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1 imprimo
imprĭmo ( inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [in-premo], to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).I.Lit.:B.si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,
Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:locus ubi vestigium impresserit,
id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,
id. Div. 1, 13, 23:ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,
Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):os cucurbitulae corpori,
Cels. 2, 11:signa tabellis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:impressit dente labris notam,
id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:dentes alicui,
Luc. 9, 806:muris aratrum,
Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:stigmata captivorum frontibus,
Petr. 105:(Dido) os impressa toro,
Verg. A. 4, 659:impressa orbita,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:sulcus altius impressus,
id. Div. 2, 23, 50:monimenta impressa saxis,
Tac. A. 11, 14:puteum,
i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,
Petr. 80:dentem,
Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:morsum,
i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:vulnus,
i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:basia,
Mart. 10, 42, 5:staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,
pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:impressoque genu nitens,
Verg. A. 12, 303:humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,
Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,
Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:II.hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,
Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,
i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?
Pers. 1, 37:transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,
pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:B.quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,
Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:visa in animis,
id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,
id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,
id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,
id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,
id. Part. Or. 7, 26:menti impressa,
id. ib. 2, 11, 34:quaedam vestigia animo,
Quint. 11, 2, 4:memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,
Cic. Mil. 27, 73:impressa animo rudi memoria,
Quint. 1, 1, 36:quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis... impressa vestigia,
id. Balb. 5, 13.—Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:1.horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas... impressit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).Lit.:2.dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —Trop.:alte et impresse recogitare,
Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:ut impressius dixerim,
id. Car. Christ. 12. -
2 inprimo
imprĭmo ( inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [in-premo], to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).I.Lit.:B.si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,
Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:locus ubi vestigium impresserit,
id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,
id. Div. 1, 13, 23:ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,
Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):os cucurbitulae corpori,
Cels. 2, 11:signa tabellis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:impressit dente labris notam,
id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:dentes alicui,
Luc. 9, 806:muris aratrum,
Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:stigmata captivorum frontibus,
Petr. 105:(Dido) os impressa toro,
Verg. A. 4, 659:impressa orbita,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:sulcus altius impressus,
id. Div. 2, 23, 50:monimenta impressa saxis,
Tac. A. 11, 14:puteum,
i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,
Petr. 80:dentem,
Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:morsum,
i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:vulnus,
i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:basia,
Mart. 10, 42, 5:staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,
pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:impressoque genu nitens,
Verg. A. 12, 303:humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,
Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,
Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:II.hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,
Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,
i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?
Pers. 1, 37:transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,
pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:B.quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,
Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:visa in animis,
id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,
id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,
id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,
id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,
id. Part. Or. 7, 26:menti impressa,
id. ib. 2, 11, 34:quaedam vestigia animo,
Quint. 11, 2, 4:memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,
Cic. Mil. 27, 73:impressa animo rudi memoria,
Quint. 1, 1, 36:quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis... impressa vestigia,
id. Balb. 5, 13.—Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:1.horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas... impressit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).Lit.:2.dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —Trop.:alte et impresse recogitare,
Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:ut impressius dixerim,
id. Car. Christ. 12. -
3 ingero
in-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a. ( imper. inger for ingere, Cat. 27, 2), to carry, pour, throw, or put into, in, or upon a place.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.aquam ingere,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24:ligna foco,
Tib. 2, 1, 22:quicquid vini oleique erat, oribus ingerebatur,
Curt. 7, 5, 7:e puteis aquam in salinas,
Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81.—Esp.1.Ingerere se, to betake one ' s self or rush to any place:2.ubi confertissimos hostes pugnare conspexisset, eo se semper ingerebat,
Just. 11, 14, 5:se morti obviam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1032; cf.: se oculis, to offer one ' s self to, Just. 18, 7, 9:sese periclis,
Sil. 10, 5.—To inflict upon, execute, apply:3.supplicia,
Sen. Med. 461:pugnos alicui in ventrem,
to deal blows, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 95: verbera, Curt. 6, 11, 8:manus capiti,
Sen. Ep. 99 med. —Of weapons, to press upon, thrust into:4.ensem viris,
Val. Fl. 6, 230:hastas in tergum fugientibus,
Verg. A. 9, 763:saxa in subeuntes,
Liv. 2, 65, 4:sagittas et jacula,
id. 36, 18, 5:missilia in propugnantes,
Curt. 4, 3, 15; 4, 4, 13.—To bring, give, or present to one:5.saginandis anseribus polentae duas partes, et furfuris quatuor ingerunt,
Pall. 1, 30:mihi nova pocula,
Nemes. Cyneg. 5.— Absol.:aqua frigida ingesta sistitur sanguis,
administered internally, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40.—To bring, throw, heap, or put upon a person or thing:II.ut Cassandreus, saucius ingestā contumuleris humo,
Ov. Ib. 460:vasta giganteis ingesta est insula membris,
id. M. 5, 346:adeps pastillis ingestus,
Plin. 30, 13, 38, § 112:stercus vitibus,
Col. 2, 16, 8:summis ingestum montibus Aepy,
Stat. Th. 4, 180:facies ingesta sopori,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 81:ingesta vincula unguibus,
id. B. Gild. 365:supplicia,
Sen. Med. 461. —Trop.A.In gen., of language.1.To pour forth, to pour out against:2.convicia alicui,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 12:contumelias,
Tac. A. 1, 39:vocis verborumque quantum voletis,
Liv. 3, 68, 4. —To mention, repeat, keep saying:B.auctorem suum ingerit et inculcat,
Sen. Ben. 1, 12:ingerebat lentissima voce, Carpe, Carpe,
Petr. 36; Sen. Ben. 7, 22, 2:omnia mala ingerebat,
Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 17:voces quae plerumque verae et graves coram ingerebantur,
Tac. A. 4, 42:a tribunis eadem ingerebantur,
id. H. 4, 78.—In partic.1.To obtrude, press, or force upon one:2.ne recusanti quidem amicitiam suam ingerere destitit,
Suet. Vit. Hor. p. 297 Roth:nomina liberis,
Tac. Or. 7; cf. id. A. 1, 72:filium filiamque orbis senibus,
Petr. 140:omnia imperia recusanti,
Just. 6, 8:ingerebat iste Artemidorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:his se ingerit (Fortuna),
presses her favors, Juv. 6, 609:veritatis tanta vis est ut nemo... qui non videat ingerentem se oculis divinam claritatem,
Lact. 1, 5, 2:nomen patris patriae a populo saepius ingestum repudiavit,
pressed upon him, Tac. A. 1, 72.—To heap up:scelus sceleri,
Sen. Thyest. 731. -
4 premo
I.Lit.:B.pede pedem alicui premere,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,
Verg. A. 7, 518:veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,
id. ib. 2, 379:novercae Monstra manu premens,
id. ib. 8, 288:pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,
i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,
press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:premere terga genu alicujus,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:ubera plena,
i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:vestigia alicujus,
to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,
Juv. 1, 43:dente frena,
to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:ore aliquid,
to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:aliquid morsu,
Lucr. 3, 663:presso molari,
with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:pressum lac,
i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:Hister Peucen premerat Antro,
forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:uxorem,
Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:feminas premunt galli,
Mart. 3, 57, 17.—Transf.1.Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:2.premere litora,
Ov. M. 14, 416:litus,
to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:aëra,
i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:3.premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:capulum,
id. 2, 615.—Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:4.toros,
Ov. H. 12, 30:sedilia,
id. M. 5, 317:hoc quod premis habeto,
id. ib. 5, 135:et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,
id. ib. 2, 421:humum,
to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:frondes tuo premis ore caducas,
id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):5.aliquid terrā,
to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:nonumque prematur in annum,
kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:ossa male pressa,
i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:ut premerer sacrā lauro,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:molli Fronde crinem,
Verg. A. 4, 147:canitiem galeā,
id. ib. 9, 612:mitrā capillos,
Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):6.quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,
they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:os fingit premendo,
id. A. 6, 80:caseos,
id. E. 1, 35:mollem terram,
Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:7.hostes de loco superiore,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,
id. B. C. 3, 46:hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,
Verg. A. 1, 467:Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,
Nep. Hann. 11, 5:hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,
Verg. A. 8, 473:obsidione urbem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:ad retia cervum,
Verg. G. 3, 413:spumantis apri cursum clamore,
id. A. 1, 324:bestias venatione,
Isid. 10, 282.—To press down, burden, load, freight:8.nescia quem premeret,
on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:tergum equi,
id. ib. 8, 34;14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,
Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):pressae carinae,
Verg. G. 1, 303:pressus membra mero,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,
Caes. B. G. 4, 24:auro phaleras,
to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—To press into, force in, press upon:b.(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,
Ov. F. 1, 355:presso sub vomere,
Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:presso aratro,
Tib. 4, 1, 161:alte ensem in corpore,
Stat. Th. 11, 542:et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,
Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:et cubito remanete presso,
leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —To make with any thing ( poet.):9.aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:b.nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,
Ov. M. 2, 135:humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,
id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,
sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —In partic.(α). (β).To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:(γ). 10.vestigio leviter presso,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,
id. Sest. 5, 13:sulcum premere,
to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),
Front. Strat. 1, 5:fossa pressa,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:cavernae in altitudinem pressae,
Curt. 5, 1, 28.—To press closely, compress, press together, close:b.oculos,
Verg. A. 9, 487:alicui fauces,
Ov. M. 12, 509:laqueo collum,
to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,
Ov. M. 9, 78:presso gutture,
compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,
i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,
choked, id. 14, 221:amplexu presso,
united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:oscula jungere pressa,
to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,pressa basia,
Mart. 6, 34, 1:presso gradu incedere,
in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:pede presso,
id. 8, 8.—In partic.(α).To shorten, tighten, draw in:(β).pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—To keep short, prune:(γ).Calenā falce vitem,
Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:luxuriem falce,
Ov. M. 14, 628:falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),
Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:molle salictum,
Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—To check, arrest, stop:11.premere sanguinem,
Tac. A. 15, 64:vestigia pressit,
Verg. A. 6, 197:attoniti pressere gradum,
Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—To press out, bring out by pressure:12.tenerā sucos pressere medullā,
Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—II.Trop.A.To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):B.ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,
id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:aerumnae, quae me premunt,
Sall. J. 14, 22:pressus gravitate soporis,
bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13:invidia et odio populi premi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:premi periculis,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:cum a me premeretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:aliquem verbo,
id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:criminibus veris premere aliquem,
Ov. M. 14, 401:cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,
was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;mortali urgemur ab hoste,
Verg. A. 10, 375:premere reum voce, vultu,
Tac. A. 3, 67:crimen,
to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:confessionem,
to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:argumentum etiam atque etiam,
to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,
Verg. A. 3, 47:maerore pressa,
Sen. Oct. 103:veritate pressus negare non potuit,
overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—Transf.1.To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):2.dum nocte premuntur,
Verg. A. 6, 827:curam sub corde,
id. ib. 4, 332:odium,
Plin. Pan. 62:iram,
Tac. A. 6, 50:pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,
id. ib. 13, 16:interius omne secretum,
Sen. Ep. 3, 4:dolorem silentio,
Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:aliquid ore,
Verg. A. 7, 103:jam te premet nox,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:b.premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,
Liv. 22, 12:arma Latini,
Verg. A. 11, 402:opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:famam alicujus,
Tac. A. 15, 49:premere ac despicere,
Quint. 11, 1, 16:premere tumentia, humilia extollere,
id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—To surpass, exceed:c.facta premant annos,
Ov. M. 7, 449:ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,
id. P. 3, 1, 116:quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,
Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—To rule ( poet.):3.dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:4.quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,
Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:premebat reum crimen,
id. 3, 13, 1.—To compress, abridge, condense:5.haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—To check, arrest, repress, restrain:6.cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,
Cic. Brut. 97, 332:sub imo Corde gemitum,
Verg. A. 10, 464:vocem,
to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:sermones vulgi,
to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:I. A.(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.Lit.:B.presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,
Liv. 8, 8, 9:presso gradu,
id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
Ov. M. 3, 17.—Trop.1.Of the voice or manner, subdued:2.haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:II.color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—Esp., of an orator or of speech.A.Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):B.fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,
Quint. 10, 2, 16:cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,
id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,
Quint. 10, 1, 102:pressus et demissus stilus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—Close, exact, accurate:B.Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,
Gell. 2, 6, 5:quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,
stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:cogitationes pressiores,
id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—Closely, tightly.1.Lit.:2.vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—Trop.a.Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:b.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:(β).definire presse et anguste,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:abundanter dicere, an presse,
Quint. 8, 3, 40:pressius et astrictius scripsi,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—Without ornament, simply:(γ).unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,
Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:definiunt pressius,
id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,
Gell. 1, 3, 21. -
5 caecidi
caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].I.Lit.A.In gen.1.To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):b.frondem querneam caedito,
Cato, R. R. 5, 8:arbores,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:robur,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:lignum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:nemus,
Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;14, 535: harundinem,
Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:arboris auctum,
Lucr. 6, 167:comam vitis,
Tib. 1, 7, 34:faenum,
Col. 2, 18, 1:murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,
Liv. 21, 11, 9:caesis montis fodisse medullis,
Cat. 68, 111; so,caedi montis in marmora,
Plin. 12, prooem. §2: lapis caedendus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:silicem,
id. Div. 2, 41, 85:marmor,
Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:toga rotunda et apte caesa,
cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—Prov.:c.ut vineta egomet caedam mea,
i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—2.In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:b.ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,
strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:caedere januam saxis,
Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:silicem rostro,
Liv. 41, 13, 1:vasa dolabris,
Curt. 5, 6, 5:femur, pectus, frontem,
Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:verberibus,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:pugnis,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:aliquem ex occulto,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,
they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:virgis ad necem caedi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:populum saxis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 128:ferulā aliquem,
id. ib. 1, 3, 120:flagris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:aliquem loris,
Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:nudatos virgis,
Liv. 2, 5, 8:hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,
id. 35, 5, 10:servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,
id. 2, 36, 1.—Prov.:c. B.stimulos pugnis caedere,
to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—Pregn.1.(Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:b.ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,
Cic. Mil. 5, 14:P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,
id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:caeso Argo,
Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,
Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):c.exercitus caesus fususque,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,
Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,
id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:Indos,
Curt. 9, 5, 19:passim obvios,
id. 5, 6, 6:praesidium,
id. 4, 5, 17:propugnatores reipublicae,
Quint. 12, 10, 24:caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,
Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:consulem exercitumque caesum,
id. 22, 56, 2:legio-nes nostras cecidere,
id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,
Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),
Cat. 64, 359.—To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:d.caedit greges armentorum,
Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:boves,
Ov. M. 15, 141:deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,
Cic. Clu. 68, 194:caesis victimis,
id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—2.In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:II.jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:oratio caesa,
i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10. -
6 caedo
caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].I.Lit.A.In gen.1.To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):b.frondem querneam caedito,
Cato, R. R. 5, 8:arbores,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:robur,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:lignum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:nemus,
Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;14, 535: harundinem,
Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:arboris auctum,
Lucr. 6, 167:comam vitis,
Tib. 1, 7, 34:faenum,
Col. 2, 18, 1:murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,
Liv. 21, 11, 9:caesis montis fodisse medullis,
Cat. 68, 111; so,caedi montis in marmora,
Plin. 12, prooem. §2: lapis caedendus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:silicem,
id. Div. 2, 41, 85:marmor,
Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:toga rotunda et apte caesa,
cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—Prov.:c.ut vineta egomet caedam mea,
i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—2.In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:b.ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,
strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:caedere januam saxis,
Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:silicem rostro,
Liv. 41, 13, 1:vasa dolabris,
Curt. 5, 6, 5:femur, pectus, frontem,
Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:verberibus,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:pugnis,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:aliquem ex occulto,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,
they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:virgis ad necem caedi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:populum saxis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 128:ferulā aliquem,
id. ib. 1, 3, 120:flagris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:aliquem loris,
Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:nudatos virgis,
Liv. 2, 5, 8:hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,
id. 35, 5, 10:servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,
id. 2, 36, 1.—Prov.:c. B.stimulos pugnis caedere,
to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—Pregn.1.(Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:b.ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,
Cic. Mil. 5, 14:P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,
id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:caeso Argo,
Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,
Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):c.exercitus caesus fususque,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,
Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,
id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:Indos,
Curt. 9, 5, 19:passim obvios,
id. 5, 6, 6:praesidium,
id. 4, 5, 17:propugnatores reipublicae,
Quint. 12, 10, 24:caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,
Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:consulem exercitumque caesum,
id. 22, 56, 2:legio-nes nostras cecidere,
id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,
Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),
Cat. 64, 359.—To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:d.caedit greges armentorum,
Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:boves,
Ov. M. 15, 141:deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,
Cic. Clu. 68, 194:caesis victimis,
id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—2.In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:II.jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:oratio caesa,
i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10. -
7 nitor
1.nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.I.Lit.(α).With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:(β).stirpibus suis niti,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,
id. Sen. 15, 51:hastili nixus,
id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:mulierculā nixus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:juvenis, qui nititur hastā,
Verg. A. 6, 760:paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,
id. ib. 4, 252:nixus baculo,
Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—With in and acc.:(γ).nixus in hastam,
Verg. A. 12, 398.—With de:(δ).de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,
Ov. H. 21, 100.—With gen. of place:(ε).humi nitens,
Verg. A. 2, 380.—Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:B.niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—Transf.1.To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):2.quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:nituntur gradibus,
Verg. A. 2, 442:in altas rupes,
Luc. 4, 37:ad sidera,
Verg. G. 2, 427:in aëra,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:in adversum,
id. M. 2, 72:sursum nitier,
Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):3.nitor,
I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—II.Trop.A.To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:2.moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,
Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:nisurus contra regem,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:pro aliquo,
Liv. 35, 10; cf.:pro libertate summā ope niti,
Sall. J. 31, 17:nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,
Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,
Sall. J. 25, 9:patriam recuperare niti,
Nep. Pelop. 2:ingenio nitor non periisse meo,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—To strive after a thing:3.ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,
Cic. Sen. 23, 82:ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:B.nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.(α).With in and abl.:(β).nixus in nomine inani,
Lucr. 5, 909:conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:ea, in quibus causa nititur,
id. Cael. 10, 25:cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,
id. Mil. 7, 19.—With abl.:(γ).spe niti,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,
id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,
id. Clu. 40, 112.—With ubi:2.quo confugies? ubi nitere?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,
Ov. M. 9, 294.nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.I.Lit.:B.nitor exoriens aurorae,
Lucr. 4, 538:diurnus,
the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:herbarum viridis,
Lucr. 5, 783:argenti et auri,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:eboris,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:materiae,
of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:speculi,
id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:gladii,
id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:nigerrimus gemmae,
id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:nitorem cutis facit sal,
id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:nitores splendoresque auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4.—Transf.1.Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:2.nitor corporis,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:urit me Glycerae nitor,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:Liparei nitor Hebri,
id. ib. 3, 12, 6:nullus totā nitor in cute,
Juv. 9, 13.—Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:3.si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
Cic. Cael. 31, 77:habitus,
Juv. 3, 180:oppidum praecipui nitoris,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:II.ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,
Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:B.adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,
Cic. Or. 32, 115:domesticus eloquii,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:nitor et cultus descriptionum,
Tac. Or. 20:translationum,
Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,
Quint. 8, 3, 3:eruditione ac nitore praestare,
id. 10, 1, 98:scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,
id. 10, 1, 124.—Of character, dignity, excellence:generis,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149. -
8 Nixi
1.nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.I.Lit.(α).With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:(β).stirpibus suis niti,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,
id. Sen. 15, 51:hastili nixus,
id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:mulierculā nixus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:juvenis, qui nititur hastā,
Verg. A. 6, 760:paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,
id. ib. 4, 252:nixus baculo,
Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—With in and acc.:(γ).nixus in hastam,
Verg. A. 12, 398.—With de:(δ).de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,
Ov. H. 21, 100.—With gen. of place:(ε).humi nitens,
Verg. A. 2, 380.—Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:B.niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—Transf.1.To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):2.quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:nituntur gradibus,
Verg. A. 2, 442:in altas rupes,
Luc. 4, 37:ad sidera,
Verg. G. 2, 427:in aëra,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:in adversum,
id. M. 2, 72:sursum nitier,
Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):3.nitor,
I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—II.Trop.A.To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:2.moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,
Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:nisurus contra regem,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:pro aliquo,
Liv. 35, 10; cf.:pro libertate summā ope niti,
Sall. J. 31, 17:nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,
Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,
Sall. J. 25, 9:patriam recuperare niti,
Nep. Pelop. 2:ingenio nitor non periisse meo,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—To strive after a thing:3.ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,
Cic. Sen. 23, 82:ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:B.nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.(α).With in and abl.:(β).nixus in nomine inani,
Lucr. 5, 909:conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:ea, in quibus causa nititur,
id. Cael. 10, 25:cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,
id. Mil. 7, 19.—With abl.:(γ).spe niti,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,
id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,
id. Clu. 40, 112.—With ubi:2.quo confugies? ubi nitere?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,
Ov. M. 9, 294.nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.I.Lit.:B.nitor exoriens aurorae,
Lucr. 4, 538:diurnus,
the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:herbarum viridis,
Lucr. 5, 783:argenti et auri,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:eboris,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:materiae,
of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:speculi,
id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:gladii,
id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:nigerrimus gemmae,
id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:nitorem cutis facit sal,
id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:nitores splendoresque auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4.—Transf.1.Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:2.nitor corporis,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:urit me Glycerae nitor,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:Liparei nitor Hebri,
id. ib. 3, 12, 6:nullus totā nitor in cute,
Juv. 9, 13.—Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:3.si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
Cic. Cael. 31, 77:habitus,
Juv. 3, 180:oppidum praecipui nitoris,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:II.ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,
Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:B.adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,
Cic. Or. 32, 115:domesticus eloquii,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:nitor et cultus descriptionum,
Tac. Or. 20:translationum,
Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,
Quint. 8, 3, 3:eruditione ac nitore praestare,
id. 10, 1, 98:scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,
id. 10, 1, 124.—Of character, dignity, excellence:generis,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149. -
9 Nixus
1.nītor, nīsus and nixus ( inf. nitier, Lucr. 1, 1059; old form of the part. perf.: gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.), 3, v. dep. n. [from gnitor; root gnic- or gnig-; cf.: nico, conivere], to bear or rest upon something.I.Lit.(α).With abl.: ambae te obsecramus genibus nixae, we implore thee upon our knees, i. e. kneeling, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 33:(β).stirpibus suis niti,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:herbescens viriditas, quae nixa fibris stirpium sensim adulescit,
id. Sen. 15, 51:hastili nixus,
id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:mulierculā nixus,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:juvenis, qui nititur hastā,
Verg. A. 6, 760:paribus nitens Cyllenius alis Constitit,
id. ib. 4, 252:nixus baculo,
Ov. P. 1, 8, 52.—With in and acc.:(γ).nixus in hastam,
Verg. A. 12, 398.—With de:(δ).de quā pariens arbore nixa dea est,
Ov. H. 21, 100.—With gen. of place:(ε).humi nitens,
Verg. A. 2, 380.—Absol.: Sisiphu' versat Saxum sudans nitendo, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:B.niti modo ac statim concidere,
to strive to rise, Sall. J. 101, 11.—Transf.1.To make one's way with an effort, to press forward, advance; and, with respect to the goal, to mount, climb, fly, etc. (mostly poet.):2.quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam simul ac primum niti possunt, aquam persequuntur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124:nituntur gradibus,
Verg. A. 2, 442:in altas rupes,
Luc. 4, 37:ad sidera,
Verg. G. 2, 427:in aëra,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 27:in adversum,
id. M. 2, 72:sursum nitier,
Lucr. 1, 1059.—Of violent bodily motion:niti corporibus et ea huc illuc, quasi vitabundi aut jacientes tela agitare,
to struggle, Sall. J. 60, 4.—To strain in giving birth, to bring forth, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107 (al. eniti):3.nitor,
I am in labor, Ov. M. 9, 302; Pseud.-Ov. Her. 21, 100.—To strain for a stool, Suet. Vesp. 20.—II.Trop.A.To strive, to exert one's self, make an effort, labor, endeavor:2.moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum, quantum potest, quisque nitatur,
Cic. Sen. 10, 33; Nep. Att. 15, 2:nisurus contra regem,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37; Sall. C. 38, 2:pro aliquo,
Liv. 35, 10; cf.:pro libertate summā ope niti,
Sall. J. 31, 17:nitebantur, ne gravius in eum consuleretur,
Sall. J. 13, 8; cf.:unus Miltiades maxime nitebatur, ut, etc.,
Nep. Milt. 4, 2. — Inf.:summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,
Sall. J. 25, 9:patriam recuperare niti,
Nep. Pelop. 2:ingenio nitor non periisse meo,
Ov. P. 3, 5, 34; id. M. 8, 694.— Absol., of soldiers hard pressed in battle:tamen virtute et patientia nitebantur atque omnia vulnera sustinebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45.—To strive after a thing:3.ad immortalitatem gloriae niti,
Cic. Sen. 23, 82:ad summa, Quint. prooem. § 20: in vetitum,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 17.—To try to prove, contend in argument, argue, with acc. and inf.:B.nitamur igitur nihil posse percipi,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—To rest, rely, depend upon a thing.(α).With in and abl.:(β).nixus in nomine inani,
Lucr. 5, 909:conjectura in quā nititur divinatio,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 55:ea, in quibus causa nititur,
id. Cael. 10, 25:cujus in vitā nitebatur salus civitatis,
id. Mil. 7, 19.—With abl.:(γ).spe niti,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 2:consilio atque auctoritate alicujus,
id. Off. 1, 34, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 2:si quis hoc uno nititur quod sit ignobilis,
id. Clu. 40, 112.—With ubi:2.quo confugies? ubi nitere?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 155.—Hence, P. a., as subst., Nixus, i, m., only plur., Nixi, ōrum, m., three guardian deities of women in labor, the statues of whom, representing them in a kneeling posture, stood on the Capitol before the chapel of Minerva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.:magno Lucinam Nixosque patres clamore vocabam,
Ov. M. 9, 294.nĭtor, ōris, m. [niteo], brightness, splendor, lustre, sheen.I.Lit.:B.nitor exoriens aurorae,
Lucr. 4, 538:diurnus,
the daylight, Ov. H. 18, 78:herbarum viridis,
Lucr. 5, 783:argenti et auri,
Ov. P. 3, 4, 23:eboris,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64:materiae,
of the wood, id. 16, 40, 79, § 215:speculi,
id. 11, 37, 64, § 170:gladii,
id. 2, 25, 22, § 89:nigerrimus gemmae,
id. 37, 10, 69, § 184:nitorem cutis facit sal,
id. 31, 7, 41, § 84.— Plur.:nitores splendoresque auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4.—Transf.1.Sleekness, plumpness, good looks, beauty:2.nitor corporis,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10:urit me Glycerae nitor,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:Liparei nitor Hebri,
id. ib. 3, 12, 6:nullus totā nitor in cute,
Juv. 9, 13.—Neatness, elegance, brilliancy of external appearance:3.si quem... aliquid offendit, si purpurae genus, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
Cic. Cael. 31, 77:habitus,
Juv. 3, 180:oppidum praecipui nitoris,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85.—In gen., color, Lucr. 2, 819:II.ludis et externo tincta nitore caput,
Prop. 2, 14, 26 (3, 11, 2).—Trop., of speech, splendor, elegance, grace of style. —With gen.:B.adhibendus erit in eis explicandis quidam orationis nitor,
Cic. Or. 32, 115:domesticus eloquii,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 51:nitor et cultus descriptionum,
Tac. Or. 20:translationum,
Quint. 12, 10, 36.— Absol.:sublimitas et magnificentia et nitor,
Quint. 8, 3, 3:eruditione ac nitore praestare,
id. 10, 1, 98:scripsit non sine cultu ac nitore,
id. 10, 1, 124.—Of character, dignity, excellence:generis,
Ov. P. 2, 9, 17; splendid liberality, Stat. S. 3, 3, 149. -
10 urgenter
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.I.Lit. (mostly poet.;B.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.1.To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).a.To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):b.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:c.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):2.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.:3.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:II.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.A.To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):B.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. -
11 urgeo
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.I.Lit. (mostly poet.;B.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.1.To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).a.To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):b.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:c.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):2.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.:3.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:II.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.A.To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):B.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. -
12 urgueo
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.I.Lit. (mostly poet.;B.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.1.To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).a.To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):b.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:c.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):2.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.:3.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:II.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.A.To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):B.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. -
13 congero
1.con-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to bear, carry, or bring together, to collect; to prepare, to make, build, heap up, etc. (class. and freq.).I.Lit.(α).With acc.:(β).undique, quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent,
Nep. Them. 6, 5:congestis undique saccis,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 70:cetera aedificanti utilia,
Quint. 7, prooem. §1: caedi arbores et saxa congeri jubet,
Curt. 8, 2, 24:alimenta undique,
id. 7, 11, 1:frondem,
id. 8, 10, 17:virgulta arida,
Suet. Caes. 84:robora,
Ov. M. 12, 515:arma,
id. ib. 14, 777:tura,
id. ib. 7, 160; cf.:turea dona,
Verg. A. 6, 224:epulas alicui,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 70 sq.:cibaria sibi,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 32:viaticum,
Cic. Planc. 10, 26:divitias sibi fulvo auro,
Tib. 1, 1, 1:opes,
Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136:congestoque avidum pinguescere corpore corpus,
Ov. M. 15, 89:nemus,
i. e. wood, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216; cf.silvas,
id. ib. 506:siccā congestā pulvere barbā,
Prop. 4 (5), 9, 31:terram,
Col. Arb. 3, 6; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 57:oscula congerimus properata,
to join, add one to another, Ov. H. 17 (18), 113.—With acc., and a designation of place to, at, or in which, etc., any thing is brought or heaped up:B.hasce herbas in suum alvum,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 34; cf. Ov. M. 6, 651:in cellulam patris penum omnem congerebam,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 18:laticem in vas,
Lucr. 3, 1009; cf. id. 3, 936:Midae dormienti formicae in os tritici grana congesserunt,
Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78; cf.:in os pueri,
id. ib. 2, 31, 66:excrementa in unum locum,
Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 25; Suet. Vesp. 5; Sen. Oedip. 870:scuta illi (sc. virgini) pro aureis donis congesta,
Liv. 1, 11, 8; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:sestertium millies in culinam,
to expend, Sen. ad Helv. 10:huc amnes vastos congerit tellus,
Val. Fl. 4, 717:Pindo congestus Athos,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1153:uni (digito anulos),
Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25:humum corbulae,
Suet. Ner. 19.—In partic.1.Of weapons, missiles, etc., to throw in great numbers, accumulate, shower, etc.:2.lanceas,
Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:saxa in caput alicujus,
Sen. Oedip. 871:in ipsum Porum tela,
Curt. 8, 14, 38:congestis telis,
Tac. A. 2, 11.—Hence, poet.:ictus alicui,
Val. Fl. 4, 307:plagas mortuo,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 11.—To make, build, construct, etc., by bringing or heaping together:II.Echinades insulae ab Acheloo amne congestae,
Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201:aram sepulcri arboribus,
Verg. A. 6, 178:oppida manu,
id. G. 1, 256:pauperis et tuguri congestum caespite culmen,
id. E. 1, 69.—So of birds, insects, etc.:lucifugis congesta cubilia blattis,
Verg. G. 4, 243:nidum,
Ser. Samm. 10, 30; and absol. notavi Ipse locum aëriae quo congessere palumbes (sc. nidum), Verg. E. 3, 69; Gell. 2, 29, 5 (cf. the full expression:in nervom ille hodie nidamenta congeret,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 51): apes in alvearium congesserant, Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.:rape, congere, aufer,
Mart. 8, 44, 9.—Trop.A.In discourse, to bring, take, or comprise together, to compile (freq. in Quint.):B.operarios omnes,
Cic. Brut. 86, 297:dicta,
Quint. 6, 3, 5; cf. id. 4, 5, 7:argumenta (opp. dissolvere),
id. 5, 13, 15:vana (maledicta),
id. 7, 2, 34:undique nomina plurimorum poëtarum,
id. 10, 1, 56:orationem dierum ac noctium studio,
id. 12, 6, 5; cf.:orationem ex diversis,
id. 2, 11, 7:figuras,
id. 9, 3, 5: zôê kai psuchê lascivum congeris usque, i. e. you repeat, Mart. 10, 68, 5.—With in:ut te eripias ex eā, quam ego congessi in hunc sermonem, turbā patronorum,
Cic. Brut. 97, 332; so Quint. 4, 3, 3; 9, 1, 25; 9, 3, 39; 10, 5, 23.—To put something upon one in a hostile or friendly manner, to accumulate, heap upon, to impart, ascribe to, to impute, attribute to; constr. class. with ad or in; post-Aug. also with dat. pers.: ad quem di [p. 419] atque homines omnia ornamenta congessissent, Cic. Deiot. 4, 12:2.ne plus aequo quid in amicitiam congeratur,
id. Lael. 16, 58:ingentia beneficia in aliquem,
Liv. 42, 11, 2; 30, 1, 4:congerere juveni consulatus, triumphos,
Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:ambitiosae majestati quicquid potuimus titulorum congessimus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Aug. 98:mortuo laudes congessit,
id. Tit. 11:mala alicui,
Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 2: meli mou, psuchê mou congeris usque, Mart. 10, 68, 5:spes omnis in unum Te mea congesta est,
Ov. M. 8, 113:in unum omnia,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117; cf.: iis nihil, quo expleri possit eorum meritum, tributurum populum Romanum, si omnia simul congesserit, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 7.—Esp., of crimes, etc.:maledicta in aliquem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15; cf.:congestis probris,
Suet. Tib. 54:quae (crimina) postea sunt in eum congesta,
Cic. Mil. 24, 64:causas alicujus rei in aliquem,
Liv. 3, 38, 7.— Hence, * congestus, a, um, P. a., lit. brought together; hence, in pregn. signif., pressed together, thick:gobio congestior alvo,
Aus. Mos. 132.— -
14 inculcate
in-culco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-calco], to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).I.Lit., to tread down, ram [p. 930] down:II.aliquid,
Col. 2, 20, 1:semen obrutum pavicula,
id. 11, 3, 34.—Trop.A.To stuff, press, or force in:B.Graeca verba,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:leviora,
id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:A.id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,
Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.:firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,
Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.judicibus,
id. 11, 3, 130:quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one ' s self upon:Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus, a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).Lit.:B.lana morsibus canis,
Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:lapides,
Col. 8, 15, 3.—Trop., mixed or foisted in:inania verba,
Cic. Or. 69, 250: archetupon crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē, adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63. -
15 inculcatus
in-culco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-calco], to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).I.Lit., to tread down, ram [p. 930] down:II.aliquid,
Col. 2, 20, 1:semen obrutum pavicula,
id. 11, 3, 34.—Trop.A.To stuff, press, or force in:B.Graeca verba,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:leviora,
id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:A.id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,
Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.:firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,
Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.judicibus,
id. 11, 3, 130:quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one ' s self upon:Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus, a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).Lit.:B.lana morsibus canis,
Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:lapides,
Col. 8, 15, 3.—Trop., mixed or foisted in:inania verba,
Cic. Or. 69, 250: archetupon crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē, adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63. -
16 inculco
in-culco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [in-calco], to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).I.Lit., to tread down, ram [p. 930] down:II.aliquid,
Col. 2, 20, 1:semen obrutum pavicula,
id. 11, 3, 34.—Trop.A.To stuff, press, or force in:B.Graeca verba,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:leviora,
id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in:A.id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2:vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,
Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.:firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,
Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf.judicibus,
id. 11, 3, 130:quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1:inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one ' s self upon:Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus, a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).Lit.:B.lana morsibus canis,
Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32:lapides,
Col. 8, 15, 3.—Trop., mixed or foisted in:inania verba,
Cic. Or. 69, 250: archetupon crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē, adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63. -
17 caedō
caedō cecīdī, caesus, ere [2 SAC-, SEC-], to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: arbores: robur, O.: silvas, Cs.: murus latius quam caederetur ruebat, L.: lapis caedendus: securibus vina (frozen), V.: comam (vitis), Tb.: caesis montis fodisse medullis, Ct. — Prov.: ut vineta egomet caedam mea, i. e. attack my own interests, H. — To strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel: ianuam saxis: verberibus te, T.: virgis ad necem caedi: flagellis Ad mortem caesus, H.: nudatos virgis, L.: servum sub furcā, L.: caesae pectora palmis, i. e. beating, O.: in iudicio testibus caeditur, i. e. is pressed.—Of men, to strike mortally, kill, murder: illi dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus: caeso Argo, O.—Poet., of blood: caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam, shed, V. — Of battle, to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy: exercitus caesus fususque: infra arcem caesi captique multi, L.: passim obvii caedebantur, Cu.: ingentem cecidit Antiochum, H.: placare ventos virgine caesā, V.—Of animals, to slaughter (esp. for sacrifice): greges armentorum: boves, O.: deorum mentis caesis hostiis placare: victimas, L.: binas bidentis, V.: Tempestatibus agnam, V. — Fig.: pignus caedere (in law), to declare the forfeiture of a security, confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda: dum sermones caedimus, chop words, chat, T.: Caedimur, cudgel one another (with compliments), H.* * *Icaedere, caecidi, caesus V TRANSchop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomizeIIcaedere, cecidi, caesus V TRANSchop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize -
18 ob-nītor
ob-nītor nīxus, ī, dep., to bear upon, press against, struggle with, strain at: remi Obnixi crepuere, V.: obnixi urgebant, L.: obnixo genu scuto, pressed against, N.: Arboris trunco, V.: manu hostibus, Ta.—Fig., to strive against, resist, oppose: stant obnixi, L.: stant obnixa omnia contra, all is in obstinate conflict, V.: adversis, Ta. -
19 Cilo
1.cilo, ōnis, m., having a prominent forehead pressed in upon the sides, Fest. p. 43, 10; cf. Charis. 1, p. 78 P.; a dim. of it, cilunculus, Arn. 3, 14.2.Cīlo, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2. -
20 cilo
1.cilo, ōnis, m., having a prominent forehead pressed in upon the sides, Fest. p. 43, 10; cf. Charis. 1, p. 78 P.; a dim. of it, cilunculus, Arn. 3, 14.2.Cīlo, ōnis, m., a Roman cognomen, Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2.
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