pull

retraxi

retractum

to draw back, pull back.

traxi

tractum

to drag, pull / derive, get.

velli

vulsum

to pull, pluck out.

abs-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (abstraxe = abstraxisse, Lucr. 3, 650), to draw away from a place or person, to drag or pull away.

Lit.

In gen.:

ut me a Glycerio miserum abstrahat,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 8; so,

liberos ab aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 5:

aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere,

Cic. Font. 21 (17):

aliquem e gremio e sinuque patriae,

id. Cael. 24, 59;

for which, aliquem gremio,

Ov. M. 13, 658:

aliquem raptim ex oculis hominum,

Liv. 39, 49, 12:

naves e portu,

id. 37, 27, 6 (al. a portu):

aliquem a conspectu omnium in altum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145 (corresp. with, a terra abripuit).— Absol.:

bona civium Romanorum diripiunt... in servitutem abstrahunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42, 3:

navem remulco abstraxit,

id. B. C. 2, 23. —

Esp., to withdraw, alienate from a party:

copias a Lepido,

Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

Germanicum suetis legionibus,

Tac. A. 2, 5.

Trop., to draw away, withdraw, divert:

animus se a corpore abstrahet,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit (for which in the preced., avocare),

id. de Sen. 6:

me a nullius commodo,

id. Arch. 6, 12:

aliquem a malis, non a bonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34 fin. al.:

magnitudine pecuniae a bono honestoque in pravum abstractus est,

Sall. J. 29, 2:

omnia in duas partes abstracta sunt, respublica, quae media fuerat, dilacerata,

id. ib. 41, 5.—Hence, abstractus, a, um, P. a.; in the later philosophers and grammarians, abstract (opp. concrete):

quantitas,

Isid. Or. 2, 24, 14.

ad-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (adduce for adduc, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 15; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 29; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32:

adduxti for adduxisti,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 15; id. Eun. 4, 7, 24:

adduxe = adduxisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 3), to lead to, to bring or convey to, draw to any place or to one's self (opp. abduco, q. v.; syn.: adfero, apporto, adveho, induco).

Lit.:

quaeso, quī possim animum bonum habere, qui te ad me adducam domum,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 78:

ille alter venit, quem secum adduxit Parmenio,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27; Afr. ap. Non. 174, 32: quos secum Mitylenis Cratippus adduxit, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5:

Demetrius Epimachum secum adduxit,

Vitr. 10, 22, 262.—With ad:

ad lenam,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 193: ad cenam, Lucil. ap. Non. 159, 25 (cf.:

abduxi ad cenam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2 [p. 32] 9):

adduxit ea ad Adam,

Vulg. Gen. 2, 19; ib. Marc. 14, 53.—Or with a local adv.:

tu istos adduce intro,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 54:

quia te adducturam huc dixeras eumpse non eampse,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 31; so Ter. And. 5, 3, 29:

adduc huc filium tuum,

Vulg. Luc. 9, 41. —

In gen., without regard to the access. idea of accompanying, to lead or bring a person or thing to a place, to take or conduct from one place to another (of living beings which have the power of motion, while affero is properly used of things: attuli hunc. Pseud. Quid? attulisti? Ca. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 21).—So of conducting an army:

exercitum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9:

aquam,

to lead to, id. Cael. 14.—With in:

gentes feras in Italiam,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 4, 22, and Auct. B. G. 8, 35:

in judicium adductus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

adducta res in judicium est,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67; so id. Clu. 17.—With dat.:

puero nutricem adducit,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 4:

qui ex Gallia pueros venales isti adducebat,

Cic. Quint. 6.— Poet. with acc.:

Diae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis,

Ov. M. 3, 598 (cf. advertor oras Scythicas, id. ib. 5, 649, and Rudd. II. p. 327):

adducere ad populum, i. e. in judicium populi vocare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6.—Of a courtesan, to procure:

puero scorta,

Nep. Dion, 5:

paelicem,

Ov. Fast. 3, 483.— Poet. also of a place, which is, as it were, brought near. Thus Hor. in describing the attractions of his Sabine farm: dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, Ep. 1, 16, 11.—

Esp.

To bring a thing to a destined place by drawing or pulling, to draw or pull to one's self:

tormenta eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24:

adducto arcu,

Verg. A. 5, 507; so,

adducta sagitta,

id. ib. 9, 632:

utque volat moles, adducto concita nervo,

Ov. M. 8, 357:

adducta funibus arbor corruit,

id. ib. 775:

funem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14: so Luc. 3, 700:

colla parvis lacertis,

Ov. M. 6, 625:

equos,

id. Fast. 6, 586.—Hence trop.:

habenas amicitiae,

to tighten, Cic. Lael. 13, 45; cf. Verg. A. 9, 632, and 1, 63.—

Of the skin or a part of the body, to draw up, wrinkle, contract:

adducit cutem macies,

wrinkles the skin, Ov. M. 3, 397:

sitis miseros adduxerat artus,

Verg. G. 3, 483; so, frontem (opp. remittere), to contract:

interrogavit, quae causa frontis tam adductae?

a brow so clouded? Quint. 10, 3, 13; so Sen. Benef. 1, 1.

Fig.

To bring a person or thing into a certain condition; with ad or in:

numquam animum quaesti gratiā ad malas adducam partīs,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38:

rem adduci ad interregnum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9:

ad arbitrium alterius,

id. Fam. 5, 20:

ad suam auctoritatem,

id. Deiot. 10, 29:

numquam prius discessit, quam ad finem sermo esset adductus,

Nep. Ep. 3:

iambos ad umbilicum adducere,

Hor. Epod. 14, 8:

in discrimen extremum,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7; cf. Liv. 45, 8:

in summas angustias,

Cic. Quint. 5:

in invidiam falso crimine,

id. Off. 3, 20:

in necessitatem,

Liv. 8, 7:

vitam in extremum,

Tac. A. 14, 61.—

To bring or lead one to a certain act, feeling, or opinion; to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade, move, incite to it; with ad, in, or ut (very freq. and class., and for the most part in a good sense; while seducere and inducere denote instigating or seducing to something bad, Herz. Caes. B. G. 1, 3;

although there are exceptions, as the foll. examples show): ad misericordiam,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 42:

ad nequitiem,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 4:

ad iracundiam, ad fletum,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

quae causa ad facinus adduxit,

id. Rosc. Am. 31:

in metum,

id. Mur. 24:

in summam exspectationem,

id. Tusc. 1, 17:

in spem,

id. Att. 2, 22:

in opinionem,

id. Fam. 1, 1:

in suspicionem alicui,

Nep. Hann. 7:

ad paenitentiam,

Vulg. Rom. 2, 4; ib. 10, 19.—With gerund:

ad suspicandum,

Cic. Pr. Cons. 16:

ad credendum,

Nep. Con. 3.—With ut:

adductus sum officio, fide, misericordia, etc., ut onus hoc laboris mihi suscipiendum putarem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2:

nullo imbre, nullo frigore adduci, ut capite operto sit,

id. de Sen. 10: id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 3, 9; 6, 10, etc.; Caes. B. G. 6, 12; Liv. 4, 49 al.—And absol. in pass.:

quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

his rebus adducti,

being induced, Caes. B. G. 1, 3; 6, 10.—With quin:

adduci nequeo quin existimem,

Suet. Tib. 21.—With inf.: facilius adducor ferre humana humanitus, Afr. ap. Non. 514, 20.—

Adducor with inf., or with ut and subj. = adducor ad credendum, peithomai, to be induced to believe:

ego non adducor, quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse,

Cic. Att. 11, 16:

ut jam videar adduci, hanc quoque, quae te procrearit, esse patriam,

id. Leg. 2, 3:

illud adduci vix possum, ut... videantur,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 4, 20, 55; Lucr. 5, 1341.—Hence, adductus, a, um, P. a.

Drawn tight, stretched, strained, contracted. — Trop.:

vultus,

Suet. Tib. 68:

frons in supercilia adductior,

Capitol. Ver. 10; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 16.—Hence,

Of place, narrow, contracted, strait:

(Africa) ex spatio paulatim adductior,

Mel. 1, 4.—

Of character, strict, serious, severe:

modo familiaritate juvenili Nero et rursus adductus, quasi seria consociaret,

Tac. A. 14, 4:

adductum et quasi virile servitium,

id. ib. 12, 7:

vis pressior et adductior,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16.— Sup. not used.— Adv. only in comp. adductĭus,

More tightly:

adductius contorquere jacula,

Aus. Grat. Act. 27.—

Trop., more strictly:

imperitare,

Tac. H. 3, 7:

regnari,

id. Germ. 43.

auris (abl., aure, auri), is, f. [v. audio].

Lit., the ear as the organ of hearing, while auricula is the external ear, to ous, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1; Cato, R. R. 157, 16; Lucr. 4, 486; Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11; Vulg. Eccl. 1, 8;

v. antestor.—In comic style: Face, sis, vocivas aedīs aurium,

make the chambers of your ears vacant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 52; cf. aedes.—Hence (usu. plur., aures):

adhibere,

to be attentive, to listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 41; Cic. Arch. 3, 5:

arrigere,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Verg. A. 1, 152:

erigere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3; id. Sull. 11:

admovere aurem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153:

dare,

to lend an ear, listen, id. Att. 1, 4; Sen. Hippol. 413; Val. Fl. 7, 419:

dederet,

Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

applicare,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; id. C. S. 72: praebere aures, Liv 38, 52, 11;

40, 8, 3: praebuimus longis ambagibus aures,

Ov. M. 3, 692; 5, 334; 6, 1; 15, 465; and: praebere aurem (esp. in the signif., to incline the ears in order to hear, to listen to), Ov. M. 7, 821; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 8; Suet. Calig. 22; Hor. S. 1, 1, 22; Prop. 3, 14, 15; Vulg. Job, 6, 28 al.; so,

inclinare aurem,

ib. 4 Reg. 19, 16; ib. Psa. 30, 3:

auribus accipere,

i. e. to hear, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 9; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3; Lucr. 4, 982; 6, 164; Cic. de Or 1, 50, 218; Ov. M. 10, 62 al.:

auribus percipite,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 3; ib. Psa. 16, 2:

te cupidā captat aure maritus,

Cat. 61, 54; so,

auribus aëra captat,

Verg. A. 3, 514:

auribus haurire,

Ov. M. 13, 787; 14, 309:

bibere aure,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32 al.:

obtundere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:

tundere,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 25:

lacessere,

Lucr. 4, 597:

tergere,

id. 6, 119:

allicere,

id. 6, 183:

ferire,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

implere,

Tac. H. 1, 90 et saep.—Particular phrases: in or ad aurem, also in aure, dicere, admonere, etc., to say something in the ear, softly or in secret, to whisper in the ear: in aurem Pontius, Scipio, inquit, vide quid agas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 12; so Hor. S. 1, 9, 9; Mart. 1, 90; Petr. 28, 5:

ut Voluptati ministrarent et eam tantum ad aurem admonerent,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: in aure dictare, Juv 11, 59: aurem vellere, to pull, as an admonition:

Cynthius aurem Vellit et admonuit,

i. e. admonished, reminded, Verg. E. 6, 3; so,

pervellere,

Sen. Ben. 4, 36; id. Ep. 94: dare or servire auribus, to gratify the ears, to flatter, Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16; Caes. B. C. 2, 27: in [p. 208] utramvis or in dextram aurem dormire, to sleep soundly, i. e. to be unconcerned, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 101 (cf. Menaud. ap. Gell. 2, 23: Epamphoteran... mellei katheudêsein); Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 122; Plin. Ep. 4, 29: aures alicujus aperire (eccl. Lat., after the Heb.), to open one ' s ears, i. e. to restore his hearing, Vulg. Marc. 7, 35.—

Meton.

The hearing, so far as it judges of the euphony of a discourse:

offendent aures, quarum est judicium superbissimum,

Cic. Or. 44, 150; so Auct. ad Her. 4, 23, 32:

Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae,

Cic. Or. 9, 27; so id. Brut. 32, 124; id. Font. 6; Hor. A. P. 387.—

Hearers, auditors:

Cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19.—

Also, from its shape, the ear of a plough, the mould- or earthboard by which the furrow is widened and the earth turned back, Verg. G. 1, 172; cf. Voss ad h. 1.; Smith, Dict. Antiq., and Pall. 1, 43.

ā-vello, velli or vulsi, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a. ( pluperf. avellerat, Curt. 5, 6, 5; perf. avulsi, Luc. 9, 764), to tear off or away, to pull or rend off (syn.: abripio, eximo).

In gen. (class.):

avellere tigna trabesque,

to tear away planks and beams, Lucr. 6, 241:

avolsaque saxa Montibus,

the rocks rent from the mountains, id. 4, 141:

avolsum umeris caput,

Verg. A. 2, 558; so Ov. M. 3, 727; 2, 358:

avolsos silices a montibus altis,

Lucr. 5, 313:

avolsus radicibus oculus,

id. 3, 563: poma ex arboribus, si cruda sunt, vix avelluntur;

si matura et cocta, decidunt,

Cic. Sen. 19, 71; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49 fin.:

Cum ripa simul avolsos ferat Aufidus acer,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 58; 2, 8, 89:

Avellit frondes,

Ov. M. 2, 351:

summitatem frondium ejus avulsit,

Vulg. Ezech. 17, 4 al.:

Ex eā avolsa postea Therasia,

Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70:

Euboea avolsa Boeotiae,

id. 4, 12, 21, § 63.—

Esp.

To take away by force, to tear away:

rus ab aliquo,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 14:

pretium alicui,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 104:

fatale sacrato avellere templo Palladium,

Verg. A. 2, 165:

fundum emptori,

Dig. 23, 7, 17; 40, 7, 3:

avellamus eum ad nos,

Vulg. Isa. 7, 6;

so of carrying off the bride,

Cat. 62, 21 Ellis.—

To separate from something by pulling, to part, to remove:

aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere,

Cic. Font. 17:

ab uberibus avellere,

to wean, Vulg. Isa. 28, 9:

ut sperem posse (eum) avelli,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 21:

Non potes avelli! simul, ah, simul ibimus, inquit,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 81:

complexu avolsus Iuli,

Verg. A. 4, 616:

ut avellerentur castris,

Tac. A. 1, 44: se, to tear one ' s self away, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 39.— And in pass. without the notion of violence, to withdraw:

Et ipse avulsus est ab eis,

Vulg. Luc. 22, 41 Tisch.— Trop.:

aliquem a tanto errore,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 83.

carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].

Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).

In gen.:

(flos) tenui carptus ungui,

Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

ab arbore flores,

id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

infra, II.: rosam, poma,

Verg. G. 4, 134:

violas et papavera,

id. E. 2, 47:

violas, lilia,

Ov. M. 5, 392:

frondes uncis manibus,

id. G. 2, 366:

plenis pomaria ramis,

Ov. H. 4, 29:

vindemiam de palmite,

Verg. G. 2, 90:

fructus,

id. ib. 2, 501:

frumenta manu,

id. ib. 3, 176.—

Esp.

Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

carpunt gramen equi,

Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

herbam,

Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

pabula,

id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

alimenta,

id. M. 15, 478:

apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

apis carpens thyma,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

Ov. M. 2, 792:

nec carpsere jecur volucres,

id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

carpe cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —

Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

vellera,

Verg. G. 4, 335:

pensa,

id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

lana carpta,

carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

ex collo furtim coronas,

to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

crinem genasque,

to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

Sen. Thyest. 1061.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

basia,

Mart. 5, 46, 1:

gaudia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

dulcia,

Pers. 5, 151:

regni commoda carpe mei,

Ov. F. 3, 622:

fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

delicias,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—

Esp.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

flore aetatis frui,

Liv. 21, 3, 4):

illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

diem,

Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

honores virtutis,

Val. Fl. 1, 177:

auras vitales,

Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

sub dio somnos,

Verg. G. 3, 435:

quietem,

id. A. 7, 414:

soporem,

id. ib. 4, 522:

noctes securas,

Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—

In a bad sense.

To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

Liv. 45, 35, 5:

imperatorem,

id. 44, 38, 2:

quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

Quint. 11, 1, 24:

maligno sermone,

Suet. Aug. 27:

obliquis orationibus,

id. Dom. 2:

nonnihil vocibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

aliquem sermonibus,

Liv. 7, 12, 12:

sinistris sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

Ciceronem in his,

Quint. 9, 4, 64:

te ficto quaestu,

Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

et detorquere recte facta,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

famam vitamque,

id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—

To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

vires,

Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

id. 34, 3, 2;

esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

Verg. A. 4, 32:

curā carpitur ista mei,

Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,

In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

agmen adversariorum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

novissimum agmen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

novissimos,

Liv. 8, 38, 6:

extrema agminis,

id. 6, 32, 11. —

To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

Liv. 26, 38, 2:

summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

id. 3, 61, 13:

Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning

supra:

si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

id. ib. —

Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

viam,

Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

iter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

supremum iter = mori,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

gyrum,

to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

fugam,

to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

prata fugā,

Verg. G. 3, 142:

pede viam,

Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

pede iter,

id. F. 3, 604:

pedibus terras, pontum remis,

Prop. 1, 6, 33:

pede campos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

mare,

id. M. 11, 752:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196;

15, 507: aëra alis,

id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

aethera,

Ov. M. 8, 219:

carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

id. ib. 10, 53.

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

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.—

Trop.:

complanare et mollire aspera, dura,

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

con-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pluck, pull, or tear in pieces, to rend (rare).

Prop.:

epistulas,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

librum,

Liv. 38, 55, 11; cf. Gell. 4, 18, 12; cf.

litteras,

Suet. Ner. 47:

folia coronae concerpta,

Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

linteolum,

lint, id. 28, 15, 61, § 216; 31, 9, 45, § 100.—

Trop. (acc. to carpo, II. B. b. a), to abuse, revile, censure: Curionem ferventissime, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5.

con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.

To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Without designation of place from which, etc.:

cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

and, fundamenta,

Lucr. 4, 506:

cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

aesculum,

Verg. G. 2, 294:

convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

limina tectorum,

Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 344;

so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

convolsis laceratisque membris,

id. ib. § 6; cf.

armos,

to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

teneros fetus,

i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—

With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

186: me ex nostris hortulis,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

viridem silvam ab humo,

Verg. A. 3, 24:

funem ab terrā,

id. G. 1, 457:

(turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

id. A. 2, 464:

robora suā terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 204:

Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

domus convulsa sedibus suis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

aspera undique nisu,

Val. Fl. 5, 159.—

Absol.:

haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

Ov. M. 9, 351.—

Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

vexilla,

Tac. A. 1, 20.—

Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

latus,

Suet. Tib. 72:

fauces,

Quint. 11, 3, 20.—

Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

so with labefactare: cogitationem,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

rei publicae statum,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

ea quae non possint commoveri,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

id. Caecin. 18, 51:

convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

acta Dolabellae,

id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

rem publicam judicio aliquo,

id. Brut. 30, 115:

gratiam Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

vires aegri,

Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

11: fidem legionum promissis,

Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

id. ib. 6, 48:

fata,

Ov. H. 16, 41:

secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—

To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

dapes avido dente,

Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

id. ib. 3, 414:

septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

convulsi laniatique centuriones,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

domum,

id. ib. 6, 40.—

Trop.

Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

magno cursu verba convellere,

Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

To afflict, torture:

verbis convellere pectus,

Ov. H. 17, 111.

con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.

To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Without designation of place from which, etc.:

cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

and, fundamenta,

Lucr. 4, 506:

cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

aesculum,

Verg. G. 2, 294:

convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

limina tectorum,

Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 344;

so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

convolsis laceratisque membris,

id. ib. § 6; cf.

armos,

to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

teneros fetus,

i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—

With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

186: me ex nostris hortulis,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

viridem silvam ab humo,

Verg. A. 3, 24:

funem ab terrā,

id. G. 1, 457:

(turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

id. A. 2, 464:

robora suā terrā,

Ov. M. 7, 204:

Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

domus convulsa sedibus suis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

aspera undique nisu,

Val. Fl. 5, 159.—

Absol.:

haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

Ov. M. 9, 351.—

Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

vexilla,

Tac. A. 1, 20.—

Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

latus,

Suet. Tib. 72:

fauces,

Quint. 11, 3, 20.—

Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

so with labefactare: cogitationem,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

rei publicae statum,

id. Pis. 2, 4:

ea quae non possint commoveri,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

id. Caecin. 18, 51:

convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

acta Dolabellae,

id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

rem publicam judicio aliquo,

id. Brut. 30, 115:

gratiam Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

vires aegri,

Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

11: fidem legionum promissis,

Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

id. ib. 6, 48:

fata,

Ov. H. 16, 41:

secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—

To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

dapes avido dente,

Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

id. ib. 3, 414:

septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

convulsi laniatique centuriones,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

domum,

id. ib. 6, 40.—

Trop.

Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

magno cursu verba convellere,

Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

To afflict, torture:

verbis convellere pectus,

Ov. H. 17, 111.

dē-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pluck off, to tear, pull, or break off, to crop, gather (class.; most freq. in the poets.—Constr., usually aliquid ex aliqua re; less freq. aliquid de aliqua re).

Lit.:

acina de uvis decerpito,

Cato R. R. 112, 3:

novos flores,

Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 3; cf.:

undique decerptam fronti praeponere olivam,

Hor. Od. 1, 7, 7:

arbore pomum,

Ov. M. 5, 536; cf. id. Pont. 3, 5, 19;

and auricomos fetus arbore,

Verg. A. 6, 141:

praetenuia fila ex abietibus,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128;

lilia tenero ungui,

Prop. 1, 20, 39; cf.:

pollice florem,

Ov. F. 5, 255;

and aurea poma manu mea,

id. M. 10, 649; Val. Max. 2, 8, 5:

herbas,

Ov. M. 1, 645:

ficum,

Juv. 14, 253 et saep.— Absol.:

floret (thymum) circa solstitia, cum et apes decerpunt,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56; Catull. 64, 316.—

Trop.:

quae (omnia) nisi cotidie decerpantur arescunt,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

humanus animus decerptus ex mente divina,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 23:

ne quid jocus de gravitate decerperet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 229:

quarum (materiarum) nunc facillima decerpunt,

Quint. 10, 5, 21.— Poet.: oscula mordenti semper decerpere rostro, Catull. 68, 127 (cf.: carpo, no. II. 1);

for which, ora puellae,

Verg. Cop. 33 Sillig.—Hence,

Transf.

(Acc. to carpo, no. II. 1.) To enjoy:

ex re fructus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

primas noctes tecum epulis,

Pers. 5, 43:

murmura vocis,

Stat. Th. 6, 165:

decus primae pugnae,

Sil. 4, 138; cf.:

nihil sibi ex ista laude centurio decerpit,

Cic. Marc. 2, 7:

mulieres,

Vulg. Baruch, 6, 27.—

(Acc. to carpo, no. II. 1.) To destroy:

quae (invidia) spes tantas decerpat,

Quint. 6 prooem. § 10; cf.:

illibatam virginitatem,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2 med.

dē-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. a., to cast off, remove.

In gen. So only once in a trop. sense:

culpam de me demolibor,

Plaut. Bac. 3, 1, 16.—Far more freq.,

In partic., of buildings, to throw down, pull or tear down, demolish (for syn. cf.: deleo, eluo, diluo, diruo, everto, destruo).

Lit.:

monimenta virum,

Lucr. 6, 242;

(Lachm. lamenta): domum,

Cic. Off. 1, 39:

parietem,

id. Top. 4, 22:

statuas,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 67:

signum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 39:

columnas,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1 fin.: munitiones, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22; cf. Nep. Timol. 3, 3:

deum immortalium templa,

Liv. 42, 3.—

Of inanimate subjects:

arcus et statuas, aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio,

Plin. Pan. 55, 9.—

Trop., to demolish, destroy:

aevi prioris Robora,

Ov. M. 15, 228:

si quod cuiquam privatim officiet jus, id destruet ac demolietur, quid attinebit? etc.,

Liv. 34, 3:

Bacchanalia,

id. 39, 16:

faciem,

to disfigure, Hier. in Matt. 6, 16 (as a transl. of the Gr. aphanizein to prosôpon):

terram,

lay waste, Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 25; id. Jer. 51, 2.— Absol.:

ubi tinea demolitur,

id. Matt. 6, 19 sq.

Act. form dēmōlĭo, īre, Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Com. v. 48 Rib.); Varr. ib. Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129; Lact. 4, 11, 6.—

Demolior, īri, in pass. signif., Lex ap. Front. l. l.; Curio ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Dig. 7, 4, 10; 41, 3, 23; Inscr. Orell. 3015.

dē-pĭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pull out the hair, pluck out the feathers.

Prop. (ante-class. and post-Aug., and rare):

depilari magis quam amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4:

perdicem,

Apic. 6, 3; Mart. 9, 28:

struthiocamelum,

Sen. Cons. Sap. 17:

amygdalae,

Apic. 2, 2.—

Transf., dēpĭlātus, plucked, i. e. plundered, cheated, Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 28.—

To rub off the skin, peel:

omnis umerus depilatus est,

Vulg. Ezech. 29, 18.

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).

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.—

Trop.:

quantum de mea auctoritate deripuisset,

Cic. Sull. 1, 2.

and edd. often confounded with diripio q. v.

dē-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to pull or tear down any thing built (opp. construo— [p. 561] for syn. cf.: demolior, diruo).

Prop. (rare but class.):

navem, aedificium idem destruit facillime, qui construxit,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; so,

templum prope funditus,

Suet. Vesp. 9:

moenia,

Verg. A. 4, 326:

aras,

Vulg. Exod. 34, 13 et saep.—

Poet. transf.:

crinemque manumque, i. e.,

to strip off crown and sceptre, Stat. Th. 12, 93.—

Trop., to destroy, ruin, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.):

destruere ac demoliri aliquid,

Liv. 34, 3:

tyrannidem,

Quint. 1, 10, 48:

orationem (opp. illustrare),

id. 11, 1, 2; cf.

finitionem (opp. confirmare),

id. 7, 3, 19:

singulos testes (opp. exornare),

id. 5, 7, 25 sq.:

hostem,

Tac. A. 2, 63:

senem,

id. H. 1, 6:

multa vetustas,

Ov. F. 5, 132; cf. id. M. 15, 235:

dicta vultu,

id. A. A. 2, 312:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 3, 31.

dē-trecto (in the best MSS. also dē-tracto), ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

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).

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.—

With inf. (late Lat.):

tutelam administrare,

Dig. 37, 14, 19:

dicere,

Arn. 6, p. 201.—

Absol., Liv. 2, 45 fin.; 3, 38, 12; Suet. Ner. 47.—

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.

dē-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to drive, thrust, or cast down, to throw or beat down, sc. in a violent, tumultuous manner (freq. and class.; orig. perh. peculiar to milit. lang.).

Lit.:

aliquem de pugnaculis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 63:

nostros de vallo lapidibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 2; cf.:

aliquem ex vallo,

id. B. C. 3, 67, 4:

Macedones ex praesidiis stationibusque,

Liv. 31, 39 fin.; and so in a milit. sense with the simple acc., Caes. B. G. 5, 43 fin.; Liv. 10, 41; 25, 13 al.; and absol., Tac. A. 4, 51:

de tecto tegulas,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 5:

Trebonium de tribunali,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 2; cf.:

aliquem certa re et possessione,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2:

fucos a sedibus suis,

Pall. Jun. 7 et saep.:

statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41 fin.; id. Pis. 38, 93; cf. aedificium, to pull or tear down, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 7 et saep.:

Phaëthonta equis in terram,

Lucr. 5, 402; cf.:

praecipitem ab alta puppi in mare,

Verg. A. 5, 175:

aliquem in viam,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 6; id. Mil. 2, 2, 6: caput orantis terrae, to strike to the ground, i. e. to cut off, Verg. A. 10, 555.—

Trop. (repeatedly in Cic.;

elsewhere rare): aliquem de sanitate ac mente,

to deprive of, Cic. Pis. 20, 46:

aliquem ex magna spe,

id. Fam. 5, 7:

de fortunis omnibus P. Quinctius deturbandus est,

id. Quint. 14, 47:

haec verecundiam mi et virtutis modum deturbavit,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 60.— With abl. alone:

neque solum spe, sed certa re jam et possessione deturbatus est,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2; id. Rep. 3, 20, 30.