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1 dēterior
dēterior ius, adj. comp. with sup. dēterrimus [de], lower, worse, poorer, meaner: tempus, less favorable: status: vectigalia sibi deteriora facere, Cs.: muraena carne, H.: aetas, V.: quo (peditatu) erat deteriore, i. e. in which he was weaker, N.: video meliora, Deteriora sequor, O.: proles Auro deterior, O.: in deterius mutare, Ta.— Plur m. as subst, the degenerate, H.— Plur n. as subst: pronus deterioribus princeps, Ta.— Sup: illum esse quam deterrimum, T.: genus rei p. ex bono in deterrumum conversum: color, V.: aqua, H.: homo omnium deterrimus: patronus.* * *-or -us, deterrimus -a -um ADJlow/bad/inferior; poor/mean; unfavorable; weak; degenerate/wicked -
2 dēgenerō
dēgenerō āvī, ātus, āre [degener], to be inferior to ancestors, decline, be degenerate: a vobis: Pandione nata, degeneras! O.: Macedones in Syros degenerarunt, L.—Fig., to fall off, decline, degenerate: ut consuetudo eum degenerare non sineret: ab hac virtute maiorum: a gravitate paternā: a parentibus, L.: in Persarum mores, L.: ad theatrales artes, Ta.: in perpetiendis suppliciis, Ta.— Poet. with acc, to dishonor, disgrace, fall short of: hanc (personam), O.: propinquos, Pr.: Equus degenerat palmas, i. e. has lost the victorious spirit, O.* * *Idegenerare, degeneravi, degeneratus V INTRANSbe inferior to ancestors/unworthy; deteriorate/decline; lower oneself; sink (to); fall away from/below the level; degenerate/revert (breeding)IIdegenerare, degeneravi, degeneratus V TRANSbe unworthy (of), fall short of the standard set by; cause deterioration in -
3 descisco
dē-scisco, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n., orig. a publicist's t. t. to free one's self from a connection with any one, to withdraw, leave, revolt from, = sciscendo deficere; and with an indication of the terminus, to desert to, go over to any one (class. prose).I.Prop.:II.multae longinquiores civitates ab Afranio desciscunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.; so,ab aliquo,
id. ib. 2, 32, 2; Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21; Liv. 6, 36; Nep. Alc. 5, 1; id. Dat. 5, 5; Just. 5, 1 fin. et saep.:ad aliquem (opp. a nobis deficere),
Liv. 31, 7; cf.:Praeneste ab Latinis ad Romanos descivit,
id. 2, 19;and simply: ad aliquem,
id. 26, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 3, 14 al.; cf. pass. impers.:quibus invitis descitum ad Samnites erat,
Liv. 9, 16; and Flor. 3, 5, 6.— Absol.:cum Fidenae aperte descissent,
Liv. 1, 27; 21, 19; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 68; Nep. Tim. 3, 1; id. Ham. 2, 2; Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6: Stat. Th. 2, 311 al.—Transf. beyond the political sphere, to depart, deviate, withdraw from a person or thing; to fall off from, be unfaithful to:B.a nobis desciscere quaeres?
Lucr. 1, 104:a se ipse,
Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:si Cicero a Demosthene paulum in hac parte descivit,
Quint. 9, 4, 146:cur Zeno ab hac antiqua institutione desciverit,
Cic. Fin. 4, 8; so,a pristina causa,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 17 Orell. N. cr.:a veritate,
id. Ac. 2, 15:a natura,
id. Tusc. 3, 2:a disciplina,
Vell. 2, 81:a virtute,
id. 2, 1:a consuetudine parentum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 4 et saep.:a vita,
to separate, sever one's self, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 (opp. manere in vita).— Pass. impers.:praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum,
Vell. 2, 1.—Stating the terminus, to fall off to, decline to; to degenerate into:ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem,
Cic. Fam. 2, 16; cf.:ad saevitiam, ad cupiditatem,
Suet. Dom. 10: in regem (i. e. to degenerate, be transformed), Flor. 4, 3:in monstrum,
id. 4, 11.—Of subjects not personal:quis ignorat et eloquentiam et ceteras artes descivisse ab ista vetere gloria,
Tac. Or. 28:(vitis) gracili arvo non desciscit,
does not degenerate, Col. 3, 2, 13:semina,
id. 3, 10, 18. -
4 decedo
dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.decedamus,
Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:de altera parte (agri) decedere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,
Cic. Quint. 4, 16:e pastu,
Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:e pastu decedere campis,
id. ib. 4, 186:ex aequore domum,
id. ib. 2, 205;Italiā,
Sall. J. 28, 2:Numidiā,
id. ib. 38, 9:Africā,
id. ib. 20, 1;23, 1: pugnā,
Liv. 34, 47:praesidio,
id. 4, 29 (cf.:de praesidio,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,
i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,
had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,
Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.Esp.1.t. t.a.In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:b.qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;so,
absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:de colle,
Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:de vallo,
id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:inde,
id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:loco superiore,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:2.de provincia decessit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;so,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:decedens ex Syria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,e Cilicia,
id. Brut. 1:ex Africa,
Nep. Cato, 1, 4:ex Asia,
id. Att. 4, 1:ex ea provincia,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:ut decedens Considius provinciā,
Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,
Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:Albinus Romam decessit,
Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:Romam ad triumphum,
Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,
Cic. Planc. 26 fin.Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):3.concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:decedam ego illi de via, de semita,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. [p. 517] 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,
Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,
Verg. Ec. 8, 88:peritis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:cedere nocti,
Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:decedere canibus de via,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,
Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).a.Of living beings, to decease, to die:b.si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:vitā,
Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,
id. Att. 1, 6:cum paterfamiliae decessit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:cruditate contracta,
id. 7, 3, 33:morbo aquae intercutis,
Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:paralysi,
id. Vit. 3:ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,
Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:II.corpore febres,
Lucr. 2, 34:febres,
Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:quartana,
Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):decessisse inde aquam,
run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:decedere aestum,
id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:de summa nihil decedet,
to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,
Liv. 3, 55:decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):postquam invidia decesserat,
Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,
Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.— Poet.:incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,
i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,
Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:te veniente die, te decedente canebat,
Verg. G. 4, 466;also of the moon,
to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.Trop.A.De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;(α).the reading ex jure suo,
Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.With de:(β).cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:de hypothecis,
id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;and de possessione,
id. Agr. 2, 26;de suo jure,
id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,
id. Balb. 5:de officio ac dignitate,
id. Verr. 1, 10:de foro decedere,
to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:de scena,
to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:de officio decessum,
Liv. 8, 25 fin. —With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):(γ).jure suo,
Liv. 3, 33 fin.:sententiā,
Tac. A. 14, 49:instituto vestro,
Liv. 37, 54:officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),
id. 27, 10; 36, 22:fide,
id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:poema... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,
Hor. A. P. 378.—Very rarely with ab:(δ).cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,
Cic. Fl. 12.—Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.B.De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:C.se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,
Cic. Cael. 16, 38:moleste ferre se de via decessisse,
id. Clu. 59, 163; so,viā dicendi,
Quint. 4, 5, 3.(acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):D.vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,
are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.( poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:E.calori,
id. ib. 4, 23.To fall short of, degenerate from:* III.de generis nobilitate,
Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:prospere decedentibus rebus,
Suet. Caes. 24. -
5 decolor
dē-cŏlor, ōris ( acc. plur. heterocl. decoloros, Prud. steph. 1, 113), adj., deprived of it's natural color, discolored, defaced, faded, etc. ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose): decolorem sanguinem omnem exsorbuit, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 8 (transl. from Sophoc. Trach. 1058: ek de chlôron haima mou Pepôken êdê):II.Indus,
swarthy, Prop. 4, 3, 10; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 24;and India,
id. M. 4, 21;so heres, (sc. Aethiope genitus),
Juv. 6, 600:decolor fuligine,
id. 7, 226:decolor sanguine,
stained, Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 42; cf. Stat. Th. 12, 410:ara,
id. Pont. 3, 2, 54:seges,
Luc. 7, 851:uniones,
Plin. 9, 35, 57, § 116:resina,
id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.—Poet., of abstract subjects: deterior ac decolor aetas (i. e. the brazen and iron age, in comparison with the golden), depraved, degenerate, * Verg. A. 8, 326:fama,
Ov. H. 9, 4. -
6 desido
dē-sīdo, sēdi (de-sīdi, Cic. l. l. infra, Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 39, 7), 3, v. n., v. consido. —Of inanimate things, esp. of places, to sink, fall, or settle down.I.Prop.:* II.tantos terrae motus factos esse, ut multa oppida corruerint, multis locis labes factae sint terraeque desiderint,
Cic. Div. 1, 35 fin.; 1, 43, 97; Liv. 32, 9; and poet. of the apparent sinking of mountains to one flying aloft:Gargara desidunt surgenti,
Stat. Th. 1, 549:ovum inane natat, plenum desidit,
Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 11; Just. 4, 1, 10:ex urina quod desidit album est,
sediment, Cels. 2, 7:tumor ex toto desidit,
id. 7, 18. —Trop., to deteriorate, degenerate: desidentes mores, Liv. prooem. 9.
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