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to sink down

  • 1 consido

    con-sīdo, sēdi (also -sīdi, Enn. ap. Gell. 4, 7, v. Sat., v. 14 Vahl.; Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 1; cf. Wagner ad Verg. E. 7, 1; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 501), sessum, 3, v. n., to sit down (esp. of a multitude), take a seat, be seated, to settle (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with in and abl., sub and abl., ante, the simple abl., or absol.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    salutatio hospitalis... fuit, positisque sedibus consederunt,

    Liv. 42, 39, 8:

    scio apud vos filio in conspectu matris nefas esse considere,

    Curt. 5, 2, 22:

    illi jussi considere affirmant, etc.,

    id. 7, 6, 6:

    nec aut recubet aut considat pastor,

    Col. 7, 3, 26:

    vix consideramus, et nox, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14.—
    (β).
    With designation of place:

    si videtur, considamus hic in umbrā,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7; cf.:

    in pratulo propter Platonis statuam,

    id. Brut. 6, 24:

    certo in loco,

    id. Sen. 18, 63:

    in arā,

    Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

    in molli herbā,

    Verg. E. 3, 55:

    in illo caespite,

    Ov. M. 13, 931:

    examen in arbore consederat,

    Liv. 21, 46, 2:

    in rupe,

    Curt. 3, 1, 4:

    in sellā,

    id. 5, 2, 13:

    in turre consedit avis,

    id. 4, 6, 11:

    dormienti in labellis (apes),

    Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

    sub argutā ilice,

    Verg. E. 7, 1:

    hic corylis mixtas inter ulmos,

    id. ib. 5, 3:

    ante focos scamnis longis,

    Ov. F. 6, 305:

    super ripam stagni,

    id. M. 6, 373:

    transtris,

    Verg. A. 4, 573:

    ipsae (apes) medicatis sedibus,

    id. G. 4, 65:

    solio medius consedit avito,

    id. A. 7, 169:

    mecum saxo,

    Ov. M. 1, 679:

    tergo tauri,

    id. ib. 2, 869.— Impers.:

    in silvam venitur et ibi considitur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18.—Of soldiers in battle array:

    triarii sub vexillis considebant, sinistro crure porrecto, scuta innixa umeris... tenentes,

    Liv. 8, 8, 10.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In assemblies of the people, courts of justice, theatres, etc., to take one's place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, to be in session:

    cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 16;

    so of senators,

    Suet. Aug. 35.—Of judges:

    quo die primum judices, citati in hunc reum consedistis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; Liv. 26, 48, 9; Ov. M. 11, 157; 12, 627:

    ad jus dicendum,

    Liv. 34, 61, 15:

    introductum in tabernaculum (Persea) adversus advocatos in consilium considere jussit,

    id. 45, 7, 5; Suet. Calig. 38:

    in orchestrā,

    id. Aug. 44:

    inter patres,

    Tac. A. 13, 54.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t., to encamp, pitch a camp, take post somewhere; with in and abl.:

    quo in loco Germani consederant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so Sall. J. 49, 1; Liv. 4, 17, 12; 10, 4, 11.—With sub: sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 21; Sall. C. 57, 3:

    trans flumen,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

    contra eum duūm milium spatio,

    id. ib. 3, 17:

    nuntiant Jugurtham circiter duūm milium intervallo ante eos consedisse,

    Sall. J. 106, 5:

    prope Cirtam haud longe a mari,

    id. ib. 21, 2:

    inter virgulta,

    id. ib. 49, 5:

    superioribus locis,

    id. ib. 51, 3:

    ubi cuique vallis abdita spem praesidii aut salutis aliquam offerebat, consederat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf. Curt. 7, 7, 31:

    haud procul,

    id. 4, 12, 4.—
    3.
    To settle down for a long time or permanently, to take up one's abode, to establish one's self:

    qui etiam dubitem, an hic Antii considam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2:

    antequam aliquo loco consedero, neque longas a me neque semper meā manu litteras exspectabis,

    id. ib. 5, 14, 1:

    Belgas propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

    in Ubiorum finibus,

    id. ib. 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 31:

    vultis et his mecum pariter considere regnis?

    Verg. A. 1, 572:

    terrā,

    id. ib. 4, 349.—With in and acc.:

    in novam urbem,

    Curt. 7, 4, 23.—
    4.
    Of inanim. objects, esp. of places, to settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, etc.:

    in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae,

    Liv. 30, 38, 8; cf.:

    terra in ingentem sinum consedit,

    id. 30, 2, 12:

    (Alpes) jam licet considant!

    may now sink down, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

    omne mihi visum considere in ignis Ilium,

    to sink down, Verg. A. 2, 624; 9, 145; cf.:

    Ilium ardebat, neque adhuc consederat ignis,

    Ov. M. 13, 408:

    in cinerem,

    Stat. Th. 3, 185:

    cum omnia sacra profanaque in ignem considerent,

    Tac. H. 3, 33 fin.: quā mitescentia Alpium juga considunt, sink, i. e. are lower, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

    patiemur picem considere, et cum siderit, aquam eliquabimus,

    Col. 12, 24, 2:

    donec consideret pulvis,

    Curt. 5, 13, 12:

    cum in cacuminibus montium nubes consident,

    Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356:

    tumidi considunt fluctus,

    Sil. 17, 291.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    multa bona in pectore consident,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; Cic. Univ. 2:

    justitia cujus in mente consedit,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 50; id. Har. Resp. 12, 24.— Poet.: totam videmus Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk or immersed in grief, Verg. A. 11, 350 (in luctum esse demersum, Serv.). —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To settle down permanently, sink:

    in otio,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:

    hoc totum (genus dicendi) in eā mediocritate consedit,

    id. Or. 27, 96:

    antequam ego incipio secedere et in aliā parte considere,

    i. e. change the subject, Sen. Ep. 117, 4.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To lose force, abate, subside, diminish; to be appeased, quieted, to cease:

    ardor animi cum consedit, omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris exstinguitur,

    Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

    consederit furor,

    id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

    ferocia ab re bene gestā,

    Liv. 42, 62, 3:

    primus terror ab necopinato visu,

    id. 33, 7, 5:

    bella,

    Sil. 16, 218:

    quia praesentia satis consederant,

    Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.:

    consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā,

    i. e. has since that time ceased, Cic. Mur. 8, 18.—
    * b.
    Of discourse, to sink; to conclude, end:

    eorum verborum junctio nascatur a proceris numeris ac liberis... sed varie distincteque considat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.

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  • 2 descendo

    dē-scendo, di, sum, 3 ( perf. redupl.: descendidit, Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 4 fin.; and, descendiderant, Laber. ib.; perf.: desciderunt, Inscr. Frat. Arv. 13 Henzen.), v. n., to come down; and of inanimate subjects, to fall, sink down, to descend, opp. to ascendo (class. and freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex equo,

    to alight, Cic. de Sen. 10, 34; Auct. B. Hisp. 15, 2;

    for which, equo,

    Sall. Hist. Fragm. 5, 13:

    sicut monte descenderat,

    id. J. 50, 2:

    e curru,

    Suet. Tib. 20:

    e tribunali,

    id. Claud. 15:

    de rostris,

    Cic. Vatin. 11:

    de templo,

    Liv. 44, 45:

    de caelo,

    id. 6, 18;

    for which, caelo,

    Hor. Od. 3, 4, 1:

    e caelo,

    Juv. 11, 27:

    caelo ab alto,

    Verg. A. 8, 423; cf.:

    vertice montis ab alto,

    id. ib. 7, 675; and:

    ab Histro (Da cus),

    id. G. 2, 497:

    ab Alpibus,

    Liv. 21, 32, 2; 27, 38, 6:

    monte,

    Verg. A. 4, 159:

    aggeribus Alpinis atque arce Monoeci,

    id. ib. 6, 831:

    antro Castalio,

    Ov. M. 3, 14:

    per clivum,

    id. F. 1, 263 et saep.—Indicating the terminus ad quem:

    in mare de caelo,

    Lucr. 6, 427:

    Juppiter in terras,

    id. 6, 402:

    in pon tum,

    Sil. 1, 607; 15, 152; cf.:

    caelo in hibernas undas,

    Verg. G. 4, 235:

    caelo ad suos honores templaque, etc.,

    Ov. F. 5, 551:

    in aestum,

    Lucr. 6, 402:

    in inferiorem ambulationem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4:

    in campos,

    Liv. 6, 737; cf. Curt. 9, 9:

    in Piraeum,

    Quint. 8, 6, 64 et saep.:

    ad naviculas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48 fin.:

    ad genitorem imas Erebi descendit ad umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 404:

    sinus vestis infra genua,

    Curt. 6, 5 et saep. Poet. also with dat.:

    nocti, i. e. ad inferos,

    Sil. 13, 708; cf.

    Erebo,

    id. 13, 759.—With sup.:

    per quod oraculo utentes sciscitatum deos descendunt,

    Liv. 45, 27, 8.— Absol.:

    turbo descendit,

    Lucr. 6, 438; cf. Verg. E. 7, 60:

    asta ut descendam (sc. ex equo),

    dismount, alight, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 120; Suet. Galb. 18:

    descendens (sc. e lecto),

    Tib. 1, 5, 41:

    descendo (sc. de arce),

    Verg. A. 2, 632:

    umbrae descendentes (sc. ad inferos),

    Stat. S. 5, 5, 41.— Poet.: trepidi quoties nos descendentis arenae vidimus in partes, i. e. that seemed to sink as the wild beasts rose from the vaults, Calp. Ecl. 7, 69.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go down, to go, to come, sc. from the dwelling-houses (which in Rome were mostly situated on eminences) to the forum, the comitia, etc.: in forum descendens, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267; so, ad forum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 538, 26; Q. Cic. Petit. cons. 14; Valer. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9 fin.; Liv. 24, 7; 34, 1; cf.:

    fuge, quo descendere gestis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 5;

    Orell. ad loc.: ad comitia,

    Suet. Caes. 13 al.:

    de palatio et aedibus suis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 46.— Absol.:

    hodie non descendit Antonius,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 38; Liv. 2, 54; Sen. Ben. 3, 27 al. —
    b.
    Transf.:

    in causam,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2; Liv. 36, 7; Tac. H. 3, 3:

    in partes,

    id. A. 15, 50. —
    c.
    Of land, etc., to sink, fall, slope:

    regio,

    Val. Fl. 1, 538.—
    d.
    Of forests whose wood is brought to the plain, Stat. Ach. 2, 115:

    Caucasus,

    Val. Fl. 7, 55.—
    e.
    Of water conveyed in pipes, to fall:

    subeat descendatque,

    Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57; cf.

    of the sea: non magis descenderet aequor,

    Luc. 5, 338.—
    2.
    In milit. lang., to march down, sc. from an eminence [p. 555] into the plain:

    ex superioribus locis in planitiem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 98; cf. id. ib. 3, 65, 2:

    qua (sc. de monte),

    Sall. J. 50, 3:

    inde (sc. de arce),

    Liv. 32, 32; cf. id. 7, 29:

    in aequum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 53, 2;

    for which, in aequum,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    in campum omnibus copiis,

    id. 23, 29:

    in plana,

    Front. Strat. 2, 5, 18:

    ad Alexandriam,

    Liv. 45, 12 et saep.— Absol., Liv. 44, 5; Front. Strat. 3, 17, 9:

    ad laevam,

    Sall. J. 55 al. —With supine:

    praedatum in agros Romanos,

    Liv. 3, 10, 4; 10, 31, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf.:

    in aciem,

    to go into battle, to engage, Liv. 8, 8; 23, 29; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 11 al.:

    in proelium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 10; Just. 21, 2, 5:

    in certamen,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26:

    ad pugnam, ad tales pugnas,

    Val. Fl. 3, 518; Juv. 7, 173; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41;

    and even, in bellum,

    Just. 15, 4, 21; 38, 8, 1; cf.:

    in belli periculum,

    id. 15, 1, 2.—
    3.
    In medic. lang., of the excrements: to pass off, pass through, Cels. 2, 4 fin.:

    olera,

    id. 1, 6:

    alvus,

    id. 2, 7.—
    4.
    Pregn., to sink down, penetrate into any thing (freq. only after the Aug. per.;

    not in Cic. and Caes.): ferrum in corpus,

    Liv. 1, 41; cf. Sil. 16, 544:

    toto descendit in ilia ferro,

    Ov. M. 3, 67:

    (harundo) in caput,

    Luc. 6, 216; cf.:

    in jugulos gladiis descendebant (hostes),

    Flor. 3, 10, 13:

    ense in jugulos,

    Claud. B. Get. 601:

    in terram (fulmen),

    Plin. 2, 55, 56, § 146:

    in rimam calamus,

    id. 17, 14, 24, § 102:

    subjacens soli duritia non patitur in altum descendere (radices), lapathi radix ad tria cubita,

    Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98 et saep.:

    toto corpore pestis,

    Verg. A. 5, 683:

    galeas vetant descendere cristae,

    to sink down, Stat. Th. 9, 262. —
    5.
    In an obscene sense, Catull. 112, 2; Juv. 11, 163.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen. (esp. freq. in Quint.), to descend, etc.:

    a vita pastorali ad agriculturam,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 3 sq.; cf.:

    ad aliquem,

    Just. 1, 4, 1:

    usus in nostram aetatem descendit,

    Quint. 1, 11, 18:

    (vox) attollitur concitatis affectibus, compositis descendit,

    id. 11, 3, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 92:

    grammatici omnes in hanc descendent rerum tenuitatem,

    id. 1, 4, 7 et saep.:

    in omnia familiaritatis officia,

    Plin. Pan. 85, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    eo contemptionis descensum, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 15, 1 et saep.:

    si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures,

    Hor. A. P. 387:

    si descendere ad ipsum Ordine perpetuo quaeris sunt hujus origo Ilus et Assaracus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 11, 754.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to no. I. A. 4.) To sink deep into, to penetrate deeply:

    quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius, quam quisquam ratus erat, descendit,

    Sall. J. 11, 7; cf.:

    ut altius injuriae quam merita descendant,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1 med.; id. Contr. 1 praef.; Spart. Ant. Get. 6:

    cura in animos Patrum,

    Liv. 3, 52; cf.:

    qui (metus deorum) cum descendere ad animos... non posset,

    id. 1, 19:

    nemo in sese tentat descendere,

    to examine himself, Pers. 4, 23.—
    2.
    To lower one's self, descend to an act or employment, etc.; to yield, agree to any act, esp. to one which is unpleasant or wrong (freq. in Cic. and Caes.; cf. Orell. ad Cic. Cael. 2, and Fabri ad Liv. 23, 14, 3).—Constr. with ad, very rarely with in or absol.:

    senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. de Or. 2, 6:

    ad calamitatum societates,

    id. Lael. 17, 64:

    sua voluntate sapientem descendere ad rationes civitatis non solere,

    id. Rep. 1, 6 al.:

    ad ejusmodi consilium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 5:

    ad innocentium supplicia,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.:

    ad vim atque ad arma,

    id. ib. 7, 33:

    ad gravissimas verborum contumelias,

    id. B. C. 3, 83:

    ad accusandum, ad inimicitias,

    Cic. Mur. 27, 56; id. Sest. 41, 89; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 1: ad extrema, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    ad frontis urbanae praemia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    preces in omnes,

    Verg. A. 5, 782:

    videte, quo descendam, judices,

    Cic. Font. 1, 2; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 38; Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 5:

    ad intellectum audientis,

    Quint. 1, 2, 27:

    ad minutissima opera,

    id. 1, 12, 14; 4, 2, 15: placet mihi ista defensio;

    descendo,

    I acquiesce, id. ib. 2, 2, 72.—
    3.
    (Mostly ante-Aug.) To descend or proceed from any person or thing:

    ex gradu ascendentium vel descendentium uxorem ducere,

    Dig. 23, 2, 68 et saep.:

    quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit,

    ib. 43, 26, 1; cf. ib. 18, 1, 57 fin.:

    a Platone,

    Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.—Hence, subst.: dē-scendens, entis, m. and f., a descendant; plur. descendentes, posterity, Dig. 23, 2, 68. —
    4.
    (In Quint.) To depart, deviate, differ from:

    tantum ab eo defluebat, quantum ille (sc. Seneca) ab antiquis descenderat,

    Quint. 10, 1, 126; id. 3, 5, 8.
    ► The passive is very rare, Plin.
    2, 16, 13, § 71; Prud. Apoth. 1075.

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  • 3 procumbo

    prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    2.
    To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 4 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. 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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  • 5 deprimo

    dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vis venti nubem deprimit,

    Lucr. 6, 432:

    qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:

    ad mentum depresso supercilio,

    id. Pis. 6 fin.:

    animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,

    id. de Sen. 21:

    depresso aratro (sc. in terram),

    Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

    haec quae porto deprimunt,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:

    vites in terram,

    Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:

    plantas,

    Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:

    qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,

    Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:

    saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:

    valle in altitudinem depressa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:

    locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,

    Sall. C. 55, 3:

    fossam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:

    deprimere vel allevare rivum,

    Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:

    partem navium,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

    naves,

    id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    lenunculos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:

    carinam,

    Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press down, depress:

    animus depressus,

    Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:

    improbitate depressa veritas emergit,

    id. Clu. 65, 183:

    ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,

    Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:

    preces,

    to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

    nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,

    Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):

    adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,

    Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—
    C.
    To oppress (late Lat.):

    populum,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):

    humilius et depressius iter,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:

    aquaeductus depressior,

    Front. Aquaed. 65:

    depresso loco castra ponere,

    id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—
    B.
    Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:

    quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,

    Auct. Her. 3, 14.— Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.— Comp.:

    fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,

    Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:

    pastinare,

    Col. 11, 3, 10.

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  • 6 subsido

    sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.:

    subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt,

    Liv. 28, 2:

    partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit,

    id. 1, 14; cf.:

    poplite subsidens,

    Verg. A. 12, 492:

    alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes,

    Liv. 44, 5:

    subsedit in illā Ante fores ara,

    Ov. M. 9, 297.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink, settle, subside:

    sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa,

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    valles,

    Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

    limus mundi ut faex,

    Lucr. 5, 497; cf.:

    faeces in fundis vasorum,

    Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

    in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc.,

    Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344:

    undae,

    subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820;

    hence, transf., venti,

    Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.— Poet.:

    extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes,

    remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498:

    ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque,

    gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284:

    multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,

    are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590:

    terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes,

    Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay:

    si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:

    subsedi in ipsā viā,

    Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

    in Siciliā,

    id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

    quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,

    Suet. Vit. 1 fin.:

    in oppido Reatino,

    id. Vesp. 1:

    commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

    Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    in Nilo navicula subsedit,

    ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—
    b.
    To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush:

    cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?

    Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

    si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,

    id. ib. 19, 49:

    partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,

    Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—
    c.
    Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male ( poet. and very rare):

    maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),

    Lucr. 4, 1198:

    juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—
    B.
    Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare):

    in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,

    Quint. 3, 8, 60:

    nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),

    id. 11, 3, 24:

    vitia subsidunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 69:

    formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,

    id. ib. 13, 12.—
    2.
    To settle down:

    hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,

    i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—
    II.
    Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,

    Verg. A. 11, 268:

    leonem,

    Sil. 13, 221:

    copiosos homines,

    Amm. 28, 4, 22:

    insontem,

    id. 16, 8, 3:

    serpens foramen,

    to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).

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  • 7 prōcumbō

        prōcumbō cubuī, cubitum, ere    [CVB-], to fall forwards, sink down, fall prostrate: Gallis ad pedes<*> ne cogerentur, etc., Cs.: genibus, O.: in vestibulo curiae, L.: in genua, Cu.: Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit, V.: certamine summo, bend to their oars, V.— To lean forward, bend down, sink, be beaten down, be broken down, fall: frumenta imbribus procubuerant, i. e. were beaten down, Cs.: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis, V.: (domus) in domini procubuit caput, fell in upon, O.: agger in fossam procubuit, L.—Fig., to fall, be ruined: res procubuere meae, O.— To extend, spread, lie: planities sub radicibus montium procumbit, Cu.
    * * *
    procumbere, procubui, procubitus V
    sink down, lie down, lean forward

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  • 8 recumbo

    rĕ-cumbo, cŭbui, 3, v. n. [cumbo, cubo], to lay one ' s self back, lie down again; to lie down.
    I.
    Of persons.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    eum primo perterritum somno surrexisse, dein, cum se collegisset... recubuisse, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

    in cubiculo,

    id. Deiot. 15, 42:

    in exedrā lectulo posito,

    id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

    in herbā,

    id. ib. 2, 71, 287:

    spondā sibi propiore recumbit,

    Ov. F. 2, 345:

    tauros medio recumbere sulco,

    to sink down, id. M. 7, 539; cf.:

    mulier sopita recumbit,

    sinks into sleep, Lucr. 6, 794.—
    B.
    In partic., to recline at table:

    in triclinio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61:

    rediit hora dicta, recubuit,

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 19; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1; id. C. 3, 3, 11; Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 4; 4, 30, 3; 9, 23, 4; Just. 43, 1, 4; Vulg. Johan. 21, 20.—
    II.
    Of inanim. things, to fall or sink down ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    ne (pons) supinus eat cavāque in palude recumbat,

    Cat. 17, 4; cf. Verg. A. 9, 713:

    onus (domūs quassatae) in proclinatas partes,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 84:

    at nebulae magis ima petunt campoque recumbunt,

    sink, settle down, Verg. G. 1, 401; cf.:

    minax ponto Unda,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 32:

    pelagus,

    Sen. Thyest. 589:

    (juba) dextro jactata recumbit in armo,

    falls, rolls down, Verg. G. 3, 86; cf.: in umeros cervix collapsa recumbit, sinks back, reclines, id. A. 9, 434:

    cervix umero,

    Ov. M. 10, 195:

    vitem in terram recumbere,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 259:

    jugera Martialis longo Janiculi jugo recumbunt,

    descend, slope down, Mart. 4, 64, 3; cf.:

    duro monti recumbens Narnia,

    Sil. 8, 459.

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  • 9 dē-scendō

        dē-scendō dī, sus, ere,    to climb down, come down, descend, fall, sink: ex equo, to alight: monte, S.: de palatio: caelo, H.: e caelo, Iu.: vertice montis ab alto, V.: ab Alpibus, L.: arce Monoeci, V.: per clivum, O.: in campum: in ventrem, to be eaten, H.: caelo in undas, V.: ad naviculas: Ad mare, H.: Sacrā viā, H.: sciscitatum deos descendunt, L.: Iuppiter laeto descendet imbri, V.: O testa... Descende (i. e. ex apothecā), H.—To go down, go, come (to business, etc.): in forum ante lucem: ad forum, L.: fuge, quo descendere gestis, H.: de palatio: hodie non descendit Antonius: quod non descenderet tribunus, L.: in causam, to engage.—Of troops, to march down: ex superioribus locis in planitiem, Cs.: quā (sc. de monte), S.: inde (sc. de arce), L.: in aequum, L.: omnibus copiis in campum descensum est, L.: ad laevam, S.: praedatum in agros Romanos, L.: descensum in aciem est, the battle began, L.: in certamen: Ad pugnam rhetoricā ab umbrā, Iu.—To sink down, penetrate: ferrum alte in corpus, L.: toto in ilia ferro, O.: toto corpore pestis, V.: in iudicis aurīs, H.—Fig., to go down, descend, sink, penetrate: verbum in pectus altius, S.: cura in animos patrum, L.: descendere ad ipsum Ordine perpetuo, follow the line of descent, O.—To lower oneself, descend, stoop, yield, agree to: senes ad ludum adulescentium descendant: ad calamitatum societates: ad eius modi consilium, Cs.: ad ultimum rei p. auxilium, L.: preces in omnīs, V.: videte, quo descendam.

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  • 10 recumbō

        recumbō cubuī, —, ere    [CVB-], to lie down again, lie down, recline: somnis surrexisse, dein recubuisse: in exedrā posito lectulo: in herbā: spondā sibi propiore recumbit, O.: tauros medio recumbere sulco, sink down, O.—Esp., to recline at table: in triclinio: rediit hora dicta, recubuit, Ph.: Archiacis lectis, H.—Of things, to fall, sink down: sic illa (pila) penitus vadis inlisa recumbit, V.: onus (domūs quassatae) in proclinatas partīs, O.: nebulae campo recumbunt, settle down, V.: minax ponto Unda recumbit, H.: in umeros cervix conlapsa recumbit, sinks back, V.
    * * *
    recumbere, recubui, - V
    recline, lie at ease, sink/lie/settle back/down; recline at table

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  • 11 Sido

    1.
    sīdo, sīdi, 3, v. n. [cf. sedeo; Gr. hizô], to seat one's self, sit down; to settle, alight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. of things)
    I.
    In gen.:

    quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sidere detur,

    Ov. M. 1, 307; cf.:

    (columbae) super arbore sidunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 203:

    canes sidentes,

    sitting down, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink down, settle:

    sidebant campi (shortly after: subsidere saxa),

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    nec membris incussam sidere cretam,

    id. 3, 382; cf. Col. 12, 24, 2:

    in tepidā aquā gutta (balsami) sidens ad ima vasa,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

    cummi in aquā sidit,

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    cave lecticā sidat,

    be set down, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 78:

    prius caelum sidet inferius mari, Quam, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 79.—
    II.
    In partic., pregn.
    A.
    To sit or be set fast; to remain sitting, lying, or fixed:

    mare certis canalibus ita profundum, ut nullae ancorae sidant,

    can hold, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82:

    secures sidunt,

    id. 16, 10, 19, § 47:

    tum queror, in toto non sidere pallia lecto,

    remain lying, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 31.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., of a vessel, to stick fast on shallows:

    veniat mea litore navis Servata, an mediis sidat onusta vadis,

    Prop. 3, 14 (3, 6), 30; cf.:

    ubi eae (cymbae) siderent,

    Liv. 26, 45; Quint. 12, 10, 37; Tac. A. 1, 70; 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 4, 2.—
    B.
    To sink down, to sink out of sight.
    1.
    Lit.:

    non flebo in cineres arcem sidisse paternos Cadmi,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 37: sidentes in tabem spectat acervos, settling or melting down, Luc. 7, 791; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 199.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    vitia civitatis pessum suā mole sidentis,

    sinking, Sen. Const. 2; cf.:

    sidentia imperii fundamenta,

    Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 78:

    sidente paulatim metu,

    Tac. H. 2, 15.
    2.
    Sido, ōnis, m., a chief of the Suevi about the middle of the first century, Tac. H. 3, 5; 3, 21; id. A. 12, 29 sq.

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  • 12 sido

    1.
    sīdo, sīdi, 3, v. n. [cf. sedeo; Gr. hizô], to seat one's self, sit down; to settle, alight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. of things)
    I.
    In gen.:

    quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sidere detur,

    Ov. M. 1, 307; cf.:

    (columbae) super arbore sidunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 203:

    canes sidentes,

    sitting down, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink down, settle:

    sidebant campi (shortly after: subsidere saxa),

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    nec membris incussam sidere cretam,

    id. 3, 382; cf. Col. 12, 24, 2:

    in tepidā aquā gutta (balsami) sidens ad ima vasa,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

    cummi in aquā sidit,

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    cave lecticā sidat,

    be set down, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 78:

    prius caelum sidet inferius mari, Quam, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 79.—
    II.
    In partic., pregn.
    A.
    To sit or be set fast; to remain sitting, lying, or fixed:

    mare certis canalibus ita profundum, ut nullae ancorae sidant,

    can hold, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82:

    secures sidunt,

    id. 16, 10, 19, § 47:

    tum queror, in toto non sidere pallia lecto,

    remain lying, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 31.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., of a vessel, to stick fast on shallows:

    veniat mea litore navis Servata, an mediis sidat onusta vadis,

    Prop. 3, 14 (3, 6), 30; cf.:

    ubi eae (cymbae) siderent,

    Liv. 26, 45; Quint. 12, 10, 37; Tac. A. 1, 70; 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 4, 2.—
    B.
    To sink down, to sink out of sight.
    1.
    Lit.:

    non flebo in cineres arcem sidisse paternos Cadmi,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 37: sidentes in tabem spectat acervos, settling or melting down, Luc. 7, 791; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 199.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    vitia civitatis pessum suā mole sidentis,

    sinking, Sen. Const. 2; cf.:

    sidentia imperii fundamenta,

    Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 78:

    sidente paulatim metu,

    Tac. H. 2, 15.
    2.
    Sido, ōnis, m., a chief of the Suevi about the middle of the first century, Tac. H. 3, 5; 3, 21; id. A. 12, 29 sq.

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  • 13 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.
    * * *
    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)

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  • 14 dēprimō

        dēprimō pressī, pressus, ere    [de + premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, depress: terram: ad mentum depresso supercilio: depresso aratro, V.— To sink (in water): partem navium, Cs.: carinam, O.: classis depressa.—Fig., to press down, depress, overwhelm: improbitate depressa veritas emergit: alium, L.: hostem, L.: preces, to silence, N.— To depreciate, disparage: meam fortunam.
    * * *
    deprimere, depressi, depressus V TRANS
    suppress/repress/depress/silence, force//weigh/keep down, disparage; sink; humble, reduce position/fortune/value; lower pitch (sound)/brightness (color)

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  • 15 succido

    1.
    suc-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [sub-cado], to fall under any thing.
    * I.
    In gen.:

    lorica quod e loris de corio crudo pectoralia faciebant: postea succidit Gallica e ferro sub id vocabulum,

    i. e. were comprehended under the word, Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.—
    II.
    Pregn., to sink under one ' s self, sink down, sink ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Lit.:

    genua inedia succidunt,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; so,

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 156:

    omnia fragore,

    id. 5, 109:

    terra repente,

    id. 5, 482:

    in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus,

    Verg. A. 12, 911:

    imperfecta sublabantur aut succidant,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 35:

    continuo labore gravia genua succiderant,

    Curt. 9, 5, 7.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    mens succidit,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 24:

    mendax Dardania domus,

    id. Agam. 863.
    2.
    suc-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [sub-caedo], to cut off or away below, cut from below, to cut through, cut off, cut down, fell (rare but class.; not in Cic.): is pernas succidit iniquā superbiā Poeni, Enn. ap. Fest. pp. 304 and 305 Müll. (Ann. v. 279 Vahl.); cf.:

    vivos Succisis feminibus poplitibusque invenerunt,

    Liv. 22, 51, 7:

    poplitem,

    Verg. A. 10, 700:

    crura equis (with suffodere ilia),

    Liv. 42, 59, 3:

    nervos equorum,

    id. 44, 28, 14:

    arbores,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9; Liv. 23, 24; Col. 2, 2, 11; 11, 2, 11; Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 58 al.:

    asseres,

    Liv. 44, 5, 6:

    florem aratro, Verg.A.9,435: frumentis succisis,

    cut down, mown down, Caes. B. G. 4, 38; 4, 19:

    Cererem,

    Verg. G. 1, 297:

    (herbas) curvamine falcis aënae,

    Ov. M. 7, 227:

    segetem,

    Sil. 15, 536 al.: cf.:

    ita gregem metite imbellem ac succidite ferro,

    mow down, Sil. 14, 134:

    serpens succisa manu Herculeā,

    Sen. Med. 702.— Poet.:

    succisa libido,

    emasculated, made powerless, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 190.

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  • 16 re-sīdō

        re-sīdō sēdī, —, ere,    to sit down, settle: residamus, si placet: inambulantes, tum autem residentes: valle, V.: medio rex ipse resedit Agmine, was enthroned, O.: mediis Aedibus, V.: lassa resedit, sank, V.: Iam iam residunt cruribus asperae Pelles, grow, H.—To settle, sink down, sink, subside: si montes resedissent: Flumina residunt, O.: ad Aeschrionem pretium resedisset, i. e. fall into the hands of Aeschrio.—Fig., to sink, settle down, abate, grow calm, subside, fall: Cum omnis repente resedit Flatus, V.: Sex mihi surgat opus numeris, in quinque residat (of elegiac verse), O.: cum tumor animi resedisset: impetus animorum, L.: bellum, H.: quorum mentīs nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat, Cs.: tumida ex irā tum corda residunt, V.

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  • 17 resido

    rĕ-sīdo, sēdi (in some MSS. also rĕsīdi), 3, v. n., to sit down, to settle anywhere (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    residamus, si placet,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9 Madv. N. cr.:

    in ripă inambulantes, tum vero residentes,

    id. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

    (aves) plurimum volant... cetera genera residunt et insistunt,

    Plin. 10, 39, 55, § 114:

    mediis residunt Aedibus,

    Verg. A. 8, 467:

    Siculis arvis,

    id. ib. 5, 702:

    residunt In partem, quae peste caret,

    id. ib. 9, 539: loci amoenitate captos in iisdem terris cum virgine resedisse, Just. 13, 7, 8. — Poet.:

    jam jam residunt cruribus asperae Pelles,

    settle, gather, Hor. C. 2, 20, 9. — In perf.:

    consessu exstructo resedit,

    Verg. A. 5, 290. —
    B.
    Transf., of things, to settle or sink down, to sink, subside (cf. consido and decido):

    si montes resedissent,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 82:

    (Nilus) residit iisdem quibus accrevit modis (opp. crescit),

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 57; Ov. M. 15, 272; cf.:

    maria in se ipsa residant (opp. tumescant),

    Verg. G. 2, 480; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67:

    residentibus flammis,

    Tac. A. 13, 57.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. B.), to sink or settle down, to abate, grow calm, subside:

    cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

    Verg. A. 7, 27:

    sex mihi surgat opus numeris (i. e. in the hexameter), m quinque residat (i. e. in the pentameter),

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27 (cf. Coleridge's "falling in melody back"):

    (poëma) apte et varie nunc attollebatur, nunc residebat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2:

    si contrarius ventus resedisset,

    id. ib. 6, 16, 12:

    cum tumor animi resedisset,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; cf.: Marcelli impetus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 2:

    impetus animorum ardorque,

    Liv. 26, 18, 10:

    ardor,

    Ov. M. 7, 76; cf.:

    sed propera ne vela cadant auraeque residant,

    id. A. A. 1, 373:

    irae,

    Liv. 2, 29:

    terror,

    id. 35, 38:

    bellum,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 30; Verg. A. 9, 643:

    clandestinis nunciis Allobrogas sollicitat, quorum mentes nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 64, 7:

    longiore certamine sensim residere Samnitium animos,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    ardorem eum, qui resederat, excitare rursus,

    id. 26, 19:

    tumida ex ira corda,

    Verg. A. 6, 407.

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  • 18 sub-sīdō

        sub-sīdō sēdī, sessus, ere,    to sit down, crouch down, squat, settle down, sink down: adversus emissa tela, L.: Poplite subsidens, V.: subsedit in illā Ante fores arā, O.—With dat: iuvet ut tigrīs subsidere cervis, to yield, H.—To fall, subside, sink, settle: undae, V.: venti, O.: Extremus galeāque imā subsedit Acestes, remained at the bottom, V.: ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis, ceditque, gives way, O.—To settle down, establish oneself, remain, abide, stay: in Siciliā: in castris, Cs.: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri, V.—To crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush: eo in loco: in insidiis, L.—With acc: devictam Asiam subsedit adulter (i. e. Agamemnonem), lay in wait for, V.

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  • 19 mergo

    mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. madsh-, majan, to dip; Zend, masga, marrow; Germ. Mark; Engl. marrow], to dip, dip in, immerse; absol. also to plunge into water, to sink.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    eos (pullos) mergi in aquam jussit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    aves, quae se in mari mergunt,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 124:

    putealibus undis,

    Ov. Ib. 391:

    Stygia undā,

    id. M. 10, 697:

    prodigia indomitis merge sub aequoribus,

    Tib. 2, 5, 80:

    ab hoc (the sword-fish) perfossas naves mergi,

    Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15:

    mersa navis omnes destituit,

    Curt. 4, 8, 8:

    mersa carina,

    Luc. 3, 632:

    cum coepisset mergi,

    Vulg. Matt. 14, 30:

    in immensam altitudinem mergi, ac sine ulla respirandi vice perpeti maria,

    Sen. Dial. 4, 12, 4:

    naves,

    Eutr. 2, 20:

    partem classis,

    Vell. 2, 42, 2:

    pars maxima classis mergitur,

    Luc. 3, 753 sq.:

    nec me deus aequore mersit,

    Verg. A. 6, 348:

    sub aequora,

    Ov. M. 13, 948; Luc. 3, 753:

    ter matutino Tiberi mergetur,

    bathe, Juv. 6, 523.— Poet., of overwhelming waters, to engulf, swallow up, overwhelm, etc.:

    sic te mersuras adjuvet ignis aquas,

    Ov. Ib. 340:

    mersa rate,

    Juv. 14, 302.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To sink down, sink in, to plunge, thrust, or drive in, to fix in, etc. ( poet. and post-Aug. prose):

    palmitem per jugum mergere, et alligare,

    to thrust, push, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

    aliquem ad Styga,

    Sen. Thyest. 1007:

    manum in ora (ursae),

    to thrust into, Mart. 3, 19, 4:

    mersisque in corpore rostris Dilacerant (canes) falsi dominum sub imagine cervi,

    Ov. M. 3, 249: fluvius in Euphratem mergitur, runs or empties into, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 128: visceribus ferrum. to thrust into, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 447.—Of heavenly bodies, etc.:

    Bootes, Qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano,

    sinks into, Cat. 66, 68.—
    2.
    In partic., to hide, conceal:

    mersitque suos in cortice vultus,

    Ov. M. 10, 498:

    vultum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1348:

    diem or lucem, of the setting of the sun,

    id. Thyest. 771:

    terra caelum mergens, i. e. occidentalis, because there the sky seems to sink into the sea,

    Luc. 4, 54. —Of those on board a vessel: mergere Pelion et templum, i. e. to sail away from until they sink below the horizon:

    condere,

    Val. Fl. 2, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., to plunge into, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, drown:

    aliquem malis,

    Verg. A. 6, 512:

    funere acerbo,

    to bring to a painful death, id. ib. 11, 28:

    mergi in voluptates,

    to plunge into, yield one's self up to sensual delights, Curt. 10, 3, 9:

    se in voluptates,

    Liv. 23, 18:

    mergit longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

    Juv. 10, 57.—Esp. in part. pass.:

    Alexander mersus secundis rebus,

    overwhelmed with prosperity, Liv. 9, 18:

    vino somnoque mersi jacent,

    dead drunk and buried in sleep, id. 41, 3; Luc. 1, 159; cf.:

    lumina somno,

    Val. Fl. 8, 66:

    cum mergeretur somno,

    Vulg. Act. 20, 9.—Esp. of those whose fortune is swallowed up in debts or debauchery: mersus foro, bankrupt, Plaut [p. 1137] Ep. 1, 2, 13:

    aere paterno Ac rebus mersis in ventrem,

    Juv. 11, 39:

    censum domini,

    Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67:

    mergentibus sortem usuris,

    sinking, destroying his capital, Liv. 6, 14:

    ut mergantur pupilli,

    be robbed of their fortune, ruined, Dig. 27, 4, 3:

    mersis fer opem rebus,

    bring aid to utter distress, Ov. M. 1, 380.—Of drinking to excess:

    potatio quae mergit,

    Sen. Ep. 12.

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  • 20 cōn-sīdō

        cōn-sīdō sēdī    (rarely sīdī; cōnsīderant, L., Ta.), sessus, ere, to sit down, take seats, be seated, settle: positis sedibus, L.: considunt armati, Ta.: in pratulo propter statuam: in arā, N.: examen in arbore, L.: ante focos, O.: mensis, at the tables, V.: tergo tauri, O.: in novam urbem, enter and settle, Cu.: ibi considitur: triarii sub vexillis considebant, L.—In assemblies, to take place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, be in session: in theatro: in loco consecrato, hold court, Cs.: quo die, iudices, consedistis: senior iudex consedit, O. — To encamp, pitch a camp, take post, station oneself: ad confluentīs in ripis, L.: sub radicibus montium, S.: trans flumen, Cs.: prope Cirtam haud longe a mari, S.: ubi vallis spem praesidi offerebat, Cs.: cum cohorte in insidiis, L.: ad insidias, L.—To settle, take up an abode, stay, make a home: in Ubiorum finibus, Cs.: trans Rhenum, Ta.: in hortis (volucres), build, H.: Ausonio portu, find a home, V.: Cretae (locat.), V.—To settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, fall in: terra ingentibus cavernis consedit, L.: (Alpes) iam licet considant!: in ignīs Ilium, V.: neque consederat ignis, O.— Fig., to settle, sink, be buried: iustitia cuius in mente consedit: consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā, sank out of notice: Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk in grief, V.: praesentia satis consederant, i. e. quiet was assured, Ta.—To abate, subside, diminish, be appeased, die out: ardor animi cum consedit: terror ab necopinato visu, L.—Of discourse, to conclude, end: varie distincteque.

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