to lean upon

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in-nītor, nixus or nīsus, 3, v. dep., to lean or rest upon, to support one ' s self by any thing.

Lit.

In gen.:

vineis breves ad innitendum cannas circumdare,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.

With dat. and abl.:

innititur hastae,

Ov. M. 14, 655:

fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 12, 144:

scutis innixi,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

templa vastis innixa columnis,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 49:

arbores radicibus innixae,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127:

hasta innixus,

Liv. 4, 19, 4:

moderamine navis,

Ov. M. 15, 726.—

With in and acc.:

in Pansam fratrem innixus,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 182.—

In partic., to lean upon in order to press down, to press or bear upon:

elephantus lixam genu innixus,

Hirt. B. Afr. 84.—

Trop.

In gen.:

praecipuus, cui secreta imperatorum inniterentur,

Tac. A. 3, 30:

salutem suam incolumitati Pisonis,

id. ib. 15, 60:

omnia curae tutelaeque unius innixa,

Quint. 6, 1, 35:

tuis promissis freti et innixi,

Plin. Pan. 66, 5.—

In partic., to end, terminate: syllabae nostrae in b litteram et d innituntur, Quint. 12, 10, 32.—

Innixum sidus, i. q. En gonasi, Avien. Arat. 205.

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(-ere) to apply oneself, concentrate / favor, further, promote

(-ere) to lie or lean upon, lean over, overhang

an-nītor (better adn-), nīsus or nixus, 3, v. dep.

Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):

natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

Cic. Lael. 23, 88:

hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,

Verg. A. 12, 92:

stant longis adnixi hastis,

id. ib. 9, 229:

Latona oleae adnisa,

Tac. A. 3, 61.—

Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).

With ut or ne:

quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:

omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —

Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:

With de:

nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,

Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—

With pro:

patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,

Liv. 2, 61.—

With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—

With inf.:

adnitentibus retinere morem,

Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—

Absol.:

adnitente Crasso,

Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.

► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),

Gell. 2, 12, 5.

an-nītor (better adn-), nīsus or nixus, 3, v. dep.

Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):

natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

Cic. Lael. 23, 88:

hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,

Verg. A. 12, 92:

stant longis adnixi hastis,

id. ib. 9, 229:

Latona oleae adnisa,

Tac. A. 3, 61.—

Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).

With ut or ne:

quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:

omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —

Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:

With de:

nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,

Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—

With pro:

patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,

Liv. 2, 61.—

With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—

With inf.:

adnitentibus retinere morem,

Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—

Absol.:

adnitente Crasso,

Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.

► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),

Gell. 2, 12, 5.

an-nītor (better adn-), nīsus or nixus, 3, v. dep.

Lit., to press upon or against, to lean upon; with ad or dat. (most freq. after the commencement of the Aug. per.):

natura ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum adnititur,

Cic. Lael. 23, 88:

hasta ingenti adnixa columnae,

Verg. A. 12, 92:

stant longis adnixi hastis,

id. ib. 9, 229:

Latona oleae adnisa,

Tac. A. 3, 61.—

Trop., to take pains about something, to exert one's self, strive; constr. with ut or ne. or a gerund with ad (mostly prose).

With ut or ne:

quo mihi acrius adnitendum est, ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 85, 6; Liv. 6, 6:

omni ope adnisi sunt, ut, etc.,

id. 8, 16; 22, 58; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186:

omni ope adniti, ne quis e plebe, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 25 fin. —

Ad ea patranda omnis civitas summo studio adnitebatur, Sall. J. 43, 4; Liv. 27, 14.—Other constructions:

With de:

nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho,

Cic. Att. 6, 8; Liv. 5, 25.—

With pro:

patres non temere pro ullo aeque adnisi sunt,

Liv. 2, 61.—

With acc. of pron., Plin. Ep. 6, 18.—

With inf.:

adnitentibus retinere morem,

Tac. H. 4, 8; 5, 8.—

Absol.:

adnitente Crasso,

Sall. C. 19, 1; so id. J. 85, 47; Liv. 21, 8.

► adnītendus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

si in concordiā adnitendā (i. e. procurandā),

Gell. 2, 12, 5.

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incumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, ĕre, v. n. [1. incubo], to lay one ' s self upon, to lean or recline upon a thing (cf. ingruo; class., partic. in the trop. sense).

Lit., constr. with in, ad, super, or dat.; also with the simple acc.:

olivae,

Verg. E. 8, 16:

in parietem,

Dig. 39, 2, 28:

densis ordinibus nunc alii in alios, nunc in scuta incumbentes sustinebant impetus Romanorum,

Liv. 35, 5, 7:

toro,

Verg. A. 4, 650:

materiae,

Curt. 8, 10, 25:

terrae,

Tac. A. 2, 17:

super praedam,

to lie upon, Petr. 80:

in eum,

Curt. 6, 9: ad vos, Ov. M. 9, 385:

cumulatis in aqua sarcinis insuper incumbebant,

Liv. 22, 2, 8:

validis incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 5, 15; 10, 294; Curt. 9, 9, 4.—Of the heavens:

cava in se convexitas vergit, et cardini suo, hoc est terrae, undique incumbit,

Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160:

mare,

to cast itself into the sea, id. 5, 32, 40, § 141: fessi arma sua, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 229:

tecto incubuit bubo,

perched on, Ov. M. 6, 432:

gladium faciam culcitam, camque incumbam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 29.—

Transf., to lean or incline towards, to overhang; to rush towards:

silex prona jugo laevum incumbebat ad amnem,

Verg. A. 8, 236:

laurus incumbens arae,

id. ib. 2, 514: in gladium, to fall on one ' s sword, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

gladio,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:

ferro,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 33:

in hostem,

to press upon the enemy, Liv. 30, 34, 2; cf.:

duo duces circumstare urbem... et unum in locum totam periculi molem, omne onus incubuisse,

id. 27, 40, 6.—

Trop.

To press upon, burden, oppress, weigh upon:

incubuere (venti) mari,

Verg. A. 1, 84:

tempestas a vertice silvis incubuit,

id. G. 2, 311:

gravis incumbens scopulis aestas,

id. ib. 2, 377:

febrium terris incubuit cohors,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 30:

(aestus) incubuit populo,

Lucr. 6, 142. — Absol.:

saevior armis Luxuria incubuit,

Just. 6, 292.—

To bend one ' s attention to, to apply or devote one ' s self to, to exert one ' s self, or take pains with, pay attention to; constr. with in, ad, or dat.:

rogandis legibus,

Flor. 3, 16:

ceris et stilo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 9:

labori,

Sil. 4, 820:

toto pectore novae cogitationi,

Tac. Or. 3:

et animo et opibus in bellum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76:

ut jam inclinato (judici) reliqua incumbat oratio,

press upon, exert influence on, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324; cf.:

invidia mihi incumbit,

Tac. A. 14, 54:

in aliquod studium,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

in causam,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 12:

acrius graviusque ad ulciscendas rei publicae injurias,

id. ib. 6, 1, 2:

tota mente in aliquam curam et cogitationem,

id. Fam. 10, 3, 3:

toto pectore ad laudem,

id. ib. 10, 12, 2:

omni cogitatione curaque in rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 2:

fato urguenti incumbere,

to press on, hasten, Verg. A. 2, 653.—With inf.:

sarcire ruinas,

Verg. G. 4, 249:

delatorem pervertere,

Tac. H. 2, 10.—With ut and subj.:

Appius Claudius... cum suis tum totius nobilitatis viribus incubuit, ut, etc.,

Liv. 10, 15, 8.— Absol.:

nunc, nunc incumbere tempus,

Ov. M. 10, 657.—

To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards:

hoc servi esse officium reor,... non quo incumbat eum (i. e. erum) inpellere,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

ut eos, qui audiunt, quocumque incubuerit, possit impellere,

whithersoever he may incline, choose, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 55:

eodem incumbunt municipia,

are inclined the same way, id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

ad voluntatem perferendae legis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4:

voluntatum inclinatio ad virum bonum,

to lean towards, turn to, id. Mur. 26, 53: in causam, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:

in cupiditatem,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3:

in illo,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6.—

To be incumbent upon one as a duty (post-class.):

accusandi necessitas domino,

Dig. 48, 2, 5:

ei probatio,

ib. 22, 3, 2:

judici omnium rerum officium,

ib. 21, 1, 25.

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prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.

Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.;

cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus,

Gell. 10, 15, 10:

ante pedes,

Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30:

templis,

Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83):

qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

in genua,

Curt. 9, 5, 13:

Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit,

Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

sibi tres legiones procubuisse,

had yielded, Tac. A. 1, 59:

veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint,

id. H. 4, 17.— Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.— To lean or bend forwards:

olli certamine summo Procumbunt,

i.e. they bend to their oars, Verg. A. 5, 197.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.):

tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

frumenta imbribus procubuerant,

i.e. were beaten down, id. ib. 6, 43:

ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis,

Verg. G. 1, 111:

ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat,

Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 14:

tecta super habitantes,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—

To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—

Trop., to fall or sink down ( poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sen [p. 1454] suality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2:

procumbentem rem publicam restituere,

sinking, Vell. 2, 16, 4:

res procubuere meae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—

To extend, spread:

mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45:

planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit,

Curt. 5, 4, 6.

ap-plĭco ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm, in Quint.; app-, Merk., Kayser, Halm, in Nep. Rib.), āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1, v. a. (applicui appears to have first become prevalent in the time of Cic., and is the com. form in Vulg.; cf. Gell. 1, 7 fin.; applicavi is used by Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.; Varr. ib.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 23; Auct. B. Alex. 17 fin.; Cic. Clu. 16, 46; 24, 66; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; 2, 13, 55; id. Brut. 91, 316; id. Inv. 2, 13, 43; 2, 51, 153; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; id. Ac. 2, 20, 65; and id. Fam. 3, 11, 5; Val. Max. 4, 7, 4; Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2; Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 7; ib. Eccli. 33, 12; ib. Osee, 7, 6. It is found in the best MSS. and edd.; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. p. 240, and Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 477 and 479. Still later than applicui, the sup. applicitum became prevalent, Inscr, Neap. l. 6916; Inscr. Orell. 4570; Col. 4, 22, 1; 4, 24, 18; Quint. 1, 2, 26; 2, 4, 30; 4, 2, 117; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 551, and v. P. a. infra; cf. plico and its compounds, complico, explico, implico, etc.); orig., to join, fasten, or attach to, to affix; hence, to bring, add, put, place to or near to, etc. (very freq., esp. in trop. signif. and in more elevated style; in Plaut. twice; in Ter. four times;

in Cic. epistt. only once,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3; never in Tac.; syn.: admoveo, adjungo, addo, adhibeo, adicio).

In gen.

Lit.; constr. usu. with ad; rarely with dat.

With ad:

se ad arbores,

to lean against, Caes. B. G. 6, 27 (cf.:

trunco se applicuit,

Just. 12, 9, 9):

applicuit ambos ad eum,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 13; ib. 1 Macc. 9, 3:

umeros ad saxa,

Ov. M. 5, 160:

sinistrum (cornu) ad oppidum,

Liv. 27, 2:

se ad flammam,

to approach, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

sudarium ad os,

Suet. Ner. 25 al. —

With dat.:

ratem (sc. rati),

Liv. 21, 28, 5:

flumini castra,

id. 32, 30:

corporibus adplicantur,

id. 23, 27:

(asellum) ulmo,

Ov. F. 3, 750:

sanctos applicabit sibi,

Vulg. Num. 16, 5; ib. 2 Par. 2, 16.—Also with local adv.:

boves illuc,

Ov. F. 1, 543.—

Trop.

To connect with, to add to a thing:

ut ad honestatem adplicetur (voluptas),

Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

annum,

Mart. 6, 28, 9:

adplicare verba verbis,

Quint. 7, 10, 17; 7, 3, 19.—

Se or animum, to attach, apply, or devote one's self or one's mind to a person or thing:

illae extemplo se (ad eos) adplicant, adglutinant,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 67:

hi se ad vos adplicant,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 13; id. And. 5, 4, 21: ad Siculos se adplicavit, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.:

se ad alicujus familiaritatem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

Sicilia se ad amicitiam fidemque populi Romani applicavit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 1; so id. Lael. 9, 32; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; id. Fam. 3, 11, 3 al.:

ad Atheniensium societatem se applicare,

Nep. Arist. 2, 3:

Certa res est ad frugem adplicare animum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 34:

animum aegrotum ad deteriorem partem adplicat,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 22:

ad virtutem animus se adplicat,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

aures modis,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; so id. C. S. 72 (cf.:

admovere aures, s. v. admoveo, and adhibere aures,

Cic. Arch. 3): sese ad convivia, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:

se ad studium musicum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 23:

me ad eundem quem Romae audiveram Molonem applicavi,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

se ad philosophiam, ad jus civile, ad eloquentiam,

id. Off. 1, 32, 115:

se ad scribendam historiam,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 55 al. —

Crimen alicui, to charge one with a crime, Plin. Ep. 10, 66, 4.—

Esp., naut. t. t., navem, or absol. applicari, and in the act. as v. n. (cf. 1. appello, II.), to drive, direct, steer, or bring a ship anywhere, to land, to bring to land:

navim ad naufragum applicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 2. 51, 153: ad Heraeum naves adplicuit, Liv 33, 17;

37, 12, 5: adplicatis nostris ad ter ram navibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101 Held.:

Ciae telluris ad oras Applicor,

Ov. M. 3, 598:

applicor ignotis (sc. terris),

id. H. 7, 117 Ruhnk. and Loers.—With in and acc.:

applicor in terras,

Ov. H. 16, 126 (cf.:

appellere in aliquem locum,

Liv. 8, 3, and 28, 42): ad terram adplicant, Auct. B. Hisp. 37 fin.; so Just. 2, 4, 21; 2, 12, 2; Dig. 1, 16, 4.—With acc. of place whither:

aliā applicuimus Samum,

Vulg. Act. 20, 15.—With abl.:

quocumque litore adplicuisse naves,

Liv. 44, 32, 4.— Absol.:

et applicuerant,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 53.— Poet.: quo accedam? quo adplicem? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: quae vis immanibus applicat oris, drives or brings you, etc., Verg. A. 1, 616 (cf.:

nos Libycis tempestas adpulit oris,

id. ib. 1, 377):

sublimis rapitur (Medea) et Creteis regionibus applicat angues,

i. e. her dragon-chariot, Ov. M. 7, 223.—Hence,

applĭcātus ( adp-), a, um, P. a.

Placed upon, lying upon or close to, attached to:

aures,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

Leucas colli adplicata,

Liv. 33, 17, and Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11:

nervi adplicati ossibus,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 217.—

Inclined or adapted to, directed to:

omne animal adplicatum esse ad se diligendum,

inclined to self-love, Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34:

vehemens ad aliquam rem applicata occupatio,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 36.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.—

ap-plĭcĭtus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., applied or joined to, attached to:

adplicitum est cubiculo hypocauston,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

trunco palus,

Col. 4, 22, 2: vites arboribus adplicitae, [p. 143] Quint. 1, 2, 26.— Trop.:

pressus et velut adplicitus rei cultus,

Quint. 4, 2, 117.

ap-plĭco ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm, in Quint.; app-, Merk., Kayser, Halm, in Nep. Rib.), āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1, v. a. (applicui appears to have first become prevalent in the time of Cic., and is the com. form in Vulg.; cf. Gell. 1, 7 fin.; applicavi is used by Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.; Varr. ib.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 23; Auct. B. Alex. 17 fin.; Cic. Clu. 16, 46; 24, 66; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; 2, 13, 55; id. Brut. 91, 316; id. Inv. 2, 13, 43; 2, 51, 153; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; id. Ac. 2, 20, 65; and id. Fam. 3, 11, 5; Val. Max. 4, 7, 4; Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2; Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 7; ib. Eccli. 33, 12; ib. Osee, 7, 6. It is found in the best MSS. and edd.; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. p. 240, and Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 477 and 479. Still later than applicui, the sup. applicitum became prevalent, Inscr, Neap. l. 6916; Inscr. Orell. 4570; Col. 4, 22, 1; 4, 24, 18; Quint. 1, 2, 26; 2, 4, 30; 4, 2, 117; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 551, and v. P. a. infra; cf. plico and its compounds, complico, explico, implico, etc.); orig., to join, fasten, or attach to, to affix; hence, to bring, add, put, place to or near to, etc. (very freq., esp. in trop. signif. and in more elevated style; in Plaut. twice; in Ter. four times;

in Cic. epistt. only once,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3; never in Tac.; syn.: admoveo, adjungo, addo, adhibeo, adicio).

In gen.

Lit.; constr. usu. with ad; rarely with dat.

With ad:

se ad arbores,

to lean against, Caes. B. G. 6, 27 (cf.:

trunco se applicuit,

Just. 12, 9, 9):

applicuit ambos ad eum,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 13; ib. 1 Macc. 9, 3:

umeros ad saxa,

Ov. M. 5, 160:

sinistrum (cornu) ad oppidum,

Liv. 27, 2:

se ad flammam,

to approach, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

sudarium ad os,

Suet. Ner. 25 al. —

With dat.:

ratem (sc. rati),

Liv. 21, 28, 5:

flumini castra,

id. 32, 30:

corporibus adplicantur,

id. 23, 27:

(asellum) ulmo,

Ov. F. 3, 750:

sanctos applicabit sibi,

Vulg. Num. 16, 5; ib. 2 Par. 2, 16.—Also with local adv.:

boves illuc,

Ov. F. 1, 543.—

Trop.

To connect with, to add to a thing:

ut ad honestatem adplicetur (voluptas),

Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37:

annum,

Mart. 6, 28, 9:

adplicare verba verbis,

Quint. 7, 10, 17; 7, 3, 19.—

Se or animum, to attach, apply, or devote one's self or one's mind to a person or thing:

illae extemplo se (ad eos) adplicant, adglutinant,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 67:

hi se ad vos adplicant,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 13; id. And. 5, 4, 21: ad Siculos se adplicavit, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 860 P.:

se ad alicujus familiaritatem,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

Sicilia se ad amicitiam fidemque populi Romani applicavit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 1; so id. Lael. 9, 32; id. de Or. 1, 39, 177; id. Fam. 3, 11, 3 al.:

ad Atheniensium societatem se applicare,

Nep. Arist. 2, 3:

Certa res est ad frugem adplicare animum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 34:

animum aegrotum ad deteriorem partem adplicat,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 22:

ad virtutem animus se adplicat,

Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

aures modis,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 8; so id. C. S. 72 (cf.:

admovere aures, s. v. admoveo, and adhibere aures,

Cic. Arch. 3): sese ad convivia, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:

se ad studium musicum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 23:

me ad eundem quem Romae audiveram Molonem applicavi,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316:

se ad philosophiam, ad jus civile, ad eloquentiam,

id. Off. 1, 32, 115:

se ad scribendam historiam,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 55 al. —

Crimen alicui, to charge one with a crime, Plin. Ep. 10, 66, 4.—

Esp., naut. t. t., navem, or absol. applicari, and in the act. as v. n. (cf. 1. appello, II.), to drive, direct, steer, or bring a ship anywhere, to land, to bring to land:

navim ad naufragum applicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 2. 51, 153: ad Heraeum naves adplicuit, Liv 33, 17;

37, 12, 5: adplicatis nostris ad ter ram navibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101 Held.:

Ciae telluris ad oras Applicor,

Ov. M. 3, 598:

applicor ignotis (sc. terris),

id. H. 7, 117 Ruhnk. and Loers.—With in and acc.:

applicor in terras,

Ov. H. 16, 126 (cf.:

appellere in aliquem locum,

Liv. 8, 3, and 28, 42): ad terram adplicant, Auct. B. Hisp. 37 fin.; so Just. 2, 4, 21; 2, 12, 2; Dig. 1, 16, 4.—With acc. of place whither:

aliā applicuimus Samum,

Vulg. Act. 20, 15.—With abl.:

quocumque litore adplicuisse naves,

Liv. 44, 32, 4.— Absol.:

et applicuerant,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 53.— Poet.: quo accedam? quo adplicem? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44: quae vis immanibus applicat oris, drives or brings you, etc., Verg. A. 1, 616 (cf.:

nos Libycis tempestas adpulit oris,

id. ib. 1, 377):

sublimis rapitur (Medea) et Creteis regionibus applicat angues,

i. e. her dragon-chariot, Ov. M. 7, 223.—Hence,

applĭcātus ( adp-), a, um, P. a.

Placed upon, lying upon or close to, attached to:

aures,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

Leucas colli adplicata,

Liv. 33, 17, and Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11:

nervi adplicati ossibus,

id. 11, 37, 88, § 217.—

Inclined or adapted to, directed to:

omne animal adplicatum esse ad se diligendum,

inclined to self-love, Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34:

vehemens ad aliquam rem applicata occupatio,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 36.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.—

ap-plĭcĭtus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., applied or joined to, attached to:

adplicitum est cubiculo hypocauston,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

trunco palus,

Col. 4, 22, 2: vites arboribus adplicitae, [p. 143] Quint. 1, 2, 26.— Trop.:

pressus et velut adplicitus rei cultus,

Quint. 4, 2, 117.

immĭnĕo ( inm-), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).

Lit. (mostly poet.):

collis plurimus urbi Imminet,

commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:

imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,

Liv. 29, 35, 7:

imminens villae tua pinus esto,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:

candida populus antro Imminet,

Verg. E. 9, 41:

aër his,

Ov. M. 1, 52:

caelumque quod imminet orbi,

id. ib. 2, 7:

scopulus aequoribus,

id. ib. 4, 525:

apex collis subjectis arvis,

id. ib. 7, 779:

nemus desuper,

Verg. A. 1, 165:

arbos,

Ov. M. 4, 459:

imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,

Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:

choros ducit Venus imminente luna,

shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:

gestu omni imminenti,

bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—

Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.

In gen. (rare):

imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,

Ov. M. 7, 785:

tergo fugacis,

id. ib. 1, 542:

carcer imminens foro,

adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:

imminentia muro aedificia,

id. 2, 33, 7.—

In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):

nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:

Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,

id. Att. 5, 20, 2:

imminent duo reges toti Asiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

circum insulas Italiae inminentes,

Liv. 21, 49, 1:

Mithridates Italiae quoque,

Vell. 2, 18, 4:

Parthi Latio,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:

Germaniae et Britanniae,

Suet. Calig. 19:

bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:

imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:

turris ingens inminebat,

Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:

inminentes tumuli,

id. 3, 7, 2. —

Trop. (class.).

To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:

hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:

in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,

id. 25, 20, 5:

huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,

Verg. Cul. 89:

alieno imminere,

Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:

rebus,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,

Suet. Aug. 24:

peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,

Liv. 3, 51, 9:

spei majoris honoris,

id. 4, 25, 9:

occasioni alloquendi regem,

Curt. 5, 11:

exitio conjugis,

Ov. M. 1, 146:

Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.

In gen.:

sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—

In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:

periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,

Suet. Claud. 29:

periculum ambobus,

id. Tit. 9:

imminentes undique insidiae,

id. Caes. 86:

discrimina undique,

id. Tib. 25:

summum discrimen,

Quint. 8, 4, 22:

bellum,

id. 12, 1, 43:

taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,

Suet. Vit. 15.