to break through

perfringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [perfrango], to break through, to break or dash in pieces, to shiver, shatter (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

elephanto pugno perfregisti bracchium,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 26:

jumenta ingredientia nivem... jactandis gravius in connitendo ungulis penitus perfringebant,

broke through, Liv. 21, 36, 8:

saxo perfracto capite,

his skull fractured by a stroke of a stone, id. 4, 28 fin.:

tempora fulvo protecta capillo,

Ov. M. 12, 274:

perfracto saxo sortes erupisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

Olympum fulmine,

Ov. M. 1, 154:

nucem,

Plin. 10, 12, 14, § 30:

aliquid,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 7, 85:

tabulationem,

id. B. C. 2, 9:

naves perfregerant proras, litori illisas,

had been wrecked, Liv. 22, 20.—

In partic., to break or burst through, to force one's way through any obstacle:

hostium phalangem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

aciem,

Sil. 9, 362:

muros,

Tac. H. 3, 20:

domos,

to break into, id. ib. 4, 1.—

Trop.

To break through, violate, infringe:

decreta senatūs,

Cic. Mil. 32, 87:

leges,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

ac prosternere omnia cupiditate ac furore,

id. Clu. 6, 15.—

To break or burst through: omnia repagula juris, pudoris et officii perfringere. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

perfringere et labefactare tantam conspirationem bonorum omnium,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 22:

animos suavitate,

to affect powerfully, id. Brut. 9, 38.— Absol.:

haec (eloquentia) modo perfringit, modo irrepit in sensus,

Cic. Or. 28, 97.

per-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a., to break through.

Neutr., to break or rush through, to force one's way through:

per medios hostes perrumpunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 39:

in vestibulum templi,

Liv. 3, 18:

in urbem,

id. 10, 41:

in triclinium usque,

Suet. Oth. 8.— Impers. pass.:

nec per castra eorum perrumpi ad Capuam posse,

Liv. 26, 7. —

In gen., to break through any thing:

ut rates perrumperet,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

perrumpitur concretus aër,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

bipenni Limina,

Verg. A. 2, 479:

laterum cratem,

Ov. M. 12, 370:

costam,

Cels. 8, 9.—

In partic., to force one's way through any thing:

paludem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

acie perruptā,

Vell. 2, 112, 6; Tac. H. 2, 44:

perruptus hostis,

id. A. 1, 51:

Acheronta,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 36.—

Trop., to break through, break down, overcome:

leges,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

periculum,

id. Part. 32, 112:

quaestiones,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 13:

perrumpi affectu aliquo,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

magistratus, qui te invito perrumpunt,

overcome your modesty, id. ib. 4, 40:

fastidia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 25.

rumpo, rūpi, ruptum ( inf. paragog. rumpier, Afran. Com. 127), 3, v. a. [root rup], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture; to break asunder, burst in pieces, force open, etc. (very freq. and class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets; cf. frango).

Lit.: SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Fest. S. V. TALIO, p. 274; and ap. Gell. 20, 1, 14; cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.:

vincula,

Lucr. 3, 83; Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Prop. 4, 10, 4; Verg. A. 10, 233 al.:

catenas,

Prop. 3, 13, 11; Hor. S. 2, 7, 70; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3:

frena pudoris,

Prop. 4, 18, 3:

obstantia claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

teretes plagas (aper),

id. C. 1, 1, 28:

pontem,

to break down, Liv. 7, 9; cf.:

rupti torrentibus pontes,

Quint. 2, 13, 16:

montem aceto (Hannibal),

Juv. 10, 153:

Alpes,

Sil. 11, 135:

arcum,

Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

plumbum (aqua),

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

carinam (sinus Noto remugiens),

id. Epod. 10, 20:

tenta cubilia tectaque,

id. ib. 12, 12:

vestes,

Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:

tenues a pectore vestes,

id. A. A. 3, 707:

sinus pariterque capillos,

id. M. 10, 722:

linum ruptum aut turbata cera,

Quint. 12, 8, 13:

praecordia ferro,

to penetrate, Ov. M. 6, 251; 5, 36; cf.:

guttura cultro,

to cut, id. ib. 15, 465:

colla securi,

id. ib. 12, 249:

nubem (vis venti),

to sunder, rive, Lucr. 6, 432:

fulmen nubes rumpit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 58, 1:

spiritus rumpit nubes,

id. ib. 2, 54, 3:

ruptae nubes et in pronum solutae,

id. ib. 5, 12, 1:

caelum,

Sil. 3, 196:

polum,

id. 1, 135: turbo ruptus, breaking or bursting forth, Verg. A. 2, 416 et saep.:

tuā causā rupi ramices,

burst, ruptured, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30:

suos ramices,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 37:

inflatas vesiculas,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

pectora fremitu (leones),

Lucr. 3, 297:

illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes,

filled to repletion, Verg. G. 1, 49; Col. 10, 307:

frugibus rupta congestis horrea,

Sid. 1, 6:

ilia,

Cat. 11, 20; 80, 7; Verg. E. 7, 26; cf. with a personal object:

rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15.—Esp. reflexively, to burst or split one ' s self, to burst, split, etc.:

me rupi causā currendo tuā,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 43; id. Capt. prol. 14; Lucil. ap. Non. 88, 11; 382, 23:

ut me ambulando rumperet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 21:

non, si te ruperis, Par eris,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 319.— Mid.: ego misera risu clandestino rumpier, to burst, split, Afran. ap. Non. 382, 21 (Com. Rel. p. 154 Rib.); so,

frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

Verg. E. 8, 71:

quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, nunc ne movear quidem,

could have burst, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

et inflatas rumpi vesiculas,

id. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf.:

rumpantur iniqui, Vicimus,

Prop. 1, 8, 27:

miser Rumperis (sc. irā) et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136: rumpere viam, iter, etc., to force a passage, make one ' s way by force: ferro rumpenda per hostes Est via, a passage must be burst or forced through, Verg. A. 10, 372; cf.:

eo nisi corporibus armisque rupere cuneo viam,

Liv. 2, 50:

rupta via,

Quint. 9, 4, 63:

viam igne,

Stat. Th. 8, 469:

iter ferro,

Sil. 4, 196 (with reserare viam);

15, 782: Alpes,

id. 11, 135:

rupto sonuit sacer aequore Titan,

Val. Fl. 2, 37:

cursus,

id. ib. 1, 3; Sil. 7, 568 et saep.:

rumpere media agmina,

to burst through, break through, Verg. A. 12, 683; cf.:

proelia misso equo,

Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 10, 62):

ruptā mersum caput obruit undā,

Ov. M. 11, 569:

mediam aciem,

Liv. 26, 5:

pugnantibus acies rumpenda,

Just. 1, 6, 11:

ordines,

Liv. 6, 13:

aditus,

Verg. A. 2, 494:

parvos hiatus,

Sil. 5, 616:

fontem,

to break open, cause to break forth, Ov. M. 5, 257:

fontes abyssae magnae,

Vulg. Gen. 7, 11: se rumpere, to break out, burst forth ( = erumpere):

ubi sub lucem densa inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii,

Verg. G. 1, 446:

tantus se nubibus imber Ruperat,

id. A. 11, 548:

unde altus primum se erumpit Enipeus,

id. G. 4, 368; so,

rumpi, in mid. force: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus,

id. ib. 3, 428:

alicui reditum,

to cut off, Hor. Epod. 13, 15.— Absol.: offendit, fregit, rumpit, icit poculo, wounds, Afran. ap. Non. 124, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 173 Rib.); so, si quis rumpet occidetve insciens ne fraus esto, an ancient form of rogation in Liv. 22, 10, 5; cf. Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 17. —

Trop., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt, etc.:

hunc quisquam... foedera scientem neglexisse, violasse, rupisse dicere audebit?

Cic. Balb. 5, 13; so,

foedera,

Lucr. 2, 254; Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35:

foedus,

Liv. 3, 25, 5; 42, 40, 3:

imperium,

Curt. 10, 2, 15; Tac. A. 13, 36; id. H. 3, 19:

sacramenti religionem,

Liv. 28, 27:

reverentiam sacramenti,

Tac. H. 1, 12:

fidem induciarum, pacis, etc.,

Liv. 9, 40 fin.; 24, 29; Verg. G. 4, 213; Flor. 4, 2, 16:

jus gentium,

Liv. 4, 17:

hostium jus et sacra legationis et fas gentium,

Tac. A. 1, 42:

rogationes vos rogatas rumpitis,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24:

edicta,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 22:

decreta,

Ov. M. 15, 780:

leges,

Luc. 4, 175:

constat, agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

is made void, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; cf.:

jura testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum,

id. ib. 1, 38, 173:

nuptias,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 7:

amores,

Verg. A. 4, 292:

condiciones pacis,

Vell. 2, 48, 5:

obsequium,

Suet. Galb. 16:

fata aspera,

Verg. A. 6, 882:

fati necessitatem humanis consiliis,

Liv. 1, 42:

ne me e somno excitetis et rumpatis visum,

break in upon, interrupt, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; so,

somnum,

Verg. A. 7, 458; cf. Sen. Ep. 51, 12:

sacra,

Verg. A. 8, 110:

carmina,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 539:

ut vero amplexus fessi rupere supremos,

Val. Fl. 5, 32:

strepitu silentia rumpi,

Lucr. 4, 583:

silentia (verbis),

Verg. A. 10, 64; Ov. M. 1, 208; 11, 598; Hor. Epod. 5, 85; Val. Fl. 3, 509; Plin. Pan. 55, 4:

diutinum silentium,

App. M. 10, p. 239, 14:

taciturnitatem,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

patientiam,

Suet. Tib. 24:

en age, segnes Rumpe moras,

break off, end delay, Verg. G. 3, 43; so,

rumpe moras,

id. A. 4, 569; 9, 13; Ov. M. 15, 583 Bach, N. cr.; Val. Fl. 1, 306; Mart. 2, 64, 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf.:

rumpunt moras,

Luc. 1, 264:

otia,

Verg. A. 6, 813.— Poet.: rumpit has imo pectore voces, breaks forth, breaks out in, gives vent to, utters, etc., Verg. A. 11, 377; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 2, 129; 3, 246; Sil. 8, 301; Tac. A. 6, 20:

questus,

Verg. A. 4, 553; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 249:

gemitum,

Sil. 4, 458.

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ē-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to cause to break or burst forth; to burst, sunder (rare; mostly ante-class.).

Lit.:

(brassica) tumida concoquit, eadem erumpit,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

ignes,

Lucr. 1, 725; cf. id. 6, 583; Cic. Arat. 111:

Achates et Aeneas erumpere nubem ardebant,

Verg. A. 1, 580:

cum sanguis eruptus est,

Scrib. Comp. 84: se erumpere, in the neuter signif., to break or burst forth, Lucr. 4, 1111; cf.:

portis se foras erumpunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 1:

et caput, unde altus primum se erumpit Enipeus,

Verg. G. 4, 368.—

Trop.:

gaudium,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 2:

ne in me stomachum erumpant, cum sint tibi irati,

Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 8, 3; cf.:

iram in hostes,

Liv. 36, 7, 13: sic illi invidiosa conjunctio ad bellum se erupit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2; Tib. 4, 1, 88.—Far more frequent and class.,

Neutr., to break out, to burst or sally forth.

Lit.

In gen.:

ex castris,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin.; cf.:

ignes ex Aetnae vertice,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; and:

ex stagno amnes,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86:

tempestates,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 2:

ne quo loco erumperent Pompeiani,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44, 4; cf.

portis,

Sall. J. 99, 1:

a porta,

Liv. 34, 26:

sive noctu, sive interdiu erumperent,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 2; so absol., Liv. 9, 37; 29, 33 al.; cf.:

abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1:

per hostes,

to break through, Liv. 22, 50, 8; cf.:

inter tela hostium,

Sall. J. 101, 9:

ad Catilinam,

id. Cat. 43, 2; Curt. 6, 3, 5 et saep.—

In partic., to burst forth in growing, to shoot up, sprout out:

folium e latere,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52:

lentor cortice,

id. 13, 6, 12, § 54:

hordeum,

id. 18, 7, 10, § 51:

dentes,

id. 11, 37, 64, § 170.—

Trop., to break out, to burst forth:

cum illa conjuratio ex latebris atque ex tenebris erupisset,

Cic. Sest. 4, 9:

si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?

are disclosed, Cic. Cat. 1, 3:

qui ex media (oratione) erumpit,

breaks away, digresses, Quint. 4, 3, 17:

risus quo pacto ita repente erumpat,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 235; cf.:

aliquando vera vox,

id. Phil. 10, 9, 19:

affectus,

Quint. 9, 3, 54; cf.

lacrimae,

id. 11, 3, 75:

verba vi quadam veritatis,

id. 9, 2, 76 et saep.:

furor,

Cic. Sull. 24; cf.:

curae privatae in certaminibus publicis erumpebant,

Liv. 7, 21:

seditio,

id. 28, 24, 12; Tac. H. 1, 26:

lumen dicendi per obstantia,

Quint. 12, 9, 5:

ut odia occulta civium in fortunas optimi cujusque erumperent,

Cic. Mur. 23, 47; cf. id. ib. 38, 81; id. Cat. 1, 13, 31; so, vitia in amicos, id. Lael [p. 659] 21:

iracundia in naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8, 3:

conspirationes in rempublicam,

Quint. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

vereor ne istaec fortitudo in nervum erumpat,

i. e. may end in bringing you to the stocks, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 11 Ruhnk.; cf.:

aliquid in omnium perniciem,

Liv. 34, 61:

omnia, quae per hoc triennium agitata sunt, in hos dies, in hos menses, in hoc tempus erumpunt,

Cic. Mur. 38:

elisa (vox) in illum sonum erumpit,

Quint. 11, 3, 51:

in aliquem voluptatis affectum,

id. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 51; Tac. A. 11, 35; cf.:

in omne genus crudelitatis,

Suet. Tib. 61; id. Cal. 6:

rem ad ultimum seditionis erupturam,

Liv. 2, 45; cf.:

ad majora vitia,

Suet. Ner. 27:

quorsus (dominatio) eruptura sit horremus,

Cic. Att. 2, 21; cf.:

huc ejus affectus, ut, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 64.

scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. [p. 1643] Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [akin to Gr. schizô, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio], to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf. ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).

Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:

crines,

Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:

capillos,

id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.

, in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,

Ov. M. 8, 526:

vela,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

epistulam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

vestem,

to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:

vestem tibi de corpore,

Prop. 2, 5, 21:

pecora scindunt herbarum radices,

Col. 2, 18, 2:

asini me mordicibus scindant,

tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:

sinus,

Ov. M. 10, 386:

latus flagello,

id. Ib. 185:

lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,

Sil. 1, 172:

vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,

bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:

et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,

wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:

vallum,

to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:

limen portae,

to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:

pontem,

to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:

cuneis lignum,

to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:

quercum cuneis,

id. A. 7, 510:

cuneis fissile robur,

id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:

ferro aequor (i. e. humum),

id. G. 1, 50; cf.

solum,

id. ib. 2, 399:

vomere terram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

freta ictu (remorum),

id. M. 11, 463:

puppis aquas,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:

fluvios natatu,

Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:

tellurem mare scindit,

Luc. 3, 61:

agmen,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:

labra,

to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:

obsonium,

to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.

nihil (edulium),

Mart. 3, 12, 2:

aves in frusta,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—

Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:

dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,

Tac. G. 43:

frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,

Mel. 2, 4, 7.—

Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,

Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:

se (lutamenta),

Cato, R. R. 128:

se (nubes),

Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:

omnis fumus, vapor, etc.... scinduntur per iter flexum,

Lucr. 4, 91:

scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,

Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.— Absol.:

sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—

To destroy:

scindunt proceres Pergamum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—

Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:

aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,

Lucr. 3, 994:

quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,

id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:

ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,

was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:

verba fletu,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:

vox scinditur,

is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:

sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,

divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:

naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 89, 16:

scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,

Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:

scindebatur in multiplices curas,

Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.

Lit.:

folia pluribus divisuris,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:

vitis folio,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:

scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,

id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:

alumen,

Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:

scissile alumen,

Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):

vestibus,

Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—

Trop.:

genus vocum,

harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.

per-vādo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n., to go or come through, to pass or press through, to spread through (class.; syn. penetro).

Lit., constr. with acc. alone, or with per, ad, or in, and absol.: pervade polum, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.):

incendium per agros pervasit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 66:

per omnis partis provinciae te tamquam aliquam calamitosam pestem tempestatemque pervasisse,

id. ib. 2, 1, 38, §

96: ne cum in Siciliā quidem fuit... pars ejus belli in Italiam ulla pervasit,

id. ib. 2, 5, 2, §

6: per aequa et iniqua loca pervadunt,

Liv. 25, 14, 9:

pervadere usque ad vallum,

id. 26, 5; 37, 25:

pars magna equitum ad terga pugnantium pervasit,

id. 42, 7, 7:

Thessaliam cum exercitu pervadit, id, 42, 13, 8: venenum ita cunctos ejus artus pervasit, ut, etc.,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

impetu equi pervasit,

id. ib. 2, 17.—In pass.:

pervasā urbe,

Amm. 24, 2, 13:

pervasis regionibus,

id. 31, 3, 1; Sedul. 3, 309.—

Transf., to go, come, arrive anywhere:

ut quaedam calamitas pervadere videretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44:

in nares,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

ad castra,

Liv. 7, 36.—

Trop.

To spread through, penetrate, pervade:

opinio, quae per animos gentium barbararum pervaserat,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

quo non illius diei fama pervaserit,

id. ib. 15, 44:

quas oras quasi morbus quidam illius furoris pervaserat,

id. Sull. 19, 53.—With acc.:

cum fama ea urbem atque forum pervasisset,

Liv. 5, 7, 6:

murmur totam contionem pervasit,

id. 26, 15, 9; 2, 23, 7:

pervasit jam multos ista persuasio, ut, etc.,

Quint. 8, 2, 21:

capesse, per deos, rem publicam, et omnia aspera pervade,

to break through, overcome, Sall. Or. ad Caes. Rep. Ord. 1, 6:

pallor ora,

Sil. 7, 427:

magnam Asiae partem cis Euphraten tanti mali fama pervaserat,

Curt. 10, 5, 18; cf.:

ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit, per omnis velut continens incendium pervasurum,

Liv. 37, 25, 6:

victoriae Romanae fama cum pervasisset in Asiam,

id. 45, 10, 1:

terror in totam penitus aciem pervasit,

id. 8, 9, 11:

ex contagione, velut tabes, in Perrhaebiam quoque id pervaserat malum (i. e. seditiones),

id. 42, 5, 7. —

To arrive at, reach a place:

fines,

Lucr. 1, 556:

locus, quo non nostrorum hominum libido pervaserit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 307.

dī-vĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 ( perf. sync. divisse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169), v. a. [root vidh-, to part, split; Sanscr. vidhyati, to penetrate, whence vidhava; Lat. vidua].

To force asunder, part, separate, divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo, dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.: Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20; and id. N. D. 3, 10:

discludere mundum membraque dividere,

Lucr. 5, 440; cf.:

si omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12:

crassum aërem,

id. Tusc. 1, 19 fin. (with perrumpere); cf.

nubila,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

muros,

to break through, Verg. A. 2, 234:

marmor cuneis,

to split, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14; cf.:

hunc medium securi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

mediam frontem ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 751; also simply, insulam, for to divide into two parts, Liv. 24, 6.— Poet.:

vagam caelo volucrem,

i. e. to cleave, to shoot, Sil. 2, 90:

sol... in partes non aequas dividit orbem,

Lucr. 5, 683;

so Galliam in partes tres,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

vicum in duas partes flumine,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

civitatem Helvetiam in quatuor pagos,

id. ib. 1, 12, 4:

populum unum in duas partes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 5; id. B. C. 1, 35, 3:

divisi in factiones,

Suet. Ner. 20 et saep.—

Transf.

For distribuere, to divide among several, to distribute, apportion:

praedam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 72:

argentum,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 3:

pecudes et agros,

Lucr. 5, 1109; cf.

agros,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

agrum viritim,

id. Brut. 14, 57; cf.:

bona viritim,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

munera, vestem, aurum, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 7 et saep.:

nummos in viros,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 30:

Thracia in Rhoemetalcen inque liberos Cotyis dividitur,

Tac. A. 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 3, 38. So of distributing troops in any place:

equitatum in omnes partes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4:

exercitum omnem passim in civitates,

Liv. 28, 2; cf. id. 6, 3 fin.:

Romanos in custodiam civitatium,

id. 43, 19; cf. id. 37, 45 fin.; cf.

also: conjuratos municipatim,

Suet. Caes. 14:

agros viritim civibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14; so with dat. (most freq.):

agrum sordidissimo cuique,

Liv. 1, 47; cf. id. 34, 32; Suet. Caes. 20 et saep.:

tabellas toti Italiae,

Cic. Sull. 15:

praedam militibus,

Sall. J. 91, 6:

loca praefectis,

Liv. 25, 30:

duo praedia natis duobus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 169:

oscula nulli,

id. C. 1, 36, 6 et saep.; cf.

in double construction: divisit in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti,

Liv. 40, 59:

inter participes praedam,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 5; so,

inter se,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 30; Nep. Thras. 1 fin.:

per populum fumantia (liba),

Ov. F. 3, 672; so,

agros per veteranos,

Suet. Dom. 9:

dimidiam partem cum aliquo,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 37; so id. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Stich. 5, 4, 15:

praemia mecum,

Ov. F. 4, 887.— Absol.:

non divides (with dispertire),

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4; so Liv. 44, 45; Ov. M. 13, 102 al.—

In mercant. lang. like distrahere and divendere, to sell piecemeal, in parcels, to retail, Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 26.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4 Wagner; 7; cf. Petr. 11 Büch.—

Trop.

In gen.:

bona tripartito,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13 fin.:

annum ex aequo,

Ov. M. 5, 565:

horas (bucina),

Luc. 2, 689:

tempora curarum remissionumque,

Tac. Agr. 9:

dignitatem ordinum,

id. A. 13, 27:

et explanare ambigua,

Cic. Or. 32 fin.:

idem genus universum in species certas partietur et dividet,

id. ib. 33, 117; cf.

of logical or rhet. division,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; Quint. 3, 6, 37 et saep.: verba, to divide at the end of the line, Suet. Aug. 87:

nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures,

Cat. 62, 15; cf.:

animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,

Verg. A. 4, 285.—

In partic.

Sententiam, polit. t. t., to divide the question, i. e. to take the vote separately upon the several parts of a motion or proposition:

divisa sententia est postulante nescio quo,

Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Sen. Ep. 21; id. Vit. Beat. 3. The expression used in requiring this was DIVIDE, Ascon. Cic. Mil. 6, 14.—

(Acc. to A. 2. a.) To distribute, apportion:

sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 3:

haec temporibus,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 18;

Just. Praef. § 3: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 2.—

Pregn., to break up, dissolve, destroy = dissolvere:

nostrum concentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31:

ira fuit capitalis ut ultima divideret mors,

id. S. 1, 7, 13:

dividitur ferro regnum,

Luc. 1, 109; cf.:

dividimus muros, et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234.—

To accompany, i. e. to share upon an instrument a song sung by a voice:

grata feminis Imbelli cithara carmina divides,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15.

To divide, separate, part from; to remove from (class.).

Lit.:

flumen Rhenus agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit... flumen Rhodanus provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 3; 1, 8, 1; 5, 11, 9:

Macedoniam a Thessalia,

id. B. C. 3, 36, 3:

Gallos ab Aquitanis,

id. B. G. 1, 1, 2 al.:

tota cervice desecta, divisa a corpore capita,

Liv. 31, 34, 4:

populum distribuit in quinque classes, senioresque a junioribus divisit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22:

tam multa illa meo divisast milia lecto, Quantum, etc.,

Prop. 1, 12, 3; cf.:

dextras miseris complexibus,

Stat. Th. 3, 166:

tuis toto dividor orbe rogis,

Ov. Pont. 1, 9, 48:

dividor (sc.: ab uxore) haud aliter, quam si mea membra relinquam,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 73; cf. Prop. 1, 12, 10:

(Italiam) Longa procul longis via dividit invia terris,

separates, keeps distant, Verg. A. 3, 383; cf. id. ib. 12, 45:

discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos,

Tac. A. 1, 43 fin. —

Trop., to separate, distinguish:

legem bonam a mala,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

defensionem (opp. se comitem exitii promittebat),

Tac. A. 3, 15. —

Transf., for distinguere (II.), to distinguish, decorate, adorn (very rare):

qualis gemma micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum,

Verg. A. 10, 134:

scutulis dividere,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—Hence, dīvīsus, a, um, P. a., divided, separated:

divisior,

Lucr. 4, 962.— Adv.

dīvīse, distinctly, separately, Gell. 1, 22, 16; 7, 2 fin.; Tert. Carn. Chr. 13.—

dīvīsim, separately, Hier. Ep. 100, 14.

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to break through, penetrate / shatter.

haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n. [etym. dub.], to hang or hold fast, to hang, stick, cleave, cling, adhere, be fixed, sit fast, remain close to any thing or in any manner (class. and very freq., esp. in the trop. sense; cf. pendeo); usually constr. with in, the simple abl. or absol., less freq. with dat., with ad, sub, ex, etc.

Lit.:

ut videamus, terra penitusne defixa sit, et quasi radicibus suis haereat, an media pendeat?

Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122; so,

terra ima sede semper haeret,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

scalarum gradus male haerentes,

holding, adhering, id. Fam. 6, 7, 3; cf.:

haerent parietibus scalae,

Verg. A. 2, 442:

haerere in equo,

sit fast, keep his seat, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28;

for which: nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 55:

male laxus In pede calceus haeret,

id. S. 1, 3, 32; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 144:

haeret nonnumquam telum illud occultum,

id. 9, 2, 75:

pugnus in mala haeret,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17:

haesitque in corpore ferrum,

Verg. A. 11, 864;

for which: tergo volucres haesere sagittae,

id. ib. 12, 415; cf.:

scindat haerentem coronam crinibus,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; and:

haerentem capiti cum multa laude coronam,

id. S. 1, 10, 49:

carinae,

Ov. M. 8, 144:

alae,

id. ib. 12, 570:

(fames) utero haeret meo,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 16:

haeret pede pes,

Verg. A. 10, 361:

ubi demisi retem atque hamum, quicquid haesit, extraho,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 45; cf.:

os devoratum fauce cum haereret lupi,

Phaedr. 1, 8, 4; and:

graves currus illuvie et voraginibus haerebant,

Curt. 8, 4:

classis in vado haerebat,

id. 9, 19:

haerentes adverso litore naves,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 205:

gremioque in Jasonis haerens,

Ov. M. 7, 66; cf.:

haeret in complexu liberorum,

Quint. 6, 1, 42;

for which: Avidisque amplexibus haerent,

Ov. M. 7, 143;

cupide in Veneris compagibus haerent,

Lucr. 4, 1113;

for which: validis Veneris compagibus haerent,

id. 4, 1204; and:

(anulus) caecis in eo (lapide) compagibus haesit,

id. 6, 1016:

communibus inter se radicibus haerent,

id. 3, 325; 5, 554:

foliis sub omnibus haerent (Somnia),

Verg. A. 6, 284:

gladius intra vaginam suam haerens,

Quint. 8 praef. §

15: ipse inter media tela hostium evasit. Duo turmae haesere,

i. e. failed to break through, Liv. 29, 33, 7:

alii globo illati haerebant,

id. 22, 5, 5.—

Prov.

Haerere in luto, i. e. to be in trouble, difficulty:

tali in luto haerere,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 66 (for [p. 838] which:

nunc homo in medio luto est,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 28); cf. haesito, I.—In salebra: proclivi currit oratio: venit ad extremum: haeret in salebra, runs aground, i. e. is at a loss, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84.—In a like sense,

Aqua haeret, the water (in the waterclock) stops; v. aqua.

Trop.

In gen., to hold fast, remain attached or fixed, to keep firm, adhere:

improbis semper aliqui scrupus in animis haereat,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16; cf.:

infixus animo haeret dolor,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

haerent infixi pectore vultus,

Verg. A. 4, 4:

haerere in memoria,

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

quae mihi in visceribus haerent,

i. e. firmly impressed upon my heart, memory, id. Att. 6, 1, 8; and:

in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerere,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

mihi haeres in medullis,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

in omnium gentium sermonibus ac mentibus semper haerere,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 22:

hi in oculis haerebunt,

i. e. will be always present, id. Phil. 13, 3, 5:

in te omnis haeret culpa,

adheres, cleaves, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 32:

ut peccatum haereat, non in eo, qui monuerit, sed in eo, qui non obtemperarit,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 30.—With dat.:

potest hoc homini huic haerere peccatum?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

quod privatarum rerum dedecus non haeret infamiae (tuae)?

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

in quo (Caelio) crimen non haerebat,

id. Cael. 7, 15:

neque (possit) haerere in tam bona causa tam acerba injuria,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 2: cum ante illud facetum dictum emissum haerere debeat, quam cogitari potuisse videatur, must have hit (the figure being that of an arrow shot from the bow), id. de Or. 2, 54, 219: in quos incensos ira vitamque domini desperantes cum incidisset, haesit in iis poenis, quas, etc., fell into, incurred those penalties (the figure is that of a bird which is limed, caught), id. Mil. 21, 56:

nec dubie repetundarum criminibus haerebant,

Tac. A. 4, 19: in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paulum haesit ad metas, hung back, was caught (the figure being taken from the race-course), Cic. Cael. 31, 75;

v. meta: neu quid medios intercinat actus, Quod non proposito conducat et haereat apte,

i. e. fits, suits, Hor. A. P. 195.—

In partic.

With the idea of nearness predominating, to keep near or close to a person, to join or attach one's self to, to follow (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

perfice hoc Precibus, pretio, ut haeream in parte aliqua tandem apud Thaidem,

may keep about her, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

ego illum audivi in amorem haerere apud nescio quam fidicinam,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

haeres ad latus, omnia experiris,

Cat. 21, 6:

Antorem comitem, qui missus ab Argis, Haeserat Evandro,

Verg. A. 10, 780:

obtinenti Africam comes haeserat,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 2; Quint. 1, 2, 10:

Curtius Nicia (grammaticus) haesit Cn. Pompeio et C. Memmio,

Suet. Gramm. 14.— Poet.:

haeremus cuncti superis, temploque tacente Nil facimus non sponte deo,

cling to, depend on, Luc. 9, 573.—Hence,

In a bad sense: in tergis, tergis, in tergo, to hang upon one's rear, i. e. to pursue closely:

haerebit in tergis fugientium victor,

Curt. 4, 15 fin.:

se cum exercitu tergis eorum haesurum,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

Haerens in tergo Romanus,

Liv. 1, 14 11 Weissenb. (better than terga, the lect. vulg.).—

With the idea of duration in time predominating, to remain fixed, to abide or continue anywhere, to keep at, stick to any thing (class.):

metui, ne haereret hic (Athenis),

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 49:

in obsidione castelli exigui,

Curt. 5, 3, 4:

circa muros unius urbis,

id. 4, 4; cf.:

circa libidines,

Suet. Aug. 71: volitare in foro, haerere in jure ac praetorum tribulibus, to go loitering or dangling about, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: et siccis vultus in nubibus haerent, hang upon, i. e. remain long looking at, Luc. 4, 331; cf.:

vultus, dum crederet, haesit,

id. 9, 1036:

haerere in eadem commorarique sententia,

Cic. Or. 40, 137; cf.:

mea ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut boni quod habeat, id amplectar, ibi habitem, ibi haeream,

id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

quonam modo ille in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis?

id. Or. 15, 49:

equidem in libris haereo,

id. Att. 13, 40, 2; cf.:

valde in scribendo haereo,

id. ib. 13, 39, 2:

plurima sunt, nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

lasting, durable, Juv. 14, 2.—

With the idea of hindrance to free motion predominating, to stick fast, be brought to a stand-still, to be embarrassed, perplexed, at a loss, to hesitate, to be suspended or retarded (class.).

Of persons:

haerebat nebulo: quo se verteret, non habebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; cf.:

haerebat in tabulis publicis reus et accusator,

id. Clu. 31, 86:

cogitate in his iniquitatibus unum haesisse Apollonium: ceteros profecto multos ex his incommodis pecunia se liberasse,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

in multis nominibus,

id. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

in media stultitia,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 70; cf.:

isti physici raro admodum, cum haerent aliquo loco, exclamant, abstrusa esse omnia, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

in quo etiam Democritus haeret,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

at in altero illo, inquit, haeres. Immo habeo tibi gratiam. Haererem enim, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

in ceteris subvenies, si me haerentem videbis,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 16:

quid machiner? quid comminiscar? haereo,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 17; id. Merc. 3, 4, 15; 4, 3, 38; 24; cf.:

aut quia non firmus rectum defendis et haeres,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 26:

haesit circa formas litterarum (puer),

Quint. 1, 1, 21; cf. id. 1, 7, 35:

haeres et dubitas,

Juv. 3, 135; 6, 281.—

Of things:

nunc homo in lutost. Nomen nescit: haeret haec res,

i. e. is perplexing, cannot be explained, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 28; id. Amph. 2, 2, 182; id. Trin. 4, 2, 59; cf.: occisa est haec res;

haeret hoc negotium,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 8:

nec umquam tanta fuerit loquendi facultas, ut non titubet atque haereat, quotiens ab animo verba dissentiunt,

Quint. 12, 1, 29:

Hectoris Aeneaeque manu victoria Graiūm Haesit,

i. e. was retarded, Verg. A. 11, 290; cf.:

constitit hic bellum fortunaque Caesaris haesit,

Luc. 7, 547:

cum in hac difficultate rerum consilium haereret,

Liv. 26, 36, 1.