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  • 1 immitto

    immitto ( inm-), īsi, issum, 3 ( perf. sync. immisti, Sil. 17, 354), v. a. [in-mitto], to send or let into a place, to introduce, admit, to send or despatch against, to let loose at, discharge at, to cast or throw into (freq. and class.; cf. intromitto, induco, introduco).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    servos ad spoliandum fanum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

    servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

    id. Att. 14, 10, 1; id. Sest. 36, 78:

    magna vis hominum simul immissa,

    Liv. 2, 5, 3:

    equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 4:

    armaturam levem in stationes,

    Liv. 40, 48, 2; 21, 8, 8:

    corpus in undas,

    Ov. H. 2, 133:

    artificem mediis flammis,

    id. M. 6, 615:

    completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

    let loose, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, 2; so ib. § 5; cf.:

    navem in terram,

    Liv. 30, 25, 8: repente equum immisi ad eam legionem, urged, spurred, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

    Liv. 40, 40, 5:

    pila in hostes,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

    tela,

    id. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

    telum ex manu,

    Dig. 9, 2, 52:

    canalibus aqua immissa,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

    aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

    Dig. 39, 3, 3:

    cloacam privatam in publicum,

    ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

    puram aquam in alvum,

    Cels. 2, 12:

    haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

    had driven into, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

    bipedales trabes,

    id. ib. §

    6: tigna (in parietem),

    Dig. 8, 5, 8; 43, 25, 3:

    coronam caelo,

    hurls it to the sky, Ov. M. 8, 179:

    lentum filis immittitur aurum,

    is inserted, interwoven, id. ib. 6, 68:

    circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

    put on, put around, Petr. 32, 2:

    dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

    let loose, swiftly driven, Prop. 3, 9, 58; cf.:

    immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

    slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

    habenas,

    id. ib. 5, 662; Ov. M. 1, 280; cf.

    rudentes,

    let go, let loose, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 5:

    Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

    threw himself, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Liv. 9, 4, 10:

    se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

    Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

    immisit in armatas hostium copias,

    id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

    whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

    alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

    Sall. C. 48, 8:

    fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

    Suet. Calig. 23; cf. Tac. A. 3, 16:

    immissis qui monerent,

    id. ib. 4, 54:

    Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

    id. ib. 11, 1:

    ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

    Just. 32, 2:

    invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —
    2.
    To let grow unrestrained or wild:

    ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

    cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

    Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

    pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

    grown together, interwoven, Liv. 40, 22, 3: penitus immissis radicibus niti, deeply planted or sunk, Quint. 1, 3, 5: barba immissa et intonso capillo, etc., overgrown, hanging down, Sisenn. ap. Non. 130, 8; so,

    barba immissa,

    Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

    immissi capilli,

    Ov. F. 1, 503; id. M. 5, 338; 6, 168; cf.

    , in a Greek construction: Phleias immissus patrios de vertice crines,

    Val. Fl. 1, 412.—
    3.
    To ingraft:

    trunci resecantur, et... deinde feraces plantae immittuntur,

    Verg. G. 2, 80.—
    4.
    Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    aliquid in aures,

    to listen to, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 14; but without in:

    ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 16: verba suis immittere figuris, to accommodate its modes of thought to the words, Manil. 1, 24:

    jactam et immissam a te nefariam in me injuriam semper duxi,

    Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

    hic corrector in eo ipso loco, quo reprehendit, immittit imprudens ipse senarium,

    lets escape him, id. Or. 56, 190:

    si nihil extrinsecus accidit, quod corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem immitteret,

    threw into some sickness, Dig. 1, 21, 14, § 2:

    immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

    instilled, infused, Verg. A. 9, 719:

    vires alicui,

    Val. Fl. 7, 353:

    amorem,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.

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  • 2 inmitto

    immitto ( inm-), īsi, issum, 3 ( perf. sync. immisti, Sil. 17, 354), v. a. [in-mitto], to send or let into a place, to introduce, admit, to send or despatch against, to let loose at, discharge at, to cast or throw into (freq. and class.; cf. intromitto, induco, introduco).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    servos ad spoliandum fanum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

    servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

    id. Att. 14, 10, 1; id. Sest. 36, 78:

    magna vis hominum simul immissa,

    Liv. 2, 5, 3:

    equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 4:

    armaturam levem in stationes,

    Liv. 40, 48, 2; 21, 8, 8:

    corpus in undas,

    Ov. H. 2, 133:

    artificem mediis flammis,

    id. M. 6, 615:

    completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

    let loose, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, 2; so ib. § 5; cf.:

    navem in terram,

    Liv. 30, 25, 8: repente equum immisi ad eam legionem, urged, spurred, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

    si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

    Liv. 40, 40, 5:

    pila in hostes,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

    tela,

    id. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

    telum ex manu,

    Dig. 9, 2, 52:

    canalibus aqua immissa,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

    aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

    Dig. 39, 3, 3:

    cloacam privatam in publicum,

    ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

    puram aquam in alvum,

    Cels. 2, 12:

    haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

    had driven into, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

    bipedales trabes,

    id. ib. §

    6: tigna (in parietem),

    Dig. 8, 5, 8; 43, 25, 3:

    coronam caelo,

    hurls it to the sky, Ov. M. 8, 179:

    lentum filis immittitur aurum,

    is inserted, interwoven, id. ib. 6, 68:

    circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

    put on, put around, Petr. 32, 2:

    dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

    let loose, swiftly driven, Prop. 3, 9, 58; cf.:

    immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

    slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

    habenas,

    id. ib. 5, 662; Ov. M. 1, 280; cf.

    rudentes,

    let go, let loose, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 5:

    Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

    threw himself, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Liv. 9, 4, 10:

    se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

    Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

    immisit in armatas hostium copias,

    id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

    whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

    alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

    Sall. C. 48, 8:

    fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

    Suet. Calig. 23; cf. Tac. A. 3, 16:

    immissis qui monerent,

    id. ib. 4, 54:

    Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

    id. ib. 11, 1:

    ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

    Just. 32, 2:

    invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —
    2.
    To let grow unrestrained or wild:

    ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

    cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

    Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

    pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

    grown together, interwoven, Liv. 40, 22, 3: penitus immissis radicibus niti, deeply planted or sunk, Quint. 1, 3, 5: barba immissa et intonso capillo, etc., overgrown, hanging down, Sisenn. ap. Non. 130, 8; so,

    barba immissa,

    Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

    immissi capilli,

    Ov. F. 1, 503; id. M. 5, 338; 6, 168; cf.

    , in a Greek construction: Phleias immissus patrios de vertice crines,

    Val. Fl. 1, 412.—
    3.
    To ingraft:

    trunci resecantur, et... deinde feraces plantae immittuntur,

    Verg. G. 2, 80.—
    4.
    Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    aliquid in aures,

    to listen to, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 14; but without in:

    ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 16: verba suis immittere figuris, to accommodate its modes of thought to the words, Manil. 1, 24:

    jactam et immissam a te nefariam in me injuriam semper duxi,

    Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

    hic corrector in eo ipso loco, quo reprehendit, immittit imprudens ipse senarium,

    lets escape him, id. Or. 56, 190:

    si nihil extrinsecus accidit, quod corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem immitteret,

    threw into some sickness, Dig. 1, 21, 14, § 2:

    immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

    instilled, infused, Verg. A. 9, 719:

    vires alicui,

    Val. Fl. 7, 353:

    amorem,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.

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  • 3 abiciō (a usu. long by position) or abiiciō

       abiciō (a usu. long by position) or abiiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [ab + iacio], to throw from one, cast away, throw away, throw down: abiecit hastas, has given up the fight: in proelio... scutum: arma, Cs.: se ad pedes: ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abieci, to many in your behalf: vastificam beluam, dash to the earth: se abiecit exanimatus, he threw himself down as if lifeless: si te uret sarcina, abicito, throw it away, H.; of weapons, to discharge, cast, throw, fling: priusquam telum abici possit (al. adici), Cs.: tragulam intra munitionem, Cs. — Fig., to cast off, throw away, give up: (psaltria) aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid of, T.: salutem pro aliquo.—In partic., to throw off, cast aside, give up, abandon: consilium belli faciendi: petitionem, to resign one's candidacy: abicio legem, I reject the technical defence: abiectis nugis, nonsense apart, H.—To cast down, degrade, humble, lower: suas cogitationes in rem tam humilem: hic annus senatūs auctoritatem abiecit. — With se, to give up in despair: abiiciunt se atque ita adflicti et exanimati iacent.—To throw away, sell for a trifle, sell cheap: agros abiciet moecha, ut ornatum paret, Ph.

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  • 4 immittō (in-m-)

        immittō (in-m-) īsī, īssus, ere,    to send in, let in, throw into, admit, introduce: immissus in urbem: servos ad spoliandum fanum: corpus in undas, O.: in terram (navem), stranded, L.: canalibus aqua inmissa, Cs.: feraces plantae immittuntur, are engrafted, V.: lentum filis immittitur aureum, is interwoven, O.: nais inmittitur undis, plunges into, O.: inmittor harenae, reach, O.: immissa (tigna) in flumen defigere, driven down, Cs.: immissi alii in alios rami, intertwined, L.—To send against, let loose, set on, cause to attack, incite: servi in tecta nostra immissi: completas navīs taedā in classem, Cs.: immittebantur illi canes: in medios se hostīs, threw himself.—To discharge, project, throw at, cast among: pila in hostīs, Cs.: Lancea costis inmissa, penetrating, O.: coronam caelo, hurls to, O.—To let go, let loose, relax, slacken, drop: immissis frenis, V.: inmissos hederā conlecta capillos, flowing, O.—Fig., to install, put in possession: in mea bona quos voles.—To inflict: iniuriam in alqm: fugam Teucris, struck with panic, V.—To instigate, suborn: a Cicerone inmissus, S.—To admit, commit: corrector inmittit ipse senarium, lets escape him.

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  • 5 abicio

    ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

    ăbĭci,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

    ăbĭcit,

    Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.
    I.
    Lit.:

    in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

    scutum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

    insigne regium de capite,

    id. Sest. 27:

    socer ad pedes abjectus,

    id. ib. 34; so,

    se ad pedes,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

    se e muro in mare,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

    corpus in mare,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

    id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

    se abjecit exanimatus,

    he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

    si te uret sarcina, abicito,

    throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

    anulum in mari,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

    statuas in propatulo domi,

    Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

    cadaver in viā,

    Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

    ubi cadaver abjeceris,

    Tac. A. 1, 22.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

    ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

    as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

    vitam,

    Cic. Att. 3, 19:

    salutem pro aliquo,

    id. Planc. 33:

    memoriam beneficiorum,

    id. Phil. 8, 11:

    versum,

    to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

    abicimus ista,

    we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

    fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

    I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

    abjectis nugis,

    nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).
    2.
    To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.
    3.
    Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.
    A.
    Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

    plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

    Cic. Att. 3, 2.—
    B.
    Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

    contemptum atque abjectum,

    id. Agr. 2, 34:

    verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

    id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

    animus abjectior,

    Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

    animus abjectissimus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.
    1.
    Dispiritedly, despondingly:

    in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—
    2.
    Low, meanly:

    quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

    Tac. Or. 8:

    incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

    improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

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  • 6 Aegaeum

    Aegaeus, a, um, adj., Ægean; hence, Mărĕ Aegaeum (Aigaion pelagos, to, or pontos Aigaios, ho, Xen. Oec. 20, 27), the Ægean Sea, extending eastwards from the coast of Greece to Asia Minor, now called the Archipelago, and by the Turks the White Sea, to distinguish it from the Black Sea:

    insula Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18.—In the poets also absol.: Aegaeum, i, n., for Aegaeum mare:

    in patenti Aegaeo,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 1; Pers. 5, 142; cf. Burm. Prop. 3, 5, 51. [The etymol. was unknown even to the ancients. Acc. to some, from Ægeus, father of Theseus, who threw himself into this sea; acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 2 fin., from aiges, goats, since the sea, from the many islands rising out of it, resembled a flock of goats; Strabo derives the name from Ægææ, a town in Eubœa.]—Hence, adj.: Aegaeus, a, um, pertaining to the Ægean Sea:

    gurges,

    Cic. Arat. 422:

    tumultus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 63:

    Neptunus,

    Verg. A. 3, 74:

    Cyclades, which lie in it,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 8:

    Venus, since she was said to have sprung from the Ægean Sea,

    Stat. Th. 8, 478.

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  • 7 Aegaeus

    Aegaeus, a, um, adj., Ægean; hence, Mărĕ Aegaeum (Aigaion pelagos, to, or pontos Aigaios, ho, Xen. Oec. 20, 27), the Ægean Sea, extending eastwards from the coast of Greece to Asia Minor, now called the Archipelago, and by the Turks the White Sea, to distinguish it from the Black Sea:

    insula Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18.—In the poets also absol.: Aegaeum, i, n., for Aegaeum mare:

    in patenti Aegaeo,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 1; Pers. 5, 142; cf. Burm. Prop. 3, 5, 51. [The etymol. was unknown even to the ancients. Acc. to some, from Ægeus, father of Theseus, who threw himself into this sea; acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 2 fin., from aiges, goats, since the sea, from the many islands rising out of it, resembled a flock of goats; Strabo derives the name from Ægææ, a town in Eubœa.]—Hence, adj.: Aegaeus, a, um, pertaining to the Ægean Sea:

    gurges,

    Cic. Arat. 422:

    tumultus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 63:

    Neptunus,

    Verg. A. 3, 74:

    Cyclades, which lie in it,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 8:

    Venus, since she was said to have sprung from the Ægean Sea,

    Stat. Th. 8, 478.

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  • 8 Eueninus

    Euēnus ( - nos, also Ēvēnus), i, m., = Euênos, a king of Etolia, father of Marpessa; in despair at the loss of whom he threw himself into the river Lycormas, Hyg. Fab. 242; Prop. 1, 2, 18.—
    II.
    The river formerly called Lycormas, now the Fidari, Ov. H. 9, 141; id. M. 9, 104; Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11.—Deriv.. Euēnīnus, a, um, adj., of the river Evenus, Ov. M. 8, 528.

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  • 9 Euenos

    Euēnus ( - nos, also Ēvēnus), i, m., = Euênos, a king of Etolia, father of Marpessa; in despair at the loss of whom he threw himself into the river Lycormas, Hyg. Fab. 242; Prop. 1, 2, 18.—
    II.
    The river formerly called Lycormas, now the Fidari, Ov. H. 9, 141; id. M. 9, 104; Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11.—Deriv.. Euēnīnus, a, um, adj., of the river Evenus, Ov. M. 8, 528.

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  • 10 Euenus

    Euēnus ( - nos, also Ēvēnus), i, m., = Euênos, a king of Etolia, father of Marpessa; in despair at the loss of whom he threw himself into the river Lycormas, Hyg. Fab. 242; Prop. 1, 2, 18.—
    II.
    The river formerly called Lycormas, now the Fidari, Ov. H. 9, 141; id. M. 9, 104; Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11.—Deriv.. Euēnīnus, a, um, adj., of the river Evenus, Ov. M. 8, 528.

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  • 11 Mare Aegaeum

    Aegaeus, a, um, adj., Ægean; hence, Mărĕ Aegaeum (Aigaion pelagos, to, or pontos Aigaios, ho, Xen. Oec. 20, 27), the Ægean Sea, extending eastwards from the coast of Greece to Asia Minor, now called the Archipelago, and by the Turks the White Sea, to distinguish it from the Black Sea:

    insula Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18.—In the poets also absol.: Aegaeum, i, n., for Aegaeum mare:

    in patenti Aegaeo,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 1; Pers. 5, 142; cf. Burm. Prop. 3, 5, 51. [The etymol. was unknown even to the ancients. Acc. to some, from Ægeus, father of Theseus, who threw himself into this sea; acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 2 fin., from aiges, goats, since the sea, from the many islands rising out of it, resembled a flock of goats; Strabo derives the name from Ægææ, a town in Eubœa.]—Hence, adj.: Aegaeus, a, um, pertaining to the Ægean Sea:

    gurges,

    Cic. Arat. 422:

    tumultus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 63:

    Neptunus,

    Verg. A. 3, 74:

    Cyclades, which lie in it,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 8:

    Venus, since she was said to have sprung from the Ægean Sea,

    Stat. Th. 8, 478.

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  • 12 obicio

    ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

    objexis,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

    si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

    cibum canibus,

    Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

    parricidae corpus feris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

    offam (Cerbero),

    Verg. A. 6, 420:

    pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

    Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

    aliquem feris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

    vivos homines laniandos obicere,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    florem veteris vini naribus,

    to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

    brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

    huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

    to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

    exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

    ne objexis manum,

    don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —
    B.
    In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

    Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    carros pro vallo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    ericium portis,

    id. B. C. 3, 67:

    faucibus portūs navem submersam,

    id. ib. 3, 39;

    3, 66: se hostium telis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

    se ei objecit,

    Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

    maximo aggere objecto,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

    objecta tela perfregit,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

    scutum,

    Liv. 2, 10:

    hastas,

    id. 36, 18:

    clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

    oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

    objecit sese ad currum,

    threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

    noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

    nubem oculis,

    Ov. M. 12, 32:

    plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    consulem morti,

    to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

    obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

    id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

    numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

    obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

    id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

    se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

    Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

    alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

    to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

    alicui lucrum,

    to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

    sollicitudinem,

    to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

    terrorem hosti,

    Liv. 27, 1:

    spem,

    id. 6, 14:

    furorem alicui objecit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

    rabiem canibus,

    Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

    mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

    malum mihi obicitur,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

    obicitur animo metus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—
    2.
    To put in the way, interpose:

    omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

    cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

    id. ib. 4, 123.—
    B.
    In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

    criminor, exprobro): facinora,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    alicui multa probra,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

    ignobilitatem alicui,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

    obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

    parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

    Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

    Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

    crimen,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

    de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

    nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lying before or opposite:

    insula objecta Alexandriae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    silva pro nativo muro,

    id. B. G. 6, 10:

    flumina,

    Verg. G. 3, 253:

    Cyprus Syriae objecta,

    Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—
    B.
    Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

    objectus fortunae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    invidiae,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

    ad omnes casus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

    de objectis non confiteri,

    Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

    objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

    Quint. 7, 2, 29:

    objecta diluere,

    id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

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  • 13 objecta

    ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

    objexis,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

    si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

    cibum canibus,

    Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

    parricidae corpus feris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

    offam (Cerbero),

    Verg. A. 6, 420:

    pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

    Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

    aliquem feris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

    vivos homines laniandos obicere,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    florem veteris vini naribus,

    to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

    brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

    huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

    to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

    exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

    ne objexis manum,

    don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —
    B.
    In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

    Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    carros pro vallo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    ericium portis,

    id. B. C. 3, 67:

    faucibus portūs navem submersam,

    id. ib. 3, 39;

    3, 66: se hostium telis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

    se ei objecit,

    Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

    maximo aggere objecto,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

    objecta tela perfregit,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

    scutum,

    Liv. 2, 10:

    hastas,

    id. 36, 18:

    clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

    oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

    objecit sese ad currum,

    threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

    noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

    nubem oculis,

    Ov. M. 12, 32:

    plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    consulem morti,

    to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

    obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

    id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

    numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

    obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

    id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

    se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

    Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

    alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

    to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

    alicui lucrum,

    to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

    sollicitudinem,

    to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

    terrorem hosti,

    Liv. 27, 1:

    spem,

    id. 6, 14:

    furorem alicui objecit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

    rabiem canibus,

    Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

    mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

    malum mihi obicitur,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

    obicitur animo metus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—
    2.
    To put in the way, interpose:

    omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

    cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

    id. ib. 4, 123.—
    B.
    In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

    criminor, exprobro): facinora,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    alicui multa probra,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

    ignobilitatem alicui,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

    obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

    parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

    Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

    Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

    crimen,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

    de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

    nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lying before or opposite:

    insula objecta Alexandriae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    silva pro nativo muro,

    id. B. G. 6, 10:

    flumina,

    Verg. G. 3, 253:

    Cyprus Syriae objecta,

    Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—
    B.
    Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

    objectus fortunae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    invidiae,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

    ad omnes casus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

    de objectis non confiteri,

    Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

    objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

    Quint. 7, 2, 29:

    objecta diluere,

    id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

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  • 14 objicio

    ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

    objexis,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

    si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

    cibum canibus,

    Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

    parricidae corpus feris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

    offam (Cerbero),

    Verg. A. 6, 420:

    pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

    Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

    aliquem feris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

    vivos homines laniandos obicere,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    florem veteris vini naribus,

    to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

    brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

    huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

    to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

    exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

    ne objexis manum,

    don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —
    B.
    In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

    Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    carros pro vallo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    ericium portis,

    id. B. C. 3, 67:

    faucibus portūs navem submersam,

    id. ib. 3, 39;

    3, 66: se hostium telis,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

    se ei objecit,

    Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

    maximo aggere objecto,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

    objecta tela perfregit,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

    scutum,

    Liv. 2, 10:

    hastas,

    id. 36, 18:

    clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

    oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

    objecit sese ad currum,

    threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

    noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

    nubem oculis,

    Ov. M. 12, 32:

    plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    consulem morti,

    to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

    obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

    id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

    numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

    obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

    id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

    se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

    Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

    alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

    to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

    alicui lucrum,

    to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

    sollicitudinem,

    to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

    terrorem hosti,

    Liv. 27, 1:

    spem,

    id. 6, 14:

    furorem alicui objecit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

    rabiem canibus,

    Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

    mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

    malum mihi obicitur,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

    obicitur animo metus,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—
    2.
    To put in the way, interpose:

    omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

    cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

    id. ib. 4, 123.—
    B.
    In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

    criminor, exprobro): facinora,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    alicui multa probra,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

    ignobilitatem alicui,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

    obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

    parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

    Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

    Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

    crimen,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

    de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

    Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

    nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lying before or opposite:

    insula objecta Alexandriae,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    silva pro nativo muro,

    id. B. G. 6, 10:

    flumina,

    Verg. G. 3, 253:

    Cyprus Syriae objecta,

    Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—
    B.
    Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

    objectus fortunae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    invidiae,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

    ad omnes casus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

    de objectis non confiteri,

    Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

    objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

    Quint. 7, 2, 29:

    objecta diluere,

    id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

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    praeceps, cĭpĭtis (old form praecĭ-pes, cĭpis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8; id. et Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 391 Vahl.; abl. praecipiti), adj. [prae-caput].
    I.
    Lit., headforemost, headlong (class.):

    praecipitem trahi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    aliquem praecipitem deicere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

    praeceps ad terram datus,

    dashed to the ground, Liv. 31, 37:

    praeceps curru ab alto Desilit,

    Ov. M. 12, 128:

    hic se praecipitem tecto dedit,

    threw himself headlong from the roof, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41:

    aliquem in praeceps jacere,

    headlong, Tac. A. 4, 22; so,

    jacto in praeceps corpore,

    id. ib. 6, 49; cf.:

    in praeceps deferri,

    Liv. 5, 47.—For in praeceps, in late Lat., per praeceps occurs:

    abiit grex per praeceps in mare,

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 32; id. Judic. 5, 22.—Hence, of one going rapidly, headforemost, headlong:

    de ponte Ire praecipitem in lutum per caputque pedesque,

    Cat. 17, 9:

    se jacere praecipitem e vertice,

    id. 63, 244; Verg. A. 5, 860:

    ab equo praeceps decidit,

    Ov. Ib. 259:

    (apes) praecipites Cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    aliquem praecipitem agere,

    to drive headlong, Cic. Caecin. 21, 60; Verg. A. 5, 456:

    praecipites se fugae mandabant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    Monoeten In mare praecipitem deturbat,

    Verg. A. 5, 175; cf.:

    praeceps amensque cucurri,

    Ov. M. 7, 844:

    praeceps Fertur,

    is borne headlong, rushes, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30:

    nuntii,

    Tac. H. 2, 6.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. things.
    1.
    Of localities, qs. that descend suddenly in front, i. e. downhill, steep, precipitous:

    in declivi ac praecipiti loco,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

    via (opp. plana),

    Cic. Fl. 42, 105:

    saxa,

    Liv. 38, 23:

    fossae,

    Ov. M. 1, 97; Verg. A. 11, 888:

    iter,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74; cf.

    trop.: iter ad malum praeceps ac lubricum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    loci,

    Col. 1, 2:

    mons,

    Plin. Pan. 16.—
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n., a steep place, a precipice:

    turrim in praecipiti stantem,

    Verg. A. 2, 460:

    specus vasto in praeceps hiatu,

    Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

    in praeceps pervenitur,

    Vell. 2, 3, 4:

    immane,

    Juv. 10, 107:

    altissimum,

    App. M. 4, p. 144 med. —In plur.:

    in praecipitia cursus iste deducit,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 4.—
    2.
    Sinking, declining:

    (in vitibus) praecipites palmites dicuntur, qui de hornotinis virgis enati in duro alligantur,

    Col. 5, 6, 33:

    sol Praecipitem lavit aequore currum,

    Verg. G. 3, 359:

    jam praeceps in occasum sol erat,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    dies,

    id. 4, 9; cf.:

    senectus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 3. —
    3.
    In gen., swift, rapid, rushing, violent ( poet.;

    syn.: celer, velox): praeceps Anio,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 13:

    Boreas,

    Ov. M. 2, 185:

    nox,

    fleeting, transient, id. ib. 9, 485:

    procella,

    Stat. Th. 5, 419:

    oceani fragor,

    Val. Fl. 3, 404:

    letum,

    Sen. Hippol. 262:

    remedium,

    Curt. 3, 6, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., headlong, hasty, rash, precipitate.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    noster erus, qui scelestus sacerdotem anum praecipes Reppulit,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

    sol jam praecipitans me quoque haec praecipitem paene evolvere coëgit,

    almost headlong, precipitately, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

    agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

    chase, pursue, id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

    to rush into the abyss, id. Lael. 24, 89:

    quoniam ab inimicis praeceps agor,

    am pursued, Sall. C. 31, 9:

    praeceps celeritas dicendi,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 48: profectio, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6: occumbunt multi letum... praecipe cursu, in rapid destruction, Enn. l. l.—With gen.:

    SI NON FATORVM PRAECEPS HIC MORTIS OBISSET,

    sudden as regards fate, Inscr. Grut. 695, 9, emended by Minervini in Bullet. Arch. Napol. III. 1845, p. 41 (but Minervini's assumption of a new adj., praeceps, from praecipio, anticipating fale, is unnecessary).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Rash, hasty, inconsiderate:

    homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37: praeceps et effrenata mens, id. Cael. 15, 35:

    praeceps consilium et immaturum,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    cogitatio,

    id. Calig. 48:

    audacia,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 7.—
    2.
    Inclined to any thing:

    praeceps in avaritiam et crudelitatem animus,

    Liv. 26, 38:

    praeceps ingenio in iram,

    id. 23, 7:

    animus ad flagitia praeceps,

    Tac. A. 16, 21.—
    3.
    Dangerous, hazardous, critical:

    in tam praecipiti tempore,

    Ov. F. 2, 400.—Hence,
    b.
    Subst.: praeceps, cĭpĭtis, n.
    (α).
    Great danger, extremity, extreme danger, critical circumstances:

    se et prope rem publicam in praeceps dederat,

    brought into extreme danger, Liv. 27, 27:

    levare Aegrum ex praecipiti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 292:

    aeger est in praecipiti,

    Cels. 2, 6.—
    (β).
    The highest part, summit, sublimity (postAug.):

    omne in praecipiti vitium stetit,

    at its point of culmination, Juv. 1, 149:

    debet orator erigi, attolli, efferri, ac saepe accedere ad praeceps,

    to verge on the sublime, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.—Hence, adv.: prae-ceps, headlong.
    1.
    Lit.:

    aliquem praeceps trahere,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    ex his fulgoribus quaedam praeceps eunt, similia prosilientibus stellis,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 15, 2:

    moles convulsa dum ruit intus immensam vim mortalium praeceps trahit atque operit,

    Tac. A. 4, 62:

    toto praeceps se corpore ad undas Misit,

    Verg. A. 4, 253.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam praeceps dabat,

    brought into danger, Tac. A. 6, 17:

    praeceps in exsilium acti,

    suddenly, hastily, Amm. 29, 1, 21.

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