prevails

prae-vălĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.

In gen., to be very or more able, to have distinguished power or influence; to have greater power or worth; to be superior or distinguished, have the superiority, prevail (not ante-Aug.; cf.:

praesto, excello, praecedo): virtute semper praevalet sapientia,

wisdom prevails over, has more power than bravery, Phaedr. 1, 13, 14:

qui praevalet arcu,

is a distinguished archer, Stat. Achill. 2, 122:

vulturum praevalent nigri,

rank first, Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aranei cum praevaluere (supra apes),

id. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

in Aegypto hic mos praevalet,

prevails, id. 17, 22, 35, § 185:

ita saepius digni, quam gratiosi, praevalebant,

had the advantage, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 6:

quae sententia non praevaluit modo,

id. ib. 2, 11, 6:

certamen acerrimum, amita potius an mater apud Neronem praevaleret,

had the most influence, Tac. A. 12, 64:

auctoritate et praesentiā,

to prevail, to get the upper hand, Suet. Galb. 19:

gratiā,

id. Ner. 28:

auctoritas Cluvii praevaluit, ut, etc.,

prevailed, Tac. H. 2, 65:

tuum erit consultare, utrum praevaleat, quod ex Arminio concepit, an quod ex me genita est,

which should have more weight, id. A. 1, 58; Dig. 1, 5, 10.— With inf.:

praevaluit ire,

Vulg. 1 Par. 21, 30.—With contra, Vulg. Gen. 32, 28.—With dat. (late Lat.):

quae (mala) etiam praevalent bonis,

Lact. Epit. 68, 21: portis inferi et mortis legibus praevalere, Leo M. p. 51, 1 fin. —

In partic., of medicines, to be of great virtue or efficacy:

trifolium praevalet contra serpentium ictus,

Plin. 21, 21, 88, § 152:

lac praevalet ad vitia in facie sananda,

id. 28, 7, 21, § 75.—

In law, to be settled, established, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 3.— Hence, praevălens, entis, P. a., very strong, very powerful:

populus, Liv. praef.: praevalens corpore,

Vell. 2, 108, 2; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.

dis-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio], to strike asunder, dash to pieces, shatter, etc.

In gen.: dentes, Lucil. ap. Non. 455, 18:

deum delubra,

Lucr. 6, 418; cf.:

columna rostrata tota ad imum fulmine discussa est,

Liv. 42, 20:

ne saxa ex catapultis lateritium discuterent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3; cf.:

aliquantum muri tribus arietibus,

Liv. 21, 12: rostro (navis) discusso, shattered, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 2; cf.:

tempora cava ictu,

Ov. M. 2, 625:

ora saxo,

id. ib. 4, 519:

percussam aquam,

Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 118:

nubes,

Ov. M. 15, 70:

discussae jubae capiti,

Verg. A. 9, 810 et saep.—

In partic.

In medic. lang., to scatter, disperse ( = digerere), Cels. 2, 17; 3, 15; Scrib. Comp. 43; Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135 et saep. —

Pregn., to break up, scatter, disperse, dissipate.

Lit. (rarely):

illos coetus,

Liv. 2, 28; cf.:

Boeoticum consilium,

id. 42, 44:

sole orto est discussa (caligo),

id. 29, 27:

caligo,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5; cf.

umbras (sol),

Verg. G. 3, 357; id. A. 12, 669:

discussa nox,

Luc. 5, 700.—Rarely with pers. objects:

Cato discutit Etruscos, Gabinius Marsos, etc.,

routs, subdues, Flor. 3, 18, 13; cf.:

hostiles turmae discussae,

Amm. 25, 1.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop.:

terrorem animi tenebrasque,

to disperse, dispel, Lucr. 1, 148; 2, 61 al.; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 57:

quod rem totam discusseram,

had frustrated, brought to naught, id. Q. Fr. 2, 12;

so freq.: rem,

Liv. 34, 56; 39, 10; Suet. Dom. 2 al.:

discutere et comprimere periculum consilio,

Cic. Mur. 39, 84; so,

periculum,

Liv. 2, 52; Front. Strat. 2, 11, 4:

captiones (shortly before: dissolvere interrogationes),

Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46: omnem ejus cunctationem, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

disceptationem,

Liv. 38, 13:

crimen alicujus,

Quint. 4, 2, 18:

famam,

Tac. H. 2, 9:

fidem,

Luc. 1, 119:

consilia hostium,

Front. Strat. 4, 7, 31:

seditionem,

id. ib. 1, 9, 2; Vell. 2, 81:

bellum (with sepelire),

id. 2, 75:

nefas,

Flor. 3, 18, 9 et saep. —Hence, * discussē, adv., only comp., minutely, accurately:

explorare discussius,

Mart. Cap. 9, § 891.

, to separate mentally, distinguish, as in disputare, discernere, etc.), which prevails in the post-class. derivatives: discussio, discussor, and discusse; as also in the Romance: discutere, discussare, discussione; discuter, discussion, etc., there appear to be no examples in the literary language.

numquam or nunquam (both in good use; the former prevails before the Augustan age), adv. [ne-umquam], at no time, never:

numquam edepol med istoc vinces,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 13:

quod (principium) si numquam oritur, ne occidit quidem umquam,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27; id. Att. 14, 13, 6:

videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,

id. ib. 7, 1, 2:

illum numquam, dum haec natio viveret sine curā futurum,

id. Sest. 63, 132:

numquam ante hoc tempus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

numquam donec,

Liv. 34, 23.—

Followed by a negative.

By a clause with quin, ut non, to denote that which always occurs:

numquam fui usquam, quin me omnes amarent plurimum,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 62:

numquam epistulam tuam accipio, ut non protinus una simus,

Sen. Ep. 40, 1.—

With a negative in the same clause, affirmatively:

numquam non ineptum,

always, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112; id. Fam. 12, 18, 1; Sen. Ep. 11, 4; cf.:

probi mores numquam non plurimum profuerint,

Quint. 7, 2, 33:

numquam nisi honorificentissime Pompeium appellat,

never otherwise than, always, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 10.—

For non, not, by no means:

qui hodie numquam ad vesperam vivam!

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 40:

numquam omnes hodie moriemur inulti,

Verg. A. 2, 670:

numquam hodie effugies,

by no means, id. E. 3, 49; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 270; id. Mil. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 44:

nihil in mentem? numquam quidquam ( = prorsus nihil),

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 8.