to+destroy

con-sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3 ( perf. sync. consumpsti, Prop. 1, 3, 37; inf. consumpse, Lucr. 1, 234), v. a., to take wholly or completely, i. e.,

Lit.

In gen. (post-Aug. and rare):

vasti surgunt immensis torquibus orbes, tergaque consumunt pelagus,

take up, completely cover, Manil. 5, 584:

tela omnia solus pectore consumo,

Sil. 5, 640; cf.:

clipeo tela,

id. 10, 129:

jugulo ensem,

Stat. Th. 10, 813:

ferrum pectore,

id. ib. 12, 745; cf. id. Achill. 2, 205; Dig. 26, 7, 54.—

In partic., of food, to eat, consume, devour (class.):

agri multa efferunt quae vel statim consumantur vel mandentur condita vetustati,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43; cf. id. ib. 7, 17;

7, 77: fruges,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27:

vitiatum (aprum),

id. S. 2, 2, 92:

angues,

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

draconem,

Suet. Tib. 72:

mensas accisis dapibus,

Verg. A. 7, 125 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to consume, devour, waste, squander, annihilate, destroy, bring to naught, kill.

Of inanimate things:

faciat quod lubet: Sumat, consumat, perdat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf. Sall. C. 12, 2:

patrimonium per luxuriam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

bona paterna,

Quint. 3, 11, 13; 3, 11, 16:

omnem materiam,

Ov. M. 8, 876: omne id aurum in ludos, Liv. 39, 5, 9; Val. Max. 3, 1, 1 fin.; cf. 2. b infra:

omnes fortunas sociorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf.:

omnes opes et spes privatas meas,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

omnia flammā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14; cf.:

aedes incendio,

Liv. 25, 7, 6:

domum incendio,

Suet. Calig. 59:

consumpturis viscera mea flammis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

3: viscera fero morsu,

Ov. M. 4, 113:

anulum usu,

id. P. 4, 10, 5; cf.:

ferrum rubigine,

to eat, consume, Curt. 7, 8, 15.—Of time, to spend, pass:

horas multas saepe suavissimo sermone,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5:

dicendo tempus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

diem altercatione,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1; id. Univ. 1 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

annua tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

consumitur vigiliis reliqua pars noctis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 2, 23:

magnam partem diei,

id. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

omne tempus,

Liv. 29, 33, 9; 24, 14, 10:

dies decem in his rebus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11:

in eo studio aetatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

tota nox in exinaniendā nave consumitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 1:

multos dies per dubitationem,

Sall. J. 62, 9; cf. Tac. H. 4, 43 fin.:

omne tempus circa Medeam,

id. Or. 3:

continuum biduum epulando potandoque,

Suet. Tib. 42: precando Tempora cum blandis verbis, to waste or lose time and words in supplications, Ov. M. 2, 575:

multis diebus et laboribus consumptis,

Sall. J. 93, 1:

ubi longa meae consumpsti tempora noctis?

Prop. 1, 3, 37.—Of strength, feeling, voice, etc.:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset, si esset consumpta superiore motu et exhausta,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

adfectus,

Quint. 2, 13, 13; 4, 2, 120:

spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 53:

vocem instans metus,

Tac. H. 1, 42:

ignominiam,

id. ib. 3, 24:

gratiam rei nimiā captatione,

Quint. 8, 6, 51:

vires ipsā subtilitate,

id. 12, 2, 13:

bona ingenii,

id. 12, 5, 2; 3, 11, 23; cf. Sall. J. 25, 11.— Poet.: cum mare, cum terras consumpserit, aëra tentet, i. e.- seek a refuge therein in vain, Ov. H. 6, 161.—

Of living beings.

To destroy, kill:

si me vis aliqua morbi aut natura ipsa consumpsisset,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf.:

quos fortuna belli consumpserat,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:

tantum exercitum fame,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; so,

siti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41 fin.:

acie,

Vell. 2, 52, 5:

morte,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

morbo,

Nep. Reg. 2, 1:

senio et maerore,

Liv. 40, 54, 1 al. —Facete:

garrulus hunc consumet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 33.—

Rarely, to waste, weaken, enervate:

inediā et purgationibus et vi ipsius morbi consumptus es,

Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 1; cf. Ov. M. 9, 663;

and consumpta membra senectā,

id. ib. 14, 148.—

In partic.

To divide, make an exhaustive division of (very rare):

inventio in sex partis consumitur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4.—

Aliquid in aliquā re, rar. in aliquid or absol. (in Cic. only with in and abl.; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53), to bestow upon something, to use, employ, spend upon or about something.

In aliquā re:

pecuniam in agrorum emptionibus,

to lay out, invest, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

aurum in monumento,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12; Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

studium in virorum fortium factis memoriae prodendis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 5; cf.:

in armis plurimum studii,

Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

tantum laboris in rebus falsis,

Quint. 12, 11, 15:

curam in re unā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 48:

ingenium in musicis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; cf. id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Sest. 13, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 11.—

In aliquid (cf. the Gr. analiskein eis ti):

tota in dulces consument ubera natos,

Verg. G. 3, 178; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 55:

umorem in arbusta,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 3:

bona paterna in opera publica,

Quint. 3, 11, 13:

pecuniam in monumentum,

Dig. 35, 1, 40 fin. —

Absol.:

si quid consili Habet, ut consumat nunc, quom nil obsint doli,

use up, exhaust, Ter. And. 1, 1, 133.

dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

id. de Sen. 20, 72:

dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

Lucr. 6, 356:

contextum,

id. 1, 243:

stamina,

Tib. 1, 7, 2:

ornatus comae,

id. 1, 10, 62:

capillum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

sparta navium,

id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

pontem,

Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

nubila ventis,

Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

nubes (ventus, with diducit),

id. 6, 216:

glaciem (sol),

to melt, id. 6, 964:

aes (fulmen),

id. 6, 352:

corpora (vis),

id. 1, 224:

se (venti vortex),

id. 6, 446:

tenebras luce,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

navem,

Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

stomachum,

i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

ilia sua visu,

Petr. 24, 5:

resinam omnem oleo,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

cohortem Germanorum,

id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

animam,

i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

In partic.

In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

nomen,

Cic. Planc. 28:

omne quod debuit,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

quae debeo,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

poenam,

to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

dissolvere et compensare damna,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

vota,

id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—

Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—

In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.

Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.

In gen.:

utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

amicitiam,

id. Rosc. Am. 39:

societatem,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

consortionem,

id. Off. 3, 6:

matrimonia,

Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

perjurium,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

religiones,

Liv. 40, 29:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

leges Caesaris,

ib. 1, 8 init.:

judicia publica,

id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

hoc interdictum,

id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

argentariam,

id. ib. 4, 11:

regiam potestatem,

Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

rem publicam,

Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

severitatem,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

frigus,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

id. J. 17, 6.—

In partic.

In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

obsecro, dissolve jam me,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.

Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—

Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

opp. vehemens,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

(Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

animus,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

mens luxu,

Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

consuetudo Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 9;

and, mores,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

comitas,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.

Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135.—

Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

vendere decumas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

jus suum relinquere,

id. Caecin. 36:

factum aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

id. de Sen. 20, 72:

dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

Lucr. 6, 356:

contextum,

id. 1, 243:

stamina,

Tib. 1, 7, 2:

ornatus comae,

id. 1, 10, 62:

capillum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

sparta navium,

id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

pontem,

Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

nubila ventis,

Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

nubes (ventus, with diducit),

id. 6, 216:

glaciem (sol),

to melt, id. 6, 964:

aes (fulmen),

id. 6, 352:

corpora (vis),

id. 1, 224:

se (venti vortex),

id. 6, 446:

tenebras luce,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

navem,

Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

stomachum,

i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

ilia sua visu,

Petr. 24, 5:

resinam omnem oleo,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

cohortem Germanorum,

id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

animam,

i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

In partic.

In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

nomen,

Cic. Planc. 28:

omne quod debuit,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

quae debeo,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

poenam,

to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

dissolvere et compensare damna,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

vota,

id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—

Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—

In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.

Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.

In gen.:

utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

amicitiam,

id. Rosc. Am. 39:

societatem,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

consortionem,

id. Off. 3, 6:

matrimonia,

Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

perjurium,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

religiones,

Liv. 40, 29:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

leges Caesaris,

ib. 1, 8 init.:

judicia publica,

id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

hoc interdictum,

id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

argentariam,

id. ib. 4, 11:

regiam potestatem,

Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

rem publicam,

Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

severitatem,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

frigus,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

id. J. 17, 6.—

In partic.

In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

obsecro, dissolve jam me,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.

Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—

Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

opp. vehemens,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

(Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

animus,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

mens luxu,

Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

consuetudo Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 9;

and, mores,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

comitas,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.

Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135.—

Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

vendere decumas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

jus suum relinquere,

id. Caecin. 36:

factum aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

ē-nĕco or ēnĭco, cŭi (enicavit, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 71), ctum (less freq. enecatum; in the part. enecatus, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127; 30, 12, 34, § 108;

and, enectus,

id. 7, 9, 7, § 47; 26, 15, 90, § 159), 1 (old form of the fut. perf. enicasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 55 and 66), v. a., to kill off, kill completely, to kill, [p. 646] stay (freq. and class., esp. in the transf. signif.; syn.: neco, interficio, interimo, conficio, caedo, occido, concido, trucido, jugulo, obtrunco, etc.).

Lit.:

puer ambo anguis enicat,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 67; id. Most. 1, 3, 62; id. Aul. 5, 22; id. Rud. 2, 5, 19; Varr. ap. Non. 81, 12; Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 63 et saep.:

cicer, ervum,

i. e. to stifle in growth, to destroy, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155; cf.

Bacchum (i. e. vinum),

Luc. 9, 434 (with exurere messes).—

Transf., in gen., to exhaust utterly, to wear out, destroy: enectus Tantalus siti, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10 Fischer N. cr.; cf. fame, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 17; Cic. Div. 2, 35; Liv. 21, 40 al.:

bos est enectus arando,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 87.—

In colloq. lang., to torment, torture, plague to death:

aliquem amando,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41:

aliquem jurgio,

id. ib. 3, 2, 14:

aliquem odio,

id. As. 5, 2, 71; id. Pers. 1, 1, 49; id. Rud. 4, 3, 7:

aliquem rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6;

and simply aliquem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 120; id. Am. 5, 1, 4.—Esp. freq.:

enicas or enicas me,

you kill me, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 45; 2, 4, 25; id. Poen. 5, 4, 98; id. Truc. 1, 2, 21; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 37; 5, 6, 16. —

Trop.:

ea pars animi, quae voluptate alitur, nec inopia enecta nec satietate affluenti,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf. id. Att. 6, 1, 2.

ē-rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3, v. a., to cast forth, throw out; to dig, tear, or pluck out (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

qui sciet, ubi quidque positum sit, quaque eo veniat, is, etiam si quid obrutum erit, poterit eruere,

Cic. Fin. 4, 4 fin.; so,

aurum terrā,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53; cf.:

caprificos sepulcris,

Hor. Epod. 5, 17:

gemmam vadis,

Mart. 8, 28; Tac. A. 2, 69:

segetem ab radicibus imis,

Verg. G. 1, 320; cf.:

pinum radicibus,

id. A. 5, 449 Heyne N. cr.; and:

herbam radicitus,

Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62:

mortuum,

Cic. Div. 1, 27 fin.:

oculum,

Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89; 28, 8, 29, § 114:

dentes de sinistra parte,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95:

aquam remis,

lo stir up, plough up, Ov. H. 5, 54; cf.:

sepulcra (hyaena),

Plin. 8, 30, 44, § 106.— Poet. in Greek construction:

eruitur oculos,

his eyes are torn out, Ov. M. 12, 269 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 458).—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, in partic., to root out, to destroy from the foundation:

urbem totam a sedibus,

Verg. A. 2, 612; Sil. 3, 2, 13; cf. under II. B. 2.—

Trop.

In gen., to draw out, bring out, elicit: inde tamen aliquando (servum fugitivum) eruam, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9 fin.; cf. Curt. 4, 14:

scrutari locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 13:

si quid est, quod indagaris, inveneris, ex tenebris erueris,

id. Agr. 1, 3:

ex annalium vetustate eruenda est memoria nobilitatis tuae,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

memoriam,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 360:

veritatem,

Quint. 12, 9, 3:

causam rerum et rationem,

Plin. 18, 4, 5, § 24:

sacra recognosces annalibus eruta priscis,

Ov. F. 1, 17:

mi sicunde potes, erues, qui decem legati Mummio fuerint,

Cic. Att. 13, 30, 2 et saep.: fanum erui volo;

neque hoc mihi erui potest,

I cannot be talked out of it, id. ib. 12, 36.—

In partic.

To rescue, release:

propter difficultatem pecuniariam, qua erui nusquam nisi ex privatorum bonis posset,

Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1.—

To overthrow, destroy:

Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum Eruerint Danai,

Verg. A. 2, 5; cf.

civitatem,

Tac. H. 4, 72:

Thracas (with frangere gentem),

Stat. Th. 5, 76.

ē-verto or - vorto, ti, sum, 3, v. a., to overturn, turn upside down (syn. demolior, destruo, extinguo, diruo, deleo, etc.).

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

aequora ventis,

to upturn, agitate, Verg. A. 1, 43; cf.

aquas,

Ov. H. 7, 42:

mare,

Sen. Ep. 4:

campum,

i. e. to plough, Val. Fl. 7, 75:

cervices,

to twist, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131 Ruhnk.—More freq. and class. (not in Caes.),

In partic.

To overturn any thing from its position, to overthrow, upset, throw down:

naviculam,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174; id. Par. 3, 1, 20; id. Fin. 4, 27 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 34:

pinum,

Verg. G. 1, 256; Plin. 16, 31, 56 § 130; cf.

poët.: Ismara,

i. e. the trees of Ismarus, Stat. Th. 6, 107:

currum,

Curt. 4, 15; cf.

equum,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 8.— Transf., of persons:

eversus,

thrown down, Plin. 21, 19, 77, § 132; 26, 13, 85, § 137.—Designating the term. ad quem:

si quis Athon Pindumve revulsos Sede sua, totos in apertum everteret aequor,

Ov. M. 11, 555; cf.:

tecta in dominum,

id. ib. 1, 231.—

Transf., to overthrow, subvert, destroy:

urbes (with diripere),

Cic. Off. 1, 24:

Carthaginem,

id. Rep. 6, 11:

Trojam,

Ov. M. 13, 169:

castellum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 34:

funditus arces,

Sil. 17, 376.—

To turn out, drive out, expel a man from his possession:

ut agro evortat Lesbonicum, quando evortit aedibus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 15; so,

adolescentem bonis,

id. ib. 1, 2, 177:

pupillum fortunis patriis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51:

eos fortunis omnibus,

id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21; id. Fl. 5:

hunc funditus bonis,

id. Rosc. Am. 39 fin. —

Trop. (Acc. to I. B.)

To overturn, overthrow:

ab imo summa,

Lucr. 5, 163:

aliquem non judicio neque disceptatione, sed vi atque impressione evertere,

to ruin, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:

aliquem fortunis omnibus,

id. Div. in Caec. 6, 21.—

To overthrow completely, to subvert, ruin, destroy:

funditus aratores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18 fin.:

funditus civitates,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

eversa per te et perdita civitas,

id. ib. 24, 57; id. Lael. 7, 23; cf. Quint. 2, 16, 4; Verg. G. 1, 500:

funditus amicitiam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 25; cf.:

penitus virtutem,

id. ib. 3, 3:

totum genus hoc regiae civitatis,

id. Rep. 2, 29:

leges, testamenta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 19; cf. id. Cat. 1, 7 fin.:

constitutam philosophiam,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 15; cf.

definitionem,

id. 2, 6 fin.:

finitionem,

Quint. 7, 3, 23:

opus,

id. 2, 17, 34:

majestatem dictatoriam et disciplinam militarem,

Liv. 8, 30 fin.:

patrimonium,

to waste, squander, Dig. 47, 6, 1:

pietatem,

Lucr. 3, 84:

spem,

Ov. M. 13, 623:

Crassos, Pompeios,

to ruin, Juv. 10, 108: titulum, to erase, Capit. Gord. Tert. 34.

ex-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (exessum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5), 3 (archaic praes. subj. exedint, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 32. Post-class. form of the praes. ind. exedit, for exest, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 10; Seren. Sammon. 7), v. a., to eat up, devour, consume (class.).

Lit.:

intestina,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 32:

frumentum quod curculiones exesse incipiunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, [p. 682] 63, 1; Col. 1, 6, 16:

serpens, qui jecur ejus exesset,

Hyg. Fab. 55.—Proverb.: tute hoc intristi;

tibi omne est exedendum,

as you have cooked, so you must eat, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

tibi quod intristi, exedendum est,

Aus. Idyll. Prooem. 5.—

Transf., in gen., to eat up, consume, destroy:

deus id eripiet, vis aliqua conficiet aut exedet,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

exesa scabra rubigine pila,

Verg. G. 1, 495:

flammeus ardor Silvas exederat,

Lucr. 5, 1253:

molem (undae),

Curt. 4, 2:

apparebat epigramma exesis posterioribus partibus versiculorum, dimidiatis fere,

effaced by time, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

multa monumenta vetustas exederat,

Curt. 3, 4:

exesae arboris antrum,

rotten, hollow, Verg. G. 4, 44:

dens exesus,

Cels. 7, 12:

exesa vis luminis,

consumed, Tac. H. 4, 81:

urbem nefandis odiis,

to destroy, Verg. A. 5, 785:

rem publicam,

Tac. A. 2, 27:

quid te futurum censes, quem assidue exedent,

i. e. devour, consume thy property, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 53. —

Trop., to consume, prey upon, corrode:

aegritudo exest animum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 27; cf.:

accedunt aegritudines, molestiae, maerores, qui exedunt animos,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59; 1, 16, 51:

illi beati, quos nullae aegritudines exedunt, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

maestas exedit cura medullas,

Cat. 66, 23 et saep.:

exspectando exedor miser atque exenteror,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 1.

illūdo ( inl-), si, sum, 3 (acc. to the first conj. illudiabant, Gell. 1, 7, 3; perf. subj. inlusseris, Cic. Lael. 26, 99 Bait., Lahm.), v. n. and a. [in-ludo].

Neutr., to play at or with any thing, to sport with, amuse one's self with (syn. colludo; cf. ludificor).

In gen. (very rare):

illudo chartis,

amuse myself with writing, Hor. S. 1, 4, 139:

ima videbatur talis illudere palla,

Tib. 3, 4, 35.—

In partic., pregn.

To make sport or game of, to jest, mock, or jeer at, to ridicule (class.).

With dat.:

ut ne plane videaris hujus miseri fortunis et horum virorum talium dignitati illudere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

ut semper gaudes illudere rebus Humanis!

Hor. S. 2, 8, 62:

illudere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

discrimini publico,

Suet. Tib. 2:

inlusit Neroni fortuna,

Tac. A. 16, 1 init.; cf. id. ib. 15, 72 fin. —

In aliquem or aliquo:

ego te pro istis factis ulciscar, ut ne impune in nos illuseris,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 20; cf.:

quae cum dixisset in Albucium illudens,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

adeon' videmur vobis esse idonei, In quibus sic illudatis?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—

Absol.:

illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 22. —

To sport or fool away a thing, i. e. to destroy or waste in sport; in mal. part., to violate, abuse ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With dat.:

cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

Verg. G. 2, 375:

pecuniae illudere,

Tac. H. 2, 94 fin.:

C. Caesar etiam matri ejus illusit,

id. A. 15, 72:

pueritiae Britannici,

id. ib. 13, 17:

feminarum illustrium capitibus,

Suet. Tib. 45.—

Absol.:

tum variae illudant pestes,

Verg. G. 1, 181.—

Act. (in all the meanings of I.).

In gen., to play at or with any thing ( poet. and very rare):

illusas auro vestes,

i. e. lightly interwoven, Verg. G. 2, 464 (dub. al. inclusas); imitated by Avien. Perieg. 1258; cf. the periphrase: illusa pictae vestis inania, Prud. steph. 14, 104.—

In partic., pregn.

To scoff or mock at, to make a laughing-stock of, to ridicule (so most freq.):

satis superbe illuditis me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 22:

ut is, qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur. Quid autem turpius quam illudi?

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

miseros,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

illusi ac destituti,

id. Quint. 16, 51:

facetiis illusus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

pergisne eam, Laeli, artem illudere, in qua primum excello ipse?

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

artes,

Ov. M. 9, 66:

ipsa praecepta (rhetorum),

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

illud nimium acumen (opp. admirari ingenium),

id. ib. 1, 57, 243:

voces Neronis, quoties caneret,

Tac. A. 14, 52: verbis virtutem superbis, [p. 887] Verg. A. 9, 634.—

To destroy, ruin, violate, abuse (very rare):

vitam filiae,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 3: illusique pedes (i. e. crapulā) vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus, ruined, i. e. staggering, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108:

corpus alicujus,

Tac. A. 1, 71.

impello ( inp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3 (archaic inf. pres. pass. inpellier, Lucr. 6, 1060), v. a. [in-pello], to push, drive, or strike against a thing; to strike, reach.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet.):

cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus,

Verg. A. 1, 82:

vocales impellere pollice chordas,

to strike, Tib. 2, 5, 3; cf. Ov. M. 10, 145:

aequora remis,

id. ib. 3, 657; cf.:

infidum remis marmor,

Verg. G. 1, 254:

impellunt animae lintea Thraciae,

swell, Hor. C. 4, 12, 2:

auras mugitibus,

Ov. M. 3, 21; cf.:

maternas aures Luctus,

Verg. G. 4, 349:

sensus,

Lucr. 1, 303:

colles canoris plausibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 175: cui patuere Alpes saxa impellentia caelum,

Sil. 11, 217: cum fretum non impulit Ister, does not strike, i. e. does not empty into, Luc. 5, 437:

impulsum ab eo dextri pedis pollice,

Suet. Calig. 57:

subitus antennas impulit ignis,

Juv. 12, 19.—

In partic., with the access. idea of motion, to drive forward, set in motion, urge on, impel (class.):

biremes subjectis scutulis impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4:

(navem) triplici versu (remorum),

Verg. A. 5, 119:

puppim remis velisque,

Sil. 1, 568:

ratem (levis aura),

Ov. M. 15, 697:

currum,

Val. Fl. 6, 6:

equum calce,

Sil. 7, 697; cf.:

cornipedem planta,

id. 2, 71:

Zephyris primum impellentibus undas,

Verg. G. 4, 305:

fluctus (ventus),

Petr. 114:

aequor velis,

Tac. A. 2, 23:

praemissus eques postremos ac latera impulit,

id. ib. 2, 17: utque impulit arma, i. e. brandished, flourished, Verg. A. 8, 3:

remos,

id. ib. 4, 594:

sagittam nervo,

to shoot, discharge, Ov. M. 11, 325:

semen vehementius urinam impellit,

drives down, promotes the discharge of, Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 180:

praecipitantem igitur impellamus et perditum prosternamus,

give a push to, Cic. Clu. 26, 70; Tac. A. 4, 22:

procumbunt orni, nodosa impellitur ilex,

is overthrown, thrown down, Luc. 3, 440:

impulit aciem,

forced to give way, broke, Liv. 9, 40, 9; cf.:

hostem primo impetu impulit,

id. 9, 27, 9:

impulsis hostibus castra cepit,

Vell. 2, 70, 1:

impulit Vitellianos modica caede,

Tac. H. 3, 16:

quem (hostem) si inpellere maturasset,

id. ib. 4, 34;

78 al.— Designating the limit: in fugam atque in latebras impellere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22:

se in vulnus,

Vell. 2, 70 fin.:

inque meos ferrum flammasque Penates Impulit,

Ov. M. 12, 552:

ferrum capulo tenus,

Sil. 9, 382:

(Aufidus) in aequora fluctus,

id. 7, 482; 14, 429:

jamque diem ad metas defessis Phoebus Olympo Impellebat equis,

id. 11, 270.

Trop.

To move to a thing; to impel, incite, urge; esp., to instigate, stimulate, persuade (the predom. signif. in good prose); constr. usu. with aliquem in or ad aliquid and ut; less freq. with a terminal adverb, the inf., the simple acc., or absol.

Aliquem in aliquid:

nisi eum di immortales in eam mentem impulissent, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 33, 89:

hic in fraudem homines impulit,

id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Lael. 24, 89; and:

in fraudem impulsus,

id. Deiot. 12, 32:

in sermonem,

id. de Or. 2, 89, 363:

in plurimas animum audientium species impellere,

Quint. 12, 10, 43.—

Aliquem ad aliquid (so most freq.):

ad quam quemque artem putabat esse aptum, ad eam impellere atque hortari solebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

ad veterum annalium memoriam comprehendendam impulsi atque incensi,

id. Brut. 5, 19:

facile ad credendum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

aliquos ad omne facinus,

id. ib. 6, 1:

ad maleficium,

Auct. Her. 2, 21, 34:

ad injuriam faciendam,

Cic. Fl. 34, 85:

ad scelus,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

ad bellum,

id. Sull. 13, 36:

ad crudelitatem,

Quint. 8, 3, 85:

ad metum, cupiditatem, odium, conciliationem,

id. 3, 8, 12 et saep.—

With ut:

quae causa nos impulerit, ut haec tam sero litteris mandaremus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 77:

Germanos tam facile impelli, ut in Galliam venirent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166; id. Rep. 3, 2; id. Fin. 3, 20, 65; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51 et saep.—

With a terminal adv.:

dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

impulit huc animos,

Luc. 8, 454:

voluntates impellere quo velit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30.—

With inf.:

fuerunt quos pavor nando capessere fugam impulerit,

Liv. 22, 6, 7:

quae mens tam dira Impulit his cingi telis?

Verg. A. 2, 520; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 10:

quendam impulit servilem ei amorem obicere,

id. ib. 14, 60; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14; Stat. Th. 10, 737; Just. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 4; 29, 4, 5.—

With the simple acc.:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone,

to arouse, address, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65; Val. Fl. 4, 486:

cum praetor lictorem impellat,

Juv. 3, 128:

quis modo casus impulit hos,

id. 15, 120:

vernacula multitudo, lasciviae sueta, impellere ceterorum rudes animos,

to instigate, stimulate, Tac. A. 1, 31 Ritter. (Nipperd. implere).—In pass.:

(ut) qui audiunt aut impellantur aut reflectantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312:

Bellovacos impulsos ab suis principibus ab Aeduis defecisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

vel iratum vel impulsum ab aliis,

Quint. 11, 1, 71:

hac fama impulsus Chremes ultro ad me venit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 72:

impulsus irā... Quibus iris impulsus,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 35:

furore atque amentia impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4:

hac impulsi occasione,

id. ib. 7, 1, 3:

Induciomari nuntiis impulsi,

id. ib. 5, 26, 2:

Cassandrae impulsus furiis,

Verg. A. 10, 68 et saep.:

quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

Quint. 7, 1, 10:

cum simul terra, simul mari bellum impelleretur,

Tac. Agr. 25; cf.:

impulsum bellum,

Luc. 7, 5; 7, 330.—

Absol.: cui (daimoniôi) sempel ipse paruerit, numquam impellenti, saepe revocanti, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122:

qui nullo impellente fallebant,

id. Fl. 8, 20:

uno ictu frequenter impellunt (sententiae),

Quint. 12, 10, 48.—

To overthrow, subdue, destroy (rare): praecipitantem igitur impellamus, et perditum prosternamus, Cic. Clu. 26, 70:

miseri post fata Sychaei... Solus hic (Aeneas) inflexit sensus animumque labantem Impulit,

i. e. has completely subdued, Verg. A. 4, 23:

impellere ruentem,

to destroy completely, Tac. H. 2, 63 fin.:

inpulsas Vitellii res audietis,

id. ib. 3, 2:

inmenso Achaicae victoriae momento ad impellendos mores,

Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149:

impulsum bellum,

i. e. brought near to a close, Luc. 5, 330:

impellens quidquid sibi, summa petenti, obstaret,

id. 1, 149:

tum leviter est temptatum,... et nunc maximo temporum nostrorum auctore prope inpulsum,

Quint. 3, 4, 2 Spald. N. cr.

infesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [infestus], to attack, trouble, molest, disturb, infest (mostly post-Aug.).

Lit.:

Scylla latus dextrum, laevum Charybdis infestant,

Ov. M. 13, 730:

eas insulas infestari beluis,

Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 205:

morbis,

id. 17, 24, 37, § 216:

mari infestato latrociniis,

Vell. 2, 73:

vulnera et nimius calor et nimium frigus infestant,

Cels. 5, 26, 6 fin.:

hostem,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16:

sagittis infestari,

id. ib. 2, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 71, 18; Lact. Epit. 59, 7.—

Transf., in gen., to attack, destroy, injure, impair:

vinum minus infestat nervos,

Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 39:

aloë non infestat stomachum,

id. 27, 4, 5, § 16:

saporem,

id. 15, 23, 25, § 92:

fons amaritudine infestatur,

id. 2, 103, 106, § 228:

rem familiarem,

to impair, Col. 1, 5, 7:

animos,

to destroy, id. 11, 1, 22:

animam,

Sen. Contr. 3, 18, 10.

illūdo ( inl-), si, sum, 3 (acc. to the first conj. illudiabant, Gell. 1, 7, 3; perf. subj. inlusseris, Cic. Lael. 26, 99 Bait., Lahm.), v. n. and a. [in-ludo].

Neutr., to play at or with any thing, to sport with, amuse one's self with (syn. colludo; cf. ludificor).

In gen. (very rare):

illudo chartis,

amuse myself with writing, Hor. S. 1, 4, 139:

ima videbatur talis illudere palla,

Tib. 3, 4, 35.—

In partic., pregn.

To make sport or game of, to jest, mock, or jeer at, to ridicule (class.).

With dat.:

ut ne plane videaris hujus miseri fortunis et horum virorum talium dignitati illudere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

ut semper gaudes illudere rebus Humanis!

Hor. S. 2, 8, 62:

illudere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

discrimini publico,

Suet. Tib. 2:

inlusit Neroni fortuna,

Tac. A. 16, 1 init.; cf. id. ib. 15, 72 fin. —

In aliquem or aliquo:

ego te pro istis factis ulciscar, ut ne impune in nos illuseris,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 20; cf.:

quae cum dixisset in Albucium illudens,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

adeon' videmur vobis esse idonei, In quibus sic illudatis?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—

Absol.:

illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 22. —

To sport or fool away a thing, i. e. to destroy or waste in sport; in mal. part., to violate, abuse ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With dat.:

cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

Verg. G. 2, 375:

pecuniae illudere,

Tac. H. 2, 94 fin.:

C. Caesar etiam matri ejus illusit,

id. A. 15, 72:

pueritiae Britannici,

id. ib. 13, 17:

feminarum illustrium capitibus,

Suet. Tib. 45.—

Absol.:

tum variae illudant pestes,

Verg. G. 1, 181.—

Act. (in all the meanings of I.).

In gen., to play at or with any thing ( poet. and very rare):

illusas auro vestes,

i. e. lightly interwoven, Verg. G. 2, 464 (dub. al. inclusas); imitated by Avien. Perieg. 1258; cf. the periphrase: illusa pictae vestis inania, Prud. steph. 14, 104.—

In partic., pregn.

To scoff or mock at, to make a laughing-stock of, to ridicule (so most freq.):

satis superbe illuditis me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 22:

ut is, qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur. Quid autem turpius quam illudi?

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

miseros,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

illusi ac destituti,

id. Quint. 16, 51:

facetiis illusus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

pergisne eam, Laeli, artem illudere, in qua primum excello ipse?

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

artes,

Ov. M. 9, 66:

ipsa praecepta (rhetorum),

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

illud nimium acumen (opp. admirari ingenium),

id. ib. 1, 57, 243:

voces Neronis, quoties caneret,

Tac. A. 14, 52: verbis virtutem superbis, [p. 887] Verg. A. 9, 634.—

To destroy, ruin, violate, abuse (very rare):

vitam filiae,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 3: illusique pedes (i. e. crapulā) vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus, ruined, i. e. staggering, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108:

corpus alicujus,

Tac. A. 1, 71.

impello ( inp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3 (archaic inf. pres. pass. inpellier, Lucr. 6, 1060), v. a. [in-pello], to push, drive, or strike against a thing; to strike, reach.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet.):

cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus,

Verg. A. 1, 82:

vocales impellere pollice chordas,

to strike, Tib. 2, 5, 3; cf. Ov. M. 10, 145:

aequora remis,

id. ib. 3, 657; cf.:

infidum remis marmor,

Verg. G. 1, 254:

impellunt animae lintea Thraciae,

swell, Hor. C. 4, 12, 2:

auras mugitibus,

Ov. M. 3, 21; cf.:

maternas aures Luctus,

Verg. G. 4, 349:

sensus,

Lucr. 1, 303:

colles canoris plausibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 175: cui patuere Alpes saxa impellentia caelum,

Sil. 11, 217: cum fretum non impulit Ister, does not strike, i. e. does not empty into, Luc. 5, 437:

impulsum ab eo dextri pedis pollice,

Suet. Calig. 57:

subitus antennas impulit ignis,

Juv. 12, 19.—

In partic., with the access. idea of motion, to drive forward, set in motion, urge on, impel (class.):

biremes subjectis scutulis impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4:

(navem) triplici versu (remorum),

Verg. A. 5, 119:

puppim remis velisque,

Sil. 1, 568:

ratem (levis aura),

Ov. M. 15, 697:

currum,

Val. Fl. 6, 6:

equum calce,

Sil. 7, 697; cf.:

cornipedem planta,

id. 2, 71:

Zephyris primum impellentibus undas,

Verg. G. 4, 305:

fluctus (ventus),

Petr. 114:

aequor velis,

Tac. A. 2, 23:

praemissus eques postremos ac latera impulit,

id. ib. 2, 17: utque impulit arma, i. e. brandished, flourished, Verg. A. 8, 3:

remos,

id. ib. 4, 594:

sagittam nervo,

to shoot, discharge, Ov. M. 11, 325:

semen vehementius urinam impellit,

drives down, promotes the discharge of, Plin. 24, 19, 118, § 180:

praecipitantem igitur impellamus et perditum prosternamus,

give a push to, Cic. Clu. 26, 70; Tac. A. 4, 22:

procumbunt orni, nodosa impellitur ilex,

is overthrown, thrown down, Luc. 3, 440:

impulit aciem,

forced to give way, broke, Liv. 9, 40, 9; cf.:

hostem primo impetu impulit,

id. 9, 27, 9:

impulsis hostibus castra cepit,

Vell. 2, 70, 1:

impulit Vitellianos modica caede,

Tac. H. 3, 16:

quem (hostem) si inpellere maturasset,

id. ib. 4, 34;

78 al.— Designating the limit: in fugam atque in latebras impellere,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22:

se in vulnus,

Vell. 2, 70 fin.:

inque meos ferrum flammasque Penates Impulit,

Ov. M. 12, 552:

ferrum capulo tenus,

Sil. 9, 382:

(Aufidus) in aequora fluctus,

id. 7, 482; 14, 429:

jamque diem ad metas defessis Phoebus Olympo Impellebat equis,

id. 11, 270.

Trop.

To move to a thing; to impel, incite, urge; esp., to instigate, stimulate, persuade (the predom. signif. in good prose); constr. usu. with aliquem in or ad aliquid and ut; less freq. with a terminal adverb, the inf., the simple acc., or absol.

Aliquem in aliquid:

nisi eum di immortales in eam mentem impulissent, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 33, 89:

hic in fraudem homines impulit,

id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Lael. 24, 89; and:

in fraudem impulsus,

id. Deiot. 12, 32:

in sermonem,

id. de Or. 2, 89, 363:

in plurimas animum audientium species impellere,

Quint. 12, 10, 43.—

Aliquem ad aliquid (so most freq.):

ad quam quemque artem putabat esse aptum, ad eam impellere atque hortari solebat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

ad veterum annalium memoriam comprehendendam impulsi atque incensi,

id. Brut. 5, 19:

facile ad credendum,

id. Rep. 2, 10:

aliquos ad omne facinus,

id. ib. 6, 1:

ad maleficium,

Auct. Her. 2, 21, 34:

ad injuriam faciendam,

Cic. Fl. 34, 85:

ad scelus,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

ad bellum,

id. Sull. 13, 36:

ad crudelitatem,

Quint. 8, 3, 85:

ad metum, cupiditatem, odium, conciliationem,

id. 3, 8, 12 et saep.—

With ut:

quae causa nos impulerit, ut haec tam sero litteris mandaremus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 77:

Germanos tam facile impelli, ut in Galliam venirent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166; id. Rep. 3, 2; id. Fin. 3, 20, 65; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51 et saep.—

With a terminal adv.:

dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31:

impulit huc animos,

Luc. 8, 454:

voluntates impellere quo velit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30.—

With inf.:

fuerunt quos pavor nando capessere fugam impulerit,

Liv. 22, 6, 7:

quae mens tam dira Impulit his cingi telis?

Verg. A. 2, 520; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 10:

quendam impulit servilem ei amorem obicere,

id. ib. 14, 60; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14; Stat. Th. 10, 737; Just. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 4; 29, 4, 5.—

With the simple acc.:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone,

to arouse, address, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65; Val. Fl. 4, 486:

cum praetor lictorem impellat,

Juv. 3, 128:

quis modo casus impulit hos,

id. 15, 120:

vernacula multitudo, lasciviae sueta, impellere ceterorum rudes animos,

to instigate, stimulate, Tac. A. 1, 31 Ritter. (Nipperd. implere).—In pass.:

(ut) qui audiunt aut impellantur aut reflectantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312:

Bellovacos impulsos ab suis principibus ab Aeduis defecisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

vel iratum vel impulsum ab aliis,

Quint. 11, 1, 71:

hac fama impulsus Chremes ultro ad me venit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 72:

impulsus irā... Quibus iris impulsus,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 35:

furore atque amentia impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4:

hac impulsi occasione,

id. ib. 7, 1, 3:

Induciomari nuntiis impulsi,

id. ib. 5, 26, 2:

Cassandrae impulsus furiis,

Verg. A. 10, 68 et saep.:

quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,

Quint. 7, 1, 10:

cum simul terra, simul mari bellum impelleretur,

Tac. Agr. 25; cf.:

impulsum bellum,

Luc. 7, 5; 7, 330.—

Absol.: cui (daimoniôi) sempel ipse paruerit, numquam impellenti, saepe revocanti, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122:

qui nullo impellente fallebant,

id. Fl. 8, 20:

uno ictu frequenter impellunt (sententiae),

Quint. 12, 10, 48.—

To overthrow, subdue, destroy (rare): praecipitantem igitur impellamus, et perditum prosternamus, Cic. Clu. 26, 70:

miseri post fata Sychaei... Solus hic (Aeneas) inflexit sensus animumque labantem Impulit,

i. e. has completely subdued, Verg. A. 4, 23:

impellere ruentem,

to destroy completely, Tac. H. 2, 63 fin.:

inpulsas Vitellii res audietis,

id. ib. 3, 2:

inmenso Achaicae victoriae momento ad impellendos mores,

Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149:

impulsum bellum,

i. e. brought near to a close, Luc. 5, 330:

impellens quidquid sibi, summa petenti, obstaret,

id. 1, 149:

tum leviter est temptatum,... et nunc maximo temporum nostrorum auctore prope inpulsum,

Quint. 3, 4, 2 Spald. N. cr.

lăbĕfacto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to cause to totter, to shake, to overthrow (syn.: quatio, concutio).

Lit.:

signum vectibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 49:

horrea bellicis machinis,

Suet. Ner. 38:

aedium fundamenta, Cod. Th. 10, 19, 14: phalangii morsus genua labefactat,

Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 86.—

Transf., in gen., to injure, weaken, ruin, destroy:

sensus,

Lucr. 1, 694:

onus gravidi ventris,

to procure an abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 1:

colla boum,

to hurt, gall, Col. 2, 2, 22.—

Trop., to shake, throw down, overthrow, destroy, ruin, weaken (a favorite expression of Cic.):

animam,

Lucr. 6, 798:

aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2; id. Dom. 12, 27; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44:

alicujus consulatum,

id. Mil. 13, 34:

alicujus dignitatem,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 44:

invidiā verbi orationem,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 43:

Aristoteles primus species labefactavit, quas mirifice Plato erat amplexatus,

id. Ac. 1, 9, 33:

conjurationem,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 22:

causam ad judicem,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 13:

fidem,

Liv. 24, 20:

opinionem,

Cic. Clu. 2, 6; so, labefactare alone, to shake in purpose, move, cause to yield:

me video ab ea astute labefactarier,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 3:

labefacto paulatim (sc. eum),

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68:

non illam rarae labefactes munere vestis,

corrupt, Cat. 69, 3, cf.:

castimoniam viduae, Cod. Th. 9, 25, 1: rem publicam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43:

maximas res publicas ab adulescentibus labefactatas... reperietis,

id. Sen. 6, 20; cf.:

Carthaginem et Corinthum,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 7: labefactarat [p. 1023] vehementer aratores superior annus, id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

amicitiam aut justitiam labefactare atque pervertere,

id. Fin. 3, 21, 70:

leges ac jura,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

alicujus fidem pretio,

id. Clu. 68, 194:

provinciarum fidem,

Tac. A. 13, 21:

(praecepta) labefactari aliqua parte,

Quint. 2, 13, 14.

macto, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of perf. subj. mactassint, Enn., Afran., and Pompon. ap. Non. 342, 12 sq.), v. freq. a. [macto, kindr. to Sanscr. makh, mah; intens. māmahyata, to slaughter, sacrifice; maha, victim; the ct in macto like vectum from veho; hence],

Within the religious sphere, to offer, sacrifice, immolate any thing in honor of the gods:

ferctum Jovi moveto et mactato sic,

Cato, R. R. 134, 2; so id. ib. § 4: pultem dis mactat, Varr. ap. Non. 341, 28:

nigras pecudes,

Lucr. 3, 52:

lectas de more bidentes Cereri,

Verg. A. 4, 57; Varr. ap. Non. 114, 27:

mactatus vitulus concidit propter aras,

Lucr. 2, 353:

manibus divis mactata,

id. 6, 759:

mactata veniet lenior hostia,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 16:

mactata Polyxena,

Ov. M. 13, 448:

trecenti ex dediticiis hostiarum more mactati,

Suet. Aug. 15:

vite caper morsa Bacchi mactandus ad aras,

Ov. M. 15, 114:

suovetaurilia mactanda, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.: se Orco,

Liv. 9, 40:

hostium legiones Telluri ac diis Manibus mactandas dabo,

id. 10, 28; cf.:

ruptores pacis ultioni et gloriae,

Tac. A. 2, 13.—

Beyond the relig. sphere.

To present, reward, honor with any thing good or bad: Livius inde redit magno mactatu' triumpho, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 641 (Ann. v. 302 Vahl.):

eos ferunt laudibus et mactant honoribus,

heap honors on, extol, Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67 (also ap. Non. 342, 5); id. Vatin. 6, 14; id. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Far more freq. in a bad sense, to afflict, trouble, punish with any thing: illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 15 (Trag. v. 377 Vahl.); Afran. ib. 16; Cic. Vatin. 15, 36; cf. without abl., Pompon. ib. 12:

dotatae mactant et malo et damno viros,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 61; cf.:

mactare malo adficere significat,

Non. 342, 8:

aliquem infortunio,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 14: faxo tali eum mactatum, atque hic est, infortunio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 39:

hostes patriae aeternis suppliciis vivos mortuosque mactabis,

pursue, punish, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 33; cf.:

divisores omnium tribuum domi ipse suae crudelissima morte mactaret,

id. Harusp. Resp. 20, 42:

aliquem summo supplicio,

id. ib. 1, 11, 27:

aliquem morte,

id. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

mactantur comminus uno exitio,

Sil. 17, 500.—

To kill, slaughter, put to death:

hic mactat Ladona, Pheretaque Demodocumque,

Verg. A. 10, 413:

illigatas mollibus damas plagis,

Mart. 1, 50, 24: haec dextra Lernam taetra mactata excetra Pacavit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22.—

To magnify; trop, to extol, glorify, honor; esp. to glorify [p. 1094] honor a deity with sacrifices, to worship:

Liberum patrem fanorum consecratione mactatis,

Arn. 1, 24:

puerorum extis deos manes mactare,

Cic. Vatin. 6, 14.—

Poet., to give splendor to a festival: lacte Latinas, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Aliquem or aliquid, to overthrow, ruin, destroy, Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

quorum ego furori nisi cessissem, in Catilinae busto vobis ducibus mactatus essem,

should have been sacrificed, id. ib. 7, 16:

perfidos et ruptores pacis ultioni et gloriae mactandos,

to offer up, immolate, Tac. A. 2, 13:

cum videant jus civitatis illo supplicio esse mactatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26: aut naves uram, aut castra mactabo, to destroy, Att. ap. Non. 341, 18.—Hence, mactus, a, um, Part., sync. for mactatus:

boves mactae,

Lucr. 5, 1339 (better referred to maco, q. v.).

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.

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.

occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.

Lit.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.—

Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.

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.—

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.

occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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.

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.

occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.

Lit.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.—

Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.

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.—

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.

occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

per-do, dĭdi, ditum, 3 (old form of the pres. subj. perduim, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6:

perduis,

id. Am. 2, 2, 215; id. Capt. 3, 5, 70:

perduit,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 64; id. Poen. 3, 4, 29;

but esp. freq., perduint,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Aul. 4, 10, 55; id. Curc. 5, 3, 41; id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Most. 3, 1, 138; id. Men. 2, 2, 34; 3, 1, 6; 5, 5, 31; id. Merc. 4, 3, 11; 4, 4, 53; id. Poen. 3, 2, 33; 4, 2, 41; id. Stich. 4, 2, 15; id. Truc. 2, 3, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 7; id. Hec. 3, 4, 27; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 73; Cic. Deiot. 7, 21; id. Att. 15, 4, 3.—As the pass. of perdo, only pereo, perditus, perire appear to be in good use.—The only classical example of a pass. form in the pres. is:

perditur haec inter misero lux non sine votis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (K. and H. ad loc.), where Lachm., perh. needlessly, reads lux porgitur, the day seems too long for me. —In the pass. perdi, in late Lat.; v. infra), v. a., to make away with; to destroy, ruin; to squander, dissipate, throw away, waste, lose, etc. (class.; syn.: dissipo, perimo, deleo).

Lit.:

aliquem perditum ire,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

Juppiter fruges perdidit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

funditus civitatem,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

se ipsum penitus,

id. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

perdere et affligere cives,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

perdere et pessundare aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 3:

aliquem capitis,

i. e. to charge with a capital offence, id. As. 1, 2, 6; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 86:

sumat, consumat, perdat,

squander, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; so,

perde et peri,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 59:

perdere et profundere,

to waste, Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3:

perdere tempus,

id. de Or. 3, 36, 146:

operam,

id. Mur. 10, 23; cf.:

oleum et operam,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:

Decius amisit vitam: at non perdidit,

Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57:

cur perdis adulescentem nobis? cur amat? Cur potat?

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36.—In execrations (very common): di (deaeque omnes) te perduint, may the gods destroy you! See the passages with perduint cited init.—Pass. (late Lat.):

verbis perderis ipse tuis, Prosp. Epigr.: impii de terrā perdentur,

Vulg. Prov. 2, 22: quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, id. Job, 20, 7.—

Transf., in gen., to lose utterly or irrecoverably:

eos (liberos),

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 3:

omnes fructus industriae et fortunae,

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

litem,

to lose one's cause, id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:

libertatem,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

dextram manum,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

memoriam,

Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

causam,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

spem,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 3:

vitam,

Mart. Spect. 13, 2:

perii hercle! nomen perdidi,

i. e. I have quite forgotten the name, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 39.— Pass. (late Lat.):

si principis vita perditur,

Amm. 14, 5, 4; Hor. S. 2, 6, 59 (v. supra).—Of loss at play:

ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lusor,

Ov. A. A. 1, 451; Juv. 1, 93.—Hence, perdĭtus, a, um, P. a., lost, i. e.,

Hopeless, desperate, ruined, past recovery (class.;

syn. profligatus): perditus sum, i. q. perii,

I am lost! Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; id. Rud. 5, 1, 3:

per fortunas vide, ne puerum perditum perdamus,

Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 5:

perditus aere alieno,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

lacrimis ac maerore perditus,

id. Mur. 40, 86:

tu omnium mortalium perditissime,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 64:

rebus omnibus perditis,

id. Caecin. 31, 90:

senatoria judicia,

id. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

valetudo,

id. Tusc. 5, 10, 29.—

In partic., desperately in love; lost, ruined by love ( poet.):

amore haec perdita est,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 13:

in puellā,

Prop. 1, 13, 7:

amor,

Cat. 89, 2.—

Lost in a moral sense, abandoned, corrupt, profligate, flagitious, incorrigible:

adulescens perditus ac dissolutus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

homo contaminatus, perditus, flagitiosus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

abjecti homines et perditi,

id. Mil. 18, 47; id. Cat. 1, 6, 9:

homo perditā nequitiā,

id. Clu. 13, 36:

perdita atque dissoluta consilia,

id. Agr. 2, 20, 55:

luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae,

Suet. Calig. 25:

nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1; Cat. 42, 13.—Hence, sup.:

omnium mortalium perditissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65; Just. 21, 5, 5.— Adv.: perdĭtē.

In an abandoned manner, incorrigibly:

se gerere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.—

Desperately, excessively:

amare,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 32:

conari,

Quint. 2, 12, 5.

prō-flīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike or dash to the ground, to cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer (class.; syn.: sterno, prosterno).

Lit.:

inimicos profligare,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 75:

copias hostium,

Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 37:

classem hostium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

hostes,

Nep. Dat. 6, 8:

proelia,

i. e. the warriors, Tac. A. 14, 36:

aciem virorum,

Sil. 11, 400; Tac. A. 13, 4.—

Trop.

To overthrow, ruin, destroy:

rem publicam,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

tantas opes,

Nep. Pelop. 2, 3:

undique se suosque profligante fortunā,

Liv. 33, 19:

valetudinem,

Gell. 19, 5, 2.—

To overwhelm, crush in spirit:

quanti illum maerore afflictum esse et profligatum putatis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2.—

To bring almost to an end, to almost finish, despatch:

bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere,

Liv. 21, 40, 11:

profligato fere Samnitium bello,

id. 9, 29, 1; 28, 2, 11:

profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum,

Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 2:

profligata jam haec, et paene ad exitum adducta quaestio est,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15:

omnia ad perniciem profligata,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

sperans, ante Vitellii adventum profligari plurimum posse,

that it would be brought nearly to an end, Suet. Oth. 9:

profligaverat bellum Judaicum Vespasianus,

Tac. H. 2, 4; Flor 2, 15, 2; Just. 31, 7, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 13, 2:

profligatis in Africā rebus,

Just. 22, 8, 1:

victoriam,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 2:

quantum profligatum sit,

how far advanced, Just. 20, 4, 13; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 20.—Hence, prōflīgātus, a, um, P. a.

Wretched, miserable, vile (class.;

syn. perditus): senatoria judicia perdita profligataque,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8.—

In a moral sense, corrupt, dissolute, abandoned, profligate (class.):

tu omnium mortalium profligatissime ac perditissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65:

homines,

id. Arch. 6, 14:

omnia ad perniciem profligata atque perdita,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 38:

profligatissimus quisque,

Suet. Tib. 35.—

Of time, advanced (post-Aug.):

profligatae aetatis (homo),

Sen. Ot. 2, 2 (al. Vit. Beat. 29, 2).—In neutr. absol.:

in profligato esse,

to be almost ended, Gell. 15, 5, 2.

prō-flīgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to strike down, ruin, destroy (post-class.):

proflictae res,

cast down, ruined, Gell. 15, 5, 2.

prō-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a.

To drive forth, drive away:

ver proterit aestas Interitura,

i. e. supplants, Hor. C. 4, 7, 9.—

To tread under foot, trample down, wear away, crush, bruise (class.; syn. proculco).

Lit.:

aliquem pedibus,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 13:

homines elephantis proterendos substravit,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

januam limā,

i. e. to destroy, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9:

equitatus aversos proterere incipit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

agmina curru,

Verg. A. 12, 330:

florentia arva,

Ov. M. 2, 791:

adversum rota proterit agmen,

Sil. 2, 175:

ulmus labens proterit uvas,

Stat. Th. 8, 747:

seges torrefacta proteritur,

Col. 2, 21, 3.—

Transf., in gen., to overthrow, beat, crush, defeat, destroy:

Marte Poenos,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 34:

protrita hostium acies,

Tac. H. 2, 26:

aliquem proterere et conculcare,

to maltreat, abuse, trample upon, Cic. Fl. 2, 22, 53; cf.:

pati urbem proteri atque conculcari,

Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66:

ruinā suā proteri,

Vell. 2, 91, 4:

umbram,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

omnia ferro,

Just. 24, 4, 6:

barbaram plebem,

Amm. 15, 4, 12. —Hence, prōtrītus, a, um, P.a., worn out (by rubbing); hence, of words, of frequent use, common, trite, vulgar (post-class.):

verba,

Gell. 5, 21, 4; 12, 2, 1; 18, 4, 6.

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).

Lit.

In gen.:

equos,

to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

juncta juga leonibus,

Cat. 63, 76:

quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

cinctas vestes,

Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

nodum,

Cels. 7, 4, 4:

fila,

to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

vulnera,

to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

oras,

to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

virginem catenis,

i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

crura vinclis,

id. A. A. 3, 272:

(puella) resoluta capillos,

id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

claustra,

to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

litteras,

Liv. 26, 15:

venas,

Tac. A. 6, 48:

jugulum mucrone,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

ferro,

id. ib. 6, 643:

manum in diversum,

Quint. 11, 3, 97:

fauces haec in verba,

Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

exspectato Ora sono,

id. ib. 13, 126:

fatis ora,

Verg. G. 4, 452;

and simply ora,

id. A. 3, 457:

ignis aurum resolvit,

melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

nivem,

to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

resolutus repente Rhenus,

Suet. Dom. 6:

margaritas in tabem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

glaebam in pulverem,

Col. 11, 2, 60:

nummos,

to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

nebulas ventis ac sole,

to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

tenebras (sidere),

Verg. A. 8, 591:

resoluta caligo,

Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

terra resoluta,

Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

muros ariete,

to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

cinctos muros,

id. 12, 495:

saxa,

id. 1, 369. —

In partic.

To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

(Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

nexos artus,

id. ib. 4, 695:

utrumque (concubitus),

Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

corpus (somno),

id. M. 7, 328:

placitā resoluta quiete,

id. ib. 9, 468:

membra ad molles choros,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

fatigatione resolutus,

id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—

Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

minas,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

argentum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

pro vecturā,

id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

id. ib. 149, 2. —

Trop.

In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127:

quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

teque piacula nulla resolvent,

release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

amore resolutus,

Tib. 1, 10, 83:

(Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

resoluta legibus urbs,

id. 11, 36:

ira resoluta frenis legum,

Luc. 2, 145:

litem quod lite resolvit,

does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

tristitiam animi,

Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

dolos tecti ambagesque,

i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

jura (pudoris),

id. ib. 4, 27:

dolos fraudesque,

Sil. 7, 153:

gaudia ferro,

id. 13, 508:

amphiboliam,

to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

ambiguitatem,

id. 12, 2, 13:

dicta ex parte diversā,

i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

vectigal et onera commerciorum,

to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

stipulationem,

Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

conventionem,

ib. 41, 5, 2:

emptionem,

ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —

In partic. (acc. to I. B.).

To relax, soften:

disciplinam militarem,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

judices,

Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —

To pay:

unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

Mart. 10, 98.—

Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—

Unbridled:

gaudia,

Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

quo resolutius decachinnetis,

more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.