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  • 21 succīdō

        succīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [sub+caedo], to cut off below, cut from under, cut through, cut off, cut down, fell: vivos Succisis feminibus invenerunt, L.: poplite Succiso, V.: succisis asseribus conlapsus pons, L.: flos succisus aratro, V.: frumentis succisis, mown, Cs.: (herbas) curvamine falcis, O.
    * * *
    succidere, succidi, succisus V

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  • 22 obcido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 23 occido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 24 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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  • 25 intercipiō

        intercipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [inter+capio], to seize in passing, intercept: quod nos capere oportet, T.: pila intercepta remittere, Cs.: venenum, take the poison intended for another: numerum iumentorum, Cs.: ab suis interceptus, cut off, L.: Terga caput tangunt, colla intercepta videntur, to be wanting, O.: Quam (hastam) Rhoeteus intercipit, V.—To interrupt, hinder, cut off, preoccupy, preclude: itinere intercepto, L.: opportuna loca, L.: spem anni, O.—To take away, snatch, rob: eum a populo R., L.: Myrrha Intercepta neci est, O.: interceptus veneno, carried off, Ta.
    * * *
    intercipere, intercepi, interceptus V
    cut off; intercept, interrupt; steal

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  • 26 abscindo

    ab-scindo, cĭdi, cissum, 3, v. a., to tear off or away, to rend away (v. preced. art.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    tunicam a pectore abscidit,

    he tore the tunic down from his breast, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1:

    cervicibus fractis caput abscidit,

    cut off, id. Phil. 11, 5.—With simple abl.:

    umeris abscindere vestem,

    Verg. A. 5, 685; with de, id. G. 2, 23:

    nec quidquam deus abscidit terras,

    torn asunder, separated, Hor. C. 1, 3, 21; cf. Verg. A. 3, 418; Ov. M. 1, 22 al.:

    venas,

    to open the veins, Tac. A. 15, 69; 16, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, separate, divide (rare):

    reditus dulces,

    to cut off, Hor. Epod. 16, 35:

    inane soldo,

    to separate, id. S. 1, 2, 113:

    querelas alicujus,

    Val. Fl. 2, 160:

    jus,

    Dig. 28, 2, 9, § 2.

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  • 27 meto

    1.
    mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
    2.
    mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. amaô, mow, reap; amê, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum est matura seges, metendum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3:

    sunt autem metendi genera complura,

    Col. 2, 21, 2:

    in metendo occupatos,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    pabula falce,

    to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84:

    farra,

    id. F 2, 519:

    arva,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.:

    ut sementem feceris, ita et metes,

    as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.:

    ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent,

    Vulg. Os. 8, 7:

    qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala,

    id. Prov. 22, 8:

    mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur,

    i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80:

    sibi quisque ruri metit,

    every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris;

    tibi item metes,

    id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.:

    postremus metito,

    Verg. G. 2, 410; so,

    vindemiam,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ( poet.):

    virgā lilia summa metit,

    Ov. F. 2, 706:

    barbam forfice,

    Mart. 7, 95, 12:

    capillos,

    id. 10, 83, 11:

    olus,

    to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74:

    et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper,

    laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40:

    ille metit barbam,

    Juv. 3, 186. —
    2.
    In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down:

    proxima quaeque metit gladio,

    Verg. A. 10, 513:

    primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147:

    agmina plura metam,

    Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death:

    metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: anankaiôs d echei bion therizein), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.—
    B.
    To inhabit a region ( poet.):

    qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,

    Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).
    3.
    Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

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  • 28 recido

    1.
    rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

    prob., also,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).
    A.
    Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

    quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

    ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

    had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

    quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

    Ov. M. 10, 180:

    etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

    Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

    in collum Benjamin,

    Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

    amictum recidentem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 162.—
    B.
    Trop., to fall back, return:

    in graviorem morbum recidere,

    to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

    so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

    (quartanae) ne recidant,

    Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

    post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

    praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

    id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

    Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

    Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

    quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

    Curt. 9, 7, 23:

    in invidiam,

    Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

    ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

    suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

    quae in adversarios recidunt,

    Quint. 9, 2, 49:

    quod in ipsam recidat,

    Ov. M. 6, 212:

    consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

    Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

    periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

    Suet. Aug. 96:

    in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —
    II.
    (With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.
    (α).
    With ad:

    ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

    tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

    to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    ad nilum,

    Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

    ad nihil,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—
    (β).
    With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

    quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

    rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

    Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

    omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

    Col. 4, 3, 5:

    mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

    Ov. M. 10, 18.—
    (γ).
    With an adv. of direction:

    huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

    eo regiae majestatis imperium,

    Liv. 4, 2:

    eo res,

    Quint. 2, 10, 3:

    illuc, ut, etc.,

    Juv. 12, 54:

    ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

    Liv. 30, 42:

    pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

    id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

    quorsum responsum recidat,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.
    2.
    rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vepres,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

    malleolos ad imum articulum,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

    sceptrum imo de stirpe,

    Verg. A. 12, 208;

    for which: laurum imā stirpe,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

    ceras inanes,

    empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

    hirsutam barbam falce,

    Ov. M. 13, 766:

    caput,

    id. ib. 9, 71:

    immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

    id. ib. 1, 191:

    pollicem alicui,

    Quint. 8, 5, 12:

    comas,

    Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

    capillos,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

    ungues,

    Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

    columnas,

    to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

    fustes,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

    ancile ab omni parte recisum,

    Ov. F. 3, 377:

    mella,

    i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

    Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

    cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

    fulgorem sideribus,

    to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

    gramina morsu,

    to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—
    II.
    Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

    perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

    Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

    inanem loquacitatem,

    id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

    omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

    id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

    mercedes scaenicorum,

    Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

    armaturas mirmillonum,

    to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

    ornandi potestatem,

    Quint. 2, 16, 4:

    facultatem aliter acquirendi,

    id. 12, 7, 10:

    impedimenta,

    to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

    occupationes,

    Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

    culpam supplicio,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

    cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

    id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

    aliquid priscum ad morem,

    i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

    opus,

    Vell. 2, 89, 1:

    ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

    tempus recisius (opp. longius),

    Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

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  • 29 detrunco

    I
    detruncare, detruncavi, detruncatus V TRANS
    mutilate, cut pieces from; lop off, cut off; remove branches from; behead
    II
    detruncare, detruncavi, detruncatus V TRANS
    lop/cut off; mutilate (body), maim; behead

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  • 30 decido

    1.
    dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall off, fall down (class.).
    1.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    decido de lecto praeceps,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 48; so,

    anguis decidit de tegulis,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 26:

    poma ex arboribus decidunt,

    Cic. de Sen. 19 fin.; cf.:

    e flore guttae,

    Ov. M. 9, 345:

    equo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6;

    for which ex equo (in terram),

    Nep. Eum. 4;

    and ab equo (in arva),

    Ov. Ib. 259:

    summo toro,

    id. F. 2, 350:

    arbore glandes,

    id. M. 1, 106:

    caelo,

    Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164; so,

    caelo,

    id. 2, 52, 53, § 138:

    in terras imber,

    Lucr. 6, 497; so,

    imber,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 29:

    celsae turres graviore casu,

    id. Od. 2, 10, 11:

    comae,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.:

    montium decidentium moles,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3:

    (volucris) decidit in terram,

    Ov. M. 12, 569;

    so in terras sidus,

    id. ib. 14, 847:

    in puteum foveamve auceps,

    Hor. A. P. 458:

    in lacum fulmen,

    Suet. Galb. 8:

    in dolia serpens,

    Juv. 6, 432:

    in casses praeda,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 2:

    in laqueos suos auceps,

    id. Rem. Am. 502:

    in turbam praedonum hic fugiens,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    in praeceps,

    Ov. M. 12, 339:

    ad pedes tunica,

    Suet. Aug. 94. —
    B.
    Pregn. (like cado and concido), to fall down dead, to sink down, to die (in class. Lat. only poet.):

    morbo decidunt,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143:

    nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas,

    Hor. Od. 4, 7, 14:

    scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 36:

    decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris,

    Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 125; and id. ib. 9, 755: (nupta) Decidit;

    in talum serpentis dente recepto,

    Ov. M. 10, 10.
    II.
    Trop., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink:

    quanta de spe decidi!

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 9;

    for which quanta spe decidi!

    id. ib. 4, 8, 11; Suet. Oth. 5;

    and a spe societatis Prusiae,

    Liv. 37, 26:

    ex astris,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4 (cf.: astrum, no. II. B. fin.):

    ego ab archetypo labor et decido,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 10, 1:

    eo decidit ut exsul de senatore fieret,

    has fallen so low, id. ib. 4, 11, 1: oculis captus in hanc fraudem decidisti (cf. katapiptein), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Claud. 9 fin.; cf.:

    huc decidisse cuncta, ut, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 59:

    ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,

    perish, Cic. Off. 2, 12 fin.:

    non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidia decidi,

    am fallen, defeated, Nep. Eum. 11 fin.:

    an toto pectore deciderim,

    wholly banished from her affections, Tib. 3, 1, 20 (cf. ek thumou peseein, Hom. Il. 23, 595):

    qui huc deciderunt,

    into this illness, Cels. 3, 21 fin.:

    in hydropa,

    id. ib. med.: in maximis necessitatibus, ad quas libidine deciderat, Schol. Juv. 5, 3.
    2.
    dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (rare in ante-Aug. per.; more freq. abscīdo;

    not in Caes.): taleas oleaginas tripedaneas,

    Cato R. R. 45:

    collum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 37:

    aures,

    Tac. A. 12, 14:

    virgam arbori,

    id. G. 10:

    caput,

    Curt. 7, 2;

    prov.: pennas,

    to clip the wings, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

    malleolum,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 162:

    filicem nascentem falce,

    Col. 2, 2, 13; Sil. 4, 389 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly:

    aliquem verberibus decidere,

    Dig. 47, 21, 2.
    II.
    Trop., to decide a disputed, or, indeed, any matter (qs. to cut the knot; cf.:

    dirimo and secare lites, res,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42; id. Sat. 1, 10, 15); to determine, settle, terminate, put an end to (class., most freq. in judic. lang.; cf.: transigo, paciscor).
    (α).
    With acc.: damnum, XII. Tab. 12, 4; Gai. Inst. 4, 37; 4, 45:

    quibus rebus actis atque decisis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45 fin.; cf.:

    decisa negotia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 59:

    res transactione decisa,

    Dig. 5, 2, 29;

    and jam decisa quaestio,

    ib. 18, 3, 4:

    decidis statuisque tu, quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 17; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; Dig. 47, 2, 63; cf. ib. 9, 4, 22, § 4:

    hoc loco praeter nomen cetera propriis decisa sunt verbis,

    i. e. decidedly, clearly expressed, Quint. 8, 6, 47: ego pol istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, I will now dispose of this dart one way or another, i. e. I will now put an end to this attack, these tricks, Plaut. Casin. 2, 4, 18.—
    (β).
    With praepp.:

    cum aliquo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § [p. 520] 79; 2, 1, 48, § 125; id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130:

    non erit uncia tota, decidat tecum qua pater ipse deum,

    for which Jupiter may compound with you, Mart. 9, 4, 6; cf.:

    cum patrono pecuniā,

    Dig. 12, 6, 26, § 12:

    de rebus,

    Cic. Quint. 5, 19; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35 sq.; id. Att. 1, 8; Just. 31, 7: decidere jactu coepit cum ventis, to compound with the winds by throwing overboard (the cargo), Juv. 12, 33.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    in jugera singula ternis medimnis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48; id. Rosc. Com. 36; Aur. Vict. de Vir. Ill. 56, 4.—
    B.
    To cut down, reduce, diminish:

    ad tertiam partem vectigal,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.

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  • 31 medius

    mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
    I.
    Adj.
    A.
    Lit.:

    terra complexa medium mundi locum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

    medium mundi locum petere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

    ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    in foro medio,

    in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    medio foro,

    in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

    in solio medius consedit,

    sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

    considit scopulo medius,

    id. G. 4, 436:

    concilio medius sedebat,

    Ov. M. 10, 144:

    ignes,

    Verg. A. 12, 201:

    medio tempore,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

    cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

    full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

    Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

    midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

    si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

    between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

    cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

    there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

    inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

    Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

    locus medius regionum earum,

    half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

    between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

    et medius juvenum ibat,

    id. F. 5, 67:

    medius silentūm,

    Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

    medius ex tribus,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    medium arripere aliquem,

    to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

    juvenem medium complectitur,

    Liv. 23, 9, 9:

    Alcides medium tenuit,

    held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

    medium ostendere unguem,

    to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—
    2.
    Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

    hieme demunt cibum medium,

    half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

    scrupulum croci,

    Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
    1.
    Of age:

    aetatis mediae vir,

    of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
    2.
    Of plans, purposes, etc.:

    nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

    Liv. 2, 49, 5:

    medium quiddam tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—
    3.
    Of intellect:

    eloquentiā medius,

    middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

    ingenium,

    moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
    4.
    Undetermined, undecided:

    medios esse,

    i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

    medium se gerere,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

    Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    responsum,

    indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
    5.
    Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

    medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

    ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

    id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

    sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

    which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—
    6.
    Intermediate:

    medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

    of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

    nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 45:

    ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

    Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

    medium sese offert,

    as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

    pacator mediusque Syphax,

    Sil. 16, 222:

    pacis eras mediusque belli,

    arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

    nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

    oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—
    7.
    Central, with ex or in:

    ex factione media consul,

    fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

    so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

    these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

    id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

    ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

    id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    in medio maerore et dolore,

    id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

    in media dimicatione,

    the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

    in medio ardore certaminis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 27:

    in media solitudine,

    the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

    in mediis divitiis,

    in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

    in medio robore virium,

    Liv. 28, 35, 6:

    in medio ardore belli,

    id. 24, 45, 4:

    in media reipublicae luce,

    the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    media inter pocula,

    Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of space (very rare in Cic.):

    in medio aedium sedens,

    Liv. 1, 57, 9:

    maris,

    id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

    medio viae ponere,

    id. 37, 13, 10:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

    Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

    medio montium porrigitur planities,

    id. ib. 1, 64:

    medio stans hostia ad aras,

    Verg. G. 3, 486:

    medio tutissimus ibis,

    Ov. M. 2, 137:

    in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

    Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

    equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

    id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

    tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

    to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

    intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

    Liv. 45, 35.—
    2.
    Of time:

    diei,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    medio temporis,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

    nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

    the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

    in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

    lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

    tabulae sunt in medio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

    rem totam in medio ponere,

    publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

    dicendi ratio in medio posita,

    lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    rem in medium proferre,

    to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

    rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

    id. Clu. 28, 77:

    in medio relinquere,

    to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

    cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

    adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

    litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

    hominem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    de medio removere,

    to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

    e medio excessit,

    she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

    ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

    tollite lumen e medio,

    Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

    cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

    in medio esse,

    to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

    in medium venire or procedere,

    to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

    communes utilitates in medium afferre,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

    consulere in medium,

    to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

    so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

    Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

    quaerere,

    to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

    conferre laudem,

    i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

    dare,

    to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

    in medium conferre, in gaming,

    to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

    scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

    Pall. 1, 35, 12.—
    2.
    A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

    scrobem ad medium completo,

    Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,
    III.
    Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

    qui noluerant medie,

    kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

    nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

    ortus medie humilis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—
    2.
    Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > medius

  • 32 excīdō

        excīdō īdī, īsus, ere    [ex + caedo], to cut out, cut off, hew out, cut down: arbores, Cs.: excisa arbor: columnas rupibus, V.— To raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy: aedīs: Troiam, V.: Sugambros, Ta.—Fig., to drive out, extirpate, banish: tempus ex animo: vitium irae, H.: causas bellorum, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    excidere, excidi, - V
    perish; disappear; escape, fall out; be deprived of; lose control of senses
    II
    excidere, excidi, excisus V
    cut out/off/down; raze, destroy

    Latin-English dictionary > excīdō

  • 33 metō

        metō messuī, messus, ere    [MET-], to reap, mow, crop, gather, collect, harvest: in metendo occupatos, Cs.: pabula falce, cut down, O.: Falcibus messae herbae, V.—Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, as you sow, so shall you reap.—Of the vintage, to gather: Postremus metito, V.: purpureos flores, i. e. gather the pollen (of bees), V.— To cut off, pluck, crop: virgā lilia summa, O.: farra metebat aper, laid waste, O.: barbam, Iu.— To mow down, cut down, destroy: Proxuma quaeque gladio, V.: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges, C. poët.
    * * *
    metere, messui, messus V
    reap; mow, cut off

    Latin-English dictionary > metō

  • 34 prae-secō

        prae-secō cuī, ctus, āre,    to cut off before, cut away, cut off, cut out: praesectis mulierum crinibus, Cs.: partem, O.—Fig.: Praesectum deciens non castigavit ad unguem, i. e. accurately, H. (al. perfectum).

    Latin-English dictionary > prae-secō

  • 35 reseco

    rĕ-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (resecavi, Symm. Ep. 10, 73:

    resecata,

    Eum. Grat. Act. ad Const. 11 fin.), 1, v. a., to cut loose, cut off (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.; cf. praecido).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ut linguae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:

    os,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 55:

    palpebras,

    id. Pis. 19, 43:

    enodes truncos,

    Verg. G. 2, 78:

    radices,

    Ov. M. 7, 264:

    longos ferro capillos,

    id. ib. 11, 182:

    de tergore partem Exiguam,

    id. ib. 8, 650:

    barba resecta,

    id. Tr. 4, 10, 58:

    alas,

    id. R. Am. 701:

    extremam partem ipsius unguis ad vivum,

    to the quick, Col. 6, 12, 3; 5, 9, 15:

    ungues,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 15.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, curtail; to check, stop, restrain:

    quod aiunt, nimia resecari oportere, naturalia relinqui (shortly after, circumcidere and amputare),

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 57; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46:

    quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere,

    id. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

    libidinem,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

    audacias et libidines,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

    crimina quaedam cum primā barbā,

    Juv. 8, 166:

    spatio brevi Spem longam reseces,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 7; cf.:

    haec (dicta),

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 4; Juv. 8, 166:

    neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi qui haec subtilius disserunt,

    i. e. nor do I take this in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18 (v. supra, I.):

    de vivo aliquid erat resecandum,

    was to be cut from the quick, id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > reseco

  • 36 mico

    mĭco, ŭi ( pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. mish-, to wink], to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    venae et arteriae micare non desinunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

    linguis micat ore trisulcis,

    Verg. G. 3, 439:

    gladii,

    Liv. 6, 12, 9:

    corque timore micat,

    beats, palpitates, Ov. F. 3, 36:

    nec audissem corde micante tubam,

    for the beating, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

    metu micuere sinus,

    Ov. H. 1, 45:

    et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat,

    id. M. 9, 37:

    noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat,

    Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.):

    digiti (of a hand cut off),

    Verg. A. 10, 396:

    auribus (of a horse),

    id. G. 3, 84:

    micuere fontes,

    spring forth, Luc. 4, 300:

    citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor),

    Sen. Oedip. 345:

    fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora,

    flashed in every direction, Liv. 40, 58, 5:

    inter horrendos fragores micare ignes,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    tum micent gladii,

    id. 6, 12, 9:

    eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis,

    id. 4, 37, 10.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters:

    micare est sortiri digitis,

    Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum... an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30:

    quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    quasi sorte, aut micando,

    id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

    patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse,

    Suet. Aug. 13.—Prov.:

    dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

    cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare,

    Petr. 44.—Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.—
    B.
    Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright:

    micat inter omnes Julium sidus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 46:

    micat ignibus aether,

    Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102:

    ex oculis micat acrius ardor,

    Lucr. 3, 289:

    micant ardorem orbes luminis,

    Verg. Cul. 220:

    genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

    Ov. M. 2, 40:

    celeri micuerunt nubila flamma,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 45.—Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing:

    stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae,

    Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31:

    oculos circumtulit igne micantes,

    Ov. M. 15, 674:

    vultus,

    Liv. 6, 13.— Comp.:

    radius sole micantior,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mico

  • 37 caedō

        caedō cecīdī, caesus, ere    [2 SAC-, SEC-], to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: arbores: robur, O.: silvas, Cs.: murus latius quam caederetur ruebat, L.: lapis caedendus: securibus vina (frozen), V.: comam (vitis), Tb.: caesis montis fodisse medullis, Ct. — Prov.: ut vineta egomet caedam mea, i. e. attack my own interests, H. — To strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel: ianuam saxis: verberibus te, T.: virgis ad necem caedi: flagellis Ad mortem caesus, H.: nudatos virgis, L.: servum sub furcā, L.: caesae pectora palmis, i. e. beating, O.: in iudicio testibus caeditur, i. e. is pressed.—Of men, to strike mortally, kill, murder: illi dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus: caeso Argo, O.—Poet., of blood: caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam, shed, V. — Of battle, to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy: exercitus caesus fususque: infra arcem caesi captique multi, L.: passim obvii caedebantur, Cu.: ingentem cecidit Antiochum, H.: placare ventos virgine caesā, V.—Of animals, to slaughter (esp. for sacrifice): greges armentorum: boves, O.: deorum mentis caesis hostiis placare: victimas, L.: binas bidentis, V.: Tempestatibus agnam, V. — Fig.: pignus caedere (in law), to declare the forfeiture of a security, confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda: dum sermones caedimus, chop words, chat, T.: Caedimur, cudgel one another (with compliments), H.
    * * *
    I
    caedere, caecidi, caesus V TRANS
    chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize
    II
    caedere, cecidi, caesus V TRANS
    chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize

    Latin-English dictionary > caedō

  • 38 circumcīsus

        circumcīsus adj.    [P. of circumcido], cut around, cut off, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: saxum: Henna ab omni aditu: collis ex omni parte, Cs.
    * * *
    circumcisa, circumcisum ADJ
    sheer on all sides, cut off; limited; short, brief, pruned of excess, abridged

    Latin-English dictionary > circumcīsus

  • 39 occidio

    occīdĭo, ōnis, f. [1. occīdo], a massacre, utter destruction, extermination (rare before the Aug. period;

    syn.: clades, strages, caedes): orare ne in occidione victoriam poneret,

    Liv. 3, 28.—Esp. freq. in the phrase occidione occidere or caedere, to cut off completely, cut down with utter destruction:

    equitatus occidione occisus,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 7; id. Phil. 14, 14, 36; Liv. 28, 43; 2, 51; 9, 38 et saep.:

    omnes occidione caesi,

    Just. 26, 2, 5; 28, 2, 1; so,

    occidione occumbere,

    to be wholly cut off, Tac. A. 12, 38:

    equi, viri, cuncta victa occidioni dantur,

    every thing captured was destroyed, id. ib. 13, 57:

    occidioni exempti,

    id. ib. 12, 56 fin. —Of animals and plants:

    nec ad occidionem gens interimenda est,

    Col. 9, 15, 3:

    occidionem gregis prohibens,

    id. 7, 5, 16:

    nec ad occidionem universum genus perduci patimur,

    id. 4, 17, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > occidio

  • 40 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)

    Latin-English dictionary > dēcidō

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