striking

ictus, a, um, Part., from ico.

ictus, ūs ( gen. sing. icti, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17), m. [ico], a blow, stroke, stab, thrust, bite, sting (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

pro ictu gladiatoris,

id. Mil. 24, 65:

neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

non caecis ictibus procul ex improviso vulnerabantur,

Liv. 34, 14, 11:

ictu scorpionis exanimato altero,

Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3:

prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 8:

ictus moenium cum terribili sonitu editi,

Liv. 38, 5, 3:

apri,

Ov. M. 8, 362; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

serpentum,

Plin. 23, 1, 11, § 14:

Lesbium servate pedem meique Pollicis ictum,

a striking, playing on the lyre, Hor. C. 4, 6, 36:

alae,

the stroke of a wing, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

pennarum,

id. 6, 12, 13, § 32:

Phaethon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

a stroke of lightning, lightning, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

fulmineus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618.— Poet., of the beating rays of the sun:

tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 10:

solis,

Ov. M. 3, 183; 6, 49:

Phoebei,

id. ib. 5, 389 (al. ignes):

Phoebi,

Luc. 7, 214:

longe Ejaculatur aquas atque ictibus aëra rumpit,

with jets of water, Ov. M. 4, 124: saxaque cum saxis et habentem semina flammae Materiem jactant, ea concipit ictibus ignem, by their blows, i. e. collision, id. ib. 15, 348.—

In partic.

In prosody or in music, a beating time, a beat:

et pedum et digitorum ictu intervalla signant,

Quint. 9, 4, 51:

modulantium pedum,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, cum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi,

Hor. A. P. 253.—

A beat of the pulse:

ictus creber aut languidus,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—

In mal. part.:

multorum,

Juv. 6, 126.—

Trop., a stroke, blow, attack, shot, etc.:

sublata erat de foro fides, non ictu aliquo novae calamitatis, sed suspicione, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

nec illum habet ictum, quo pellat animum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

sub ictu nostro positum,

i. e. in our power, Sen. Ben. 2, 29; cf.:

stare sub ictu Fortunae,

Luc. 5, 729:

tua innocentia sub ictu est,

i. e. in imminent danger, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 9 fin.; cf. the opposite: Deum extra ictum sua divinitas posuit, beyond shot, i. e. out of danger, id. Ben. 1, 7:

eodem ictu temporis,

i. e. moment, Gell. 14, 1, 27; cf.:

singulis veluti ictibus bella transigere,

by separate attacks, Tac. H. 2, 38:

quae (legiones) si amnem Araxen ponte transgrederentur, sub ictum dabantur,

would have come to close quarters, id. A. 13, 39 fin.; cf.:

laetis ostentat ad Urbem Per campos superesse vim, Romamque sub ictu,

near at hand, before the eyes, Sil. 4, 42.—

(Cf. icio, II. A.) Ictus foederis, the conclusion of a treaty, Luc. 5, 372; Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.

illīsus ( inl-), a, um, Part., from illido.

illīsus ( inl-), ūs, m. [illido], a striking or dashing against (only in the abl. sing.):

aquarum,

Sil. 17, 246:

illisu repercussus ventus,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132:

linguae,

App. M. 2, p. 119.

impulsus ( inp-), a, um, Part., from impello.

impulsus ( inp-), ūs, m. [impello], a pushing or striking against.

Lit., an outward pressure or shock, an impulse (class.; most freq. in abl. sing.):

impulsu scutorum,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

orbium,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

quae (natura) a primo impulsu moveatur,

id. ib. 6, 25 fin.:

is ardor non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte movetur,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ventus, qui inferiora repentinis impulsibus quatit, App. de Mundo, p. 62.—

Trop., incitement, instigation, influence (class.):

ubi duxere impulsu vostro, vostro impulsu easdem exigunt,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; cf. ib. 4, 4, 65:

ipsos non negare, ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161:

impulsu patrum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25, 4:

impulsu patrum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

qui simili impulsu aliquid commiserint,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 19:

oratio pondere modo et impulsu proeliatur,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

temeritatis subiti et vehementes impulsus,

Val. Max. 9, 8.

incussus, a, um, Part., from incutio.

incussus, ūs, m. [incutio], a striking or dashing against, a shock (rare, and only in abl. sing.):

armorum,

Tac. H. 4, 23:

arietis,

Sen. Const. Sap. 6:

silicis,

Prud. Cathem. 5, 7.

in-ductĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a leading [p. 938] or bringing into, introducing, admission (class.).

Lit.:

nos aquarum inductionibus terris fecunditatem damus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

horum (juvenum in circum),

introduction, exhibition, Liv. 44, 9, 5;

so on the stage: ficta personarum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio,

a plastering, Pall. 1, 15.—Of a striking out, erasing of writing (cf. induco, 1. C. 3.):

lituras, inductiones, superductiones ipse feci,

Dig. 28, 4, 1.—

Transf., concr.

An awning drawn over a theatre to protect the audience from the sun, Vitr. 10 praef.—

A fomentation, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 216.—

Trop.

In gen. (acc. to induco II. B. 2. b.), a purpose, resolution, inclination, intention:

animi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 11, 32; id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

cedet profecto virtuti dolor et animi inductione languescet,

id. Tusc. 2, 13, 31.—

In partic., rhet. t. t.

Induction, a mode of reasoning from known particulars to generals, the Gr. epagôgê, Cic. Top. 10, 42; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; Quint. 5, 10, 73; 5, 11, 2 sq.:

erroris,

id. 9, 1, 31.—

Personarum ficta, = prosôpopoiïa, the introduction of a fictitious person, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—

Erroris inductio, = apoplanêsis, a leading into error, misguiding, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—

An assumption, supposition, Prisc. 1144 P.

inflictus, a, um, Part., from infligo.

inflictus, ūs, m. [infligo], a striking on or against:

labiorum et dentium,

Arn. 3, 111.

in-flīgo, ixi, ictum, 3, v. a., to strike a thing on or against (syn.: incutere, illidere).

Lit.:

alicui securim,

Cic. Planc. 29, 70:

cratera viro,

Ov. M. 5, 83:

caput suum parietibus,

Lact. de Mort. Pers. 49:

puppis inflicta vadis,

dashed against, Verg. A. 10, 303:

inflicta terga,

struck, beaten, Val. Fl. 4, 281. —

Trop.:

cum ex verbo adversarii aliquid in ipsum infligitur,

is hurled at, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255.—

Transf., to inflict by striking:

mortiferam plagam infligere,

Cic. Vatin. 8, 20:

vulnera,

id. Pis. 14, 32.—

In gen., to inflict, impose upon:

infligere alicui turpitudinem,

Cic. Pis. 26, 63:

detrimenta civitati,

Just. 3, 5:

fuit consuetudo, ut, intra certa tempora non latis usuris, graviores infligerentur,

laid upon, imposed, Dig. 22, 1, 11:

alicui pretium rei emptae,

ib. 3, 5, 30.

illīsus ( inl-), a, um, Part., from illido.

illīsus ( inl-), ūs, m. [illido], a striking or dashing against (only in the abl. sing.):

aquarum,

Sil. 17, 246:

illisu repercussus ventus,

Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132:

linguae,

App. M. 2, p. 119.

impulsus ( inp-), a, um, Part., from impello.

impulsus ( inp-), ūs, m. [impello], a pushing or striking against.

Lit., an outward pressure or shock, an impulse (class.; most freq. in abl. sing.):

impulsu scutorum,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

orbium,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

quae (natura) a primo impulsu moveatur,

id. ib. 6, 25 fin.:

is ardor non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte movetur,

id. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ventus, qui inferiora repentinis impulsibus quatit, App. de Mundo, p. 62.—

Trop., incitement, instigation, influence (class.):

ubi duxere impulsu vostro, vostro impulsu easdem exigunt,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; cf. ib. 4, 4, 65:

ipsos non negare, ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161:

impulsu patrum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25, 4:

impulsu patrum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

qui simili impulsu aliquid commiserint,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 19:

oratio pondere modo et impulsu proeliatur,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

temeritatis subiti et vehementes impulsus,

Val. Max. 9, 8.

insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise):

clipeum auro,

Verg. A. 7, 790:

mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus,

Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 18:

cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,

was distinguished by, remarkable for, Tac. Agr. 41:

aliquem,

to make known, to name, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.

Marked, clear, plain:

englyphus, id est bene insignitus,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, §

42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

conformatio,

id. Top. 5, 27:

notae veritatis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 64. —

Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ignominia (al. insignior),

Liv. 7, 15, 10:

lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est,

id. 7, 6, 6:

flagitium,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

infamia,

id. ib. 3, 70. —

Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).—

Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 18; 27, 12, 105, § 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably:

mihi insignite facta est magna injuria,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77:

insignite improbus,

Cic. Quint. 23, 73:

laudare ac vituperari,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.— Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.

insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise):

clipeum auro,

Verg. A. 7, 790:

mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus,

Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 18:

cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,

was distinguished by, remarkable for, Tac. Agr. 41:

aliquem,

to make known, to name, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.

Marked, clear, plain:

englyphus, id est bene insignitus,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, §

42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

conformatio,

id. Top. 5, 27:

notae veritatis,

id. Div. 1, 30, 64. —

Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ignominia (al. insignior),

Liv. 7, 15, 10:

lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est,

id. 7, 6, 6:

flagitium,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

infamia,

id. ib. 3, 70. —

Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).—

Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 18; 27, 12, 105, § 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably:

mihi insignite facta est magna injuria,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77:

insignite improbus,

Cic. Quint. 23, 73:

laudare ac vituperari,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.— Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.

inter-lĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to smear between, smear, spread between, lay at intervals.

Lit.:

caementa luto,

Liv. 21, 11, 8; cf.:

murus bitumine interlitus,

Curt. 5, 1, 9:

caseum oleo,

Plin. 28, 9, 34, § 132.—

Transf., to falsify by striking out or erasing (syn. interpolo):

testamentum,

Cic. Clu. 44, 125:

tabulae quae se corruptas atque interlitas esse clamant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

litterae lacrimis interlitae,

blotted, Hier. Ep. 41 init.

laedo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [perh. for lavido, root lu-; cf.: luo, solvo, and Germ. los-], to hurt by striking, wound, injure, damage (syn.: saucio, vulnero).

Lit.:

lora laedunt bracchia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 9:

lembus ille mihi laedit latus,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 47:

tua laesuro subtrahe colla,

Ov. R. Am. 90:

frondes laedit hiems,

id. F. 6, 150:

teneros laedunt prima juga juvencos,

id. H. 4, 21; cf.:

thymum laeditur imbribus,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

aliquem vulnere,

Ov. M. 4, 601:

quid me dente captas laedere?

Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

ferro retunso Semina,

Verg. G. 2, 301:

salsā laedit rubigine ferrum,

id. ib. 2, 220: servum aliqua parte corporis, Gai Inst. 3, 219.— Poet.:

collum,

i. e. to hang one's self, Hor. C. 3, 27, 60:

laesus nube dies,

i. e. darkened, Luc. 5, 456.—

Trop., to trouble, annoy, vex, injure, offend, afflict, grieve, hurt:

dicto, facto,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

injuste neminem laesit,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87:

non minus nos stultitia illius sublevat, quam laedit improbitas,

id. Caecin. 9, 23:

aliquem perjurio suo,

to attack, id. ib. 10, 28:

Pisonem,

to rail at, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

nulli os,

to offend no one to his face, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10:

tua me infortunia laedunt,

Hor. A. P. 103:

tristi laedere versu scurram,

id. S. 2, 1, 21: te a me ludibrio laesum iri, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 1:

quae laedunt oculum, demere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 38; 1, 17, 8.— Absol.:

quia laesit prior,

Ter. Eun. prol. 6:

nec laedere nec violari,

Lucr. 5, 1020.—

Esp.

Of pledged faith, one's word, agreement, etc., to break, violate, betray:

fidem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111; Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

cur tibi junior laesa praeniteat fide,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 4:

laesi testatur foederis aras,

Verg. A. 12, 496:

laesae vulnera pacis,

Petr. 119.—

Of reputation, to harm, injure:

famam alicujus gravi opprobrio,

Suet. Caes. 49.—

Freq. of an offended divinity:

quo numine laeso,

Verg. A. 1, 8; 2, 183:

tu magnorum numen laesura deorum,

Hor. Epod. 15, 3:

ego laedor,

Ov. M. 1, 608:

Veneris numina,

Tib. 1, 3, 79; 3, 6, 26:

superos,

Luc. 7, 848.—

Of circumstances:

res laesae,

disaster, misfortune, Sil. 11, 6, 5.—Esp., in the phrase laedere majestatem, to commit treason (late Lat., v. also majestas):

laesae majestatis arcessere maritum,

Amm. 16, 8, 4:

laesae crimina majestatis,

id. 19, 12, 1; 21, 12, 19; so,

laedere majestatem populi Romani,

Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 13.

Lŭpercal, ālis, n. [Lupercalis], a grotto on the Palatine Hill, sacred to the Lycean Pan (Lupercus):

gelidā monstrat sub rupe Lupercal,

Verg. A. 8, 342;

v. Serv. ad loc.: quamquam Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal,

Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:

forsitan et quaeras cur sit locus ille Lupercal,

Ov. F. 2, 381.—Hence,

Lŭpercālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the Lupercalia, Lupercal:

sacrum,

Suet. Aug. 31.—

Hence, plur. as subst.: Lŭpercālĭa, ĭum and ōrum, n., the festival of the Lycean Pan (Lupercus), celebrated in February, in which the priests (Luperci), with their faces painted and only a girdle about their loins (cinctuti, Ov. F. 5, 101), ran about the city striking the women whom they met, a ceremony supposed to make them fruitful:

ad Lupercalia,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; 2, 33, 84:

hodierni diei res gestas Lupercalibus habebis,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4; cf. Ov. F. 2, 267 sqq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 343.