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  • 1 dis-solvō

        dis-solvō solvī, solūtus, ere,    to take apart, disunite, part, destroy: opus suum natura dissolvit: pontem, N.: navem, Ph.: animus, si est harmonia, dissolvetur. — To take to pieces, analyze: Quem (versum), H.—To pay, discharge: aes alienum dissolutum: omne quod debuit: pecuniam pro iis rebus, Cs.: poenam: damna. — To free from debt: dissolvi nullo modo possunt.—Fig., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy: amicitias: societatem: religiones, L.: leges Caesaris: iudicia publica: regiā potestate dissolutā, N.: rem p., L.: frigus, H.: mortalium mala, S.: plerosque senectus dissolvit, S.—To refute, reply to, answer: criminatio tota dissoluta est: (crimina) iudicio. — To release, disengage: Dissolvi me, ut, etc., T.

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  • 2 carpō

        carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.
    * * *
    carpere, carpsi, carptus V TRANS
    seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool); separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode

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  • 3 carpo

    carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].
    I.
    Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).
    A.
    In gen.:

    (flos) tenui carptus ungui,

    Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

    ab arbore flores,

    id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

    infra, II.: rosam, poma,

    Verg. G. 4, 134:

    violas et papavera,

    id. E. 2, 47:

    violas, lilia,

    Ov. M. 5, 392:

    frondes uncis manibus,

    id. G. 2, 366:

    plenis pomaria ramis,

    Ov. H. 4, 29:

    vindemiam de palmite,

    Verg. G. 2, 90:

    fructus,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    frumenta manu,

    id. ib. 3, 176.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

    alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    carpunt gramen equi,

    Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

    herbam,

    Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

    pabula,

    id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

    alimenta,

    id. M. 15, 478:

    apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

    gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

    apis carpens thyma,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

    Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

    Ov. M. 2, 792:

    nec carpsere jecur volucres,

    id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

    prandium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

    carpe cibos digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —
    2.
    Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

    summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

    Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

    vellera,

    Verg. G. 4, 335:

    pensa,

    id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

    lana carpta,

    carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

    ex collo furtim coronas,

    to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

    crinem genasque,

    to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

    so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

    Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

    Sen. Thyest. 1061.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

    ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

    Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

    atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

    Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

    basia,

    Mart. 5, 46, 1:

    gaudia,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

    dulcia,

    Pers. 5, 151:

    regni commoda carpe mei,

    Ov. F. 3, 622:

    fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

    and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

    delicias,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

    syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

    Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

    flore aetatis frui,

    Liv. 21, 3, 4):

    illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

    spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

    diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    honores virtutis,

    Val. Fl. 1, 177:

    auras vitales,

    Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

    sub dio somnos,

    Verg. G. 3, 435:

    quietem,

    id. A. 7, 414:

    soporem,

    id. ib. 4, 522:

    noctes securas,

    Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—
    b.
    In a bad sense.
    (α).
    To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

    Liv. 45, 35, 5:

    imperatorem,

    id. 44, 38, 2:

    quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

    Quint. 11, 1, 24:

    maligno sermone,

    Suet. Aug. 27:

    obliquis orationibus,

    id. Dom. 2:

    nonnihil vocibus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Liv. 7, 12, 12:

    sinistris sermonibus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    Ciceronem in his,

    Quint. 9, 4, 64:

    te ficto quaestu,

    Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

    et detorquere recte facta,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    famam vitamque,

    id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—
    (β).
    To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

    vires,

    Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

    quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

    id. 34, 3, 2;

    esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

    Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

    solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

    Verg. A. 4, 32:

    curā carpitur ista mei,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

    aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

    invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

    Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

    non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

    to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

    Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

    aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

    totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

    Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,
    (γ).
    In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

    agmen adversariorum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

    Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

    novissimum agmen,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

    novissimos,

    Liv. 8, 38, 6:

    extrema agminis,

    id. 6, 32, 11. —
    2.
    To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

    Liv. 26, 38, 2:

    summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

    id. 3, 61, 13:

    Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

    is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning
    (α).
    supra:

    si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

    distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

    viam,

    Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

    iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

    supremum iter = mori,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

    gyrum,

    to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

    fugam,

    to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

    prata fugā,

    Verg. G. 3, 142:

    pede viam,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

    pede iter,

    id. F. 3, 604:

    pedibus terras, pontum remis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 33:

    pede campos,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

    mare,

    id. M. 11, 752:

    litora,

    id. ib. 12, 196;

    15, 507: aëra alis,

    id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

    aethera,

    Ov. M. 8, 219:

    carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

    id. ib. 10, 53.

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  • 4 ab-sūmō

        ab-sūmō sūmpsī, sūmptus, ere,    to take away, diminish, use up, consume, exhaust: satietatem amoris, T.: absumet heres Caecuba, H.: mensas mālis, V.: mālis membra, to tear to pieces, V.: lacrimis absumitur omnis, wastes away, O.: rebus paternis absumptis, H.—Often of time, to spend, consume: omne id tempus consultando, L.: tempora cum blandis verbis, i. e. time and smooth words, O.: inter has cogitationes biduo absumpto, Cu.— To destroy, ruin, consume, kill: cum ille et curā et sumptu absumitur, T.: animam leto, V.: ungula in quinos absumitur unguīs, is lost in, O.—Of persons, to kill, destroy: multi ferro ignique absumpti sunt, L.: qui gurgitibus absumpti sunt, L.

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  • 5 detergeo

    detergere, detersi, detersus V TRANS
    wipe/clean off/away; strip/trim/sheer/break/sweep off, rub/wipe clean; cancel; remove, take away; break to pieces; have swept off

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  • 6 detergeo

    dē-tergĕo, si, sum, 2 (also post-class.:

    detergis,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 191: detergunt, id. ap. Eutr. 2, 375:

    detergantur,

    Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21; Ap. Mag. 59, p. 312, 26; Sen. Ep. 47, 4, v. tergeo), v. a.
    I.
    To wipe off, wipe away (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sudorem frontis brachio,

    Suet. Ner. 23; cf.:

    lacrimas pollice,

    Ov. M. 13, 746; cf.:

    teneros fletus stamine,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 375:

    araneas,

    Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.— Poet.:

    nubila,

    i. e. to drive away, remove, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 15; cf. sidera, to drive or chase away, Cic. Arat. 246.—
    2.
    Transf., to cleanse by wiping, to wipe off, wipe clean, to clean out:

    caput pallio,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 20:

    labra spongiā,

    Col. 6, 9, 2; cf.:

    se linguā,

    id. 6, 6, 1:

    frontem unguento,

    Petr. 47, 1:

    falces fibrina pelle,

    Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265:

    cloacas,

    Liv. 39, 44; cf. Suet. Aug. 18.—Comic:

    mensam,

    i. e. to clear, to empty, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To take away, remove:

    fastidia,

    Col. 8, 10, 5: somnum, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 27.—
    2.
    To cleanse, purge:

    animum helleboro,

    Petr. 88, 4;

    secula foedo victu,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 1, 191.—
    3.
    In colloq. lang., of money:

    primo anno LXXX. detersimus,

    have swept off, got, Cic. Att. 14, 10, 6.—
    II.
    To strip off, break off; to break to pieces:

    remos,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58; Liv. 28, 30 fin.:

    pinnas asseribus falcatis,

    id. 38, 5:

    palmites,

    Col. 4, 27 fin.

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  • 7 eviscero

    ē-viscĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. ( poet. and in post-class. prose).
    1. A.
    Lit., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.); Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64 fin. — Hence,
    2.
    In gen., to tear to pieces, lacerate:

    columbam (accipiter),

    Verg. A. 11, 723.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    opes,

    i. e. to dissipate, squander, exhaust, Cod. Just. 3, 29, 7:

    fidem,

    Ambros. Luc. 4, § 26; cf.:

    cum ceteri amnes abluant terras et eviscerent,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 10.—
    * II.
    To take out of the bowels or interior part. — Transf.:

    unio e concha evisceratus,

    Sol. 53 fin.

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  • 8 praecaedit

    prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.
    (α).
    With acc. and dat.:

    linguam alicui,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

    manum alicui gladio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

    aures, nasum et labia alicui,

    Just. 1, 10, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gen.:

    collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    manus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

    caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

    Petr. 1:

    medici membra praecidunt,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

    ancoras,

    to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

    id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

    traducem,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cut through, cut up (class.):

    cotem novaculā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

    naves,

    to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—
    2.
    To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

    praecide os tu illi,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—
    3.
    Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

    iter,

    Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, to take away.
    A.
    Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

    dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

    maximam partem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

    sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

    3: sibi reditum,

    id. Pis. 22, 51:

    per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

    brevi praecidam,

    in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    praecide, inquit,

    cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—
    B.
    To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

    si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3, 7:

    praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

    id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

    id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

    utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—
    C.
    To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

    plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

    flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

    Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

    Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Castrated (post-class.):

    fanatici,

    Lampr. Elag. 7:

    praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—
    b.
    Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    iter,

    Sall. J. 92, 7:

    rupes,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

    praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    comprehensio,

    id. 7, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Troublesome (postclass.):

    ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

    Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.
    1.
    In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

    praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—
    2.
    Positively, absolutely (class.):

    praecise negare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    non praecise, sed sub condicione,

    Dig. 36, 3, 1.

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  • 9 praecido

    prae-cīdo (old form praecaedit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 18), cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off in front; hence, in gen., to cut off.
    I.
    Lit. (class.); constr. with acc. alone, or with acc. and dat. or gen. of person.
    (α).
    With acc. and dat.:

    linguam alicui,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 12:

    manum alicui gladio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 59:

    aures, nasum et labia alicui,

    Just. 1, 10, 5.—
    (β).
    With acc. and gen.:

    collegae sui praecidi caput jussit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

    quae patrem occiderit, manus ejus praecidantur,

    Sen. Contr. 9, 27, 8.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    manus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 44:

    caput, Quadrig. ap. Gell. l. l.: capita,

    Petr. 1:

    medici membra praecidunt,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 8, 3, 105:

    ancoras,

    to cut the cables, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditatur,

    id. Rab. Perd. 11, 31:

    traducem,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To cut through, cut up (class.):

    cotem novaculā,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    linguam Nicanoris praecisam jussit particulatim avibus dari,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 33:

    naves,

    to cripple, make unfit for service, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—
    2.
    To beat to pieces, to batter, smash (ante-class.):

    praecide os tu illi,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52 (dub.; cf. id. Pers. 2, 4, 12 Ritschl).—
    3.
    Praecidere sinum maris, to cut off, avoid, i. e. to sail straight (postAug.), Sen. Ep. 53, 1: medium mare, Auct. Quint. Decl. 12, 22; cf.

    iter,

    Plin. 8, 22, 34, [p. 1413] § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, to take away.
    A.
    Of speech, to cut short, abridge; to cut short one's words, to be brief, break off or finish abruptly:

    dum te obtuetur, interim linguam oculi praeciderunt,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 56:

    maximam partem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151:

    sibi licentiam libertatemque vivendi,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1, §

    3: sibi reditum,

    id. Pis. 22, 51:

    per abscissionem significatio fit, si, cum incipimus aliquid dicere, praecidimus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67:

    brevi praecidam,

    in a word, in short, briefly, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    praecide, inquit,

    cut it short, be brief, id. Ac. 2, 43, 133.—
    B.
    To break off, cut off, end, destroy; esp. with spem:

    si non praeciditur spes plebeio quoque, apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3, 7:

    praecisa consulatūs spes erit,

    id. 4, 3, 15; 24, 31, 12; 42, 50, 1:

    id sum assecutus, ut una hora perdito spem judicii corrumpendi praeciderem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20:

    utrum spem nostram praecidat an differat,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 28, 4; id. Ben. 2, 5, 1.—Also of friendship, etc.: amicitias repente praecidere, to break off suddenly (opp. sensim dissuere), Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120.—
    C.
    To deny flatly, refuse, decline, etc.:

    plane sine ullā exceptione praecidit,

    flatly refused, Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    cupiebam eum esse nobiscum: quod quia praeciderat,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 1.—Hence, praecīsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., cut or torn off, separated ( poet.):

    Trinacria Italiā praecisa,

    Manil. 4, 630.— Subst.: praecī-sum, i, n., a piece of meat cut off, a cutlet, steak (ante-class.), Naev. ap. Non. 151, 2: praeciso capi, Lucil. ib.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Castrated (post-class.):

    fanatici,

    Lampr. Elag. 7:

    praecisi ac professi impudientiam,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 3.—
    b.
    Broken off, steep, abrupt, precipitous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    acuta silex praecisis undique saxis,

    Verg. A. 8, 233:

    iter,

    Sall. J. 92, 7:

    rupes,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Shortened, short, brief (post-Aug.):

    praecisis conclusionibus obscuri,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17:

    comprehensio,

    id. 7, 3, 15.—
    2.
    Troublesome (postclass.):

    ut sub obtentu militiae praecisiorem se adversario faceret (al. pretiosiorem),

    Dig. 49, 16, 4.—Hence, adv.: prae-cīsē.
    1.
    In short, in few words, briefly, concisely (class.):

    praecise dicere (opp. plene et perfecte dicere),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—
    2.
    Positively, absolutely (class.):

    praecise negare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    non praecise, sed sub condicione,

    Dig. 36, 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praecido

  • 10 seco

    sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

    Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

    et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

    Tert. Apol. 4:

    cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

    omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

    sectae herbae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

    gallinam,

    to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

    placenta,

    Mart. 3, 77, 3:

    alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

    palatum,

    to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

    tergora in frusta,

    Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

    marmora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

    nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

    prave sectus unguis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

    secti lapides,

    Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

    in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

    saevitia secandi,

    Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

    membra,

    id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

    vomicam,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

    varices Mario,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

    nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

    was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    servum,

    Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—
    2.
    To cut, castrate (very rare):

    puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

    Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

    sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

    id. 5, 41, 3.—
    C.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

    ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

    the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

    lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

    rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

    Ov. F. 6, 148:

    teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    corpora vepres,

    id. G. 3, 444:

    crura (sentes),

    Ov. M. 1, 509:

    pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

    cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

    sectus flagellis,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

    loris,

    Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

    si quem podagra secat,

    gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

    imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

    Mart. 9, 92, 9.—
    2.
    Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,
    a.
    To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

    Verg. A. 7, 717:

    medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

    medios agros (Tiberis),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

    medium agmen (Turnus),

    Verg. A. 10, 440:

    agrum (limes),

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

    caelum (zonae),

    Ov. M. 1, 46:

    sectus orbis,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

    in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—
    b.
    With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

    delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

    cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

    aequor,

    id. ib. 5, 218:

    pontum,

    id. ib. 9, 103:

    aequor Puppe,

    Ov. M. 11, 479:

    fretum puppe,

    id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

    vada nota (amnis),

    id. ib. 1, 370:

    ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

    Cic. Arat. 48:

    aethera pennis (avis),

    Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

    auras (cornus),

    id. A. 12, 268:

    ventos (Cyllenia proles),

    ib. ib. 4, 257:

    sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

    id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

    ille viam secat ad naves,

    Verg. A. 6, 899:

    hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

    Quint. 3, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).
    * A.
    To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

    secuit Lucilius Urbem,

    Pers. 1, 114.—
    B.
    To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

    haec in plures partes,

    Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

    scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

    id. 4, 5, 6:

    quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

    id. 4, 5, 25:

    sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

    id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

    quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

    ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

    id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

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