to+abuse

• How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline? (Cicero)

• To use, not abuse

to use abusive language / use a word incorrectly.

to make full use of, to abuse.

ăbūsĭo, ōnis, f. [abutor].

In rhet. lang., a harsh use of tropes, Gr. katachrêsis, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45; Cic. Or. 27, 94; Quint. 8, 2, 5:

per abusionem,

id. 3, 3, 9 al. —

In gen., abuse, misuse (eccl. Lat.).

altercātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a strife or contest in words, a dispute, debate; either with or without passion: amoibaios logos, Gloss. Philox. (perh. not entirely dignified, since Cic. uses it several times in his Epistt. and philos. writings; but in his Oratt. disceptatio and contentio generally take its place).

In gen.: in pauciores avidos altercatio est, * Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 11:

dies consumptus est altercatione Lentuli consulis et Caninii tribuni plebis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2:

redeo ad altercationem,

id. Att. 1, 16 med.; so id. ib. 4, 13:

oritur mihi magna de re altercatio cum Velleio,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 4, 6:

magna ibi non disceptatio modo, sed etiam altercatio fuit,

id. 38, 32; 1, 7; 10, 40;

35, 17: Cn. Domitius collegae suo altercatione ortā objecit, quod etc.,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 4; Tac. H. 4, 7:

verborum altercatio,

Scrib. Comp. 181:

in altercatione barbam invadere,

Suet. Caes. 71.—

Esp., in rhet., an altercation; a kind of discourse in a court of justice, which is not continuous, but where one seeks to vanquish his opponent by interposed questions, sometimes mingled with abuse (cf. Quint. 6, 3, 4; 4, 1, 28, and altercor, II.), Cic. Brut. 44, 164.

calco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. calx], to tread something or upon something, to tread under foot.

In gen.

Lit. (very freq.; mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

not in Cic.)' astructos morientum acervos,

Ov. M. 5, 88; 12, 391:

calcata vipera,

trodden upon, id. ib. 10, 23; 12, 391;

13, 804: alius manum aeger, ut pede ac vestigio Caesaris calcaretur, orabat,

Tac. H. 4, 81:

cineres ossaque legionum,

id. ib. 5, 17:

calcata lacinia togae,

Suet. Calig. 35: uvam, [p. 268] to tread grapes, Cato, R. R. 112 fin.; Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2; Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897; Col. 6, 15, 1.— To stamp, beat:

in mortario,

Apic. 2, 3:

solum ferratis vectibus,

Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173.—

Trop.

To tread down, to oppress, trample upon (the figure is taken from a victorious warrior who tramples upon his prostrate opponents):

amorem,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 5; cf.

hostem,

Juv. 10, 86:

gentem,

Just. 12, 16, 11:

libertas nostra in foro obteritur et calcatur,

Liv. 34, 2, 2:

calcatum jus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 125.—

To scorn, contemn, spurn, despise, abuse:

insultetque rogis, calcet et ossa mea,

Prop. 2, 8, 20:

aliquid quasi fastidiendo calcare,

Quint. 5, 13, 22:

calcatum foedus,

Stat. Th. 3, 208.—

Esp.

Of objects in space, to tread, pass over: calcanda semel via leti, * Hor. C. 1, 28, 16; Petr. 118, 5:

scopulos, litora,

Ov. H. 2, 121:

durum aequor,

the frozen sea, id. Tr. 3, 10, 39:

campum,

Claud. VI. Cons Hon. 515:

calcatos lucos Jovi,

frequented by, Sil. 3, 675.—

Of the cock, to tread, Col. 8, 5, 24.—

In gen., to press close together, to press in:

oleas in orculam calcato,

Cato, R. R. 117 fin.:

tomentum in culcita,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 52, 1; 28, 2; Pall. Jan. 20; Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173; Verg. G. 2, 244.

cārĭno, āre, v. a. [for scarinare, root in scortum], to abuse, revile, blame ( = irrideo), Enn. Ann. 181; 229 Vahl.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 47 Müll.: carinantes = illudentes, Gloss. Isid.

cărīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [carina, II. B.], to supply with a shell; with se, of mussels, to get shells, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.— Hence, P. a.: cărīnātus, a, um, keelformed, shell-formed:

concha acatii modo,

Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94:

pectus animalium,

id. 11, 37, 82, § 207.

cārĭno, āre, v. a. [for scarinare, root in scortum], to abuse, revile, blame ( = irrideo), Enn. Ann. 181; 229 Vahl.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 47 Müll.: carinantes = illudentes, Gloss. Isid.

cărīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [carina, II. B.], to supply with a shell; with se, of mussels, to get shells, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103.— Hence, P. a.: cărīnātus, a, um, keelformed, shell-formed:

concha acatii modo,

Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94:

pectus animalium,

id. 11, 37, 82, § 207.

com-pello ( conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., to drive together to a place, to collect, assemble (opp. expello, Cic. Pis. 7, 16;

to dispellere,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149;

and to aspellere,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; class.).

Lit. of herds, flocks:

tum compellendum (agnos) in gregem ovium,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:

armentum in speluncam,

Liv. 1, 7, 5; cf.:

pecoris vim ingentem in saltum avium,

id. 9, 31, 7:

greges in unum,

Verg. E. 7, 2:

pecus totius provinciae,

Cic. Pis. 36, 87: haedorum gregem hibisco ( poet. for ad hibiscum), Verg. E. 2, 30.—Also of other objects:

primordia,

Lucr. 2, 564:

homines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

naves (hostium) in portum,

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

hostes intra oppida murosque,

id. B. G. 7, 65; so of the driving or forcing of enemies in a body; cf.:

adversarios intra moenia,

Nep. Ages. 5, 3:

hostem fugatum in naves,

Liv. 10, 2, 2:

Dardanos in urbem,

id. 41, 19, 9; Suet. Vit. 15:

oppidanos intra munimenta,

Curt. 8, 11, 1:

hostes in fugam,

Just. 4, 4.—Hence fig.:

bellum Medulliam,

to turn the war thither, Liv. 1, 33, 4:

is (hostes) eo compulit ut locorum angustiis clausi, etc.,

drove them into so close corners, Nep. Ham. 2, 4:

Pompeium domum suam,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

ad monumentorum deversoria plebe compulsā,

Suet. Ner. 38: quam (imaginem) virga semel horrida... Nigro compulerit gregi, * Hor. C. 1, 24, 18:

ossa in suas sedes,

Cels. 6, 7 fin. —

Trop.

To bring or press together:

amores nostros dispulsos,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149:

cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.—Far more freq.,

To drive, bring, move, impel, incite, urge, compel, force, constrain to something; constr. with ad, in, more rarely with ut, the inf. or absol.

With ad (freq. in Suet.):

aliquem ad virtutem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 10:

ad arma,

Cic. Marcell. 5, 13:

ad bellum,

Ov. M. 5, 219:

ad deditionem fame,

Suet. Aug. 14; Curt. 9, 1, 19:

ad necem,

Suet. Aug. 66; id. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 35: ad mortem, id. Tib. 56; Quint. 7, 3, 7:

ad confessionem,

Suet. Claud. 15:

ad pugnam,

id. ib. 21:

ad rapinas,

Luc. 7, 99:

ad defectionem,

Curt. 10, 1, 45:

ad laqueum,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

ad impudicitiam,

Dig. 1, 6, 2.—

With in:

in hunc sensum compellor injuriis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

in eundem metum,

Liv. 25, 29, 8:

in socordiam,

Col. 11, 1, 11:

in mortem,

Quint. 7, 3, 7:

in metum,

Tac. H. 2, 27. —

With ut:

callidum senem callidis dolis Conpuli et perpuli, mihi omnia ut crederet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4; Suet. Caes. 1; 24; id. Vesp. 2; Tac. Or. 4; Curt. 8, 8, 2. —

With inf.:

aliquem jussa nefanda pati,

Ov. F. 3, 860; Luc. 3, 144; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Dom. 14; Curt. 5, 1, 35; Just. 16, 5; 30, 3; Gai Inst. 2, 237.—

Absol.:

ceteras nationes conterruit, compulit, domuit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

aliquā indignatione compellendus,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

ille qui aspellit, is conpellit,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 46; freq. in perf. part.:

periculis compulsus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 41; Liv. 27, 30, 3.

compello ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. compello; cf. 2. appello, āre, from 1. appello, ĕre, and jugare, from root of jungo], to accost one.

Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poet.): exin compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41 (Ann. v. 45 Vahl.); so, aliquem, id. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 ib.):

aliquem voce,

Verg. A. 5, 161; and:

notis vocibus,

id. ib. 6, 499; cf. Ov. M. 14, 839:

blande hominem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 72; cf. id. Stich. 2, 1, 43:

familiariter,

id. Men. 2, 3, 23: carmine, * Cat. 64, 24:

talibus agrestem com pellat Oreada dictis,

Ov. M. 8, 787; 12, 585:

Tauream nomine,

Liv. 23, 47, 2; Curt. 4, 13, 20:

aliquem multo honore,

Verg. A. 3, 474:

verbis amicis,

id. ib. 2, 372:

aliquam de stupro,

to invite to unchastity, Val. Max. 6, 1, 2; in like sense absol.:

compellare,

Hyg. Fab. 57.—

In a hostile sense, to address one reproachfully or abusively, to reproach, chide, rebuke, upbraid, abuse, to take to task, call to account (good prose).

In gen.:

mimus nominatim Accium poëtam compellavit in scaenā,

Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

neque aspexit mater, quin eum fratricidam impiumque detestans compellaret,

Nep. Timol. 1, 5:

pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat,

Liv. 22, 12, 12; 34, 2, 8:

ne compellarer inultus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; 1, 7, 31; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—

Esp., jurid. t. t., of authorities, to summon one to answer a charge; or of adversaries, to arraign one before a tribunal, to accuse of crime (cf. 2. appello):

Q. Ciceronem compellat edicto,

Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; id. Red. in Sen. 5, 12; 13, 52:

Nigidius minari in contione, se judicem, qui non adfuerit, compellaturum,

id. Att. 2, 2, 3; so id. Phil. 3, 7, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Liv. 43, 2, 11; Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Caes. 17.

con-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pluck, pull, or tear in pieces, to rend (rare).

Prop.:

epistulas,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

librum,

Liv. 38, 55, 11; cf. Gell. 4, 18, 12; cf.

litteras,

Suet. Ner. 47:

folia coronae concerpta,

Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 13:

linteolum,

lint, id. 28, 15, 61, § 216; 31, 9, 45, § 100.—

Trop. (acc. to carpo, II. B. b. a), to abuse, revile, censure: Curionem ferventissime, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5.

con-culco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [calco], to tread under foot, to crush or bruise by treading. *

Prop.:

vinaceos in dolia picata,

Cato, R. R. 25.—More freq.,

Trop. (cf. calco, I. B.).

To tread down, trample upon in a hostile manner, to abuse:

istum semper illi ipsi domi proterendum et conculcandum putaverunt,

Cic. Fl. 22, 53:

adversarios tuos,

Hier. in Isa. 14, 51, 14:

miseram Italiam,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to despise, treat with contempt:

nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum,

Lucr. 5, 1140:

lauream,

Cic. Pis. 35, 61:

pontificem a pedisequis conculcari,

id. Dom. 42, 110:

disice et conculca ista quae extrinsecus splendent,

Sen. Ep. 23, 6.

com-pello ( conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., to drive together to a place, to collect, assemble (opp. expello, Cic. Pis. 7, 16;

to dispellere,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149;

and to aspellere,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; class.).

Lit. of herds, flocks:

tum compellendum (agnos) in gregem ovium,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:

armentum in speluncam,

Liv. 1, 7, 5; cf.:

pecoris vim ingentem in saltum avium,

id. 9, 31, 7:

greges in unum,

Verg. E. 7, 2:

pecus totius provinciae,

Cic. Pis. 36, 87: haedorum gregem hibisco ( poet. for ad hibiscum), Verg. E. 2, 30.—Also of other objects:

primordia,

Lucr. 2, 564:

homines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

naves (hostium) in portum,

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

hostes intra oppida murosque,

id. B. G. 7, 65; so of the driving or forcing of enemies in a body; cf.:

adversarios intra moenia,

Nep. Ages. 5, 3:

hostem fugatum in naves,

Liv. 10, 2, 2:

Dardanos in urbem,

id. 41, 19, 9; Suet. Vit. 15:

oppidanos intra munimenta,

Curt. 8, 11, 1:

hostes in fugam,

Just. 4, 4.—Hence fig.:

bellum Medulliam,

to turn the war thither, Liv. 1, 33, 4:

is (hostes) eo compulit ut locorum angustiis clausi, etc.,

drove them into so close corners, Nep. Ham. 2, 4:

Pompeium domum suam,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

ad monumentorum deversoria plebe compulsā,

Suet. Ner. 38: quam (imaginem) virga semel horrida... Nigro compulerit gregi, * Hor. C. 1, 24, 18:

ossa in suas sedes,

Cels. 6, 7 fin. —

Trop.

To bring or press together:

amores nostros dispulsos,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149:

cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.—Far more freq.,

To drive, bring, move, impel, incite, urge, compel, force, constrain to something; constr. with ad, in, more rarely with ut, the inf. or absol.

With ad (freq. in Suet.):

aliquem ad virtutem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 10:

ad arma,

Cic. Marcell. 5, 13:

ad bellum,

Ov. M. 5, 219:

ad deditionem fame,

Suet. Aug. 14; Curt. 9, 1, 19:

ad necem,

Suet. Aug. 66; id. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 35: ad mortem, id. Tib. 56; Quint. 7, 3, 7:

ad confessionem,

Suet. Claud. 15:

ad pugnam,

id. ib. 21:

ad rapinas,

Luc. 7, 99:

ad defectionem,

Curt. 10, 1, 45:

ad laqueum,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

ad impudicitiam,

Dig. 1, 6, 2.—

With in:

in hunc sensum compellor injuriis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

in eundem metum,

Liv. 25, 29, 8:

in socordiam,

Col. 11, 1, 11:

in mortem,

Quint. 7, 3, 7:

in metum,

Tac. H. 2, 27. —

With ut:

callidum senem callidis dolis Conpuli et perpuli, mihi omnia ut crederet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4; Suet. Caes. 1; 24; id. Vesp. 2; Tac. Or. 4; Curt. 8, 8, 2. —

With inf.:

aliquem jussa nefanda pati,

Ov. F. 3, 860; Luc. 3, 144; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Dom. 14; Curt. 5, 1, 35; Just. 16, 5; 30, 3; Gai Inst. 2, 237.—

Absol.:

ceteras nationes conterruit, compulit, domuit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

aliquā indignatione compellendus,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

ille qui aspellit, is conpellit,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 46; freq. in perf. part.:

periculis compulsus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 41; Liv. 27, 30, 3.

compello ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. compello; cf. 2. appello, āre, from 1. appello, ĕre, and jugare, from root of jungo], to accost one.

Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poet.): exin compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41 (Ann. v. 45 Vahl.); so, aliquem, id. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 ib.):

aliquem voce,

Verg. A. 5, 161; and:

notis vocibus,

id. ib. 6, 499; cf. Ov. M. 14, 839:

blande hominem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 72; cf. id. Stich. 2, 1, 43:

familiariter,

id. Men. 2, 3, 23: carmine, * Cat. 64, 24:

talibus agrestem com pellat Oreada dictis,

Ov. M. 8, 787; 12, 585:

Tauream nomine,

Liv. 23, 47, 2; Curt. 4, 13, 20:

aliquem multo honore,

Verg. A. 3, 474:

verbis amicis,

id. ib. 2, 372:

aliquam de stupro,

to invite to unchastity, Val. Max. 6, 1, 2; in like sense absol.:

compellare,

Hyg. Fab. 57.—

In a hostile sense, to address one reproachfully or abusively, to reproach, chide, rebuke, upbraid, abuse, to take to task, call to account (good prose).

In gen.:

mimus nominatim Accium poëtam compellavit in scaenā,

Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

neque aspexit mater, quin eum fratricidam impiumque detestans compellaret,

Nep. Timol. 1, 5:

pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat,

Liv. 22, 12, 12; 34, 2, 8:

ne compellarer inultus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; 1, 7, 31; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—

Esp., jurid. t. t., of authorities, to summon one to answer a charge; or of adversaries, to arraign one before a tribunal, to accuse of crime (cf. 2. appello):

Q. Ciceronem compellat edicto,

Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; id. Red. in Sen. 5, 12; 13, 52:

Nigidius minari in contione, se judicem, qui non adfuerit, compellaturum,

id. Att. 2, 2, 3; so id. Phil. 3, 7, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Liv. 43, 2, 11; Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Caes. 17.

con-tŭmēlĭa (post-class. access. form contŭmĭa, Mart. Cap. 4, § 424; cf.: contumia contumelia, Gloss. Isid.), ae, f. [from a root tem, whence also temno, contemno, and contumax; cf. Dig. 47, 10, 1], abuse, insult, affront, reproach, invective, contumely (cf.: injuria, hubris; very freq. and class. in sing. and plur.):

contumelia a contemptu dicta est, quia nemo nisi quem contempsit, tali injuriā notat,

Sen. Const. 11, 2: patior facile injuriam, si est vacua a contumeliā, Pac. ap. Non. p. 430, 16; cf.

Caecil. ib.: contumeliam alteri facere,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 82; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 79; cf. id. Eun. 5, 2, 26:

contumeliam dicere alicui,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 33; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 29; Liv. 25, 22, 13:

contumeliam si dicis, audies,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 77:

jacere in aliquem,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

meretricum perpeti,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 96:

in se accipere,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1; cf.:

tanta contumelia accepta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 10:

alicui imponere,

Sall. C. 48, 9:

quibus tu privatim injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

indignitates contumeliasque perferre,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14: graves, severe reproaches (opp. libera consilia), Hor. Epod. 11, 26:

aliquid in suam contumeliam vertere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

per contumeliam,

id. ib. 1, 9; Quint. 4, 1, 11:

contumeliā perfugae appellari ab aliquo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28; cf. Liv. 3, 50, 6 et saep.:

in contumeliam ignominiamque nostram certare juvat,

id. 4, 4, 12:

contumeliae verborum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.—In mal. part., violation, Liv. 8, 28, 2; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—The expression facere contumeliam is censured by Cic. (Phil. 3, 9, 22) in the words of Antonius: nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus; but it is not clear on what grounds (whether as an archaism, or because it is used after the analogy of jacturam facere, in the sense of contumelia adfici); v. Quint. 9, 3, 13, and cf. esp. Gronov. Observv. 3, 8, pp. 488-502 (pp. 241-247 Frotsch.).—Personified: Contŭmē-lĭa, like Hubris, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28.—

Transf., injury, assault, annoyance, violence, blows, etc. ( = injuria):

naves totae factae ex robore ad quamvis vim et contumeliam perferendam,

injury, violence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so Phaedr. 1, 2, 21:

praeberi ora contumeliis,

to the blows, Tac. H. 3, 31; 3, 85:

debilitatis suae,

annoyance, hardship, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 9; cf. injuria.