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at-tŏno (better than adt-), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19:

quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!

Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. embrontêtheis, embrontêtos.

Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded:

attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172:

quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 27:

aures,

Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101:

talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,

Verg. A. 3, 172:

attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,

Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15;

44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,

Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de:

mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,

crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.:

Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater... Attonitae diu similis fuit,

id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600;

12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,

Liv. 10, 29:

attoniti vultus,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

circumspectare inter se attoniti,

id. ib. 2, 29:

attonitis etiam victoribus,

id. ib. 4, 72:

attonitā magis quam quietā contione,

id. A. 1, 39:

attonitis jam omnibus,

Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17:

attonitos habes oculos,

Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.— Poet., with gen.:

attonitus serpentis equus,

Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,

Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.):

mensa,

Val. Fl. 1, 45:

arces,

Sil. 4, 7 Drak.:

quorundam persuasiones,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —

Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic:

attonitae Baccho matres,

Verg. A. 7, 580:

Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—

* Adv.: attŏnĭtē, frantically, etc.:

Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).

at-tŏno (better than adt-), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19:

quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!

Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. embrontêtheis, embrontêtos.

Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded:

attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172:

quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 27:

aures,

Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101:

talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,

Verg. A. 3, 172:

attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,

Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15;

44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,

Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de:

mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,

crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.:

Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater... Attonitae diu similis fuit,

id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600;

12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,

Liv. 10, 29:

attoniti vultus,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

circumspectare inter se attoniti,

id. ib. 2, 29:

attonitis etiam victoribus,

id. ib. 4, 72:

attonitā magis quam quietā contione,

id. A. 1, 39:

attonitis jam omnibus,

Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17:

attonitos habes oculos,

Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.— Poet., with gen.:

attonitus serpentis equus,

Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,

Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.):

mensa,

Val. Fl. 1, 45:

arces,

Sil. 4, 7 Drak.:

quorundam persuasiones,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —

Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic:

attonitae Baccho matres,

Verg. A. 7, 580:

Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—

* Adv.: attŏnĭtē, frantically, etc.:

Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).

ex-surdo ( exurdo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [surdus], to render deaf, to deafen ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

paniculae flos si aures intraverit, exsurdat,

Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.—

Transf.

In gen., to stun, overcome with din:

aures curiae,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 3:

turbida nec calamos exsurdant classica nostros,

Calp. Ecl. 4, 131.—

Esp., of the taste, to dull, blunt:

vina palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38.

ex-surdo ( exurdo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [surdus], to render deaf, to deafen ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

paniculae flos si aures intraverit, exsurdat,

Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.—

Transf.

In gen., to stun, overcome with din:

aures curiae,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 3:

turbida nec calamos exsurdant classica nostros,

Calp. Ecl. 4, 131.—

Esp., of the taste, to dull, blunt:

vina palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38.

ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.

To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

obtunso ore,

id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—

To blunt, dull, by striking.

Lit. (very rare):

telum,

Lucr. 6, 399:

gladios,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—

Transf.

To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

auditum,

id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

obtusus stomachus,

id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

vocem,

to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

ingenia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

mentem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingenia,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—

Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

aliquem longis epistulis,

to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

aliquem,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

aliquem de aliquā re,

to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).

Lit.:

falx obtusa et hebes,

Col. 4, 24, 21:

pugio,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

vomer,

Verg. G. 1, 262:

angulus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

cornua lunae obtusa,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

animi acies obtusior,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

stellis acies obtunsa,

Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

aures obtunsae,

blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

id. 11, 3, 20:

stomachus,

weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

obtunsa pectora,

insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

ingenium,

Gell. 13, 24, 21:

vires,

enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

vigor animi,

Liv. 5, 18:

cor,

Lact. 2, 5, 4:

sensus eorum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

venenum,

powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

quo quid dici potest obtusius?

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

hoc facere obtuse,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.

To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

obtunso ore,

id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—

To blunt, dull, by striking.

Lit. (very rare):

telum,

Lucr. 6, 399:

gladios,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—

Transf.

To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

auditum,

id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

obtusus stomachus,

id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

vocem,

to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

ingenia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

mentem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingenia,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—

Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

aliquem longis epistulis,

to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

aliquem,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

aliquem de aliquā re,

to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).

Lit.:

falx obtusa et hebes,

Col. 4, 24, 21:

pugio,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

vomer,

Verg. G. 1, 262:

angulus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

cornua lunae obtusa,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

animi acies obtusior,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

stellis acies obtunsa,

Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

aures obtunsae,

blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

id. 11, 3, 20:

stomachus,

weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

obtunsa pectora,

insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

ingenium,

Gell. 13, 24, 21:

vires,

enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

vigor animi,

Liv. 5, 18:

cor,

Lact. 2, 5, 4:

sensus eorum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

venenum,

powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

quo quid dici potest obtusius?

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

hoc facere obtuse,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

per-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To bind tightly together; to draw together, draw up, contract:

vitem,

Cato, R. R. 32:

stomachus nimio rigore perstrictus,

Veg. Vet. 3, 53; Grat. Cyneg. 296.—

To graze, graze against a thing.

Lit.:

femur,

Verg. A. 10, 344:

solum aratro,

to plough slightly, Cic. Agr. 2, 25:

portam vomere,

to graze against, id. Phil. 2, 40 dub. (al. praestr-).—

Transf., To blunt by grazing against, to make dull, to dull:

minaci murmure aures,

to stun, deafen, Hor. C. 2, 1, 18:

juvenem multo perstringunt lumine,

Stat. Th. 5, 666 (but for perstringere oculos, aciem, etc., cf. praestringo).—

Trop.

To seize:

horror ingens spectantes perstringit,

Liv. 1, 25; Val. Fl. 7, 81; cf. id. 7, 194.—

In partic.

To touch or wound slightly with words; to blame, censure, reprimand, reprove (class.):

alicujus voluntatem asperioribus facetiis,

Cic. Planc. 14, 33:

aliquem vocis libertate,

id. Sest. 6, 14:

aliquem suspicione,

id. Sull. 16, 46:

aliquem oblique,

Tac. A. 5, 11:

cultum habitumque alicujus lenibus verbis,

id. ib. 2, 59:

modice perstricti,

id. ib. 4, 17:

ad perstringendos mulcendosque militum animos,

id. H. 1, 85.—

In speaking, to touch slightly, to glance over, to narrate briefly:

leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

quod meis omnibus litteris in Pompeianā laude perstrictus est (Crassus),

belittled, slighted, id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

perquam breviter perstringere atque attingere,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

celeriter perstringere reliquum vitae cursum,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

summatim,

Vulg. Dan. 7, 1.

stŭpĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [stupeo], to make stupid or senseless, to benumb, deaden, stun, stupefy (rare; usu. in the part. perf.).

In verb. fin.:

privatos luctus stupefecit publicus pavor,

Liv. 5, 39; Sil. 9, 122.— Pass.:

ut nostro stupefiat Cynthia versu,

Prop. 2, 13 (3, 4), 7.—

In part. perf., stupefied, stunned: quem stupefacti dicentem intuentur? * Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53:

spectas tuam stupefacta figuram,

Ov. H. 14, 97:

ingenti motu stupefactus aquarum,

Verg. G. 4, 365; Sen. Thyest. 547; Luc. 4, 633; Val. Fl. 6, 228.

tundo, tŭtŭdi, tunsum, tūssum, and tusum (v. Neue, Formenl. II. 568), 3 (old collat. form of the perf. tuserunt, Naev. 1, 1: tunsi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.; inf. tundier, Lucr. 4, 934), v. a. [Sanscr. tu-dāmi, thrust; cf. Gr. Tudeus, Tundareos], to beat, strike, thump, buffet with repeated strokes.

Lit.

In gen. (class.; cf.:

verbero, pulso, ico, impello, cudo): oculos converso bacillo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

pectus palo,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 3:

pectora manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 10; id. M. 8, 535; Verg. A. 11, 37:

inania tympana,

Ov. F. 4, 183:

tundere ac diverberare ubera,

App. M. 7, p. 200, 2:

lapidem digito cum tundimus,

Lucr. 4, 265:

corpus crebro ictu,

id. 4, 934:

pede terram,

Hor. A. P. 430:

humum ossibus,

Ov. M. 5, 293:

ulmum (picus),

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 14:

litus undā,

Cat. 11, 4; cf.:

saxa alto salo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 55:

cymbala rauca,

Prop. 3 (4), 16, 36:

chelyn digitis errantibus,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 33:

gens effrena virum Rhipaeo tunditur Euro,

Verg. G. 3, 382:

saxum, quod tumidis tunditur olim Fluctibus,

id. A. 5, 125:

miserum sancto tundere poste caput,

Tib. 1, 2, 86:

ferrum rubens non est habile tundendo,

i. e. is not easy to beat out, not very malleable, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 149.—In a Greek construction:

tunsae pectora palmis,

Verg. A. 1, 481. —Prov.: uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundere, to hammer the same anvil, i. e. to keep at the same work, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162.—

In partic., to pound, bruise, bray, as in a mortar (cf. pinso):

aliquid in pilā,

Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 20, 19, 79, § 207:

in farinam,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 119:

in pollinem,

id. 19, 5, 29, § 91:

tunsum gallae admiscere saporem,

Verg. G. 4, 267:

tunsa viscera,

id. ib. 4, 302:

grana mali Punici tunsa,

Col. 9, 13, 5:

tunsum allium,

id. 6, 8, 2 al.:

testam tusam et succretam arenae adicere,

Vitr. 2, 5:

testa tunsa,

Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186:

hordeum,

App. M. 4, p. 152, 31:

haec omnia tusa,

Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 6.—

Trop. (qs. to keep pounding or hammering at a person), to din, stun, keep on at, importune a person by repeating the same thing ( poet. and rare):

pergin' aures tundere?

Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 25:

assiduis hinc atque hinc vocibus heros Tunditur,

Verg. A. 4, 448:

tundat Amycle, Natalem Mais Idibus esse tuum,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 35.— Absol.:

tundendo atque odio denique effecit senex,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 48.