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  • 1 plain

    1. n равнина
    2. n обыкн. амер. австрал. безлесные равнины; прерии

    windy plain — равнина, открытая ветрам

    3. n поэт. поле брани
    4. n ист. «болото»
    5. n прямая петля

    in plain English — прямо, ясно, без обиняков

    6. a ясный; отчётливый
    7. a явный, очевидный
    8. a полный, совершенный, абсолютный
    9. a простой, понятный

    tell her what you want in plain words — объясните ей членораздельно, что вы хотите

    10. a незашифрованный
    11. a простой, незамысловатый, обыкновенный

    plain unvarnished tale — бесхитростный рассказ; рассказ без всяких прикрас

    12. a чистый, несмешанный, без добавок

    plain cover — «немая» обложка, обложка без титульных данных

    13. a обычный
    14. a одноцветный, без узора или рисунка
    15. a простой, незнатный

    plain sailing — лёгкий, простой путь

    16. a прямой, откровенный
    17. a невзрачный, некрасивый
    18. a гладкий, ровный
    19. adv ясно, разборчиво, отчётливо
    20. adv откровенно

    others spoke plainer than he — другие говорили более откровенно, чем он

    21. adv просто, совершенно, абсолютно
    22. v арх. жаловаться, плакаться, сетовать
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. clear (adj.) apparent; clear; clear-cut; conspicuous; crystal-clear; distinct; evident; intelligible; lucid; manifest; noticeable; obvious; open-and-shut; openhanded; palpable; patent; unequivocal; univocal; unmistakable; unsubtle; visible
    2. common (adj.) average; common; commonplace; garden-variety; run-of-the-mill; stock; unexceptional
    3. direct (adj.) direct; downright; sheer; transparent
    4. discreet (adj.) bald; bare; discreet; dry; frugal; homey; inelaborate; modest; simple; unadorned; unambiguous; unbeautified; undecorated; understandable; unelaborate; unembellished; unembroidered; ungarnished; unornamented; unpretentious
    5. frank (adj.) forthright; frank; man-to-man; openhearted; plainspoken; single; single-eyed; single-hearted; single-minded; straight-shooting; unconcealed; undisguised; undissembled; undissembling; unmannered; unreserved; unvarnished
    6. homely (adj.) homely; ugly; unalluring; unattractive; unbeauteous; unbeautiful; uncomely; unhandsome; unlovely; unpretty
    7. honest (adj.) artless; blunt; candid; guileless; honest; ingenuous; open; straightforward
    8. level (adj.) even; flat; level; plane; smooth
    9. ordinary (adj.) everyday; ordinary; plain Jane; quotidian; routine; unostentatious; unremarkable; usual; workaday
    10. straight (adj.) absolute; full-strength; neat; perfect; pure; straight; unadulterated; unblended; undiluted; unmixed
    11. prairie (noun) expanse; flat; level; mesa; plateau; prairie; tableland
    Антонимический ряд:
    affected; ambiguous; artful; attractive; beautiful; broken; cloudy; complex; complicated; concealed; confused; cryptic; cunning; lavish; mountain; obscure; tainted; unusual; vague

    English-Russian base dictionary > plain

  • 2 plain

    I
    1. [pleın] n
    1. равнина
    2. обыкн. pl амер., австрал. безлесные равнины; прерии
    3. поэт. поле брани
    5. прямая петля ( в вязанье)

    ♢ Cities of the Plain - библ. Содом и Гоморра

    2. [pleın] a
    1. 1) ясный; отчётливый

    plain view /sight/ - открытый вид

    the rippling of the brook was plain to be heard - журчание ручейка было отчётливо слышно

    2) явный, очевидный

    it was plain that he did not wish to do it - было очевидно /ясно/, что он не хотел этого делать

    3) полный, совершенный, абсолютный

    plain nonsense - полнейшая бессмыслица, абсолютная чепуха

    2. 1) простой, понятный

    to explain smth. in plain and precise terms - объяснить что-л. ясно и точно

    to make smth. plain to smb. - разъяснить что-л. кому-л.

    tell her what you want in plain words - объясните ей членораздельно, что вы хотите

    the meaning is quite plain - значение совершенно ясно /понятно/

    in plain English - ясно, членораздельно

    2) незашифрованный

    plain language - воен. открытый /незашифрованный/ текст [см. тж. 6]

    in plain - воен. открыто, открытым текстом (о радиограмме, донесении)

    3. 1) простой, незамысловатый, обыкновенный

    plain dress [furniture] - простое платье [-ая мебель]

    plain style - простой /незамысловатый/ стиль

    plain unvarnished tale - бесхитростный рассказ; рассказ без всяких прикрас

    plain water - простая /обыкновенная/ вода

    plain living - простой /скромный/ образ жизни

    I like my cooking plain - я люблю готовить просто, я не люблю всякие разносолы

    2) чистый, несмешанный, без добавок
    3) гладкий ( о волосах)
    4) обычный

    plain card - а) нефигурная игральная карта; б) некозырная карта

    plain steel - метал. нелегированная сталь

    plain concrete - стр. неармированный бетон

    it's plain common sense - это обычный /всего лишь/ здравый смысл

    4. одноцветный, без узора или рисунка

    plain silk [velvet] - гладкий шёлк [бархат]

    5. простой, незнатный

    plain countryfolk - простые /бесхитростные/ деревенские люди, простонародье

    6. прямой, откровенный

    plain language - а) прямая /откровенная/ речь; б) особая, откровенная манера речи квакеров [см. тж. 2, 2)]

    the plain truth - а) настоящая /чистая/ правда; б) неприятная /печальная/ правда, правда без прикрас

    the plain truth /fact/ is... - дело просто в том, что...

    to make one's meaning perfectly plain - говорить откровенно /прямо/; ≅ поставить все точки над «i»

    to be plain with smb. - быть откровенным с кем-л.; ≅ говорить кому-л. правду в глаза

    7. невзрачный, некрасивый

    a pity the girl is so plain - жаль, что девочка так некрасива

    8. гладкий, ровный ( о местности)

    ♢ (as) plain as a pikestaff /as the nose on your face, as the day, as daylight, as the sun at noonday/ - ясный как день, очевидный; ≅ совершенно ясно

    3. [pleın] adv
    1) ясно, разборчиво, отчётливо

    I made them speak the word plain - я заставил их произносить это слово отчётливо

    2) откровенно

    others spoke plainer than he - другие говорили более откровенно, чем он

    talk /speak/ plain so that I can understand you - говори прямо, чтобы я тебя понял

    3) просто, совершенно, абсолютно

    he is just plain stupid [tired] - он просто глуп [устал]

    II [pleın] v арх.
    жаловаться, плакаться, сетовать

    НБАРС > plain

  • 3 plain

    /plein/ * danh từ - đồng bằng * tính từ - rõ ràng, rõ rệt =[as] plain as a pikestaff; as plain as daylight+ rõ rành rành, rõ như ban ngày =to make something plain to someone+ làm cho ai hiểu rõ điều gì - đơn giản, dễ hiểu =plain words+ lời lẽ đơn giản dễ hiểu =plain style+ văn giản dị - không viết bằng mật mã (điện tín...) - giản dị, thường; đơn sơ =plain food+ thức ăn giản dị (thường) =a plain cook+ một người đầu bếp thường (chỉ làm được những bữa ăn thường) =plain living and high thingking+ cuộc sống thanh bạch nhưng cao thượng =plain furniture+ bàn ghế đơn sơ giản dị - mộc mạc, chất phác, ngay thẳng; thẳng thắn =a plain man+ một người mộc mạc chất phác =to be plain in one's criticism+ thẳng thắn trong cách phê bình =plain answer+ câu trả lời thẳng thắn - trơn, một màu =a dress of plain material+ một ái dài bằng vải trơn - xấu, thô (cô gái...) * phó từ - rõ ràng =to speak (write) plain+ nói (viết) rõ ràng * nội động từ - (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ), (thơ ca) than khóc, than van

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  • 4 plain

    ̈ɪpleɪn I
    1. прил.
    1) уст. плоский, ровный Syn: even II
    1., level
    2.
    2) чистый, беспримесный Syn: pure
    3) а) очевидный, явный, ясный The facts are plain to see. ≈ Факты просты. It's plain to everyone that she will never return. ≈ Всем ясно, что она не вернется. It's perfectly plain that they will resist. ≈ Они совершенно точно окажут сопротивление. Syn: apparent, conspicuous, evident, manifest, obvious Ant: imperceptible, implicit, inconspicuous, secret, concealed, hidden б) простой;
    ясный, понятный to make one's meaning clear ≈ сделать понятной свою точку зрения plain writing Syn: clear в) прямой, резкий, без обиняков be plain with ≈ говорить( кому-л.) неприятную правду Syn: blunt
    1.
    4) а) незамысловатый, обыкновенный plain clothes ≈ штатское платье б) простой, несложный plain home-cooked meals ≈ простая домашняя еда
    5) простоватый, незнатный( о происхождении) Syn: ordinary
    1.
    6) а) одноцветный, гладкокрашенный, без узора( о материи) б) простой, без украшений Syn: undecorated
    7) некрасивый Syn: ugly ∙ it will be all plain sailing ≈ все пойдет как по маслу plain sailing
    2. сущ.
    1) а) равнина б) амер. степь, прерия ∙ The plains of America are generally characterised by their gramineous covering or their vast forests. ≈ Для американских равнин и прерий свойственен либо травяной покров, либо обширные леса. Syn: bush, desert, outback, pampas, prairie, range, steppe, tundra, savannah, veldt Ant: mountain
    2) поэт. поле брани
    3) а) геом., уст. плоскость б) горизонтальная поверхность биллиардного стола
    3. нареч.
    1) разборчиво, ясно, вразумительно Others began to speak plainer than he did. ≈ Другие стали говорить более понятно, чем он. Syn: clearly, intelligibly, candidly
    2) явно, откровенно the figure plainest to be seen ≈ фигура, которая самым явным образом виднелась (где-л.) Syn: frankly, candidly, evidently, manifestly
    3) совершенно, безусловно( с эмоционально-усилительным оттенком) I had gained so much weight and I just plain didn't look like the girl who had left town ten months before. ≈ Я так поправилась, что уже совершенно не была похожа на ту девочку, которая десять месяцев назад покинула родной дом. Syn: simply, absolutely, purely II гл.;
    поэт., уст. сетовать, жаловаться, плакаться;
    хныкать Syn: lament, complain равнина - in the open * в открытом поле - Salisbury P. равнина Солсбери обыкн. pl (американизм) (австралийское) безлесные равнины;
    прерии поле брани (the P.) (историческое) "болото" (во французском национальном конвенте) прямая петля (в вязанье) - * and purl прямая и обратная петля > Cities of the P. (библеизм) Содом и Гоморра ясный;
    отчетливый - * view /sight/ открытый вид - * articulation отчетливая артикуляция - * writing разборчивый почерк - all was * to see все было ясно видно - the rippling of the brook was * to be heard журчание ручейка было отчетливо слышно явный, очевидный - it is your * duty это ваш прямой долг - it was * that he did not wish to do it было очевидно /ясно/, что он не хотел этого делать полный, совершенный, абсолютный - * folly чистое безумие - * nonsense полнейшая бессмыслица, абсолютная чепуха - * stupidity непробиваемая тупость простой, понятный - to explain smth. in * and precise terms объяснить что-л. ясно и точно - to make smth. * to smb. разъяснить что-л. кому-л. - tell her what you want in * words объясните ей членораздельно, что вы хотите - the meaning is quite * значение совершенно ясно /понятно/ - in * English ясно, членораздельно - he can't understand * English он не понимает простых слов незашифрованный - * langauge (военное) открытый /незашифрованный/ текст - in * (военное) открыто, открытым текстом (о радиограмме, донесении) простой, незамысловатый, обыкновенный - * dress простое платье - * style простой /незамысловатый/ стиль - * unvarnished tale бесхитростный рассказ, рассказ без всяких прикрас - * food простая пища - * water простая /обыкновенная/ вода - * bread and butter просто хлеб с маслом - * living простой /скромный/ образ жизни - * dive простой прыжок( прыжки в воду) - * sewing простое шитье (в отличие от вышивки) - * stitch чулочная вязка - he was called * John его звали просто Джоном - I like my cooking * я люблю готовить просто, я не люблю всякие разносолы чистый, несмешанный, без добавок - * boiled beef вареное мясо( из бульона) - a cup of * black coffee чашечка черного кофе без сахара - * tea чай (только) с хлебом и маслом - * cigarettes сигареты без фильтра гладкий( о волосах) обычный - * card нефигурная игральная карта;
    некозырная карта - * steel нелегированная сталь - * concrete (строительство) неармированный бетон - it's * common sense это обычный /всего лишь/ здравый смысл одноцветный, без узора или рисунка - * drawing нецветной рисунок - * blue material гладкий синий материал - * silk гладкий шелк - * wallpaper гладкие обои( без рисунка) простой, незнатный - * man простой человек - * countryfolk простые /бесхитростные/ деревенские люди, простонародье прямой, откровенный - * statement откровенное заявление - * answer прямой ответ - * langauge прямая /откровенная/ речь;
    особая, откровенная манера речи квакеров - * talk прямой разговор - the * truth настоящая /чистая/ правда;
    неприятная /печальная/ правда, правда без прикрас - the * truth /fact/ is... дело просто в том, что... - to make one's meaning perfectly * говорить откровенно /прямо/;
    поставить все точки над "i" - to be * with smb. быть откровенным с кем-л.;
    говорить кому-л. правду в глаза - to stick to the * facts придерживаться( только) фактов невзрачный, некрасивый - * face некрасивое лицо - * Jane некрасивая девушка - a pity the girl is so * жаль, что девочка так некрасива гладкий, ровный (о местности) - * ground плоский рельеф - * surface ровная поверхность > (as) * as a pikestaff /as the nose on your face, as the day, as daylight, as the sun at noonday/ ясный как день, очевидный;
    совершенно ясно ясно, разборчиво, отчетливо - I made them speak the word * я заставил их произносить это слово отчетливо откровенно - others spoke *er than he другие говорили более откровенно, чем он - talk /speak/ * so that I can understand you говори прямо, чтобы я тебя понял просто, совершенно, абсолютно - he is just * stupud он просто глуп (устаревшее) жаловаться, плакаться, сетовать ~ прямой, откровенный;
    plain dealing прямота, честность;
    to be plain (with smb.) говорить (кому-л.) неприятную правду ~ sailing легкий, простой путь;
    it will be all plain sailing = все пойдет как по маслу ~ ясный, явный, очевидный;
    to make it plain выявить, разъяснить plain гладкий, ровный (о местности) ~ незамысловатый, обыкновенный;
    plain water обыкновенная вода;
    plain card нефигурная игральная карта ~ некрасивый ~ одноцветный, без узора (о материи) ~ откровенно ~ плоскость ~ поэт. поле брани ~ простой, незнатный;
    plain folk простонародье ~ простой, скромный (о пище и т. п.) ~ простой;
    понятный;
    plain writing разборчивый почерк ~ прямой, откровенный;
    plain dealing прямота, честность;
    to be plain (with smb.) говорить (кому-л.) неприятную правду ~ равнина ~ поэт. сетовать, жаловаться, плакаться;
    хныкать ~ ясно, разборчиво, отчетливо ~ ясный, явный, очевидный;
    to make it plain выявить, разъяснить ~ ясный, явный, очевидный ~ незамысловатый, обыкновенный;
    plain water обыкновенная вода;
    plain card нефигурная игральная карта ~ clothes штатское платье;
    plain work простое шитье (в отличие от вышивания) ~ простой, незнатный;
    plain folk простонародье ~ sailing легкий, простой путь;
    it will be all plain sailing = все пойдет как по маслу ~ sailing мор. плавание по локсодромии the ~ truth (или fact) is that... дело просто в том, что..., совершенно очевидно, что... ~ незамысловатый, обыкновенный;
    plain water обыкновенная вода;
    plain card нефигурная игральная карта ~ clothes штатское платье;
    plain work простое шитье (в отличие от вышивания) ~ простой;
    понятный;
    plain writing разборчивый почерк

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > plain

  • 5 submisse

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submisse

  • 6 submitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto

  • 7 summissa

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 8 summitto

    sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    To set, put, or place under or below:

    singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,

    Col. 7, 4, 3:

    vaccas tauris (for breeding),

    Pall. Jul. 4:

    vaccas in feturam,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    equas alternis annis,

    id. Mart. 13, 6:

    canterium vitibus,

    Col. 4, 14, 1.—
    b.
    To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:

    tellus submittit flores,

    puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:

    pabula pascendis equis (tellus),

    Luc. 4, 411:

    quo colores (humus formosa),

    Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:

    summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,

    upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,

    palmas,

    id. 4, 411:

    manus,

    Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.

    in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,

    Sil. 1, 673.—
    2.
    In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):

    arictes,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:

    tauros,

    Verg. E. 1, 46:

    pullos equorum,

    id. G. 3, 73:

    vitulos,

    id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:

    materiam vitis constituendae causā,

    Col. Arb. 5, 1:

    frutices in semen,

    id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;

    3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,

    to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
    3.
    Trop.
    (α).
    To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):

    huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,

    Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:

    necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,

    ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
    (β).
    To cherish, court:

    aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

    Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
    B.
    To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    1.
    Lit.:

    se ad pedes,

    Liv. 45, 7:

    se patri ad genua,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    latus in herbā,

    Ov. M. 3, 23:

    caput in herbā,

    id. ib. 3, 502; cf.

    verticem,

    id. ib. 8, 638:

    genu,

    id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:

    poplitem in terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 191:

    aures (opp. surrigere),

    Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:

    oculos,

    Ov. F. 3, 372:

    faciem,

    Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:

    fasces,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

    capillum,

    to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:

    crinem barbamque,

    Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:

    Tiberis aestate summittitur,

    sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
    2.
    Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:

    ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,

    condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:

    tributim summisi me et supplicavi,

    id. Planc. 10, 24:

    summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,

    Liv. 38, 52, 2:

    summittere se in privatum fastigium,

    id. 27, 31, 6:

    ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,

    to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    inceptum frustra submitte furorem,

    Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:

    ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,

    Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:

    quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    (soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,

    id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:

    ad calamitates animos,

    to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

    animos amori,

    to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:

    se temporibus,

    Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    verba summittere,

    to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:

    alicui se,

    to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:

    se culpae,

    i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:

    furorem,

    to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:

    neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:

    proinde ne submiseris te,

    be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:

    nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,

    yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:

    neutri fortunae se submittere,

    id. Ep. 66, 6:

    animum saevienti fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 72:

    ut ei aliquis se submitteret,

    accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
    II.
    The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:

    summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,

    secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:

    iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,

    suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
    B.
    In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):

    summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    subsidium alicui,

    id. ib. 2, 6; so,

    subsidium,

    id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:

    auxilium laborantibus,

    id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:

    sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,

    to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,

    furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):

    scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,

    stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:

    Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 638:

    bracchia,

    id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:

    capillo summissiore,

    hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:

    purpura,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159:

    oculi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
    B.
    Trop. (class. and freq.).
    1.
    Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:

    lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    vox (with lenis),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:

    murmur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 45:

    oratio placida, summissa, lenis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,

    oratio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:

    lenior atque summissior oratio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 64:

    (sermo) miscens elata summissis,

    id. 11, 3, 43:

    actio,

    id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:

    forma summissi oratoris,

    Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:

    in prooemiis plerumque summissi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
    2.
    Of character or disposition.
    a.
    In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):

    videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:

    vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    adulatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
    b.
    In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:

    humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,

    Verg. A. 3, 93:

    causae reorum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 154:

    civitates calamitate summissiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:

    preces,

    Luc. 8, 594; cf.:

    summissa precatur,

    Val. Fl. 7, 476:

    tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,

    yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
    2.
    (Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

    summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

    Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
    1.
    Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):

    sciscitari,

    Petr. 105 fin. —
    2.
    Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:

    alicui summisse supplicare,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 12:

    scribere alicui,

    Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:

    loqui (opp. aspere),

    Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    agere (opp. minanter),

    Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:

    summissius se gerere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    dolere,

    Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

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  • 9 вообще говоря

    1. by and large

    в общем; вообще говоря — far and by

    2. far and by
    3. broadly speaking

    вообще говоря, — generally speaking

    4. generally speaking

    в общем, собственно говоря — relatively speaking

    вообще говоря, в общих чертах — broadly speaking

    вообще говоря; в общих чертах — generally speaking

    5. relatively speaking

    вообще говоря, в общем — broadly speaking

    говорит Смит, Смит у телефона — Smith speaking

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > вообще говоря

  • 10 език

    1. анат. tongue
    обложен език a coated/furred tongue
    възпаление на езика мед. glossitis изплезихме езици, докато се качим до върха we were done up/all in/dog tired/dead beat by the time we reached the top
    не мога да си преобърна езика да го произнеса/изрека I can't get my tongue round it
    на езика ми е have s.th. on the tip of o.'s tongue
    каквото му е на ума, това му е на езика he wears his heart on his sleeve
    изплъзна ми се от езика it slipped out, I never meant to say it
    идваше ми да си отхапя езика I could have bitten my tongue off
    глътвам си езика be struck dumb, be scared to death, be dumbfounded; lose o.'s tongue
    вързан в езика tongue-tied
    развързвам си език a loosen o.'s tongue
    преплита ми се езика stammer, falter, become tongue-tied
    сърби ме езика be itching to speak
    чеша си езика wag o.'s tongue
    държа си езика hold o.'s tongue, keep a still tongue in o.'s head, bridle/curb o.'s tongue, put a bridle/curb on o.'s tongue
    дръж си езика hold your tongue! hold/stop your jaw! ( бъди по-учтив) keep a civil tongue! остър език a sharp/biting tongue
    злите езици evil tongues, slanderers
    злите езици разправят, че gossip has it that
    езикът няма кости, а кости троши the tongue is sharper than any sword
    2. тех. tongue; pawl; catch
    (на камбана) clapper, tongue (of a bell), jinglet
    огнени езици tongues of flame
    3. (реч) speech
    пренебр. lingo
    матерен език a mother tongue
    роден език o.'s own/native language, vernacular
    на народен език in the vernacular
    писмен език a written language
    говорим език a spoken language
    разговорен език everyday/conversational/colloquial speech
    литературен/книжовен език a literary language
    на прост/ясен език in simple phrase, (put) in simple language, in plain English
    имам груб език be rough-spoken
    мръсен език bad/foul language
    приличен език a clean tongue
    държа лош/грозен език be rude/impudent, speak roughly
    що за език! that's no way to talk! език на глухонемите finger/sign language
    чужд език a foreign language
    модерни/древни езици modern/ancient languages
    живи/мъртви езици living/dead languages
    славянски/германски/романски езици Slavonic, Slavic/Germanic/Romance languages
    той говори добре чужди езици he is a good linguist, he is good at languages
    (стил) style
    (идиом) idiom, parlance
    (жаргон) jargon, cant, lingo
    езикът на Ботев the language of Botev, Botev's style
    изящен език elegant style; a felicity of phrase
    точен език precise language, verbal accuracy
    вестникарски език journalese, newspaperese
    канцеларски език official language
    канцеларски български/английски и т. н. език Committee English/Bulgarian etc.
    езикът на сцената the language of the stage
    в правния/моряшкия/военния и т.н. език in legal/nautical/military etc. parlance
    научен език learned/scholarly language
    на езика на математиката/науката in terms of mathematics/science
    общ език прен. common ground, a common language
    * * *
    езѝк,
    м., -ци, (два) езѝка 1. tongue; анат. glossa; възпаление на \езикка мед. glossitis; обложен \езикк coated/furred tongue;
    2. техн. tongue; pawl; catch; застопоряващ \езикк ( палец) dog catch; (на обувка) tongue; (на камбана) clapper, tongue (of a bell), jinglet;
    3. ( реч) speech; (на даден народ) language, tongue; пренебр. lingo; \езикк на глухонемите finger/sign language; изучаван \езикк target language; малцинствен \езикк minority language; ма̀терен \езикк mother tongue; на прост/ясен \езикк (put) in simple language, in plain English;
    4. инф.: \езикк за управление на задания job control language; \езикк на командите command language; компилиращ \езикк assembly language;
    5. ( изразни средства) language; ( стил) style; ( идиом) idiom, parlance; (на документ) wording; ( жаргон) jargon, cant, lingo; вестникарски \езикк journalese, newspaperese; в правния/моряшкия/военния и т. н. \езикк in legal/nautical/military etc. parlance; изящен \езикк elegant style; на \езикка на математиката/науката in terms of mathematics/science; научен \езикк learned/scholarly language; точен \езикк verbal accuracy; филмов \езикк film idiom; • глътвам си \езикка be struck dumb, be scared to death, be dumbfounded; дръж си \езикка ( бъди по-учтив) keep a civil tongue! държа остър \езикк speak sharply; държа си \езикка bridle/curb o.’s tongue, put a bridle/curb on o.’s tongue; \езиккът няма кости, а кости троши the tongue is sharper than any sword; злите \езикци разправят, че gossip has it that; идваше ми да си отхапя \езикка I could have bitten my tongue off; изплезихме \езикци, докато се качим до върха we were done up/dog tired/dead beat by the time we reached the top; изплъзна ми се от \езикка it slipped out; имам груб \езикк be rough-spoken; каквото му е на ума, това му е на \езикка he wears his heart on his sleeve; на \езикка ми е have s.th. on the tip of o.’s tongue; не мога да си преобърна \езикка да го произнеса/изрека I can’t get my tongue round it; не можахме да намерим общ \езикк we talked at cross purposes; общ \езикк прен. common ground/language; преплита ми се \езиккът stammer, falter; развързвам си \езикка loosen o.’s. tongue; сърби ме \езиккът be itching to speak; чеша си \езикка wag o.’s tongue, chew the fat, chinwag, shoot the breeze; що за \езикк! that’s no way to talk!
    * * *
    machine code/ language: Do you speak foreign езикs? - Говориш ли чужди езици?; lingo (чужд); parlance ; tongue {`tXN} (анат.): a thick език - надебелен език
    * * *
    1. (жаргон) jargon, cant, lingo 2. (идиом) idiom, parlance 3. (изразни средства) language 4. (на даден народ) language, tongue 5. (на документ) wording 6. (на камбана) clapper, tongue (of a bell), jinglet 7. (на обувка) tongue 8. (реч) speech 9. (стил) style 10. mex. tongue;pawl;catch 11. ЕЗИКът на Ботев the language of Botev, Botev's style 12. ЕЗИКът на сцената the language of the stage 13. ЕЗИКът няма кости, а кости троши the tongue is sharper than any sword 14. анат. tongue 15. в правния/моряшкия/военния и т.н. ЕЗИК in legal/nautical/ military etc. parlance 16. вестникарски ЕЗИК journalese, newspaperese 17. във формата на ЕЗИК tongue-shaped 18. възпаление на ЕЗИКа мед. glossitis изплезихме езици, докато се качим до върха we were done up/all in/dog tired/dead beat by the time we reached the top 19. вързан в ЕЗИКа tongue-tied 20. глътвам си ЕЗИКa be struck dumb, be scared to death, be dumbfounded;lose o.'s tongue 21. говорим ЕЗИК a spoken language 22. дръж си ЕЗИКа hold your tongue! hold/stop your jaw! (бъди no-учтив) keep a civil tongue! остър ЕЗИК a sharp/biting tongue 23. държа лош/ грозен ЕЗИК be rude/impudent, speak roughly 24. държа остър ЕЗИК speak sharply 25. държа си ЕЗИКа hold o.'s tongue, keep a still tongue in o.'s head, bridle/curb o.'s tongue, put a bridle/ curb on o.'s tongue 26. живи/мъртви езици living/dead languages 27. злите езици evil tongues, slanderers 28. злите езици разправят, че gossip has it that 29. идваше ми да си отхапя ЕЗИКа I could have bitten my tongue off 30. изплъзна ми се от ЕЗИКа it slipped out, I never meant to say it 31. изящен ЕЗИК elegant style;a felicity of phrase 32. имам груб ЕЗИК be rough-spoken 33. каквото му е на ума, това му е на ЕЗИКа he wears his heart on his sleeve 34. канцеларски ЕЗИК official language 35. канцеларски български/английски и т. н. ЕЗИК Committee English/Bulgarian etc. 36. литературен/книжовен ЕЗИК а literary language 37. матерен ЕЗИК a mother tongue 38. модерни/древни езици modern/ancient languages 39. мръсен ЕЗИК bad/foul language 40. на ЕЗИКа ми е have s.th. on the tip of o.'s tongue 41. на ЕЗИКа на математиката/науката in terms of mathematics/science 42. на народен ЕЗИК in the vernacular 43. на прост/ясен ЕЗИК in simple phrase, (put) in simple language, in plain English 44. надебелен ЕЗИК a thick tongue 45. народен ЕЗИК vernacular 46. научен ЕЗИК learned/scholarly language 47. не мога да си преобърна ЕЗИКа да го произнеса/изрека I can't get my tongue round it 48. не можахме да намерим общ ЕЗИК we talked at cross purposes 49. неофициален ЕЗИК slang 50. обложен ЕЗИК а coated/furred tongue 51. общ ЕЗИК прен. common ground, a common language 52. огнени езици tongues of flame 53. писмен ЕЗИК a written language 54. пренебр. lingo 55. преплита ми се ЕЗИКa stammer, falter, become tongue-tied 56. приличен ЕЗИК а clean tongue 57. развързвам си ЕЗИК а loosen o.'s tongue 58. разговорен ЕЗИК everyday/conversational/colloquial speech 59. роден ЕЗИК o.'s own/native language, vernacular 60. славянски/германски/романски езици Slavonic, Slavic/Germanic/Romance languages 61. сърби ме ЕЗИКа be itching to speak 62. той говори добре чужди езици he is a good linguist, he is good at languages 63. той лошо говори чужди езици he is a bad/poor linguist 64. точен ЕЗИК precise language, verbal accuracy 65. филмов ЕЗИК film idiom 66. чеша си ЕЗИКa wag o.'s tongue 67. чужд ЕЗИК a foreign language 68. що за ЕЗИК! that's no way to talk! ЕЗИК на глухонемите finger/sign language

    Български-английски речник > език

  • 11 chiaro

    1. adj clear
    colore light, pale
    ( luminoso) bright
    chiaro e tondo definite
    2. m light
    chiaro di luna moonlight
    mettere in chiaro ( appurare) throw light on
    ( spiegare) clarify
    3. adv plainly
    ( con franchezza) frankly
    * * *
    chiaro agg.
    1 clear; ( luminoso) bright; ( detto di colore) light: acque chiare, clear water; azzurro chiaro, light blue; carnagione chiara, fair complexion; luce chiara, bright light; note chiare, clear notes; voce chiara, clear voice; immagine chiara, clear image; la campana ha un suono chiaro, the bell has a clear tone; sono stato chiaro?, have I made myself clear?; quello scrittore ha uno stile chiaro, that writer has a clear style; avere una chiara visione del futuro, to have a clear vision of the future // giorno chiaro, full day // un no chiaro e tondo, a definite no // patti chiari amicizia lunga, (prov.) short reckonings make long friends
    2 ( evidente) clear, evident, manifest, plain: è chiaro che avete torto, it is evident (o clear) you are wrong
    3 ( famoso) eminent, renowned, illustrious, distinguished: uno scienziato di chiara fama, a renowned (o eminent) scientist
    4 ( franco) frank, clear
    ◆ s.m. ( luminosità) clearness, brightness; ( luce) light: i chiari di un dipinto, the lights in a painting; chiaro di luna, moonlight; si fa chiaro, dawn is breaking (o it's getting light); vestirsi di chiaro, to wear light-coloured clothes // (tv) in chiaro, ( non crittato) non-encrypted, uncoded // con questi chiari di luna, (fig.) in these difficult times // mettere in chiaro qlco., to clear sthg. up (o to make sthg. clear o to explain sthg.); venire in chiaro di qlco., to get to the bottom of sthg. (o to get at the truth); far chiaro su una vicenda, to shed (o to throw) light on an affair.
    chiaro avv. clearly; ( con franchezza) frankly, openly: parlar chiaro, to speak clearly (o distinctly); ( con franchezza) to speak frankly (o bluntly); veder chiaro in qlco., to have a clear idea about sthg.; puoi scrivere più chiaro?, can you write more clearly? // chiaro e tondo, plainly: glielo dirò chiaro e tondo, I'll tell him plainly (o in no uncertain terms).
    * * *
    ['kjaro] chiaro (-a)
    1. agg
    1) (di colore: mobili, vestiti) light-coloured, (colore) light, (capelli, carnagione) fair
    2) (limpido: anche), fig clear, (luminoso) bright

    si sta facendo chiaro — it's getting light, the day is dawning

    3) (evidente, ovvio) obvious, clear

    non voglio averci niente a che fare, è chiaro? — I want nothing to do with it, is that clear?

    2. sm
    1)

    (colore) vestirsi di chiaro — to wear light colours o light-coloured clothes

    2) (luce, luminosità) day, daylight
    3. avv
    (parlare, vedere) clearly
    * * *
    ['kjaro] 1.
    1) (luminoso) [ cielo] clear, bright
    2) (non nuvoloso) [cielo, tempo] clear, bright
    3) (trasparente, limpido) [ acqua] clear
    4) (che si sente distintamente) [suono, voce] clear
    5) (tenue, pallido) [colore, tinta] light, pale; [ carnagione] fair; [ occhi] light-coloured
    6) (preciso) [programma, motivo, regolamento] clear(-cut)
    7) (comprensibile) [testo, termine, spiegazione] clear, plain; [ linguaggio] plain, straightforward; [ scrittura] clear, neat
    8) (esplicito) [intenzioni, allusione] clear
    9) (evidente, palese) clear, plain, obvious
    11) (franco) [sguardo, discorso] clear, frank
    2.
    sostantivo maschile

    al chiaro di luna — by the light of the moon, in o by the moonlight

    3) telev. mil. inform.
    3.
    avverbio clearly
    ••

    dire qcs. a -e lettere, forte e chiaro — to say sth. flat, straight (out)

    mettere le cose in chiaro — to make sth. clear

    chiaro e tondo — outright, flat, plain, straight

    * * *
    chiaro
    /'kjaro/
     1 (luminoso) [ cielo] clear, bright; fa già chiaro it's already getting light
     2 (non nuvoloso) [ cielo, tempo] clear, bright
     3 (trasparente, limpido) [ acqua] clear
     4 (che si sente distintamente) [ suono, voce] clear
     5 (tenue, pallido) [ colore, tinta] light, pale; [ carnagione] fair; [ occhi] light-coloured
     6 (preciso) [ programma, motivo, regolamento] clear(-cut); avere le idee -e to have a clear head
     7 (comprensibile) [ testo, termine, spiegazione] clear, plain; [ linguaggio] plain, straightforward; [ scrittura] clear, neat; è chiaro? sono stato chiaro? is that clear? did I make myself clear?
     8 (esplicito) [ intenzioni, allusione] clear
     9 (evidente, palese) clear, plain, obvious; è chiaro che it's clear that
     10 (illustre) un professore di -a fama an eminent professor
     11 (franco) [ sguardo, discorso] clear, frank; sarò chiaro con lui I'll be frank with him
     1 (chiarore) al chiaro di luna by the light of the moon, in o by the moonlight
     2 (tonalità di colore) vestirsi di chiaro to dress in light colours
     3 telev. mil. inform. in chiaro in clear
     clearly; vederci chiaro to see clearly (anche fig.); parliamoci chiaro let's speak clearly
    è chiaro come il sole it's as plain as day o crystal clear; dire qcs. a -e lettere, forte e chiaro to say sth. flat, straight (out); mettere le cose in chiaro to make sth. clear; chiaro e tondo outright, flat, plain, straight.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > chiaro

  • 12 façon

    façon [fasɔ̃]
    1. feminine noun
       a. ( = manière) way
    • de telle façon que... in such a way that...
    • merci, sans façon no thanks, really► de toute façon in any case
       b. ( = fabrication) making ; ( = facture) workmanship ; [de vêtement] cut
    2. plural feminine noun
    • en voilà des façons ! what a way to behave!
    * * *
    fasɔ̃
    1.
    1) ( manière) way

    de toute façon, de toutes les façons — anyway

    de façon à faire — ( en vue de) in order to do; ( de telle manière que) in such a way as to do

    cette façon de faire ne te/leur ressemble pas — that's not like you/them

    2) ( imitation)
    3) ( style) style

    2.
    façons nom féminin pluriel
    1) ( attitude)

    sans façons — [repas] informal; [personne] unpretentious

    non merci, sans façons — no thank you, really

    * * *
    fasɔ̃
    1. nf
    1) (= manière) way

    de façon à ce que; de telle façon que — so that

    de toute façon — anyway, in any case

    2) COUTURE (= confection) making-up, (coupe, forme) cut
    3) (= imitation)
    4) (= complication)

    merci, sans façon — no really, thanks

    2. façons nfpl
    péjoratif fuss sg

    faire des façons (= des histoires) — to make a fuss, (= des chichis) to stand on ceremony

    * * *
    A nf
    1 ( manière) way; la seule/meilleure façon de faire the only/best way to do; la bonne façon de s'y prendre the right way to go about it; la façon dont tu manges, ta façon de manger the way you eat; de cette façon that way; de plusieurs/différentes façons in several/various ways; d'une autre façon in another way, differently; d'une façon ou d'une autre one way or another; c'est une façon comme une autre de faire it's one way of doing; d'une certaine façon in a way; de toute façon, de toutes les façons anyway; de toutes les façons possibles in every possible way; de la même façon in the same way (que as); à peu près de la même façon in much the same way (que as); agir de la même façon to do the same; de la façon suivante in the following way; il a une façon bien à lui he's got his own particular way of doing things; il a une drôle de façon de voir/faire les choses he has a funny way of looking at/doing things; en voilà une façon de travailler! what a way to work!; de telle façon que personne n'a compris so that nobody understood; en aucune façon in no way; de façon décisive in a decisive way, decisively; de façon inattendue in an unexpected way, unexpectedly; à ma/ta/leur façon my/your/their (own) way; à la façon de like; vivre à la façon des Espagnols to live as they do in Spain; fabriqué de façon artisanale made by craftsmen; de façon à faire ( en vue de) in order to do; ( de telle manière que) in such a way as to do; de façon (à ce) qu'elle fasse so (that) she does; de façon qu'on puisse arriver à l'heure so (that) we can arrive on time; elle nous a joué un tour de sa façon she played a trick of her own on us; elle nous a préparé une salade de sa façon she made us one of her special salads; je vais leur dire ma façon de penser I'll tell them exactly what I think; cette façon de faire ne te/leur ressemble pas that's not like you/them; façon de parler so to speak; de quelle façon est-il tombé/a-t-il procédé? how did he fall/proceed?; ⇒ général A 2;
    2 ( imitation) un peigne façon ivoire an imitation ivory comb; sac façon sellier saddle-stitched bag; doublure façon soie silk-look lining;
    3 ( style) style; spectacle façon années 70 a 70's-style show; façon Einstein/Hollywood Einstein-/Hollywood-style;
    4 ( main-d'œuvre) on m'a donné le tissu et j'ai payé la façon the cloth was a present and I paid for the making-up; c'est du tissu de bonne qualité mais la façon est médiocre the material is good but the garment is badly made; travailler à façon [personne, atelier] to work to order (with supplied materials); ‘travaux à façon’ ( vêtements féminins) ‘dressmaking’; ( vêtements masculins) ‘tailoring’.
    B façons nfpl
    1 ( attitude) tes façons me déplaisent I don't like the way you behave; en voilà des façons! what a way to behave!;
    2 ( excès de politesse) faire des façons to stand on ceremony; ne faites pas tant de façons don't stand on ceremony; sans façon(s) [repas] informal; [personne] unpretentious; il a accepté sans façons he accepted with alacrity; non merci, sans façons no thank you, really.
    [fasɔ̃] nom féminin
    1. [manière] manner, way
    généreux, façon de parler, il ne m'a jamais donné un centime! (familier) generous, that's a funny way of putting it, he never gave me a penny!
    je vais lui dire ma façon de penser, moi! I'll give him a piece of my mind!
    2. [moyen] way
    pour obtenir son accord, il n'y a qu'une seule façon de s'y prendre there's only one way to get him to agree
    3. [fabrication] making, fashioning
    [main-d'œuvre] labour
    4. COUTURE [vêtement] cut
    de bonne façon well-made, (beautifully) tailored
    5. (suivi d'un nom) [qui rappelle]
    [imitant]
    façon marbre/bois imitation marble/wood
    ————————
    façons nom féminin pluriel
    [manières] manners, behaviour
    en voilà des façons! manners!, what a way to behave!
    a. [se faire prier] to make a fuss
    b. [se pavaner] to put on airs
    ————————
    à façon locution adjectivale
    [artisan] jobbing
    [travail] contract (modificateur)
    centre de traitement ou travail à façon INFORMATIQUE data processing ou computer ou service bureau
    ————————
    à la façon de locution prépositionnelle
    elle portait le paquet sur la tête, un peu à la façon d'une Africaine she was carrying the parcel on top of her head, much like an African woman would
    ————————
    à ma façon locution adjectivale,
    à sa façon etc. locution adjectivale
    une recette à ma/ta façon a recipe of mine/yours
    ————————
    à ma façon locution adverbiale,
    à sa façon etc. locution adverbiale
    de cette façon locution adverbiale
    2. [par conséquent] that way
    de façon à locution prépositionnelle
    de façon (à ce) que locution conjonctive
    ————————
    de la même façon locution adverbiale
    ————————
    de la même façon que locution conjonctive
    ————————
    de ma façon locution adjectivale,
    de sa façon etc. locution adjectivale
    une recette de ma/ta façon a recipe of mine/yours
    ————————
    de telle façon que locution conjonctive
    de toute façon locution adverbiale,
    de toutes les façons locution adverbiale
    d'une certaine façon locution adverbiale
    d'une façon ou d'une autre locution adverbiale
    ————————
    sans façon(s) locution adjectivale
    [style] simple, unadorned
    [cuisine] plain
    [personne] simple
    ————————
    sans façon(s) locution adverbiale
    1. [familièrement]
    2. [non merci] no thank you

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > façon

  • 13 language

    'læŋɡwi‹
    1) (human speech: the development of language in children.) lenguaje
    2) (the speech of a particular nation: She is very good at (learning) languages; Russian is a difficult language.) lengua, idioma
    3) (the words and way of speaking, writing etc usually connected with a particular group of people etc: the language of journalists; medical language.) lenguaje
    •
    1. idioma / lengua
    what languages do you speak? ¿qué idiomas hablas?
    2. lenguaje
    don't use bad language! ¡no digas palabrotas!
    tr['læŋgwɪʤ]
    1 (faculty, way of speaking) lenguaje nombre masculino
    ■ watch your language! ¡no digas palabrotas!
    2 (tongue) idioma nombre masculino, lengua
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to use bad language ser mal hablado,-a
    language laboratory laboratorio de idiomas
    language school academia de idiomas, escuela de idiomas
    language ['læŋgwɪʤ] n
    1) : idioma m, lengua f
    the English language: el idioma inglés
    2) : lenguaje m
    body language: lenguaje corporal
    adj.
    • idioma adj.
    • lengua (Idioma) adj.
    • lenguaje adj.
    n.
    • habla s.f.
    • idioma s.m.
    • lengua s.f.
    • lenguaje s.m.
    'læŋgwɪdʒ
    1) c u (means of communication, style of speech) lenguaje m

    bad language — palabrotas fpl, malas palabras fpl (esp AmL)

    2) c
    a) ( particular tongue) idioma m, lengua f

    the English language — la lengua inglesa, el idioma inglés

    first language — ( native tongue) lengua materna; ( Educ) primera lengua extranjera; (before n)

    language barrier — barrera f idiomática or del idioma

    b) ( Comput) lenguaje m
    ['læŋɡwɪdʒ]
    1. N
    1) (=faculty, style of speech) lenguaje m
    2) (=national tongue) lengua f, idioma m

    the Spanish language — la lengua española, el idioma español

    first language — lengua f materna

    3) (=means of expression) lenguaje m

    legal/technical language — lenguaje m jurídico/técnico

    4) (Comput) lenguaje m

    computer language — lenguaje m de ordenador or (LAm) computador(a)

    5) (=swear words)

    that's no language to use to your mother! — ¡así no se habla a tu madre!

    bad language — palabrotas fpl, lenguaje m grosero

    strong 1., 9)
    2.
    CPD

    language acquisition N — adquisición f del lenguaje

    language barrier N — barrera f del idioma

    language degree N — título m en idiomas

    language development N — desarrollo m lingüístico

    language laboratory N — laboratorio m de idiomas

    language school N — academia f de idiomas

    language skills NPL — (with foreign languages) facilidad f para los idiomas

    language student N — estudiante mf de idiomas

    language studies NPL — estudios mpl de idiomas

    language teacher N — profesor(a) m / f de idiomas

    * * *
    ['læŋgwɪdʒ]
    1) c u (means of communication, style of speech) lenguaje m

    bad language — palabrotas fpl, malas palabras fpl (esp AmL)

    2) c
    a) ( particular tongue) idioma m, lengua f

    the English language — la lengua inglesa, el idioma inglés

    first language — ( native tongue) lengua materna; ( Educ) primera lengua extranjera; (before n)

    language barrier — barrera f idiomática or del idioma

    b) ( Comput) lenguaje m

    English-spanish dictionary > language

  • 14 С-684

    ПО СУЩЕСТВУ PrepP Invar
    1. - говорить, замечание и т. п. ( adv, nonagreeing modif, or subj-compl with copula ( subj: критика, замечание etc)) (to say sth., a remark is etc) relevant, (to speak) relevantly
    to the point
    pertinent(ly) germane(ly) (a comment (question etc) that) gets to the heart of the matter apropos
    Neg не по существу - beside the point
    off the subject.
    «Переживаете, да?.. Но ведь критика была по существу» (Аксёнов 1). "You're taking it hard, aren't you?...But the criticism was very much to the point" (1a).
    2. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРЯ
    В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) (sent adv (parenth)) if the basic aspects of the matter in question are considered
    in essence
    essentially in effect to (for) all intents and purposes.
    Странно, что существует на виду, так сказать, у всех стиль Толстого с его нагромождением соподчинённых придаточных предложений (вытекающие из одного «что» несколько других «что», из одного «который» несколько следующих «которых»). По существу говоря, единственно встречающийся в русской литературе по свободе и своеобразной неправильности стиль (Олеша 3). It's strange that Tolstoy's style with its piling up of coordinate clauses (several "that's" ensuing from a single "that"
    several subsequent "whiches" issuing from a single "which") exists, so to speak, in plain view of everybody. In essence, it is the only style in Russian literature characterized by freedom and by a peculiar impropriety (3a).
    3. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРЯ
    В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) (sent adv (parenth)) in reality
    actually
    in (actual) fact in actuality in point of fact as a matter of fact.
    Не в первый раз уже Ирина Викторовна убеждалась в том, что Южно-Американский Вариант, по существу, перестал быть для неё вариантом... (Залыгин 1). Not for the first time it was borne in upon Irina Viktorovna that the South American Variant had in fact ceased to be a variant for her (1a).
    ...В сущности, виконт готов был стать на сторону какого угодно убеждения или догмата, если имел в виду, что за это ему перепадёт лишний четвертак (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....In actuality the Vicomte was ready to defend any conviction or dogma whatsoever if he thought it might bring him an extra twenty-five kopecks (1a).
    В сущности, пострадал один Платон Самсонович, первый проповедник козлотура, - его снизили в должности (Искандер 4). In point of fact, the only one who suffered was Platon Sam-sonovich, the first to advocate the goat ibex: he was demoted (4a).
    В сущности говоря, разбор всякой книги нелеп и бесцелен... (Набоков 1). As a matter of fact, the analysis of any book is awkward and pointless... (1a).

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  • 15 в сущности

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    1. в сущности говорить, замечание и т.п. [adv, nonagreeing modif, or subj-compl with copula (subj: критика, замечание etc)]
    ⇒ (to say sth., a remark is etc) relevant, (to speak) relevantly:
    - (a comment (question etc) that) gets to the heart of the matter;
    || Neg не по существу≈ beside the point;
    - off the subject.
         ♦ "Переживаете, да?.. Но ведь критика была по существу" (Аксёнов 1). "You're taking it hard, aren't you?...But the criticism was very much to the point" (1a).
    2. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРИ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ if the basic aspects of the matter in question are considered:
    - to (for) all intents and purposes.
         ♦ Странно, что существует на виду, так сказать, у всех стиль Толстого с его нагромождением соподчинённых придаточных предложений (вытекающие из одного " что" несколько других " что", из одного " который" несколько следующих " которых"). По существу говоря, единственно встречающийся в русской литературе по свободе и своеобразной неправильности стиль (Олеша 3). It's strange that Tolstoy's style with its piling up of coordinate clauses (several "that's" ensuing from a single "that"; several subsequent "whiches" issuing from a single "which") exists, so to speak, in plain view of everybody. In essence, it is the only style in Russian literature characterized by freedom and by a peculiar impropriety (3a).
    3. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРЯ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ in reality:
    - as a matter of fact.
         ♦ Не в первый раз уже Ирина Викторовна убеждалась в том, что Южно-Американский Вариант, по существу, перестал быть для неё вариантом... (Залыгин 1). Not for the first time it was borne in upon Irina Viktorovna that the South American Variant had in fact ceased to be a variant for her (1a).
         ♦...В сущности, виконт готов был стать на сторону какого угодно убеждения или догмата, если имел в виду, что за это ему перепадёт лишний четвертак (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....In actuality the Vicomte was ready to defend any conviction or dogma whatsoever if he thought it might bring him an extra twenty-five kopecks (1a).
         ♦ В сущности, пострадал один Платон Самсонович, первый проповедник козлотура, - его снизили в должности (Искандер 4). In point of fact, the only one who suffered was Platon Samsonovich, the first to advocate the goatibex: he was demoted (4a).
         ♦ В сущности говоря, разбор всякой книги нелеп и бесцелен... (Набоков 1). As a matter of fact, the analysis of any book is awkward and pointless... (1a).

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  • 16 в сущности говоря

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    1. в сущности говоря говорить, замечание и т.п. [adv, nonagreeing modif, or subj-compl with copula (subj: критика, замечание etc)]
    ⇒ (to say sth., a remark is etc) relevant, (to speak) relevantly:
    - (a comment (question etc) that) gets to the heart of the matter;
    || Neg не по существу≈ beside the point;
    - off the subject.
         ♦ "Переживаете, да?.. Но ведь критика была по существу" (Аксёнов 1). "You're taking it hard, aren't you?...But the criticism was very much to the point" (1a).
    2. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРИ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ if the basic aspects of the matter in question are considered:
    - to (for) all intents and purposes.
         ♦ Странно, что существует на виду, так сказать, у всех стиль Толстого с его нагромождением соподчинённых придаточных предложений (вытекающие из одного " что" несколько других " что", из одного " который" несколько следующих " которых"). По существу говоря, единственно встречающийся в русской литературе по свободе и своеобразной неправильности стиль (Олеша 3). It's strange that Tolstoy's style with its piling up of coordinate clauses (several "that's" ensuing from a single "that"; several subsequent "whiches" issuing from a single "which") exists, so to speak, in plain view of everybody. In essence, it is the only style in Russian literature characterized by freedom and by a peculiar impropriety (3a).
    3. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРЯ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ in reality:
    - as a matter of fact.
         ♦ Не в первый раз уже Ирина Викторовна убеждалась в том, что Южно-Американский Вариант, по существу, перестал быть для неё вариантом... (Залыгин 1). Not for the first time it was borne in upon Irina Viktorovna that the South American Variant had in fact ceased to be a variant for her (1a).
         ♦...В сущности, виконт готов был стать на сторону какого угодно убеждения или догмата, если имел в виду, что за это ему перепадёт лишний четвертак (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....In actuality the Vicomte was ready to defend any conviction or dogma whatsoever if he thought it might bring him an extra twenty-five kopecks (1a).
         ♦ В сущности, пострадал один Платон Самсонович, первый проповедник козлотура, - его снизили в должности (Искандер 4). In point of fact, the only one who suffered was Platon Samsonovich, the first to advocate the goatibex: he was demoted (4a).
         ♦ В сущности говоря, разбор всякой книги нелеп и бесцелен... (Набоков 1). As a matter of fact, the analysis of any book is awkward and pointless... (1a).

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  • 17 по существу

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    1. по существу говорить, замечание и т.п. [adv, nonagreeing modif, or subj-compl with copula (subj: критика, замечание etc)]
    ⇒ (to say sth., a remark is etc) relevant, (to speak) relevantly:
    - (a comment (question etc) that) gets to the heart of the matter;
    || Neg не по существу≈ beside the point;
    - off the subject.
         ♦ "Переживаете, да?.. Но ведь критика была по существу" (Аксёнов 1). "You're taking it hard, aren't you?...But the criticism was very much to the point" (1a).
    2. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРИ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ if the basic aspects of the matter in question are considered:
    - to (for) all intents and purposes.
         ♦ Странно, что существует на виду, так сказать, у всех стиль Толстого с его нагромождением соподчинённых придаточных предложений (вытекающие из одного " что" несколько других " что", из одного " который" несколько следующих " которых"). По существу говоря, единственно встречающийся в русской литературе по свободе и своеобразной неправильности стиль (Олеша 3). It's strange that Tolstoy's style with its piling up of coordinate clauses (several "that's" ensuing from a single "that"; several subsequent "whiches" issuing from a single "which") exists, so to speak, in plain view of everybody. In essence, it is the only style in Russian literature characterized by freedom and by a peculiar impropriety (3a).
    3. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРЯ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ in reality:
    - as a matter of fact.
         ♦ Не в первый раз уже Ирина Викторовна убеждалась в том, что Южно-Американский Вариант, по существу, перестал быть для неё вариантом... (Залыгин 1). Not for the first time it was borne in upon Irina Viktorovna that the South American Variant had in fact ceased to be a variant for her (1a).
         ♦...В сущности, виконт готов был стать на сторону какого угодно убеждения или догмата, если имел в виду, что за это ему перепадёт лишний четвертак (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....In actuality the Vicomte was ready to defend any conviction or dogma whatsoever if he thought it might bring him an extra twenty-five kopecks (1a).
         ♦ В сущности, пострадал один Платон Самсонович, первый проповедник козлотура, - его снизили в должности (Искандер 4). In point of fact, the only one who suffered was Platon Samsonovich, the first to advocate the goatibex: he was demoted (4a).
         ♦ В сущности говоря, разбор всякой книги нелеп и бесцелен... (Набоков 1). As a matter of fact, the analysis of any book is awkward and pointless... (1a).

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  • 18 по существу говоря

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    1. по существу говоря говорить, замечание и т.п. [adv, nonagreeing modif, or subj-compl with copula (subj: критика, замечание etc)]
    ⇒ (to say sth., a remark is etc) relevant, (to speak) relevantly:
    - (a comment (question etc) that) gets to the heart of the matter;
    || Neg не по существу≈ beside the point;
    - off the subject.
         ♦ "Переживаете, да?.. Но ведь критика была по существу" (Аксёнов 1). "You're taking it hard, aren't you?...But the criticism was very much to the point" (1a).
    2. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРИ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ if the basic aspects of the matter in question are considered:
    - to (for) all intents and purposes.
         ♦ Странно, что существует на виду, так сказать, у всех стиль Толстого с его нагромождением соподчинённых придаточных предложений (вытекающие из одного " что" несколько других " что", из одного " который" несколько следующих " которых"). По существу говоря, единственно встречающийся в русской литературе по свободе и своеобразной неправильности стиль (Олеша 3). It's strange that Tolstoy's style with its piling up of coordinate clauses (several "that's" ensuing from a single "that"; several subsequent "whiches" issuing from a single "which") exists, so to speak, in plain view of everybody. In essence, it is the only style in Russian literature characterized by freedom and by a peculiar impropriety (3a).
    3. Also: ПО СУЩЕСТВУ ГОВОРЯ; В СУЩНОСТИ (ГОВОРИ) [sent adv (parenth)]
    ⇒ in reality:
    - as a matter of fact.
         ♦ Не в первый раз уже Ирина Викторовна убеждалась в том, что Южно-Американский Вариант, по существу, перестал быть для неё вариантом... (Залыгин 1). Not for the first time it was borne in upon Irina Viktorovna that the South American Variant had in fact ceased to be a variant for her (1a).
         ♦...В сущности, виконт готов был стать на сторону какого угодно убеждения или догмата, если имел в виду, что за это ему перепадёт лишний четвертак (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....In actuality the Vicomte was ready to defend any conviction or dogma whatsoever if he thought it might bring him an extra twenty-five kopecks (1a).
         ♦ В сущности, пострадал один Платон Самсонович, первый проповедник козлотура, - его снизили в должности (Искандер 4). In point of fact, the only one who suffered was Platon Samsonovich, the first to advocate the goatibex: he was demoted (4a).
         ♦ В сущности говоря, разбор всякой книги нелеп и бесцелен... (Набоков 1). As a matter of fact, the analysis of any book is awkward and pointless... (1a).

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  • 19 AT

    I) prep.
    A. with dative.
    I. Of motion;
    1) towards, against;
    Otkell laut at Skamkatli, bowed down to S.;
    hann sneri egginni at Ásgrími, turned the edge against A.;
    Brynjólfr gengr alit at honum, quite up to him;
    þeir kómust aldri at honum, they could never get near him, to close quarters with him;
    3) to, at;
    koma at landi, to come to land;
    ganga at dómi, to go into court;
    4) along (= eptir);
    ganga at stræti, to walk along the street;
    dreki er niðr fór at ánni (went down the river) fyrir strauminum;
    refr dró hörpu at ísi, on the ice;
    5) denoting hostility;
    renna (sœkja) at e-m, to rush at, assault;
    gerði þá at þeim þoku mikla, they were overtaken by a thick fog;
    6) around;
    vefja motri at höfði sér, to wrap a veil round one’s head;
    bera grjót at e-m, to heap stones upon the body;
    7) denoting business, engagement;
    ríða at hrossum, at sauðum, to go looking after horses, watching sheep;
    fara at landskuldum, to go collecting rents.
    II. Of position, &c.;
    1) denoting presence at, near, by, upon;
    at kirkju, at church;
    at dómi, in court;
    at lögbergi, at the hill of laws;
    2) denoting participation in;
    vera at veizlu, brullaupi, to be at a banquet, wedding;
    3) ellipt., vera at, to be about, to be busy at;
    kvalararnir, er at vóru at pína hann, who were tormenting him;
    var þar at kona nökkur at binda (was there busy dressing) sár manna;
    4) with proper names of places (farms);
    konungr at Danmörku ok Noregi, king of;
    biskup at Hólum, bishop of Holar;
    at Helgafelli, at Bergþórshváli;
    5) used ellipt. with a genitive, at (a person’s) house;
    at hans (at his house) gisti fjölmenni mikit;
    at Marðar, at Mara’s home;
    at hins beilaga Ólafs konungs, at St. Olave’s church;
    at Ránar, at Ran’s (abode).
    III. Of time;
    1) at, in;
    at upphafi, at first, in the beginning;
    at skilnaði, at parting, when they parted;
    at páskum, at Easter;
    at kveldi, at eventide;
    at fjöru, at the ebb;
    at flœðum, at the floodtide;
    2) adding ‘komanda’ or ‘er kemr’;
    at ári komanda, next year;
    at vári, er kemr, next spring;
    generally with ‘komanda’ understood;
    at sumri, hausti, vetri, vári, next summer, &c.;
    3) used with an absolute dative and present or past part.;
    at sér lifanda, duing his lifetime;
    at öllum ásjándum, in the sight of all;
    at áheyranda höfðingjanum, in the hearing of the chief;
    at upprennandi sólu, at sunrise;
    at liðnum sex vikum, after six weeks are past;
    at honum önduðum, after his death;
    4) denoting uninterrupted succession, after;
    hverr at öðrum, annarr at öðrum, one after another;
    skildu menn at þessu, thereupon, after this;
    at því (thereafter) kómu aðrar meyjar.
    IV. fig. and in various uses;
    1) to, into, with the notion of destruction or change;
    brenna (borgina) at ösku, to burn to ashes;
    verða at ormi, to become a snake;
    2) for, as;
    gefa e-t at gjöf, as a present;
    eiga e-n at vin, to have one as friend;
    3) by;
    taka sverð at hjöltum, by the hilt;
    draga út björninn at hlustunum, by the ears;
    kjósa at afli, álitum, by strength, appearrance;
    auðigr at fé, wealthy in goods;
    vænn (fagr) at áliti, fair of face;
    5) as a law term, on the grounds of, by reason of;
    ryðja ( to challenge) dóm at mægðum, kvið at frændsemi;
    6) as a paraphrase of a genitive;
    faðir, móðir at barni (= barns, of a child);
    aðili at sök = aðili sakar;
    7) with adjectives denoting colour, size, age, of;
    hvítr, svartr, rauðr at lit, while, black, red of colour;
    mikill, lítill at stœrð, vexti, tall, small of stature;
    tvítugr at aldri, twenty years of age;
    kýr at fyrsta, öðrum kálfi, a cow that has calved once, twice;
    8) determining the source from which anything comes, of, from;
    Ari nam ok marga frœði at Þuríði (from her);
    þiggja, kaupa, geta, leigja e-t at e-m, to receive, buy, obtain, borrow a thing from one;
    hafa veg (virðing) styrk at e-m, to derive honour, power, from one;
    9) according, to, after (heygðr at fornum sið);
    at ráði allra vitrustu manna, by the advice of;
    at landslögum, by the law of the land;
    at leyfi e-s, by one’s leave;
    10) in adverbial phrases;
    gróa (vera grœddr) at heilu, to be quite healed;
    bíta af allt gras at snøggu, quite bare;
    at fullu, fully;
    at vísu, surely;
    at frjálsu, freely;
    at eilífu, for ever and ever;
    at röngu, at réttu, wrongly, rightly;
    at líku, at sömu, equally, all the same;
    at mun, at ráði, at marki, to a great extent.
    B. with acc., after, upon (= eptir);
    sonr á at taka arf at föður sinn, to take the inheritance after his father;
    at þat (= eptir þat), after that, thereafter;
    connected with a past part. or a., at Gamla fallinn, after the fall of Gamli;
    at Hrungni dauðan, upon the death of Hrungnir.
    1) as the simple mark of the infinitive, to;
    at ganga, at ríða, at hlaupa, to walk, to ride, to run;
    2) in an objective sense;
    hann bauð þeim at fara, sitja, he bade (ordered) them to go, sit;
    gefa e-m at eta, at drekka, to give one to eat, to drink;
    3) denoting design or purpose, in order to (hann gekk í borg at kaupa silfr).
    1) demonstrative particle before a comparative, the, all the, so much the;
    hón grét at meir, she wept the more;
    þykkir oss at líkara, all the more likely;
    þú ert maðr at verri (so much the worse), er þú hefir þetta mælt;
    2) rel. pron., who, which, that (= er);
    þeir allir, at þau tíðindi heyrðu, all those who heard;
    sem þeim er títt, at ( as is the custom of those who) kaupferðir reka.
    conj., that;
    1) introducing a subjective or objective clause;
    þat var einhverju sinni, at Höskuldr hafði vinaboð, it happened once that H.;
    vilda ek, at þú réðist austr í fjörðu, I should like you to go;
    2) relative to svá, denoting proportion, degree;
    svá mikill lagamaðr, at, so great a lawyer, that;
    3) with subj., denoting end or purpose, in order that (skáru þeir fyrir þá (viz. hestana) melinn, at þeir dœi eigi af sulti);
    4) since, because, as (= því at);
    5) connected with þó, því, svá;
    þó at (with subj.), though, although;
    því at, because, for;
    svá at, so that;
    6) temp., þá at (= þá er), when;
    þegar at (= þegar er), as soon as;
    þar til at (= þar til er), until, till;
    áðr at (= á. en), before;
    7) used superfluously after an int. pron. or adv.;
    Ólafr spurði, hvern styrk at hann mundi fá honum, what help he was likely to give him;
    in a relative sense; með fullkomnum ávexti, hverr at (which) þekkr ok þægiligr mun verða.
    V)
    negative verbal suffix, = ata; var-at, was not.
    odda at, Yggs at, battle.
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    1.
    and að, prep., often used ellipt. dropping the case and even merely as an adverb, [Lat. ad; Ulf. at = πρός and παρά, A. S. ät; Engl. at; Hel. ad = apud; O. H. G. az; lost in mod. Germ., and rare in Swed. and Dan.; in more freq. use in Engl. than any other kindred language, Icel. only excepted]:—the mod. pronunciation and spelling is að (aþ); this form is very old, and is found in Icel. vellum MSS. of the 12th century, e. g. aþ, 623. 60; yet in earlier times it was sounded with a tenuis, as we may infer from rhymes, e. g. jöfurr hyggi at | hve ek yrkja fat, Egill: Sighvat also makes it rhyme with a t. The verse by Thorodd—þar vastu at er fjáðr klæðið þvat (Skálda 162)—is hardly intelligible unless we accept the spelling with an aspirate (að), and say that þvað is = þvá = þváði, lavabat; it may be that by the time of Thorodd and Ari the pure old pronunciation was lost, or is ‘þvat’ simply the A. S. þvât, secuit? The Icelanders still, however, keep the tenuis in compounds before a vowel, or before h, v, or the liquids l, r, thus—atyrða, atorka, athöfn, athugi, athvarf, athlægi; atvinna, atvik; atlaga, atlíðanði ( slope), atriði, atreið, atróðr: but aðdjúpr, aðfinsla (critic), aðferð, aðkoma, aðsókn, aðsúgr (crowding), aðgæzla. In some words the pronunciation is irregular, e. g. atkvæði not aðkv-; atburðr, but aðbúnaðr; aðhjúkran not athjúkran; atgörvi not aðgörfi. At, to, towards; into; against; along, by; in regard to; after.
    Mostly with dat.; rarely with acc.; and sometimes ellipt.—by dropping the words ‘home,’ ‘house,’ or the like—with gen.
    WITH DAT.
    A. LOC.
    I. WITH MOTION; gener. the motion to the borders, limits of an object, and thus opp. to frá:
    1. towards, against, with or without the notion of arrival, esp. connected with verbs denoting motion (verba movendi et eundi), e. g. fara, ganga, koma, lúta, snúa, rétta at…; Otkell laut at Skamkatli, O. louted (i. e. bowed down) towards S., Nj. 77, Fms. xi. 102; sendimaðrinn sneri ( turned) hjöltum sverðsins at konungi, towards the king, i. 15; hann sneri egginni at Ásgrími, turned the edge towards A., Nj. 220; rétta e-t at e-m, to reach, hand over, Ld. 132; ganga at, to step towards, Ísl. ii. 259.
    2. denoting proximity, close up to, up to; Brynjólfr gengr … allt at honum, B. goes quite up to him, Nj. 58; Gunnarr kom þangat at þeim örunum, G. reached them even there with his arrows, 115; þeir kómust aldri at honum, they could never get near him, to close quarters, id.; reið maðr at þeim (up to them), 274; þeir höfðu rakit sporin allt at ( right up to) gammanum, Fms. i. 9; komu þeir at sjó fram, came down to the sea, Bárð. 180.
    3. without reference to the space traversed, to or at; koma at landi, to land, Ld. 38, Fms. viii. 358; ríða at dyrum, Boll. 344; hlaupa at e-m, to run up to, run at, Fms. vii. 218, viii. 358; af sjáfarganginum er hann gekk at landinu, of the surf dashing against the shore, xi. 6; vísa ólmum hundi at manni, to set a fierce hound at a man, Grág. ii. 118; leggja e-n at velli, to lay low, Eg. 426, Nj. 117; hníga at jörðu, at grasi, at moldu, to bite the dust, to die, Njarð. 378; ganga at dómi, a law term, to go into court, of a plaintiff, defendant, or bystander, Nj. 87 (freq.)
    4. denoting a motion along, into, upon; ganga at stræti, to walk along the street, Korm. 228, Fms. vii. 39; at ísi, on the ice, Skálda 198, Fms. vii. 19, 246, viii. 168, Eb. 112 new Ed. (á is perh. wrong); máttu menn ganga bar yfir at skipum einum, of ships alone used as a bridge, Fas. i. 378; at höfðum, at nám, to trample on the slain on the battle-field, Lex. Poët.; at ám, along the rivers; at merkiósum, at the river’s mouth, Grág. ii. 355; at endilöngu baki, all along its back, Sks. 100.
    5. denoting hostility, to rush at, assault; renna at, hlaupa at, ganga, fara, ríða, sækja, at e-m, (v. those words), whence the nouns atrenna, athlaup, atgangr, atför, atreið, atsókn, etc.
    β. metaph., kom at þeim svefnhöfgi, deep sleep fell on them, Nj. 104. Esp. of weather, in the impers. phrase, hríð, veðr, vind, storm görir at e-m, to be overtaken by a snow storm, gale, or the like; görði þá at þeim þoku mikla, they were overtaken by a thick fog, Bárð. 171.
    6. denoting around, of clothing or the like; bregða skikkju at höfði sér, to wrap his cloak over his head, Ld. 62; vefja motri at höfði sér, to wrap a snood round her head, 188; sauma at, to stick, cling close, as though sewn on; sauma at höndum sér, of tight gloves, Bs. i. 453; kyrtill svá þröngr sem saumaðr væri at honum, as though it were stitched to him, Nj. 214; vafit at vándum dreglum, tight laced with sorry tags, id.; hosa strengd fast at beini, of tight hose, Eg. 602; hann sveipar at sér iðrunum ok skyrtunni, he gathers up the entrails close to him and the skirt too, Gísl. 71; laz at síðu, a lace on the side, to keep the clothes tight, Eg. 602.
    β. of burying; bera grjót at einum, to heap stones upon the body, Eg. 719; var gör at þeim dys or grjóti, Ld. 152; gora kistu at líki, to make a coffin for a body, Eb. 264, Landn. 56, Ld. 142.
    γ. of summoning troops or followers; stefna at sér mönnum, to summon men to him, Nj. 104; stefna at sér liði, Eg. 270; kippa mönnum at sér, to gather men in haste, Ld. 64.
    7. denoting a business, engagement; ríða at hrossum, at sauðum, to go looking after after horses, watching sheep, Glúm. 362, Nj. 75; fara at fé, to go to seek for sheep, Ld. 240; fara at heyi, to go a-haymaking, Dropl. 10; at veiðum, a-hunting; at fuglum, a-fowling; at dýrum, a-sbooting; at fiski, a-fishing; at veiðiskap, Landn. 154, Orkn. 416 (in a verse), Nj. 25; fara at landskuldum, to go a-collecling rents, Eg. 516; at Finnkaupum, a-marketing with Finns, 41; at féföngum, a-plundering, Fms. vii. 78; ganga at beina, to wait on guests, Nj. 50; starfa at matseld, to serve at table, Eb. 266; hitta e-n at nauðsynjum, on matters of business; at máli, to speak with one, etc., Fms. xi. 101; rekast at e-m, to pursue one, ix. 404; ganga at liði sér, to go suing for help, Grág. ii. 384.
    β. of festivals; snúa, fá at blóti, veizlu, brullaupi, to prepare for a sacrificial banquet, wedding, or the like, hence at-fangadagr, Eb. 6, Ld. 70; koma at hendi, to happen, befall; ganga at sínu, to come by one’s own, to take it, Ld. 208; Egill drakk hvert full er at honum kom, drained every horn that came to him, Eg. 210; komast at keyptu, to purchase dearly, Húv. 46.
    8. denoting imaginary motion, esp. of places, cp. Lat. spectare, vergere ad…, to look or lie towards; horfði botninn at höfðanum, the bight of the bay looked toward the headland, Fms. i. 340, Landn. 35; also, skeiðgata liggr at læknum, leads to the brook, Ísl. ii. 339; á þann arminn er vissi at sjánum, on that wing which looked toward the sea, Fms. viii. 115; sár þau er horft höfðu at Knúti konungi, xi. 309.
    β. even connected with verbs denoting motion; Gilsáreyrr gengr austan at Fljótinu, G. extends, projects to F. from the east, Hrafh. 25; hjá sundi því, er at gengr þingstöðinni, Fms. xi. 85.
    II. WITHOUT MOTION; denoting presence at, near, by, at the side of, in, upon; connected with verbs like sitja, standa, vera…; at kirkju, at church, Fms. vii. 251, K. f). K. 16, Ld. 328, Ísl. ii. 270, Sks. 36; vera at skála, at húsi, to be in, at home, Landn. 154; at landi, Fms. i. 82; at skipi, on shipboard, Grág. i. 209, 215; at oldri, at a banquet, inter pocula; at áti, at dinner, at a feast, inter edendum, ii. 169, 170; at samförum ok samvistum, at public meetings, id.; at dómi, in a court; standa (to take one’s stand) norðan, sunnan, austan, vestan at dómi, freq. in the proceedings at trials in lawsuits, Nj.; at þingi, present at the parliament, Grág. i. 142; at lögbergi, o n the hill of laws, 17, Nj.; at baki e-m, at the back of.
    2. denoting presence, partaking in; sitja at mat, to sit at meat, Fms. i. 241; vera at veizlu, brullaupi, to be at a banquet, nuptials, Nj. 51, Ld. 70: a law term, vera at vígi, to be an accessory in manslaying, Nj. 89, 100; vera at e-u simply means to be about, be busy in, Fms. iv. 237; standa at máli, to stand by one in a case, Grág. ii. 165, Nj. 214; vera at fóstri, to be fostered, Fms. i. 2; sitja at hégóma, to listen to nonsense, Ld. 322; vera at smíð, to be at one’s work, Þórð. 62: now absol., vera at, to go on with, be busy at.
    3. the law term vinna eið at e-u has a double meaning:
    α. vinna eið at bók, at baugi, to make an oath upon the book by laying the band upon it, Landn. 258, Grág., Nj.; cp. Vkv. 31, Gkv. 3. 3, Hkv. 2. 29, etc.: ‘við’ is now used in this sense.
    β. to confirm a fact (or the like) by an oath, to swear to, Grág. i. 9, 327.
    γ. the law phrase, nefna vátta at e-u, of summoning witnesses to a deed, fact, or the like; nefna vátta at benjum, to produce evidence, witnesses as to the wounds, Nj., Grág.; at görð, Eg. 738; at svörum, Grág. i. 19: this summoning of witnesses served in old lawsuits the same purpose as modern pleadings and depositions; every step in a suit to be lawful must be followed by such a summoning or declaration.
    4. used ellipt., vera at, to be about, to be busy at; kvalararnir er at vóru at pína hann, who were tormenting him; þar varstu at, you were there present, Skálda 162; at várum þar, Gísl. (in a verse): as a law term ‘vera at’ means to be guilty, Glúm. 388; vartattu at þar, Eg. (in a verse); hence the ambiguity of Glum’s oath, vask at þar, I was there present: var þar at kona nokkur ( was there busy) at binda sár manna, Fms. v. 91; hann var at ok smíðaði skot, Rd. 313; voru Varbelgir at ( about) at taka af, þau lög …, Fms. ix. 512; ek var at ok vafk, I was about weaving, xi. 49; þeir höfðu verit at þrjú sumur, they had been busy at it for three summers, x. 186 (now very freq.); koma at, come in, to arrive unexpectedly; Gunnarr kom at í því, G. came in at that moment; hvaðan komtú nú at, whence did you come? Nj. 68, Fms. iii. 200.
    5. denoting the kingdom or residence of a king or princely person; konungr at Danmörk ok Noregi, king of…, Fms. i. 119, xi. 281; konungr, jarl, at öllum Noregi, king, earl, over all N., íb. 3, 13, Landn. 25; konungr at Dyflinni, king of Dublin, 25; but í or yfir England!, Eg. 263: cp. the phrase, sitja at landi, to reside, of a king when at home, Hkr. i. 34; at Joini, Fms. xi. 74: used of a bishop; biskup at Hólum, bishop of Hólar, Íb. 18, 19; but biskup í Skálaholti, 19: at Rómi, at Rome, Fbr. 198.
    6. in denoting a man’s abode (vide p. 5, col. 1, l. 27), the prep. ‘at’ is used where the local name implies the notion of by the side of, and is therefore esp. applied to words denoting a river, brook, rock, mountain, grove, or the like, and in some other instances, by, at, e. g. at Hofi (a temple), Landn. 198; at Borg ( a castle), 57; at Helgafelli (a mountain), Eb. constantly so; at Mosfelli, Landn. 190; at Hálsi (a hill), Fms. xi. 22; at Bjargi, Grett. 90; Hálsum, Landn. 143; at Á ( river), 296, 268; at Bægisá, 212; Giljá, 332; Myrká, 211; Vatnsá, id.; þverá, Glúm. 323; at Fossi (a ‘force’ or waterfall), Landn. 73; at Lækjamoti (waters-meeting), 332; at Hlíðarenda ( end of the lithe or hill), at Bergþórshváli, Nj.; at Lundi (a grove), at Melum (sandhill), Landn. 70: the prep. ‘á’ is now used in most of these cases, e. g. á Á, á Hofi, Helgafelli, Felli, Hálsi, etc.
    β. particularly, and without any regard to etymology, used of the abode of kings or princes, to reside at; at Uppsölum, at Haugi, Alreksstöðum, at Hlöðum, Landn., Fms.
    γ. konungr lét kalla at stofudyrum, the king made a call at the hall door, Eg. 88; þeir kölluðu at herberginu, they called at the inn, Fms. ix. 475.
    7. used ellipt. with a gen., esp. if connected with such words as gista, to be a guest, lodge, dine, sup (of festivals or the like) at one’s home; at Marðar, Nj. 4; at hans, 74; þingfesti at þess bóanda, Grág. i. 152; at sín, at one’s own home, Eg. 371, K. Þ. K. 62; hafa náttstað at Freyju, at the abode of goddess Freyja, Eg. 603; at Ránar, at Ran’s, i. e. at Ran’s house, of drowned men who belong to the queen of the sea, Ran, Eb. 274; at hins heilaga Ólafs konungs, at St. Olave’s church, Fms. vi. 63: cp. ad Veneris, εις Κίμωνος.
    B. TEMP.
    I. at, denoting a point or period of time; at upphafi, at first, in the beginning, Ld. 104; at lyktum, at síðustu, at lokum, at last; at lesti, at last, Lex. Poët., more freq. á lesti; at skilnaði, at parting, at last, Band. 3; at fornu, in times of yore, formerly, Eg. 267, D. I. i. 635; at sinni, as yet, at present; at nýju, anew, of present time; at eilífu, for ever and ever; at skömmu, soon, shortly, Ísl. ii. 272, v. l.
    II. of the very moment when anything happens, the beginning of a term; denoting the seasons of the year, months, weeks, the hours of the day; at Jólum, at Yule, Nj. 46; at Pálmadegi, on Palm Sunday, 273; at Páskum, at Easter; at Ólafsvöku, on St. Olave’s eve, 29th of July, Fms.; at vetri, at the beginning of the winter, on the day when winter sets in, Grág. 1. 151; at sumarmálum, at vetrnáttum; at Tvímánaði, when the Double month (August) begins, Ld. 256, Grág. i. 152; at kveldi, at eventide, Eg. 3; at því meli, at that time; at eindaga, at the term, 395; at eykð, at 4 o’clock p. m., 198; at öndverðri æfi Abra hams, Ver. II; at sinni, now at once, Fms. vi. 71; at öðruhverju, every now and then.
    β. where the point of time is marked by some event; at þingi, at the meeting of parliament (18th to the 24th of June), Ld. 182; at féránsdómi, at the court of execution, Grág. i. 132, 133; at þinglausnum, at the close of the parliament (beginning of July), 140; at festarmálum, eðr at eiginorði, at betrothal or nuptials, 174; at skilnaði, when they parted, Nj. 106 (above); at öllum minnum, at the general drinking of the toasts, Eg. 253; at fjöru, at the ebb; at flæðum, at flood tide, Fms. viii. 306, Orkn. 428; at hrörum, at an inquest, Grág. i. 50 (cp. ii. 141, 389); at sökum, at prosecutions, 30; at sinni, now, as yet, v. that word.
    III. ellipt., or adding ‘komanda’ or ‘er kemr,’ of the future time:
    1. ellipt., komanda or the like being understood, with reference to the seasons of the year; at sumri, at vetri, at hausti, at vári, next summer, winter…, Ísl. ii. 242; at miðju sumri, at ári, at Midsummer, next year, Fas. i. 516; at miðjum vetri, Fms. iv. 237,
    2. adding ‘komanda’ or ‘er kemr;’ at ári komanda, Bárð. 177; at vári er kemr, Dipl. iii. 6.
    IV. used with an absolute dat. and with a pres. part.:
    1. with pres. part.; at morni komanda, on the coming morrow, Fms. i. 263; at sér lifanda, in vivo, in his life time, Grág. ii. 202; at þeim sofundum, illis dormientibus, Hkr. i. 234; at öllum ásjándum, in the sight of all, Fms. x. 329; at úvitanda konungi, illo nesciente, without his knowledge, 227; at áheyranda höfðingjanum, in the chief’s bearing, 235.
    2. of past time with a past part. (Lat. abl. absol.); at hræjum fundnum, on the bodies being found, Grág. ii. 87; at háðum dómum ok föstu þingi, during the session, the courts being set, i. 484; at liðnum sex vikum, after six weeks past, Band. 13; at svá búnu, so goru, svá komnu, svá mæltu (Lat. quibus rebus gestis, dictis, quo facto, dicto, etc.), v. those words; at úreyndu, without trial, without put ting one to the test, Ld. 76; at honum önduðum, illo mortuo.
    3. ellipt. without ‘at;’ en þessum hlutum fram komnum, when all this has been done, Eb. 132.
    V. in some phrases with a slight temp, notion; at görðum gildum, the fences being strong, Gþl. 387; at vörmu spori, at once, whilst the trail is warm; at úvörum, unawares, suddenly, Nj. 95, Ld. 132; at þessu, at this cost, on that condition, Eb. 38, Nj. 55; at illum leiki, to have a narrow escape, now við illan leik, Fms. ix. 473; at því, that granted, Grág. ii. 33: at því, at pessu, thereafter, thereupon, Nj. 76.
    2. denoting succession, without interruption, one after another; hverr at öðrum, annarr maðr at öðrum, aðrir at öðrum; eina konu at annarri, Eg. 91, Fms. ii. 236, vi. 25, Bs. i. 22, 625. 80, H. E. i. 522.
    C. METAPH. and in various cases:
    I. denoting a transformation or change into, to, with the notion of destruction; brenna at ösku, at köldum kolum, to burn to ashes, to be quite destroyed, Fms. i. 105, Edda 3, Sturl. ii. 51: with the notion of transformation or transfiguration, in such phrases as, verða at e-u, göra e-t at e-u, to turn it into:
    α. by a spell; verða at ormi, to become a snake, Fms. xi. 158; at flugdrekum, Gullþ. 7; urðu þau bönd at járni, Edda 40.
    β. by a natural process it can often be translated by an acc. or by as; göra e-n at urðarmanni, to make him an outlaw, Eg. 728; græða e-n at orkumlamanni, to heal him so as to maim him for life, of bad treatment by a leech, Eb. 244: in the law terms, sár görist at ben, a wound turning into a ben, proving to be mortal, Grág., Nj.; verða at ljúgvætti, to prove to be a false evidence, Grág. i. 44; verða at sætt, to turn into reconciliation, Fms. i. 13; göra e-t at reiði málum, to take offence at, Fs. 20; at nýjum tíðindum, to tell as news, Nj. 14; verða fátt at orðum, to be sparing of words, 18; kveðr (svá) at orði, to speak, utter, 10; verða at þrifnaði, to geton well, Fms. vii. 196: at liði, at skaða, to be a help or hurt to one; at bana, to cause one’s death, Nj. 223, Eg. 21, Grág. ii. 29: at undrum, at hlátri, to become a wonder, a laughing-stock, 623. 35, Eg. 553.
    II. denoting capacity, where it may be translated merely by as or for; gefa at Jólagjöf, to give for a Christmas-box, Eg. 516; at gjöf, for a present; at erfð, at láni, launum, as an inheritance, a loan; at kaupum ok sökum, for buying and selling, Ísl. ii. 223, Grág. i. 423; at solum, ii. 204; at herfangi, as spoil or plunder; at sakbótum, at niðgjöldum, as a compensation, weregeld, i. 339, ii. 171, Hkr. ii. 168; taka at gíslingu, to take as an hostage, Edda 15; eiga e-n at vin, at óvin, to have one as friend or foe, illt er at eiga þræl at eingavin, ‘tis ill to have a thrall for one’s bosom friend (a proverb), Nj. 77; fæða, eiga, at sonum (syni), to beget a son, Edda 8, Bs. i. 60 (but eiga at dóttur cannot be said); hafa möttul at yfirhöfn, Fms. vii. 201; verða nökkut at manni (mönnum), to turn out to be a worthy man; verða ekki at manni, to turn out a worthless person, xi. 79, 268.
    2. in such phrases as, verða at orðum, to come towards, Nj. 26; var þat at erindum, Eg. 148; hafa at veizlum, to draw veizlur ( dues) from, Fms. iv. 275, Eg. 647; gora e-t at álitum, to take it into consideration, Nj. 3.
    III. denoting belonging to, fitting, of parts of the whole or the like; vóru at honum (viz. the sword) hjölt gullbúin, the sword was ornamented with a hilt of gold, Ld. 330; umgörð at ( belonging to) sverði, Fs. 97 (Hs.) in a verse; en ef mór er eigi at landinu, if there be no turf moor belonging to the land, Grág. ii. 338; svá at eigi brotnaði nokkuð at Orminum, so that no harm happened to the ship Worm, Fms. x. 356; hvatki er meiðir at skipinu eðr at reiðinu eðr at viðum, damage done t o …, Grág. ii. 403; lesta ( to injure) hús at lásum, við eðr torfi, 110; ef land hefir batnað at húsum, if the land has been bettered as to its buildings, 210; cp. the phrase, göra at e-u, to repair: hamlaðr at höndum eðr fótum, maimed as to hands or feet, Eg. 14; heill at höndum en hrumr at fótum, sound in band, palsied in foot, Fms. vii. 12; lykill at skrá, a key belonging, fitting, to the latch; hurð at húsi; a key ‘gengr at’ ( fits) skrá; and many other phrases. 2. denoting the part by which a thing is held or to which it belongs, by; fá, taka at…, to grasp by …; þú tókt við sverði hans at hjöltunum, you took it by the bill, Fms. i. 15; draga út björninn at hlustum, to pull out the bear by the ears, Fas. ii. 237; at fótum, by the feet, Fms. viii. 363; mæla ( to measure) at hrygg ok at jaðri, by the edge or middle of the stuff, Grág. i. 498; kasta e-m at höfði, head foremost, Nj. 84; kjósa e-n at fótum, by the feet alone, Edda 46; hefja frændsemi at bræðrum, eða at systkynum, to reckon kinship by the brother’s or the sister’s side, Grág. i. 28; kjósa at afli, at álitum, by strength, sight, Gs. 8, belongs rather to the following.
    IV. in respect of, as regards, in regard to, as to; auðigr at fé, wealthy of goods, Nj. 16, 30, 51; beztir hestar at reið, the best racehorses, 186; spekingr at viti, a man of great intellect, Ld. 124; vænn (fagr) at áliti, fair of face, Nj. 30, Bs. i. 61; kvenna vænst at ásjónu ok vits munum, of surpassing beauty and intellect, Ld. 122; fullkominn at hyggju, 18; um fram aðra menn at vinsældum ok harðfengi, of surpassing popularity and hardihood, Eb. 30.
    2. a law term, of challenging jurors, judges, or the like, on account of, by reason of; ryðja ( to challenge) at mægðum, guðsifjum, frændsemi, hrörum …; at leiðarlengd, on account of distance, Grág. i. 30, 50, Nj. (freq.)
    3. in arithm. denoting proportion; at helmingi, þriðjungi, fjórðungi, tíunda hluta, cp. Lat. ex asse, quadrante, for the half, third… part; máttr skal at magni (a proverb), might and main go together, Hkr. ii. 236; þú munt vera at því mikill fræðimaðr á kvæði, in the same proportion, as great, Fms. vi. 391, iii. 41; at e-s hluta, at… leiti, for one’s part, in turn, as far as one is con cerned, Grág. i. 322, Eg. 309, Fms. iii. 26 (freq.): at öðrum kosti, in the other case, otherwise (freq.) More gener., at öllu, öngu, in all (no) respects; at sumu, einhverju, nokkru, partly; at flestu, mestu, chiefly.
    4. as a paraphrase of a genitive; faðir, móðir at barni (= barns); aðili at sök (= sakar a.); morðingi at barni (= barns), faðerni at barni (barns); illvirki at fé manna (cp. Lat. felo de se), niðrfall at sökum (saka), land gangr at fiskum (fiska), Fms. iv. 274, Grág. i. 277, 416, N. G. L. i. 340, K. Þ. K. 112, Nj. 21.
    5. the phrase ‘at sér,’ of himself or in himself, either ellipt. or by adding the participle görr, and with the adverbs vel, ilia, or the like; denoting breeding, bearing, endowments, character …; væn kona, kurteis ok vel at sér, an accomplished, well-bred, gifted lady, Nj. I; vitr maðr ok vel at sér, a wise man and thoroughly good in feeling and bearing, 5; þú ert maðr vaskr ok vel at þér, 49; gerr at sér, accomplished, 51; bezt at sér görr, the finest, best bred man, 39, Ld. 124; en þó er hann svá vel at sér, so generous, Nj. 77; þeir höfðingjar er svá vóru vel at sér, so noble-minded, 198, Fms. i. 160: the phrase ‘at sér’ is now only used of knowledge, thus maðr vel að sér means clever, a man of great knowledge; illa að sér, a blockhead.
    6. denoting relations to colour, size, value, age, and the like; hvitr, svartr, grár, rauðr … at lit, white, swarthy, gray, red … of colour, Bjarn. 55, 28, Ísl. ii. 213, etc.; mikill, lítill, at stærð, vexti, tall, small of size, etc.; ungr, gamall, barn, at aldri, young, old, a child of age; tvítugr, þrítugr … at aldri, twenty, thirty … years of age (freq.): of animals; kyr at fyrsta, öðrum … kálfi, a cow having calved once, twice…, Jb. 346: value, amount, currency of money, kaupa e-t at mörk, at a mark, N. G. L. 1. 352; ok er eyririnn at mörk, amounts to a mark, of the value of money, Grág. i. 392; verðr þá at hálfri murk vaðmála eyrir, amounts to a half a mark, 500.
    β. metaph. of value, connected with verbs denoting to esteem, hold; meta, hafa, halda at miklu, litlu, vettugi, engu, or the like, to hold in high or low esteem, to care or not to care for (freq.): geta e-s at góðu, illu, öngu, to mention one favourably, unfavourably, indifferently … (freq.), prop. in connection with. In many cases it may be translated by in; ekki er mark at draumum, there is no meaning in dreams, no heed is to be paid to dreams, Sturl. ii. 217; bragð er at þá barnið finnr, it goes too far, when even a child takes offence (a proverb): hvat er at því, what does it mean? Nj. 11; hvert þat skip er vöxtr er at, any ship of mark, i. e. however small, Fms. xi. 20.
    V. denoting the source of a thing:
    1. source of infor mation, to learn, perceive, get information from; Ari nam ok marga fræði at Þuríði, learnt as her pupil, at her hands, as St. Paul at the feet of Gamaliel, (just as the Scotch say to speer or ask at a person); Ari nam at Þorgeiri afraðskoll, Hkr. (pref.); nema kunnáttu at e-m, used of a pupil, Fms. i. 8; nema fræði at e-m, xi. 396.
    2. of receiving, acquiring, buying, from; þiggja e-t at e-m, to receive a thing at his hands, Nj. 51; líf, to be pardoned, Fms. x. 173; kaupa land at e-m, to buy it from, Landn. 72, Íb. II, (now af is more freq. in this sense); geta e-t at e-m, to obtain, procure at one’s hands, impetrare; þeirra manna er þeir megu þat geta at, who are willing to do that, Grág. i. I; heimta e-t at e-m (now af), to call in, demand (a debt, money), 279; fala e-t at e-m (now af), to chaffer for or cheapen anything, Nj. 73; sækja e-t at e-m, to ask, seek for; sækja heilræði ok traust at e-m, 98; leiga e-t at e-m (now af), to borrow, Grág. ii. 334; eiga e-t (fé, skuld) at e-m, to be owed money by any one, i. 399: metaph. to deserve of one, Nj. 113; eiga mikit at e-m, to have much to do with, 138; hafa veg, virðing, styrk, at, to derive honour, power from, Fms. vi. 71, Eg. 44, Bárð. 174; gagn, to be of use, Ld. 216; mein, tálma, mischief, disadvantage, 158, 216, cp. Eg. 546; ótta, awe, Nj. 68.
    VI. denoting conformity, according to, Lat. secundum, ex, after; at fornum sið, Fms. i. 112; at sögn Ara prests, as Ari relates, on his authority, 55; at ráði allra vitrustu manna, at the advice of, Ísl. ii. 259, Ld. 62; at lögum, at landslögum, by the law of the land, Grág., Nj.; at líkindum, in all likelihood, Ld. 272; at sköpum, in due course (poet.); at hinum sama hætti, in the very same manner, Grág. i. 90; at vánum, as was to be expected, Nj. 255; at leyfi e-s, by one’s leave, Eg. 35; úlofi, Grág. ii. 215; at ósk, vilja e-s, as one likes…; at mun, id. (poet.); at sólu, happily (following the course of the sun), Bs. i. 70, 137; at því sem …, as to infer from …, Nj. 124: ‘fara, láta, ganga at’ denotes to yield, agree to, to comply with, give in, Ld. 168, Eg. 18, Fms. x. 368.
    VII. in phrases nearly or quite adverbial; gróa, vera græddr, at heilu, to be quite healed, Bárð. 167, Eb. 148; bíta at snöggu, to bite it bare, Fms. xi. 6; at þurru, till it becomes dry, Eb. 276; at endilöngu, all along, Fas. ii; vinnast at litlu, to avail little, 655 x. 14; at fullu, fully, Nj. 257, Hkr. i. 171; at vísu, of a surety, surely, Ld. 40; at frjálsu, freely, 308; at líku, at sömu, equally, all the same, Hom. 80, Nj. 267; at röngu, wrongly, 686 B. 2; at hófi, temperately, Lex. Poët.; at mun, at ráði, at marki, to a great extent; at hringum, utterly, all round, (rare), Fms. x. 389; at einu, yet, Orkn. 358; svá at einu, því at einu, allt at einu, yet, however, nevertheless.
    VIII. connected with comparatives of adverbs and adjectives, and strengthening the sense, as in Engl. ‘the,’ so much the more, all the more; ‘at’ heldr tveimr, at ek munda gjarna veita yðr öllum, where it may be translated by so much the more to two, as I would willingly grant it to all of you; hon grét at meir, she grat (wept) the more, Eg. 483; þykir oss at líkara, all the more likely, Fms. viii. 6; þess at harðari, all the harder, Sturl. iii. 202 C; svá at hinn sé bana at nær, Grág. ii. 117; at auðnara, at hólpnara, the more happy, Al. 19, Grett. 116 B; þess at meiri, Fms. v. 64; auvirðismaðr at meiri, Sturl. ii. 139; maðr at vaskari, id.; at feigri, any the more fey, Km. 22; maðr at verri, all the worse, Nj. 168; ok er ‘at’ firr…, at ek vil miklu heldr, cp. Lat. tantum abest… ut, Eg. 60.
    β. following after a negation; eigi at síðr, no less, Nj. 160, Ld. 146; eigi… at meiri maðr, any better, Eg. 425, 489; erat héra at borgnara, any the better off for that, Fms. vii. 116; eigi at minni, no less for that, Edda (pref.) 146; eigi at minna, Ld. 216, Fms. ix. 50; ekki at verri drengr, not a bit worse for that, Ld. 42; er mér ekki son minn at bættari, þótt…, 216; at eigi vissi at nær, any more, Fas. iii. 74.
    IX. following many words:
    1. verbs, esp. those denoting, a. to ask, enquire, attend, seek, e. g. spyrja at, to speer (ask) for; leita at, to seek for; gæta, geyma at, to pay attention to; huga, hyggja at; hence atspurn, to enquire, aðgæzla, athugi, attention, etc.
    β. verbs denoting laughter, play, joy, game, cp. the Engl. to play at …, to laugh at …; hlæja, brosa at e-u, to laugh, smile at it; leika (sér) at e-u, to play at; þykja gaman at, to enjoy; hæða, göra gys at …, to make sport at …
    γ. verbs denoting assistance, help; standa, veita, vinna, hjálpa at; hence atstoð, atvinna, atverk:—mode, proceeding; fara at, to proceed, hence atför and atferli:—compliance; láta, fara at e-u, v. above:— fault; e-t er at e-u, there is some fault in it, Fms. x. 418; skorta at e-u, to fall short of, xi. 98:—care, attendance; hjúkra at, hlýja at, v. these words:—gathering, collecting; draga, reiða, flytja, fá at, congerere:—engagement, arrival, etc.; sækja at, to attack; ganga at, vera at, to be about; koma at, ellipt. to arrive: göra at, to repair: lesta at, to impair (v. above); finna at, to criticise (mod.); telja at, id.: bera at, to happen; kveða at e-m, to address one, 625. 15, (kveða at (ellipt.) now means to pronounce, and of a child to utter (read) whole syllables); falla at, of the flood-tide (ellipt.): metaph. of pains or straits surrounding one; þreyngja, herða at, to press hard: of frost and cold, with regard to the seasons; frjósa at, kólna at, to get really cold (SI. 44), as it were from the cold stiffening all things: also of the seasons themselves; hausta, vetra að, when the season really sets in; esp. the cold seasons, ‘sumra at’ cannot be used, yet we may say ‘vára að’ when the spring sets in, and the air gets mild.
    δ. in numberless other cases which may partly be seen below.
    2. connected ellipt. with adverbs denoting motion from a place; norðan, austan, sunnan, vestan at, those from the north, east…; utan at, innan at, from the outside or inside.
    3. with adjectives (but rarely), e. g. kærr, elskr, virkr (affectionate), vandr (zealous), at e-m; v. these words.
    WITH ACC.
    TEMP.: Lat. post, after, upon, esp. freq. in poetry, but rare in prose writers, who use eptir; nema reisi niðr at nið (= maðr eptir mann), in succession, of erecting a monument, Hm. 71; in prose, at þat. posthac, deinde, Fms. x. 323, cp. Rm., where it occurs several times, 2, 6, 9, 14, 18, 24, 28, 30, 35; sonr á at taka arf at föður sinn, has to take the inheritance after his father, Grág. i. 170 new Ed.; eiga féránsdóm at e-n, Grág. i. 89; at Gamla fallinn, after the death of G., Fms. x. 382; in Edda (Gl.) 113 ought to be restored, grét ok at Oð, gulli Freyja, she grat (wept) tears of gold for her lost husband Od. It is doubtful if it is ever used in a purely loc. sense; at land, Grág. (Sb.)ii. 211, is probably corrupt; at hönd = á hönd, Grág. (Sb.) i. 135; at mót = at móti, v. this word.
    ☞ In compounds (v. below) at- or að- answers in turn to Lat. ad- or in- or con-; atdráttr e. g. denotes collecting; atkoma is adventus: it may also answer to Lat. ob-, in atburðr = accidence, but might also be compared with Lat. occurrere.
    2.
    and að, the mark of the infinitive [cp. Goth. du; A. S. and Engl. to; Germ. zu]. Except in the case of a few verbs ‘at’ is always placed immediately before the infinitive, so as to be almost an inseparable part of the verb.
    I. it is used either,
    1. as, a simple mark of the infinitive, only denoting an action and independent of the subject, e. g. at ganga, at hlaupa, at vita, to go, to run, to know; or,
    2. in an objective sense when following such verbs as bjóða segja…, to invite, command …; hann bauð þeim at ganga, at sitja, be bade, ordered them to go, sit, or the like; or as gefa and fá; gefa e-m at drekka, at eta, to give one to drink or to eat, etc. etc.
    β. with the additional notion of intention, esp. when following verba cogitandi; hann ætlaði, hafði í hyggju at fara, he had it in his mind to go (where ‘to go’ is the real object to ætlaði and hafði í hyggju).
    3. answering to the Gr. ινα, denoting intention, design, in order to; hann gékk í borg at kaupa silfr, in order to buy, Nj. 280; hann sendi riddara sína með þeim at varðveita þær, 623. 45: in order to make the phrase more plain, ‘svá’ and ‘til’ are frequently added, esp. in mod. writers, ‘svá at’ and contr. ‘svát’ (the last however is rare), ‘til at’ and ‘til þess at,’ etc.
    II. in the earlier times the infin., as in Greek and Lat., had no such mark; and some verbs remain that cannot be followed by ‘at;’ these verbs are almost the same in Icel. as in Engl.:
    α. the auxiliary verbs vil, mun ( μέλλω), skal; as in Engl. to is never used after the auxiliaries shall, will, must; ek vil ganga, I will go; ek mun fara, (as in North. E.) I mun go; ek skal göra þat, I shall do that, etc.
    β. the verbs kunna, mega, as in Engl. I can or may do, I dare say; svá hygginn at hann kunni fyrir sökum ráða, Grág. ii. 75; í öllu er prýða má góðan höfðingja, Nj. 90; vera má, it may be; vera kann þat, id.: kunnu, however, takes ‘at’ whenever it means to know, and esp. in common language in phrases such as, það kann að vera, but vera kann þat, v. above.
    γ. lata, biðja, as in Engl. to let, to bid; hann lét (bað) þá fara, he let (bade) them go.
    δ. þykkja, þykjast, to seem; hann þykir vera, he is thought to be: reflex., hann þykist vera, sibi videtur: impers., mér þykir vera, mibi videtur, in all cases without ‘at.’ So also freq. the verbs hugsa, hyggja, ætla, halda, to think, when denoting merely the act of thinking; but if there be any notion of intention or purpose, they assume the ‘at;’ thus hann ætlaði, hugði, þá vera góða menn, he thought them to be, acc. c. inf.; but ætlaði at fara, meant to go, etc.
    ε. the verbs denoting to see, bear; sjá, líta, horfa á … ( videre); heyra, audire, as in Engl. I saw them come, I heard him tell, ek sá þá koma, ek heyrði hann tala.
    ζ. sometimes after the verbs eiga and ganga; hann gékk steikja, be went to roast, Vkv. 9; eiga, esp. when a mere periphrasis instead of skal, móður sína á maðr fyrst fram færa (better at færa), Grág. i. 232; á þann kvið einskis meta, 59; but at meta, id. l. 24; ráða, nema, göra …, freq. in poetry, when they are used as simple auxiliary verbs, e. g. nam hann sér Högna hvetja at rúnum, Skv. 3. 43.
    η. hljóta and verða, when used in the sense of must (as in Engl. he must go), and when placed after the infin.of another verb; hér muntu vera hljóta, Nj. 129; but hljóta at vera: fara hlýtr þú, Fms. 1. 159; but þú hlýtr at fara: verða vita, ii. 146; but verða at vita: hann man verða sækja, þó verðr (= skal) maðr eptir mann lifa, Fms. viii. 19, Fas. ii. 552, are exceptional cases.
    θ. in poetry, verbs with the verbal neg. suffix ‘-at,’ freq. for the case of euphony, take no mark of the infinitive, where it would be indispensable with the simple verb, vide Lex. Poët. Exceptional cases; hvárt sem hann vill ‘at’ verja þá sök, eða, whatever he chooses, either, Grág. i. 64; fyrr viljum vér enga kórónu at bera, en nokkut ófrelsi á oss at taka, we would rather bear no crown than …, Fms. x. 12; the context is peculiar, and the ‘at’ purposely added. It may be left out ellipt.; e. g. þá er guð gefr oss finnast (= at finnast), Dipl. ii. 14; gef honum drekka (= at drekka), Pr. 470; but mostly in unclassical writers, in deeds, or the like, written nastily and in an abrupt style.
    3.
    and að, conj. [Goth. þatei = οτι; A. S. þät; Engl. that; Germ, dass; the Ormul. and Scot. at, see the quotations sub voce in Jamieson; in all South-Teutonic idioms with an initial dental: the Scandinavian idioms form an exception, having all dropped this consonant; Swed. åt, Dan. at]. In Icel. the Bible translation (of the 16th century) was chiefly based upon that of Luther; the hymns and the great bulk of theol. translations of that time were also derived from Germany; therefore the germanised form það frequently appears in the Bible, and was often employed by theol. authors in sermons since the time of the Reformation. Jón Vidalin, the greatest modern Icel. preacher, who died in 1720, in spite of his thoroughly classical style, abounds in the use of this form; but it never took root in the language, and has never passed into the spoken dialect. After a relative or demonstr. pronoun, it freq. in mod. writers assumes the form eð, hver eð, hverir eð, hvað eð, þar eð. Before the prep. þú (tu), þ changes into t, and is spelt in a single word attú, which is freq. in some MS.;—now, however, pronounced aððú, aððeir, aððið …, = að þú…, with the soft Engl. th sound. It gener. answers to Lat. ut, or to the relat. pron. qui.
    I. that, relative to svá, to denote proportion, degree, so…, that, Lat. tam, tantus, tot…, ut; svá mikill lagamaðr, at…, so great a lawyer, that…, Nj. 1; hárið svá mikit, at þat…, 2; svá kom um síðir því máli, at Sigvaldi, it came so far, that…, Fms. xi. 95, Edda 33. Rarely and unclass., ellipt. without svá; Bæringr var til seinn eptir honum, at hann … (= svá at), Bær. 15; hlífði honum, at hann sakaði ekki, Fas. iii. 441.
    II. it is used,
    1. with indic, in a narrative sense, answering partly to Gr. οτι, Lat. quod, ut, in such phrases as, it came to pass, happened that …; þat var einhverju sinni, at Höskuldr hafði vinaboð, Nj. 2; þat var á palmdrottinsdag, at Ólafr konungr gékk út um stræti, Fms. ii. 244.
    2. with subj. answering to Lat. acc. with infin., to mark the relation of an object to the chief verb, e. g. vilda ek at þú réðist, I wished that you would, Nj. 57.
    β. or in an oblique sentence, answering to ita ut…; ef svá kann verða at þeir láti…, if it may be so that they might…, Fms. xi. 94.
    γ. with a subj. denoting design, answering to ϊνα or Lat. ut with subj., in order that; at öll veraldar bygðin viti, ut sciat totus orbis, Stj.; þeir skáru fyrir þá melinn, at þeir dæi eigi af sulti, ut ne fame perirent, Nj. 265; fyrsti hlutr bókarinnar er Kristindómsbálkr, at menn skili, in order that men may understand, Gþl. p. viii.
    III. used in connection with conjunctions,
    1. esp. þó, því, svá; þó at freq. contr. þótt; svát is rare and obsolete.
    α. þóat, þótt (North. E. ‘thof’), followed by a subjunctive, though, although, Lat. etsi, quamquam (very freq.); þóat nokkurum mönnum sýnist þetta með freku sett… þá viljum vér, Fms. vi. 21: phrases as, gef þú mér þó at úverðugri, etsi indignae (dat.), Stj. MS. col. 315, are unclass., and influenced by the Latin: sometimes ellipt. without ‘þó,’ eigi mundi hón þá meir hvata göngu sinni, at (= þóat) hon hraeddist bana sinn, Edda 7, Nj. 64: ‘þó’ and ‘at’ separated, svarar hann þó rétt, at hann svari svá, Grág. i. 23; þó er rétt at nýta, at hann sé fyrr skorinn, answering to Engl. yet—though, Lat. attamen —etsi, K. Þ. K.
    β. því at, because, Lat. nam, quia, with indic.; því at allir vóru gerfiligir synir hans, Ld. 68; því at af íþróttum verðr maðr fróðr, Sks. 16: separated, því þegi ek, at ek undrumst, Fms. iii. 201; því er þessa getið, at þat þótti, it i s mentioned because …, Ld. 68.
    γ. svá at, so that, Lat. ut, ita ut; grátrinn kom upp, svá at eingi mátti öðrum segja, Edda 37: separated, so … that, svá úsvúst at …, so bad weather, that, Bs. i. 339, etc.
    2. it is freq. used superfluously, esp. after relatives; hver at = hverr, quis; því at = því, igitur; hverr at þekkr ok þægiligr mun verða, Fms. v. 159; hvern stvrk at hann mundi fá, 44; ek undrumst hvé mikil ógnarraust at liggr í þér, iii. 201; því at ek mátti eigi þar vera elligar, því at þar var kristni vel haldin, Fas. i. 340.
    IV. as a relat. conj.:
    1. temp, when, Lat. quum; jafnan er ( est) mér þá verra er ( quum) ek fer á braut þaðan, en þá at ( quum) ek kem, Grett. 150 A; þar til at vér vitum, till we know, Fms. v. 52; þá at ek lýsta (= þá er), when, Nj. 233.
    2. since, because; ek færi yðr (hann), at þér eruð í einum hrepp allir, because of your being all of the same Rape, Grág. i. 260; eigi er kynlegt at ( though) Skarphéðinn sé hraustr, at þat er mælt at…, because (since) it is a saying that…, Nj. 64.
    V. in mod. writers it is also freq. superfluously joined to the conjunctions, ef að = ef, si, (Lv. 45 is from a paper MS.), meðan að = meðan, dum; nema að, nisi; fyrst að = fyrst, quoniam; eptir að, síðan að, postquam; hvárt að = hvárt, Lat. an. In the law we find passages such as, þá er um er dæmt eina sök, at þá eigu þeir aptr at ganga í dóminn, Grág. i. 79; ef þing ber á hina helgu viku, at þat á eigi fyrir þeim málum at standa, 106; þat er ok, at þeir skulu reifa mál manna, 64; at þeir skulu með váttorð þá sök sækja, 65: in all these cases ‘at’ is either superfluous or, which is more likely, of an ellipt. nature, ‘the law decrees’ or ‘it is decreed’ being understood. The passages Sks. 551, 552, 568, 718 B, at lokit (= at ek hefi lokit), at hugleitt (= at ek hefi h.), at sent (= at ek hefi sent) are quite exceptional.
    4.
    and að, an indecl. relat. pronoun [Ulf. þatei = ος, ος αν, οστις, οσπερ, οιος, etc.; Engl. that, Ormul. at], with the initial letter dropped, as in the conj. at, (cp. also the Old Engl. at, which is both a conj. and a pronoun, e. g. Barbour vi. 24 in Jamieson: ‘I drede that his gret wassalage, | And his travail may bring till end, | That at men quhilc full litil wend.’ | ‘His mestyr speryt quhat tithings a t he saw.’—Wyntoun v. 3. 89.) In Icel. ‘er’ (the relat. pronoun) and ‘at’ are used indifferently, so that where one MS. reads ‘er,’ another reads ‘at,’ and vice versâ; this may easily be seen by looking at the MSS.; yet as a rule ‘er’ is much more freq. used. In mod. writers ‘at’ is freq. turned into ‘eð,’ esp. as a superfluous particle after the relative pron. hverr (hver eð, hvað eð, hverir eð, etc.), or the demonstr. sá (sá eð, þeir eð, hinir eð, etc.):—who, which, that, enn bezta grip at ( which) hafði til Íslands komið, Ld. 202; en engi mun sá at ( cui) minnisamara mun vera, 242; sem blótnaut at ( quae) stærst verða, Fms. iii. 214; þau tiðendi, at mér þætti verri, Nj. 64, etc. etc.
    5.
    n. collision (poët.); odda at, crossing of spears, crash of spears, Höfuðl. 8.
    β. a fight or bait of wild animals, esp. of horses, v. hesta-at and etja.
    6.
    the negative verbal suffix, v. -a.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > AT

  • 20 язык

    I м.
    1) анат. tongue [tʌŋ]

    обло́женный язы́к мед. — coated / furred tongue

    воспале́ние языка́ мед. — glossitis

    показа́ть язы́к — 1) (дт.; врачу и т.п.) show one's tongue (to a doctor, etc) 2) (кому́-л; из озорства) put out one's tongue (at smb)

    вы́сунув язы́к — with one's tongue hanging out

    2) ( кушанье) tongue

    копчёный язы́к — smoked tongue

    3) ( в колоколе) clapper, tongue ( of a bell)

    языки́ пла́мени — tongues of flame, flames

    язы́к ледника́ геол. — glacier tongue, ice stream

    язы́к обводне́ния горн. — lateral coning

    язы́к пла́стовой воды́ геол. — formation water finger

    5)

    морско́й язы́к зоол. — sole

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    язы́к без косте́й — ≈ unruly member

    язы́к до Ки́ева доведёт погов. — ≈ you can get anywhere if you know how to use your tongue; a clever tongue will take you anywhere

    язы́к мой - враг мой погов. — my tongue is my enemy

    язы́к на плечо́ / плече́ — ≈ ready to drop; dead on one's feet

    язы́к слома́ешь, язы́к слома́ть мо́жно — it's a jawbreaker

    держа́ть язы́к за зуба́ми — hold one's tongue

    злы́е языки́ — evil / malicious / venomous tongues

    как у тебя́ язы́к повора́чивается говори́ть тако́е? — how can you say such things?

    не сходи́ть с языка́ у кого́-л — be on smb's tongue all the time; be always on smb's lips

    о́стрый язы́к — sharp tongue

    отсо́хни (у меня́) язы́к (, е́сли я вру) — may my tongue dry up and fall off (if I'm lying)

    попада́ться на язы́к кому́-л — fall victim to smb's tongue

    придержа́ть язы́к разг. — keep a still tongue in one's head

    прикуси́ть язы́к — bite one's tongue

    проглоти́ть язы́к — swallow one's tongue

    ты что́, язы́к проглоти́л? — cat got your tongue?

    проси́ться на язы́к — be on the tip of one's tongue

    развяза́ть язы́к — loosen [-sn] one's tongue

    распусти́ть язы́к — (begin to) wag one's tongue

    сорва́ться с языка́ у кого́-л — escape smb's lips; slip out of smb's mouth

    тяну́ть / дёргать кого́-л за язы́к — make smb say smth

    никто́ тебя́ за язы́к не тяну́л — no one forced you to talk

    у него́ язы́к не повернётся сказа́ть э́то — he won't have the heart [bring himself] to say it

    у него́ язы́к че́шется сказа́ть э́то — he is itching to say it

    у него́ дли́нный язы́к — he has a loose tongue [a big mouth]

    у него́ отня́лся язы́к — his tongue failed him

    у него́ хорошо́ язы́к подве́шен разг. — he has a ready / glib tongue

    у него́ что на уме́, то и на языке́ разг. — ≈ he wears his heart on his sleeve

    чёрт меня́ дёрнул за язы́к! — what possessed me to say that!

    чеса́ть языко́м разг. — wag one's tongue

    верте́ться на языке́ [на ко́нчике языка́] — см. вертеться

    II м.
    1) ( речь) language, tongue [tʌŋ]

    ру́сский язы́к — the Russian language

    национа́льный язы́к — national language

    родовы́е языки́ — clan languages

    племенны́е языки́ — tribal languages

    о́бщий язы́к — common language

    родно́й язы́к — mother tongue; native language; vernacular научн.

    живо́й язы́к — living language

    мёртвый язы́к — dead language

    обихо́дный язы́к — everyday language

    разгово́рный язы́к — colloquial / informal speech; spoken language

    литерату́рный язы́к — literary language

    иностра́нный язы́к — foreign language

    но́вые языки́ — modern languages

    владе́ть каки́м-л языко́м — speak / know a language

    владе́ть каки́м-л языко́м в соверше́нстве — have a perfect command of a language

    2) (рд.; средства выражения; стиль) language; style

    язы́к Пу́шкина — the language of Pushkin

    язы́к поэ́зии — poetic diction

    язы́к журнали́стики — journalese

    язы́к юриди́ческих докуме́нтов — legalese

    говори́ть языко́м (рд.) — use the language (of)

    3) (система знаков, средств передачи информации) language

    язы́к программи́рования — programming language

    на языке́ цифр — in the language of figures / numbers

    4) воен. разг. ( пленный) prisoner (of war) for interrogation

    добы́ть языка́ — capture an enemy soldier for interrogation [who will talk]

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    найти́ о́бщий язы́к (с тв.) — 1) ( понять друг друга) speak the same language (as), find a common language (with) 2) ( договориться о чём-л) come to terms (with)

    говори́ть на ра́зных языка́х — speak different languages

    вам ру́сским языко́м говоря́т — you're told in plain language

    III м. уст.
    ( народ) people, nation
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    при́тча во язы́цех книжн. — ≈ the talk of the town

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