeceps trahit atque operit,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    toto praeceps se corpore ad undas Misit,

    Verg. A. 4, 253.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam praeceps dabat,

    brought into danger, Tac. A. 6, 17:

    praeceps in exsilium acti,

    suddenly, hastily, Amm. 29, 1, 21.

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  • 7 praecipito

    praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit.:

    pilae in mare praecipitatae,

    Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

    truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:

    pinus,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:

    se e Leucade,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

    se a tecto,

    Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

    se de turri,

    Liv. 23, 37:

    sese in fossas,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

    threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:

    plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

    Liv. 21, 14, 1:

    se in Tiberim,

    id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;

    Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

    Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

    praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

    to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:

    cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

    threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:

    lux Praecipitatur aquis,

    sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:

    hac te praecipitato,

    run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

    vitem,

    Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

    partem (vitis),

    Col. 4, 20, 4:

    palmitem,

    id. 5, 6, 33.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

    in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

    Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:

    semet ipse praecipitare,

    to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:

    se in exitium,

    Cels. 3, 21:

    se in insidias,

    Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):

    furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

    carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:

    spem festinando praecipitare,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

    in senectam praecipitare,

    to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:

    quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

    Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
    2.
    To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quae Praecipitent obitum,

    hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

    vindemiam,

    Col. 3, 21, 10:

    consulta viri,

    Sil. 3, 166:

    ne praecipitetur editio,

    Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

    consilia raptim praecipitata,

    precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

    moras,

    i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:

    Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

    Val. Fl. 2, 390:

    cursum,

    Juv. 15, 78.—
    3.
    With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

    dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

    Verg. A. 11, 3:

    si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

    Stat. Th. 1, 679. —
    II.
    Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

    de montibus altis ad terram,

    Lucr. 4, 1021:

    ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:

    Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

    id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:

    in amni praecipitante,

    id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

    nimbi In vada praecipitant,

    Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:

    in fossam,

    Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;

    39, 2, 3: in insidias,

    id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:

    non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

    Verg. A. 4, 565:

    sol praecipitans,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

    is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:

    hiems jam praecipitaverat,

    had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

    qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

    praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,

    praecipitantem impellamus,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

    he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

    praecipitante re publicā,

    id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:

    cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

    Liv. 27, 40:

    ad exitium praecipitans,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—
    2.
    To be too hasty:

    cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:

    agens mannos ad villam,

    Lucr. 3, 1063.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praecipito

  • 8 proclivis

    prōclīvis, e (ante- and post-class. and poet.; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [proclivus], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7:

    per proclivem viam duci,

    Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

    facile descenditur,

    Sen. Apoc. 13.— Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a slope, descent, declivity:

    pelli per proclive,

    downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2:

    adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

    Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio):

    in proclive detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare,

    Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, going downwards or downhill ( poet.), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Downwards, descending, downhill, declining (rare but class.):

    proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    jam proclivi senectute,

    declining, drawing to a close, App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.:

    Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

    proclivi currit oratio,

    flows precipitately, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—
    B.
    Inclined or disposed to a thing, liable, prone, subject; ready, willing (freq. and class.; mostly in a bad sense; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. proclivitas; syn. propensus); constr. usually ad aliquid, more rarely with dat. or circa.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

    ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

    ergo et invidi et malevoli...quia proclives ad eas perturbationes,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

    amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

    id. Lael. 18, 66.—
    (β).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    sceleri proclivis egestas,

    Sil. 13, 585.—
    (γ).
    With circa (post-Aug.):

    eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

    Quint. 4, 5, 21.—
    C.
    Steep, unsafe, untrustworthy; and hence, obscure, unintelligible:

    fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

    you make it plain, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28:

    faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

    nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

    id. As. 3, 3, 73.—
    2.
    Transf., easy to be done:

    proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

    Cic. Top. 18, 69:

    illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

    id. Part. 27, 95:

    ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

    id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

    proclivus impetus,

    Lucr. 6, 728:

    cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

    Gell. 9, 1, 2:

    dictu quidem est proclive,

    easy to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

    quod est multo proclivius,

    much easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, easy:

    tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi, quam imber est, quando pluit,

    as easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

    id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

    alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

    will be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. planum.—Hence, adv., in two forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).
    A.
    Downwards:

    proclive labuntur,

    rush downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. sublime ferri, under sublimis.— Comp.:

    labi verba proclivius,

    i. e. more rapidly, Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.:

    quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

    Lucr. 3, 311.—
    B.
    Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

    multo proclivius,

    Lucr. 2, 792.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proclivis

  • 9 proclivum

    prōclīvis, e (ante- and post-class. and poet.; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [proclivus], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.: solum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7:

    per proclivem viam duci,

    Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt;

    facile descenditur,

    Sen. Apoc. 13.— Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a slope, descent, declivity:

    pelli per proclive,

    downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2:

    adjuvante proclivo impetum militum,

    Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio):

    in proclive detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare,

    Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, going downwards or downhill ( poet.), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Downwards, descending, downhill, declining (rare but class.):

    proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    jam proclivi senectute,

    declining, drawing to a close, App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.:

    Junius mensis est jam proclivus in Julium,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 16.— Absol.:

    proclivi currit oratio,

    flows precipitately, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—
    B.
    Inclined or disposed to a thing, liable, prone, subject; ready, willing (freq. and class.; mostly in a bad sense; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. proclivitas; syn. propensus); constr. usually ad aliquid, more rarely with dat. or circa.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ingenium Hominum proclive ad lubidinem,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

    ad aliquem morbum proclivior,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

    ergo et invidi et malevoli...quia proclives ad eas perturbationes,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 28:

    amicitia debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior,

    id. Lael. 18, 66.—
    (β).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    sceleri proclivis egestas,

    Sil. 13, 585.—
    (γ).
    With circa (post-Aug.):

    eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

    Quint. 4, 5, 21.—
    C.
    Steep, unsafe, untrustworthy; and hence, obscure, unintelligible:

    fecisti modo mi ex proclivo planum,

    you make it plain, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28:

    faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā tibi,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 90:

    nam iste proclive'st quod jubes me plane conlocare,

    id. As. 3, 3, 73.—
    2.
    Transf., easy to be done:

    proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis,

    Cic. Top. 18, 69:

    illa facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

    id. Part. 27, 95:

    ut fingendi proclivis esset ratio,

    id. Rep. 2, 10, 17:

    proclivus impetus,

    Lucr. 6, 728:

    cum proclivior faciliorque jactus sit ex supernis in infima,

    Gell. 9, 1, 2:

    dictu quidem est proclive,

    easy to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

    quod est multo proclivius,

    much easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, easy:

    tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi, quam imber est, quando pluit,

    as easy, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

    id. faciam, in proclivi quod est,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 18:

    alia omnia in proclivi erunt,

    will be easy, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. planum.—Hence, adv., in two forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).
    A.
    Downwards:

    proclive labuntur,

    rush downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. sublime ferri, under sublimis.— Comp.:

    labi verba proclivius,

    i. e. more rapidly, Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.:

    quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris,

    Lucr. 3, 311.—
    B.
    Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

    multo proclivius,

    Lucr. 2, 792.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proclivum

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