sŭper-cădo

cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].

Lit.

In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

Verg. G. 4, 80:

nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 258:

cadit in terras vis flammea,

id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

in patrios pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

Liv. 1, 58, 11:

cadit in vultus,

Ov. M. 5, 292:

in pectus,

id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

ad terras,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

ad terram,

Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

a summo cadere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

a mento cadit manus,

Ov. F. 3, 20:

aves ab alto,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

Lucr. 6, 824:

ex arbore,

Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

cecidisse de equo dicitur,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cadere de equo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

de manibus arma cecidissent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

Verg. E. 1, 84:

de caelo,

Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

de matre (i. e. nasci),

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 2, 222:

per aquas,

id. 2, 230:

per salebras altaque saxa,

Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

folia nunc cadunt,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

id. 6, 415:

cadens nix,

id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

cadentem Sustinuisse,

id. M. 8, 148:

saepius, of epileptics,

Plin. Val. 12, 58:

casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.—

Esp.

Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

soli subjecta cadenti arva,

Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

Arcturus cadens,

id. C. 3, 1, 27.—

To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

dentes cadere imperat aetas,

Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

Ov. M. 7, 541:

saetae,

id. ib. 14, 303:

quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

poma,

Ov. M. 7, 586:

cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

id. ib. 14, 350:

elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

id. ib. 9, 571:

et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

id. ib. 4, 229.—

Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

flumina in pontum cadent,

Sen. Med. 406:

flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

Curt. 6, 4, 6.—

Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

illud, quod cecidit forte,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—

Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—

Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—

In a more restricted sense.

To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

cadere in plano,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

deorsum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

uspiam,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

Quint. 8, 5, 32:

sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82:

cadere supinus,

id. Aug. 43 fin.:

in pectus pronus,

Ov. M. 4, 579:

cadunt toti montes,

Lucr. 6, 546:

radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

Cat. 64, 109:

concussae cadunt urbes,

Lucr. 5, 1236:

casura moenia Troum,

Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

ceciderunt artus,

id. 3, 453:

sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

patriae cecidere manus,

Verg. A. 6, 33:

cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

cecidere illis animique manusque,

Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—

In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

pauci de nostris cadunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

per acies,

Tac. A. 1, 2:

pro patriā,

Quint. 2, 15, 29:

ante diem,

Verg. A. 4, 620:

bipenni,

Ov. M. 12, 611:

ense,

Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

inque pio cadit officio,

Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

suā manu cecidit,

fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

exitu voluntario,

id. H. 1, 40:

muliebri fraude cadere,

id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

manu femineā,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

femineo Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—

Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

Verg. A. 1, 334:

si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—

In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—

Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.

Trop.

To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

sub sensus cadere nostros,

i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

sub sensum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

sub oculos,

id. Or. 3, 9:

in conspectum,

to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

sub aurium mensuram,

id. Or. 20, 67:

sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

ad servitia,

Liv. 1, 40, 3:

utrorum ad regna,

Lucr. 3, 836; so,

sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

in potestatem unius,

id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

in cogitationem,

to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

in hominum disceptationem,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

in deliberationem,

id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

in offensionem alicujus,

id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

in morbum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

in suspitionem alicujus,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

in calumniam,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

abrupte cadere in narrationem,

id. 4, 1, 79:

in peccatum,

Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—

In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

id. Or. 56, 188:

neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

id. 2, 17, 32:

in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—

To fall upon a definite time (rare):

considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—

(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).

Alicui:

nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

Verg. G. 4, 165:

haec aliis maledicta cadant,

Tib. 1, 6, 85:

neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

Prop. 1, 10, 24:

ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—

Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

Flor. 2, 4, 5:

cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

multa. fortuito in melius casura,

Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

si non omnia caderent secunda,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—

With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

ad irritum cadens spes,

Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

in irritum,

id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

Liv. 2, 31, 5:

haud irritae cecidere minae,

id. 6, 35, 10.—

To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

cadunt vires,

Lucr. 5, 410:

mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),

To lose all one ' s strength, worth, value, etc., to fall, to perish, vanish, decay, cease.

In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tanta civitas, si cadet,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 13:

non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

animus,

to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

tam graviter,

id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

alte enim cadere non potest,

id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

causā cadere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

formulā cadere,

Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

cadere,

Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

criminibus repetundarum,

id. ib. 1, 77:

conjurationis crimine,

id. A. 6, 14:

ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

Prop. 1, 16, 34:

multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—

Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

Ov. M. 8, 2:

ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

Liv. 29, 27, 10:

cadente jam Euro,

id. 25, 27, 11:

venti vis omnis cecidit,

id. 26, 39, 8:

ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

Verg. A. 1, 154:

ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—

Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

apto cadens oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 32:

numerus opportune cadens,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.

Lit.

In gen.

Of living beings:

non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,

Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:

per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,

Ov. M. 15, 721:

pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:

ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,

Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:

ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,

Ov. H. 10, 65:

dum Stygio gurgite labor,

id. M. 5, 504:

tua labens navita aqua,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:

tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,

Verg. A. 6, 202:

vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,

id. ib. 4, 223:

pennis lapsa per auras,

Ov. M. 8, 51:

labere, nympha, polo,

Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:

labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,

Ov. A. A. 7, 342:

labitur infelix (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:

labitur exsanguis,

Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:

super terram,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

equo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

temone,

Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:

in vulnera,

id. 7, 604:

in colla mariti,

Val. Fl. 2, 425:

alieno vulnere,

Luc. 2, 265:

in rivo,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5:

pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,

Luc. 7, 572.—

Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

Of things:

splendida signa videntur labier,

Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

umor in genas Furtim labitur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:

stellas Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 366:

perque genas lacrimae labuntur,

Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:

lapsi de fontibus amnes,

id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:

catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,

id. ib. 3, 699:

lapsuram domum subire,

about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.

with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,

Verg. A. 6, 310:

ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

lapsis repente saxis,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ab arbore ramus,

Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:

labentes, oculos condere,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:

lumina,

Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—

Transf.

To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,

id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:

a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,

Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

To slip away, escape:

lapsus custodiā,

Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:

e manibus custodientium lapsus,

Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—

Trop.

In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:

ilico res foras labitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:

brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,

Cic. Or. 57; 56:

sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:

labi somnum sensit in artus,

id. M. 11, 631:

nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,

Verg. E. 1, 64.—

In partic.

Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):

ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—

Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:

eheu fugaces labuntur anni,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:

anni tacite labentis origo,

Ov. F. 1, 65:

labentia tempora,

id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:

aetas labitur,

Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—

Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:

sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,

Tac. H. 3, 23:

vidi labentes acies,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

eo citius lapsa res est,

Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:

fides lapsa,

Ov. H. 2, 102:

labentur opes,

will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:

res,

Lucr. 4, 1117:

hereditas lapsa est,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—

To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

hoc munere,

Sil. 7, 740:

facultatibus,

to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:

mente,

to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:

lapsae mentis error,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —

To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:

labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:

ad opinionem,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:

in adulationem,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

in gaudia,

Val. Fl. 6, 662:

in vitium,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—

To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:

labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:

in aliqua re labi et cadere,

id. Brut. 49, 185:

in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

lapsus est per errorem suum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:

consilio,... casu,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

propter inprudentiam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

in officio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

in verbo,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:

ne verbo quidem labi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3:

it vera ratione,

Lucr. 2, 176.—

Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):

lapsorum fratrum petulantia,

Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).

Lit.:

ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

haud existimans quanto labore partum,

id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:

interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

corporis,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

res est magni laboris,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

multum operae laborisque consumere,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

laborem sustinere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

exantlare,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

suscipere,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:

subire,

id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

capere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

labores magnos excipere,

id. Brut. 69, 243:

se in magnis laboribus exercere,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

summi laboris esse,

capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:

laborem levare alicui,

Cic. Or. 34, 120:

detrahere,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

ex labore se reficere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:

victus suppeditabatur sine labore,

Cic. Sest. 48, 103:

non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:

nullo labore,

Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:

quantum meruit labor,

Juv. 7, 216:

reddere sua dona labori,

id. 16, 57:

numerenter labores,

be valued, id. 9, 42.—

In partic.

Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;

si id facietis, levior labos erit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:

propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,

id. ib. 5, 1, 25:

cum labore magno et misere vivere,

id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:

hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 20:

vel in labore meo vel in honore,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

Iliacos audire labores,

Verg. A. 4, 78:

mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,

id. G. 1, 150:

belli labores,

id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;

12, 727: labor militiae,

Juv. 16, 52:

castrorum labores,

id. 14, 198:

Lucinae labores,

Verg. G. 4, 340:

cor de labore pectus tundit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:

hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,

Scrib. 227:

litterarius, = opus,

Aug. Conf. 9, 2;

id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,

id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:

sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,

Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:

maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,

Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:

jucundi acti labores,

Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,

id. ib. —

Poet.

Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,

id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —

Of plants:

hunc laborem perferre,

i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—

Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—

Meton., of the products of labor.

Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):

operum,

Verg. A. 1, 455:

hic labor ille domūs,

id. ib. 6, 27:

nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,

Juv. 8, 104. —

Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:

ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,

Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:

haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,

id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—

Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.

Lit.

In gen.

Of living beings:

non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,

Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:

per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,

Ov. M. 15, 721:

pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,

Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:

ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,

Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:

ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,

Ov. H. 10, 65:

dum Stygio gurgite labor,

id. M. 5, 504:

tua labens navita aqua,

Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:

tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,

Verg. A. 6, 202:

vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,

id. ib. 4, 223:

pennis lapsa per auras,

Ov. M. 8, 51:

labere, nympha, polo,

Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:

labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,

Ov. A. A. 7, 342:

labitur infelix (equus),

Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:

labitur exsanguis,

Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:

super terram,

Ov. M. 13, 477:

equo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:

temone,

Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:

in vulnera,

id. 7, 604:

in colla mariti,

Val. Fl. 2, 425:

alieno vulnere,

Luc. 2, 265:

in rivo,

Cic. Fat. 3, 5:

pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,

Luc. 7, 572.—

Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

Of things:

splendida signa videntur labier,

Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

umor in genas Furtim labitur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:

stellas Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 366:

perque genas lacrimae labuntur,

Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:

lapsi de fontibus amnes,

id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:

catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,

id. ib. 3, 699:

lapsuram domum subire,

about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.

with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,

Verg. A. 6, 310:

ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

lapsis repente saxis,

Tac. A. 4, 59:

ab arbore ramus,

Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:

labentes, oculos condere,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:

lumina,

Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—

Transf.

To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:

labitur uncta vadis abies,

Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,

id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:

a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,

Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

To slip away, escape:

lapsus custodiā,

Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:

e manibus custodientium lapsus,

Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—

Trop.

In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:

ilico res foras labitur,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:

brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,

Cic. Or. 57; 56:

sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,

id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:

labi somnum sensit in artus,

id. M. 11, 631:

nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,

Verg. E. 1, 64.—

In partic.

Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):

ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—

Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:

eheu fugaces labuntur anni,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:

anni tacite labentis origo,

Ov. F. 1, 65:

labentia tempora,

id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:

aetas labitur,

Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—

Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:

cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,

Cic. Or. 3, 10:

labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:

equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:

sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,

Tac. H. 3, 23:

vidi labentes acies,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

eo citius lapsa res est,

Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:

fides lapsa,

Ov. H. 2, 102:

labentur opes,

will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:

res,

Lucr. 4, 1117:

hereditas lapsa est,

Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—

To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

hoc munere,

Sil. 7, 740:

facultatibus,

to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:

mente,

to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:

lapsae mentis error,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —

To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:

labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:

ad opinionem,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:

in adulationem,

Tac. A. 4, 6:

in gaudia,

Val. Fl. 6, 662:

in vitium,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—

To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:

labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:

in aliqua re labi et cadere,

id. Brut. 49, 185:

in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

lapsus est per errorem suum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:

consilio,... casu,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

propter inprudentiam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 3:

in officio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:

in verbo,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:

ne verbo quidem labi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3:

it vera ratione,

Lucr. 2, 176.—

Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):

lapsorum fratrum petulantia,

Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.

lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).

Lit.:

ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

haud existimans quanto labore partum,

id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:

interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

corporis,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

res est magni laboris,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,

id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

multum operae laborisque consumere,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

laborem sustinere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

exantlare,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

suscipere,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:

subire,

id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

capere,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

labores magnos excipere,

id. Brut. 69, 243:

se in magnis laboribus exercere,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

summi laboris esse,

capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:

laborem levare alicui,

Cic. Or. 34, 120:

detrahere,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

ex labore se reficere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:

victus suppeditabatur sine labore,

Cic. Sest. 48, 103:

non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:

nullo labore,

Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:

quantum meruit labor,

Juv. 7, 216:

reddere sua dona labori,

id. 16, 57:

numerenter labores,

be valued, id. 9, 42.—

In partic.

Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;

si id facietis, levior labos erit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:

propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,

id. ib. 5, 1, 25:

cum labore magno et misere vivere,

id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:

hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 20:

vel in labore meo vel in honore,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

Iliacos audire labores,

Verg. A. 4, 78:

mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,

id. G. 1, 150:

belli labores,

id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;

12, 727: labor militiae,

Juv. 16, 52:

castrorum labores,

id. 14, 198:

Lucinae labores,

Verg. G. 4, 340:

cor de labore pectus tundit,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:

hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,

Scrib. 227:

litterarius, = opus,

Aug. Conf. 9, 2;

id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,

id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:

sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,

Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:

maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,

Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:

jucundi acti labores,

Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:

suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,

id. ib. —

Poet.

Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,

defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,

id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —

Of plants:

hunc laborem perferre,

i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—

Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—

Meton., of the products of labor.

Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):

operum,

Verg. A. 1, 455:

hic labor ille domūs,

id. ib. 6, 27:

nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,

Juv. 8, 104. —

Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:

ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,

Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:

haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,

id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—

Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

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causa (by Cicero, and also a little after him, caussa, Quint. 1, 7, 20; so Fast. Praenest. pp. 321, 322; Inscr. Orell. 3681; 4077; 4698 al.; in Mon. Ancyr. 3, 1 dub.), ae, f. [perh. root cav- of caveo, prop. that which is defended or protected; cf. cura], that by, on account of, or through which any thing takes place or is done; a cause, reason, motive, inducement; also, in gen., an occasion, opportunity (opp. effectis, Quint. 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 29:

factis,

id. 4, 2, 52; 12, 1, 36 al.; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of discourse. In its different meanings syn. with ratio, principium, fons, origo, caput; excusatio, defensio; judicium, controversia, lis; partes, actio; condicio, negotium, commodum, al.).

In gen.: causa ea est, quae id efficit, cujus est causa; ut vulnus mortis; cruditas morbi;

ignis ardoris. Itaque non sic causa intellegi debet, ut quod cuique antecedat, id ei causa sit, sed quod cuique efficienter antecedat,

Cic. Fat. 15, 34:

justa et magna et perspicua,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: id. Phil. 2, 22, 53; id. Att. 16, 7, 6:

sontica causa, v. sonticus.—Followed by a particle of cause: causa, quamobrem, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 18; id. Eun. 1, 2, 65; id. [p. 304] Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. Hec. 3, 3, 22; 3, 5, 2; 4, 4, 73; Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 44:

causa, quare, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

causa, cur, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10; Quint. 11, 3, 16; 2, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 16, 19 al.:

causa quod, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109; id. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Quint. 2, 1, 1; 5, 10, 30 al.:

ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4 al.:

haud causa quin, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

quae causa est quin,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 103:

quid causae est quin,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; Hor. S. 1, 1, 20:

nulla causa est quin,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

causa quominus,

Sall. C. 51, 41; Liv. 34, 56, 9:

causa ne,

id. 34, 39, 9:

nihil causae est cur non, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 59:

causae propter quas, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 12; 5, 7, 24; 8, 6, 23.—With gen. obj.:

is, qui causa mortis fuit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7; Liv. 21, 21, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 18; 7, 4, 42:

salutis,

Lucr. 3, 349:

morbi,

id. 3, 502; Verg. G. 4, 397; Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:

nos causa belli sumus,

Liv. 1, 13, 3:

causa mortis fuistis,

Quint. 7, 3, 32; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 3:

explicandae philosophiae,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6:

nec vero umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit,

id. Off. 2, 8, 29; so,

belli,

Sall. C. 2, 2; Verg. A. 7, 553; Hor. C. 2, 1, 2; id. S. 1, 3, 108; id. Ep. 1, 2, 9:

felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,

Verg. G. 2, 490:

vera objurgandi causa,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; cf. with ad:

causa ad objurgandum,

id. ib. 1, 1, 123; id. Hec. 4, 4, 71; and poet. with inf.:

consurgere in arma,

Verg. A. 10, 90:

perire,

Tib. 3, 2, 30:

gestare carinas,

Luc. 5, 464.— With prepp.:

cum causā,

with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4:

sine causā,

without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. Fat. 9, 18; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; id. Att. 13, 22, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 35; 1, 12, 9:

his de causis,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6:

id nisi gravi de causā non fecisset,

id. ib. 7, 7, 3:

justis de causis,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quā de causā,

id. Off. 1, 41, 147; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

quibus de causis,

Quint. 4, 2, 15;

less freq. in ante-Aug. prose: quā ex causa,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; id. Mur. 17, 36; but very freq. in Quint., Sen., and the younger Plin.; so,

nullā aliā ex causā,

Sen. Ep. 29, 1:

multis ex causis,

Quint. 5, 12, 3:

quibus ex causis,

id. 4, 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8:

ex plurimis causis,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6:

ex his (causis),

id. ib. 5, 8, 6:—ob eam causam scribo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4:

illa festinatio fuit ob illam causam, ne, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

ob eam causam, quia, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

ob eas causas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

ob eam ipsam causam,

Cic. Brut. 7, 29:

quam ob causam,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

propter eam quam dixi causam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

causae propter quas,

Quint. 4, 2, 12.—In causā esse, to be the cause of, responsible for, etc. (rare):

in causā haec sunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur,

Liv. 40, 26, 5:

verecundiam multis in causā fuisse, ut, etc.,

Quint. 12, 5, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; 7, 5, 1; Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; cf.:

tarditatis causa in senatu fuit,

Liv. 4, 58, 4.—

Causā, in abl. with gen. or possess. adj. (usu. put after the noun), as patris causā, meā causā, on account of, for the sake of (in the best prose, almost always referring to the future, and implying a purpose; cf. propter with acc. of the pre-existing cause or motive):

honoris tui causā huc ad te venimus,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 25; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35; Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2 al.:

animi causa, v. animus, II., etc.: exempli causā, v. exemplum: causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 160; id. Am. 1, 3, 42 al.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 41; 5, 5, 23 al.;

causā meāpte,

id. ib. 4, 3, 8:

nostra causa,

id. Phorm. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120; Quint. 7, 4, 9:

vestrā magis hoc causā volebam quam meā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35. 162:

aliena potius causa quam sua,

Quint. 3, 7, 16.—Put before the noun:

rastros capsit causă potiendi agri,

Enn. Ann. 324 Vahl.:

quidquid hujus feci, causā virginis Feci,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 122; so Liv. 26, 32, 6; 31, 12, 4; 39, 14, 8; 40, 41 fin.; 40, 44, 10.—Rarely with propter in the same sense:

vestrarum sedum templorumque causā, propter salutem meorum civium,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45.—With gen. of pers. or reflex. pron. instead of possess. very rare (v. Lahmeyer ad Cic. Lael. 16, 57):

quod illi semper sui causā fecerant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121.

Esp.

= justa causa, good reason, just cause, full right:

cum causā accedere ad accusandum,

with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; so,

cum causā,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; 3, 16, 7;

and the contrary: sine causā,

without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2 al.—

An apology, excuse, Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 42; Cic. Fam. 16, 19 fin.; Verg. A. 9, 219 al.—

Causam alicui dare alicujus rei, occasion:

qui (Nebatius) mihi dedit causam harum litterarum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 8;

for which poët.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit,

Verg. G. 2, 455 Forbig. ad loc.—

A feigned cause, a pretext, pretence, = praetextus, prophasis:

habere causam,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 44:

fingere falsas causas,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; id. And. 1, 3, 8 Ruhnk.; 4, 1, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 4:

fingit causas ne det,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58; cf. Tib. 1, 6, 11:

morae facere,

to pretend reasons for the delay, Sall. J. 36, 2:

inferre causam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 2:

causam interponere,

Nep. Them. 7, 1; cf. id. Milt. 4, 1:

bellandi,

id. Ham. 3, 1:

belli,

Tac. A. 12, 45:

jurgii,

Phaedr. 1, 1, 4 al. (On the other hand, causa, a true cause, is opp. to praetextus, a pretext, Suet. Caes. 30.)—So freq. per causam, under the pretext, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; 3, 76; 3, 87; Liv. 2, 32, 1 Drak.; 22, 61, 8; Suet. Caes. 2; id. Oth. 3; id. Vesp. 1; Tib. 1, 6, 26; Ov. H. 20, 140; id. Tr. 2, 452.—

In judic. lang. t. t., a cause, judicial process, lawsuit:

privatae,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

publicae,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 74; id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

capitis aut famae,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

causam agere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Quint. 6, 1, 54; 7, 2, 55; 10, 7, 30;

11, 1, 67 et saep.: constituere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

perorare,

id. Quint. 24, 77:

defendere,

Quint. 3, 6, 9; 12, 1, 24; 12, 1, 37; Suet. Caes. 49:

exponere,

Quint. 2, 5, 7:

perdere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

obtinere,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 1:

tenere (= obticere),

Ov. M. 13, 190: causā cadere, v. cado, II.: causam dicere, to defend one ' s self, or to make a defence (as an advocate), Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 12 and 13; 21, 54; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Quint. 8, 31; Liv. 29, 19, 5; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 8, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 30 et saep.— Poet.: causa prior, the first part of the process, i. e. the trial, Ov. M. 15, 37.—Hence,

Out of the sphere of judicial proceedings, the party, faction, cause that one defends:

ne condemnare causam illam, quam secutus esset, videretur, etc.,

Cic. Lig. 9, 27 sq.:

suarum partium causa,

Quint. 3, 8, 57:

causa Caesaris melior,

id. 5, 11, 42; Tac. A. 1, 36 al. —Hence,

Meton.

A relation of friendship, connection:

quīcum tibi adfininitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48:

explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; id. Fam. 13, 19, 1.—

In gen., = condicio, a condition, state, situation, relation, position:

ut nonnumquam mortem sibi ipse consciscere aliquis debeat, alius in eādem causā non debeat: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, alia ceteri, qui se in Africā Caesari tradiderunt?

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; so Caes. B. G. 4, 4 Herz.:

(Regulus) erat in meliore causā quam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Agr. 3, 2, 9 (where for causa in the foll. clause is condicio):

atque in hoc genere mea causa est, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 4, 1; cf. id. ib. 9, 13, 1.—

= negotium, a cause, business undertaken for any one, an employment:

cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 170:

quod nemo eorum rediisset, qui super tali causā eodem missi erant,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—

In medic. lang., a cause for disease:

causam metuere,

Cels. 3, 3; so Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11 fin.; Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—Hence in late Lat. for disease, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 95; id. Acut. 2, 29, 157; Veg. 1, 25, 1; 3, 6, 11; 3, 45, 5; 4, 4, 2 al.—

That which lies at the basis of a rhetorical representation, matter, subject, hupothesis, Cic. Top. 21, 79; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Quint. 3, 5, 7 sq.

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.

incĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( fut. part. act. incasurus, Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97; perf. scanned incĭdĕrunt, Lucr. 6, 1174), v. n. [in-cado], to fall into or upon a thing, to fall, light upon (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with in and acc.; less freq. with other prepp., with the dat., or absol.

With in and acc.:

in foveam,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 12:

ex spelunca saxum in crura ejus incidit,

id. Fat. 3, 6:

e nubi in nubem vis incidit ardens fulminis,

Lucr. 6, 145; cf. id. 296:

in segetem flamma,

falls, Verg. A. 2, 305:

pestilentia in urbem,

Liv. 27, 23 fin.:

ut incideret luna tum in eam metam, quae esset umbra terrae, etc.,

entered, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22:

in oculos,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 187:

incidentibus vobis in vallum portasque,

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

in laqueos,

Juv. 10, 314.—

With other prepp.:

incidit ictus Ingens ad terram duplicato poplite Turnus,

Verg. A. 12, 926:

(turris) super agmina late incidit,

id. ib. 2, 467.—

With dat.:

incidere portis,

to rush into, Liv. 5, 11, 14; 5, 26, 8:

lymphis putealibus,

Lucr. 6, 1174:

caput incidit arae,

Ov. M. 5, 104: Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident, Liv. 21, 10, 10:

ultimis Romanis,

id. 28, 13, 9:

jacenti,

Stat. Th. 5, 233:

hi duo amnes confluentes incidunt Oriundi flumini,

empty, fall into, Liv. 44, 31, 4:

modo serius incidis (sol) undis,

sink, Ov. M. 4, 198.—

Absol.:

illa (hasta) volans, umeri surgunt qua tegmina summa, incidit,

Verg. A. 10, 477: incidit Adriaci spatium admirabile rhombi, i. e. into the fisherman ' s net, Juv. 4, 39. —

In partic., to fall upon, meet, or come upon unexpectedly, fall in with a person or thing.

With in and acc.:

in aliquem incurrere atque incidere,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

cum hic in me incidit,

id. ib. 41, 99:

C. Valerius Procillus, cum in fuga catenis vinctus traheretur, in ipsum Caesarem incidit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 5:

in insidias,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; cf.:

in quos (milites), si qui ex acie fugerint, de improviso incidant,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 151:

in manus alicujus,

id. Clu. 7, 21:

in vituperatores,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 6; 6, 1, 25.—

With inter:

inter catervas armatorum,

Liv. 25, 39.—

With dat.:

qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt,

Cic. Mil. 1, 1; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 50:

sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

incidit huic Appennicolae bellator filius Anni,

Verg. A. 11, 699.—

With acc. alone (late Lat.):

bene quod meas potissimum manus incidisti,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 24; id. ib. p. 179, 4:

fatales laqueos,

Vulc. Gall. Avid. Caes. 2, § 2.—

Transf., to fall upon, attack, assault: triarii consurgentes... in hostem incidebant. Liv. 8, 8, 13:

postquam acrius ultimis incidebat Romanus,

id. 28, 13, 9.

Trop.

In gen., to fall into any condition.

With in and acc.:

in morbum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4: in febriculam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

in miserias,

id. Phil. 2, 10, 24; cf.:

qui inciderant (sc. in morbum) haud facile septimum diem superabant,

Liv. 41, 21, 5:

ut si in hujusmodi amicitias ignari casu aliquo inciderint,

Cic. Lael. 12, 42:

quodsi quis etiam a culpa vacuus in amicitiam ejus inciderat,

Sall. C. 14, 4:

in honoris contentionem,

Cic. Lael. 10, 34:

in imperiorum, honorum, gloriae cupiditatem,

id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in furorem et insaniam,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46. —

With acc. alone:

caecitatem, Ambros. de Tobia, 2: iram,

Lact. Plac. Narr. Fab. 1, 10:

amorem,

id. ib. 14, 1.—

To fall upon, befall:

eo anno pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem agrosque,

Liv. 27, 23, 6:

tantus terror incidit ejus exercitui,

fell upon, Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 2; cf.:

ut nihil incidisset postea civitati mali, quod, etc.,

happened, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26.—

In partic.

To fall upon accidentally; to light upon, in thought or conversation:

non consulto, sed casu in eorum mentionem incidi,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; id. Lael. 1, 3; cf.:

fortuito in sermonem alicujus incidere,

id. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

in eum sermonem incidere, qui, etc.,

id. Lael. 1, 2:

in varios sermones,

id. Att. 16, 2, 4:

cum in eam memoriam et recordationem nuper ex sermone quodam incidissemus,

id. Brut. 2, 9:

iterum in mentionem incidimus viri,

Tac. H. 4, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 1.—

To come or occur to one's mind:

sapiens appeteret aliquid, quodcumque in mentem incideret et quodcumque tamquam occurreret,

come into his mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 5; id. Heaut. 3, 1, 75:

redeunti, ex ipsa re mihi incidit suspicio,

id. And. 2, 2, 22; 3, 2, 21:

tanta nunc suspicio de me incidit,

id. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

dicam, verum, ut aliud ex alio incidit,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 37:

nihil te effugiet atque omne. quod erit in re occurret atque incidet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147:

potantibus his apud Sex. Tarquinium incidit de uxoribus mentio,

Liv. 1, 57, 6.—

To fall upon, happen in a certain time.

With in and acc.:

quod in id rei publicae tempus non incideris, sed veneris — judicio enim tuo, non casu in ipsum discrimen rerum contulisti tribunatum tuum—profecto vides, quanta vis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

quorum aetas in eorum tempora, quos nominavi, incidit,

Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf. id. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

quoniam in eadem rei publicae tempora incidimus,

id. ib. 5, 8, 3 fin.:

facies me in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria certiorem,

id. Att. 6, 1, 26:

cum in Kalendas Januarias Compitaliorum dies incidisset,

id. Pis. 4, 8:

quae (bella) in ejus aetatem gravissima inciderunt,

Quint. 12, 11, 16: in eum annum quo erat Hortensius consul futurus, incidere, to fall into, i. e. to extend the case until, etc., id. 6, 5, 4; cf.:

quintus annus cum in te praetorem incidisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 139.—

With acc. alone (late Lat.):

ut menses... autumnale tempus inciderent,

Sol. 1, § 44.—

To fall out, happen, occur:

et in nostra civitate et in ceteris, multis fortissimis atque optimis viris injustis judiciis tales casus incidisse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

si quid tibi durius inciderit,

Prop. 1, 15, 28; cf.: si casus inciderit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

incidunt saepe tempora cum, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 10, 31:

eorum ipsorum, quae honesta sunt, potest incidere saepe contentio et comparatio,

id. ib. 1, 43, 152:

potest incidere quaestio,

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

verbum si quod minus usitatum incidat,

id. 2, 5, 4:

in magnis quoque auctoribus incidunt aliqua vitiosa,

id. 10, 2, 15; 11, 1, 70; Cels. 5, 27, 3: ea accidisse non quia haec facta sunt, arbitror;

verum haec ideo facta, quia incasura erant illa,

Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97:

si quando ita incidat,

Quint. 2, 5, 5; cf.:

forte ita incidit, ut, etc.,

Liv. 26, 23, 2:

forte ita inciderat, ne, etc.,

id. 1, 46, 5.—

To fall in with, coincide, agree with, in opinion, etc.:

ne ipse incidat in Diodorum, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 8, 15.—

To stumble upon, undertake at random:

sic existumes non me fortuito ad tuam amplitudinem meis officiis amplectendam incidisse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3.— Hence in part. pres.: incĭdentĭa, subst., occurrences, events, Amm. 14, 5, 4; 22, 9, 2 al.

incīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [in-caedo], to cut into, cut through, cut open, cut up (class.).

Lit.:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4:

arbores,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54; 32, § 58:

inciditur vitro, lapide, osseisve cultellis,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 115; cf.:

palmes inciditur in medullam,

id. 14, 9, 11, § 84:

venam,

to open, id. 29, 6, 58, § 126; Cels. 2, 8; Tac. A. 16, 19; cf.:

incisi nervi,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

circa vulnus scalpello,

Cels. 5, 27, 3:

pinnas,

to clip, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; so,

vites falce,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

pulmo incisus,

cut up, divided, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; cf.:

eupatoria foliis per extremitates incisis,

i. e. notched, indented, Plin. 5, 6, 29, § 65:

nos linum incidimus, legimus,

cut through, cut, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

funem,

Verg. A. 3, 667: corpora mortuorum, to dissect, Cels. praef.:

nocentes homines vivos,

id. ib.:

quid habet haruspex cur pulmo incisus etiam in bonis extis dirimat tempus?

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint,

cut through, broken through, Quint. 2, 13, 16:

squamisque incisus adaestuat amnis,

Stat. Th. 5, 517:

non incisa notis marmcra publicis,

engraved, Hor. C. 4, 8, 13:

tabula... his ferme incisa litteris fuit,

Liv. 6, 29 fin. —

Transf.

To cut in, to carve, engrave, inscribe on any thing; usually constr. with in and abl.; less freq. with in and acc., the dat., or absol.

With in and abl.:

id non modo tum scripserunt, verum etiam in aere incisum nobis tradiderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65; cf.:

foedus in columna aenea incisum et perscriptum,

id. Balb. 23, 53; id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154:

in qua basi grandibus litteris P. Africani nomen erat incisum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 34, §

74: nomina in tabula incisa,

id. Fam. 13, 36, 1:

notum est carmen incisum in sepulcro,

id. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Pis. 29, 72; id. Font. 14, 31:

incidens litteras in fago recenti,

Plin. 16, 9, 14, § 35:

indicem in aeneis tabulis,

Suet. Aug. 101:

quae vos incidenda in aere censuistis,

Plin. Pan. 75, 1.—

With in and acc.:

quae (acta) ille in aes incidit,

Plin. Pan. 1, 7, 16:

leges in aes incisae,

Liv. 3, 57 fin.:

lege jam in aes incisā,

Suet. Aug. 28 fin.:

quod ita erit gestum, lex erit, et in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26.—

With dat. ( poet. and post-Aug.):

verba ceris,

Ov. M. 9, 529:

amores arboribus,

Verg. E. 10, 53:

fastos marmoreo parieti,

Suet. Gramm. 17:

nomen non trabibus aut saxis,

Plin. Pan. 54, 7; cf.:

primum aliquid da, quod possim titulis incidere,

i. e. among your titles, Juv. 8, 69.—

Absol.:

incidebantur jam domi leges,

Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.:

tabula his litteris incīsa,

Liv. 6, 29, 9:

sine delectu morum quisquis incisus est,

inscribed, registered, Sen. Ben. 4, 28:

Victorem litteris incisis appellare,

Macr. S. 3, 6, 11.—

To make by [p. 921] cutting, to cut (rare):

ferroque incidit acuto Perpetuos dentes et serrae repperit usum,

Ov. M. 8, 245:

novas incide faces, tibi ducitur uxor,

Verg. E. 8, 29; Col. 2, 21, 3.

Trop.

To break off, interrupt, put an end to:

poëma ad Caesarem, quod institueram, incidi,

have broken off, stopped, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 11:

inciditur omnis jam deliberatio, si intellegitur non posse fieri,

id. de Or. 2, 82, 336; cf. Liv. 32, 37, 5:

tandem haec singultu verba incidente profatur,

Stat. Th. 9, 884:

novas lites,

Verg. E. 9, 14:

ludum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36:

vocis genus crebro incidens,

broken, interrupted, Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217.—

To cut off, cut short, take away, remove:

media,

to cut short, Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

qui mihi pinnas inciderant nolunt easdem renasci,

id. 4, 2, 5:

Tarquinius spe omni reditus incisā exsulatum Tusculum abiit,

cut off, Liv. 2, 15, 7:

spe incisā,

id. 3, 58, 6; 35, 31, 7; cf. id. 44, 6, 13; 44, 13, 3:

tantos actus,

Sil. 3, 78:

ipsam, quam promimus horam casus incidit,

Sen. Ep. 101:

testamentum,

to annul, invalidate, Dig. 28, 4, 3.—

In rhet., to make by cutting, to cut:

aequaliter particulas,

Cic. Or. 61, 205.— Hence,

incī-sum, i, n., rhet. t. t. for the Gr. komma, a section or division of a sentence, a clause: quae nescio cur, cum Graeci kommata et kôla nominent, nos non recte incisa et membra dicamus, Cic. Or. 62, 211 (for which:

incisiones et membra,

id. 64, 261):

incisum erit sensus non expleto numero conclusus, plerisque pars membri,

Quint. 9, 4, 122; cf. id. ib. 22; 32; 44; 67; 123.—

incīsē, adv., in short clauses:

quo pacto deceat incise membratimve dici,

Cic. Or. 63, 212; cf. incisim.

incĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( fut. part. act. incasurus, Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97; perf. scanned incĭdĕrunt, Lucr. 6, 1174), v. n. [in-cado], to fall into or upon a thing, to fall, light upon (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with in and acc.; less freq. with other prepp., with the dat., or absol.

With in and acc.:

in foveam,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 12:

ex spelunca saxum in crura ejus incidit,

id. Fat. 3, 6:

e nubi in nubem vis incidit ardens fulminis,

Lucr. 6, 145; cf. id. 296:

in segetem flamma,

falls, Verg. A. 2, 305:

pestilentia in urbem,

Liv. 27, 23 fin.:

ut incideret luna tum in eam metam, quae esset umbra terrae, etc.,

entered, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22:

in oculos,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 187:

incidentibus vobis in vallum portasque,

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

in laqueos,

Juv. 10, 314.—

With other prepp.:

incidit ictus Ingens ad terram duplicato poplite Turnus,

Verg. A. 12, 926:

(turris) super agmina late incidit,

id. ib. 2, 467.—

With dat.:

incidere portis,

to rush into, Liv. 5, 11, 14; 5, 26, 8:

lymphis putealibus,

Lucr. 6, 1174:

caput incidit arae,

Ov. M. 5, 104: Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident, Liv. 21, 10, 10:

ultimis Romanis,

id. 28, 13, 9:

jacenti,

Stat. Th. 5, 233:

hi duo amnes confluentes incidunt Oriundi flumini,

empty, fall into, Liv. 44, 31, 4:

modo serius incidis (sol) undis,

sink, Ov. M. 4, 198.—

Absol.:

illa (hasta) volans, umeri surgunt qua tegmina summa, incidit,

Verg. A. 10, 477: incidit Adriaci spatium admirabile rhombi, i. e. into the fisherman ' s net, Juv. 4, 39. —

In partic., to fall upon, meet, or come upon unexpectedly, fall in with a person or thing.

With in and acc.:

in aliquem incurrere atque incidere,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

cum hic in me incidit,

id. ib. 41, 99:

C. Valerius Procillus, cum in fuga catenis vinctus traheretur, in ipsum Caesarem incidit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 5:

in insidias,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; cf.:

in quos (milites), si qui ex acie fugerint, de improviso incidant,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 151:

in manus alicujus,

id. Clu. 7, 21:

in vituperatores,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 6; 6, 1, 25.—

With inter:

inter catervas armatorum,

Liv. 25, 39.—

With dat.:

qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt,

Cic. Mil. 1, 1; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 13; Quint. 11, 3, 50:

sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

incidit huic Appennicolae bellator filius Anni,

Verg. A. 11, 699.—

With acc. alone (late Lat.):

bene quod meas potissimum manus incidisti,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 24; id. ib. p. 179, 4:

fatales laqueos,

Vulc. Gall. Avid. Caes. 2, § 2.—

Transf., to fall upon, attack, assault: triarii consurgentes... in hostem incidebant. Liv. 8, 8, 13:

postquam acrius ultimis incidebat Romanus,

id. 28, 13, 9.

Trop.

In gen., to fall into any condition.

With in and acc.:

in morbum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4: in febriculam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.:

in miserias,

id. Phil. 2, 10, 24; cf.:

qui inciderant (sc. in morbum) haud facile septimum diem superabant,

Liv. 41, 21, 5:

ut si in hujusmodi amicitias ignari casu aliquo inciderint,

Cic. Lael. 12, 42:

quodsi quis etiam a culpa vacuus in amicitiam ejus inciderat,

Sall. C. 14, 4:

in honoris contentionem,

Cic. Lael. 10, 34:

in imperiorum, honorum, gloriae cupiditatem,

id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in furorem et insaniam,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46. —

With acc. alone:

caecitatem, Ambros. de Tobia, 2: iram,

Lact. Plac. Narr. Fab. 1, 10:

amorem,

id. ib. 14, 1.—

To fall upon, befall:

eo anno pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem agrosque,

Liv. 27, 23, 6:

tantus terror incidit ejus exercitui,

fell upon, Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 2; cf.:

ut nihil incidisset postea civitati mali, quod, etc.,

happened, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26.—

In partic.

To fall upon accidentally; to light upon, in thought or conversation:

non consulto, sed casu in eorum mentionem incidi,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; id. Lael. 1, 3; cf.:

fortuito in sermonem alicujus incidere,

id. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

in eum sermonem incidere, qui, etc.,

id. Lael. 1, 2:

in varios sermones,

id. Att. 16, 2, 4:

cum in eam memoriam et recordationem nuper ex sermone quodam incidissemus,

id. Brut. 2, 9:

iterum in mentionem incidimus viri,

Tac. H. 4, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 33, 1.—

To come or occur to one's mind:

sapiens appeteret aliquid, quodcumque in mentem incideret et quodcumque tamquam occurreret,

come into his mind, Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 5; id. Heaut. 3, 1, 75:

redeunti, ex ipsa re mihi incidit suspicio,

id. And. 2, 2, 22; 3, 2, 21:

tanta nunc suspicio de me incidit,

id. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

dicam, verum, ut aliud ex alio incidit,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 37:

nihil te effugiet atque omne. quod erit in re occurret atque incidet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147:

potantibus his apud Sex. Tarquinium incidit de uxoribus mentio,

Liv. 1, 57, 6.—

To fall upon, happen in a certain time.

With in and acc.:

quod in id rei publicae tempus non incideris, sed veneris — judicio enim tuo, non casu in ipsum discrimen rerum contulisti tribunatum tuum—profecto vides, quanta vis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

quorum aetas in eorum tempora, quos nominavi, incidit,

Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf. id. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

quoniam in eadem rei publicae tempora incidimus,

id. ib. 5, 8, 3 fin.:

facies me in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria certiorem,

id. Att. 6, 1, 26:

cum in Kalendas Januarias Compitaliorum dies incidisset,

id. Pis. 4, 8:

quae (bella) in ejus aetatem gravissima inciderunt,

Quint. 12, 11, 16: in eum annum quo erat Hortensius consul futurus, incidere, to fall into, i. e. to extend the case until, etc., id. 6, 5, 4; cf.:

quintus annus cum in te praetorem incidisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 139.—

With acc. alone (late Lat.):

ut menses... autumnale tempus inciderent,

Sol. 1, § 44.—

To fall out, happen, occur:

et in nostra civitate et in ceteris, multis fortissimis atque optimis viris injustis judiciis tales casus incidisse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:

si quid tibi durius inciderit,

Prop. 1, 15, 28; cf.: si casus inciderit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

incidunt saepe tempora cum, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 10, 31:

eorum ipsorum, quae honesta sunt, potest incidere saepe contentio et comparatio,

id. ib. 1, 43, 152:

potest incidere quaestio,

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

verbum si quod minus usitatum incidat,

id. 2, 5, 4:

in magnis quoque auctoribus incidunt aliqua vitiosa,

id. 10, 2, 15; 11, 1, 70; Cels. 5, 27, 3: ea accidisse non quia haec facta sunt, arbitror;

verum haec ideo facta, quia incasura erant illa,

Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97:

si quando ita incidat,

Quint. 2, 5, 5; cf.:

forte ita incidit, ut, etc.,

Liv. 26, 23, 2:

forte ita inciderat, ne, etc.,

id. 1, 46, 5.—

To fall in with, coincide, agree with, in opinion, etc.:

ne ipse incidat in Diodorum, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 8, 15.—

To stumble upon, undertake at random:

sic existumes non me fortuito ad tuam amplitudinem meis officiis amplectendam incidisse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3.— Hence in part. pres.: incĭdentĭa, subst., occurrences, events, Amm. 14, 5, 4; 22, 9, 2 al.

incīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [in-caedo], to cut into, cut through, cut open, cut up (class.).

Lit.:

teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4:

arbores,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54; 32, § 58:

inciditur vitro, lapide, osseisve cultellis,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 115; cf.:

palmes inciditur in medullam,

id. 14, 9, 11, § 84:

venam,

to open, id. 29, 6, 58, § 126; Cels. 2, 8; Tac. A. 16, 19; cf.:

incisi nervi,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

circa vulnus scalpello,

Cels. 5, 27, 3:

pinnas,

to clip, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; so,

vites falce,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

pulmo incisus,

cut up, divided, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; cf.:

eupatoria foliis per extremitates incisis,

i. e. notched, indented, Plin. 5, 6, 29, § 65:

nos linum incidimus, legimus,

cut through, cut, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

funem,

Verg. A. 3, 667: corpora mortuorum, to dissect, Cels. praef.:

nocentes homines vivos,

id. ib.:

quid habet haruspex cur pulmo incisus etiam in bonis extis dirimat tempus?

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint,

cut through, broken through, Quint. 2, 13, 16:

squamisque incisus adaestuat amnis,

Stat. Th. 5, 517:

non incisa notis marmcra publicis,

engraved, Hor. C. 4, 8, 13:

tabula... his ferme incisa litteris fuit,

Liv. 6, 29 fin. —

Transf.

To cut in, to carve, engrave, inscribe on any thing; usually constr. with in and abl.; less freq. with in and acc., the dat., or absol.

With in and abl.:

id non modo tum scripserunt, verum etiam in aere incisum nobis tradiderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65; cf.:

foedus in columna aenea incisum et perscriptum,

id. Balb. 23, 53; id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154:

in qua basi grandibus litteris P. Africani nomen erat incisum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 34, §

74: nomina in tabula incisa,

id. Fam. 13, 36, 1:

notum est carmen incisum in sepulcro,

id. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Pis. 29, 72; id. Font. 14, 31:

incidens litteras in fago recenti,

Plin. 16, 9, 14, § 35:

indicem in aeneis tabulis,

Suet. Aug. 101:

quae vos incidenda in aere censuistis,

Plin. Pan. 75, 1.—

With in and acc.:

quae (acta) ille in aes incidit,

Plin. Pan. 1, 7, 16:

leges in aes incisae,

Liv. 3, 57 fin.:

lege jam in aes incisā,

Suet. Aug. 28 fin.:

quod ita erit gestum, lex erit, et in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26.—

With dat. ( poet. and post-Aug.):

verba ceris,

Ov. M. 9, 529:

amores arboribus,

Verg. E. 10, 53:

fastos marmoreo parieti,

Suet. Gramm. 17:

nomen non trabibus aut saxis,

Plin. Pan. 54, 7; cf.:

primum aliquid da, quod possim titulis incidere,

i. e. among your titles, Juv. 8, 69.—

Absol.:

incidebantur jam domi leges,

Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.:

tabula his litteris incīsa,

Liv. 6, 29, 9:

sine delectu morum quisquis incisus est,

inscribed, registered, Sen. Ben. 4, 28:

Victorem litteris incisis appellare,

Macr. S. 3, 6, 11.—

To make by [p. 921] cutting, to cut (rare):

ferroque incidit acuto Perpetuos dentes et serrae repperit usum,

Ov. M. 8, 245:

novas incide faces, tibi ducitur uxor,

Verg. E. 8, 29; Col. 2, 21, 3.

Trop.

To break off, interrupt, put an end to:

poëma ad Caesarem, quod institueram, incidi,

have broken off, stopped, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 11:

inciditur omnis jam deliberatio, si intellegitur non posse fieri,

id. de Or. 2, 82, 336; cf. Liv. 32, 37, 5:

tandem haec singultu verba incidente profatur,

Stat. Th. 9, 884:

novas lites,

Verg. E. 9, 14:

ludum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36:

vocis genus crebro incidens,

broken, interrupted, Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217.—

To cut off, cut short, take away, remove:

media,

to cut short, Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

qui mihi pinnas inciderant nolunt easdem renasci,

id. 4, 2, 5:

Tarquinius spe omni reditus incisā exsulatum Tusculum abiit,

cut off, Liv. 2, 15, 7:

spe incisā,

id. 3, 58, 6; 35, 31, 7; cf. id. 44, 6, 13; 44, 13, 3:

tantos actus,

Sil. 3, 78:

ipsam, quam promimus horam casus incidit,

Sen. Ep. 101:

testamentum,

to annul, invalidate, Dig. 28, 4, 3.—

In rhet., to make by cutting, to cut:

aequaliter particulas,

Cic. Or. 61, 205.— Hence,

incī-sum, i, n., rhet. t. t. for the Gr. komma, a section or division of a sentence, a clause: quae nescio cur, cum Graeci kommata et kôla nominent, nos non recte incisa et membra dicamus, Cic. Or. 62, 211 (for which:

incisiones et membra,

id. 64, 261):

incisum erit sensus non expleto numero conclusus, plerisque pars membri,

Quint. 9, 4, 122; cf. id. ib. 22; 32; 44; 67; 123.—

incīsē, adv., in short clauses:

quo pacto deceat incise membratimve dici,

Cic. Or. 63, 212; cf. incisim.

prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.

Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.;

cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus,

Gell. 10, 15, 10:

ante pedes,

Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30:

templis,

Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83):

qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

in genua,

Curt. 9, 5, 13:

Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit,

Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

sibi tres legiones procubuisse,

had yielded, Tac. A. 1, 59:

veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint,

id. H. 4, 17.— Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.— To lean or bend forwards:

olli certamine summo Procumbunt,

i.e. they bend to their oars, Verg. A. 5, 197.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.):

tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

frumenta imbribus procubuerant,

i.e. were beaten down, id. ib. 6, 43:

ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis,

Verg. G. 1, 111:

ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat,

Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 14:

tecta super habitantes,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—

To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—

Trop., to fall or sink down ( poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sen [p. 1454] suality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2:

procumbentem rem publicam restituere,

sinking, Vell. 2, 16, 4:

res procubuere meae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—

To extend, spread:

mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45:

planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit,

Curt. 5, 4, 6.