to bite off

prae-mordĕo, morsi and mordi, morsum, 2, v. a., to bite in front, to bite at the end; hence, in gen., to bite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.: ni fugissem, medium, credo, praemorsisset, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 7:

linguam,

Luc. 6, 567:

projectos,

Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 5.—

Transf., to bite off, snip off, crib:

et tamen ex hoc, Quodcumque est, Discipuli custos praemordet,

Juv. 7, 217.

aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, auferre, v. a. [ab-fero; cf. ab init. ], to take or bear off or away, to carry off, withdraw, remove (very freq. in prose and poetry; syn.: tollo, fero, rapio, eripio, diripio, adimo, averto).

In gen.

1.. Lit.:

ab januā stercus,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 18:

dona,

id. Am. prol. 139:

aurum atque ornamenta abs te,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 36:

abstulit eos a conspectu,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 17, 18:

auferas me de terrā hac,

ib. Gen. 47, 30:

vos istaec intro auferte,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 1:

Auferte ista hinc,

Vulg. Joan. 2, 16:

aether multos secum levis abstulit ignīs,

Lucr. 5, 459; 3, 230; 3, 439; 3, 717; 5, 205; 5, 725; 6, 622; Turp. ap. Non. p. 422, 21:

multa domum suam auferebat,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.:

liberi per delectus alibi servituri auferuntur (a Romanis),

are carried away, Tac. Agr. 31:

quem vi abstulerant servi,

Vulg. Gen. 21, 25.—So of sick persons, or those unable to walk:

auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202 (cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 298:

lumbifragium hinc auferes): asoti, qui in mensam vomant et qui de conviviis auferantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. —Auferre se, in colloquial lang., to remove one ' s self, to withdraw, retire, go away:

Te, obsecro hercle, aufer modo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 93:

aufer te domum,

id. As. 2, 4, 63.—

Of bodies that are borne away by wings, by the winds, waves, or any other quick motion, to bear or carry away, sweep away, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

aliquem ad scopulum e tranquillo auferre,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

unda rates,

Prop. 1, 8, 14:

auferor in scopulos,

Ov. M. 9, 593:

auferet,

id. ib. 15, 292 al.:

in silvam pennis ablata refugit,

Verg. A. 3, 258; 11, 867:

ne te citus auferat axis,

Ov. M. 2, 75:

vento secundo vehementi satis profecti celeriter e conspectu terrae ablati sunt,

Liv. 29, 27:

(Bubo) volat numquam quo libuit, sed transversus aufertur,

Plin. 10, 12, 16, § 35:

(milites) pavore fugientium auferebantur,

Tac. A. 4, 73.—

Trop., to carry away, mislead:

te hortor, ut omnia gubernes prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7:

abstulerunt me velut de spatio Graecae res immixtae Romanis,

i. e. have diverted, withdrawn me, from the subject, Liv. 35, 40:

quae contemplatio aufert nos ad ipsorum animalium naturas,

Plin. 27, 13, 120, § 145:

auferre aliquem traversum,

id. 28, 1, 1, § 1 Jan:

ab intentione auferendus auditor,

Quint. 4, 5, 6:

somnus aufert,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 83:

auferimur cultu, i. e. decipimur,

are deceived, duped, Ov. R. Am. 343.—

Esp.,

1.. To take or snatch away; in a good, but more frequently in a bad sense, to take by force, to remove, withdraw, take away violently, rob, steal, etc.:

aliquid eris,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 8:

quod auri, quod argenti, quod ornamentorum in meis urbibus fuit, id mihi tu, C. Verres, eripuisti atque abstulisti,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19:

ab hoc abaci vasa omnia abstuiit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16; so,

pecuniam de aerario,

id. Att. 7, 21:

pecuniam in ventre,

to eat up, to squander, id. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

auriculam mordicus,

to bite off, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4:

vestimentum,

Vulg. Luc. 6, 29:

hi ludi dies quindecim auferent,

Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31:

imperium indignis,

Liv. 3, 67:

legionem,

Tac. H. 4, 48:

consulatum, censuram,

id. ib. 1, 52:

auferat omnia irrita oblivio si potest,

Liv. 28, 29:

spem, voluntatem defensionis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:

fervorem et audaciam,

Liv. 3, 12:

obsequia,

Tac. H. 1, 80:

misericordiam,

id. ib. 3, 84:

spem veniae,

id. A. 14, 23:

studium,

Cat. 68, 19 sq.; and so Hor. C. 3, 12, 5:

metus,

to banish, Verg. A. 12, 316:

curas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26:

somnos,

id. C. 2, 16, 16; id. Epod. 5, 96:

pudorem,

Ov. M. 6, 617:

fugam,

to hinder, prevent, Flor. 3, 10, 3 al. —

To take off or away, to destroy, consume, kill, slay, etc. (mostly poet. or in the Aug. histt.):

Tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis,

Cat. 3, 15:

abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; so id. Epod. 5, 66; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

Auferat hora duos eadem,

Ov. M. 8, 709; 15, 157:

Labienum Varumque acies abstulit,

Vell. 2, 55 fin.:

Quidquid hinc aut illinc communis Mors belli aufert,

Liv. 7, 8; Flor. 3, 17, 9 al.:

Interea quodcumque fuit populabile flammae, Mulciber abstulerat,

had consumed, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 575.—

Of places, to separate, sever, divide:

mare septem stadiorum intervallo Europam auferens Asiae,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75:

Armenia Euphrate amne aufertur Cappadociae,

id. 6, 9, 9, § 25. —

To lay aside some action, manner of speaking, etc.; to cease from, desist from, leave off: proinde istaec tua aufer terricula, Att. ap. Non. p. 227, 31:

jurgium hinc auferas,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

aufer nugas,

id. Truc. 4, 4, 8; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30:

pollicitationes aufer,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 17: Ge. Id nosmet ipsos facere oportet, Phaedria. Ph. Aufer mi "oportet:" quin tu, quod faciam, impera, id. ib. 1, 4, 45 Ruhnk. (cf. Juv. 6, 170):

Aufer abhinc lacrimas,

Lucr. 3, 955:

insolentiam,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 8; so absol.: Insanis? Aufer! away! (where nugas may be supplied, as in Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14.—With inf. as object:

aufer Me vultu terrere,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 43.—

Meton., effect for cause, to corry off ( as the fruit or result of one ' s labor, exertions, errors, etc.), to obtain, get, receive, acquire:

Ecquas viginti minas Paritas ut auferas a me?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 71; 1, 5, 90; id. Curc. 5, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 2, 9; id. Most. 4, 1, 32; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

id inultum numquam auferet,

id. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Ad. 3, 4, 8 (cf. id. And. 1, 2, 4): paucos dies ab aliquo, to obtain a few days ' respite, Cic. Quinct. 5, 20:

quis umquam ad arbitrum quantum petiit, tantum abstulit?

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12; so,

responsum ab aliquo,

id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

decretum,

id. Att. 16, 16, A:

diploma,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 3:

praemium,

Suet. Gram. 17. —Also with ut: ut in foro statuerent (statuas), abstulisti, you have carried the point that they etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59 (so, adsequi, ut, Tac. G. 35).— Trop., to carry away the knowledge of a thing, to learn, understand: quis est in populo Romano, qui hoc non ex priore actione abstulerit? has not learned, does not know, Cic Verr. 2, 1, 8.

morsus, a, um, Part., from mordeo.

morsus, ūs, m. [mordeo], a biting, a bite.

Lit.: contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo aristarum. Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

serpentis,

id. Fat. 16, 36:

morsu apprehendere,

to bite, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

morsibus insequi,

Ov. M. 13, 568:

morsu appetere,

Tac. H. 4, 42:

nec tu mensarum morsus horresce futuros,

the eating, Verg. A. 3, 394:

mucida frusta farinae... non admittentia morsum,

Juv. 5, 69:

vertere morsus Exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi,

their bites, their teeth, id. ib. 7, [p. 1167] 112; so,

zonam morsu tenere,

by the teeth, Juv. 14, 297.—

Transf.

A catching hold; and, concr., that which takes hold, a catch (of a buckle, etc.; poet.):

quā fibulā morsus Loricae crebro laxata resolverat ictu,

Sil. 7, 624:

roboris,

i. e. the cleft of the tree which held fast the javelin, Verg. A. 12, 782:

patulis agitatos morsibus ignes spirent,

Grat. Falisc. 270.—

Sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency:

nec cibus ipse juvat morsu fraudatus aceti,

Mart. 7, 25, 5:

marinus,

acrid quality, Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

et scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses,

i. e. a corroding, consuming, Luc. 1, 243.—

Trop., a bite, sting, pain, vexation, etc.:

(carmina) odio obscuro morsuque venenare,

a malicious attack, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

perpetui curarum morsus,

gnawings, pains, Ov. P. 1, 1, 73:

doloris,

a bite, sting, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

libertatis intermissae,

id. Off. 2, 7, 24:

dubiā morsus famae depellere pugnā,

Sil. 2, 271.

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

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

Lit.

In gen.:

a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:

pro ictu gladiatoris,

id. Mil. 24, 65:

neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum,

id. Caecin. 15, 43:

scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

non caecis ictibus procul ex improviso vulnerabantur,

Liv. 34, 14, 11:

ictu scorpionis exanimato altero,

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

prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 8:

ictus moenium cum terribili sonitu editi,

Liv. 38, 5, 3:

apri,

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

serpentum,

Plin. 23, 1, 11, § 14:

Lesbium servate pedem meique Pollicis ictum,

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

alae,

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

pennarum,

id. 6, 12, 13, § 32:

Phaethon ictu fulminis deflagravit,

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

fulmineus,

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

tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 10:

solis,

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

Phoebei,

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

Phoebi,

Luc. 7, 214:

longe Ejaculatur aquas atque ictibus aëra rumpit,

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

In partic.

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

et pedum et digitorum ictu intervalla signant,

Quint. 9, 4, 51:

modulantium pedum,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

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

Hor. A. P. 253.—

A beat of the pulse:

ictus creber aut languidus,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—

In mal. part.:

multorum,

Juv. 6, 126.—

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

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

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

nec illum habet ictum, quo pellat animum,

id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

sub ictu nostro positum,

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

stare sub ictu Fortunae,

Luc. 5, 729:

tua innocentia sub ictu est,

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

eodem ictu temporis,

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

singulis veluti ictibus bella transigere,

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

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

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

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

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

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

mordĭcus, adv. [mordeo], by biting, with bites, with the teeth, odax (class.).

Lit.:

mordicus arripere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7:

si adbites propius, os denasabit tibi Mordicus,

will bite your nose off, id. Capt. 3, 4, 73; cf. id. Men. 1, 3, 12:

equus eum mordicus interfecit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 9:

premere capita mordicus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124:

auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset,

would have bitten off, id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2:

caudā mordicus apprehensā,

Plin. 8, 37, 55, § 132:

calcibus feriens et mordicus appetens,

App. M. 3, p. 140.—Prov.: mordicus petere aurum e flammā expediat, e ceno cibum, Lucil. ap. Non. 138, 21.—

Trop.:

rem mordicus tenere,

to hold fast to, not give up, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

verba tenent mordicus,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 184 P.

mordĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], biting, snappish:

quem equi mordici distraxerunt (al. mordicus, al. mordicibus),

Hyg. Fab. 273.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

cor-rumpo ( conr-), rāpi, ruptum (rumptum), 3, v. a. (orig., to break to pieces; hence),

To destroy, ruin, waste, bring to naught (class., but less freq. than in the signif. II.].

Lit.:

reliquum frumentum flumine atque incendio corruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

domum et semet igni conrumpunt,

Sall. J. 76, 6; cf.:

plura igni,

id. ib. 92, 3;

92, 8: res familiares,

id. ib. 64, 5:

ungues dentibus,

i. e. to bite, Prop. 2, 4, 3 (13).—

Trop.:

diem,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 31:

animo male'st: corrupta sum atque absumpta sum,

id. Am. 5, 1, 6:

se suasque spes,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere,

to lose, id. C. 43, 3:

consilia,

Vell. 2, 57, 3:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 1, 75:

foedera,

Sil. 12, 303:

omnem prospectum,

id. 5, 34 al. —

With regard to the physical or moral quality of an object, to corrupt, mar, injure, spoil, adulterate, make worse, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

corrumpitur jam cena,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102; so,

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

conclusa aqua facile conrumpitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20; cf.:

aquarum fontes,

Sall. J. 55, 8:

corrupitque lacus, infecit pabula leto,

Verg. G. 3, 481:

coria igni ac lapidibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

ne plora, oculos corrumpis,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ocellos lacrimis,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 57:

artus febribus,

id. H. 19 (20), 117; cf.:

stomachum (medicamentum),

Scrib. Comp. 137:

umor ex hordeo aut frumento in quandam similitudinem vini corruptus,

fermented, Tac. G. 23 init.:

vinum in acorem corrumpitur,

Macr. S. 7, 12, 11.— Poet., without the access. idea of impairing:

ebur corrumpitur ostro,

is stained, Stat. Achill. 1, 308.—

Trop. (so most freq.),

Of personal objects, to corrupt, seduce, entice, mislead:

perde rem, Corrumpe erilem filium,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 20; 1, 1, 27 sq.; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 3, 15:

me ex amore hujus esse corrumptum,

id. As. 5, 2, 33; Ter. And. 2, 3, 22:

mulierem,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 2; cf.

feminas,

Suet. Caes. 50:

(vitiosi principes) non solum obsunt, ipsi quod corrumpuntur, sed etiam quod corrumpunt,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

quos (milites) soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat,

Sall. J. 39, 5; cf. id. C. 53, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over, etc.

With abl.:

aliquem pecuniā,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 53; Sall. J. 34, 1:

auro,

id. ib. 32, 3:

pretio, Cic'. Caecin. 25, 72: turpi largitione,

id. Planc. 15, 37:

donis,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

muneribus,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 57 et saep.—

Without abl.:

ne alios corrumpas, cum me non potueris,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3; id. Lys. 3, 2 bis; Sall. J. 29, 2; Hor. S. 2, 2, 9 et saep.—

Of things as objects, to corrupt, adulterate, falsify, spoil, mar, etc.:

litteras publicas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

tabulas publicas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 104; id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

mores civitatis (opp. corrigere),

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; Quint. 1, 2, 4:

disciplinam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

fides, quam nec cupiditas corrumpat, nec gratia avertat,

Quint. 12, 1, 24:

totidem generibus corrumpitur oratio, quot ornatur,

id. 8, 3, 58:

nomen eorum paulatim Libyes corrupere,

Sall. J. 18, 10; cf. Ov. F. 5, 195:

multo dolore corrupta voluptas,

imbittered, Hor. S. 1, 2, 39:

gratiam,

to forfeit, Phaedr. 4, 24, 18:

(littera) continuata cum insequente in naturam ejus corrumpitur,

Quint. 8, 3, 45; cf.:

oris plurima vitia in peregrinum sonum corrupti,

id. 1, 1, 13:

quamvis sciam non corrumpi in deterius quae aliquando etiam a malis... fiunt,

Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6:

ineluctabilis fatorum vis consilia corrumpit,

Vell. 2, 57, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to II. B. b.), to bribe:

nutricis fidem,

Ov. M. 6, 461.—Hence, corruptus ( conr-, cŏrup-), a, um, P. a., spoiled, marred, corrupted, bad.

Lit.:

caelum,

Lucr. 6, 1135 Munro ad loc.; cf.:

tractus caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138: aqua corruptior jam salsiorque, Auct. B. Alex. 6 fin.:

iter factum corruptius imbri,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95 al. —

Trop.

Of the forms of words, mutilated, corrupted (opp. integer), Quint. 1, 5, 68.—

Bad, corrupt:

quis corruptor juventutis, quis corruptus, qui? etc.,

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

homines conruptissimi,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch.— Subst.: corrupta, ōrum, n., the spoiled parts (of the body), Cels. praef. § 43.— Adv.: corruptē, corruptly, perversely, incorrectly (very rare): judicare neque depravate neque corrupte, * Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71: pronuntiare verba, in a mutilated manner, Gell. 13, 30, 9.— Comp.:

explicare,

Sen. Contr. 2, 9:

intimi libertorum servorumque corruptius quam in privatā domo habiti,

Tac. H. 1, 22; cf. 2, 12 Halm.

mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [manusdo], to commit to one's charge, to enjoin, commission, order, command (syn.: praecipio, edico); constr. alicui aliquid, with ut, ne, the simple subj., or with inf. (class.).

Lit.

Alicui aliquid:

tibi de nostris rebus nihil sum mandaturus per litteras,

Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

praeterea typos tibi mando,

id. Att. 1, 10, 3:

si quid velis, huic mandes,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7:

L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles,

Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1:

alicui mandare laqueum,

to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 57.—With ellipsis of dat.:

tamquam hoc senatus mandasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84:

excusationem,

Suet. Oth. 6:

haec ego numquam mandavi,

Juv. 14, 225.—

With ut or ne:

Voluseno mandat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

mandat ut exploratores in Suebos mittant,

id. ib. 6, 10, 3:

Caesar per litteras Trebonio magnopere mandaverat, ne, etc.,

id. B. C. 2, 13.—

With simple subj.:

huic mandat, Remos reliquosque Belgas adeat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11.—

With object-clause:

mandavit Tigranen Armeniā exturbare,

Tac. A. 15, 2:

non aliter cineres mando jacere meos,

Mart. 1, 88, 10.—

Impers. pass.:

fecerunt ut eis mandatum fuerat,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 21.—

Transf.

In gen., to commit, consign, enjoin, confide, commend, intrust any thing to a person or thing:

ego tibi meas res mando,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 54:

bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 61:

ludibrio habeor... ab illo, quoi me mandavisti, meo viro,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:

(adulescens) qui tuae mandatus est fide et fiduciae,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 99:

aliquem alicui alendum,

Verg. A. 3, 49:

alicui magistratum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59:

honores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81:

filiam viro,

to give in marriage, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

se fugae,

to betake one's self to flight, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

fugae et solitudini vitam suam,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

semen terrae,

i. e. to sow, Col. 1, 7, 6:

hordea sulcis,

Verg. E. 5, 36:

corpus humo,

to bury, id. A. 9, 214:

aliquid memoriae,

Cic. Quint. 6, 24:

litteris,

to commit to writing, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52:

scriptis actiones nostras,

id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

historiae,

id. Div. 2, 32, 69:

monumentis,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

fruges conditas vetustati,

to keep for a long time, to suffer to grow old, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

Alcibiadem interficiendum insidiis mandare,

Just. 5, 2, 5.— Absol.:

Claudio mandante ac volente (opp. invito),

Vop. Aur. 16, 2.—

To charge a person to announce something, to send word to a person or place only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

mandare ad Pisonem, noli, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 25:

mandabat in urbem, nullum proelio finem exspectarent,

sent word, Tac. A. 14, 38:

ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat,

Juv. 3, 46:

senatui mandavit, bellum se ei illaturum,

Eutr. 5, 5:

consulantes, si quid ad uxores suas mandarent,

Flor. 3, 3, 6.—P. a. as subst.: mandā-tum, i, n., a charge, order, commission, injunction, command.

In gen.:

ut mandatum scias me procurasse,

have performed the commission, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 3:

hoc mandatum accepi a Patre,

Vulg. Joh. 10, 18.—More freq. in plur.:

omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi a me voles, mandata des, velim,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2:

dare mandata alicui in aliquem,

id. ib. 3, 11, 5:

dare alicui mandata, ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 6, 3, 6:

accipere ab aliquo,

id. ib. 8, 8, 23:

persequi,

to perform, execute, fulfil, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 2:

audire,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

alicujus exhaurire,

id. Att. 5, 1, 5:

exponere in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

exsequi,

id. Phil. 9, 4, 9; Sall. J. 35, 5:

facere,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72:

perficere,

Liv. 1, 56:

efficere,

Sall. J. 58:

facere,

Curt. 7, 9, 17:

deferre,

to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1:

perferre,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:

neglegere,

to neglect, not perform, Ov. H. 16, 303:

fallere,

id. M. 6, 696:

haec mandata,

Liv. 21, 54, 4: legatis occulta mandata data sint, ut, Just. 34, 1, 5.— Poet., with inf.:

producetque virum, dabit et mandata reverti,

and enjoin him to return, Ov. H. 13, 143.—

Esp. as legal term.

A commission constituting a mutual obligation; hence, in gen., a contract:

mandatum constitit, sive nostra gratia mandamus, sive alienā: id est, sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandem tibi, erit mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 155 sqq.:

itaque mandati constitutum est judicium non minus turpe, quam furti,

i. e. for breach of contract, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111:

actio mandati,

an action for the non-performance of a contract, Dig. 17, 1, 8, § 3.—

An imperial command, mandate, Plin. Ep. 10, 110, 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111:

principum,

Front. Aquaed. 3.—Esp. of the secret orders of the emperors:

(Galba) mandata Neronis de nece sua deprenderat,

Suet. Galb. 9; id. Tib. 52:

occulta mandata,

Tac. A. 2, 43:

fingere scelesta mandata,

id. ib. 2, 71; 3, 16; id. H. 4, 49.—

In eccl. lang., the law or commandment of God:

mandatum hoc, quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, non supra te est,

Vulg. Deut. 30, 11:

nec custodisti mandata,

id. 1 Reg. 13, 13:

maximum et primum mandatum,

id. Matt. 22, 38.

mando, di, sum (in the dep. form mandor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), 3, v. a. [akin to madeo, properly to moisten; hence], to chew, masticate (syn. manduco).

Lit. (class.):

animalia alia sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

asini lentissime mandunt,

Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 54; Col. 6, 2, 14.— Poet.:

(equi) fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,

i. e. champ, Verg. A. 7, 279:

tristia vulnera saevo dente,

i. e. to eat the flesh of slaughtered animals, Ov. M. 15, 92.—In part. perf.: mansum ex ore daturum, Lucil. ap. Non. 140, 14; Varr. ib. 12:

omnia minima mansa in os inserere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

ut cibos mansos ac prope liquefactos demittimus,

Quint. 10, 1, 19.—

Transf., in gen., to eat, devour (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): quom socios nostros mandisset impiu' Cyclops, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. (Ann. v. 141 Vahl.):

apros,

Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

Diomedes immanibus equis mandendos solitus objectare advenas,

to throw to them for food, Mel. 2, 2.— Poet.: mandere humum (like mordere humum), to bite the ground, said of those who fall in battle, Verg. A. 11, 669; so,

compressa aequora,

Val. Fl. 3, 106: corpora Graiorum maerebat mandier igni, to be consumed, Matius in Varr. L. L. 6, § 95 Müll.

mando, ōnis, m. [2. mando], a glutton, gormandizer: mandonum gulae, Lucil. ap. Non. 17, 16; cf. manduco.

prae-rōdo, no perf., sum, 3, v. a.

To gnaw in front, to gnaw at the end or tip ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

digitos suos,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 93:

teneros pampinos,

Col. Arbor. 15.—

To gnaw, bite, or nibble off:

praeroso hamo,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 25:

praerosa dentibus lingua,

Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87:

conger et muraena caudas inter se praerodentes,

id. 9, 62, 88, § 185.

prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).

Lit.:

pede pedem alicui premere,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

Verg. A. 7, 518:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

id. ib. 2, 379:

novercae Monstra manu premens,

id. ib. 8, 288:

pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

premere terga genu alicujus,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

ubera plena,

i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

vestigia alicujus,

to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

Juv. 1, 43:

dente frena,

to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

ore aliquid,

to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

aliquid morsu,

Lucr. 3, 663:

presso molari,

with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

pressum lac,

i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

uxorem,

Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

feminas premunt galli,

Mart. 3, 57, 17.—

Transf.

Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

premere litora,

Ov. M. 14, 416:

litus,

to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

aëra,

i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—

Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

premere frena manu,

Ov. M. 8, 37:

ferrum,

to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

capulum,

id. 2, 615.—

Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

toros,

Ov. H. 12, 30:

sedilia,

id. M. 5, 317:

hoc quod premis habeto,

id. ib. 5, 135:

et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

id. ib. 2, 421:

humum,

to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—

To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

aliquid terrā,

to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

nonumque prematur in annum,

kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

ossa male pressa,

i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

ut premerer sacrā lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

molli Fronde crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 147:

canitiem galeā,

id. ib. 9, 612:

mitrā capillos,

Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—

To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

os fingit premendo,

id. A. 6, 80:

caseos,

id. E. 1, 35:

mollem terram,

Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—

To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

hostes de loco superiore,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

id. B. C. 3, 46:

hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

Verg. A. 1, 467:

Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

Verg. A. 8, 473:

obsidione urbem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

ad retia cervum,

Verg. G. 3, 413:

spumantis apri cursum clamore,

id. A. 1, 324:

bestias venatione,

Isid. 10, 282.—

To press down, burden, load, freight:

nescia quem premeret,

on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

tergum equi,

id. ib. 8, 34;

14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

pressae carinae,

Verg. G. 1, 303:

pressus membra mero,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

auro phaleras,

to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—

To press into, force in, press upon:

(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

Ov. F. 1, 355:

presso sub vomere,

Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

presso aratro,

Tib. 4, 1, 161:

alte ensem in corpore,

Stat. Th. 11, 542:

et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

et cubito remanete presso,

leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —

To make with any thing ( poet.):

aeternā notā,

Ov. F. 6, 610:

littera articulo pressa tremente,

id. H. 10, 140:

multā via pressa rotā,

id. ib. 18, 134.—

To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

Ov. M. 2, 135:

humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —

In partic.

To set, plant:

virgulta per agros,

Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—

To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

vestigio leviter presso,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

id. Sest. 5, 13:

sulcum premere,

to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

Front. Strat. 1, 5:

fossa pressa,

Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

Curt. 5, 1, 28.—

To strike to the ground, to strike down:

tres famulos,

Verg. A. 9, 329:

paucos,

Tac. H. 4, 2.—

To press closely, compress, press together, close:

oculos,

Verg. A. 9, 487:

alicui fauces,

Ov. M. 12, 509:

laqueo collum,

to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

Ov. M. 9, 78:

presso gutture,

compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

choked, id. 14, 221:

amplexu presso,

united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

oscula jungere pressa,

to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

pressa basia,

Mart. 6, 34, 1:

presso gradu incedere,

in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

pede presso,

id. 8, 8.—

In partic.

To shorten, tighten, draw in:

pressis habenis,

Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

laxas dure habenas,

id. ib. 1, 63).—

To keep short, prune:

Calenā falce vitem,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

luxuriem falce,

Ov. M. 14, 628:

falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

molle salictum,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—

To check, arrest, stop:

premere sanguinem,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

vestigia pressit,

Verg. A. 6, 197:

attoniti pressere gradum,

Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—

To press out, bring out by pressure:

tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—

To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—

Trop.

To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

aerumnae, quae me premunt,

Sall. J. 14, 22:

pressus gravitate soporis,

bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

invidia et odio populi premi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

premi periculis,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

cum a me premeretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

aliquem verbo,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

criminibus veris premere aliquem,

Ov. M. 14, 401:

cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

mortali urgemur ab hoste,

Verg. A. 10, 375:

premere reum voce, vultu,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

crimen,

to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

confessionem,

to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

argumentum etiam atque etiam,

to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

Verg. A. 3, 47:

maerore pressa,

Sen. Oct. 103:

veritate pressus negare non potuit,

overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—

Transf.

To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

dum nocte premuntur,

Verg. A. 6, 827:

curam sub corde,

id. ib. 4, 332:

odium,

Plin. Pan. 62:

iram,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

id. ib. 13, 16:

interius omne secretum,

Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

dolorem silentio,

Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

aliquid ore,

Verg. A. 7, 103:

jam te premet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—

To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

Liv. 22, 12:

arma Latini,

Verg. A. 11, 402:

opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

famam alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 49:

premere ac despicere,

Quint. 11, 1, 16:

premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—

To surpass, exceed:

facta premant annos,

Ov. M. 7, 449:

ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

id. P. 3, 1, 116:

quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—

To rule ( poet.):

dicione premere populos,

Verg. A. 7, 737:

imperio,

id. ib. 1, 54:

Mycenas Servitio premet,

id. ib. 1, 285.—

To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

premebat reum crimen,

id. 3, 13, 1.—

To compress, abridge, condense:

haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—

To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

sub imo Corde gemitum,

Verg. A. 10, 464:

vocem,

to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

sermones vulgi,

to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—

To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.

Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.

Lit.:

presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

Liv. 8, 8, 9:

presso gradu,

id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

Ov. M. 3, 17.—

Trop.

Of the voice or manner, subdued:

haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—

Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

color pressus,

Pall. 4, 13, 4:

color viridi pressior,

Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

spadices pressi,

Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—

Esp., of an orator or of speech.

Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

Quint. 10, 1, 102:

pressus et demissus stilus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—

Close, exact, accurate:

Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

Gell. 2, 6, 5:

quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

cogitationes pressiores,

id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—

Closely, tightly.

Lit.:

vites pressius putare,

Pall. 12, 9:

pressius colla radere,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—

Trop.

Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—

Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

definire presse et anguste,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

abundanter dicere, an presse,

Quint. 8, 3, 40:

pressius et astrictius scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—

Without ornament, simply:

unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—

Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

definiunt pressius,

id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

Gell. 1, 3, 21.

pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3 (old fut. perf. pepugero, Att. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 10; perf. punxi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.:

pupungi, in pungit, punxit, pupungit,

Not. Tir. p. 131; scanned pŭpūgi, Prud. steph. 9, 59), v. a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence also pugil, pugnus; Gr. pux, etc.], to prick, puncture (class.).

Lit.:

aliquem,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24:

acu comatoriā mihi malas pungebat,

Petr. 21:

vulnus quod acu punctum videretur,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65.—

Transf.

To pierce into, penetrate, enter:

corpus,

Lucr. 2, 460 (v. the passage in connection).—

To affect sensibly, to sting, bite: ut pungat colubram: cum pupugerit, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.:

pungunt sensum,

Lucr. 4, 625:

aliquem manu,

to pinch, Petr. 87 fin.:

nitrum adulteratum pungit,

has a pungent taste, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—

To press, hasten:

futura pungunt, nec se superari sinunt,

Pub. Syr. v. 177 Rib.—

Trop., to prick, sting, vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy, etc.:

scrupulus aliquem stimulat ac pungit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

epistula illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 158:

pungit me, quod scribis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 1:

si paupertas momordit, si ignominia pupugit,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

quos tamen pungit aliquid,

id. ib. 5, 35, 102:

odi ego, quos numquam pungunt suspiria somnos,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27. —Hence, punctus, a, um, P. a., pricked in, like a point; hence, of time: puncto tempore (cf.: puncto temporis; v. infra), in an instant, in a moment (only in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 263; 456; 1006; 4, 216; 6, 230.—Hence, subst. in two forms.

punctum, i, n., that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture.

Lit. (very rare), Mart. 11, 45, 6.—

Transf.

A point, small spot (as if made by pricking):

ova punctis distincta,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 144:

gemma sanguineis punctis,

id. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

puncta quae terebrantur acu,

Mart. 11, 46, 2:

ferream frontem convulnerandam praebeant punctis,

i. e. with the marks of slavery, Plin. Pan. 35.—

In partic.

A point made in writing, Aus. Epigr. 35, 1; 145, 5;

as a punctuation mark,

Diom. p. 432 P.—

A mathematical point. Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—

A point or spot on dice: quadringenis in punctum sestertiis aleam lusit, Suet. Ner. [p. 1492] 30; Aus. Prof. 1, 29.—

A point or dot as the sign of a vote, made in a waxen tablet, before the introduction of separate ballots;

hence, transf.,

a vote, suffrage, ballot, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Mur. 34, 72; id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—Hence, poet., applause, approbation:

omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,

Hor. A. P. 343:

discedo Alcaeus puncto illius,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 99; Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 5.—

A point on the bar of a steelyard, indicating the weight:

diluis helleborum, certo compescere puncto nescius examen,

Pers. 5, 100.—

A small part of any thing divided or measured off, e.g.,

A small weight, Pers. 5, 100.—

A small liquid measure, Front. Aquaed. 25.—

A small portion of time, an instant, a moment (cf. momentum):

puncto temporis eodem,

in the same moment, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; cf.:

ne punctum quidem temporis,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 7:

nullo puncto temporis intermisso,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 52; Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—In plur.:

omnibus minimis temporum punctis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 67:

animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

temporis puncto omnes Uticam relinquunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.; Plin. Pan. 56:

horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

diei,

Lucr. 4, 201.—Rarely absol.:

punctum est quod vivimus et adhuc puncto minus,

Sen. Ep. 49, 14, 3:

puncto brevissimo dilapsa domus,

App. M. 9, p. 235, 30; cf.:

quod momentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile aut vacuum laude,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2; Vulg. Isa. 54, 7.—

In space, a point:

ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri, quo quasi punctum ejus attingimus, poeniteret,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—

In discourse, a small portion, brief clause, short section, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Aus. Idyll. 12 prooem.—

puncta, ae, f. (very rare), a prick, puncture, Veg. Mil. 1, 12.