the bold undertaking

rĕ-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a., to press back, keep back; to check, curb, restrain (class., partic. in the trop. sense; cf.: repello, refuto).

Lit.: illa praedicta Veientium, si lacus Albanus redundasset, Romam periturum;

si repressus esset, Veios,

Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69:

amnem,

Flor. 1, 1, 3:

fontes,

Stat. Th. 5, 522:

alvum,

Cels. 2, 12; cf.:

medicamenta reprimentia,

id. 6, 6, 2; 6, 16, 2 al.:

vulvas procidentes,

Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182:

sudorem,

id. 20, 13, 51, § 142:

labra,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 16:

dextram,

Verg. A. 12, 939:

ensem,

Stat. Th. 11, 309:

retro pedem cum voce,

Verg. A. 2, 378.—

Of personal objects: represso jam Lucterio et remoto,

forced back, Caes. B. G. 7, 8; cf.:

aliquem repressum, non oppressum relinquere,

Cic. Mur. 15, 32.—

Trop. (the figure borrowed from the restraining, confining of a stream), to check, curb, restrain, limit, confine, repress:

difficilem quandam temperantiam postulant in eo, quod semel admissum coërceri reprimique non potest,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

furorem exsultantem reprimere,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

intellego hanc rei publicae pestem paulisper reprimi, non in perpetuum comprimi posse,

id. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

memoria, non exstincta, sed repressa vetustate,

suppressed, id. Cael. 30, 71:

impetus hostium repressos esse intellegunt ac retardatos,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

iis regios spiritus repressit,

Nep. Dion, 5, 5:

animi incitationem atque alacritatem non reprimere sed augere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92 fin.:

cursum,

id. ib. 3, 93:

itinera,

Cic. Att. 10, 9:

fugam hostium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

iracundiam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8; 9:

nunc reprimam susceptam objurgationem,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 9 (15):

illius conatus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:

consuetudinem peccandi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 22, §

53: fletum,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

gemitum,

Ov. M. 9, 163 et saep.:

odium suum a corpore alicujus,

Cic. Sest. 55, 117:

famam,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 23:

ferocitatem,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

impetum,

id. Leg. 3, 12, 27.— Poet., with inf.: ast occasus ubi tempusve audere repressit, the bold undertaking, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 292 Vahl.).—

Of personal objects: quem neque fides, neque jusjurandum... Repressit,

has restrained, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 9:

me... horum aspectus in ipso cursu orationis repressit,

Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

quem L. Murena repressum magnā ex parte, non oppressum reliquit,

id. Mur. 15, 32: reprimam me, ne aegre quicquam ex me audias, I will control myself, check or restrain myself, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; so,

me,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 44:

hac repressi castigatione in proelium redeunt,

Just. 1, 6, 15; cf.

mid.: vix reprimor, quin te manere jubeam,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 58:

se ab omni contagione vitiorum,

Plin. Pan. 83, 2.— Hence, adv.: rĕpressē, with restraint, constrainedly:

repressius peccare,

Gell. 12, 11, 5:

repressius actum est,

Amm. 29, 2, 12.

audĕo, ausus, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.:

ausit,

Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.:

* ausint,

Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.

With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.):

Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so,

ut pessimum facinus auderent,

Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16:

ausum talia deposcunt,

Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244:

capitalem fraudem ausi,

Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5:

erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,

id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69;

4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,

Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.:

multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,

Liv. 39, 8 fin.:

auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,

Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

agenda res est audendaque,

Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.:

patroni necem,

Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus, a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin. —

With inf. (the usual constr.;

freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23:

Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?

do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40:

commovere me miser non audeo,

I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65:

nil jam muttire audeo,

id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,

Lucr. 5, 196:

auderent credere gentes,

id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072:

Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

imperatorem deposcere,

id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = tolmô legein, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.:

qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,

Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3:

quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,

Cat. 81, 6:

refrenare licentiam,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 28:

vana contemnere,

Liv. 9, 17, 9:

mensuram prodere ausos,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.:

non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,

Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—

With quin:

ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—

With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. epi tinas), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. en ô), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—

Absol.:

(Romani) audendo... magni facti,

Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.):

Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,

Liv. 21, 40, 7:

in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,

Tac. Agr. 15 fin.:

duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,

id. H. 4, 49:

auctor ego audendi,

Verg. A. 12, 159:

Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context:

hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,

audens, entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense ( poet. or in post-Aug prose):

tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

Verg. A. 6, 95:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782:

spes audentior,

Val. Fl. 4, 284:

nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.— Adv.: audenter, boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin. — Comp.:

audentius jam onerat Sejanum,

Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40:

circumsistere,

id. H. 2, 78:

inrupere,

id. ib. 1, 79:

agere fortius et audentius,

id. Or 18.— Sup prob not in use.—

ausus, a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum, i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise ( poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.):

At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,

Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351:

fortia ausa,

id. ib. 9, 281:

ingentibus annuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368:

ausum improbum,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.