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per-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 (old fut. pervenibunt, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 6; pres. subj. pervenat, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 12; inf. pres. pass. pervenirier, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 35), v. n., to come to, arrive at, reach a place.

Lit.:

quotumo die Sicuone huc pervenisti,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 78:

Germani in fines Eburonum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

ad portam,

Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

in summum montis,

Ov. M. 13, 909:

in portum,

Quint. 2, 17, 24.—

Transf., of things, to reach, become known to, come to, fall to, etc.:

si ad erum haec res pervenerit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50:

si lupinum ad siliquas non pervenit,

does not come to pods, does not form pods, Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

duodecim secures in praedonum potestatem pervenerunt,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

ut omnis hereditas ad filiam perveniret,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

serrula ad Stratonem pervenit,

id. Clu. 64, 180:

annona ad denarios L in singulos modios pervenerat,

had risen to, Caes. B. C. 1, 52:

pervenit res ad istius aures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; for which poet. with simple acc.:

verba aures non pervenientia nostras,

Ov. M. 3, 462.— Impers. pass.:

postquam est in thalami tecta Perventum,

Verg. G. 4, 375; id. A. 2, 634.—

Trop., to come to, arrive at; to reach, attain to any thing: sine me pervenire, quo [p. 1361] volo (in my story), Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 44:

calamitas colonum ad fructus pervenire non patitur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

in maximam invidiam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45: in senatum, to get into the Senate, i. e. to become a senator, id. Fl. 18, 43:

ad primos comoedos,

to become a first-rate comedian, id. Rosc. Com. 11, 30:

si in tua scripta pervenero,

to be mentioned in your writings, id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

ad id, quod cupiebat,

id. Off. 1, 31, 113 (dub.;

al. venire): ad magnam partem laudis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

deditio, ex quā ad Jugurtham scelerum impunitas, in rem publicam damna atque dedecora pervenerint,

Sall. J. 31, 19:

in odium alicujus,

Nep. Lys. 1, 3:

in amicitiam alicujus,

id. Alc. 5, 3:

ex tot procellis civilibus ad incolumitatem,

id. Att. 10, 6:

ad desperationem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

in magnum timorem. ne, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 61:

ad septuagesimum regni annum pervenit,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; Nep. Phoc. 2, 1.— Pass. impers.:

pervenirier Eo quo nos volumus,

attain our object, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 35:

quin erat dicturus, ad quem propter diei brevitatem perventum non est,

his turn was not reached, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9:

ad manus pervenitur,

id. Sest. 36, 77.

pēs, pĕdis, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. pād, foot, from root pad, ire; Gr. pod-, pous; Goth. fōt; old Germ. vuoz; Engl. foot], a foot of man or beast.

Lit.:

si pes condoluit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

calcei apti ad pedem,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

nec manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra,

id. Univ. 6:

pede tellurem pulsare,

i. e. to dance, Hor. C. 1, 37, 1; cf.:

alterno pede terram quatere,

id. ib. 1, 4, 7;

4, 1, 27: pedis aptissima forma,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 7:

aves omnes in pedes nascuntur,

are born feet first, Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149:

cycnum pedibus Jovis armiger uncis Sustulit,

Verg. A. 9, 564; cf. id. ib. 11, 723: pedem ferre, to go or come, id. G. 1, 11:

si in fundo pedem posuisses,

set foot, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: pedem efferre, to step or go out, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

qui pedem portā non extulit,

Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; 6, 8, 5:

pedem portā non plus extulit quam domo suā,

id. ib. 8, 2, 4: pedem limine efferre, id. Cael. 14, 34: pedem referre, revocare, retrahere, to go or come back, to return:

profugum referre pedem,

Ov. H. 15, 186; id. M. 2, 439.—Said even of streams:

revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto,

Verg. A. 9, 125:

retrahitque pedes simul unda relabens,

id. ib. 10, 307; cf. infra, II. H.: pedibus, on foot, afoot:

cum ingressus iter pedibus sit,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34; Suet. Aug. 53.—

Esp. in phrase: pedibus ire, venire, etc.: pedibus proficisci,

Liv. 26, 19:

pedibus iter conficere,

id. 44, 5:

quod flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transire potest,

Caes. B. G. 5, 18:

(Caesar) pedibus Narbonem pervenit,

id. B. C. 2, 21:

ut neque pedibus aditum haberent,

id. B. G. 3, 12 init. —Rarely pede ire ( poet. and late Lat.):

quo bene coepisti, sic pede semper eas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 66:

Jordanem transmiserunt pede,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, 165, n. 16.— Trop.:

Bacchus flueret pede suo,

i. e. wine unmixed with water, Auct. Aetn. 13; cf.:

musta sub adducto si pede nulla fluant,

Ov. P. 2, 9, 32, and II. H. infra.—Pregn., by land:

cum illud iter Hispaniense pedibus fere confici soleat: aut si quis navigare velit, etc.,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

seu pedibus Parthos sequimur, seu classe Britannos,

Prop. 2, 20, 63 (3, 23, 5):

ego me in pedes (conicio),

take to my heels, make off, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 5.— Esp.: ad pedes alicui or alicujus, accidere, procidere, jacere, se abicere, se proicere, procumbere, etc., to approach as a suppliant, to fall at one's feet:

ad pedes omnium singillatim accidente Clodio,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

abjectā togā se ad generi pedes abiecit,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

rex procidit ad pedes Achillei,

Hor. Epod. 17, 14:

vos ad pedes lenonis proiecistis,

Cic. Sest. 11, 26:

filius se ad pedes meos prosternens,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

tibi sum supplex, Nec moror ante tuos procubuisse pedes,

Ov. H. 12, 186:

cui cum se moesta turba ad pedes provolvisset,

Liv. 6, 3, 4:

ad pedes Caesaris provoluta regina,

Flor. 4, 11, 9:

(mater una) mihi ad pedes misera jacuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129; cf.:

amplecti pedes potui,

Ov. M. 9, 605:

complector, regina, pedes,

Luc. 10, 89:

servus a pedibus,

a footman, lackey, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1: sub pedibus, under one's feet, i. e. in one's power, Verg. A. 7, 100; Liv. 34, 32: sub pedibus esse or jacere, to be or lie under one's feet, i. e. to be disregarded ( poet.):

sors ubi pessima rerum, Sub pedibus timor est,

Ov. M. 14, 490:

amicitiae nomen Re tibi pro vili sub pedibusque jacet,

id. Tr. 1, 8, 16: pedem opponere, to put one's foot against, i. e. to withstand, resist, oppose ( poet.), id. P. 4, 6, 8: pedem trahere, to drag one's foot, i. e. to halt, limp; said of scazontic verse, id. R. Am. 378: trahantur haec pedibus, may be dragged by the heels, i. e. may go to the dogs (class.):

fratrem mecum et te si habebo, per me ista pedibus trahantur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10; id. Fam. 7, 32, 2: ante pedes esse or ante pedes posita esse, to lie before one's feet, i. e. before one's eyes, to be evident, palpable, glaring:

istuc est sapere, non quod ante pedes modo est, Videre, sed etiam illa, quae futura sunt, Prospicere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 32:

transilire ante pedes posita, et alia longe repetita sumere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

omni pede stare,

i. e. to use every effort, make every exertion, Quint. 12, 9, 18: nec caput nec pes, neither head nor foot, beginning nor end, no part:

nec caput nec pes sermonum apparet,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139:

garriet quoi neque pes neque caput conpareat,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 81: tuas res ita contractas, ut, quemadmodum scribis, nec caput nec pedes, Curio ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2:

ut nec pes nec caput uni Reddatur formae,

Hor. A. P. 8:

dixit Cato, eam legationem nec caput, nec pedes, nec cor habere,

Liv. Epit. 50: pes felix, secundus, i. e. a happy or fortunate arrival:

adi pede secundo,

Verg. A. 8, 302:

felix,

Ov. F. 1, 514; cf.:

boni pedis homo, id est cujus adventus afferat aliquid felicitatis,

Aug. Ep. ad Max. Gram. 44.—So esp. pes dexter, because it was of good omen to move the right foot first;

temples had an uneven number of steps, that the same foot might touch the first step and first enter the temple,

Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Petr. 30:

quove pede ingressi?

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 6.—So the left foot was associated with bad omens; cf. Suet. Aug. 92 init.:

pessimo pede domum nostram accessit,

App. M. 6, 26, p. 184, 1; hence, dextro pede, auspiciously: quid tam dextro [p. 1363] pede concipis, etc., Juv. 10, 5: pedibus pecunia compensatur, said proverbially of distant lands purchased at a cheap rate, but which it costs a great deal to reach, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: a pedibus usque ad caput, from head to foot, all over (late Lat.; cf.:

ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20), Aug. in Psa. 55, 20; 90, 1, 2 et saep.; cf.:

a vestigio pedis usque ad verticem,

Ambros. Offic. Min. 2, 22, 114.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t.: descendere ad pedes, to alight, dismount, of cavalry, Liv. 9, 22:

pedibus merere,

to serve on foot, as a foot-soldier, id. 24, 18:

ad pedes pugna ierat,

they fought on foot, id. 21, 46: pedem conferre, to come to close quarters:

collato pede rem gerere,

id. 26, 39; Cic. Planc. 19, 48.—

Publicist's t. t.: pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus, to adopt one's opinion, take sides with one:

cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,

Liv. 9, 8, 13; 5, 9, 2.—

In mal. part.:

pedem or pedes tollere, extollere (ad concubitum),

Mart. 10, 81, 4; 11, 71, 8;

hence the lusus verbb. with pedem dare and tollere,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5. —

Transf.

A foot of a table, stool, bench, etc., Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 46:

mensae sed erat pes tertius impar,

Ov. M. 8, 661; cf.:

pedem et nostrum dicimus, et lecti, et veli, ut carminis (v. in the foll.),

Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:

tricliniorum,

Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9:

subsellii,

Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68:

pes argenteus (mensae),

Juv. 11, 128.—

Pes veli, a rope attached to a sail for the purpose of setting it to the wind, a sheet:

sive utrumque Juppiter Simul secundus incidisset in pedem,

Cat. 4, 19:

pede labitur aequo,

i. e. before the wind, with the wind right aft, Ov. F. 3, 565:

pedibus aequis,

Cic. Att. 16, 6 init.; cf. also the passage quoted above from Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2; and:

prolato pede, transversos captare Notos,

id. Med. 322.— Hence, facere pedem, to veer out one sheet, to take advantage of a side wind, to haul the wind: una omnes fecere pedem;

pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere sinus,

Verg. A. 5, 830:

prolatis pedibus,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.—

The foot of a mountain (post-class.):

Orontes imos pedes Casii montis praetermeans,

Amm. 14, 8, 10 al. —

Ground, soil, territory (post-class.):

in Caesariensis pede,

Sol. 3, 2:

omnis Africa Zeugitano pede incipit,

id. 27, 1; cf.:

quamvis angustum pedem dispositio fecit habitabilem,

Sen. Tranq. An. 10, 4.—

The stalk or pedicle of a fruit, esp. of the grape, together with the husk:

vinaceorum pes proruitur,

Col. 12, 43; so id. 12, 36.—Of the olive, Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 5: pes milvinus or milvi, the stalk or stem of the plant batis, Col. 12, 7.—Hence, as a name for several plants: pedes gallinacei, a plant:

Capnos trunca, quam pedes gallinaceos vocant,

Plin. 25, 13, 98, § 155:

pedes betacei,

beetroots, Varr. R. R. 1, 27.—

Pedes navales, rowers, sailors, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 75.—

The barrow of a litter, Cat. 10, 22.—

Poet., of fountains and rivers: inde super terras fluit agmine dulci, Quā via secta semel liquido pede detulit undas, Lucr, 5, 272;

6, 638: crepante lympha desilit pede,

Hor. Epod. 16, 47:

liquido pede labitur unda,

Verg. Cul. 17:

lento pede sulcat harenas Bagrada,

Sil. 6, 140.—

A metrical foot:

ad heroum nos dactyli et anapaesti et spondei pedem invitas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 82:

pedibus claudere verba,

to make verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28:

musa per undenos emodulanda pedes,

in hexameters and pentameters, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 30:

inque suos volui cogere verba pedes,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 34.—

A kind of verse, measure:

et pede, quo debent fortia bella geri,

Ov. Ib. 646:

Lesbius,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 35.—

In music, time (postAug.), Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6.—

A foot, as a measure of length (class.):

ne iste hercle ab istā non pedem discedat,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13:

ab aliquo pedem discessisse,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

pedem e villā adhuc egressi non sumus,

id. Att. 13, 16, 1:

pes justus,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—Hence, transf.: pede suo se metiri, to measure one's self by one's own foot-rule, i. e. by one's own powers or abilities, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98.—

Pedes, lice; v. pedis.—

The leg (late Lat.), in phrase: pedem frangere, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22, 3; id. Serm. 273, 7.

prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).

Lit.:

pede pedem alicui premere,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

Verg. A. 7, 518:

veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

id. ib. 2, 379:

novercae Monstra manu premens,

id. ib. 8, 288:

pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

premere terga genu alicujus,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

ubera plena,

i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

vestigia alicujus,

to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

Juv. 1, 43:

dente frena,

to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

ore aliquid,

to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

aliquid morsu,

Lucr. 3, 663:

presso molari,

with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

pressum lac,

i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

uxorem,

Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

feminas premunt galli,

Mart. 3, 57, 17.—

Transf.

Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

premere litora,

Ov. M. 14, 416:

litus,

to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

aëra,

i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—

Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

premere frena manu,

Ov. M. 8, 37:

ferrum,

to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

capulum,

id. 2, 615.—

Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

toros,

Ov. H. 12, 30:

sedilia,

id. M. 5, 317:

hoc quod premis habeto,

id. ib. 5, 135:

et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

id. ib. 2, 421:

humum,

to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—

To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

aliquid terrā,

to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

nonumque prematur in annum,

kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

ossa male pressa,

i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

ut premerer sacrā lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

molli Fronde crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 147:

canitiem galeā,

id. ib. 9, 612:

mitrā capillos,

Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—

To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

os fingit premendo,

id. A. 6, 80:

caseos,

id. E. 1, 35:

mollem terram,

Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—

To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

hostes de loco superiore,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

id. B. C. 3, 46:

hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

Verg. A. 1, 467:

Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

Verg. A. 8, 473:

obsidione urbem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

ad retia cervum,

Verg. G. 3, 413:

spumantis apri cursum clamore,

id. A. 1, 324:

bestias venatione,

Isid. 10, 282.—

To press down, burden, load, freight:

nescia quem premeret,

on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

tergum equi,

id. ib. 8, 34;

14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

pressae carinae,

Verg. G. 1, 303:

pressus membra mero,

Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

auro phaleras,

to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—

To press into, force in, press upon:

(caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

Ov. F. 1, 355:

presso sub vomere,

Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

presso aratro,

Tib. 4, 1, 161:

alte ensem in corpore,

Stat. Th. 11, 542:

et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

et cubito remanete presso,

leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —

To make with any thing ( poet.):

aeternā notā,

Ov. F. 6, 610:

littera articulo pressa tremente,

id. H. 10, 140:

multā via pressa rotā,

id. ib. 18, 134.—

To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

Ov. M. 2, 135:

humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —

In partic.

To set, plant:

virgulta per agros,

Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—

To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

vestigio leviter presso,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

(trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

id. Sest. 5, 13:

sulcum premere,

to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

Front. Strat. 1, 5:

fossa pressa,

Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

Curt. 5, 1, 28.—

To strike to the ground, to strike down:

tres famulos,

Verg. A. 9, 329:

paucos,

Tac. H. 4, 2.—

To press closely, compress, press together, close:

oculos,

Verg. A. 9, 487:

alicui fauces,

Ov. M. 12, 509:

laqueo collum,

to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

Ov. M. 9, 78:

presso gutture,

compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

choked, id. 14, 221:

amplexu presso,

united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

oscula jungere pressa,

to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

pressa basia,

Mart. 6, 34, 1:

presso gradu incedere,

in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

pede presso,

id. 8, 8.—

In partic.

To shorten, tighten, draw in:

pressis habenis,

Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

laxas dure habenas,

id. ib. 1, 63).—

To keep short, prune:

Calenā falce vitem,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

luxuriem falce,

Ov. M. 14, 628:

falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

molle salictum,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—

To check, arrest, stop:

premere sanguinem,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

vestigia pressit,

Verg. A. 6, 197:

attoniti pressere gradum,

Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—

To press out, bring out by pressure:

tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—

To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—

Trop.

To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

aerumnae, quae me premunt,

Sall. J. 14, 22:

pressus gravitate soporis,

bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

invidia et odio populi premi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

premi periculis,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

cum a me premeretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

aliquem verbo,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

criminibus veris premere aliquem,

Ov. M. 14, 401:

cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

mortali urgemur ab hoste,

Verg. A. 10, 375:

premere reum voce, vultu,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

crimen,

to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

confessionem,

to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

argumentum etiam atque etiam,

to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

Verg. A. 3, 47:

maerore pressa,

Sen. Oct. 103:

veritate pressus negare non potuit,

overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—

Transf.

To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

dum nocte premuntur,

Verg. A. 6, 827:

curam sub corde,

id. ib. 4, 332:

odium,

Plin. Pan. 62:

iram,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

id. ib. 13, 16:

interius omne secretum,

Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

dolorem silentio,

Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

aliquid ore,

Verg. A. 7, 103:

jam te premet nox,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—

To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

Liv. 22, 12:

arma Latini,

Verg. A. 11, 402:

opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

famam alicujus,

Tac. A. 15, 49:

premere ac despicere,

Quint. 11, 1, 16:

premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—

To surpass, exceed:

facta premant annos,

Ov. M. 7, 449:

ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

id. P. 3, 1, 116:

quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—

To rule ( poet.):

dicione premere populos,

Verg. A. 7, 737:

imperio,

id. ib. 1, 54:

Mycenas Servitio premet,

id. ib. 1, 285.—

To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

premebat reum crimen,

id. 3, 13, 1.—

To compress, abridge, condense:

haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—

To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

sub imo Corde gemitum,

Verg. A. 10, 464:

vocem,

to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

sermones vulgi,

to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—

To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.

Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.

Lit.:

presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

Liv. 8, 8, 9:

presso gradu,

id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

Ov. M. 3, 17.—

Trop.

Of the voice or manner, subdued:

haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—

Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

color pressus,

Pall. 4, 13, 4:

color viridi pressior,

Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

spadices pressi,

Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—

Esp., of an orator or of speech.

Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

Quint. 10, 1, 102:

pressus et demissus stilus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—

Close, exact, accurate:

Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

Gell. 2, 6, 5:

quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

cogitationes pressiores,

id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

(lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—

Closely, tightly.

Lit.:

vites pressius putare,

Pall. 12, 9:

pressius colla radere,

Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—

Trop.

Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—

Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

definire presse et anguste,

Cic. Or. 33, 117:

abundanter dicere, an presse,

Quint. 8, 3, 40:

pressius et astrictius scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—

Without ornament, simply:

unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—

Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

definiunt pressius,

id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

Gell. 1, 3, 21.

quĭes, ētis (abl. quie, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 703 P.), f. [Sanscr. çi = jacēre; Gr. keimai, to lie; cf. Lat. cīvis], rest, quiet.

Lit., rest, repose, cessation from labor, from cares, etc.:

locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

senectutis,

id. Deiot. 13, 38:

quem non quies, non remissio delectarent,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

mors laborum ac miseriarum quies est,

a state of rest, id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

ex diutino labore quieti se dare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

quietem capere,

to take repose, id. B. G. 6, 27:

tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis,

id. ib. 7, 41:

quietem pati,

Sall. J. 101, 11:

nulla metuentibus quies,

Just. 2, 13, 11.— In plur.:

uti somno et quietibus ceteris,

recreations, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103. —

In partic.

A quiet life, a keeping still, neutrality between political parties:

Attici quies tantopere Caesari fuit grata, ut,

Nep. Att. 7, 3; Suet. Tib. 15; Tac. A. 14, 47.—

Quiet, peace:

quae diuturna quies pepererat,

Sall. C. 31, 1:

quieti Subdita montanae bracchia Dalmatiae,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 77:

ingrata genti quies,

Tac. G. 14:

atrox clamor et repente quies,

id. A. 1, 25:

longa,

id. Agr. 11. — Transf., of inanim. things:

si non tanta quies iret frigusque caloremque Inter,

i. e. the repose of spring, Verg. G. 2, 344:

ventorum,

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231:

pelagi,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 26:

lenis materiae,

evenness, smoothness, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—

The rest of sleep, repose, sleep, Plaut. Cure. 2, 2, 22:

capere quietem,

to fall asleep, go to sleep, Ov. F. 1, 205:

alta,

deep sleep, Verg. A. 6, 522:

ire ad quietem,

to go to rest, go to sleep, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

quieti se tradere,

id. ib. 1, 29, 61:

secundum quietem,

in sleep, id. ib. 2, 66, 135:

per quietem,

Suet. Caes. 81:

neque vigiliis neque quietibus,

Sall. C. 15, 4.—

The sleep of death, death:

olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus,

Verg. A. 10, 745:

quod si forte tibi properarint fata quietem,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 25. —

Transf.

A dream:

vanae nec monstra quietis, Nec somno comperta loquor,

Stat. Th. 10, 205:

praesaga,

id. ib. 10, 324; Vell. 2, 70, 1:

ducem terruit dira quies, nam Varum cernere visus est, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 65.—

A resting-place, lair of a wild beast ( poet.):

intectae fronde quietes,

Lucr. 1, 405.—

Personified:

Quies,

the goddess of rest, Liv. 4, 41, 8; Stat. Th. 10, 89.

quĭes, ētis, adj., for quietus, a, um (cf. inquies), quiet, peaceful (ante-class.): mens, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 704 P.: milites quietes, Licin. Macer. ib.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

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

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

i, jam sequor te, mater,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

ne sequerer moechas,

id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

vallem,

Liv. 32, 6, 5:

pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

Ov. M. 8, 332:

vestigia alicujus,

id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—

Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

curriculo sequi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

servi sequentes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

id. 4, 12, 9.—

Of things:

magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

zonā bene te secutā,

id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—

In partic.

To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

hostes sequitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

hostem,

Ov. M. 13, 548:

fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

feras,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

hostem pilo,

Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

finem sequendi facere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —

To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

sequens annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

sequente anno,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

secuto die,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

secuta aetas,

id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

sequenti senatu,

Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

secuturo Phoebo,

Luc. 2, 528:

sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—

With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

sequitur clamor,

Verg. A. 9, 504:

tonitrum secuti nimbi,

Ov. M. 14, 542:

lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

id. ib. 9, 780:

nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—

Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

Liv. 33, 13, 10:

ut victorem res sequeretur,

id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

heredem monumentum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

heredem possessio,

Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—

To go towards or to a place:

Formias nunc sequimur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

Epirum, Cyzicum,

id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

Italiam,

Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

Itala regna,

Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—

Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

Verg. A. 6, 146:

cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.

Trop.

In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

id. ib. 20, 74:

post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

Liv. 5, 6, 7. —

In partic.

To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

sectam,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

id. ib. 12, 43:

auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sententiam Scipionis,

id. ib. 1, 2:

vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

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

arma victricia,

Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

si modo verba sequantur,

Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—

To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

eam (sc. utilitatem),

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

justitiam,

id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

amoenitatem et salubritatem,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

lites,

id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

gratiam Caesaris,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

linguam et nomen,

Liv. 31, 7:

mercedes,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

ferro extrema,

Verg. A. 6, 457:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

plurisque sequor disponere causas,

Lucr. 5, 529.—

In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—

In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—

To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

id. Or. 49, 165:

lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

Hor. A. P. 311:

sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

Quint. 5, 10, 42:

reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

sequenti tempore,

Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

sequente anno,

id. 3, 31, 2:

sequenti nocte,

Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

Quint. 8, 6, 40.

suc-cumbo ( subc-), cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n., to lay or put one ' s self under any thing; to fall down, lie, or sink down.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.; cf. subsido).

In gen.:

ancipiti succumbens victima ferro,

Cat. 64, 370: vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, had sunk in sleep, i. e. had closed, Ov. M. 1, 714:

(Augustus) Nolae succubuit,

took to his bed, Suet. Aug. 98 fin.:

non succumbentibus causis operis,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 106; Arn. 6, 16 Hildebr.—

In partic.

Of a woman, to lie down to a man, to cohabit with him (cf. substerno):

alicui,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cat. 111, 3; Ov. F. 2, 810; Petr. 126; Inscr. Grut. 502, 1; Mart. 13, 64, 1; 14, 201.—

With dat., of a woman, to be a rival to:

alumnae Tethyos,

Hyg. Fab. 177; id. Astr. 2, 1.—

Trop., to yield, be overcome; to submit, surrender, succumb (the predom. and class. signif.; cf.: cedo, me summitto).

With dat. (so most freq.):

philosopho succubuit orator,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

qui Cannensi ruinae non succubuissent,

Liv. 23, 25:

arrogantiae divitum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

cur succumbis cedisque fortunae?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36; id. Sull. 25, 71; cf.:

nulli neque homini neque perturbationi animi nec fortunae,

id. Off. 1, 20, 66:

magno animo et erecto est, nec umquam succumbet inimicis, ne fortunae quidem,

id. Deiot. 13, 36:

mihi,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5:

labori, Caes. B. G, 7, 86: oneri,

Liv. 6, 32:

doloribus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

senectuti,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

crimini,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

magis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 103; Sil. 14, 609:

culpae,

Verg. A. 4, 19; Ov. M. 7, 749:

tempori,

to yield, Liv. 3, 59, 5:

pugnae,

id. 22, 54:

precibus,

Ov. H. 3, 91:

voluntati alicujus,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 9.—

Absol.:

non esse viri debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

huic (socero) subvenire volt succumbenti jam et oppresso,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

succubuit famae victa puella metu,

Ov. F. 2, 810:

hac ille perculsus plagā non succubuit,

Nep. Eum. 5, 1:

succumbe, virtus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1315:

labefacta mens succubuit,

id. Troad. 950; App. M. 5, p. 161, 33. —

With inf.:

nec ipsam perpeti succubuisset,

Arn. 1, 38.

suc-cumbo ( subc-), cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n., to lay or put one ' s self under any thing; to fall down, lie, or sink down.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.; cf. subsido).

In gen.:

ancipiti succumbens victima ferro,

Cat. 64, 370: vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, had sunk in sleep, i. e. had closed, Ov. M. 1, 714:

(Augustus) Nolae succubuit,

took to his bed, Suet. Aug. 98 fin.:

non succumbentibus causis operis,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 106; Arn. 6, 16 Hildebr.—

In partic.

Of a woman, to lie down to a man, to cohabit with him (cf. substerno):

alicui,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 9; Cat. 111, 3; Ov. F. 2, 810; Petr. 126; Inscr. Grut. 502, 1; Mart. 13, 64, 1; 14, 201.—

With dat., of a woman, to be a rival to:

alumnae Tethyos,

Hyg. Fab. 177; id. Astr. 2, 1.—

Trop., to yield, be overcome; to submit, surrender, succumb (the predom. and class. signif.; cf.: cedo, me summitto).

With dat. (so most freq.):

philosopho succubuit orator,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

qui Cannensi ruinae non succubuissent,

Liv. 23, 25:

arrogantiae divitum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

cur succumbis cedisque fortunae?

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36; id. Sull. 25, 71; cf.:

nulli neque homini neque perturbationi animi nec fortunae,

id. Off. 1, 20, 66:

magno animo et erecto est, nec umquam succumbet inimicis, ne fortunae quidem,

id. Deiot. 13, 36:

mihi,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5:

labori, Caes. B. G, 7, 86: oneri,

Liv. 6, 32:

doloribus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

senectuti,

id. Sen. 11, 37:

crimini,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

magis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 103; Sil. 14, 609:

culpae,

Verg. A. 4, 19; Ov. M. 7, 749:

tempori,

to yield, Liv. 3, 59, 5:

pugnae,

id. 22, 54:

precibus,

Ov. H. 3, 91:

voluntati alicujus,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 9.—

Absol.:

non esse viri debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

huic (socero) subvenire volt succumbenti jam et oppresso,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

succubuit famae victa puella metu,

Ov. F. 2, 810:

hac ille perculsus plagā non succubuit,

Nep. Eum. 5, 1:

succumbe, virtus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1315:

labefacta mens succubuit,

id. Troad. 950; App. M. 5, p. 161, 33. —

With inf.:

nec ipsam perpeti succubuisset,

Arn. 1, 38.