sŭpīno

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dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

araneas de foribus et de pariete,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31:

aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.:

aliquem e ponte,

Suet. Caes. 80:

aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),

Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf.

aliquem saxo Tarpeio,

Tac. A. 6, 19:

aliquem equo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19:

jugum servile a cervicibus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

togam ab umeris,

Suet. Aug. 52; cf.:

togam de umero,

id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.:

se de muro,

Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.:

se de superiore parte aedium,

Nep. Dion, 4 fin.:

se per munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5:

se a praealtis montibus (venti),

Liv. 28, 6:

librum in mare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.:

aliquem in locum inferiorem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12:

aliquem e summo in Tartara,

Lucr. 5, 1124:

elatam securim in caput (regis),

Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10:

equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,

force to leap down, id. 23, 47:

bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so,

statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),

id. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

monumenta regis templaque Vestae,

Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15:

signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),

Liv. 40, 2:

omnes Hermas,

Nep. Alcib. 3:

turrim,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf.

arces,

Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.:

arbores,

to fell, Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4:

caput uno ictu,

to cut off, Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546:

libellos,

to tear down, Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.:

crinibus dejectis,

loose, dishevelled, Tac. A. 14, 30:

sortes,

to cast into the urn, Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5:

dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,

Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.:

cum dejecta sors esset,

Liv. 21, 42; cf.:

pernam, glandium,

to throw into the pot, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36:

alvum,

to purge, Cato R. R. 158; cf.:

casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,

i. e. are most easily digested, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3;

opp. alvum superiorem,

i. e. to vomit, Cato R. R. 156, 2.—

Esp.

Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.:

nostri dejecti sunt loco,

id. ib. 7, 51:

praesidium ex saltu,

id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,

Liv. 7, 10:

ex tot castellis,

id. 44, 35:

praesidium Claternā,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.:

praesidium loco summe munito,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.:

castra hostium,

to destroy, id. 25, 14:

praetorium,

id. 41, 2 et saep.—

Jurid. t. t., to drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess (cf. deduco):

unde vi prohibitus sis... unde dejectus?

Cic. Caecin. 13; cf. id. ib. 17, 50:

nisi ex eo loco ubi vestigium impresserit, deici neminem posse,

id. ib. 27, 76 fin.:

aliquem de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22.—

Naut. t. t., pass.: deici, to be driven out of one's course:

naves ad inferiorem partem insulae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28, 2:

classis tempestate vexata ad Balearīs insulas deicitur,

Liv. 23, 34, 16; id. 23, 40, 6.—

Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay:

his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.:

quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?

Verg. A. 11, 665:

avem ab alto caelo,

id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580:

Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,

i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice, Val. Fl. 1, 191:

super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,

Phaedr. 2, 1, 1:

(Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,

Lact. 1, 9, 2:

gruem,

Verg. A. 11, 580.—

To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra):

dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),

Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast:

id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

in pectora mentum,

Ov. M. 12, 255:

euntes dejecta cervice Getae,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.—

Trop.

In gen.:

pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,

never took their eyes off him, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71:

oculos a republica,

id. Phil. 1, 1:

dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,

cast down her eyes, Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.:

oculos in terram,

Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.;

and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,

with downcast eyes, Verg. A. 11, 480:

dejectus vultum,

Stat. Th. 3, 367:

ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?

thou hast removed, averted, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.:

quantum de doloris terrore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

vitia a se ratione,

id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.:

cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 62:

hunc metum Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.:

quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,

Quint. 10, 4, 1:

eum de sententia dejecistis,

hast diverted from his opinion, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of:

de honore deici,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25:

de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22, 7;

for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,

Liv. 39, 41;

and, dejecti honore,

id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.:

aliquem aedilitate,

Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

aedilitate,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23:

praeturā,

id. Mur. 36, 76:

principatu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8:

certo consulatu,

Liv. 40, 46, 14:

spe,

id. 44, 28, 1:

ea spe,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.:

opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),

id. ib. 5, 48:

conjuge tanto,

Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3:

cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,

Liv. 38, 35:

uxorem (sc. conjugio),

Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.:

hoc dejecto,

after his fall, Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27:

ex alto dejectus culmine regni,

Sil. 17, 143.—

To humble:

deicimur, sed non perimus,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9:

deiciendi hominis causa,

Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).

Sunk down, low:

equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3:

dejectius,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin. —

(Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited:

haud dejectus equum duci jubet,

Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: [p. 535] haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315:

in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,

Quint. 9. 4, 138.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.

hŭmĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [humilis], lowness (acc. to humilis, I.).

Lit.:

naves omnes actuarias imperat fieri, quam ad rem humilitas multum adjuvat (shortly before: naves paulo facit humiliores),

Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:

arborum,

Sall. J. 49, 5:

aliorum animalium ea est humilitas, ut cibum terrestrem rostris facile contingant,

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

sidera multum inter se aut altitudine aut humilitate distantia,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

quanta humilitate luna feratur, terram paene contingens,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91.—

Trop.

Of rank, birth, or influence, lowness, meanness, insignificance: malorum turba quaedam, paupertas, ignobilitas, humilitas, solitudo, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

propter humilitatem et obscuritatem,

id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

humilitatem cum dignitate contendere,

id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

alicujus despicere,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

obicere humilitatem alicui,

Liv. 26, 31, 4:

ex humilitate sua,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25:

infima natalium,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

generis,

Sall. J. 73, 4:

generis ac nominis,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

obliterata quoque scrutabimur, nec deterrebit quarundam rerum humilitas,

Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 7.—

Littleness of mind, meanness, baseness, abjectness:

habet levitatem laetitia gestiens, humilitatem metus,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

et dejecto (capite) humilitas et supino arrogantia ostenditur,

Quint. 11, 3, 69; so,

opp. arrogantia,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 5:

saepe virtus et magnificentia plus proficit ad misericordiam commovendam quam humilitas et obsecratio,

Cic. Inv. 1, 56, 109:

summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

Liv. 38, 52, 2:

asinorum,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180.—

In eccl. Lat., in a good sense, opp. to pride, lowness, humility, Lact. 5, 15; Sulp. Sever. Vit. S. Mart. 2 fin. et saep.

Maecēnas, ātis, m. [Tuscan, perh. Maecnatial; v. Sil. 10, 40; Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 404; 415]: C. Cilnius Maecenas, a Roman knight, descended, on the mother's side, from the Arretinian gens of the Maecenates (and on the father's side from that of the Cilnii;

v. Müll. l. c. p. 416 sq.),

the friend of Augustus and the patron of Horace and Virgil, Prop. 4, 8 (9), 1; Hor. C. 1, 1, 1; Verg. G. 1, 2; Vell. 2, 88, 2; Tac. A. 6, 11; Sen. Prov. 3, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 19, 8 sq.; 114, 4; Quint. 9, 4, 28.—

Transf., to denote, in gen.,

A patron of literature:

sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones,

Mart. 8, 56, 5; Sen. Prov. 3, 10:

quis tibi Maecenas erit?

Juv. 7, 94.—

A person of distinction:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39. —

A luxurious, effeminate person:

multum referens de Maecenate supino,

Juv. 1, 66.—Hence,

Maecēnātĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mæcenas:

turris,

Suet. Ner. 38:

horti,

id. Tib. 15:

vina,

named after him, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 67.

Maecēnas, ātis, m. [Tuscan, perh. Maecnatial; v. Sil. 10, 40; Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 404; 415]: C. Cilnius Maecenas, a Roman knight, descended, on the mother's side, from the Arretinian gens of the Maecenates (and on the father's side from that of the Cilnii;

v. Müll. l. c. p. 416 sq.),

the friend of Augustus and the patron of Horace and Virgil, Prop. 4, 8 (9), 1; Hor. C. 1, 1, 1; Verg. G. 1, 2; Vell. 2, 88, 2; Tac. A. 6, 11; Sen. Prov. 3, 9 sq.; id. Ep. 19, 8 sq.; 114, 4; Quint. 9, 4, 28.—

Transf., to denote, in gen.,

A patron of literature:

sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones,

Mart. 8, 56, 5; Sen. Prov. 3, 10:

quis tibi Maecenas erit?

Juv. 7, 94.—

A person of distinction:

vestem Purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam,

Juv. 12, 39. —

A luxurious, effeminate person:

multum referens de Maecenate supino,

Juv. 1, 66.—Hence,

Maecēnātĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mæcenas:

turris,

Suet. Ner. 38:

horti,

id. Tib. 15:

vina,

named after him, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 67.

rĕ-sŭpīno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to bend or turn back (rare; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

puer ad me accurrit, Pone apprehendit pallio, resupinat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

assurgentem ibi regem umbone resupinat,

Liv. 4, 19:

hominem,

Cels. 7, 16:

nares planā manu,

to bend back, Quint. 11, 3, 80:

colla (turtures, cum bibunt),

Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105; cf.:

caput (aves bibentes),

id. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

valvas,

to beat in, break down, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 51: resupinati cessantia tympana Galli, i. e. prostrate from drunkenness, Juv. 8, 176 et saep.— In mal. part., to stretch out:

aviam amici,

Juv. 3, 112.— Pass. in mid. force:

leones resupinari,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 162.—

Trop.: rem, to overthrow, ruin, destroy, Att. ap. Non. 165, 3:

quid tantopere te resupinet?

makes proud, puffs up, Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.

sŭpīnus, a, um, adj. [from sub; cf. huptios, from hupo, hupai], backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine (opp. pronus, cernuus).

Lit.

In gen. (freq. and class.), of persons:

stertitque supinus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 19; Suet. Aug. 16; id. Claud. 33: pater excitat supinum juvenem, i. e in bed, Juv. 14, 190.—Of animals, parts of the body, etc.:

animal omne, ut vult, ita utitur motu sui corporis, prono, obliquo, supino,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

refracta videntur omnia converti sursumque supina reverti,

Lucr. 4, 441:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

cubitus,

a lying on the back, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

caput,

thrown back, Quint. 11, 3, 69:

cervix,

id. 11, 3, 82:

vultus,

id. 1, 11, 9:

ora,

Cic. Univ. 14:

venter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 85:

testudines,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 41:

apes,

id. 11, 8, 8, § 19:

pugnans falce supinā,

Juv. 8, 201: tendoque supinas Ad caelum cum voce manus, i. e. with the open palms turned upwards (a gesture of one praying), Verg. A. 3, 176; so,

manus,

Ov. M. 8, 681; Liv. 3, 50; 26, 9; Curt. 6, 6, 34; Suet. Vit. 7; Hor. C. 3, 23, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 99:

cornua aliis adunca, aliis redunca, supina, convexa,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

cathedra,

an easy chair with an inclined back, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: jactus, a [p. 1813] throwing up, Liv. 30, 10, 13: signis supinis, lowered (opp. erectis), Spart. Sev. 7.— Comp.:

in arborum tonsurā supiniore,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 214. —

In partic.

Of motion, backwards, going back, retrograde ( poet.):

nec redit in fontes unda supina suos,

Ov. Med. Fac. 40:

cursus fluminum,

id. P. 4, 5, 43:

carmen,

i. e. that can be read backwards in the same metre, Mart. 2, 86, 1.—

Of localities.

Sloping, inclined (not in Cic.;

syn. declivis): tabulae scheda,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77:

scandenti circa ima labor est... si haec jam lenius supina evaseris,

Quint. 12, 10, 79:

per supinam vallem fusi,

Liv. 4, 46, 5; 6, 24, 3; 7, 24, 5:

sin tumulis adclive solum collisque supinos (metabere),

Verg. G. 2, 276:

per supina camporum,

undulating, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

Stretched out, extended:

Tibur,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 23:

solum,

Plin. Pan. 30, 4:

mare,

Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 2:

vindemia,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 185. —

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of the mind.

Careless, thoughtless, heedless, negligent, indolent, supine:

otiosi et supini (oratores),

Quint. 10, 2, 17 Spald.:

supini securique,

id. 11, 3, 3; Dig. 18, 1, 15:

animus,

Cat. 17, 25:

Maecenas,

Juv. 1, 66:

auris,

Mart. 6, 42, 22:

compositio (with tarda),

Quint. 9, 4, 137:

ignorantia,

Dig. 22, 6, 6; Quint. 12, 10, 79. — Comp.:

deliciae supiniores,

Mart. 2, 6, 13. —

With head thrown back, haughty, proud:

haec et talia dum refert supinus,

Mart. 5, 8, 10; Pers. 1, 129.—

In later gram. lang. sŭpīnum (sc. verbum).

The verbal form in um and u, the supine (perh. because, although furnished with substantive case-endings, it rests or falls back on the verb), Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 811 ib. (called in Quint. 1, 4, 29, verba participialia).—

The verbal form in andum and endum, the gerund, Charis. p. 153 P.; Prisc. p. 823 ib. — Hence, * adv.: sŭpīnē (acc. to II. A. 1.), carelessly, negligently:

beneficium accipere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 24, 3.