to+curse

Erīnys (or, less correctly, Erinnys; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 2, 337), yos, f., = Erinnus (Erinus), one of the Furies, Verg. A. 7, 447; 570; Ov. M. 1, 241; 4, 490; 11, 14 et saep.— Acc. Erinyn, Ov. M. 1, 725.—In plur.:

Erinyes,

the Furies, Prop. 2, 20, 29 (3, 13, 29 M.); Ov. H. 11, 103.— Acc. Erinyas, Stat. Th. 11, 345.—

Transf.

Of Helen:

Trojae patriae communis Erinys,

the scourge, curse, Verg. A. 2, 573.—

Appellatively, fury, frenzy, madness = furor, Verg. A. 2, 337:

civilis,

i. e. civil war, Luc. 4, 187.

Erīnys (or, less correctly, Erinnys; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 2, 337), yos, f., = Erinnus (Erinus), one of the Furies, Verg. A. 7, 447; 570; Ov. M. 1, 241; 4, 490; 11, 14 et saep.— Acc. Erinyn, Ov. M. 1, 725.—In plur.:

Erinyes,

the Furies, Prop. 2, 20, 29 (3, 13, 29 M.); Ov. H. 11, 103.— Acc. Erinyas, Stat. Th. 11, 345.—

Transf.

Of Helen:

Trojae patriae communis Erinys,

the scourge, curse, Verg. A. 2, 573.—

Appellatively, fury, frenzy, madness = furor, Verg. A. 2, 337:

civilis,

i. e. civil war, Luc. 4, 187.

exsē̆crātĭo ( execr-), ōnis, f. [id.].

Execration, malediction, curse:

Thyestea ista exsecratio est: ut tu naufragio expulsus, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

exierunt malis omnibus atque exsecrationibus,

id. Sest. 33, 71; Vell. 2, 22; Tac. H. 3, 25; Plin. H. N. 19 praef. § 6; Suet. Claud. 12; Vulg. Psa. 58, 13 al.—

Transf.

A solemn oath with an imprecation (if broken):

aliquem exsecratione devincire,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

ubi fides? ubi exsecrationes? ubi dextrae complexusque?

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; Sall. C. 22, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 12; Tac. H. 4, 15; Vulg. 2 Par. 15, 15 al.—

An abomination, a thing to be execrated, Vulg. Levit. 18, 27.

ex-sē̆cror ( execr-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [sacer], to curse, execrate.

Prop. (class.;

syn.: abominor, detestor, abhorreo, horreo, aversor, devoveo): te oderunt, tibi pestem exoptant, te exsecrantur,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96;

(with male precari),

id. ib. 14, 33:

aliquem,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

consilia Catilinae,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

severitatem nimiam et assidua belli pericula,

Just. 13, 1:

superbiam regis,

id. 39, 1:

litem,

Dig. 4, 7, 4 et saep.:

in se ac suum ipsius caput,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

exsecratus deinde in caput regnumque Prusiae,

id. 39, 51 fin.:

exsecratur Thyestes, ut naufragio pereat Atreus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

verba exsecrantia,

Ov. M. 5, 105 et saep.—

Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement):

eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),

Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.

► *

Also, act.: exsecro, āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

exsē̆crātus, a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable:

non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc.... scias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

columna,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.— Sup.:

exsecratissima auguria,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—

exsē̆crandus, a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.— Sup.:

exsecrandissimum nefas,

Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.

exsē̆crātĭo ( execr-), ōnis, f. [id.].

Execration, malediction, curse:

Thyestea ista exsecratio est: ut tu naufragio expulsus, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

exierunt malis omnibus atque exsecrationibus,

id. Sest. 33, 71; Vell. 2, 22; Tac. H. 3, 25; Plin. H. N. 19 praef. § 6; Suet. Claud. 12; Vulg. Psa. 58, 13 al.—

Transf.

A solemn oath with an imprecation (if broken):

aliquem exsecratione devincire,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

ubi fides? ubi exsecrationes? ubi dextrae complexusque?

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; Sall. C. 22, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 12; Tac. H. 4, 15; Vulg. 2 Par. 15, 15 al.—

An abomination, a thing to be execrated, Vulg. Levit. 18, 27.

ex-sē̆cror ( execr-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [sacer], to curse, execrate.

Prop. (class.;

syn.: abominor, detestor, abhorreo, horreo, aversor, devoveo): te oderunt, tibi pestem exoptant, te exsecrantur,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96;

(with male precari),

id. ib. 14, 33:

aliquem,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

consilia Catilinae,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

severitatem nimiam et assidua belli pericula,

Just. 13, 1:

superbiam regis,

id. 39, 1:

litem,

Dig. 4, 7, 4 et saep.:

in se ac suum ipsius caput,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

exsecratus deinde in caput regnumque Prusiae,

id. 39, 51 fin.:

exsecratur Thyestes, ut naufragio pereat Atreus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

verba exsecrantia,

Ov. M. 5, 105 et saep.—

Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement):

eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),

Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.

► *

Also, act.: exsecro, āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

exsē̆crātus, a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable:

non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc.... scias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

columna,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.— Sup.:

exsecratissima auguria,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—

exsē̆crandus, a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.— Sup.:

exsecrandissimum nefas,

Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.

ex-sē̆cror ( execr-), ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [sacer], to curse, execrate.

Prop. (class.;

syn.: abominor, detestor, abhorreo, horreo, aversor, devoveo): te oderunt, tibi pestem exoptant, te exsecrantur,

Cic. Pis. 40, 96;

(with male precari),

id. ib. 14, 33:

aliquem,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

consilia Catilinae,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

severitatem nimiam et assidua belli pericula,

Just. 13, 1:

superbiam regis,

id. 39, 1:

litem,

Dig. 4, 7, 4 et saep.:

in se ac suum ipsius caput,

Liv. 30, 20, 7:

exsecratus deinde in caput regnumque Prusiae,

id. 39, 51 fin.:

exsecratur Thyestes, ut naufragio pereat Atreus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

verba exsecrantia,

Ov. M. 5, 105 et saep.—

Transf., to take a solemn oath with imprecations (against its infringement):

eamus omnis execrata civitas (= his votis cum exsecratione conceptis),

Hor. Epod. 16, 36; cf. v. 18.

► *

Also, act.: exsecro, āre: exsecrabant se ac suos, Afran. ap. Non. 473, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

exsē̆crātus, a, um, in pass. signif. and as P. a., accursed, execrable, detestable:

non te exsecratum populo Romano, non detestabilem, etc.... scias,

Cic. Phil. 2, 26 fin.: exsules duo, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:

columna,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; Vulg. Apoc. 21, 8.— Sup.:

exsecratissima auguria,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 27.—

exsē̆crandus, a, um, as P. a., detestable (late Lat.); Vulg. Levit. 11, 10: libido, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 2 Huschke.— Sup.:

exsecrandissimum nefas,

Salv. Gub. D. 7, 19.

imprĕcātĭo ( inpr-), ōnis, f. [imprecor], an invoking of evil, imprecation (postAug.):

exsecraris illum et caput sanctum tibi dira imprecatione defigis,

curse, Sen. Ben. 6, 35, 1; id. Ep. 94, 52:

imprecationes nefariae,

Amm. 29, 1, 25:

dira,

Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.—

In late Lat., in a good sense, a prayer:

pontificis,

Hier. Ep. 130, n. 2.

imprĕcātĭo ( inpr-), ōnis, f. [imprecor], an invoking of evil, imprecation (postAug.):

exsecraris illum et caput sanctum tibi dira imprecatione defigis,

curse, Sen. Ben. 6, 35, 1; id. Ep. 94, 52:

imprecationes nefariae,

Amm. 29, 1, 25:

dira,

Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.—

In late Lat., in a good sense, a prayer:

pontificis,

Hier. Ep. 130, n. 2.

mălĕdictĭo, ōnis, f. [maledico], an evil-speaking, reviling, abuse (very rare):

maledictio nihil habet propositi praeter contumeliam,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6; Arn. 4, 147. —

Esp., the act of cursing, a curse, malediction (freq. in eccl. Lat.):

alicui benedictionem et maledictionem proponere,

Vulg. Deut. 30, 19:

bonum pro maledictione,

id. 2 Reg. 16, 12; id. Jer. 24, 9.

pestis, is, f. [perh. for perd-tis, from perdo], a deadly, esp. an infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence; also, a noxious atmosphere, unhealthy weather (class., but rare for pestilentia; cf. contagio, lues).

Lit.: hos pestis necuit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

ibes avertunt pestem ab Aegypto,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

avertere a populo pestem,

Liv. 4, 25, 3; 5, 14; 25, 26:

alii aliā peste absumpti sunt,

Liv. 25, 19.— Poet.:

crudelem nasorum interfice pestem,

i. e. stinking smell, Cat. 69, 9.—In plur.:

in omnibus morbis ac pestibus,

Col. 7, 5 fin; 2, 9, 9 sq.—

Transf., in gen., destruction, ruin, death (class.): qui alteri exitium parat, Eum scire oportet, sibi paratam pestem ut participet parem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 (Trag. v. 22 Vahl.); so with exitium, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 68 Vahl.):

quanta pernis pestis veniet!

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 3; Lucr. 3, 347:

detestabilis pestis,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16:

pestis ac pernicies civitatis,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2; 9, 25: priusquam oppeto malam pestem (= subeo mortem), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 15 Vahl.); so,

occidam oppetamque pestem,

will seek my death, Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 11; cf. id. As. 1, 1, 7:

servatae a peste carinae,

i. e. from the fire, Verg. A. 5, 699:

pestem miserrimam importare alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 43:

machinari alicui,

id. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

minitari,

Liv. 2, 49.—

Concr., of a destructive thing or person, a pest, curse, bane:

quin unā omnes peste hac populum liberant?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 70:

peste interimor textili (of the poisoned and fatal garment of Nessus), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: coluber, Pestis boum,

Verg. G. 3, 419:

illa furia ac pestis patriae (of Clodius),

id. Sest. 14, 33:

post abitum hujus importunissimae pestis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125:

nec saevior ulla Pestis et ira deūm (of the Harpies),

Verg. A. 3, 214:

pestes frugum,

Plin. 22, 25, 77, § 160;

of Nero: clade et peste sub illā,

Juv. 4, 84.—In plur.:

quaedam pestes hominum,

social pests, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

variae pestes,

Verg. G. 1, 181:

corporeae pestes,

id. A. 6, 737.

prĕcor, ātus ( gen. plur. precantūm, Ov. M. 12, 33; Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 2), 1, v. dep. n. and a. [root Sanscr. pracch- prask-, to ask; Germ. fragen; v. posco].

To ask, beg, entreat, pray, supplicate, request, invoke, call upon, beseech; to sue, say, or speak as a suppliant (class.; syn.: oro, rogo, supplico).

With acc. of the person addressed:

qui ne precari quidem Jovem optimum maximum possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; id. Balb. 24, 55:

deos colere, precari, venerarique,

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

quid veneramur, quid precamur deos,

id. ib. 1, 44, 122; id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

deos tacite malumus et intra nos ipsos precari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 1, 4:

Nyctelium patrem precare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 567.—

With dat. of person in whose behalf:

bona omnia populo Romano,

Liv. 24, 16, 10:

longum Augusto precare diem,

Prop. 3, 9, 49 (4, 10, 50).—

With pro and abl. of person prayed for:

ut jure sacerdotii precari deos pro te publice possim, quos nunc precor pietate privatā,

Plin. Ep. 10, 13 (8) fin.:

pro necessario ac propinquo suo,

Curt. 5, 3, 14:

pro nobis mitte precari,

Ov. M. 3, 614:

pro te,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1; Aug. Ep. 175, 5.—

With acc. of thing prayed for:

haec precatus sum,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46:

hortatur pater veniam precari,

Verg. A. 3, 144:

tibi di, quaecunque preceris commoda dent,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 75:

date quae precamur,

id. C. S. 3:

vitam,

Vell. 2, 79, 5; 2, 85, 5:

saepe precor mortem,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 59.—So with two acc.:

quod precarer deos,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 9:

ut quod deos precati eritis,

Liv. 40, 46, 9:

quid habeo aliud deos immortales precari, quam ut, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 58 fin. —

With ut, ne, quominus, or ( poet.) subj. alone:

ut fas sit vidisse, tacitus precatur,

Sen. Ep. 115, 4:

deosque precetur et oret, ut,

Hor. A. P. 200; Cic. Dom. 57, 144; Curt. 7, 2, 31; Liv. 24, 5, 5; 25, 25, 6; 26, 25, 13:

pro se quisque precari coepere, ne festinatione periculum augeret,

Curt. 3, 5, 14:

precare ne jubeant, etc.,

Ov. A. A. 1, 568:

si id non probares, quominus ambo unā necaremini non precarere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

hoc quoque, dux operis, moneas, precor,

Ov. F. 4, 247:

det solum miserae mite, precare, fuge,

id. P. 2, 2, 68:

tandem venias precamur,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 30:

reddas incolumem precor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 7; id. Epod. 3, 20.—

With ab and abl. of person addressed:

precor ab iis ut, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:

hoc a diis immortalibus precari, ut, etc.,

Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

quae precatus a diis sum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1: ab indigno, id. [p. 1440] Lael. 16, 57:

esse stultitiam, a quibus bona precaremur, ab iis dantibus nolle sumere,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 84.—

With acc. of the prayer:

te bonas preces precor, uti sies volens propitius mihi,

Cato, R. R. 139; cf. id. ib. 132, 2.—

With object-clause:

sibi et vicinis serere se,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 131:

numquam placidas esse precarer aquas,

Ov. H. 19, 82.—

With ad:

di, ad quos precentur ac supplicent,

make supplications, Liv. 38, 43.—

Absol.:

fata deūm flecti precando,

Verg. A. 6, 376; so freq. in part. pres.:

mitis precanti,

Stat. Th. 1, 189:

verba precantia,

Ov. M. 7, 590:

manum precantem Protendere,

Verg. A. 12, 930:

oliva,

Stat. Th. 2, 478:

eum sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti,

Liv. 42, 12, 4;

and parenthetically: gnatique patrisque, Alma, precor, miserere,

Verg. A. 6, 117:

parce, precor,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 2; Ov. H. 16, 11; id. Am. 3, 9, 67:

per hoc decus, precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 7.—

In partic., to wish well or ill to any one, to hail, salute, or address one with a wish, alicui aliquid (class.).

Of good wishes:

sic exire e patriā, ut omnes sui cives salutem, incolumitatem, reditum precentur,

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

cape, Roma, triumphum, Et longum Augusto salva precare diem,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 50:

nos perpetuam felicitatem reipublicae precari,

Suet. Aug. 58: sibi et suis euthanasian similem precabatur, id. ib. 97:

alicui immortalitatem,

Curt. 8, 5, 16:

permittamus vela ventis et oram solventibus bene precemur,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

Of evil wishes, imprecations; with mala, male, etc., to curse, invoke evil upon:

neque, si umquam vobis mala precarer, morbum aut mortem aut cruciatum precarer,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

quod tibi evenit, ut omnes male precarentur,

id. ib. 14, 33:

(Ajax) mala multa precatus Atridis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 203:

male precari,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 11:

pergin' precari pessimo,

id. As. 2, 4, 71; cf.:

audisti quae malo principi precamur,

Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—( Act. form prĕco, āre, Prisc. p. 779 P.; partic. precatus, as passive, Juvenc. 3, 85; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 480, 27.)

prex, prĕcis (nom. and gen. sing. not in use; dat. and acc. sing. only ante-class.; most freq. in plur.), f. [precor], a prayer, request, entreaty (class.).

In gen.:

nunc te oro per precem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 47:

nihil est preci loci relictum,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 22:

prece te oro,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 13:

multā prece prosequi aliquem,

id. C. 4, 5, 33:

cum magnā prece ad aliquem scribere,

Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2:

prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici uti,

id. Inv. 1, 16, 22:

nec prece, nec pretio, nec gratiā, nec simultate a rectā viā deduci,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4:

omnibus precibus te oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 11, A, §

3: omnibus precibus petere, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6; Liv. 28, 2:

fatigare aliquem precibus,

id. 1, 11:

precibus flecti,

Verg. A. 2, 689:

moveri,

Ov. H. 7, 3:

vinci,

id. M. 9, 401:

adduci,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

ad miseras preces Decurrere,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 59. —

In partic.

A prayer to a deity:

in prece totus eram,

Ov. F. 6, 251:

eorum preces et vota exaudiens,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

vota et preces repudiare,

id. Clu. 70, 201:

tribuunt ei successus petitionum a potestatibus, et a diis etiam precum,

Plin. 29, 4, 19, § 66.—

A good wish, friendly greeting:

tuis Kalendis damus alternas accipimusque preces,

exchange good wishes, Ov. F. 1, 176.—

A curse, imprecation:

omnibus precibus detestatus Ambiorigem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

misit Thyesteas preces,

Hor. Epod. 5, 86:

hostili caput prece detestari,

Ov. M. 15, 505.—

An intercession ( poet.):

jam prece Pollucis, jam Castoris imploratā,

Cat. 68, 65.

rĕ-sē̆cro ( re-sacro, Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.), āre, v. a.

To pray or beseech again, to implore repeatedly (ante-class.):

resecroque, mater, quod dudum, obsecraveram,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 4; so,

with obsecro,

id. Pers. 1, 1, 49.—

To free from a curse:

Eumolpidae sacerdotes rursus resacrare sunt coacti, qui eum devoverant,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 5; cf. Fest. pp. 280 and 281 Müll.

vŏmĭca ( o scanned long, Ser. Samm. 40, 743), ae, f. [vomo], a sore, boil, ulcer, imposthume, abscess, encysted tumor.

Lit., Cels. 2, 8; 4, 8 fin.; Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70; Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 244; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 186, 27; Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 11; Juv. 13, 95.—

Transf., of stones, a bunch or knob filled with fluid, Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—

Trop., an evil, annoyance, grief, plague, curse (very rare. and censured as low by Quint.; v. the foll.): hostis, Romani, si expellere vultis, vomica quae gentium venit longe, Apollini vovendos censeo ludos, qui, etc., an old prophecy ap. Liv. 25, 12, 9; and Macr. S. 1, 17:

sunt quaedam et humiles translationes et sordidae: non enim si Cicero recte Sentinam reipublicae dixit, foeditatem hominum significans, idcirco probem illud quoque veteris oratoris, Persecuisti reipublicae vomicas,

Quint. 8, 6, 15:

(Augustus) Agrippam nepotem et Julias, filiam et neptem, omnibus probris contaminatas appellare solebat tres vomicas aut tria carcinomata sua,

Suet. Aug. 65.