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  • 81 закидать

    (кого-л./что-л. чем-л.)
    1) bespatter (with); pelt (with); shower, bombard (with); ply, assail, pelt (with) перен.
    2) (заполнять)
    fill up, fill, cover (with)
    * * *
    * * *
    bespatter; pelt; shower, bombard; ply, assail, pel

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  • 82 закидывать

    I (кого-л./что-л. чем-л.)
    1) bespatter (with); pelt (with); shower, bombard (with); ply, assail, pelt (with) перен.
    2) (заполнять)
    fill up, fill, cover (with)
    II (кого-л./что-л.)
    throw, fling
    * * *
    * * *
    bespatter; pelt; shower, bombard; ply, assail, pel

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  • 83 oppugnare

    oppugnare v.tr.
    1 ( contestare) to impugn, to confute, to refute; (dir.) to impugn, to appeal: oppugnare l'onestà di qlcu., to impugn s.o.'s honesty; oppugnare le opinioni di qlcu., to refute s.o.'s opinions
    2 (ant.) ( assalire) to assail, to assault, to storm: oppugnare una città, una fortezza, to assail (o to storm) a city, a fortress.

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  • 84 assalire

    vt irreg [assa'lire]
    to attack, assail, fig to assail

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  • 85 impugno

    impugno ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-pugno], to fight against a person or thing, to attack, assail (class.; esp. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf.: invado, opprimo, aggredior, adorior).
    I.
    Lit., in the milit. sphere:

    terga hostium,

    Liv. 3, 70, 4:

    Syracusae a cive impugnatae sunt (for which, shortly after, oppugnari),

    Just. 22, 2. — Absol.: nostri redintegratis viribus acrius impugnare coeperunt, * Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 4; Just. 38, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., beyond the milit. sphere, to attack, assail, oppose, impugn:

    qui (Scaurus) tametsi a principio acerrime regem (Jugurtham) impugnaverat, tamen, etc.,

    Sall. J. 29, 2:

    cujus vel praecipua opera Bibulum impugnaverat,

    Suet. Caes. 21; Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 1:

    veneficiis et devotionibus impugnari,

    Suet. Calig. 3:

    saepe quae in aliis litibus impugnarunt actores causarum, eadem in aliis defendunt,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40:

    filii caput palam,

    id. 11, 1, 62: dignitatem alicujus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 439, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 53, 1:

    sententiam,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    meritum et fidem,

    Ov. M. 5, 151:

    finitionem alterius,

    Quint. 7, 3, 22:

    nostra,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89; Quint. 4, 1, 14. — Absol.:

    cum illis id tempus impugnandi detur,

    Cic. Quint. 2, 8.

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  • 86 inpugno

    impugno ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-pugno], to fight against a person or thing, to attack, assail (class.; esp. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf.: invado, opprimo, aggredior, adorior).
    I.
    Lit., in the milit. sphere:

    terga hostium,

    Liv. 3, 70, 4:

    Syracusae a cive impugnatae sunt (for which, shortly after, oppugnari),

    Just. 22, 2. — Absol.: nostri redintegratis viribus acrius impugnare coeperunt, * Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 4; Just. 38, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., beyond the milit. sphere, to attack, assail, oppose, impugn:

    qui (Scaurus) tametsi a principio acerrime regem (Jugurtham) impugnaverat, tamen, etc.,

    Sall. J. 29, 2:

    cujus vel praecipua opera Bibulum impugnaverat,

    Suet. Caes. 21; Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 1:

    veneficiis et devotionibus impugnari,

    Suet. Calig. 3:

    saepe quae in aliis litibus impugnarunt actores causarum, eadem in aliis defendunt,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40:

    filii caput palam,

    id. 11, 1, 62: dignitatem alicujus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 439, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 53, 1:

    sententiam,

    Tac. H. 4, 8:

    meritum et fidem,

    Ov. M. 5, 151:

    finitionem alterius,

    Quint. 7, 3, 22:

    nostra,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89; Quint. 4, 1, 14. — Absol.:

    cum illis id tempus impugnandi detur,

    Cic. Quint. 2, 8.

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  • 87 invado

    in-vādo, vāsi, vāsum (invasse, Lucil. Sat. 2, 4), 3, v. n. and a., to go, come, or get into, to enter upon.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ignis quocumque invasit, cuncta disturbat ac dissipat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

    consul exercitusque Romanus sine certamine urbem invasere,

    Liv. 10, 10, 4; 24, 33 al.:

    forum,

    Tac. H. 1, 33:

    oppidum,

    Front. Strat. 3, 10, 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To get into, fall into: ut profugiens hostem, inimici invadam manus, Att. ap. Non. 234, 1.—
    2.
    In gen., to go, make, accomplish a distance:

    biduo tria milia stadiorum invasit,

    Tac. A. 11, 8.—
    3.
    To enter upon, set foot upon:

    tuque invade viam,

    Verg. A. 6, 260:

    lutum minis frigidum,

    App. M. 9, p. 232, 11. —
    4.
    To enter violently, move against, rush upon, fall upon, assail, assault, attack, invade (syn. oppugno); constr with in and acc., or simple acc.
    (α).
    With in and acc. (so nearly always in Cic.; cf. II. B. g infra):

    in oppidum antiquum et vetus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

    in transversa latera invaserant cohortes,

    Liv. 27, 42:

    globus juvenum in ipsum consulem invadit,

    id. 2, 47:

    in collum (mulieris) invasit,

    fell upon her neck, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

    alicujus pectus amplexibus,

    to embrace, Petr. 91:

    aliquem basiolis,

    id. 85;

    with osculari,

    id. 74:

    in Galliam,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2:

    si in eas (urbes) vi cum exercitu invasisses,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 20:

    cum ferro in aliquem,

    id. Caecin. 9, 25.— Impers.:

    in oculos invadi nunc est optimum,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 58.—
    (β).
    With simple acc.:

    aciem hastati invadunt,

    Liv. 9, 35:

    stationem hostium,

    id. 37, 20:

    validissimas Pompeii copias,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    vicinos portus,

    Verg. A. 3, 382:

    urbem,

    id. ib. 2, 265:

    jam tandem invasit medios,

    id. ib. 12, 497:

    eam (Europam),

    Nep. Them. 2:

    regem,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 3:

    in lecto cubantem,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 4:

    greges,

    Ov. F. 2, 210:

    madida cum veste gravatum,

    Verg. A. 6, 361:

    ventus invasit nubem,

    Lucr. 6, 174:

    canes appropinquantem invadunt,

    Col. 7, 12, 7:

    castra,

    Liv. 10, 35; cf.:

    quem semel invasit senectus,

    Col. 2, 1, 4.— Pass.:

    sperans, mox effusos hostes invadi posse,

    Sall. J. 87 fin. — Pass. impers.:

    signo dato, undique simul ex insidiis invaditur,

    Sall. J. 113.—
    5.
    To rush into, enter hurriedly into a struggle, fight, etc. ( poet.):

    Martem,

    Verg. A. 12, 712:

    proelia,

    Mart. 9, 57, 6:

    certamina,

    Sil. 17, 473:

    bella,

    id. 9, 12:

    pugnam,

    id. 12, 199 al.; cf.: in pugnas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 323, 32; and:

    aut pugnam aut aliquid jam dudum invadere magnum mens agitat mihi,

    to attempt, enter hurriedly upon, Verg. A. 9, 186. —
    6.
    To make an attack on, seize, grasp:

    Jubae barbam,

    Suet. Caes. 71:

    cibum avidius,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 20, 9:

    pallium,

    Petr. 5, 15:

    capillos,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 5:

    virgineos artus,

    Ov. M. 11, 200; cf. Suet. Ner. 29. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To fall upon, seize, take possession of, usurp; constr. with in and acc., or simple acc.
    (α).
    With in and acc.:

    in multas pecunias,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

    in quod ipsa invaderet,

    id. N. D. 2, 49, 124:

    in fortunas alicujus,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    in praedia alicujus,

    id. ib. 8:

    in nomen Marii,

    id. Phil. 1, 1:

    in arcem illius causae,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 8. —
    (β).
    With simple acc.:

    dictaturam,

    Suet. Caes. 9:

    consulatum,

    id. Aug. 26:

    rempublicam,

    Just. 5, 8, 12:

    imperium,

    Sall. J. 38.—
    B.
    To make an attack on, seize, lay hold of, attack, befall a person or thing; with simple acc., or in and acc., or dat.
    (α).
    With simple acc.:

    cum gravis morbus invasit,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40:

    ne reliquos populares metus invaderet,

    Sall. J. 35 fin.:

    cupido Marium,

    id. ib. 89, 6; id. C. 31, 1 al.:

    tantus repente terror invasit, ut,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    dolor in oculos,

    Lucr. 6, 659:

    pestis in vitam invasit,

    Cic. Off. 3, 7:

    in philosophiam,

    id. Tusc. 2, 1, 4:

    in nomen Marii,

    id. Phil. 1, 2, 5:

    vis avaritiae in animos eorum invasit,

    Sall. J. 32, 4:

    vis morbi in corpus meum,

    Liv. 28, 29; cf.:

    lassitudine invaserunt misero (mihi) in genua flemina,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 5. [p. 993] —
    (γ).
    Rarely with dat.:

    furor invaserat improbis,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Gell. 19, 4. —
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    ubi pro continentiā et aequitate lubido atque superbia invasere,

    Sall. C. 2, 5:

    ubi contagio quasi pestilentia invasit,

    id. ib. 10, 6:

    cum potentiā avaritia sine modo... invasere,

    id. J. 41, 9.—
    C.
    To assail with words, accost ( poet.):

    continuo invadit,

    Verg. A. 4, 265:

    Agrippa consules anni prioris invasit, cur silerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 4:

    Vinnium Laco minaciter invasit,

    id. H. 1, 33.—Hence, invāsus, a, um, P. a., ingrafted:

    comae, i. e. rami,

    Pall. Insit. 120.

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  • 88 lacesso

    lăcesso, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 ( inf. pass. lacessiri, Col. 9, 8, 3; 9, 15, 4; Ambros. Ep. 6, 1:

    lacessi,

    Liv. 31, 18, 4 al.; Lact. 5, 2, 2:

    lacessientium,

    Liv. 27, 12, 13:

    lacessiebant,

    id. 23, 46, 11), v. a. [lacio; v. Roby, 1, § 625], to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, irritate (syn.: irrito, provoco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aliquem ferro,

    Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

    sponsione me homo promtus lacessivit,

    id. Pis. 23, 55:

    tu ultro me maledictis lacessisti,

    id. Phil. 2, 1, 1:

    me amabis et scripto aliquo lacesses,

    by writing, force me to write in return, id. Fam. 12, 20:

    vetus si poeta non lacessisset prior,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 14:

    hostes proelio,

    i. e. to attack, assail, Caes. B. G. 4, 11:

    aliquem bello,

    id. ib. 6, 5:

    Aeduos injuriā,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    nos te nulla lacessiimus injuria,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 1:

    Saguntini nec lacessentes nec lacessiti,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    aliquos lacessiturus bello,

    id. 28, 28; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 23:

    quorum alter relictus, alter lacessitus,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    quid tam necessarium quam tenere semper arma, quibus... to ulcisci lacessitus,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    ne rudis agminum sponsus lacessat leonem,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 11:

    Caesar neque cedentes tanto collis ascensu lacessendos judicabat,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    aliquem capitaliter,

    to make a deadly attack upon one, Plin. Ep. 1, 5:

    (corpora) quae feriunt oculorum acies visumque lacessunt,

    to strike, meet, Lucr. 4, 217; 691; cf. id. 4, 597:

    nares odor lacessit,

    id. 4, 691:

    fores nondum reserati carceris acer nunc pede nunc ipsa fronte lacessit Equus,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30.— Poet.:

    aëra Sole lacessita ( = percussa radiis solis),

    struck with the sunbeams' glitter, Verg. A. 7, 527; cf.

    vindemia pluviisque aut ventis lacessita,

    Col. 3, 21, 5.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen.
    A.
    To urge, arouse, excite, stimulate, shake, move:

    a quo non modo impulsi sumus ad philosophas scriptiones, verum Etiam lacessiti,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 121:

    ad scribendum,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    ad pugnam,

    Liv. 2, 45 init.:

    usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, et certatim haec omnis imitatio lacessivit,

    Macr. S. 7, 13, 11: aurigae manibusque lacessunt Pectora plausa cavis, pat them on their breasts (in order to animate them), Verg. A. 12, 85:

    pugnam,

    id. ib. 5, 429:

    bella,

    id. ib. 11, 254:

    ne quemquam voce lacessas,

    id. E. 3, 51:

    his se stimulis dolor ipse lacessit,

    Luc. 2, 42:

    Nilus spuma astra lacessit,

    id. 10, 320:

    taurus lacessit campum,

    Stat. Th. 12, 604:

    clamore sidera,

    Sil. 17, 387:

    deos (precibus),

    to assail, importune, Hor. C. 2, 18, 12:

    pelagus carinā,

    to stir, chafe, id. ib. 1, 35, 7.—
    B.
    To call forth, arouse, produce:

    sermones,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7:

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 10, 10.

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  • 89 obpugno

    1.
    oppugno ( obp-), āvi, ātum (old inf. fut. oppugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55; v. Roby, Gram. 1, 197 sq.), 1, v. a. [obpugno], to fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with (class.; cf.: obsideo, occupo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnes Galliae civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    aggeribus, vineis, turribus oppugnabam oppidum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: castra, Caes. B. G. 6, 41:

    locum,

    id. ib. 5, 21: clamor oppugnantis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Ann. v. 408 Vahl.):

    castelli oppugnandi spes,

    Liv. 21, 57:

    se Macedoniam oppugnaturum dicebat,

    id. 42, 32:

    oppugnante aliquo,

    Just. 9, 5, 4:

    quoniam externo hoste oppugnarentur,

    id. 18, 2, 2:

    Methonam urbem,

    id. 7, 6, 14:

    25, 4, 7: nos et civitatem,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 50.—
    II.
    Trop., to attack, assault, assail:

    non oportuisse Metellum, patrem tuum, oppugnari a me,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:

    pecuniā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    rem,

    id. de Or. 2, 38, 161:

    aliquem clandestinis consiliis,

    id. Or. 66, 223:

    aequitatem verbis,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    consilia alicujus,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 154:

    delictum,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 52:

    senem,

    to lay siege to, circumvent, id. Ep. 1, 2, 60: sonipes celer... Oppugnat frenis, struggles against, resists, Coripp. Joann. 4, 468.
    2.
    oppugno ( obp-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-pugnus], to beat with fists, to buffet (Plautin.):

    os,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 56.

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  • 90 oppugno

    1.
    oppugno ( obp-), āvi, ātum (old inf. fut. oppugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55; v. Roby, Gram. 1, 197 sq.), 1, v. a. [obpugno], to fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with (class.; cf.: obsideo, occupo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    omnes Galliae civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    aggeribus, vineis, turribus oppugnabam oppidum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: castra, Caes. B. G. 6, 41:

    locum,

    id. ib. 5, 21: clamor oppugnantis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Ann. v. 408 Vahl.):

    castelli oppugnandi spes,

    Liv. 21, 57:

    se Macedoniam oppugnaturum dicebat,

    id. 42, 32:

    oppugnante aliquo,

    Just. 9, 5, 4:

    quoniam externo hoste oppugnarentur,

    id. 18, 2, 2:

    Methonam urbem,

    id. 7, 6, 14:

    25, 4, 7: nos et civitatem,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 50.—
    II.
    Trop., to attack, assault, assail:

    non oportuisse Metellum, patrem tuum, oppugnari a me,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:

    pecuniā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    rem,

    id. de Or. 2, 38, 161:

    aliquem clandestinis consiliis,

    id. Or. 66, 223:

    aequitatem verbis,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    consilia alicujus,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 154:

    delictum,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 52:

    senem,

    to lay siege to, circumvent, id. Ep. 1, 2, 60: sonipes celer... Oppugnat frenis, struggles against, resists, Coripp. Joann. 4, 468.
    2.
    oppugno ( obp-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-pugnus], to beat with fists, to buffet (Plautin.):

    os,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 56.

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  • 91 peto

    pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

    Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

    petistis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

    petissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

    petisse,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

    invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228:

    cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

    to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

    aliquem spiculo infeste,

    Liv. 2, 20:

    aliquem mālo,

    to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

    alicui ungue genas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

    aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    aëra disco,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

    bello Penatìs,

    Verg. A. 3, 603:

    armis patriam,

    Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
    2.
    Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

    grues loca calidiora petentes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    Cyzicum,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

    Dyrrhachium,

    id. Planc. 41, 97:

    naves,

    to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

    caelum pennis,

    to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

    Graiis Phasi petite viris,

    visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

    Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

    attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

    campum petit amnis,

    Verg. G. 3, 522:

    mons petit astra,

    towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

    reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 717:

    ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

    id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

    visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

    to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

    myrrham ad Troglodytas,

    id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

    harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

    id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

    quaeque trans maria petimus,

    fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

    aiiquem epistulā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem fraude et insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 55:

    aliquem falsis criminibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ita petit asparagus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    aliquem in vincula,

    Quint. 7, 1, 55:

    aliquem ad supplicium,

    id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

    postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

    qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

    Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

    nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

    id. Clu. 59, 163:

    qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

    id. Mil. 27, 74.—
    b.
    To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

    vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

    a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

    peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

    petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

    petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

    id. Sull. 19, 55:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    opem ab aliquo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

    vitam nocenti,

    Tac. A. 2, 31:

    petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

    Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

    arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

    si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

    Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

    M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

    in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

    Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

    eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

    Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
    (β).
    Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

    nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    praeturam,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
    c.
    To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

    libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

    Sall. C. 25, 3:

    cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

    Prop. 3, 13, 27:

    formosam quisque petit,

    id. 3, 32, 4:

    multi illam petiere,

    Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

    Ne petitum aliunde eat,

    Cat. 61, 151.—
    d.
    To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    fugā salutem petere,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    praedam pedibus,

    Ov. M. 1, 534:

    gloriam,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    eloquentiae principatum,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

    intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

    bene vivere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

    victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

    Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

    conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

    Verg. A. 7, 96:

    aliquem transfigere ferro,

    Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

    ex hostibus victoriam petere,

    Liv. 8, 33, 13:

    supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

    id. 28, 19, 11:

    imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

    id. 30, 16, 7.—
    e.
    To fetch any thing:

    qui argentum petit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

    cibum e flammā,

    Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

    altius initium rei demonstrandae,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

    aliquid a Graecis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

    to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

    suspirium alte,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

    latere petitus imo spiritus,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

    gemitus alto de corde petiti,

    Ov. M. 2, 622:

    haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

    Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
    f.
    To take, betake one's self to any thing:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    diversas vias,

    Val. Fl. 1, 91:

    alium cursum,

    to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

    aliam in partem petebant fugam,

    betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peto

  • 92 атаковать

    1) General subject: assail (I was assailed by doubts - на меня напали сомнения), assault, bust, charge (особ. в конном строю), deliver an attack, down (кого-л.), go in, pitch, pounce, carry out an attack, give hell, make an attack, make attack, set upon, backstab
    2) Computers: bombard
    3) Biology: attack
    5) Sports: glove
    6) Military: assault, attack, banzai, bear down (on), bounce, come into attack, deliver an assault, jab, jump off, kick-off, launch an attack, mount an attack, put on an attack, (неожиданно) spring upon, stand on the offensive, subject to an attack, sweep (наземные цели), take a crack (кого-л. или где-л.), wallop
    7) Australian slang: take to
    9) Makarov: bear down (upon, on), carry an attack, come against (кого-л.), come upon (кого-л. что-л.)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > атаковать

  • 93 атаковать(кого-либо) вопросами

    General subject: assail (smb)with questions

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > атаковать(кого-либо) вопросами

  • 94 внезапно атаковать

    1) General subject: assail, pounce
    2) Naval: surprise

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > внезапно атаковать

  • 95 высмеивать (кого-л.) в эпиграммах

    General subject: assail with epigrams

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > высмеивать (кого-л.) в эпиграммах

  • 96 давать отпущение грехов

    Christianity: absolve, assail

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > давать отпущение грехов

  • 97 доказывать невозможность доверять свидетелю

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > доказывать невозможность доверять свидетелю

  • 98 забрасывать

    1) General subject: assail (вопросами), baste (словами), besiege (просьбами, вопросами, приглашениями), bespatter, blanket (бомбами), bombard (вопросами, просьбами, жалобами), cast, fill up, fling, give up, heap, neglect, overwhelm (вопросами и т. п.), pelt (камнями, грязью), pepper, ply, shower, throw, throw in (сеть, удочку), cover in
    3) Makarov: abandon, ply (вопросами), shower up, fill up (заполнять)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > забрасывать

  • 99 забрасывать вопросами

    1) General subject: (кого-л.) fire questions at (smb.), heckle, (кого-л.) ply (smb.) with questions, riddle, assail with questions
    2) Politics: (кого-л.) pepper (smb) with question
    3) Makarov: beset with questions, flood with inquiries, heckle (оратора, исполнителя и т.п.)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > забрасывать вопросами

  • 100 забросать вопросами

    General subject: (кого-л.) shoot questions at, assail with questions

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > забросать вопросами

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