to cast around

circum-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a. to bear round, or, in gen., to move or carry [p. 338] round or about (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

age circumfer mulsum,

pass around, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 45:

satiatis vino ciboque poculum... circumferetur,

Liv. 26, 13, 18:

circumferri vinum largius jubet,

Curt. 7, 4, 7:

hisce (poculis) etiam nunc in publico convivio potio circumfertur,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.:

sanguinem in pateris,

Sall. C. 22, 1; Flor. 4, 1, 4 Duker:

circa ea omnia templa Philippum infestos circumtulisse ignes,

Liv. 31, 30, 7:

reliquias cenae,

Suet. Galb. 22:

lyram in conviviis,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

codicem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

filium suis manibus,

Quint. 2, 15, 8:

diuque arma circumferens alia tela clipeo excipiebat, corpore alia vitabat,

Curt. 6, 1, 4:

ter heros Immanem circumfert tegmine silvam,

Verg. A. 10, 887:

pavimenta in expeditionibus,

Suet. Caes. 46:

ubique pellem vituli marini,

id. Aug. 90.—Of books carried about for sale, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4 al.:

huc atque huc acies circumtulit,

Verg. A. 12, 558; cf.

oculos,

to cast around, Ov. M. 6, 169; 15, 674; Liv. 2, 10, 8; 5, 41, 4; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2:

vultus,

Ov. M. 3, 241; Suet. Caes. 85.—Mid.:

sol ut circumferatur,

revolve, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178; cf.: linea circumferens, the circumference, Gromat. Vet. 5, 10:

nec mirari hominem mercede conductum... ad nutum licentium circumferri,

Curt. 5, 12, 2.—

Trop. (mostly in the poets and histt.), to spread around:

bellum,

Liv. 9, 41, 6; 9, 45, 17; 10, 17, 2; 28, 3, 1; Tac. A. 13, 37 (for which:

spargere bellum,

id. ib. 3, 21):

belli umbram,

Sil. 15, 316:

et circumferentem arma Scipionem omnibus finitimis raptim perdomitis ipsam Carthaginem repente adgressurum credebant,

Liv. 30, 9, 3; Flor. 1, pr. 2;

3, 12, 1: signa,

id. 3, 5, 29:

incendia et caedes et terrorem,

Tac. A. 2, 52; cf.:

terrorem nominis sui late,

Flor. 2, 2, 21:

Caesar circumferens terrarum orbi praesentia pacis suae bona,

Vell. 2, 92, 2; Plin. Pan. 7, 5.—

Of a narrative or discourse, to publish abroad, proclaim, divulge, disseminate among the people, report (prob. nct ante-Aug.):

ut circumferetur M. Philippi factum atque dictum,

Col. 8, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1; 6, 8, 2:

illud quidem ingens fama, haec nulla circumfert,

id. ib. 3, 16, 13.—With acc. and inf.:

novi aliquam, quae se circumferat esse Corinnam,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 29. —Hence, of writings:

circumferri,

to be widely circulated, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4. —

In the lang. of religion, to lustrate, purify any one by carrying around him consecrated objects (torches, offerings, etc.) = lustrare, purgare:

quaeso quin tu istanc jubes Pro cerritā circumferri?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 144: aliquem pro larvato, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 229: tum ferto omnia sum circumlatus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 27: idem ter socios purā circumtulit undā, carried around pure water, i. e. for purification ( poet. constr. for undam circum socios), Verg. A. 6, 229 Serv. and Wagn.; Veg. 3, 74.—

In rhetoric:

oratio deducta et circumlata,

expanded, drawn out into periods, Quint. 4, 1, 60 Spald.

rĕ-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a., to twist or bend back; to turn or cast back (class.; cf. [p. 1587] reflecto).

Lit.:

caput in sua terga (anguis),

Ov. M. 3, 68:

ora,

id. ib. 4, 715:

ora ad os Phoebi,

id. ib. 11, 163: oculos saepe ad hanc urbem, * Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2:

oculos,

Ov. M. 10, 696:

omnium oculos in se,

Quint. Decl. 8, 8:

tergo bracchia,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 22; cf.:

manibus retortis,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 191:

cervices,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

ferocis equi colla,

Ov. H. 4, 79:

pantherae terga,

to wrap about, cast about, Verg. A. 8, 460:

amictum,

id. ib. 12, 400:

crinem,

to crisp, frizzle, Mart. 6, 39, 6:

litore violenter undas,

to drive back, repulse, Hor. C. 1, 2, 13:

Rhoetum unguibus leonis,

id. ib. 2, 19, 23:

vela ab Euboïcis aquis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 84:

viam,

i. e. to return by the same way, Claud. Phaen. 27:

de bysso retorta,

Vulg. Exod. 26, 1:

missilia in hostem,

Curt. 6, 1, 15:

quod me retorsisti (a morte),

Quint. Decl. 17, 18. — Mid.: ubi paulatim retorqueri agmen ad dextram conspexerunt, to wheel around, * Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 3.—

Trop.: animum ad praeterita, to turn or cast back, Sen. Ben. 3, 3, 3:

scelus in auctorem,

Just. 34, 4, 2; cf.:

crimina in eum,

Dig. 38, 2, 14, § 6; and simply argumentum, to retort upon one ' s opponent, App. Flor. p. 360, 33:

mentem,

to alter, change, Verg. A. 12, 841.

circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circum-jăcĭo, Liv 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.

To cast, throw, or place around (in good class. prose)' amic tum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132:

vallum, Liv 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere,

id. 38, 19, 5:

pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat,

id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37' multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum):

quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset,

had wound itself around, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.—Hence, circumjec-tus, a, um, of localities, lying around, surrounding ' aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5:

silvae itineri,

id. 35, 30, 6:

moenia regiae,

Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol.:

lucus, Liv 31, 24, 17: silvae,

Suet. Aug. 100:

campi,

Curt. 3, 1, 3:

nemora,

id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27:

nationes,

id. ib. 6, 31;

12, 31: civitates,

id. H. 3, 43 fin.. tecta, id A 15, 37.— Subst.' circumjecta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood:

vagi circumjecta populabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 21.— Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by, * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ, to surround: extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23:

planities saltibus circumjecta,

surrounded, Tac. A. 2, 11.

circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circum-jăcĭo, Liv 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.

To cast, throw, or place around (in good class. prose)' amic tum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132:

vallum, Liv 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere,

id. 38, 19, 5:

pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat,

id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37' multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum):

quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset,

had wound itself around, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.—Hence, circumjec-tus, a, um, of localities, lying around, surrounding ' aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5:

silvae itineri,

id. 35, 30, 6:

moenia regiae,

Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol.:

lucus, Liv 31, 24, 17: silvae,

Suet. Aug. 100:

campi,

Curt. 3, 1, 3:

nemora,

id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27:

nationes,

id. ib. 6, 31;

12, 31: civitates,

id. H. 3, 43 fin.. tecta, id A 15, 37.— Subst.' circumjecta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood:

vagi circumjecta populabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 21.— Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by, * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ, to surround: extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23:

planities saltibus circumjecta,

surrounded, Tac. A. 2, 11.

circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circum-jăcĭo, Liv 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.

To cast, throw, or place around (in good class. prose)' amic tum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132:

vallum, Liv 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere,

id. 38, 19, 5:

pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat,

id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37' multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum):

quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset,

had wound itself around, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.—Hence, circumjec-tus, a, um, of localities, lying around, surrounding ' aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5:

silvae itineri,

id. 35, 30, 6:

moenia regiae,

Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol.:

lucus, Liv 31, 24, 17: silvae,

Suet. Aug. 100:

campi,

Curt. 3, 1, 3:

nemora,

id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27:

nationes,

id. ib. 6, 31;

12, 31: civitates,

id. H. 3, 43 fin.. tecta, id A 15, 37.— Subst.' circumjecta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood:

vagi circumjecta populabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 21.— Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by, * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ, to surround: extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23:

planities saltibus circumjecta,

surrounded, Tac. A. 2, 11.

circum-specto, āvi, ātum, āre, v. freq. a., to look about with attention, precaution, desire, etc.; to cast a look around, to search around; and with acc., to look about one ' s self ( attentively, anxiously, etc.) after something, to look all around upon something (class.)

Prop.

Absol.:

dum circumspecto,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 (al.:

me circumspecto): quanto se opere custodiant bestiae, ut in pastu circumspectent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

primum circumspectans tergiversari,

Liv. 4, 14, 4; Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:

circumspectans huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—

With acc.: te hercle ego circumspectabam, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 8:

alia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 54; 2, 2, 60:

inter se,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

ora principum,

Liv. 26, 18, 6:

quousque me circumspectabitis?

id. 6, 18, 7; cf. Tac. H. 4, 8:

omnia,

to look about anxiously, Cic. Pis. 41, 99; Sall. J. 72, 2; cf.:

mare et silvas, ignota omnia circumspectantes,

Tac. Agr. 32 Ritter (Halm: circum spectantes).— Pass.:

muta atque inanima, tectum et parietes circumspectabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 69 fin. —

With a rel.-clause:

Nabis quanam ipse evaderet circumspectabat,

Liv. 34, 39, 8; cf. with foll. si, id. 25, 36, 5:

si quam reperiat,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—

With acc. and ut with subj.:

dum alius alium, ut proelium ineant, circumspectant,

Liv. 2, 10, 9.—

Reflex. (only in Plaut.; cf.

circumspicio, I. A.): loca contemplat, circumspectat sese, atque aedis noscitat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 supra.—

Trop.:

dubitans, circumspectans, haesitans, tanquam rate in mari immenso nostra vehitur oratio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

circumspectantes defectionis tempus,

watching, waiting, on the look-out for, Liv. 21, 39, 5:

initium erumpendi,

Tac. H. 1, 55:

Vespasianus bellum armaque et procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

carefully weighed, considered, id. ib. 2, 74; so,

fugam et fallendi artes,

id. ib. 3, 73:

medicamina quasso imperio,

Sil. 15, 7:

omnes argumentorum locos,

Quint. 12, 8, 14.

* * *

circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).

Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

Ov. M. 1, 605:

circumspicere late,

Quint. 10, 3, 29:

num quid circumspexti?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

diversi circumspiciunt,

Verg. A. 9, 416:

qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—

Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—

Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,

Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

Liv. 37, 41, 4:

lucos,

Ov. M. 5, 265:

amictus,

to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

habitum suum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—

To descry, get sight of by looking around:

saxum circumspicit ingens,

Verg. A. 12, 896:

Athin,

Ov. M. 5, 72.—

Transf., of things:

in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

Ov. H. 6, 69.—

Trop.

To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

se,

id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

Liv. 27, 34, 1.—

To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

externa auxilia,

id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

fugam,

Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

novas belli causas,

id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

peregrinos reges sibi,

Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.

Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

verba non circumspecta,

Ov. F. 5, 539:

judicium,

Quint. 10, 1, 26:

interrogatio,

id. 5, 7, 31:

moderatio animi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

id. 1, 1, 20.—

Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

Suet. Claud. 15:

circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

id. Tib. 21:

tenues et circumspecti,

Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

omnes,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

sive aliquis circumspectior est,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

Col. 7, 12, 5.—

In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

Amm. 14, 6, 6:

colores,

id. 28, 4, 12:

circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

circumspecte vestiti,

Amm. 27, 3, 14:

circumspecte facti versus,

Gell. 9, 10, 6:

facere aliquid,

Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

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

Lit.

In gen.:

servos ad spoliandum fanum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

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

magna vis hominum simul immissa,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

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

armaturam levem in stationes,

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

corpus in undas,

Ov. H. 2, 133:

artificem mediis flammis,

id. M. 6, 615:

completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

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

navem in terram,

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

si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

pila in hostes,

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

tela,

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

telum ex manu,

Dig. 9, 2, 52:

canalibus aqua immissa,

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

aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

Dig. 39, 3, 3:

cloacam privatam in publicum,

ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

puram aquam in alvum,

Cels. 2, 12:

haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

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

bipedales trabes,

id. ib. §

6: tigna (in parietem),

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

coronam caelo,

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

lentum filis immittitur aurum,

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

circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

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

dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

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

immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

habenas,

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

rudentes,

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

Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

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

se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

immisit in armatas hostium copias,

id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

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

immissis qui monerent,

id. ib. 4, 54:

Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

id. ib. 11, 1:

ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

Just. 32, 2:

invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —

To let grow unrestrained or wild:

ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

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

cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

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

barba immissa,

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

immissi capilli,

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

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

Val. Fl. 1, 412.—

To ingraft:

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

Verg. G. 2, 80.—

Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—

Trop.:

aliquid in aures,

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

ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

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

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

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

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

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

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

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

immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

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

vires alicui,

Val. Fl. 7, 353:

amorem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.

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

Lit.

In gen.:

servos ad spoliandum fanum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

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

magna vis hominum simul immissa,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

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

armaturam levem in stationes,

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

corpus in undas,

Ov. H. 2, 133:

artificem mediis flammis,

id. M. 6, 615:

completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

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

navem in terram,

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

si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

pila in hostes,

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

tela,

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

telum ex manu,

Dig. 9, 2, 52:

canalibus aqua immissa,

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

aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

Dig. 39, 3, 3:

cloacam privatam in publicum,

ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

puram aquam in alvum,

Cels. 2, 12:

haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

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

bipedales trabes,

id. ib. §

6: tigna (in parietem),

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

coronam caelo,

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

lentum filis immittitur aurum,

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

circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

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

dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

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

immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

habenas,

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

rudentes,

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

Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

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

se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

immisit in armatas hostium copias,

id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

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

immissis qui monerent,

id. ib. 4, 54:

Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

id. ib. 11, 1:

ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

Just. 32, 2:

invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —

To let grow unrestrained or wild:

ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

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

cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

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

barba immissa,

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

immissi capilli,

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

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

Val. Fl. 1, 412.—

To ingraft:

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

Verg. G. 2, 80.—

Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—

Trop.:

aliquid in aures,

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

ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

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

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

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

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

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

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

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

immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

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

vires alicui,

Val. Fl. 7, 353:

amorem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.