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  • 1 abruptus

        abruptus adj.    [P. of abrumpo], broken off, cut off.—Of places, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: locus in pedum mille altitudinem, L.: petra, Cu.— Subst: vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctūs, into the abyss, V.—Fig.: contumacia, rugged, Ta.: per abrupta, i. e. defiantly, Ta.
    * * *
    abrupta -um, abruptior -or -us, abruptissimus -a -um ADJ
    precipitous, steep; hasty; rash; uncompromising, haughty, aloof; abrupt, sudden; broken, disconnected, abrupt; stubborn

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  • 2 abscīsus

        abscīsus adj.    [P. of abscido], cut off, severed, caput, H.—Meton., steep, precipitous: saxum, L.
    * * *
    abscisa -um, abscisior -or -us, abscisissimus -a -um ADJ
    steep, sheer, precipitous; abrupt, curt, brusque; restricted; cut off, severed

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  • 3 praeceps

        praeceps cipitis, abl. cipitī, adj.    [prae+ caput], headforemost, headlong: praecipitem (me) in pistrinum dabit, T.: ut Sopatrum praecipitem deiciant: praeceps ad terram datus, dashed to the ground, L.: Desilit, O.: se praecipitem tecto dedit, leaped headlong from the roof, H.—As subst n.: in praeceps deferri, headlong, L.— Headforemost, headlong, in haste, suddenly: ab inimicis circumventus praeceps agor, S.: ab equo praeceps decidit, O.: (apes) praecipites Cadunt, V.: praecipites fugae sese mandabant, Cs.— Downhill, steep, precipitous, abrupt, perpendicular: in declivi ac praecipiti loco, Cs.: saxa, L.: fossae, V.: iter, O.; cf. iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum.—As subst n., a steep place, precipice: turrim in praecipiti stantem, V.: immane, Iu.— Sinking, declining, falling: sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum, V.: in occasum sol, L.: senectus, Cu.— Swift, rapid, rushing, violent: Anio, H.: Boreas, O.: nox, fleeting, O.: remedium, Cu.—Fig., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate: agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium, pursue fiercely: praecipitem amicum ferri sinere, rush into the abyss: Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur, i. e. was hurried to ruinous heights of glory, Ta.— Rash, hasty, inconsiderate: quis potest esse tam praeceps?: cupiditas dominandi.— Inclined, prone, hasty: naturā ad explendam cupidinem, S.: praeceps ingenio in iram, L. — Dangerous, critical: in tam praecipiti tempore, O.—As subst n., great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances: se et prope rem p. in praeceps dederat, exposed to extreme danger, L.: levare Aegrum ex praecipiti, H.: Omne in praecipiti vitium stetit, i. e. at its extreme, Iu.
    * * *
    (gen.), praecipitis ADJ
    head first, headlong; steep, precipitous

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  • 4 praecīsus

        praecīsus adj.    [P. of praecidio], broken off, abrupt, precipitous: praecisis saxis, V.: iter, S.— Fig., of speech, abrupt.
    * * *
    praecisa, praecisum ADJ
    abrupt, precipitous; clipped, staccato

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  • 5 adrēctus (arr-)

        adrēctus (arr-) adj. with comp.    [P. of adrigo], upright, erect, standing: constitit in digitos adrectus, V.: squamae, V.: Tollit se adrectum (equus), rears, V. — Meton., steep, precipitous: pleraque Alpium adrectiora, L.—Fig., on the stretch, excited, eager: mentes Iliadum, V.: amborum acies, V.

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  • 6 circumcīsus

        circumcīsus adj.    [P. of circumcido], cut around, cut off, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: saxum: Henna ab omni aditu: collis ex omni parte, Cs.
    * * *
    circumcisa, circumcisum ADJ
    sheer on all sides, cut off; limited; short, brief, pruned of excess, abridged

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  • 7 dē-ruptus

        dē-ruptus adj.    with comp, broken, precipitous, steep: angustiae, L.: in deruptiorem tumulum, L. — Plur n. as subst, precipices, L.

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  • 8 praeceps

        praeceps adv.    [1 praeceps], headlong: vim mortalium praeceps trahit, Ta.
    * * *
    (gen.), praecipitis ADJ
    head first, headlong; steep, precipitous

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  • 9 adrectus

    adrecta -um, adrectior -or -us, adrectissimus -a -um ADJ
    erect, perpendicular, upright, standing; steep, precipitous; excited, eager

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  • 10 apscisus

    apscisa -um, apscisior -or -us, apscisissimus -a -um ADJ
    steep, sheer, precipitous; abrupt, curt, brusque; restricted; cut off, severed

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  • 11 arrectus

    arrecta -um, arrectior -or -us, arrectissimus -a -um ADJ
    erect, perpendicular, upright, standing; steep, precipitous; excited, eager

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  • 12 circumfractus

    circumfracta, circumfractum ADJ
    broken (off) around; precipitous

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  • 13 deruptus

    derupta -um, deruptior -or -us, deruptissimus -a -um ADJ
    steep, precipitous; craggy; broken

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  • 14 abrumpo

    ab-rumpo, ūpi, uptum, 3, v. a., to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever ( poet.; seldom used before the Aug. per., only once in Cic., but afterw. by Verg., Ov., and the histt. often).
    I.
    Lit.: vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric desmon aporrêxas, Il. 6, 507), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.); so, nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo, * Hor. C. 4, 7, 27; cf. Verg. A. 9, 118:

    abrupti nubibus ignes,

    torn from, Lucr. 2, 214; cf.

    with the fig. reversed, in Verg.: ingeminant abruptis nubibus ignes, A. 3, 199: abrupto sidere,

    i. e. hidden by clouds, id. ib. 12, 451:

    plebs velut abrupta a cetero populo,

    broken off, torn from, Liv. 3, 19, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    (legio Martia) se prima latrocinio Antonii abrupit,

    first freed itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

    abrumpere vitam,

    to break the thread of life, Verg. A. 8, 579; 9, 497;

    so later, abrumpere fata,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 893, or, medios annos, Luc. 6, 610:

    abrumpere vitam a civitate,

    to leave it, in order to live elsewhere, Tac. A. 16, 28 fin.:

    fas,

    to destroy, violate, Verg. A. 3, 55:

    medium sermonem,

    to break off, interrupt, id. ib. 4, 388; cf.

    abruptus: omnibus inter victoriam mortemve abruptis,

    since all means of escape, except victory or death, were taken from us, Liv. 21, 44, 8.—Hence, ab-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken off from, separated, esp. of places, inaccessible, or difficult of access.
    A.
    Lit., of places, precipitous, steep (syn.:

    praeceps, abscissus): locus in pedum mille altitudinem abruptus,

    Liv. 21, 36:

    (Roma) munita abruptis montibus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Tac. A. 2, 23:

    petra undique abscissa et abrupta,

    Curt. 7, 11.—Also absol.: abruptum, i, n., a steep ascent or descent; cf. praeceps:

    vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus,

    she swallows down her gulf, Verg. A. 3, 422.—
    B.
    Trop., broken, disconnected, abrupt:

    Sallustiana brevitas et abruptum sermonis genus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 45:

    contumacia,

    stubborn, Tac. A. 4, 20.— Comp., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1.— Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5.— Absol.:

    per abrupta,

    by rough, dangerous ways, Tac. Agr. 42 fin. (cf. supra: abrupta contumacia).— Adv.: abruptē.
    1.
    Lit., in broken manner, here and there:

    palantes flammarum ardores,

    Amm. 17, 7, 8.—
    2.
    Trop., of conduct, hastily, inconsiderately, Just. 2, 15, 4;

    of discourse,

    abruptly, Quint. 3, 8, 6; 4, 1, 79;

    also,

    simply, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19.— Comp., Amm. 20, 11.

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  • 15 abruptum

    ab-rumpo, ūpi, uptum, 3, v. a., to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever ( poet.; seldom used before the Aug. per., only once in Cic., but afterw. by Verg., Ov., and the histt. often).
    I.
    Lit.: vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric desmon aporrêxas, Il. 6, 507), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.); so, nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo, * Hor. C. 4, 7, 27; cf. Verg. A. 9, 118:

    abrupti nubibus ignes,

    torn from, Lucr. 2, 214; cf.

    with the fig. reversed, in Verg.: ingeminant abruptis nubibus ignes, A. 3, 199: abrupto sidere,

    i. e. hidden by clouds, id. ib. 12, 451:

    plebs velut abrupta a cetero populo,

    broken off, torn from, Liv. 3, 19, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    (legio Martia) se prima latrocinio Antonii abrupit,

    first freed itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 12:

    abrumpere vitam,

    to break the thread of life, Verg. A. 8, 579; 9, 497;

    so later, abrumpere fata,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 893, or, medios annos, Luc. 6, 610:

    abrumpere vitam a civitate,

    to leave it, in order to live elsewhere, Tac. A. 16, 28 fin.:

    fas,

    to destroy, violate, Verg. A. 3, 55:

    medium sermonem,

    to break off, interrupt, id. ib. 4, 388; cf.

    abruptus: omnibus inter victoriam mortemve abruptis,

    since all means of escape, except victory or death, were taken from us, Liv. 21, 44, 8.—Hence, ab-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken off from, separated, esp. of places, inaccessible, or difficult of access.
    A.
    Lit., of places, precipitous, steep (syn.:

    praeceps, abscissus): locus in pedum mille altitudinem abruptus,

    Liv. 21, 36:

    (Roma) munita abruptis montibus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Tac. A. 2, 23:

    petra undique abscissa et abrupta,

    Curt. 7, 11.—Also absol.: abruptum, i, n., a steep ascent or descent; cf. praeceps:

    vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus,

    she swallows down her gulf, Verg. A. 3, 422.—
    B.
    Trop., broken, disconnected, abrupt:

    Sallustiana brevitas et abruptum sermonis genus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 45:

    contumacia,

    stubborn, Tac. A. 4, 20.— Comp., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1.— Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5.— Absol.:

    per abrupta,

    by rough, dangerous ways, Tac. Agr. 42 fin. (cf. supra: abrupta contumacia).— Adv.: abruptē.
    1.
    Lit., in broken manner, here and there:

    palantes flammarum ardores,

    Amm. 17, 7, 8.—
    2.
    Trop., of conduct, hastily, inconsiderately, Just. 2, 15, 4;

    of discourse,

    abruptly, Quint. 3, 8, 6; 4, 1, 79;

    also,

    simply, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19.— Comp., Amm. 20, 11.

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  • 16 abscido

    abs-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off with a sharp instrument (diff. from ab-scindo, to break or tear off as with the hand); the former corresponds to praecidere, the latter to avellere, v. Liv. 31, 34, 4 Drak.
    I.
    Lit.:

    caput,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 4, 19; Verg. A. 12, 511 al.; so,

    membra,

    Lucr. 3, 642:

    bracchium,

    Liv. 4, 28, 8:

    collum,

    Sil. 15, 473:

    dextram,

    Suet. Caes. 68:

    linguam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 7; Suet. Calig. 27 al.:

    comas alicui,

    Luc. 6, 568:

    truncos arborum et ramos,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, deprive of; to detract:

    spem (alicui),

    Liv. 4, 10, 4; 24, 30, 12; 35, 45, 6:

    orationem alicui,

    id. 45, 37, 9:

    omnium rerum respectum sibi,

    id. 9, 23, 12:

    omnia praesidia,

    Tac. H. 3, 78:

    vocem,

    Vell. 2, 66; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 85.— Absol.:

    quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, quia abscideram,

    had broken off, Cic. Att. 2, 7.—Hence, abscīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off.
    A.
    Of places, steep, precipitous (cf. abruptus):

    saxum undique abscisum,

    Liv. 32, 4, 5; so id. 32, 25, 36:

    rupes,

    id. 32, 5, 12.—
    B.
    Of speech, abrupt, concise, short:

    in voce aut omnino suppressā, aut etiam abscisā,

    Quint. 8, 3, 85; 9, 4, 118 Halm (al. abscissa):

    asperum et abscisum castigationis genus,

    Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

    responsum,

    id. 3, 8, 3:

    sententia,

    id. 6, 3, 10; cf. in comp.:

    praefractior atque abscisior justitia,

    id. 6, 5, ext. 4.— Sup. prob. not used.— Adv.: abscīsē, cut off; hence, of speech, concisely, shortly, distinctly, Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6; Dig. 50, 6, 5, § 2.

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  • 17 adrigo

    ar-rĭgo ( adr-, Dietsch, Halm; arr-, Fleck., Rib., Weissenb.), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to set up, raise, erect (not used by Cic., but for it he employs erigere).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leo comas arrexit,

    Verg. A. 10, 726; so id. ib. 4, 280:

    aurīs,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 6; so Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Ov. M. 15, 516; Verg. A. 2, 303 (translatio a pecudibus, Don. ad Ter. l. c.; cf.

    opp. demittere aures,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 35):

    linguam,

    Mart. 11, 62, 10:

    tollit se arrectum quadrupes,

    Verg. A. 10, 892; so id. ib. 5, 426; 2, 206 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop., to encourage, animate, rouse, excite:

    eos non paulum oratione suā Marius adrexerat,

    Sall. J. 84, 4:

    cum spes arrectae juvenum,

    when hope was aroused, Verg. G. 3, 105:

    arrectae stimulis haud mollibus irae,

    id. A. 11, 452: Etruria atque omnes reliquiae belli adrectae, are in commotion, are roused, Sall. H. 1, 19, p. 220 Gerl.:

    adrectā omni civitate,

    excited with wonder, Tac. A. 3, 11.—Esp. freq. arrigere aliquem or animos, to incite, rouse the mind or courage to something, to direct to something (sometimes with ad aliquam rem):

    vetus certamen animos adrexit,

    Sall. C. 39, 3 Kritz:

    sic animis eorum adrectis,

    id. J. 68, 4; 86, 1 al.; Liv. 45, 30:

    arrexere animos Itali,

    Verg. A. 12, 251:

    his animum arrecti dictis,

    id. ib. 1, 579:

    arrecti ad bellandum animi sunt,

    Liv. 8, 37 (cf. erigo).—Hence, arrectus ( adr-), a, um, P. a., set upright; hence, steep, precipitous (rare):

    pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

    Liv. 21, 35 fin.: saxa arrectiora, Sol. c. 14.

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  • 18 arrigo

    ar-rĭgo ( adr-, Dietsch, Halm; arr-, Fleck., Rib., Weissenb.), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to set up, raise, erect (not used by Cic., but for it he employs erigere).
    I.
    Lit.:

    leo comas arrexit,

    Verg. A. 10, 726; so id. ib. 4, 280:

    aurīs,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 6; so Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Ov. M. 15, 516; Verg. A. 2, 303 (translatio a pecudibus, Don. ad Ter. l. c.; cf.

    opp. demittere aures,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 35):

    linguam,

    Mart. 11, 62, 10:

    tollit se arrectum quadrupes,

    Verg. A. 10, 892; so id. ib. 5, 426; 2, 206 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop., to encourage, animate, rouse, excite:

    eos non paulum oratione suā Marius adrexerat,

    Sall. J. 84, 4:

    cum spes arrectae juvenum,

    when hope was aroused, Verg. G. 3, 105:

    arrectae stimulis haud mollibus irae,

    id. A. 11, 452: Etruria atque omnes reliquiae belli adrectae, are in commotion, are roused, Sall. H. 1, 19, p. 220 Gerl.:

    adrectā omni civitate,

    excited with wonder, Tac. A. 3, 11.—Esp. freq. arrigere aliquem or animos, to incite, rouse the mind or courage to something, to direct to something (sometimes with ad aliquam rem):

    vetus certamen animos adrexit,

    Sall. C. 39, 3 Kritz:

    sic animis eorum adrectis,

    id. J. 68, 4; 86, 1 al.; Liv. 45, 30:

    arrexere animos Itali,

    Verg. A. 12, 251:

    his animum arrecti dictis,

    id. ib. 1, 579:

    arrecti ad bellandum animi sunt,

    Liv. 8, 37 (cf. erigo).—Hence, arrectus ( adr-), a, um, P. a., set upright; hence, steep, precipitous (rare):

    pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

    Liv. 21, 35 fin.: saxa arrectiora, Sol. c. 14.

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  • 19 circumcido

    circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture;

    syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

    gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,

    Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36:

    latera scrobis,

    id. 5, 9, 9:

    arbores ad medullam,

    Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191:

    aciem,

    Lucr. 3, 412:

    caespitem gladiis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

    ungues,

    Cels. 7, 26, 2:

    volnus,

    Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61:

    genitalia (Judaeorum),

    to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init. —
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose;

    syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138;

    so with amputo,

    id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

    sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,

    Liv. 32, 27, 4; so,

    impensam funeri,

    Phaedr. 4, 19, 25:

    circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

    Cels. 4, 25:

    circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,

    to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove:

    circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

    circumcidat, si quid redundabit,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.:

    (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,

    id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104:

    ineptas quaestiones,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,
    A.
    Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible:

    saxum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

    Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    collis ex omni parte circumcisus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —
    B.
    Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.):

    quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse:

    circumcisae orationes et breves,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf.

    supra,

    Quint. 8, 5, 27. — Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly:

    rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,

    Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.

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  • 20 circumfractus

    circum-fractus, a, um, Part. [frango], broken off around: turbo, broken around (sc. scopulos), Amm. 22, 8, 15:

    colles,

    precipitous, id. 29, 4, 5.

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  • precipitous — adjective Etymology: French précipiteux, from Middle French, from Latin precipitium precipice Date: 1646 1. precipitate 2 2. a. very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall < a precipitous slope > b. having precipitous sides < a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • precipitous — adjective a) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today. b) Headlong; as, precipitous fall …   Wiktionary

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