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  • 1 carpo

    carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].
    I.
    Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).
    A.
    In gen.:

    (flos) tenui carptus ungui,

    Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

    ab arbore flores,

    id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

    infra, II.: rosam, poma,

    Verg. G. 4, 134:

    violas et papavera,

    id. E. 2, 47:

    violas, lilia,

    Ov. M. 5, 392:

    frondes uncis manibus,

    id. G. 2, 366:

    plenis pomaria ramis,

    Ov. H. 4, 29:

    vindemiam de palmite,

    Verg. G. 2, 90:

    fructus,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    frumenta manu,

    id. ib. 3, 176.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

    alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    carpunt gramen equi,

    Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

    herbam,

    Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

    pabula,

    id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

    alimenta,

    id. M. 15, 478:

    apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

    gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

    apis carpens thyma,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

    Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

    Ov. M. 2, 792:

    nec carpsere jecur volucres,

    id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

    prandium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

    carpe cibos digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —
    2.
    Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

    summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

    Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

    vellera,

    Verg. G. 4, 335:

    pensa,

    id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

    lana carpta,

    carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

    ex collo furtim coronas,

    to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

    crinem genasque,

    to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

    so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

    Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

    Sen. Thyest. 1061.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

    ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

    Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

    atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

    Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

    basia,

    Mart. 5, 46, 1:

    gaudia,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

    dulcia,

    Pers. 5, 151:

    regni commoda carpe mei,

    Ov. F. 3, 622:

    fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

    and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

    delicias,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

    syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

    Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

    flore aetatis frui,

    Liv. 21, 3, 4):

    illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

    spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

    diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    honores virtutis,

    Val. Fl. 1, 177:

    auras vitales,

    Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

    sub dio somnos,

    Verg. G. 3, 435:

    quietem,

    id. A. 7, 414:

    soporem,

    id. ib. 4, 522:

    noctes securas,

    Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—
    b.
    In a bad sense.
    (α).
    To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

    Liv. 45, 35, 5:

    imperatorem,

    id. 44, 38, 2:

    quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

    Quint. 11, 1, 24:

    maligno sermone,

    Suet. Aug. 27:

    obliquis orationibus,

    id. Dom. 2:

    nonnihil vocibus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Liv. 7, 12, 12:

    sinistris sermonibus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    Ciceronem in his,

    Quint. 9, 4, 64:

    te ficto quaestu,

    Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

    et detorquere recte facta,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    famam vitamque,

    id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—
    (β).
    To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

    vires,

    Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

    quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

    id. 34, 3, 2;

    esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

    Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

    solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

    Verg. A. 4, 32:

    curā carpitur ista mei,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

    aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

    invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

    Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

    non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

    to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

    Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

    aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

    totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

    Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,
    (γ).
    In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

    agmen adversariorum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

    Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

    novissimum agmen,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

    novissimos,

    Liv. 8, 38, 6:

    extrema agminis,

    id. 6, 32, 11. —
    2.
    To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

    Liv. 26, 38, 2:

    summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

    id. 3, 61, 13:

    Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

    is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning
    (α).
    supra:

    si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

    distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

    viam,

    Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

    iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

    supremum iter = mori,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

    gyrum,

    to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

    fugam,

    to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

    prata fugā,

    Verg. G. 3, 142:

    pede viam,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

    pede iter,

    id. F. 3, 604:

    pedibus terras, pontum remis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 33:

    pede campos,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

    mare,

    id. M. 11, 752:

    litora,

    id. ib. 12, 196;

    15, 507: aëra alis,

    id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

    aethera,

    Ov. M. 8, 219:

    carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

    id. ib. 10, 53.

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  • 2 carpō

        carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.
    * * *
    carpere, carpsi, carptus V TRANS
    seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool); separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode

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  • 3 āvellō

        āvellō (vellī), volsus or vulsus, ere    [ab + vello], to tear away, rend off, pluck, snatch away: poma ex arboribus vi: alqd a corpore: frondes, O.: leporum avulsos armos edere, H.: avolsum umeris caput, V.: truncis corpora, O.: tibi mavis pretium avellier? H.: sibi avelli iubet spiculum.— To tear away, remove by force: ab eā sese, T.: de matris hunc complexu: ut sperem posse avelli, be separated, T.: neque avelli possunt, leave the place, V.: complexu avulsus Iuli, V.—To pluck away, rescue: hunc convitio a tanto errore.
    * * *
    I
    avellere, avelli, avolsus V TRANS
    tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest
    II
    avellere, avolsi, avolsus V TRANS
    tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest
    III
    avellere, avulsi, avulsus V TRANS
    tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest

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  • 4 vellō

        vellō —, —, ere    [2 VEL-], to pluck, pull, tear away, pull out: poma, Tb.: caudae pilos equinae, H.: tot spicula, V.: ut signa, take up, L.: postīs a cardine, V.: capillos a stirpe, Pr.: castris signa, V.: Unguibus herbas, O.: hastam de caespite, V. —To pull down, tear down, destroy: vallum, L.: munimenta, L.—To pull, twitch, pluck: aurem, V.: vellere coepi Et prensare bracchia, H.
    * * *
    I
    vellere, velli, vulsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish
    II
    vellere, volsi, volsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish
    III
    vellere, vulsi, vulsus V TRANS
    pluck/pull/tear out; extract; pull hair/plants; uproot; depilitate; demolish

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  • 5 dēcerpō

        dēcerpō psī, ptus, ere    [de + carpo], to pluck off, tear away, break off, pluck, crop, gather: pollice florem, O.: poma manu, O.: ficum, Iu.: Undique decerpta oliva, H.: fetūs arbore, V.: oscula rostro, snatch, Ct.—Fig., to pluck off, take away: animus decerptus ex mente divinā, drawn: ne quid iocus de gravitate decerperet, detract.—To enjoy: ex re fructūs, H.: nihil sibi ex istā laude centurio decerpit.
    * * *
    decerpere, decerpsi, decerptus V TRANS
    pluck, pull/tear/snip off, pick; cull; reap/procure/gather; catch/snatch; remove

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  • 6 vello

    vello, vulsi, vulsum ( perf. velli, Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Prisc. 10, 6, 36, p. 897 P.; Diom. 1, p. 369 ib.; ante-class. form of sup. volsum; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 576), 3, v. a. [prob. akin to hel-kô].
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    Of animals, to pluck or pull, i. e. to deprive of the hair, feathers, etc.:

    oves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 9; Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 190:

    anseres,

    id. 10, 22, 27, § 53.—
    B.
    Of things.
    1.
    In gen., to pluck, pull, or tear out, away, or up; in simple constr.:

    plumas anserum,

    Col. 8, 13, 3:

    caudae pilos equinae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45:

    barbam,

    id. S. 1, 3, 133:

    tot spicula,

    Verg. A. 10, 889:

    comam,

    Mart. 5, 37, 19:

    cuneum vellito, statimque surculos in ea foramina immittito,

    Col. 5, 11, 5; cf. id. Arb. 26, 4: signa, to take up, i. e. march, Verg. A. 11, 19; cf.:

    ut vellerent signa et Romam proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 3, 50, 11:

    mors viscera vulsit,

    Luc. 6, 546.—With ab and abl.:

    postes a cardine vellit,

    Verg. A. 2, 480:

    albos a stirpe capillos,

    Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13:

    asparagum ab radice,

    Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149.—With abl. alone:

    aut castris audebit vellere signa,

    Verg. G. 4, 108:

    genae florem primaevo corpore vulsit,

    Luc. 6, 562:

    adfixam oculo sagittam,

    id. 6, 218:

    vulsis pectore telis,

    id. 6, 232; cf.:

    unguibus et raras vellentem dentibus herbas,

    Ov. M. 8,800.—With de and abl.:

    hastam... de cespite vellit,

    Verg. A. 11, 566:

    herbas de caespite,

    Luc. 4, 414.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    To pluck, pull, or tear down or away:

    cum pars vellerent vallum, atque in fossas proruerent,

    Liv. 9, 14, 9; 10, 2, 5:

    munimenta,

    id. 2, 25, 3.—
    b.
    To pluck, pull, pick, or gather fruit, etc.:

    modo nata malā vellere poma manu,

    Tib. 3, 5, 20.—
    c.
    To pull, twitch, etc.:

    aurem,

    Verg. E. 6, 4; cf. id. Cop. 38; Calp. Ecl. 4, 155; Amm. 22, 3, 12:

    vellere coepi Et prensare manu lentissima bracchia,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

    latus digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 606.—
    d.
    To be plucked or pulled, i. e. to have the hair pulled out by the roots:

    circa corporis curam morosior, ut non solum tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur, sed velleretur etiam,

    Suet. Caes. 45.—
    II.
    Trop., to tear, torment:

    sed mea secreto velluntur pectora morsu,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 3.—Hence, P. a.: vulsus ( volsus), a, um.
    A.
    Lit., shorn, plucked, smooth, beardless, hairless:

    istum gallum Glabriorem reddes mihi quam volsus ludiust,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 6:

    vulsi levatique et inustas comas acu comentes,

    Quint. 2, 5, 12:

    corpus vulsum,

    id. 5, 9, 14:

    eadem (corpora) si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

    id. 8, prooem. 19:

    nepos,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 23.—
    2.
    Trop., effeminate:

    mens,

    Mart. 2, 36, 6.—
    B.
    Suffering convulsions, spasmodic, Plin. 21, 19, 74, § 126; 23, 1, 16, § 25.

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  • 7 praecerpō

        praecerpō —, —, ere    [prae+carpo], to pluck beforehand, gather prematurely: messīs, O.—Fig., to take away, lessen, diminish: fructum offici tui.
    * * *
    praecerpere, praecerpsi, praecerptus V
    pluck before time; pluck or cut off; gather before it's time

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  • 8 intervallum

    inter-vallum, i, n., prop., the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades.
    I.
    Lit.: opus, pedum sexaginta, quod est inter vallum et legiones... a quibusdam intervallum [p. 987] cognominatum, Hyg. de Munit. Cast. 6:

    intervalla sunt spatia inter capita vallorum,

    Isid. 15, 9, 2.—
    B.
    In gen., space between, interval, distance:

    trabes directae, paribus intervallis in solo collocantur. Ea autem intervalla grandibus saxis effarciuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    pari intervallo,

    at an equal distance, id. ib. 1, 43:

    respiciens videt magnis intervallis sequentes,

    Liv. 1, 25:

    unius signi,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 20:

    digitorum,

    Suet. Dom. 19:

    sonorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 18:

    locorum et temporum,

    id. Fam. 1, 7:

    ex intervallo,

    from a distance, Liv. 48, 44, 8:

    proximus longo intervallo insequi,

    Verg. A. 5, 320:

    juvenes modicis intervallis disponere,

    Suet. Aug. 49:

    quinque milium intervallo,

    Liv. 23, 29:

    mille passuum intervallo distantes,

    id. 33, 1 saep.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Interval of time, intermission, respite:

    annuum regni,

    an interregnum, Liv. 1, 17:

    sine intervallo loquacitas,

    i. e. incessant, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    dolor si longus, levis, dat enim intervalla,

    relaxes sometimes, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94:

    litterarum,

    id. Fam. 7, 18:

    intervallum jam hos dies multos fuit,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 28:

    distinctio et aequalium et saepe variorum intervallorum numerum conficit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; cf. the context. —
    B.
    A pause:

    flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est: distincta alios et interpuncta intervalla, morae, respirationesque delectant,

    Cic. Or. 16:

    trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    id. ib. 57:

    ut te tanto intervallo viderem,

    after so long a time, id. Fam. 15, 14:

    vocem paululum attenuata crebris intervallis et divisionibus oportet uti,

    Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24:

    tanto ex intervallo,

    Quint. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 3, 38:

    intervallo dicere,

    after a pause, Cic. Or. 66: ex intervallo, farther on, lower down (in the discourse), Gell. 15, 12, 4:

    sine intervallo cibum dare,

    without loss of time, Varr. R. R. 2, 1: dare quippiam alicui per intervalla, at intervals, i. e. from time to time, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164 (al. intervalla dantur):

    per intervallum adventantes,

    Tac. A. 4, 73:

    scelerum,

    time for the perpetration of crimes, id. ib. 3.—
    C.
    Difference, dissimilitude:

    videte, quantum intervallum sit interjectum inter majorum consilia, et istorum dementiam,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15.—
    D.
    An interval in music, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146.
    inter-vectus,.
    a, um, adj. [veho], carried up, raised up (post-class.):

    arbores,

    Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 38.
    inter-vello,.
    vulsi (rarely velli, v. infra), vulsum, 3, v. a., to pluck, pull, or pick out here and there, to lop, prune (post-Aug.).
    I.
    In partic., to pluck out here and there, to thin. —Of wings:

    ne ego homo infelix fui qui non alas intervelli (sc. vocis),

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.—Of the beard:

    isti, qui aut vellunt barbam, aut intervellunt,

    Sen. Ep. 114, 20. — Of fruit and trees, to pluck here and there, to prune:

    poma intervelli melius est, ut quae relicta sint, grandescant,

    Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 260:

    arbores,

    Col. 5, 10:

    semina,

    id. 4, 33, 3. —
    II.
    In gen., to tear out, take away:

    num aliquid ex illis intervelli, atque ex tempore dicendis inseri possit,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17:

    quae ita sunt natura copulata, ut mutari aut intervelli sine confusione non possint,

    id. 10, 7, 5.

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  • 9 praecerpo

    prae-cerpo ( praecarpo, Oppius ap. Macr. S. 2, 15), psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo].
    I.
    To pluck, break off, or gather before, or before the time ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    messes,

    Ov. H. 20, 143:

    germinum tenera,

    Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177: mala citrea (opp. maturescere), Oppius ap. Macr. l. l. —
    B.
    Trop., to pluck beforehand; hence, to take away, lessen, diminish (class.):

    non praecerpo fructum officii tui,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 80:

    purpurae decus praecerptum praefloratumque,

    Plin. Pan. 58 fin.:

    gratiam novitatis,

    id. Ep. 5, 20, 8.—
    * II.
    To pluck out in front:

    jubas,

    Stat. Th. 9, 193. —
    * III.
    To make extracts from:

    Aristotelis libros,

    Gell. 2, 30, 11.

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  • 10 con-vellō

        con-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus,    to tear away, pluck up, pull off, wrest, rend: vectibus saxa turris, Cs.: gradūs Castoris: aesculum, V.: glaebam vomere, Ct.: repagula: signa, to pluck up (in decamping), L.: simulacrum e sacrario: ab humo silvam, V.: robora suā terrā, O.: Roma convolsa sedibus suis: alqd duro ferro, cut off, V.—To tear to pieces, cleave, rend, dismember, shatter, break: dapes dente, O.: Convolsum remis aequor, V.: (naves) convolsae undis, shattered, V.—Fig., to shake, shatter, destroy, overthrow, nullify: consuetudinem: si eam (opinionem) ratio convellet: rei p. statum: acta Dolabellae: fata, O.: fidem, Ta.

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  • 11 hauriō

        hauriō hausī, haustus (p. fut. hausūrus, V.), īre    [HAVS-], to draw up, draw out, draw: hausta aqua de puteo: palmis hausta duabus aqua, O.: aquam, H.: de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?— Prov.: tu quidem de faece hauris, i. e. draw from the dregs, i. e. take the worst.—To drain, drink up, spill, shed: totiens haustus crater, O.: spumantem pateram, V.: ad meum sanguinem hauriendum advolaverunt: cruorem, O.: hauriendus aut dandus est sanguis, L.: alveus haurit aquas, draws in, O.: inimicus et hauserit ensis (i. e. their blood), V.— To tear up, pluck out, draw out, take, swallow, devour, consume, exhaust: terra hausta, O.: pectora ferro, O.: huic gladio latus, V.: inguina ictu, L.: latus eius gladio, Cu.: lumen, pluck out, O.: cineres haustos, i. e. scraped up, O.: hausto spargit me pulvere palmis, gathered, O.: sumptum ex aerario, draw: quos (servos) lacus haurit, engulfs, Ta.: ex parvo (acervo) tantundem, etc., H.: suspiratūs, fetching a deep sigh, O.—Fig., to drink in, take eagerly, seize upon, imbibe, exhaust: oculis ignem, feast on, V.: auras, V.: lucem, enjoy the light, V.: dicta auribus, O.: oculis gaudium, L.: Pectore ignes, imbibes, O.: sol orbem Hauserat, i. e. had traversed V.: Cum haurit Corda pavor, exhausts, V.— To draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive: illa ex quo fonte hauriam: eodem fonte haurire laudes suas: (legem) ex naturā ipsā: libertatem sitiens hausit: calamitates: unde laboris Plus haurire est, H.: sine hoc animo hauri, be taken to heart, V.: meram libertatem, revel in, L.: studium philosophiae, Ta.
    * * *
    haurire, hausi, haustus V
    draw up/out; drink, swallow, drain, exhaust

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  • 12 ala

    āla, ae, f. [for axla, contr. from axilla, Cic. Or. 45, 153; cf. anchos = ômos (Hesych.) = shoulder = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel].
    I.
    Lit., a wing, as of a bird: galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26; Verg. A. 3, 226 al.: Me. Vox mihi ad aurīs advolavit. So. Ne ego homo infelix fui, qui non alas intervelli, that I did not pluck off its wings, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.— Poet., of the gods:

    Mors atris circumvolat alis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 58:

    volucris Fati Tardavit alas,

    id. C. 2, 17, 25:

    bibulae Cupidinis alae,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 233:

    furvis circumdatus alis Somnus,

    Tib. 2, 1, 89:

    me jocundis Sopor impulit alis,

    Prop. 1, 3, 45:

    Madidis Notus evolat alis,

    Ov. M. 1, 264.—Of sails:

    velorum pandimus alas,

    Verg. A. 3, 520.—Of oars:

    classis centenis remiget alis,

    Prop. 4, 6, 47:

    remigium alarum,

    Verg. A. 1, 301 (cf. Hom. Od. 11, 125);

    so inversely remi is used of wings: super fluctus alarum insistere remis,

    Ov. M. 5, 558 (cf. pterois eressei, Eur. Iphig. Taur. 289; Aeschyl. Agam. 52; and cf. Lucr. 6, 743). —Of wind and lightning:

    Nisus Emicat et ventis et fulminis ocior alis,

    Verg. A. 5, 319 al. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In man, the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit, Liv. 9, 41; 30, 34:

    aliquid sub alā portare,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12:

    hirquinae,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

    hirsutae,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

    halitus oris et alarum vitia,

    Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142:

    virus alarum et sudores,

    id. 35, 15, 52, § 185:

    sudor alarum,

    Petr. 128 (many Romans were accustomed to pluck out the hair from the armpits, Sen. Ep. 114; Juv. 11, 157; v. alipilus).—
    B.
    In animals, the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder - blade. —Of elephants, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 324.—Of frogs, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.—
    C.
    In trees and plants, the hollow where the branch unites with the stem, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29; so id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 25, 5, 18, § 38 al.—
    D.
    In buildings, the wings, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, the colonnades; called also in Gr. ptera, Vitr. 6, 4, 137; 4, 7, 92.—
    E.
    In milit. lang., the wing of an army (thus conceived of as a bird of prey), commonly composed of the Roman cavalry and the troops of the allies, esp. their horsemen; hence, alarii in contrast with legionarii, and separated from them in enumeration, also having a leader, called praefectus alae, Tac. H. 2, 59 al.; cf. Lips. de Milit. Rom. 1, 10 Manut.; Cic. Fam. 2, 17 fin.; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Smith, Dict. Antiq.; Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1:

    Alae, equites: ob hoc alae dicti, quia pedites tegunt alarum vice,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 121: peditatu, equitibus atque alis cum hostium legionibus pugnavit, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    dextera ala (in alas divisum socialem exercitum habebat) in primā acie locata est,

    Liv. 31, 21; Vell. 2, 117 al.—An ala, as a military division, usu. consisted of about 500 men, Liv. 10, 29.
    ► Such alae gave names to several towns, since they were either levied from them, quartered in them, or, after the expiration of their time of service, received the lands of such towns.
    —So, Ala Flaviana, Ala Nova, et saep. (cf. castrum, II. 1. fin.).

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  • 13 convello

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

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  • 14 convolsus

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

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  • 15 haurio

    haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4 (archaic imperf. hauribant, Lucr. 5, 1324; perf. subj. haurierint, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 905 P.; part. perf. haurītus, App. M. 3, p. 139; 6, p. 178; supin. hauritu, id. ib. 2, p. 121; part. fut. hauritura, Juv. in Joh. 2, 253:

    hausurus,

    Verg. A. 4, 383; Sil. 7, 584; 16, 11:

    hausturus,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1; dep. perf. foramen fama est lucem hausum, Sol. 5, 15), v. a. [perh. for haus-io; cf. hio, hisco; prop. to empty], to draw up or out, to draw (class., esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf. sorbeo).
    I.
    Lit., to draw water, etc.:

    cum vidisset haustam aquam de jugi puteo, terrae motum dixit instare,

    Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112:

    palmis hausta duabus aqua,

    Ov. F. 2, 294:

    is neque limo Turbatam haurit aquam,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 60:

    ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda,

    Ov. M. 4, 740.— Absol.:

    num igitur, si potare velit, de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?

    Cic. Brut. 83, 288. —Prov.: de faece haurire, to draw from the dregs, i. e. to choose the worst:

    tu quidem de faece hauris,

    i. e. speak of the worst orators, id. ib. 69, 244.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To drain, drink up; to spill, shed:

    ita vina ex libidine hauriuntur, atque etiam praemio invitatur ebrietas (shortly before and after, bibere),

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140; cf. id. ib. § 146; and: cui non audita est obscoenae Salmacis undae Aethiopesque lacus, quos si quis faucibus hausit, Aut furit [p. 843] aut, etc., Ov. M. 15, 320 (for which:

    qui ex Clitorio lacu biberint,

    Plin. 31, 2, 13, § 16):

    quae (pocula) simul arenti sitientes hausimus ore,

    i. e. drained, emptied, drunk off, Ov. M. 14, 277; so,

    cratera,

    id. ib. 8, 680:

    spumantem pateram,

    Verg. A. 1, 738: statim me perculso ad meum sanguinem hauriendum, et spirante re publica ad ejus spolia detrahenda advolaverunt, to drain, i. e. to spill, shed, Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cruorem,

    Ov. M. 7, 333; 13, 331:

    nudantis cervicem jugulumque, et reliquum sanguinem jubentes haurire,

    Liv. 22, 51, 7; Lact. 5, 1, 8:

    quem (sanguinem) civiles hauserunt,

    Luc. 1, 13.—
    b.
    Of things:

    imoque a gurgite pontus Vertitur et canas alveus haurit aquas,

    draws in, lets in, Ov. F. 3, 591: jam flammae tulerint, inimicus et hauserit ensis, drunk up, i. e. their blood, Verg. A. 2, 600.—
    2.
    In gen., to tear up, pluck out, draw out, to take to one's self, take; to swallow, devour, consume, exhaust:

    (ventus) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

    Lucr. 6, 141:

    haurit arenas ungula,

    Stat. Th. 2, 46; cf.:

    humumque Effodit... terraeque immurmurat haustae,

    i. e. torn up, dug up, Ov. M. 11, 187:

    Actoridae magni rostro femur hausit adunco (= transfodit),

    tore open, id. ib. 8, 370:

    pectora ferro,

    id. ib. 8, 438:

    latus alicui,

    Lucr. 5, 1324; Ov. M. 5, 126; 9, 412; Verg. A. 10, 314; Luc. 10, 387:

    ventrem atque inguina uno alteroque ictu,

    Liv. 7, 10, 10; Sil. 5, 524:

    tum latus ejus gladio haurit,

    Curt. 7, 2, 27:

    impresso gladio jugulum ejus hausisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 41 fin.:

    lumen,

    to pluck out the eye, Ov. M. 13, 564:

    cineres haustos,

    i. e. scraped up, collected, id. ib. 8, 538; so,

    cineres,

    id. ib. 13, 425 sq.; cf. id. ib. 14, 136:

    ille cavis hausto spargit me pulvere palmis,

    id. ib. 9, 35:

    sumptum haurit ex aerario,

    draws, takes, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

    at suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Cur? etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 52:

    quia dentibus carent, aut lambunt cibos aut integros hauriunt,

    to swallow, Col. 8, 17, 11; cf.:

    solidos haurire cervos taurosque,

    Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, qs. hast swallowed up, devoured, consumed, Mart. 9, 83, 4:

    nos tellus haurit,

    Sil. 3, 654; cf.:

    sua haurire,

    Tac. A. 16, 18; 2, 8; 3, 72:

    animam recipere auramque communem haurire,

    i. e. inhale, breathe, Quint. 6 praef. §

    12: suspiratus,

    fetching a deep sigh, Ov. M. 14, 129: hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, may he swallow with his eyes, i. e. greedily look at, Verg. A. 4, 661; so,

    aliquid oculis,

    ib. 12, 946; Sil. 11, 284;

    and without oculis: caelum,

    Verg. A. 10, 899; cf.:

    lucem (primae pecudes),

    i. e. to see the light, be born, Verg. G. 2, 340:

    vocemque his auribus hausi,

    I received his voice with these ears, id. A. 4, 359; so,

    dicta auribus,

    Ov. M. 13, 787; cf.:

    oculis auribusque tantum gaudium,

    Liv. 27, 51:

    hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus,

    to be swallowed up, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.:

    cum praealtis paludibus arma, equi haurirentur,

    Tac. H. 5, 15:

    altitudine et mollitia nivis hauriebantur,

    id. ib. 1, 79:

    hauriuntur gurgitibus,

    id. A. 1, 70:

    aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit,

    Liv. 5, 7, 3:

    cunctos incendium hausit,

    Tac. H. 4, 60:

    miratur et haurit Pectore ignes,

    imbibes, Ov. M. 10, 253; cf.:

    flammasque latentes Hausit,

    id. ib. 8, 325:

    caelo medium Sol igneus orbem Hauserat,

    i. e. had rapidly passed through, finished, Verg. G. 4, 427:

    vastum iter,

    Stat. Th. 1, 369: bracchia Cancri (Titan), Col. poët. 10, 313: cum spes arrectae juvenum exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, exhausts = exhaurit, Verg. G. 3, 105:

    pariter pallorque ruborque Purpureas hausere genas,

    Stat. Th. 1, 538.—
    II.
    Trop., to draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive:

    sequimur potissimum Stoicos, non ut interpretes, sed, ut solemus, e fontibus eorum judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoque modo videbitur, hauriemus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.:

    fontes, unde hauriretis,

    id. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

    a fontibus potius haurire quam rivulos consectari,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    reconditis atque abditis e fontibus haurire,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    omnia dixi hausta e fonte naturae,

    id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

    eodem fonte haurire laudes suas,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 9; id. Caecin. 27, 78:

    quam (legem) non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus,

    id. Mil. 4, 10 (quoted in Cic. Or. 49, 165):

    quas (artes) cum domo haurire non posses, arcessivisti ex urbe ea (i. e. Athenis), quae, etc.,

    id. Brut. 97, 332:

    ex divinitate, unde omnes animos haustos aut acceptos aut libatos haberemus,

    id. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

    animos hominum quadam ex parte extrinsecus esse tractos et haustos,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 70:

    quid enim non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cujus sanguinem non bibere censetis?

    id. Phil. 11, 5, 10; cf.:

    libertatem sitiens hausit,

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    voluptates undique,

    id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    dolorem,

    id. Cael. 24, 59:

    calamitates,

    id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

    luctum,

    id. Sest. 29, 63:

    unde laboris Plus haurire mali est quam ex re decerpere fructus,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

    animo spem turbidus hausit inanem,

    drank in illusive hope, Verg. A. 10, 648:

    expugnationes urbium, populationes agrorum, raptus Penatium hauserant animo,

    had thought of, intended, Tac. H. 1, 51:

    supplicia,

    to suffer, Verg. A. 4, 383:

    (Thessali) velut ex diutina siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem,

    indulging, revelling in, Liv. 39, 26, 7; cf.:

    studium philosophiae acriter hausisse,

    Tac. Agr. 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > haurio

  • 16 vellico

    vellĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vello], to pluck, twitch, pinch, nip (syn. carpo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cornix vulturios vellicat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 148:

    puer, quid fieret, interrogatus, a paedagogo se vellicari respondit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 41:

    saetas,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3, 32:

    vellicata blande auricula suscitavit,

    Paul. Nol. Ep. 36, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of bees:

    nullius opus,

    to suck, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 7.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To wake up, arouse by twitching:

    excitandus e somno et vellicandus est animus admonendusque,

    Sen. Ep. 20, 11; 63, 1.—
    B.
    To pluck or twitch in speaking, i. e. to twit, taunt, carp, rail at (cf. rodo):

    contemplent, conspiciant omnes, nutent, nectent, sibilent, vellicent, vocent, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 73:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant, maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    quod vellicet absentem Demetrius,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 79; cf.:

    nullum est tam plenum beneficium, quod non vellicare malignitas possit,

    belittle, Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2:

    (puella) te vellicet,

    Prop. 2, 5, 8; Gell. 4, 15, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vellico

  • 17 barba

        barba ae, f    [Engl. beard], the beard: promissa, long, L.: inpexae barbae, V.: prima, Iu.: barbam tondere: ponere, H.: metire, Iu.: recidere, O.: submittere, Ta.: barbam vellere alicui, to pluck one by the beard, H.: sapientem pascere barbam, i. e. to study the Stoic philosophy, H.: barbā maiore: maximā barbā: incipiens, O.: dignus barbā Maiorum, i. e. like an old Roman, Iu.— Rarely of animals: luporum, H.
    * * *
    beard/ whiskers; large unkempt beard (pl.)

    Latin-English dictionary > barba

  • 18 concerpō

        concerpō psī, —, ere    [com- + carpo], to tear in pieces, rend: epistulas: librum, L.
    * * *
    concerpere, concerpsi, concerptus V TRANS
    tear/pull in/to pieces; pluck off; tear up, rend; censure, abuse, revile

    Latin-English dictionary > concerpō

  • 19 dē-lībō

        dē-lībō āvī, ātus, āre,    to take, enjoy, pluck, gather: flos delibatus populi, the picked flower: omnīs undique flosculos, cull: novum honorem, L.: oscula, V.: artīs, O.—To take away, detract, subtract, remove: de laude hominis quicquam: alqd de honestate.

    Latin-English dictionary > dē-lībō

  • 20 dēligō

        dēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [de + 1 lego], to choose, pick out, select, elect, designate, single out: ad eas res conficiendas deligi, Cs.: quos Romae relinqueres: ex civitate fortissimum quemque: ex legionibus fabros, Cs.: delecti Latio, V.: melimela Ad lunam delecta, H.: ordine ab omni Centum oratores, V.: sibi domicilio locum, Cs.: alqm socium sibi imperi, L.: Vertumnum socium, O.— To pick out, separate, remove: senes ac fessas aequore matres, V.
    * * *
    I
    deligare, deligavi, deligatus V TRANS
    bind fast, tie (up), fasten; make fast by tying; bandage; tie (bandage)
    II
    deligere, delegi, delectus V TRANS
    pick/pluck off, cull; choose, select, levy (soldiers), enrol; conduct a levy

    Latin-English dictionary > dēligō

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