raises it up

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ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.

Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).

Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):

calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:

stimulo boves agitat,

Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:

hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,

drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:

agitantur quadrigae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:

ad flumina currus,

Verg. G. 3, 18:

jussit agitari currum suum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:

sacros jugales (dracones),

Ov. M. 5, 661:

quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,

Suet. Caes. 39.—

Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:

triremem in portu,

Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

alas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:

manibusque leves agitavit habenas,

id. M. 7, 221:

hastam,

id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:

arundinem vento agitatam,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:

aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,

id. Div. 2, 70:

trepidas columbas,

Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:

damas,

id. ib. 10, 539:

cursu timidos onagros,

Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —

Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:

ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,

when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:

mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:

freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,

Verg. G. 1, 357:

aristas,

Ov. A. A. 1, 553:

Zephyris agitata Tempe,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:

ventis agitatur pinus,

id. ib. 2, 10, 9:

veteres agitantur orni,

id. ib. 1, 9, 12:

agitaret aura capillos,

id. Epod. 15, 9.—

Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—

In gen., of the motion caused by other things:

magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,

Lucr. 6, 1054:

agitari inter se concursu,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—

Trop.

To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):

in furias agitantur equae,

are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:

agitare plebem,

to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:

populum,

Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:

agitatus cupiditate regni,

id. 3, 1:

gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,

id. 1, 16, 7.—

To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):

dii deaeque te agitant irati,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:

atra bilis agitat hominem,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:

ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:

scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,

id. ib. 4, 471):

suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,

id. ib. 24:

agitare et insequi poëtas,

Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:

multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,

Cic. Quint. 2:

est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,

id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,

Sall. C. 5, 7:

quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,

Tac. Agr. 16:

commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,

was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

quos agitabat timor,

Tac. Agr. 16:

timore et metu agitati,

Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:

injuriis agitatus,

Flor. 1, 8, 7:

seditionibus,

Just. 12, 4, 12.—

To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:

agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,

attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:

agitant expertia frugis,

id. A. P. 341:

vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,

id. ib. 456.—

In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):

Haec ego non agitem?

should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:

vigilias,

to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,

custodiam,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:

hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,

let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:

Dionysia,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:

convivia,

Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:

meum natalem,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;

so festos dies,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:

jocos,

Ov. M. 3, 319:

agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,

was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:

quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,

was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:

studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,

were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:

dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,

id. ib. 109, 2:

quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,

there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:

ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,

as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):

vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,

Sall. C. 2, 1:

agitare aevum,

Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:

festos dies,

Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:

hi propius mare Africum agitabant,

Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:

laeti Germant agitabant,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

secretus agitat,

id. ib. 11, 21:

montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,

id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—

Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:

quom eam rem in corde agito,

Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:

id agitans mecum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:

habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41:

est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 6, 1:

quae omnes animo agitabant,

Tac. A. 6, 9:

provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,

id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:

ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,

Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:

aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,

Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:

quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:

rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,

id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:

fugam,

Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:

Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,

id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:

de bello,

Tac. H. 2, 1:

agitanti de Claudio,

id. A. 6, 46:

de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,

id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:

agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,

Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:

agitavere placeretne, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:

an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,

Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):

ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,

Tac. A. 16, 26.—

To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;

cum de foedere victor agitaret,

Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—

Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

at-tollo ( attolo, arch.), no perf. or sup., 3, v. a., to lift or raise up, raise, elevate, lift on high (in the poets and postAug. prose writers very frequent, but not in Cic.; syn.: tollo, erigo).

Lit.:

super limen pedes attollere,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

signa,

id. ib. 2, 6, 5: pallium attollere, i. e. accingere (v. accingo), * Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 31:

illum (regem) omnes apes... saepe attollunt umeris,

Verg. G. 4, 217: Nec semel irrisus triviis attollere curat Fracto crure planum, to raise up the juggler, to help him up, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58 Schmid:

parvumque attollite natum,

lift up, Ov. M. 9, 387:

caput,

id. ib. 5, 503:

oculos humo,

id. ib. 2, 448:

Et contra magnum potes hos (oculos) attollere solem,

Prop. 1, 15, 37:

Sed non attollere contra Sustinet haec oculos,

Ov. M. 6, 605:

Attollens Joseph oculos vidit etc.,

Vulg. Gen. 43, 29:

timidum lumen ad lumina,

Ov. M. 10, 293:

vultus jacentes,

id. ib. 4, 144:

corpus ulnis,

id. ib. 7, 847:

manus ad caelum,

Liv. 10, 36:

cornua e mari,

Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82:

attollite portas, principes,

Vulg. Psa. 23, 7; 23, 9:

mare ventis,

Tac. Agr. 10; cf.:

Euphratem attolli,

swollen, id. A. 6, 37:

se in femur,

raises himself on his thigh, Verg. A. 10, 856:

se in auras,

Ov. M. 4, 722:

se recto trunco,

id. ib. 2, 822:

attollentem se ab gravi casu,

Liv. 8, 7, 6:

a terrā se attollentem,

Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.—

With middle signif.: e mediis hunc (sc. Atlantem) harenis in caelum attolli prodidere,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6:

attollitur monte Pione,

id. 5, 29, 31, § 115.—Of buildings, to raise, erect, build:

immensam molem,

Verg. A. 2, 185:

arcem,

id. ib. 3, 134:

attollitur opus in altitudinem XXXX. cubitis,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30:

turres in centenos vicenos[que ] attollebantur,

Tac. H. 5, 11.— Poet.:

cum die stativorum campum alacritate discursu pulvere attolleres,

Plin. Pan. 14, 3; cf. Verg. A. 9, 714.—

Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt, sustain; also, to enlarge, aggrandize, to render prominent or conspicuous, to extol (so esp. freq. in Tac.):

Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus,

Verg. A. 4, 49:

ultro implacabilis ardet Attollitque animos,

id. ib. 12, 4:

ad consulatūs spem attollere animos,

Liv. 22, 26:

rectos ac vividos animos non ut alii contundis ac deprimis, sed foves et attollis,

Plin. Pan. 44, 6:

Frangit et attollit vires in milite causa,

Prop. 5, 6, 51:

attollique suum laetis ad sidera nomen vocibus,

Luc. 7, 11:

quanto Ciceronis studio Brutus Cassiusque attollerentur,

were distinguished, Vell. 2, 65 Ruhnk. (cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 14: animadverti dici jam a quibusdam exornari etiam nimium a me Brutum, nimium Cassium ornari); so,

insignibus triumphi,

Tac. A. 3, 72; id. H. 2, 90; 3, 37; 4, 59; id. Agr. 39:

res per similitudinem,

Quint. 8, 6, 68: his (frons) contrahitur, attollitur ( is drawn up or raised), demittitur, id. 11, 3, 78:

belloque et armis rem publicam,

Tac. H. 4, 52:

cuncta in majus attollens,

id. A. 15, 30:

sua facta, suos casus,

id. Agr. 25.— Form attolo, of doubtful meaning:

Quis vetat qui ne attolat? Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.: Custodite istunc vos, ne vim qui attolat neve attigat,

id. ib. p. 105 (= auferre or afferre, Non.).

at-tollo ( attolo, arch.), no perf. or sup., 3, v. a., to lift or raise up, raise, elevate, lift on high (in the poets and postAug. prose writers very frequent, but not in Cic.; syn.: tollo, erigo).

Lit.:

super limen pedes attollere,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

signa,

id. ib. 2, 6, 5: pallium attollere, i. e. accingere (v. accingo), * Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 31:

illum (regem) omnes apes... saepe attollunt umeris,

Verg. G. 4, 217: Nec semel irrisus triviis attollere curat Fracto crure planum, to raise up the juggler, to help him up, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58 Schmid:

parvumque attollite natum,

lift up, Ov. M. 9, 387:

caput,

id. ib. 5, 503:

oculos humo,

id. ib. 2, 448:

Et contra magnum potes hos (oculos) attollere solem,

Prop. 1, 15, 37:

Sed non attollere contra Sustinet haec oculos,

Ov. M. 6, 605:

Attollens Joseph oculos vidit etc.,

Vulg. Gen. 43, 29:

timidum lumen ad lumina,

Ov. M. 10, 293:

vultus jacentes,

id. ib. 4, 144:

corpus ulnis,

id. ib. 7, 847:

manus ad caelum,

Liv. 10, 36:

cornua e mari,

Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82:

attollite portas, principes,

Vulg. Psa. 23, 7; 23, 9:

mare ventis,

Tac. Agr. 10; cf.:

Euphratem attolli,

swollen, id. A. 6, 37:

se in femur,

raises himself on his thigh, Verg. A. 10, 856:

se in auras,

Ov. M. 4, 722:

se recto trunco,

id. ib. 2, 822:

attollentem se ab gravi casu,

Liv. 8, 7, 6:

a terrā se attollentem,

Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.—

With middle signif.: e mediis hunc (sc. Atlantem) harenis in caelum attolli prodidere,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6:

attollitur monte Pione,

id. 5, 29, 31, § 115.—Of buildings, to raise, erect, build:

immensam molem,

Verg. A. 2, 185:

arcem,

id. ib. 3, 134:

attollitur opus in altitudinem XXXX. cubitis,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 30:

turres in centenos vicenos[que ] attollebantur,

Tac. H. 5, 11.— Poet.:

cum die stativorum campum alacritate discursu pulvere attolleres,

Plin. Pan. 14, 3; cf. Verg. A. 9, 714.—

Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt, sustain; also, to enlarge, aggrandize, to render prominent or conspicuous, to extol (so esp. freq. in Tac.):

Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus,

Verg. A. 4, 49:

ultro implacabilis ardet Attollitque animos,

id. ib. 12, 4:

ad consulatūs spem attollere animos,

Liv. 22, 26:

rectos ac vividos animos non ut alii contundis ac deprimis, sed foves et attollis,

Plin. Pan. 44, 6:

Frangit et attollit vires in milite causa,

Prop. 5, 6, 51:

attollique suum laetis ad sidera nomen vocibus,

Luc. 7, 11:

quanto Ciceronis studio Brutus Cassiusque attollerentur,

were distinguished, Vell. 2, 65 Ruhnk. (cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 14: animadverti dici jam a quibusdam exornari etiam nimium a me Brutum, nimium Cassium ornari); so,

insignibus triumphi,

Tac. A. 3, 72; id. H. 2, 90; 3, 37; 4, 59; id. Agr. 39:

res per similitudinem,

Quint. 8, 6, 68: his (frons) contrahitur, attollitur ( is drawn up or raised), demittitur, id. 11, 3, 78:

belloque et armis rem publicam,

Tac. H. 4, 52:

cuncta in majus attollens,

id. A. 15, 30:

sua facta, suos casus,

id. Agr. 25.— Form attolo, of doubtful meaning:

Quis vetat qui ne attolat? Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.: Custodite istunc vos, ne vim qui attolat neve attigat,

id. ib. p. 105 (= auferre or afferre, Non.).

ē-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to carry out or forth, to convey out, lead forth (rare but class.).

Lit.:

omnia (signa) ex fanis, ex locis publicis palam plaustris evecta exportataque esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20:

aquas ex planis locis,

Liv. 1, 38 fin.; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224:

stercus (with exportare),

Cato R. R. 5, 8:

merces (opp. inveho),

Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; Dig. 10, 4, 5 et saep.:

incaute se evehentes Masinissa excipiebat,

throwing themselves out, rushing out, Liv. 29, 34:

naves in altum,

id. 25, 27.—In an upward direction; palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos, raises aloft, elevates, * Hor. C. 1, 1, 6; cf.:

aliquem ad aethera,

Verg. A. 6, 130:

ad auras,

Ov. M. 14, 127:

in caelum,

Juv. 1, 38.—

Reflex., to ride out or forth, to move out, move forth, proceed, advance, go, spread:

evectus effreno equo,

springing forwards, Liv. 4, 33: cf.

longius,

Tac. A. 12, 14:

de nocte,

Suet. Aug. 97 fin.:

evecti Aegeo mari Delum trajecerunt,

Liv. 44, 28 fin.; cf. id. 28, 30:

ad portum,

id. 37, 15 fin.:

in altum,

id. 21, 50:

ratibus ad regem,

Just. 2, 6 et saep.:

in ancoras evehi,

to run foul of the anchors, Liv. 22, 19.— With the acc. of the place:

evectus os amnis,

Curt. 9, 9 fin. —

To carry up, to convey upwards:

ut in collem Esquiliarium eveheretur,

Liv. 1, 48.—

Trop.

To carry forth, take out, spread abroad:

ut semel e Piraeeo eloquentia evecta est, omnes peragravit insulas,

went forth, Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.:

fama ejus evecta insulas,

Tac. A. 12, 36:

spe vana evectus,

carried forwards, Liv. 42, 62; cf.

inconsultius,

id. 35, 31;

and, longius,

Quint. 9, 3, 87:

magicae vanitates in tantum evectae, ut, etc.,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18:

evectus sum longius,

I have made too long a digression, Amm. 15, 12, 6.—

In an upward direction, to raise or lift up, to elevate:

quem usque in tertium consulatum amicitia Principis evexerat,

Vell. 2, 90; cf.:

aliquos ad consulatus,

Tac. Or. 13; and:

imperium ad summum fastigium,

Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf.:

ad magnum culmen,

Amm. 16, 6.—In the part. perf., advanced, promoted:

consiliarii in summum evecti fastigium,

Vell. 2, 56, 3; cf. id. 2, 53, 3:

privatum supra modum evectae opes,

increased, Tac. A. 14, 52.— With dat.:

aliquem evehere summis honoribus,

Spart. Hadr. 15.

prō-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (sync. forms:

promisti for promisisti,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3:

promisse for promisisse,

id. 110, 5:

promissem,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. pass. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.

Lit., to let go forward, to send or put forth, to let hang down, let grow, etc. (rare;

not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt,

suffer to grow longer, Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to grow:

nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit,

Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the hair, the beard, to let hang down, let grow:

satis constat multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.:

pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.— Transf.:

(Sonus lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu,

is drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82;

Gallia est longe et a nostris litoribus huc usque promissa,

Mel. 1, 3; v. infra, P. a.—

Trop., of speech.

To say beforehand, to forebode, foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare):

praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5:

ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis,

id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to forebode, portend:

pari in meliora praesagio in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant,

Flor. 4, 7, 9:

promittunt omina poenas,

Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum fore (Servium) visa circa caput flamma promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to denote beforehand:

stella... vindemiae maturitatem promittens,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—

To promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope or promise of, assure (class. and freq.; syn.: polliceor, spondeo, recipio), constr. with acc., an object-clause, or de:

domum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28:

sestertia septem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81:

carmen,

id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7:

auxilium alicui,

id. M. 13, 325:

opem,

id. F 5, 247:

salutem,

Luc. 4, 235:

ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5:

si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset,

id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit!

id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.):

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

promitto, in meque recipio fore eum, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 10, 3:

quem inimicissimum futurum esse promitto et spondeo,

id. Mur. 41, 90:

surrepturum pallam promisit tibi,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6:

promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.:

si operam dare promittitis,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum vanitas ebrietati eas resistere [p. 1465] promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.:

se remedium afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit,

Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5:

promittere oratorem,

to give promise of becoming, Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.:

per ea scelera se parricidam,

excite fears lest he become, Quint. Decl. 1, 6:

me Promisi ultorem,

Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de:

de alicujus voluntate promittere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

promittere damni infecti,

i. e. to promise indemnification for, become answerable for the possible damage, Cic. Top 4, 22.—

With ut and subj.:

promiserat ut daret,

Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' terra ipsa promittit (aquas), gives promise of, leads one to expect water, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45:

debet extremitas (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat alia post se,

to lead one to suppose, to suggest, id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—

In partic.

To promise to come, to engage one's self to meet any one, to dine, sup, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16:

ad fratrem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27:

ad cenam mihi,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so,

tibi me promittere noli,

to expect me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—

To promise something to a deity, i. e. to vow:

donum Jovi dicatum atque promissum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184:

nigras pecudes Diti,

Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—

To offer as a price (post-Aug.):

pro domo sestertium millies promittens,

Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.

Lit., hanging down, long; of the hair: coma, Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

Britanni capillo sunt promisso,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so,

capillus,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

barba,

Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4:

barba omnibus promissa erat,

id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap:

boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis,

Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the belly:

sues ventre promisso,

Col. 7, 9, 1.—

Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a promise (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.

promissio, pollicitatio),

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

constantia promissi,

id. ib. 4, 17, 1:

promissum absolvere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1:

facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95:

exigere,

id. ib. 3, 25, 94:

ludere aliquem promisso inani,

Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.:

pacta et promissa servare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 10, 32:

promissis manere,

Verg. A. 2, 160:

promissa firmare,

Ov. M. 10, 430:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

dic aliquid dignum promissis,

id. S. 2, 3, 6:

quo promissa (Ennii) cadant,

i. e. the expectations which he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52:

promissa dare,

to make promises, Cat. 63, 239; to fulfil, Ov. M. 2, 51.

pulvĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [pulvis].

Of or containing dust, filled with or full of dust, dust-:

nubes,

clouds of dust, Verg. A. 8, 593:

turbo,

a whirlwind of dust, Claud. B. Get. 458:

farina,

fine as dust, Ov. Med. Fac. 61:

solum,

id. M. 7, 113:

aequor,

a battle-field filled with dust, Stat. Th. 11, 403:

crinis,

id. ib. 6, 7:

circus,

id. ib. 6, 493:

aspectus,

dusty, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170:

erat ex itinere anhelus et pulvereus,

covered with dust, Pac. Pan. Theod. 34:

pulverei et cinerosi mortui,

App. M. 4, p. 150, 27.—

Act., that raises the dust:

equi,

Val. Fl. 4, 608:

palla,

Ov. M. 6, 705.