stooping

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cernŭus, a, um, adj. [root kar, v. celsus; cf. karênon, cerebrum], with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards (very rare and only poet.):

cernuus dicitur proprie inclinatus, quasi quod terram cernit,

Non. p. 20, 33 sq.; Lucil. ib. p. 21, 1: ejectoque incumbit cernuus armo, * Verg. A. 10, 894 (v. Serv. ad h. 1.):

cernuus inflexo sonipes effuderat armo,

Sil. 10, 255 sq.; Arn. 7, p. 246.—Hence,

That turns a somersault; a tumbler, mountebank, kubistêtêr, petauristês, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 6; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 894; cf. Gloss. Philox.: cernuli petauristai.

cernŭus, i, m., a kind of shoe, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 55 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13.

curvus ( - vŏs), a, um, adj. [root kar-, whence korônê; cf.: circus, varus], crooked, curved, bent (opp. rectus; mostly poet.).

Prop.:

aratrum,

Lucr. 5, 933; 6, 1253; Verg. G. 1, 170:

rastri,

Cat. 64, 39:

culter,

Sen. Hippol. 53:

falces,

Verg. G. 1, 508:

calamus,

Cat. 63, 22:

arbor,

Ov. M. 5, 536:

arcus,

id. ib. 9, 114:

dens,

id. Am. 3, 10, 14:

ungues,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; Hor. Epod. 5, 93:

lyra,

id. C. 1, 10, 6; 3, 28, 11:

crinale,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

(equi) alvus,

Verg. A. 2, 51:

carinae,

id. G. 1, 360:

cavernae,

id. A. 3, 674:

rates,

Prop. 3 (4), 7, 29:

litora,

Cat. 64, 74; Verg. A. 3, 223; Hor. C. 4, 5, 14; id. Epod. 10, 21; Ov. M. 11, 352; cf.

spatium,

Sall. H. 4, 20 Dietsch:

flumen,

winding, crooked, Verg. G. 2, 12; Ov. M. 3, 342:

aquae,

id. F. 3, 520:

aequor,

rising on high, boisterous, id. M. 11, 505 al. —Of persons:

ita te adgerundā curvom aquā faciam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 36:

arator,

bent, stooping, Verg. E. 3, 42; and of one bent by age:

anus,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 20:

membra,

Ov. M. 3, 276:

senecta,

id. A. A. 2, 670:

caelator,

Juv. 9, 145:

vel gibberosi vel curvi,

Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Trop., crooked, wrong, perverse:

mores,

Pers. 3, 52.— Subst.: curvum, i, n., that which is crooked or wrong (opp. rectum):

scilicet ut possem curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

rectum discernis, ubi inter Curva subit,

Pers. 4, 12:

invenimus qui curva corrigeret,

set every thing right, Plin. Ep. 5, 8 (21), 6:

hic nobis curva corriget?

Sen. Apoc. 8 fin.

curvus ( - vŏs), a, um, adj. [root kar-, whence korônê; cf.: circus, varus], crooked, curved, bent (opp. rectus; mostly poet.).

Prop.:

aratrum,

Lucr. 5, 933; 6, 1253; Verg. G. 1, 170:

rastri,

Cat. 64, 39:

culter,

Sen. Hippol. 53:

falces,

Verg. G. 1, 508:

calamus,

Cat. 63, 22:

arbor,

Ov. M. 5, 536:

arcus,

id. ib. 9, 114:

dens,

id. Am. 3, 10, 14:

ungues,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; Hor. Epod. 5, 93:

lyra,

id. C. 1, 10, 6; 3, 28, 11:

crinale,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

(equi) alvus,

Verg. A. 2, 51:

carinae,

id. G. 1, 360:

cavernae,

id. A. 3, 674:

rates,

Prop. 3 (4), 7, 29:

litora,

Cat. 64, 74; Verg. A. 3, 223; Hor. C. 4, 5, 14; id. Epod. 10, 21; Ov. M. 11, 352; cf.

spatium,

Sall. H. 4, 20 Dietsch:

flumen,

winding, crooked, Verg. G. 2, 12; Ov. M. 3, 342:

aquae,

id. F. 3, 520:

aequor,

rising on high, boisterous, id. M. 11, 505 al. —Of persons:

ita te adgerundā curvom aquā faciam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 36:

arator,

bent, stooping, Verg. E. 3, 42; and of one bent by age:

anus,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 20:

membra,

Ov. M. 3, 276:

senecta,

id. A. A. 2, 670:

caelator,

Juv. 9, 145:

vel gibberosi vel curvi,

Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Trop., crooked, wrong, perverse:

mores,

Pers. 3, 52.— Subst.: curvum, i, n., that which is crooked or wrong (opp. rectum):

scilicet ut possem curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

rectum discernis, ubi inter Curva subit,

Pers. 4, 12:

invenimus qui curva corrigeret,

set every thing right, Plin. Ep. 5, 8 (21), 6:

hic nobis curva corriget?

Sen. Apoc. 8 fin.

curvus ( - vŏs), a, um, adj. [root kar-, whence korônê; cf.: circus, varus], crooked, curved, bent (opp. rectus; mostly poet.).

Prop.:

aratrum,

Lucr. 5, 933; 6, 1253; Verg. G. 1, 170:

rastri,

Cat. 64, 39:

culter,

Sen. Hippol. 53:

falces,

Verg. G. 1, 508:

calamus,

Cat. 63, 22:

arbor,

Ov. M. 5, 536:

arcus,

id. ib. 9, 114:

dens,

id. Am. 3, 10, 14:

ungues,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; Hor. Epod. 5, 93:

lyra,

id. C. 1, 10, 6; 3, 28, 11:

crinale,

Ov. M. 5, 53:

(equi) alvus,

Verg. A. 2, 51:

carinae,

id. G. 1, 360:

cavernae,

id. A. 3, 674:

rates,

Prop. 3 (4), 7, 29:

litora,

Cat. 64, 74; Verg. A. 3, 223; Hor. C. 4, 5, 14; id. Epod. 10, 21; Ov. M. 11, 352; cf.

spatium,

Sall. H. 4, 20 Dietsch:

flumen,

winding, crooked, Verg. G. 2, 12; Ov. M. 3, 342:

aquae,

id. F. 3, 520:

aequor,

rising on high, boisterous, id. M. 11, 505 al. —Of persons:

ita te adgerundā curvom aquā faciam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 36:

arator,

bent, stooping, Verg. E. 3, 42; and of one bent by age:

anus,

Prop. 2 (3), 18, 20:

membra,

Ov. M. 3, 276:

senecta,

id. A. A. 2, 670:

caelator,

Juv. 9, 145:

vel gibberosi vel curvi,

Dig. 21, 1, 3.—

Trop., crooked, wrong, perverse:

mores,

Pers. 3, 52.— Subst.: curvum, i, n., that which is crooked or wrong (opp. rectum):

scilicet ut possem curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

rectum discernis, ubi inter Curva subit,

Pers. 4, 12:

invenimus qui curva corrigeret,

set every thing right, Plin. Ep. 5, 8 (21), 6:

hic nobis curva corriget?

Sen. Apoc. 8 fin.

prōnus, a, um (archaic form of fem. pronis, Varr. ap. Non. 494 fin.), adj. [like Gr. pranês = prênês, from root pra-, pro; cf. prae).

Lit., turned forward, bent or inclined, leaning or hanging forward, stooping, bending down (class.; opp. supinus; cf. cernuus).

Of living beings:

puerum imponere equo pronum in ventrem,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13:

pronus pendens in verbera,

leaning forward to strike, Verg. A. 10, 586:

ipsum Pronum sterne solo,

id. ib. 11, 485:

pronus magister Volvitur in caput,

id. ib. 1, 115:

pecora, quae natura prona finxit,

Sall. C. 1, 1; Ov. M. 8, 379.— Poet., of those running swiftly, Ov. M. 10, 652:

leporem pronum catulo sectare sagaci,

flying swiftly, id. R. Am. 201.—

Of things, bending forward or downward, going or inclined downward:

ilex paulum modo prona, dein flexa,

Sall. J. 93, 4:

prona ac fastigiata tigna,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

pronae atque vergentes ampullae,

Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 6:

demissus inde pronusque pulvinus,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

(urbs) prona in paludes,

sinking down, Liv. 4, 59:

crateres,

overturned, Stat. Th. 5, 255:

motus corporis,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

cubitus,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54:

prona via,

steep, Ov. M. 2, 67:

amnis,

Verg. G. 1, 203:

rivi,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 11:

currus,

Ov. M. 5, 424. — Absol.:

nihil habent proni et supera semper petunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

per pronum ire,

downwards, Sen. Ep. 123, 14:

per prona voluti,

Sil. 15, 235.—

In partic.

Of the heavenly bodies, of time, etc., setting, sinking, declining ( poet.):

pronus Orion,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 18:

sidera,

Prop. 1, 16, 23:

Titan,

Ov. M. 11, 257:

dies,

Stat. Th. 2, 41:

menses (=celeriter praetereuntes),

Hor. C. 4, 6, 39:

anni,

id. A. P. 60.—

Of localities, turned, looking, or lying towards (postAug.).

With dat.:

loca Aquiloni prona,

Col. 3, 2, 6:

aedificii solum pronius orienti,

situated more to the east, id. 1, 5, 8.—

With ad:

campo patente et ad solem prono,

Col. 2, 9, 3.—

Trop., inclined, disposed, prone to any thing (class.); usu. constr. with ad, in aliquid, or dat.; poet. also with gen.

In gen.

With ad:

rei publicae genus inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 47:

anxitudo prona ad luctum,

id. ib. 2, 41, 68 (from Non. 72, 31):

boves ad domandum proni,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2:

pronus ad omne nefas,

Luc. 6, 147:

pronus ad cujusque necem,

Suet. Vit. 14:

ad poëticam,

id. Ner. 50:

ad simultates,

Plin. Pan. 84.— Sup.: ad indulgentias pronissimus, Capit. Anton. 10, 8.—

With in and acc.:

in obsequium plus aequo pronus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10:

in libidines,

Suet. Caes. 50:

saeculum in omnia mala,

Flor. 4, 12.—Prov.:

prona est timori semper in pejus fides,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 316. —

With dat.:

pronus deterioribus,

Tac. Agr. 41 fin.—Comp.:

aures offensioni proniores,

Tac. A. 4, 29 fin. —

With gen. ( poet.):

ruendi In ferrum mens prona viris,

Luc. 1, 461.— Comp.:

unus audendi pronior,

Claud. Ruf. 2, 400.—

In partic.

Inclined to favor, favorable to any thing (post-Aug.).

With dat.:

si modo prona bonis invicti Caesaris assint Numina,

Stat. S. 4, 8, 61.— Comp.:

cohors Cn. Dolabellae pronior,

Suet. Galb. 12.—

With in and acc.:

prona in eum aula Neronis,

Tac. H. 1, 13.— Comp.:

ut quis misericordiā in Germanicum pronior,

Tac. A. 2, 73:

in verum nepotem,

Suet. Cat. 19.—

Absol.:

prona sententia,

Val. Fl. 8, 340:

pronis auribus accipere aliquid,

Tac. H. 1, 1; Luc. 5, 501.— Comp.:

quos pronior fortuna comitatur,

Vell. 2, 69, 6.—

Easy, without difficulty (mostly post - Aug.):

omnia virtuti suae prona esse,

Sall. J. 114, 2:

omnia prona victoribus,

Tac. Agr. 33:

pronum ad honores iter,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

via ad regnum,

Just. 1, 5, 9: pronum est, it is easy:

agere memoratu digna pronum erat,

Tac. Agr. 1:

invitos praebere deos,

Luc. 6, 606:

facile et pronum est agere,

Juv. 9, 43.— Comp.:

id pronius ad fidem est,

is easier to believe, Liv. 21, 28.—Hence, adv.: prōnē, downwards, pronely (post-class.).

Lit., Paul. Petr. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 546.—

Trop., readily, willingly; comp. pronius, Amm. 30, 8, 10.

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—

Of things:

stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

Liv. 37, 4, 4:

tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

subeunt herbae,

come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

barba,

i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

subisse aquam in caelum,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—

In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—

Trop.

In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

Ov. M. 1, 130:

pulchra subit facies,

id. ib. 14, 827:

subit ecce priori Causa recens,

id. ib. 3, 259:

an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —

In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 17:

cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

Ov. M. 15, 307:

subit umbra,

id. ib. 12, 591:

subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

id. ib. 11. 542:

subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

Ov. H. 18, 62:

ne subeant animo taedia,

id. P. 4, 15, 30:

quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—

Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.

Lit.

In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

tecta,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

Verg. A. 6, 13:

limina victor Alcides subiit,

id. ib. 8, 363:

domos,

Ov. M. 1, 121:

penates,

id. ib. 5, 650:

macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

cum novies subiere paludem,

had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

Verg. A. 3, 313:

leones jugum subeant,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

subire iniquissimum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

collem,

to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

Liv. 7, 12, 3:

muros,

id. 27, 18:

impositum saxis Anxur,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

si subeuntur prospera castra,

Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

Quint. 4, 5, 5:

precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

subit ille minantem,

id. ib. 8, 84:

Aeneae mucronem,

Verg. A. 10, 798:

qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

Curt. 4, 13, 10:

Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

Juv. 2, 50.—

Of things:

umbra subit terras,

Ov. M. 11, 61:

quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

montes Trasimenus,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

Curt. 7, 3, 19:

radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

id. 8, 11, 7:

clarus subit Alba Latinum,

succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

furcas subiere columnae,

come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

Curt. 4, 10, 5.—

In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

Ov. M. 3, 282:

subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

id. H. 19, 56.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rare):

sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—

In partic.

To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

Liv. 36, 20:

ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

id. 37, 49, 3:

spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

id. 40, 8, 9:

otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

Quint. 11, 2, 33:

majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

id. 1, 2, 28:

mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

subit ergo regem verecundia,

Curt. 5, 2, 15:

me recordantem miseratio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

Curt. 7, 1, 4.—

To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

subit ille loquentem talibus,

id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—

(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

subire vim atque injuriam,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

maximas rei publicae tempestates,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

potentiam, victoriam,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

contumeliarum verbera,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

majora Verbera,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

fortunam,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

judicium multitudinis imperitae,

id. Fl. 1, 2:

odium eorum,

id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

usum omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

quemque casum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

quamvis carnificinam,

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

dupli poenam,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

legis vim,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

summae crudelitatis famam,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

minus sermonis,

id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

poenam exsilii,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

simultates,

Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

offensas,

id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

periculum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

adversa tela pellere,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

clavum torquere,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

repens, improvisus): res subita,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

in rebus tam subitis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

maris subita tempestas,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

subita et improvisa formido,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

laetitia, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

subita pugna, non praeparata,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

Liv. 2, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

incursiones hostium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

ministeria belli,

Liv. 4, 27:

imbres,

Lucr. 5, 216:

vis,

id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

res,

id. 6, 1282:

mors,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

casus,

id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

tristia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

silentium,

Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

syn. subitarius),

Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

homo,

rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

subitum inopinatumque venisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

evadere,

Flor. 4, 2, 59.—

As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

subitum est ei remigrare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

si tibi subiti nihil est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

in subito,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

Suet. Aug. 84:

si repentina ac subita dominantur,

Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

ad subita rerum,

Liv. 9, 43:

ad subita belli,

id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—

Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

per subitum erumpit clamor,

Sil. 10, 505; so,

per subitum,

id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

15, 404: in subitum,

id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

ita abripuit repente sese subito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

subito tanta te impendent mala,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

Cic. Font. 19, 42:

ex oculis subito fugit,

Verg. G. 4, 499:

cum subito ecce,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

subito deficere,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

subito opprimi,

Liv. 41, 3:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

subito dicere,

without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

dicere,

Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

inventa (opp. domo allata),

id. 4, 5, 4:

cum subito evaserunt,

Col. 9, 9, 3:

tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

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.—

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.

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. —

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.).

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.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

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.—

Of character or disposition.

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. —

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. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

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. —

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.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

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.—

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.

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. —

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.).

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.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

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.—

Of character or disposition.

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. —

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. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

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. —

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.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

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.—

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.

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. —

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.).

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.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

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.—

Of character or disposition.

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. —

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. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

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. —

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.

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).

In gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Trop.

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.—

To cherish, court:

aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,

Amm. 14, 6, 13.—

To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).

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.—

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.

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. —

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.).

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.—

Trop. (class. and freq.).

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.—

Of character or disposition.

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. —

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. —

(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:

summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).

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. —

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.