suppliciter

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

picis e caelo demissum flumen,

Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:

caelo imbrem,

Verg. G. 1, 23:

caelo ancilia,

Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:

barbam malis,

Lucr. 5, 673:

latum clavum pectore,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:

monilia pectoribus,

Verg. A. 7, 278:

laenam ex humeris,

id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:

ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,

Sall. Hist. 2, 53:

aliquem in sporta per murum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:

taleam (sc. in terram),

to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;

arbores altius,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:

puteum alte in solido,

i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:

triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,

Curt. 5, 1, 31:

arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,

Lucr. 5, 670:

demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:

fasces,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:

cibos (sc. in alvum),

Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;

Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),

Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:

effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:

arma, classem, socios Rheno,

Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;

and pecora secundā aquā,

id. ib. 3, 14, 4:

manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,

Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.

brachia,

id. 2, 13, 9:

frontem (opp. attolli),

id. 11, 3, 78:

supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,

Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.

auriculas,

id. S. 1, 9, 20:

caput,

Ov. M. 10, 192:

crinem,

id. ib. 6, 289:

demisso capite,

Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:

aliquos per funem,

Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:

vestem,

id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.

tunicam,

id. ib. 25:

stolam,

id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:

equum in flumen,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:

equos a campo in cavam viam,

Liv. 23, 47:

aliquem in carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:

aliquem ad imos Manes,

Verg. A. 12, 884:

hostem in ovilia,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:

gladium in jugulum,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:

ferrum in ilia,

Ov. M. 4, 119:

sublicas in terram,

Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:

huc stipites,

id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:

huc caementa,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:

nummum in loculos,

to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:

calculum atrum in urnam,

Ov. M. 15, 44:

milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,

Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:

quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,

Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:

navem secundo amni Scodam,

Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:

corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,

Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:

aliquem neci,

Verg. A. 2, 85:

aliquem Orco,

id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:

aliquem umbris,

Sil. 11, 142:

ferrum jugulo,

Ov. H. 14, 5:

ferrum lacubus,

id. M. 12, 278:

offa demittitur faucibus boum,

Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—

Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:

(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,

Lucr. 6, 446:

se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,

Cels. 1, 3:

se ad aurem alicujus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:

cum se demittit ob assem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:

concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,

Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:

nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—

Esp., milit. t. t.

To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:

in loca plana agmen demittunt,

Liv. 9, 27; cf.:

agmen in vallem infimam,

id. 7, 34:

equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,

id. 27, 18:

agmen in Thessaliam,

id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:

agmen,

Liv. 9, 2:

levem armaturam,

id. 22, 28 al.:

cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;

so with se,

id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—

Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —

Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:

demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,

Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:

vultu demisso,

Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:

demissis in terram oculis,

Liv. 9, 38, 13;

also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,

Val. Fl. 3, 41:

vultum,

Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:

vultum animumque metu,

Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.

vultus,

id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:

eas voces in pectora animosque,

Liv. 34, 50; and:

dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,

Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

dignitatem in discrimen,

Liv. 3, 35:

vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),

Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:

me penitus in causam,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:

me in res turbulentissimas,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:

se in comparationem,

Suet. Rhet. 6:

se in adulationem,

to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:

se usque ad servilem patientiam,

id. ib. 14, 26:

se ad minora illa,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:

si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

animos (with contrahere),

id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:

animum (with contrahere),

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:

mentes,

Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:

ne se admodum animo demitterent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.

Lit.

Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):

campestribus ac demissis locis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:

loca demissa ac palustria,

id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—

Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:

demissis umeris esse,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:

tremulus, labiis demissis,

with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:

demisso capite discedere,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:

tristes, capite demisso,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

demisso vultu,

with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:

Dido vultum demissa,

Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:

demissa vulnera,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —

Trop.

Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):

erigebat animum jam demissum,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

esse fracto animo et demisso,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

(homines) animo demisso atque humili,

id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:

demisso animo fuit,

Sall. J. 98 al.:

demissa voce loqui,

Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:

nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,

Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:

quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?

Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:

videsne illum demissum?

id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:

orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,

Cic. Or. 24, 81.—

Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):

ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:

multum demissus homo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:

sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—

Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:

qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),

Sall. C. 51, 12.—

Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.

Lit., low:

hic alte, demissius ille volabat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—

Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:

non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

id. Fl. 10, 21:

se tueri,

id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

in-sĭnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Lit., to put, place, or thrust into the bosom (post-class.):

sicine vacuus et otiosus insinuatis manibus ambulabis,

with folded arms, App. M. 9, p. 219, 23:

manum in sinum,

Tert. Res. Carn. 28.—

To bring in by windings or turnings, to insinuate into; to cause a person or thing to get to a place by windings or turnings; and, in gen., to cause to arrive at or get to a place.

In gen.:

ratem terris,

to land, Avien. Arat. 312:

suum aestum per saepta domorum,

Lucr. 6, 860:

Romani quacumque data intervalla essent, insinuabant ordines suos,

pushed forward their files into the open spaces of the enemy, Liv. 44, 41.— Poet.:

et (tibi) omni tempore tam faciles insinuentur opes,

come to you, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 28.—

Esp., with se, to wind one ' s way into, to steal into; to insinuate or ingratiate one ' s self:

se inter equitum turmas,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

quā te insinuaveris, retro via repetenda,

Liv. 9, 2, 8:

cum (Romanus) insinuasset se inter corpus armaque,

id. 7, 10, 10:

qua se inter valles flumen insinuat,

winds along, id. 32, 31, 1:

Tigris Persico mari se insinuat,

Curt. 5, 3.—

Trop., to make favorably known to, to introduce, recommend.

In gen.:

Augusto insinuatus est,

Suet. Gramm. 21; id. Calig. 10; id. Oth. 2:

hoc est quod penitus illos animo Caesaris insinuavit,

Plin. Pan. 62; cf.:

vitam moresque feris mentibus,

Aur. Vict. de Orig. Gent. 3, 3.—

Esp., reflex. with se, etc.

With ad or in and acc.:

his nos rebus insinuabimus ad causam,

will make our way to, get to, Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10:

se in antiquam philosophiam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

se ad aliquam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 27:

se in familiaritatem alicujus,

Cic. Caecin. 5, 13:

se in amicitiam cum aliquo,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 94; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 157:

se in forum,

id. Phil. 5, 3, 8:

se in familiarem usum,

Liv. 40, 21, 11:

se in eorum sermonem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12.—

Absol.:

callidus ille ne se insinuet, studiose cavendum est,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

eadem qua te insinuaveris via retro repetenda est,

Liv. 9, 2, 8:

celeriter dato loco cum se insinuasset, Auct. B. Alex. 52, 2: praefecto regis se,

Just. 5, 2, 5:

plebi se,

Liv. 3, 15, 2.—

To introduce to, initiate into:

adest tibi dies, quo per istas meas manus piissimis sacrorum arcanis insinueris,

App. M. 11, p. 268.—

To make known, publish (post-class.):

voluntatem suam heredibus,

Dig. 32, 1, 11, § 2; Rutil. Nam. 1, 590.—

Neutr., to wind or steal into, to make one ' s way or get into, to penetrate, enter, reach, arrive at; constr. with in and acc. or dat.: inde in amicitiam insinuavit cum matre et mecum simul. Blanditiis, etc., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93:

penitus insinuare in causam,

to penetrate thoroughly into, to acquire a complete knowledge of, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149; cf.:

ad causam,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10:

in ipsius consuetudinem insinuabo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

novus per pectora cunctis Insinuat pavor,

Verg. A. 2, 229:

Italiaeque urbes dextram insinuantis in undam,

winding, reaching to, Manil. 4, 602: et blandiri suppliciter et subtiliter insinuare eis, a quibus, etc., i. e. to steal into favor with, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90.

pando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [for spando; root spa-; Sanscr. spha-, spread, grow; Gr. spaô; cf. spatium].

Act., to bend, bow, curve any thing (cf.:

flecto, curvo): pandant enim posteriora,

Quint. 11, 3, 122:

manus leviter pandata,

id. 11, 3, 100. —

Mid., to bend itself, to bend:

in inferiora pandantur,

Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 223; 16, 39, 74, § 189; 16, 40, 79, § 219:

apes sarcinā pandatae,

id. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

firmiora juga sunt alliganda, ut rigorem habeant nec pandentur onere fructuum,

Col. 4, 16 fin. —

Neutr., to bend itself, to bend:

ulmus et fraxinus celeriter pandant,

Vitr. 2, 9; 6, 11.

pando pandi (acc. to Prisc. p. 891 P.), passum, and less freq. pansum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 567 sq.), 3, v. a., to spread out, extend; to unfold, expand [from the root pat of pateo, cf. petannumi, q. v.] (syn.: explano, explico, extendo).

Lit.:

pandere palmas Ante deum delubra,

Lucr. 5, 1200; so,

ad solem pennas,

Verg. G. 1, 398:

retia,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29:

telas in parietibus latissime,

id. 29, 4, 27, § 87: aciem, to extend, deploy, = explicare, Tac. H. 2, 25; 4, 33:

rupem ferro,

i. e. to split, Liv. 21, 37:

utere velis, Totos pande sinus,

Juv. 1, 150.—

With se or pass., to spread one's self, stretch, open out, extend, etc.:

immensa panditur planities,

Liv. 32, 4:

dum se cornua latius pandunt,

id. 2, 31:

rosa sese pandit in calices,

Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14:

ubi mare coepit in latitudinem pandi,

id. 6, 13, 15, § 38:

si panditur ultra (gremium),

i. e. is not yet full, Juv. 14, 327.—

In partic., in econom. lang., to spread out to dry, to dry fruits:

ficos pandere,

Col. 2, 22, 3:

uvas in sole,

id. 12, 39, 1.—

Transf.

To throw open, to open any thing by extending it (mostly poet.;

syn.: patefacio, aperio, recludo): pandite atque aperite propere januam hanc Orci,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1:

pandite, sulti', genas (i. e. palpebras), Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. genas, p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234:

(Cerberus) tria guttura pandens,

id. ib. 6, 421:

limina,

id. ib. 6, 525: agros pingues, to lay open, i. e. to plough up, till, Lucr. 5, 1248:

piceae tantum taxique nocentes Interdum aut hederae pandunt vestigia nigrae,

disclose, Verg. G. 2, 257:

torridam incendio rupem ferro pandunt,

lay open, split, Liv. 21, 37, 3:

pandite nunc Helicona, deae,

Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 1.—

Mid., to open itself, to open: panduntur inter ordines [p. 1297] viae, Liv. 10, 41:

cum caudā omnis jam panditur Hydra,

i. e. displays itself, Cic. Arat. 449.—

Trop.

To spread, extend; and with se, to spread or extend itself:

cum tempora se veris florentia pandunt,

Lucr. 6, 359:

illa divina (bona) longe lateque se pandunt caelumque contingunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

quaerebam utrum panderem vela orationis,

id. ib. 4, 5, 9:

umbriferos ubi pandit Tabrica saltus,

Juv. 10, 194. —Mid.:

ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes,

Vulg. Jer. 1, 14; see also under P. a. B.—

To open:

viam alicui ad dominationem,

Liv. 4, 15:

viam fugae,

id. 10, 5.—

In partic., to unfold in speaking, to make known, publish, relate, explain (mostly poet.):

omnem rerum naturam dictis,

Lucr. 5, 54:

primordia rerum,

id. 1, 55:

res altā terrā et caligine mersas,

Verg. A. 6, 267; 3, 252; 3, 479:

nomen,

Ov. M. 4, 679:

fata,

Luc. 6, 590:

Hesiodus agricolis praecepta pandere orsus,

Plin. H. N. 14, 1, 1, § 3.—Hence,

pansus, a, um, P. a., spread out, outspread, outstretched, extended (rare and mostly post-Aug.):

manibus et pedibus pansis,

Vitr. 3, 1:

suppliciter pansis ad numina palmis, Germ. Arat. 68: sago porrectius panso,

Amm. 29, 5, 48:

pansis in altum bracchiis,

Prud. Cath. 12, 170: panso currere carbaso, id. adv. Symm. praef. 1, 48.—

passus, a, um (cf.:

ab eo, quod est pando passum veteres dixerunt, non pansum, etc.,

Gell. 15, 15, 1), P. a., outspread, outstretched, extended, open.

Lit.:

velo passo pervenire,

under full sail, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; so,

velis passis pervehi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

passis late palmis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

passis manibus,

Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77; Gell. 15, 15, 3: crinis passus, and more freq. in plur., crines passi, loose, dishevelled hair:

capillus passus,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 56; Caes. B. G. 1. 51; 7, 48; Liv. 1, 13; Verg. A. 1, 480 et saep.—Hence, verba passa, loose, relaxed, i. e. prose, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 352, 1.—

Transf.

Spread out to dry (v. supra, I. 2.); hence, dried, dry:

uvae,

i. e. raisins, Col. 12, 39, 4; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 4 Mai; Vulg. Num. 6, 4; so,

acini,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

racemi,

Verg. G. 4, 269:

rapa,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127:

uva passa pendilis,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 99:

lac passum,

boiled milk, Ov. M. 14, 274.—Hence,

Transf.: rugosi passique senes, dried up, withered, Lucil. ap. Non. 12, 5 (Sat. 19, 11).— Hence, subst.: passum, i, n. (sc. vinum), wine made from dried grapes, raisin-wine: passum nominabant, si in vindemiā uvam diutius coctam legerent, eamque passi essent in sole aduri, Varr. ap. Non. 551, 27; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51:

passo psythia utilior,

Verg. G. 2, 93; Juv. 14, 271; cf. Col. 12, 39, 1; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 81; Pall. 11, 19, 1:

passum quo ex sicciore uva est, eo valentius est,

Cels. 2, 18.—

Trop.: verba passa, prose (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 352, 1.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

supplex ( subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, but also -ĭce freq. in dactyl. and anap. verse, Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;

and always when used subst.,

Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14;

or to denote a temporary attitude or relation, not a permanent characteristic,

Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. supplicium, Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [sup-plico, bending the knees, kneeling down; hence], humbly begging or entreating; humble, submissive, beseeching, suppliant, supplicant (class.; syn.: humilis, submissus).

Absol.:

supplex te ad pedes abiciebas,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13:

ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse,

id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex,

Verg. A. 10, 523:

vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf.

infra II.: se supplicem pro aliquo profiteri,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

supplex ad aliquem venire,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, §

10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere,

id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

do manus Supplex,

Hor. Epod. 17, 2:

supplex populi suffragia capto,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

tibi quo die Portus Alexandrea supplex patefecit,

id. C. 4, 14, 35:

supplex rogabo,

Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—

With dat.:

ut tibi fierem supplex,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20:

judicibus supplex,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci,

id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.:

cum Alcibiades Socrati supplex esset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—

As subst.: supplex, ĭcis, m., a suppliant, humble petitioner:

in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

et nos jacentis ad pedes supplicum voce prohibebis?

Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

tu supplice digno dignior,

Val. Fl. 7, 290:

paternus,

Sen. Troad. 315; so with a pron. possess. or gen.:

vester est supplex, judices,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so,

vester,

id. Clu. 70, 200:

tuus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 16:

supplex vestrae misericordiae,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79:

dei,

Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8:

tui numinis,

Sen. Agam. 343:

domus inimicae,

Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—

Transf., of things:

manus supplices,

Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38):

manu supplice,

Ov. M. 11, 279:

dextra,

Val. Fl. 4, 11:

vitta,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 8:

dona,

Verg. A. 3, 439:

libelli,

Mart. 8, 31, 3:

vota,

Verg. A. 8, 61:

verba,

Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

vox,

Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28:

voce supplex,

Tac. A. 1, 57:

oliva,

Val. Fl. 3, 424:

querelae,

Tib. 1, 4, 72:

lacrimae,

Prop. 1, 16, 4:

causa,

Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: sup-plĭcĭter, humbly, submissively, suppliantly:

suppliciter demisseque respondere,

Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.

vŏlūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [id.], to roll, turn, twist, or tumble about.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

amphoras per terram,

Col. 12, 48, 4:

pelagus (ventus),

Luc. 1, 412: pilas e fimo pedibus. i. e. to form by rolling together, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98; cf. volvo, I.—With se:

se in pulvere,

to roll about, wallow, Plin. 30, 16, 53, § 148.—

More freq., mid.:

ut gallinae possint in pulvere volutari,

roll themselves, roll, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7:

sus caenoso lacu,

Col. 7, 10, 6:

super aureorum acervos... toto corpore volutatus est,

Suet. Calig. 42 fin.:

volutati supra jacentia poma (irenacei),

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133; cf.

in allusion to the lit. signif. of the name Verres: quem (Verrem) in luto volutatum totius corporis vestigiis invenimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

(animi) corporibus elapsi circum terram ipsam volutantur,

id. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

cum tibi pueri ad pedes volutarentur,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33; so in part.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

(amnis) per cava saxa volutans,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 45:

in sacco et cinere volutantes,

Tert. Apol. 40 fin. —

In partic., in mal. part., Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Petr. 79; Just. 12, 16, 2; Tert. ad Uxor. 9.—

Trop., to roll, roll about, roll along, etc.; to roll, wallow.

In gen.:

vocem per ampla atria,

to roll, spread, Verg. A. 1, 725; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 5, 149:

murmura,

id. ib. 10, 98: confusa verba. Ov. M. 12, 55.—

Mid.: cum omnes in omni genere et scelerum et flagitiorum volutentur,

wallow, Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1:

in omni dedecore,

Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19:

inter mala plurima,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 4.—

In partic.

To busy, occupy (of the mind):

animum saepe tacitis cogitationibus,

Liv. 9, 17, 2:

in veteribus scriptis studiose et multum volutatum esse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 39; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4.—

To turn over or revolve in the mind; to consider, weigh, ponder:

rem in pectore,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 1:

gladios in comisationem praeparatos volutabam in animo,

Liv. 40, 13, 4:

haec secum volutantem in animo,

id. 42, 11, 5:

hoc eum jam pridem volutare in animo,

id. 28, 18, 11:

haec in animo voluta,

Sen. Ep. 24, 15; cf.:

in pectore volutare,

Lact. 7, 16, 4:

ipse quid intra animum volutaverim... omittam referre,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

aliud atque aliud consilium animo,

Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. H. 2, 49; Sen. Cons. Marc. 11, 5:

aliquid mente,

Lucr. 3, 240:

tacitus mecum ipse voluto,

Verg. E. 9, 37:

inter seque,

Ov. M. 1, 389:

multa secum animo volutans,

Liv. 40, 8, 5:

haec secum volutans,

id. 30, 14, 3; 26, 7, 3:

secum corde,

Verg. A. 4, 533:

suo cum corde,

id. ib. 6, 185:

aliquid in secreto cum amicis,

to consider, discuss, Liv. 34, 36, 4:

consilia de Romano bello,

id. 34, 60, 2:

quibus suā sponte volutantibus res inter se repugnantes obtorpuerant animi,

id. 32, 20, 2.—

Neutr., to roll or tumble one's self (very rare):

leone obvio suppliciter volutante,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 56; so id. 35, 11, 40, § 140 (cf. I. A. 1. b. fin. supra).