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  • 1 vellō

        vellō —, —, ere    [2 VEL-], to pluck, pull, tear away, pull out: poma, Tb.: caudae pilos equinae, H.: tot spicula, V.: ut signa, take up, L.: postīs a cardine, V.: capillos a stirpe, Pr.: castris signa, V.: Unguibus herbas, O.: hastam de caespite, V. —To pull down, tear down, destroy: vallum, L.: munimenta, L.—To pull, twitch, pluck: aurem, V.: vellere coepi Et prensare bracchia, H.
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    I
    vellere, velli, vulsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish
    II
    vellere, volsi, volsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish
    III
    vellere, vulsi, vulsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish

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  • 2 depono

    dē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. deposivi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

    deposivit,

    id. Most. 2, 1, 35; Catull. 34, 8; inf. perf. deposisse, Verg. Cat. 8, 16; part. sync. depostus, Lucil. ap. Non. 279, 19, v. pono), v. a., to lay away, to put or place aside; to lay, put, or set down; to lay, place, set, deposit (freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).—Constr. with acc. alone; or acc. and locative or abl. with or without a prep.; or acc. and adv. of place where, or apud and personal name; rare and doubtful with in and acc. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 340 sq.). —
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    caput deponit, condormiscit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81; cf.:

    caput terrae,

    Ov. Am. 3, 5, 20:

    corpora (pecudes),

    Lucr. 1, 259; cf.:

    corpora sub ramis arboris,

    Verg. A. 7, 108:

    fessum latus sub lauru,

    Hor. Od. 2, 7, 19:

    mentum in gremiis mimarum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24 et saep.:

    onus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10; id. Sull. 23, 65; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3 al.; cf.:

    onera jumentis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2:

    arma,

    id. B. G. 4, 32 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 10, 9; Liv. 5, 2 al.; cf.:

    depositis in contubernio armis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76, 2:

    arma umeris,

    Verg. A. 12, 707:

    anulos aureos et phaleras,

    Liv. 9, 46:

    coronam, and, shortly after, coronam Romae in aram Apollinis,

    id. 23, 11:

    ungues et capillos,

    i. e. to cut off, Petr. 104, 6; cf.

    comas (for which, shortly before, secuit capillos),

    Mart. 5, 48, 6:

    crinem,

    Tac. H. 4, 61 et saep.:

    argenti pondus defossā terrā,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 42:

    semina vel scrobe vel sulco,

    to deposit in the earth, to plant, Col. 5, 4, 2; and:

    stirpem vitis aut oleae,

    id. 1, 1, 5:

    malleolum in terram,

    id. 3, 10, 19:

    plantas sulcis,

    Verg. G. 2, 24 et saep.: exercitum in terram (for exponere), to land, Just. 4, 5, 8:

    hydriam de umero,

    Vulg. Gen. 21, 46.— Poet. of bearing, bringing forth (as the putting off of a burden): (Latonia) quam mater prope Deliam Deposivit olivam, Catull. 34, 8; cf.:

    onus naturae,

    Phaedr. 1, 18, 5; 1, 19, 4; to lay as a stake, wager: Dam. Ego hanc vitulam... Depono. Men. De grege non ausim quicquam deponere tecum... verum pocula ponam Fagina, Verg. E. 3, 31 sq.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pregn., to lay up, lay aside, put by, deposit anywhere; to give in charge to, commit to the care of intrust to any one:

    non semper deposita reddenda: si gladium quis apud te sana mente deposuerit, repetat insaniens: reddere peccatum sit, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; so,

    aliquid apud aliquem,

    Plaut. Bac. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 108 fin.; Quint. 5, 13, 49; 9, 2, 92; Tac. H. 1, 13; Liv. 38, 19, 2 et saep.; cf.:

    obsides apud eos,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63 al.:

    praedam in silvis,

    id. ib. 6, 41; cf.:

    pecuniam in templo,

    Liv. 44, 25:

    pecunias in publica fide,

    id. 24, 18 fin.;

    also: liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 19 (dub.—al. in sylvis; id. B. C. 1, 23, 4 the true reading is in publico):

    impedimenta citra flumen Rhenum,

    id. B. G. 2, 29, 4:

    saucios,

    id. B. C. 3, 78, 1 and 5 et saep.:

    pretium in deposito habendum,

    in charge, Dig. 36, 3, 5 fin.:

    si pro deposito apud eum fuerit,

    ib. 33, 8, 8, § 5.—
    2. a.
    To put or bring down, lay upon the ground:

    scio quam rem agat: ut me deponat vino, etc.,

    to make drunk, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 39.—
    b.
    Hence (because it was the custom to take a person who had just died out of bed and lay him on the ground), meton.: depositus, dead, just dead:

    jam prope depositus, certe jam frigidus,

    Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 47:

    depositum nec me qui fleat ullus erit,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 40:

    DEPOSITVS IN PACE,

    Inscr. Orell. 5014; cf. ib. 4874.—As subst.:

    depositus meus,

    Petr. 133, 4.—
    c.
    Also, because the hopelessly sick were often laid on the earth, dying, given up, despaired of: jam tum depostu' bubulcus Expirans animam pulmonibus aeger agebat, Lucil. ap. Non. 279, 19:

    deponere est desperare, unde et depositi desperati dicuntur,

    Non. 279, 30: depositus modo sum anima, vita sepultus, Caecil. ap. Non. 279 (Com. v. 121 Rib.):

    ut depositi proferret fata parentis,

    Verg. A. 12, 395 Serv.: texere paludes Depositum, Fortuna, tuum, Lucan. 2, 72;

    and transf.: mihi videor magnam et maxime aegram et prope depositam reip. partem suscepisse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 5.—
    3.
    In post-Aug. lang. esp. freq. in the jurists, of buildings, etc., to pull down, take down, demolish, overthrow:

    aedificium vel arboris ramos,

    Dig. 8, 2, 17 (shortly after, qui tollit aedificium vel deprimit); so id. 8, 2, 31; 41, 3, 23 fin. et saep.:

    deposita arx,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 91:

    statuas,

    pull down, Spart. Sev. 14: tabulas, destroy, Capit. Max. duob. 12:

    adversarios tuos,

    Vulg. Exod. 15, 7. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    With a predominant notion of putting away, removing, etc., to lay down, lay aside, give up, resign, get rid of:

    studia de manibus,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3:

    ex memoria insidias,

    id. Sull. 6, 18:

    in sermone et suavitate alicujus omnes curas doloresque deponere,

    id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

    petitoris personam capere, accusatoris deponere,

    id. Quint. 13 fin.; so,

    contentionem,

    Liv. 4, 6; cf.

    certamina,

    id. ib.;

    and, bellum,

    Ov. M. 8, 47; Tac. H. 2, 37;

    opp. incipere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1;

    opp. coepisse,

    Liv. 31, 1;

    and with omittere,

    id. 31, 31 fin.:

    deponere amicitias, suscipere inimicitias,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    simultates,

    id. Planc. 31, 76:

    maerorem et luctum,

    id. Phil. 14, 13:

    omnem spem contentionis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

    consilium adeundae Syriae,

    id. B. C. 3, 103:

    imperium,

    id. B. G. 7, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 32, 9; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; Liv. 2, 28 al.; cf.

    provinciam,

    Cic. Pis. 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 2, 3;

    dictaturam,

    Quint. 3, 8, 53; 5, 10, 71:

    nomen,

    Suet. Ner. 41; Ov. M. 15, 543:

    famem,

    id. F. 6, 530; cf.:

    sitim in unda vicini fontis,

    i. e. to quench, id. M. 4, 98:

    morbos,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51:

    animam,

    i. e. to die, Nep. Hann. 1.—
    B.
    To depose from an office (late Lat.):

    te de ministerio tuo,

    Vulg. Is. 22, 19.—
    C.
    (Acc. to no. I. B.) To deposit, intrust, commit to, for safe-keeping: populi Romani jus in vestra fide ac religione depono, Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.:

    aliquid rimosa in aure,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 46:

    aliquid tutis auribus,

    id. Od. 1, 27, 18:

    eo scortum,

    Tac. H. 1, 13.—Hence, dēpō-nens, entis, P. a., subst. (sc. verbum, lit., a verb that lays aside its proper pass. signif.), in the later grammar. a verb which, in a pass. form, has an act. meaning; deponent, Charis. p. 143 P.; Diom. p. 327 ib.; Prisc. p. 787 ib. sq. et saep.— dēpŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., and esp. as subst. dēpŏsĭtum, i, n., any thing deposited or intrusted for safe-keeping, etc., a deposit, trust:

    reddere depositum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    si depositum non infitietur amicus,

    Juv. 13, 60; cf. Dig. 36, 3, 5 al.:

    contempto Domino negaverit proximo suo depositum,

    Vulg. Lev. 6, 2; 1 Tim. 6, 20 al.

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  • 3 dē-trahō

        dē-trahō trāxī, trāctus, ere,    to draw off, take down, pull down, take away, remove, withdraw, drag, bring: soccos detrahunt (servi), T.: detractis insignibus imperatoris, Cs.: vestem: pellem, H.: alquem in iudicium: ducem ad certamen, L.: de digito anulum, T.: de his (mulis) stramenta, Cs.: Hannibalem ex Italiā, L.: vestem tibi, T.: anulos liberis suis: illi coronam, H.: me mihi, O.: tegumenta scutis, Cs.: frenos equis, L.: altā ilice virgam, O.—To remove, withdraw, take away, deprive, strip, rob: detractis cohortibus duabus, Cs.: eidem Armeniam: illi Haerentem capiti coronam, H.: animis errorem, O.: ex tertiā acie singulas cohortīs, Cs.: ut (remigum) pars ab nostris detraheretur, i. e. from the ships, Cs.: aliquid ab homine. —Fig., to pull down, drag down, lower: conlegam de caelo: regum maiestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium, L.—To withhold, divert: tantum tempus ex re militari.—To lower in estimation, disparage, detract: detrahendae dignitatis gratiā: de se: de absentibus detrahendi causā dicitur: de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo: quod tibi ille detrahit: multum ei detraxit, quod, etc., N.

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  • 4 depono

    I
    deponere, deposivi, depositus V TRANS
    put/lay down/aside/away; let drop/fall; give up; resign; deposit/entrust/commit; lift off; take off (clothes); have (hair/beard/nails) cut; shed (tusks); pull down, demolish; plant (seedlings); set up, place; lay to rest; fire
    II
    deponere, deposui, depostus V TRANS
    put/lay down/aside/away; let drop/fall; give up; resign; deposit/entrust/commit; lift off; take off (clothes); have (hair/beard/nails) cut; shed (tusks); pull down, demolish; plant (seedlings); set up, place; lay to rest; fire

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  • 5 detraho

    dē-trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. detraxe, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 15), v. a., to draw or take off, draw away, draw or take down; to pull down; to take away, remove, withdraw (class. and very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc. and de or ex with abl.:

    crumenam sibi de collo,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 7:

    anulum de digito,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 38:

    aliquem de curru,

    Cic. Cael. 14 fin. et saep.:

    aliquem ex cruce,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so,

    stramenta e mulis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 2:

    homines ex provinciis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1; cf.:

    inimicum ex Gallia,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    Hannibalem ex Italia,

    Liv. 29, 20;

    aliquem pedibus e tribunali,

    Suet. Rhet. 6 et saep.—
    (β).
    With acc. and dat.:

    nudo vestimenta detrahere me jubes,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79:

    alicui anulum,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31:

    vestem alicui,

    id. Eun. 4, 4, 40:

    amiculum alicui,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

    torquem alicui,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

    loricam alicui,

    Verg. A. 5, 260 et saep.: tegumenta scutis, Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5:

    frenos equis,

    Liv. 4, 33 et saep.:

    virum equo,

    Liv. 22, 47; cf.:

    aliquem in transvehendo,

    Suet. Aug. 38.
    (γ).
    With acc. alone: vestimenta, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    veste detracta,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

    soccos detrahunt (servi),

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 72:

    detractis insignibus imperatoris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96, 3:

    vestem,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 262;

    statuas,

    Just. 38, 8, 12.—
    (δ).
    With ad, in, or trans:

    castella trans Euphraten,

    Tac. A. 15, 17 et saep.:

    aliquem in judicium,

    Cic. Mil. 8, 38; cf.:

    aliquem ad accusationem,

    id. Clu. 68, 179:

    aliquem ad aequum certamen,

    Liv. 22, 13:

    tauros ad terram cornibus,

    Suet. Claud. 21; cf.: naves ad terram, Auct. B. Alex. 10 fin.:

    dominationem in carcerem et catenas,

    Flor. 1, 24, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In medic. lang., to purge, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48 et saep.—
    2.
    With the accessory idea of depriving or diminishing, to remove, withdraw, take away a thing from any one; to draw off, remove, take away from any thing.
    (α).
    With acc. and de or ex with abl.:

    multa de suis commodis,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 57:

    aliquid de summa,

    Lucr. 3, 513; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181:

    aliquid ex ea summa,

    id. Att. 10, 5; and:

    nihil de vivo,

    id. Fl. 37:

    ex tertia acie singulas cohortes,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 3; cf.:

    detractis cohortibus duabus,

    id. B. G. 3, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    With acc. and dat.:

    cum ei eidem detraxisset Armeniam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 37 fin.:

    scuto militi detracto,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    coronam capiti,

    Liv. 38, 47; cf. Hor. S. 1, 10, 48:

    auxilia illi,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5:

    fasces indigno (opp. deferre),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34 et saep.:

    pellem hostiae,

    to flay, Vulg. Levit. 1, 6.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and ab with abl.:

    aliquid ab homine,

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to pull down, to lower (very rarely):

    regum majestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium,

    Liv. 37, 45, 18:

    superbiam,

    Vulg. Isa. 23, 9.—Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to withdraw, take away, take; to lower in estimation, disparage, detract from.
    (α).
    With de or ex:

    detractis de homine sensibus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30; cf.:

    quicquam de nostra benevolentia,

    id. Fam. 5, 2 fin.:

    tantum sibi de facultate,

    id. Brut. 70 fin.; cf.:

    studiose de absentibus detrahendi causa, severe dicitur,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

    de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo,

    Cic. Pis. 29, 71: aliquid de aliquo, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

    de hoc senatu detrahere,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; so,

    de aliquo,

    id. Att. 11, 11 fin.; Nep. Chabr. 3, 3:

    de se,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

    de rebus gestis alicujus,

    Nep. Timol. 5, 3:

    quantum detraxit ex studio, tantum amisit ex gloria,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 236; cf. id. Div. ap. Caecil. 15, 49; id. Fam. 1, 5, a.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    nihil tibi detraxit senatus nisi, etc. (opp. dare),

    id. ib. 1, 5, b; cf.

    opp. concedere,

    id. de Or. 2, 71; Quint. 11, 1, 71:

    honorem debitum ordini,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11:

    illam opinionem maerenti,

    id. Tusc. 3, 31, 76:

    auctoritatem Cottae,

    Quint. 6, 5, 10:

    fidem sibi,

    id. 2, 17, 15; 5, 7, 4 al.:

    errorem animis,

    Ov. M. 2, 39:

    multum alicui,

    Nep. Eum. 1, 2:

    regi,

    Vulg. Eccles. 10, 20.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    aliquid dicere detrahendae spoliandaeque dignitatis alicujus gratia,

    Cic. Cael. 2 et saep.:

    laudis simulatione detrahitur,

    Quint. 8, 6, 55; id. 12, 9, 7.—
    C.
    To withhold:

    ususfructus in mancipanda proprietate detrahi potest,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 33.

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  • 6 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    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.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    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.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    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.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    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.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    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.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    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.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (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. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    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. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    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.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    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.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    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.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    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.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    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.—
    12.
    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.):

    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    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.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    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.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    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.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    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.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    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.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    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.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    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.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    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.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    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.

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  • 7 dēripiō

        dēripiō ripuī, reptus, ere    [de + rapio], to tear off, tear away, snatch away, remove violently, pull down: cothurnos, V.: de manu Cereris Victoriam: vestem a pectore, O.: velamina ex umeris, O.: ei vitae ornamenta deripi: spolia Latinis, V.: signa derepta postibus, H.: ensem vaginā, O.: dextram ense, V.—Fig.: quantum de meā auctoritate deripuisset.
    * * *
    deripere, deripui, dereptus V TRANS
    seize/grab/snatch/take away; tear/pull off/down; remove (violently)

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  • 8 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 9 prō-ruō

        prō-ruō ruī, rutus, ere,    to rush forth, make an onset, sally: quā (dextrum cornu) proruebat, Cs.: in hostem, Cu.—To cast down, tear down, pull down, throw down, overthrow, overturn, demolish, prostrate: eā parte (munitionis), quam proruerat, Cs.: vallo proruto, L.: columnam, H.: Albam a fundamentis, raze to the ground, L.: foras simul omnes proruont se, rush out, T.—To fall, tumble down: motu terrae oppidum proruit, Ta.

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  • 10 proruo

    prō-rŭo, rŭi, rŭtum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to cast or tear down in front, to pull down, throw down, hurl to the ground, overthrow, overturn, demolish (class.):

    his (munitionibus) prorutis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

    vallo proruto, jam in castra proclium intulerat,

    Liv. 4, 29; Curt. 4, 13, 26;

    columnam,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 14:

    Albam a fundamentis,

    to raze to the ground, Liv. 26, 13:

    vallum in fossas,

    id. 9, 14; 9, 37:

    terrae motus montes,

    id. 22, 5:

    terrae motibus prorutae domus,

    thrown down, Tac. A. 12, 43:

    prorutae arbores,

    id. ib. 2, 17:

    proruere ac profligare hostem,

    to overthrow, id. H. 3, 22.—With se, to rush out, hurry forth ( poet.):

    foras simul omnes proruunt se,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 51:

    prorutus tumulo cinis,

    Sen. Troad. 648.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To rush forth, to rush or fall upon an enemy: ex parte, quā (dextrum cornu) proruebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    proruere in hostem,

    Curt. 4, 16, 6; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 2.—
    B.
    To tumble down (post-Aug.):

    motu terrae oppidum proruit,

    Tac. A. 15, 22.

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  • 11 deplector

    deplecti, deplexus sum V DEP
    claw down, pull down in one's grasp

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  • 12 complano

    complanare, complanavi, complanatus V TRANS
    make (ground) level/flat; smooth out (trouble); pull down, raze to ground

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  • 13 conplano

    conplanare, conplanavi, conplanatus V TRANS
    make (ground) level/flat; smooth out (trouble); pull down, raze to the ground

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  • 14 diruo

    diruere, dirui, dirutus V
    destroy, pull down, raze to the ground, demolish; overthrow

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  • 15 complano

    com-plāno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make even, level, or plain (rare).
    I.
    Prop.:

    terram tabulā, manibus, pedibus,

    Cato, R. R. 151, 3:

    montium juga,

    Suet. Calig. 37:

    lacum,

    id. Caes. 44:

    opera, Auct. B. Alex. 63: domum,

    to make even with the ground, to pull down, raze, Cic. Dom. 38, 101.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    complanare et mollire aspera, dura,

    i. e. to render tolerable, Sen. Prov. 5, 9.

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  • 16 deripio

    dē-rĭpĭo ( - rupio), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to tear off, tear away, snatch away, remove violently; to pull down (class., esp. freq. in poets).
    I.
    Lit. constr., with abl. with or without a prep., or rarely with dat.:

    aliquem de ara,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 2; so with de, id. ib. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 2, 117; Tib. 1, 2, 82 al.; with ab, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

    vestem a pectore,

    Ov. M. 9, 637:

    ferrum a latere,

    Tac. A. 1, 35; with ex:

    velamina ex humeris,

    id. ib. 6, 567; cf.:

    aurum matronis,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 18:

    pellem leoni,

    Ov. M. 3, 52:

    pignus lacertis,

    Hor. Od. 1, 9, 23; 4, 15, 7:

    amphoram horreo,

    id. ib. 3, 28, 7:

    qualos fumosis tectis,

    Verg. G. 2, 242:

    lunam caelo,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 46 et saep.:

    ensem vaginā,

    Ov. M. 10, 475:

    ramos arbore,

    id. ib. 11, 29:

    tunicam,

    id. Am. 1, 5, 13:

    derepta acus,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 18:

    arma templis,

    Sil. 10, 600:

    ore frena,

    id. 10, 319:

    plaustro derepta nurus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 160; Tac. A. 1, 20; 2, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

    facinus indignum, erum meum hic luci derupier in via,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 17.—Prov.:

    e caelo deripit ille deos, of outrageous impiety,

    Tib. 1, 10, 60.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    quantum de mea auctoritate deripuisset,

    Cic. Sull. 1, 2.
    ► In MSS.
    and edd. often confounded with diripio q. v.

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  • 17 detrecto

    dē-trecto (in the best MSS. also dē-tracto), ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    Orig., to decline, refuse, reject any thing; and hence, to decline, refuse to do any thing (not in Cic.—for syn. cf.: nego, infitias eo, infitior, diffiteor, denego, recuso, abnuo, renuo, defugio).
    (α).
    With acc.: militiam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14, 9; Liv. 2, 43; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 25; 43; Flor. 1, 22, 2; Ov. M. 13, 36 al.; cf.

    pugnam,

    Liv. 3, 60; 4, 18:

    proelium,

    Just. 13, 5, 8; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 1:

    certamen,

    Liv. 37, 39; Tac. H. 4, 67; Curt. 3, 8:

    officia sua,

    Quint. 2, 1, 5:

    judicandi munus,

    Suet. Aug. 32 et saep.:

    imperata,

    Suet. Caes. 54: [p. 564] dominationem, id. ib. 80; cf.

    principem,

    id. Tib. 25:

    patris jussa,

    Tac. A. 3, 17:

    vincla pedum,

    Tib. 1, 6, 38; cf.

    juga,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    aratrum,

    Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf. (late Lat.):

    tutelam administrare,

    Dig. 37, 14, 19:

    dicere,

    Arn. 6, p. 201.—
    (γ).
    Absol., Liv. 2, 45 fin.; 3, 38, 12; Suet. Ner. 47.—
    II.
    To pull down with violence; hence, trop. (cf. detraho, no. II. B.), to lower in estimation, to depreciate, detract from:

    advorsae res etiam bonos detractant,

    Sall. J. 53 fin.:

    poëtas,

    Tac. Or. 11:

    antiquos oratores,

    id. ib. 26:

    Pompeium,

    Flor. 4, 2, 9 al.:

    virtutes,

    Liv. 38, 49:

    Ciceronis, Vergilii gloriam,

    Tac. Or. 12:

    ingenium Homeri,

    Ov. R. Am. 365:

    laudes,

    id. M. 5, 246:

    maligne benefacta,

    id. ib. 13, 271.—With dat.: sibi primo, mox omnibus detrectaturus, Suet. Vit. Pers. fin. —With de:

    de vobis tamquam de malefactoribus,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 12.— Absol., Ov. Tr. 2, 337.

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  • 18 falx

    falx, falcis, f. [perh. akin to flecto], a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook, scythe.
    I.
    Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; id. Mil. 33, 91; Verg. G. 1, 348: Ov. F. 4, 914; Hor. C. 1, 31, 9 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf., a military implement shaped like a sickle, used in sieges to pull down walls or the enemies stationed on the walls; a hook:

    falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis: non absimili formā muralium falcium,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5; 5, 42 fin.; 7, 22; Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 22; Curt. 4, 3, 8; Tac. H. 3, 27; Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—Of the scythes with which chariots were armed, Curt. 4, 15, 2.

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  • 19 refigo

    rĕ-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to unfix, unfasten, unloose, tear or pluck down, pull out or off (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    num figentur rursus eae tabulae, quas vos decretis vestris refixistis?

    have taken down, Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

    affixis hostium spoliis, quae nec emptori refigere liceret,

    Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 7; so,

    clipeo refixo,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 11:

    clipeum de poste Neptuni sacro,

    Verg. A. 5, 360:

    signa Parthorum templis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 56:

    clipeos captos in bello,

    Sil. 10, 601:

    dentes,

    to pull out, extract, Cels. 6, 15 fin.:

    refigere se crucibus,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 19 fin.; cf.:

    refixum corpus interfectoris cremavit,

    Just. 9, 7, 11. — Poet.:

    caelo refixa sidera,

    loosened, falling down, Verg. A. 5, 527:

    non hasta refixas vendit opes,

    the plundered goods, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 497.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    To take down the tables of the laws suspended in public, i. e. to annul, abolish, abrogate laws:

    acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; cf.:

    cujus aera refigere debeamus,

    id. Fam. 12, 1 fin.: fixit leges pretio atque refixit, for a bribe, Verg, A. 6, 622.—
    * 2.
    To take away, remove: quo facilius nostra refigere deportareque tuto possimus, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1.

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  • 20 vello

    vello, vulsi, vulsum ( perf. velli, Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Prisc. 10, 6, 36, p. 897 P.; Diom. 1, p. 369 ib.; ante-class. form of sup. volsum; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 576), 3, v. a. [prob. akin to hel-kô].
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of animals, to pluck or pull, i. e. to deprive of the hair, feathers, etc.:

    oves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 190:

    anseres,

    id. 10, 22, 27, § 53.—
    B.
    Of things.
    1.
    In gen., to pluck, pull, or tear out, away, or up; in simple constr.:

    plumas anserum,

    Col. 8, 13, 3:

    caudae pilos equinae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45:

    barbam,

    id. S. 1, 3, 133:

    tot spicula,

    Verg. A. 10, 889:

    comam,

    Mart. 5, 37, 19:

    cuneum vellito, statimque surculos in ea foramina immittito,

    Col. 5, 11, 5; cf. id. Arb. 26, 4: signa, to take up, i. e. march, Verg. A. 11, 19; cf.:

    ut vellerent signa et Romam proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 3, 50, 11:

    mors viscera vulsit,

    Luc. 6, 546.—With ab and abl.:

    postes a cardine vellit,

    Verg. A. 2, 480:

    albos a stirpe capillos,

    Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13:

    asparagum ab radice,

    Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149.—With abl. alone:

    aut castris audebit vellere signa,

    Verg. G. 4, 108:

    genae florem primaevo corpore vulsit,

    Luc. 6, 562:

    adfixam oculo sagittam,

    id. 6, 218:

    vulsis pectore telis,

    id. 6, 232; cf.:

    unguibus et raras vellentem dentibus herbas,

    Ov. M. 8,800.—With de and abl.:

    hastam... de cespite vellit,

    Verg. A. 11, 566:

    herbas de caespite,

    Luc. 4, 414.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    To pluck, pull, or tear down or away:

    cum pars vellerent vallum, atque in fossas proruerent,

    Liv. 9, 14, 9; 10, 2, 5:

    munimenta,

    id. 2, 25, 3.—
    b.
    To pluck, pull, pick, or gather fruit, etc.:

    modo nata malā vellere poma manu,

    Tib. 3, 5, 20.—
    c.
    To pull, twitch, etc.:

    aurem,

    Verg. E. 6, 4; cf. id. Cop. 38; Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Amm. 22, 3, 12:

    vellere coepi Et prensare manu lentissima bracchia,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

    latus digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 606.—
    d.
    To be plucked or pulled, i. e. to have the hair pulled out by the roots:

    circa corporis curam morosior, ut non solum tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur, sed velleretur etiam,

    Suet. Caes. 45.—
    II.
    Trop., to tear, torment:

    sed mea secreto velluntur pectora morsu,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 3.—Hence, P. a.: vulsus ( volsus), a, um.
    A.
    Lit., shorn, plucked, smooth, beardless, hairless:

    istum gallum Glabriorem reddes mihi quam volsus ludiust,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 6:

    vulsi levatique et inustas comas acu comentes,

    Quint. 2, 5, 12:

    corpus vulsum,

    id. 5, 9, 14:

    eadem (corpora) si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

    id. 8, prooem. 19:

    nepos,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23.—
    2.
    Trop., effeminate:

    mens,

    Mart. 2, 36, 6.—
    B.
    Suffering convulsions, spasmodic, Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 126; 23, 1, 16, § 25.

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