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1 cado

cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].
I.
Lit.
A.
In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;
opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;
imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,
Verg. G. 4, 80:
nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,
Lucr. 6, 258:
cadit in terras vis flammea,
id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:
in patrios pedes,
Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:
omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,
in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:
prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,
Liv. 1, 58, 11:
cadit in vultus,
Ov. M. 5, 292:
in pectus,
id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:
ad terras,
Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:
ad terram,
Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:
a summo cadere,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:
a mento cadit manus,
Ov. F. 3, 20:
aves ab alto,
Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:
ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,
Lucr. 6, 824:
ex arbore,
Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:
cecidisse de equo dicitur,
Cic. Clu. 62, 175:
cadere de equo,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):
de manibus arma cecidissent,
Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:
de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,
id. Off. 1, 22, 77:
cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,
Verg. E. 1, 84:
de caelo,
Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:
de matre (i. e. nasci),
Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:
per inane profundum,
Lucr. 2, 222:
per aquas,
id. 2, 230:
per salebras altaque saxa,
Mart. 11, 91; cf.:
imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:
folia nunc cadunt,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:
ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,
id. 6, 415:
cadens nix,
id. 3, 21; 3, 402:
velut si prolapsus cecidisset,
Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:
cadentem Sustinuisse,
id. M. 8, 148:
saepius, of epileptics,
Plin. Val. 12, 58:
casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,
Quint. 12, 10, 73.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:
oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,
Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:
soli subjecta cadenti arva,
Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:
quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,
Hor. Epod. 10, 10:
Arcturus cadens,
id. C. 3, 1, 27.—
b.
To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:
nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:
dentes cadere imperat aetas,
Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:
pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,
Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:
barba,
Verg. E. 1, 29:
quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,
id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:
lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,
Ov. M. 7, 541:
saetae,
id. ib. 14, 303:
quadrupedibus pilum cadere,
Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:
poma,
Ov. M. 7, 586:
cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,
id. ib. 14, 350:
elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,
id. ib. 9, 571:
et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,
id. ib. 4, 229.—
c.
Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:
amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,
Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:
flumina in pontum cadent,
Sen. Med. 406:
flumina in Hebrum cadentia,
Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:
tandem in alterum amnem cadit,
Curt. 6, 4, 6.—
d.
Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:
illud, quod cecidit forte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—
e.
Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—
f.
Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—
B.
In a more restricted sense.
1.
To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):
cadere in plano,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:
deorsum,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:
uspiam,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:
Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,
Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:
dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,
Quint. 8, 5, 32:
sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,
Suet. Caes. 82:
cadere supinus,
id. Aug. 43 fin.:
in pectus pronus,
Ov. M. 4, 579:
cadunt toti montes,
Lucr. 6, 546:
radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,
Cat. 64, 109:
concussae cadunt urbes,
Lucr. 5, 1236:
casura moenia Troum,
Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:
multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,
Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;
bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,
their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,
ceciderunt artus,
id. 3, 453:
sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,
Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:
oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,
Sen. Ep. 8, 1:
patriae cecidere manus,
Verg. A. 6, 33:
cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?
Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:
cecidere illis animique manusque,
Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—
2.
In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;
hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:
aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:
ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:
pauci de nostris cadunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:
optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,
Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:
per acies,
Tac. A. 1, 2:
pro patriā,
Quint. 2, 15, 29:
ante diem,
Verg. A. 4, 620:
bipenni,
Ov. M. 12, 611:
ense,
Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:
inque pio cadit officio,
Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:
suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,
Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:
suā manu cecidit,
fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:
exitu voluntario,
id. H. 1, 40:
muliebri fraude cadere,
id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:
manu femineā,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:
femineo Marte,
Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:
torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,
should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:
a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,
Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:
barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,
Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—
b.
Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):
multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,
Verg. A. 1, 334:
si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,
Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—
3.
In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—
4.
Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.
II.
Trop.
A.
To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:
sub sensus cadere nostros,
i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:
sub sensum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:
sub oculos,
id. Or. 3, 9:
in conspectum,
to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:
sub aurium mensuram,
id. Or. 20, 67:
sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,
subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:
ad servitia,
Liv. 1, 40, 3:
utrorum ad regna,
Lucr. 3, 836; so,
sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,
Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):
in potestatem unius,
id. Att. 8, 3, 2:
in cogitationem,
to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:
in hominum disceptationem,
id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:
in deliberationem,
id. Off. 1, 3, 9:
in offensionem alicujus,
id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:
in morbum,
id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:
in suspitionem alicujus,
Nep. Paus. 2, 6:
in calumniam,
Quint. 9, 4, 57:
abrupte cadere in narrationem,
id. 4, 1, 79:
in peccatum,
Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—
B.
In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):
non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,
Cic. Sull. 27, 75:
cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?
id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,
id. Att. 13, 19, 5:
qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?
id. Or. 56, 188:
neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,
id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:
heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?
Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;
9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,
id. 2, 17, 32:
in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,
Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—
C.
To fall upon a definite time (rare):
considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,
Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:
in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—
D.
(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).
1.
Alicui:
nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,
Cic. Quint. 16, 51:
hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:
insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:
mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:
sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,
Verg. G. 4, 165:
haec aliis maledicta cadant,
Tib. 1, 6, 85:
neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,
Prop. 1, 10, 24:
ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—
2.
Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;
Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,
how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:
aliorsum vota ceciderunt,
Flor. 2, 4, 5:
cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,
had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:
sane ita cadebat ut vellem,
id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:
cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,
Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:
ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,
Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:
multa. fortuito in melius casura,
Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:
si non omnia caderent secunda,
Caes. B. C. 3, 73:
vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,
are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—
3.
With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:
omnia in cassum cadunt,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:
ad irritum cadens spes,
Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:
in irritum,
id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:
ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,
Liv. 2, 31, 5:
haud irritae cecidere minae,
id. 6, 35, 10.—
E.
To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:
cadunt vires,
Lucr. 5, 410:
mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,
Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),
F.
To lose all one ' s strength, worth, value, etc., to fall, to perish, vanish, decay, cease.
1.
In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:
turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:
atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,
id. Off. 2, 13, 45:
tanta civitas, si cadet,
id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:
huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 13:
non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?
Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:
amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,
Cic. Lael. 7, 23:
animus,
to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:
non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,
to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:
tam graviter,
id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:
magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,
Cic. Or. 28, 98:
alte enim cadere non potest,
id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:
causā cadere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:
formulā cadere,
Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:
ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,
Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:
cadere,
Tac. H. 4, 6; and:
criminibus repetundarum,
id. ib. 1, 77:
conjurationis crimine,
id. A. 6, 14:
ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,
remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:
at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,
Prop. 1, 16, 34:
multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,
to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;
the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—
2.
Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:
cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,
Ov. M. 8, 2:
ventus premente nebulā cecidit,
Liv. 29, 27, 10:
cadente jam Euro,
id. 25, 27, 11:
venti vis omnis cecidit,
id. 26, 39, 8:
ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,
id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:
sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,
Verg. A. 1, 154:
ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,
id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—
G.
Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:
verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,
Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:
plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,
Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:
apto cadens oratio,
Quint. 9, 4, 32:
numerus opportune cadens,
id. 9, 4, 27:
ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,
id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

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2 cadō

cadō cecidī, casūrus, ere [CAD-], to fall, fall down, descend: lucrumae cadunt gaudio, T.: (apes) praecipites cadunt, V.: caelo ceciderunt sereno Fulgura, V.: a mento cadit manus, O.: de manibus arma cecidissent: vela cadunt, are furled, V.: Altius atque cadant imbres, from a greater height, V.—To fall, fall down, fall prostrate, fall over: ne ille ceciderit, has had a fall, T.: velut si prolapsus cecidisset, L.: prolapsa in volnus moribunda cecidit, L.: in pectus pronus, O.: casura moenia Troum, O.: casurae arces, V.—Of heavenly bodies, to set, go down, fall, sink: iuxta solem cadentem, V.: quā (nocte) Orion cadit, H.: oriens mediusve cadensve Phoebus, O.: primis cadentibus astris, fading, i. e. at dawn, V.—To fall off, fall away, fall out, drop off, be shed: barba, V.: Prima (folia) cadunt, H.: gregibus lanae cadunt, O.: poma ramis, O.: elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae, O.—Of a stream, to fall, empty itself: in sinum maris, L.—Of dice, to be thrown, fall, turn up: illud, quod cecidit forte, T.—Of shadows, to be thrown, fall (poet.): cadunt de montibus umbrae, V.—To fall dead, fall, die, be slain: in acie: Civili acie, O.: pauci de nostris cadunt, Cs.: plures Saguntini cadebant quam Poeni, L.: ante diem, prematurely, V.: suo Marte (i. e. suā manu), O.: iustā Morte, H.: femineo Marte, O.: a tanto viro, O.: a centurione, Ta.: In pio officio, O.: in patriā cadendum est, we must perish.—Of victims, to be slain, be offered, be sacrificed, fall (poet.): Multa tibi cadet hostia, V.: Si tener cadit haedus, H.: Victima vota cadit, O.—Of a woman, to yield, Tb. —Fig., to come, fall under, fall, be subject, be exposed: sub sensum: in conspectum, to become visible: si regnum ad servitia caderet, into servile hands, L.: sub imperium Romanorum: in deliberationem: in suspicionem alicuius, N.—To belong, be in accordance, agree, refer, be suitable, apply, fit, suit, become: non cadit in hos mores ista suspitio: cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri?: Heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus? V.: sub eandem rationem.—Of time, to fall upon: in alienissimum tempus: in hanc aetatem.— To fall due: in eam diem cadere nummos.—To befall, fall to the lot of, happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out: mihi peropportune: insperanti mihi cecidit, ut, etc.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, V.: Ut illis... voluptas cadat, H.: verba cadentia, uttered at random, H.: verba si Graeco fonte cadent, be derived from, H.: verebar quorsum id casurum esset, how it would turn out: praeter opinionem, N.: si quid adversi caderet, L.: fortuito in melius casura, Ta.: curare Quo promissa cadent, how fulfilled, H.: Vota cadunt, are fulfilled, Tb.: tibi pro vano benigna cadant, Pr.: Quo res cumque cadent, V.: si non omnia caderent secunda, Cs.: ut inrita promissa eius caderent, L.: libertas in servitutem cadit: in hunc hominem ista suspitio: ad inritum cadens spes, turning out to be vain, L.—To lose strength, fall, perish, be overthrown, drop, decline, vanish, decay, cease: cadentem rem p. fulcire: tua laus pariter cum re p. cecidit: virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit, H.: non tibi ira cecidit, L.: animus, to fail. L.: cadere animis, to lose courage: cecidere illis animi, O.— To fail (in speaking), falter: orator cadet.—Causā cadere, to lose the cause: cadere in iudicio: Ut cecidit fortuna Phrygum, O.— Of the countenance or features: tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent, i. e. expressed terror.— Of words: Multa renascentur, quae iam cecidere, fallen into disuse, H.—Of theatrical representations, to fail, be condemned: cadat an recto stet fabula talo, H.—Of the wind, to abate, subside, die away: cadit Eurus, O.: venti vis omnis cecidit, L.—Of words and clauses, to be terminated, end, close: verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt: similiter cadentia, having the same endings.
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cadere, cecidi, casus V INTRANS

fall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay

Latin-English dictionary > cadō
3 dēcidō

dēcidō cidī, —, ere [de + cado], to fall down, fall off, fall away: anguis decidit de tegulis, T.: poma ex arboribus: e flore guttae, O.: ex equis, N.: equo, Cs.: in terras sidus, O.: in puteum auceps, H.: in turbam praedonum hic fugiens, H.: in praeceps, O. — To fall down dead, sink down, die: Decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris, V.: nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas, passed to that bourne, H. — Fig., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink, perish: quantā de spe decidi! T.: a spe societatis Prusiae, L.: ex astris: toto pectore, out of one's affections, Tb.: in hanc fraudem: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt: non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidiā decidi, N.
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I
decidere, decidi, - V INTRANS

fall/drop/hang/flow down/off/over; sink/drop; fail, fall in ruin; end up; die
II
decidere, decidi, decisus V TRANS

detach, cut off/out/down; fell; cut/notch/carve to delineate; flog thoroughly; make explicit; put an end to, bring to conclusion, settle/decide/agree (on)

Latin-English dictionary > dēcidō
4 concido

1.
con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
In gen., of buildings:
conclave illud concidit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:
navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,
Tac. A. 14, 6:
turris terrae motu,
Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:
urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,
Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:
omne caelum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:
ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,
id. Div. 1, 35, 77:
(alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 27:
pinus bipenni Thessalā,
Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:
ad terram pondere vasto,
Verg. A. 5, 448:
sub onere,
Liv. 24, 8, 17:
pronus in fimo,
Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —
II.
Pregn.
A.
To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):
paene in cursu concidi,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:
vi morbi coactus concidere,
Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:
accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,
Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:
Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,
Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:
sanus bibit, statim concidit,
Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:
concidere epoto poculo,
id. 5, 13, 15; and:
ad primum gustum,
Suet. Ner. 33:
deficientibus viribus,
id. Tib. 73:
par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,
id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:
Dido usa manu,
id. H. 7, 196:
sparo percussus,
Nep. Epam. 9, 1:
in proelio,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:
vitio adversariorum,
Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:
multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,
Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:
vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,
Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;
hence also of Iphigenia,
Lucr. 1, 99.—
B.
Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:
concidunt venti,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:
jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,
Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:
macie,
to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:
illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,
id. M. 15, 422; cf.:
concidit auguris Argivi domus,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:
quā concidit Ilia tellus,
Verg. A. 11, 245:
eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,
Vell. 1, 13:
judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §
10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?
id. ib. 3, 10, 2:
malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,
id. ib. 7, 25 med.:
concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,
Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:
Tiberii saevitiā,
id. ib. 16, 29:
hostes concidunt animis,
are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:
scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,
failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:
opes Persarum,
Tac. A. 12, 13:
senatūs auctoritas,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:
imperii majestas,
Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:
artificia,
id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:
praeclara nomina artificum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:
omnis ferocia,
Liv. 28, 26, 14:
bellum,
Tac. H. 2, 57 al.
2.
con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nervos,
Cic. Fl. 30, 73:
corpus in partes,
Petr. 141, 2:
vitulum Ajax,
id. 59 fin.:
ligna,
Ov. F. 2, 647:
agrum umidiorem fossis,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:
concidere et cremare naves,
to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:
essedum argenteum,
Suet. Claud. 16:
haec minute,
Col. 12, 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:
aliquem virgis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:
loris,
Juv. 6, 413:
pugnis,
id. 3, 300.—
2.
To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:
hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11:
eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,
id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—
3.
In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;
hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —
II.
Trop.
A.
Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:
nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,
Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:
(sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,
id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—
B.
To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:
omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:
Antonium decretis vestris,
id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:
Vatinium arbitratu nostro,
to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:
Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,
are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:
Timocraten totis voluminibus,
to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:
testamentum,
to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—
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In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:
em istic homo te articulatim concidit,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:
sententiae,
Cic. Brut. 17, 66:
concisae et angustae disputationes,
id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:
brevitas,
id. ib. 3, 53, 202:
brevia illa atque concisa,
Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.
thus with brevis,
id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:
insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,
Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:
(philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,
Quint. 12, 2, 11:
ululare,
Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concido
5 labor

1.
lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
1.
Of living beings:
non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,
Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:
per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,
Ov. M. 15, 721:
pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,
Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:
ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,
Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:
ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,
Ov. H. 10, 65:
dum Stygio gurgite labor,
id. M. 5, 504:
tua labens navita aqua,
Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:
tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,
Verg. A. 6, 202:
vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,
id. ib. 4, 223:
pennis lapsa per auras,
Ov. M. 8, 51:
labere, nympha, polo,
Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:
labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,
Ov. A. A. 7, 342:
labitur infelix (equus),
Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:
labitur exsanguis,
Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:
super terram,
Ov. M. 13, 477:
equo,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:
temone,
Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:
in vulnera,
id. 7, 604:
in colla mariti,
Val. Fl. 2, 425:
alieno vulnere,
Luc. 2, 265:
in rivo,
Cic. Fat. 3, 5:
pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,
Luc. 7, 572.—
Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,
Verg. A. 3, 243.—
2.
Of things:
splendida signa videntur labier,
Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:
umor in genas Furtim labitur,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:
stellas Praecipites caelo labi,
Verg. G. 1, 366:
perque genas lacrimae labuntur,
Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:
lapsi de fontibus amnes,
id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:
catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,
id. ib. 3, 699:
lapsuram domum subire,
about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.
with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,
Verg. A. 6, 310:
ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:
lapsis repente saxis,
Tac. A. 4, 59:
ab arbore ramus,
Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:
labentes, oculos condere,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:
lumina,
Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:
labitur uncta vadis abies,
Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:
sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,
id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:
a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,
Quint. 7, 10, 17.—
2.
To slip away, escape:
lapsus custodiā,
Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:
e manibus custodientium lapsus,
Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:
ilico res foras labitur,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:
brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,
Cic. Or. 57; 56:
sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,
id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:
labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:
labi somnum sensit in artus,
id. M. 11, 631:
nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,
Verg. E. 1, 64.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):
ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—
2.
Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:
eheu fugaces labuntur anni,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:
anni tacite labentis origo,
Ov. F. 1, 65:
labentia tempora,
id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:
aetas labitur,
Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—
3.
Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:
cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,
Cic. Or. 3, 10:
labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,
id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:
equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,
id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:
sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,
Tac. H. 3, 23:
vidi labentes acies,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:
eo citius lapsa res est,
Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:
fides lapsa,
Ov. H. 2, 102:
labentur opes,
will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:
res,
Lucr. 4, 1117:
hereditas lapsa est,
Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—
4.
To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:
hoc munere,
Sil. 7, 740:
facultatibus,
to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:
mente,
to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:
lapsae mentis error,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —
5.
To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:
labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,
Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:
ad opinionem,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:
in adulationem,
Tac. A. 4, 6:
in gaudia,
Val. Fl. 6, 662:
in vitium,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—
6.
To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:
labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:
in aliqua re labi et cadere,
id. Brut. 49, 185:
in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:
lapsus est per errorem suum,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:
consilio,... casu,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:
propter inprudentiam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 3:
in officio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:
in verbo,
Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:
ne verbo quidem labi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3:
it vera ratione,
Lucr. 2, 176.—
7.
Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):
lapsorum fratrum petulantia,
Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.
2.
lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).
I.
Lit.:
ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:
haud existimans quanto labore partum,
id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:
interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:
corporis,
id. Cael. 17, 39:
res est magni laboris,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,
id. Mur. 18, 38:
sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,
id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
multum operae laborisque consumere,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:
laborem sustinere,
id. Att. 1, 17, 6:
exantlare,
id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:
suscipere,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:
subire,
id. Att. 3, 15, 7:
capere,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:
labores magnos excipere,
id. Brut. 69, 243:
se in magnis laboribus exercere,
id. Arch. 11, 28:
summi laboris esse,
capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:
laborem levare alicui,
Cic. Or. 34, 120:
detrahere,
id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:
ex labore se reficere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:
victus suppeditabatur sine labore,
Cic. Sest. 48, 103:
non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:
nullo labore,
Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:
quantum meruit labor,
Juv. 7, 216:
reddere sua dona labori,
id. 16, 57:
numerenter labores,
be valued, id. 9, 42.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;
si id facietis, levior labos erit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:
propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,
id. ib. 5, 1, 25:
cum labore magno et misere vivere,
id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:
hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,
id. ib. 2, 3, 20:
vel in labore meo vel in honore,
Cic. Fam. 15, 18:
Iliacos audire labores,
Verg. A. 4, 78:
mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,
id. G. 1, 150:
belli labores,
id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;
12, 727: labor militiae,
Juv. 16, 52:
castrorum labores,
id. 14, 198:
Lucinae labores,
Verg. G. 4, 340:
cor de labore pectus tundit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:
hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,
Scrib. 227:
litterarius, = opus,
Aug. Conf. 9, 2;
id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,
id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:
sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,
Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:
maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,
Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:
jucundi acti labores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:
suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,
id. ib. —
2.
Poet.
a.
Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,
defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,
id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —
b.
Of plants:
hunc laborem perferre,
i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—
3.
Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—
II.
Meton., of the products of labor.
a.
Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):
operum,
Verg. A. 1, 455:
hic labor ille domūs,
id. ib. 6, 27:
nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,
Juv. 8, 104. —
b.
Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:
ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,
Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:
haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,
id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—
c.
Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > labor
6 Labos

1.
lābor, lapsus ( inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
1.
Of living beings:
non squamoso labuntur ventre cerastae,
Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27:
per sinus crebros et magna volumina labens,
Ov. M. 15, 721:
pigraque labatur circa donaria serpens,
Ov. Am. 2, 13, 13:
ille inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus volvitur,
Verg. A. 7, 349: (angues) in diversum lapsi, Jul. Obseq. 119.—Of floating:
ut rate felice pacata per aequora labar,
Ov. H. 10, 65:
dum Stygio gurgite labor,
id. M. 5, 504:
tua labens navita aqua,
Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 8.—Of flying:
tollunt se celeres, liquidumque per aera lapsae,
Verg. A. 6, 202:
vade, age, nate, voca Zephyros et labere pennis,
id. ib. 4, 223:
pennis lapsa per auras,
Ov. M. 8, 51:
labere, nympha, polo,
Verg. A. 11, 588.—Of sinking, slipping down:
labor, io! cara lumina conde manu,
Ov. A. A. 7, 342:
labitur infelix (equus),
Verg. G. 3, 498; cf. Luc. 5, 799:
labitur exsanguis,
Verg. A. 11, 818; 5, 181:
super terram,
Ov. M. 13, 477:
equo,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 15:
temone,
Verg. A. 12, 470 [p. 1024] limite, Luc. 9, 712:
in vulnera,
id. 7, 604:
in colla mariti,
Val. Fl. 2, 425:
alieno vulnere,
Luc. 2, 265:
in rivo,
Cic. Fat. 3, 5:
pondere lapsi pectoris arma sonant,
Luc. 7, 572.—
Of gliding upwards: celeri fuga sub sidera,
Verg. A. 3, 243.—
2.
Of things:
splendida signa videntur labier,
Lucr. 4, 445; Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:
umor in genas Furtim labitur,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 7:
stellas Praecipites caelo labi,
Verg. G. 1, 366:
perque genas lacrimae labuntur,
Ov. H. 7, 185; id. M. 2, 656:
lapsi de fontibus amnes,
id. ib. 13, 954; cf.:
catenae lapsae lacertis sponte sua,
id. ib. 3, 699:
lapsuram domum subire,
about to tumble down, id. Ib. 511; Luc. 1, 25; cf.
with cado: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia,
Verg. A. 6, 310:
ipsaque in Oceanum sidera lapsa cadunt,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:
lapsis repente saxis,
Tac. A. 4, 59:
ab arbore ramus,
Ov. M. 3, 410.—Of the eyes, to fall, close:
labentes, oculos condere,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44:
lumina,
Verg. A. 11, 818; Prop. 1, 10, 7; 2, 5, 17.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.:
labitur uncta vadis abies,
Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:
sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,
id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass:
a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,
Quint. 7, 10, 17.—
2.
To slip away, escape:
lapsus custodiā,
Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31:
e manibus custodientium lapsus,
Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away:
ilico res foras labitur,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21:
brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,
Cic. Or. 57; 56:
sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,
id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52:
labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49:
labi somnum sensit in artus,
id. M. 11, 631:
nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,
Verg. E. 1, 64.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare):
ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.—
2.
Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse:
eheu fugaces labuntur anni,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 2:
anni tacite labentis origo,
Ov. F. 1, 65:
labentia tempora,
id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27:
aetas labitur,
Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.—
3.
Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.:
cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,
Cic. Or. 3, 10:
labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,
id. Phil. 2, 21, 51:
equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,
id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2:
sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,
Tac. H. 3, 23:
vidi labentes acies,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:
eo citius lapsa res est,
Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50:
fides lapsa,
Ov. H. 2, 102:
labentur opes,
will be lost, Tib. 1, 6, 53:
res,
Lucr. 4, 1117:
hereditas lapsa est,
Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.—
4.
To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:
hoc munere,
Sil. 7, 740:
facultatibus,
to lose one's property, become poor, Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1:
mente,
to lose one's senses, go mad, Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.:
lapsae mentis error,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25. —
5.
To fall into or upon, to come or turn to:
labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,
Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2:
ad opinionem,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 138:
in adulationem,
Tac. A. 4, 6:
in gaudia,
Val. Fl. 6, 662:
in vitium,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.—
6.
To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault:
labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18:
in aliqua re labi et cadere,
id. Brut. 49, 185:
in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:
lapsus est per errorem suum,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8:
consilio,... casu,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:
propter inprudentiam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 3:
in officio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12:
in verbo,
Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7:
ne verbo quidem labi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3:
it vera ratione,
Lucr. 2, 176.—
7.
Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.):
lapsorum fratrum petulantia,
Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.
2.
lăbor (old form lăbos, like arbos, honos, etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), ōris, m. [Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. alph- in êlphon, earned, alphêma, wages; Germ. Arbeit], labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).
I.
Lit.:
ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:
haud existimans quanto labore partum,
id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12:
interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:
corporis,
id. Cael. 17, 39:
res est magni laboris,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,
id. Mur. 18, 38:
sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,
id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
multum operae laborisque consumere,
id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:
laborem sustinere,
id. Att. 1, 17, 6:
exantlare,
id. Ac. 2, 34, 108:
suscipere,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13:
subire,
id. Att. 3, 15, 7:
capere,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:
labores magnos excipere,
id. Brut. 69, 243:
se in magnis laboribus exercere,
id. Arch. 11, 28:
summi laboris esse,
capable of great exertion, Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2:
laborem levare alicui,
Cic. Or. 34, 120:
detrahere,
id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:
ex labore se reficere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11:
victus suppeditabatur sine labore,
Cic. Sest. 48, 103:
non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.:
nullo labore,
Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51:
quantum meruit labor,
Juv. 7, 216:
reddere sua dona labori,
id. 16, 57:
numerenter labores,
be valued, id. 9, 42.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Pregn., drudgery, hardship, fatigue, distress, trouble, pain, suffering (mostly poet. and late Lat.; syn. aerumna): decet id pati animo aequo;
si id facietis, levior labos erit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 2:
propter meum caput labores homini evenisse optumo,
id. ib. 5, 1, 25:
cum labore magno et misere vivere,
id. Aul. prol. 14; id. Ps. 2, 4, 2:
hoc evenit in labore atque in dolore,
id. ib. 2, 3, 20:
vel in labore meo vel in honore,
Cic. Fam. 15, 18:
Iliacos audire labores,
Verg. A. 4, 78:
mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos Esset rubigo,
id. G. 1, 150:
belli labores,
id. A. 11, 126; cf. id. ib. 2, 619;
12, 727: labor militiae,
Juv. 16, 52:
castrorum labores,
id. 14, 198:
Lucinae labores,
Verg. G. 4, 340:
cor de labore pectus tundit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 63:
hoc medicamentum sine magno labore cadere cogit haemorrhoidas,
Scrib. 227:
litterarius, = opus,
Aug. Conf. 9, 2;
id. cont. Jul. 6, 21: meos labores legere,
id. de Don. Pers. 68.—Of sickness: valetudo crescit, accrescit labor. Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 4:
sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,
Vitr. 8, 3, 4.—Of danger:
maximus autem earum (apium) labor est initio veris,
Col. 9, 13, 2.—Prov.:
jucundi acti labores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105:
suavis laborum est praeteritorum memoria,
id. ib. —
2.
Poet.
a.
Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so,
defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,
id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378. —
b.
Of plants:
hunc laborem perferre,
i. e. growth, Verg. G. 2, 343.—
3.
Personified: Lăbos, toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.—
II.
Meton., of the products of labor.
a.
Work, workmanship of an artist ( poet.):
operum,
Verg. A. 1, 455:
hic labor ille domūs,
id. ib. 6, 27:
nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,
Juv. 8, 104. —
b.
Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.:
ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,
Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.:
haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,
id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.—
c.
Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Labos
7 ruō

ruō uī, ātus (P. fut. ruitūrus), ere [1 RV-], to fall with violence, rush down, fall down, tumble down, go to ruin: caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique, V.: ruere illa non possunt: tecta, tumble down, L.: Templa deum, H.: murus latius quam caederetur, L.: alta a culmine Troia, V.: ruit arduus aether, rain falls in torrents, V.: caelum in se, L.: ruit imbriferum ver, i. e. is ending, V.—Prov.: quid si nunc caelum ruat? i. e. what if the impossible happens? T.— To hasten, hurry, run, rush: id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant itaque turbent: (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant: Huc omnis turba ruebat, V.: ultro ruere ac se morti offerre, Ta.: in aquam, L.: in volnera ac tela, L.: ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae, Cu.: de montibus amnes, V.: per apertos flumina campos, O.: Nox ruit, i. e. hastens on, V.: antrum, Unde ruunt totidem voces, break forth, V.— To cause to fall, cast down, dash down, hurl to the ground, prostrate: Ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: cumulos ruit harenae, levels, V.— To cast up, turn up, throw up, rake up: (mare) a sedibus (venti), V.: cinerem focis, V.: unde Divitias aerisque ruam acervos, H.—Fig., to fall, fail, sink, be ruined: ruere illam rem p.: sive ruet sive eriget rem p.— To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run: ad interitum: pati reum ruere, L.: crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem, L.: In sua fata, O.: omnia fatis In peius, V.: Quo quo scelesti ruitis? H.: ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur, L.
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ruere, rui, rutus V

destroy, ruin, overthrow; rush on, run; fall; charge (in + ACC); be ruined

Latin-English dictionary > ruō
8 praecipitō

praecipitō āvī, ātus, āre [praeceps], to throw headlong, cast down, hurl down, precipitate: p<*>ae in mare praecipitatae, N.: currum scopulis, hurl against, O.: se ex altissimo muro: sese in fossas, Cs.: se (sc. de muro), L.: se in Tiberim, L.: se in medios ignīs, Cu.: etiam pulcherrima, throw overboard, Iu.: cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, threw themselves down, S.: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sets in the ocean, O.: hac te praecipitato, run this way for life! T.: iis (parvis) minari, praecipitaturos alicunde, threaten to throw them down.—To rush down, throw oneself down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, drop, tumble, fall (of involuntary falling): statim praecipitat in Lirem: nimbi In vada praecipitant, V.: in fossam, L.: sol praecipitans: iam nox caelo Praecipitat, is sinking, V.: hiems iam praecipitaverat, had come to an end, Cs.—Fig., to throw down, hurl down, precipitate: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu: semet ipse praecipitare, destroy oneself, S.: se in insidias, L.: furor iraque mentem Praecipitant, carry headlong, V.: quosdam praecipitat potentia Invidiae, Iu.: nox praecipitata, declining, O.— To hasten, hurry: quae Praecipitent obitum, hasten their setting: praecipitata raptim consilia, precipitate, L.: moras, i. e. exchange for haste, V.: dare tempus Praecipitant curae, hasten, V.— To fall down, fall, sink, be ruined: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet, may tumble down: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, L.: ad exitium praecipitans.— To be too hasty, be precipitate: sustinenda est adsensio, ne praecipitet: praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere, to jump at a conclusion.
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praecipitare, praecipitavi, praecipitatus V

throw headlong, cast down

Latin-English dictionary > praecipitō
9 demitto

dē-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
picis e caelo demissum flumen,
Lucr. 6, 257; cf.:
caelo imbrem,
Verg. G. 1, 23:
caelo ancilia,
Liv. 5, 54 et saep.:
barbam malis,
Lucr. 5, 673:
latum clavum pectore,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.:
monilia pectoribus,
Verg. A. 7, 278:
laenam ex humeris,
id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.:
ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta,
Sall. Hist. 2, 53:
aliquem in sporta per murum,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33:
taleam (sc. in terram),
to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2;
arbores altius,
Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81:
puteum alte in solido,
i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231:
triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta,
Curt. 5, 1, 31:
arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem,
Lucr. 5, 670:
demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12:
fasces,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40:
cibos (sc. in alvum),
Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.;
Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas),
Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.:
effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas,
id. Tr. 3, 4, 9:
arma, classem, socios Rheno,
Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2;
and pecora secundā aquā,
id. ib. 3, 14, 4:
manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant,
Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf.
brachia,
id. 2, 13, 9:
frontem (opp. attolli),
id. 11, 3, 78:
supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures,
Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf.
auriculas,
id. S. 1, 9, 20:
caput,
Ov. M. 10, 192:
crinem,
id. ib. 6, 289:
demisso capite,
Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.:
aliquos per funem,
Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461:
vestem,
id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf.
tunicam,
id. ib. 25:
stolam,
id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.:
equum in flumen,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.:
equos a campo in cavam viam,
Liv. 23, 47:
aliquem in carcerem,
Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4:
aliquem ad imos Manes,
Verg. A. 12, 884:
hostem in ovilia,
Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10:
gladium in jugulum,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.:
ferrum in ilia,
Ov. M. 4, 119:
sublicas in terram,
Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.:
huc stipites,
id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6:
huc caementa,
Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35:
nummum in loculos,
to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175:
calculum atrum in urnam,
Ov. M. 15, 44:
milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam,
Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.:
quove velim magis fessas demittere naves,
Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.:
navem secundo amni Scodam,
Liv. 44, 31.— Poet. with dat.:
corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis,
Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.:
aliquem neci,
Verg. A. 2, 85:
aliquem Orco,
id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11:
aliquem umbris,
Sil. 11, 142:
ferrum jugulo,
Ov. H. 14, 5:
ferrum lacubus,
id. M. 12, 278:
offa demittitur faucibus boum,
Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—
b.
Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend:
(venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit,
Lucr. 6, 446:
se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam,
Cels. 1, 3:
se ad aurem alicujus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:
cum se demittit ob assem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64:
concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant,
Ov. M. 8, 334 al.:
nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—
B.
Esp., milit. t. t.
1.
To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place:
in loca plana agmen demittunt,
Liv. 9, 27; cf.:
agmen in vallem infimam,
id. 7, 34:
equites Numidas in inferiorem campum,
id. 27, 18:
agmen in Thessaliam,
id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in:
agmen,
Liv. 9, 2:
levem armaturam,
id. 22, 28 al.:
cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,
had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.;
so with se,
id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—
2.
Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —
II.
Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.:
demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere,
Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.:
vultu demisso,
Vulg. Isa. 49, 23:
demissis in terram oculis,
Liv. 9, 38, 13;
also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos,
Val. Fl. 3, 41:
vultum,
Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1:
vultum animumque metu,
Ov. M. 7, 133; cf.
vultus,
id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.:
eas voces in pectora animosque,
Liv. 34, 50; and:
dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet,
Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:
dignitatem in discrimen,
Liv. 3, 35:
vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli),
Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with:
me penitus in causam,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.:
me in res turbulentissimas,
id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.:
se in comparationem,
Suet. Rhet. 6:
se in adulationem,
to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73:
se usque ad servilem patientiam,
id. ib. 14, 26:
se ad minora illa,
Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.:
si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,
animos (with contrahere),
id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and:
animum (with contrahere),
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4:
mentes,
Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.:
ne se admodum animo demitterent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.
A.
Lit.
1.
Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.):
campestribus ac demissis locis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.:
loca demissa ac palustria,
id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—
2.
Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down:
demissis umeris esse,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.:
tremulus, labiis demissis,
with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44:
demisso capite discedere,
Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.:
tristes, capite demisso,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32:
demisso vultu,
with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.:
Dido vultum demissa,
Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep:
demissa vulnera,
Sen. Ep. 67 fin. —
B.
Trop.
1.
Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.):
erigebat animum jam demissum,
Cic. Clu. 21, 58:
esse fracto animo et demisso,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:
(homines) animo demisso atque humili,
id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21:
demisso animo fuit,
Sall. J. 98 al.:
demissa voce loqui,
Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.:
nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta,
Liv. 4, 44.— Transf. to the person:
quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit?
Cic. Sull. 26 fin.:
videsne illum demissum?
id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.— Comp.:
orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior,
Cic. Or. 24, 81.—
2.
Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud):
ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.:
multum demissus homo,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 57:
sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori,
Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—
3.
Rarely of external condition, humble, poor:
qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent),
Sall. C. 51, 12.—
4.
Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung:
ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.— Sup. does not occur. — Adv.: dēmisse.
1.
Lit., low:
hic alte, demissius ille volabat,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—
2.
Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly:
non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:
suppliciter demisseque respondere,
id. Fl. 10, 21:
se tueri,
id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > demitto
10 praecipito

praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).
I.
Act.
A.
Lit.:
pilae in mare praecipitatae,
Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:
truncas rupes in tecta domosque,
Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:
pinus,
Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:
se e Leucade,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:
se a tecto,
Sen. Ep. 4, 4:
se de turri,
Liv. 23, 37:
sese in fossas,
Caes. B. C. 3, 69:
praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),
threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:
plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,
Liv. 21, 14, 1:
se in Tiberim,
id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;
Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,
Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:
praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,
to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:
cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,
threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:
lux Praecipitatur aquis,
sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:
hac te praecipitato,
run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—
2.
Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:
vitem,
Cato, R. R. 32, 2:
partem (vitis),
Col. 4, 20, 4:
palmitem,
id. 5, 6, 33.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:
in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,
Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:
semet ipse praecipitare,
to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:
se in exitium,
Cels. 3, 21:
se in insidias,
Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):
furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,
carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:
spem festinando praecipitare,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:
in senectam praecipitare,
to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:
quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,
Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
2.
To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
quae Praecipitent obitum,
hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:
vindemiam,
Col. 3, 21, 10:
consulta viri,
Sil. 3, 166:
ne praecipitetur editio,
Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:
consilia raptim praecipitata,
precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:
moras,
i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:
Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,
Val. Fl. 2, 390:
cursum,
Juv. 15, 78.—
3.
With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):
dare tempus Praecipitant curae,
Verg. A. 11, 3:
si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,
Stat. Th. 1, 679. —
II.
Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).
A.
Lit.:
praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,
Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:
de montibus altis ad terram,
Lucr. 4, 1021:
ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:
Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:
in amni praecipitante,
id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:
nimbi In vada praecipitant,
Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:
in fossam,
Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;
39, 2, 3: in insidias,
id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:
non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?
Verg. A. 4, 565:
sol praecipitans,
Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:
jam nox caelo Praecipitat,
is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:
hiems jam praecipitaverat,
had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:
qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:
praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,
Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,
praecipitantem impellamus,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,
he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:
praecipitante re publicā,
id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:
cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,
Liv. 27, 40:
ad exitium praecipitans,
Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—
2.
To be too hasty:
cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,
Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:
agens mannos ad villam,
Lucr. 3, 1063.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praecipito
11 ruo

rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).
I.
Neutr. (very freq. and class.).
A.
Lit. Rarely of persons:
caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,
Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:
ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
spectacula runnt,
fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:
parietes ruunt,
id. Most. 1, 2, 36:
lateres veteres,
id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,
aedes,
id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:
omnia tecta (supra aliquem),
Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:
altae turres,
Lucr. 5, 307:
moles et machina mundi,
id. 5, 96:
murus,
Liv. 21, 11:
templa deum,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;
aulaea,
id. ib. 2, 8, 71:
acervus,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:
murus latius quam caederetur,
Liv. 21, 11:
tecta in agris,
id. 4, 21:
silices a montibus altis,
Lucr. 5, 314:
alto a culmine Troja,
Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:
caeli templa,
Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:
caelum imbribus immodicis,
Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:
caelum in se,
Liv. 40, 58:
ruit imbriferum ver,
i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:
turbidus imber aquā,
id. A. 5, 695:
tempestas,
Tac. A. 1, 30.
1.
Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —
2.
Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:
volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:
(Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,
id. ib. 7, 20, 1:
huc omnis turba ruebat,
Verg. A. 6, 305:
Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,
id. ib. 8, 648:
per proelia,
id. ib. 12, 526:
quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,
Tac. Agr. 37:
contis gladiisque ruerent,
id. A. 6, 35:
in aquam caeci ruebant,
Liv. 1, 27 fin.:
in castra fugientes,
id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:
promiscue in concubitus,
id. 3, 47:
eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,
id. 27, 41:
ad urbem infesto agmine,
id. 3, 3:
ad portas,
Tac. A. 1, 66:
ad convivium,
id. H. 2, 68 fin.:
per vias,
id. ib. 5, 22:
destinatā morte in proelium,
Flor. 2, 18, 12:
ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,
Curt. 4, 15, 3:
de montibus amnes,
Verg. A. 4, 164:
flumina per campos,
Ov. M. 1, 285:
in Galliam Rhenus,
Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:
vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,
i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:
revoluta ruebat dies,
was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:
antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,
Verg. A. 6, 44.—
B.
Trop.
1.
(Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):
ratio ruat omnis,
Lucr. 4, 507:
quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:
Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,
by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:
tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,
Just. 5, 1, 9.—
2.
(Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):
tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,
Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:
emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,
to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:
cum cotidie rueret,
Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:
compescere ruentes,
Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:
ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,
id. ib. 1, 46:
crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,
Liv. 3, 53:
in servitium,
Tac. A. 1, 7:
in exitium,
id. H. 1, 84:
in sua fata,
Ov. M. 6, 51:
omnia fatis In pejus,
Verg. G. 1, 200:
quo scelesti ruitis?
Hor. Epod. 7, 1:
quo ruis,
Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:
multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,
Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:
quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:
scire ruunt,
Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:
ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,
Liv. 8, 24.—
II.
Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)
A.
Lit.:
imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:
naves (vis venti),
Lucr. 1, 272:
res impetibus crebris (venti),
id. 1, 293:
ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:
immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,
Verg. A. 9, 516:
cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,
breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—
B.
Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:
totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),
Verg. A. 1, 85:
spumas salis aere,
id. ib. 1, 35:
cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,
id. ib. 11, 211:
atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),
id. G. 2, 308:
unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:
in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;
caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,
Dig. 19, 1, 17:
in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,
ib. 50, 16, 241:
ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,
Fest. p. 262 Müll.:
ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,
Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ruo
12 concidō

concidō cidī, —, ere [cado], to fall together, fall down, tumble, fall to earth: conclave illud concidit: urbs uno incendio: pinus bipenni, Ph.: ad terram, V.: sub onere, L.: concidere miratur arator tauros, O.—To fall dead, be slain, fall: omnes advorsis volneribus conciderant, S.: sparo percussus, N.: in proelio: victima taurus Concidit, O. — Fig., to decline, fall, be overthrown, fail, be defeated, decay, perish, go to ruin, waste away, cease: concidunt venti, subside, H.: falsum crimen concidit: macie, to shrivel, O.: concidit auguris domus, H.: concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc., N.: scimus fidem concidisse, was prostrated: praeclara nomina artificum: omnis ferocia, L.: senatūs auctoritas: mente.
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concidere, concidi, - V INTRANS

fall down/faint/dead/victim/to earth/short, collapse; drop, subside; decline; perish, be slain/sacrificed; lose one's case, fail, give out/lose heart, decay
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concidere, concidi, concisus V TRANS

cut/chop up/down/to pieces; crop; ruin, kill, destroy; divide minutely; beat

Latin-English dictionary > concidō
13 occidō

occidō cidī, cāsus, ere [ob+cado], to fall down, fall: ut alii super alios occiderent, L.— To go down, set: iam occidente sole, Pac. ap. C.: donec lux occidat, Iu.—To fall, perish, die, be slain: quā (securi) multi occiderunt: pro patriā: hostium saevitiā, S.: dextrā suā, V.: minimo volnere, O.: unā occidendum nobis esse (cum imperio), S.—Fig., to decline, end: vita occidens, the evening of life: ne sacrorum memoria occideret, be lost.—To perish, be ruined, be lost: sin plane occidimus: occidi, I am undone, T.: funditus, V.: omnia generis insignia occiderunt: vestra beneficia occasura esse.
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occidere, occidi, occasus V

fall, fall down; perish, die, be slain; be ruined/done for, decline, end
II
occidere, occidi, occisus V

kill, murder, slaughter, slay; cut/knock down; weary, be the death/ruin of

Latin-English dictionary > occidō
14 decido

1.
dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall off, fall down (class.).
1.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
decido de lecto praeceps,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 48; so,
anguis decidit de tegulis,
Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 26:
poma ex arboribus decidunt,
Cic. de Sen. 19 fin.; cf.:
e flore guttae,
Ov. M. 9, 345:
equo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6;
for which ex equo (in terram),
Nep. Eum. 4;
and ab equo (in arva),
Ov. Ib. 259:
summo toro,
id. F. 2, 350:
arbore glandes,
id. M. 1, 106:
caelo,
Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164; so,
caelo,
id. 2, 52, 53, § 138:
in terras imber,
Lucr. 6, 497; so,
imber,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 29:
celsae turres graviore casu,
id. Od. 2, 10, 11:
comae,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.:
montium decidentium moles,
Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3:
(volucris) decidit in terram,
Ov. M. 12, 569;
so in terras sidus,
id. ib. 14, 847:
in puteum foveamve auceps,
Hor. A. P. 458:
in lacum fulmen,
Suet. Galb. 8:
in dolia serpens,
Juv. 6, 432:
in casses praeda,
Ov. A. A. 2, 2:
in laqueos suos auceps,
id. Rem. Am. 502:
in turbam praedonum hic fugiens,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:
in praeceps,
Ov. M. 12, 339:
ad pedes tunica,
Suet. Aug. 94. —
B.
Pregn. (like cado and concido), to fall down dead, to sink down, to die (in class. Lat. only poet.):
morbo decidunt,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143:
nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas,
Hor. Od. 4, 7, 14:
scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 36:
decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris,
Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 125; and id. ib. 9, 755: (nupta) Decidit;
in talum serpentis dente recepto,
Ov. M. 10, 10.
II.
Trop., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink:
quanta de spe decidi!
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 9;
for which quanta spe decidi!
id. ib. 4, 8, 11; Suet. Oth. 5;
and a spe societatis Prusiae,
Liv. 37, 26:
ex astris,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4 (cf.: astrum, no. II. B. fin.):
ego ab archetypo labor et decido,
Plin. Ep. 5, 10, 1:
eo decidit ut exsul de senatore fieret,
has fallen so low, id. ib. 4, 11, 1: oculis captus in hanc fraudem decidisti (cf. katapiptein), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101:
ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit, ut, etc.,
Suet. Claud. 9 fin.; cf.:
huc decidisse cuncta, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 3, 59:
ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,
perish, Cic. Off. 2, 12 fin.:
non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidia decidi,
am fallen, defeated, Nep. Eum. 11 fin.:
an toto pectore deciderim,
wholly banished from her affections, Tib. 3, 1, 20 (cf. ek thumou peseein, Hom. Il. 23, 595):
qui huc deciderunt,
into this illness, Cels. 3, 21 fin.:
in hydropa,
id. ib. med.: in maximis necessitatibus, ad quas libidine deciderat, Schol. Juv. 5, 3.
2.
dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off.
I.
Lit. (rare in ante-Aug. per.; more freq. abscīdo;
not in Caes.): taleas oleaginas tripedaneas,
Cato R. R. 45:
collum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 37:
aures,
Tac. A. 12, 14:
virgam arbori,
id. G. 10:
caput,
Curt. 7, 2;
prov.: pennas,
to clip the wings, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:
malleolum,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 162:
filicem nascentem falce,
Col. 2, 2, 13; Sil. 4, 389 et saep.—
B.
Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly:
aliquem verberibus decidere,
Dig. 47, 21, 2.
II.
Trop., to decide a disputed, or, indeed, any matter (qs. to cut the knot; cf.:
dirimo and secare lites, res,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42; id. Sat. 1, 10, 15); to determine, settle, terminate, put an end to (class., most freq. in judic. lang.; cf.: transigo, paciscor).
(α).
With acc.: damnum, XII. Tab. 12, 4; Gai. Inst. 4, 37; 4, 45:
quibus rebus actis atque decisis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45 fin.; cf.:
decisa negotia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 59:
res transactione decisa,
Dig. 5, 2, 29;
and jam decisa quaestio,
ib. 18, 3, 4:
decidis statuisque tu, quid iis ad denarium solveretur,
Cic. Quint. 4, 17; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; Dig. 47, 2, 63; cf. ib. 9, 4, 22, § 4:
hoc loco praeter nomen cetera propriis decisa sunt verbis,
i. e. decidedly, clearly expressed, Quint. 8, 6, 47: ego pol istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, I will now dispose of this dart one way or another, i. e. I will now put an end to this attack, these tricks, Plaut. Casin. 2, 4, 18.—
(β).
With praepp.:
cum aliquo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § [p. 520] 79; 2, 1, 48, § 125; id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130:
non erit uncia tota, decidat tecum qua pater ipse deum,
for which Jupiter may compound with you, Mart. 9, 4, 6; cf.:
cum patrono pecuniā,
Dig. 12, 6, 26, § 12:
de rebus,
Cic. Quint. 5, 19; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35 sq.; id. Att. 1, 8; Just. 31, 7: decidere jactu coepit cum ventis, to compound with the winds by throwing overboard (the cargo), Juv. 12, 33.—
(γ).
Absol.:
in jugera singula ternis medimnis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48; id. Rosc. Com. 36; Aur. Vict. de Vir. Ill. 56, 4.—
B.
To cut down, reduce, diminish:
ad tertiam partem vectigal,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decido
15 procido

1.
prō-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall forwards or down, to fall flat, fall prostrate (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I.
In gen.:
ad pedes alicujus,
Hor. Epod. 17, 13:
praeceps procidit ante proram,
Liv. 26, 39:
universi prociderunt,
id. 45, 25:
in corpus amici,
Stat. Th. 9, 47:
cum tu lassata sequendo Procidis,
Ov. M. 9, 649:
impulsa cupressus Euro Procidit late,
Hor. C. 4, 6, 10:
muri pars prociderat,
Liv. 31, 46 fin. —
II.
In partic., of a part of the body, to fall down or forwards out of its place:
oculi procidunt,
Cels. 6, 6, 8 fin.:
oculi procidentes,
Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 118:
si procidant vulvae,
id. 23, 6, 54, § 103:
pastilli ex acaciā sistunt vulvam et sedem procidentes,
id. 24, 12, 67, § 110.—Hence, prōcĭdentĭa, ĭum, P. a., n. plur., parts of the body that [p. 1452] fall out of their place, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; 24, 11, 59, § 99.
2.
procīdo, no perf., īsum, 3, v. a. [pro-caedo], to strike down, Not. Tir. p. 18:
procisus, praecisus,
id. ib.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > procido
16 prolabor

prō-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. n., to glide forward, to slide or slip along, to fall down (class.; in Cic. most freq. in a trop. sense).
I.
Lit.: at Canis ad caudam serpens prolabitur Argo, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114; Prop. 1, 20, 47: ruit prolapsa moles, of the sea, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:
collapsus pons, usque alterius initium pontis prolabi eum leniter cogebat: alii elephanti pedibus insistentes, alii clunibus subsidentes prolabebantur,
to slide along... slide forward, Liv. 44, 5 sqq.: velut si prolapsus cecidisset, terram osculo contigit. id. 1, 56:
equus prolapsum per caput regem effudit,
falling down, id. 27, 32:
ex equo,
id. 27, 27:
ex arbore altā prolapsus,
Plin. 27, 8, 45, § 69; Ov. Ib. 223; cf.:
prolapsus in cloacae foramen,
Suet. Gram. 2:
prolapsa Pergama,
fallen down, fallen to ruin, Verg. A. 2, 555:
Laodicea tremore terrae prolapsa,
Tac. A. 14, 27.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To go forward, go on, to proceed or come to, fall into any thing: me longius prolapsum esse, quam ratio vestri judicii postularit, have gone farther, i. e. have said more, Cic. Caecin. 35, 101:
libenter ad istam orationem tecum prolaberer,
would go on, be led on, id. Leg. 1, 20, 52:
in misericordiam prolapsus est animus,
Liv. 30, 12:
in rabiem,
Tac. A. 1, 31:
ad seditiones,
id. ib. 4, 18:
ad jurgia,
id. ib. 2, 10:
ad superbiam,
id. ib. 11, 17 fin.; Amm. 23, 6, 1.—
B.
To slip out, escape:
ne quod ab aliquā cupiditate prolapsum verbum videatur,
Cic. Font. 13, 28 (9, 18).—
C.
To fall, fail, err:
timore,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
cupiditate,
id. Att. 1, 17, 19:
cupiditate regni,
Liv. 40, 23:
nimio juvandi mortales studio,
Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 118.—
D.
To fall to decay, to sink, decline, go to ruin:
huc unius mulieris libido est prolapsa, ut, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 20, 47; cf.:
eo prolapsi sunt mores, ut, etc.,
Sen. Contr. 15:
ita prolapsa est (juventus), ut coërcenda sit,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4:
ad id prolapsae,
Tac. A. 12, 53:
in aliquod dedecus,
Val. Max. 2, 1, 5:
prolapsum clade Romanum imperium,
Liv. 23, 5, 14:
rem temeritate ejus prolapsam restituit,
id. 6, 22; 45, 19:
studio magnificentiae,
Tac. A. 3, 55.—
E.
To fall away from grace (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Heb. 6, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prolabor
17 corruō (conr-)

corruō (conr-) uī, —, ere [com- + ruo], to fall together, fall down, fall, tumble, sink: aedes corruerunt: adducta funibus arbor, O.: igne rogus, O.: paene risu: exspirantes corruerunt, L.: quo loco corruerat icta (Horatia), L.: in volnus, V.: tibi victima, Pr.—Fig., to fall, sink, fail, go down: si uno meo fato et tu et omnes mei conruistis: tamquam inexercitati histriones, break down.—To ruin, destroy: in quo me corruerit genere, Ct.

Latin-English dictionary > corruō (conr-)
18 obcido

1.
occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (very rare):
aliquem pugnis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:
occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,
to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:
occisum ad mortem,
wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
B.
In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:
ejus copias,
id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:
ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:
ad unum omnes,
to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:
aliquem veneno,
to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:
occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,
Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:
et occidet eum lingua viperae,
Vulg. Job, 20, 16:
occisa sunt in terrae motu,
id. Apoc. 11, 13:
dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,
se occidere,
Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:
occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
II.
Transf.
A.
To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:
aliā occidis fabulā,
id. Men. 5, 5, 23:
occidis saepe rogando,
Hor. Epod. 14, 5:
legendo,
id. A. P. 475.—
B.
To ruin, undo:
occidisti me tuis fallaciis,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):
occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:
occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,
I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
2.
occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (rare):
et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:
arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,
id. 23, 24.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:
soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 4:
Capra, Aquila, Canicula,
Col. 11, 2, 94:
occasura pars caeli,
i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,
ante solem obcasum,
before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:
donec lux occidat,
Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:
non occidet ultra sol tuus,
Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
2.
Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;
syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:
in bello,
id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:
Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,
id. Div. 1, 25, 53:
sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,
Sall. J. 7, 2:
occiderit ferro Priamus?
Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:
minimo vulnere,
Ov. M. 6, 265.—
II.
Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
A.
Of persons:
sin plane occidimus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:
nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:
occidimus funditus,
Verg. A. 11, 413.—
B.
Of things:
non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,
I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:
occidit spes nostra,
is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:
lumen (oculorum),
Lucr. 3, 414:
dolus,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:
causa,
Lucr. 2, 790:
rem publicam occidere,
Cic. Dom. 30, 96:
vita,
id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:
occidit ornatus (mundi),
perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:
vestra beneficia occasura esse,
id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):
ab oriente ad occidentem,
Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:
vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,
Hor. Epod. 1, 13:
cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:
validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,
Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
3.
occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obcido
19 occido

1.
occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (very rare):
aliquem pugnis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:
occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,
to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:
occisum ad mortem,
wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
B.
In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:
ejus copias,
id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:
ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:
ad unum omnes,
to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:
aliquem veneno,
to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:
occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,
Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:
et occidet eum lingua viperae,
Vulg. Job, 20, 16:
occisa sunt in terrae motu,
id. Apoc. 11, 13:
dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,
se occidere,
Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:
occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
II.
Transf.
A.
To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:
aliā occidis fabulā,
id. Men. 5, 5, 23:
occidis saepe rogando,
Hor. Epod. 14, 5:
legendo,
id. A. P. 475.—
B.
To ruin, undo:
occidisti me tuis fallaciis,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):
occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:
occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,
I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
2.
occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (rare):
et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:
arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,
id. 23, 24.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:
soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 4:
Capra, Aquila, Canicula,
Col. 11, 2, 94:
occasura pars caeli,
i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,
ante solem obcasum,
before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:
donec lux occidat,
Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:
non occidet ultra sol tuus,
Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
2.
Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;
syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:
in bello,
id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:
Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,
id. Div. 1, 25, 53:
sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,
Sall. J. 7, 2:
occiderit ferro Priamus?
Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:
minimo vulnere,
Ov. M. 6, 265.—
II.
Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
A.
Of persons:
sin plane occidimus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:
nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:
occidimus funditus,
Verg. A. 11, 413.—
B.
Of things:
non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,
I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:
occidit spes nostra,
is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:
lumen (oculorum),
Lucr. 3, 414:
dolus,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:
causa,
Lucr. 2, 790:
rem publicam occidere,
Cic. Dom. 30, 96:
vita,
id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:
occidit ornatus (mundi),
perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:
vestra beneficia occasura esse,
id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):
ab oriente ad occidentem,
Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:
vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,
Hor. Epod. 1, 13:
cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:
validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,
Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
3.
occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > occido
20 dēcumbō

dēcumbō cubuī, —, ere [CVB-], to lie down, recline: prior decumbas, take place (at table), T.: in triclinio, to fall, succumb, yield (of gladiators): honeste.
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decumbere, decumbui, - V INTRANS

to lie down, recline; take to bed; lie ill, die; fall (in a fight), fall down

Latin-English dictionary > dēcumbō

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