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1 con-tundō
con-tundō tudī, tūsus or tūnsus, ere, to beat, bruise, grind, crush, pound, break to pieces: pugiles caestibus contusi: Vos saxis, H.: pectus ictu, O.: flos nullo contusus aratro, Ct.: contusi inter saxa, L.: narīs a fronte resimas, to flatten, O.: radicibus contusis equos alere, Cs.: herbas, V.— Of gout: (cheragra) articulos, racked, H.—Fig., to break, crush, destroy, subdue, put down, baffle, check: populos ferocīs, V.: Hannibalem, L.: opes contusae (opp. auctae), S.: praedonis audaciam: regum minas, H.: animos, Ta. -
2 sternō
sternō strāvī, strātus, ere [STER-], to spread out, spread abroad, stretch out, extend, strew, scatter: Sternitur in duro vellus solo, O.: virgas, strew, O.: passim poma, V.: corpora, stretch, L.: Sternimur gremio telluris, lie down, V.— To spread out, flatten, smooth, level: Sterneret aequor aquis, V.: straverunt aequora venti, V.: pontum, O.: odia militum, to calm, moderate, Ta.— To cover, spread, bestrew: foliis nemus tempestas Sternet, H.: Congeriem silvae vellere, O.: strati bacis agri, V.—Of a bed or couch, to cover, spread, prepare, arrange, make: lectus vestimentis stratus est, T.: pelliculis lectulos: torum frondibus, Iu.—Of a way, to cover, lay, pave: locum sternendum locare: via strata, L.: semitam saxo quadrato, L.—Of an animal, to saddle: equos, L.— To throw down, stretch out, lay low, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate, raze, level: catervas, L.: omnia ferro, L.: Ter leto sternendus erat, V.: Stravit humi pronam, O.: Primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum, H.: Sternitur volnere, V.: Thyesten exitio gravi, H.: Strata belua texit humum, O.—Fig., to cast down, prostrate: adflictos se et stratos esse fateantur: mortalia corda Per gentīs humilīs stravit pavor, V.: haec omnia strata humi erexit, L.* * *sternere, stravi, stratus Vspread, strew, scatter; lay out -
3 explano
ex-plāno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.* I.Lit., to flatten or spread out:II.suberi cortex in denos pedes undique explanatus,
Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—Trop., of speech, to make plain or clear, to explain (class.:2.syn.: explico, expono, interpretor): qualis differentia sit honesti et decori, facilius intelligi quam explanari potest,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 4:rem latentem explicare definiendo, obscuram explanare interpretando, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 42, 152:explanare apertiusque dicere aliquid,
id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:docere et explanare,
id. Off. 1, 28, 101:aliquid conjecturā,
id. de Or. 2, 69, 280:rem,
id. Or. 24, 80:quem amicum tuum ais fuisse istum, explana mihi,
Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 33:de cujus hominis moribus pauca prius explananda sunt, quam initium narrandi faciam,
Sall. C. 4, 5.— Pass. impers.:juxta quod flumen, aut ubi fuerit, non satis explanatur,
Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97.—To utter distinctly:et ille juravit, expressit, explanavitque verba, quibus, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 64, 3.—Hence, explānātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), plain, distinct (rare):claritas in voce, in lingua etiam explanata vocum impressio,
i. e. an articulate pronunciation, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: parum explanatis vocibus sermo praeruptus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 1, 4.— Adv. ex-plānāte, plainly, clearly, distinctly:scriptum,
Gell. 16, 8, 3.— Comp.:ut definire rem cum explanatius, tum etiam uberius (opp. presse et anguste),
Cic. Or. 33, 117. -
4 simo
1.sīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [simus], to press flat, to flatten (only in the foll. passages): simavit taxim ad nares, Lucil. ap. Non. 169, 31: simataeque jacent pando sinuamine nares, Sulp. Luperc. ap. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 516 Burm.:2.projecturas simaverunt,
Vitr. 4, 2, 3.Sĭmo, ōnis, m. [id.], a proper name, Plaut. Most.; id. Ps.; Ter. And.; Hor. A. P. 238; Plin. 11, 37, 59, § 158; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23. [p. 1702]3.Sĭmo, v. 1. Simon.
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