to+vex

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

laedo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [perh. for lavido, root lu-; cf.: luo, solvo, and Germ. los-], to hurt by striking, wound, injure, damage (syn.: saucio, vulnero).

Lit.:

lora laedunt bracchia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 9:

lembus ille mihi laedit latus,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 47:

tua laesuro subtrahe colla,

Ov. R. Am. 90:

frondes laedit hiems,

id. F. 6, 150:

teneros laedunt prima juga juvencos,

id. H. 4, 21; cf.:

thymum laeditur imbribus,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

aliquem vulnere,

Ov. M. 4, 601:

quid me dente captas laedere?

Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

ferro retunso Semina,

Verg. G. 2, 301:

salsā laedit rubigine ferrum,

id. ib. 2, 220: servum aliqua parte corporis, Gai Inst. 3, 219.— Poet.:

collum,

i. e. to hang one's self, Hor. C. 3, 27, 60:

laesus nube dies,

i. e. darkened, Luc. 5, 456.—

Trop., to trouble, annoy, vex, injure, offend, afflict, grieve, hurt:

dicto, facto,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

injuste neminem laesit,

Cic. Mur. 40, 87:

non minus nos stultitia illius sublevat, quam laedit improbitas,

id. Caecin. 9, 23:

aliquem perjurio suo,

to attack, id. ib. 10, 28:

Pisonem,

to rail at, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

nulli os,

to offend no one to his face, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10:

tua me infortunia laedunt,

Hor. A. P. 103:

tristi laedere versu scurram,

id. S. 2, 1, 21: te a me ludibrio laesum iri, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 1:

quae laedunt oculum, demere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 38; 1, 17, 8.— Absol.:

quia laesit prior,

Ter. Eun. prol. 6:

nec laedere nec violari,

Lucr. 5, 1020.—

Esp.

Of pledged faith, one's word, agreement, etc., to break, violate, betray:

fidem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111; Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

cur tibi junior laesa praeniteat fide,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 4:

laesi testatur foederis aras,

Verg. A. 12, 496:

laesae vulnera pacis,

Petr. 119.—

Of reputation, to harm, injure:

famam alicujus gravi opprobrio,

Suet. Caes. 49.—

Freq. of an offended divinity:

quo numine laeso,

Verg. A. 1, 8; 2, 183:

tu magnorum numen laesura deorum,

Hor. Epod. 15, 3:

ego laedor,

Ov. M. 1, 608:

Veneris numina,

Tib. 1, 3, 79; 3, 6, 26:

superos,

Luc. 7, 848.—

Of circumstances:

res laesae,

disaster, misfortune, Sil. 11, 6, 5.—Esp., in the phrase laedere majestatem, to commit treason (late Lat., v. also majestas):

laesae majestatis arcessere maritum,

Amm. 16, 8, 4:

laesae crimina majestatis,

id. 19, 12, 1; 21, 12, 19; so,

laedere majestatem populi Romani,

Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 13.

mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi; v. in the foll.), morsum, 2, v. a. [root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. smerdnos, smerdaleos; (cf. Engl. smart)], to bite, to bite into (class.).

Lit.: si me canis memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.):

canes mordere possunt,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57:

mordens pulex,

biting, Mart. 14, 83:

(serpens) fixum hastile momordit,

bit into, Ov. M. 3, 68:

mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc.,

taste, Juv. 6, 632: terram, to bite the ground, bite the dust, of expiring warriors writhing on the ground:

procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,

Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.:

morsi a rabioso cane,

Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100:

laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis,

Cat. 64, 316.—

In partic., to eat, devour, consume ( poet.):

tunicatum cum sale mordens Caepe,

Pers. 4, 30:

ostrea,

Juv. 6, 305:

sordes farris mordere canini,

id. 5, 11.—

Transf.

To bite into, take fast hold of, catch fast; to press or cut into ( poet.):

laterum juncturas fibula mordet,

takes hold of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274:

mordebat fibula vestem,

Ov. M. 8, 318:

id quod a lino mordetur,

where the thread presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4:

locus (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit,

id. 7, 5, 4:

arbor mordet humum,

takes hold of the ground, is rooted in the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, poet., of a river: non rura quae Liris quieta Mordet aqua, cuts or penetrates into, Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—

To nip, bite, sting:

matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,

nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [p. 1165] aestus, id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

mordeat et tenerum fortior aura nemus,

Mart. 8, 14, 2:

radix gustu acri mordet,

bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133:

linguam,

id. 29, 2, 9, § 34:

oculos,

id. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

urtica foliis non mordentibus,

stinging, burning, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—

Trop., to bite, sting, pain, hurt (syn.: pungo, stimulo, remordeo;

class.): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum,

bit, stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

morderi dictis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25:

jocus mordens,

a biting jest, Juv. 9, 10:

mordear opprobriis falsis,

shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38:

par pari referto, quod eam mordeat,

to vex, mortify, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55:

valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1:

scribis, morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis,

that it grieves you, affects you, id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

dolore occulto morderi,

to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806:

nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor iniquo Ullum de nostris dente momordit opus,

detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46:

morderi conscientiā,

to feel the sting of conscience, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

hunc mordebit objurgatio,

Quint. 1, 3, 7.—

To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.):

hoc tene, hoc morde,

Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —

To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).

offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).

Lit.:

offendere caput ad fornicem,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

latus vehementer,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

coxam,

to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

solido,

against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

in scopulis offendit puppis,

strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

in redeundo offenderunt,

ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

in cornua,

Sol. 40:

ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

visco,

id. Poen. 2, 37.—

Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

imparatum te offendam,

will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

eundem bonorum sensum,

id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

nondum perfectum templum offendere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—

Trop.

In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

in causis,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

ad fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—

In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

in multis enim offendimus omnes,

Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

cum nihil aliud offenderit,

Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—

To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

si in me aliquid offendistis,

have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—

To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

sin aliquid esset offensum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—

To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

tuam existimationem,

id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

id. Balb. 26, 59:

offensus nemo contumeliā,

id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

ne offendam patrem,

id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

ut eos splendor offendat,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

Lucr. 6, 791:

offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

polypodion offendit stomachum,

disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.

Offensive, odious (cf.:

invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

offensum et invisum esse alicui,

id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—

Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

offensus et alienatus animus,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.

offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).

Lit.:

offendere caput ad fornicem,

Quint. 6, 3, 67:

latus vehementer,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

coxam,

to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

solido,

against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

in scopulis offendit puppis,

strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

in redeundo offenderunt,

ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

in cornua,

Sol. 40:

ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

visco,

id. Poen. 2, 37.—

Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

imparatum te offendam,

will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

eundem bonorum sensum,

id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

nondum perfectum templum offendere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—

Trop.

In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

in causis,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

ad fortunam,

Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—

In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

in multis enim offendimus omnes,

Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

cum nihil aliud offenderit,

Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—

To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

si in me aliquid offendistis,

have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—

To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

sin aliquid esset offensum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—

To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

tuam existimationem,

id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

id. Balb. 26, 59:

offensus nemo contumeliā,

id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

ne offendam patrem,

id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

ut eos splendor offendat,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

Lucr. 6, 791:

offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

polypodion offendit stomachum,

disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.

Offensive, odious (cf.:

invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

offensum et invisum esse alicui,

id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—

Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

offensus et alienatus animus,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.

offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3 (old fut. perf. pepugero, Att. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 10; perf. punxi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.:

pupungi, in pungit, punxit, pupungit,

Not. Tir. p. 131; scanned pŭpūgi, Prud. steph. 9, 59), v. a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence also pugil, pugnus; Gr. pux, etc.], to prick, puncture (class.).

Lit.:

aliquem,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24:

acu comatoriā mihi malas pungebat,

Petr. 21:

vulnus quod acu punctum videretur,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65.—

Transf.

To pierce into, penetrate, enter:

corpus,

Lucr. 2, 460 (v. the passage in connection).—

To affect sensibly, to sting, bite: ut pungat colubram: cum pupugerit, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.:

pungunt sensum,

Lucr. 4, 625:

aliquem manu,

to pinch, Petr. 87 fin.:

nitrum adulteratum pungit,

has a pungent taste, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—

To press, hasten:

futura pungunt, nec se superari sinunt,

Pub. Syr. v. 177 Rib.—

Trop., to prick, sting, vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy, etc.:

scrupulus aliquem stimulat ac pungit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

epistula illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 158:

pungit me, quod scribis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 1:

si paupertas momordit, si ignominia pupugit,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

quos tamen pungit aliquid,

id. ib. 5, 35, 102:

odi ego, quos numquam pungunt suspiria somnos,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27. —Hence, punctus, a, um, P. a., pricked in, like a point; hence, of time: puncto tempore (cf.: puncto temporis; v. infra), in an instant, in a moment (only in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 263; 456; 1006; 4, 216; 6, 230.—Hence, subst. in two forms.

punctum, i, n., that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture.

Lit. (very rare), Mart. 11, 45, 6.—

Transf.

A point, small spot (as if made by pricking):

ova punctis distincta,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 144:

gemma sanguineis punctis,

id. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

puncta quae terebrantur acu,

Mart. 11, 46, 2:

ferream frontem convulnerandam praebeant punctis,

i. e. with the marks of slavery, Plin. Pan. 35.—

In partic.

A point made in writing, Aus. Epigr. 35, 1; 145, 5;

as a punctuation mark,

Diom. p. 432 P.—

A mathematical point. Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—

A point or spot on dice: quadringenis in punctum sestertiis aleam lusit, Suet. Ner. [p. 1492] 30; Aus. Prof. 1, 29.—

A point or dot as the sign of a vote, made in a waxen tablet, before the introduction of separate ballots;

hence, transf.,

a vote, suffrage, ballot, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Mur. 34, 72; id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—Hence, poet., applause, approbation:

omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,

Hor. A. P. 343:

discedo Alcaeus puncto illius,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 99; Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 5.—

A point on the bar of a steelyard, indicating the weight:

diluis helleborum, certo compescere puncto nescius examen,

Pers. 5, 100.—

A small part of any thing divided or measured off, e.g.,

A small weight, Pers. 5, 100.—

A small liquid measure, Front. Aquaed. 25.—

A small portion of time, an instant, a moment (cf. momentum):

puncto temporis eodem,

in the same moment, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; cf.:

ne punctum quidem temporis,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 7:

nullo puncto temporis intermisso,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 52; Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—In plur.:

omnibus minimis temporum punctis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 67:

animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

temporis puncto omnes Uticam relinquunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.; Plin. Pan. 56:

horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

diei,

Lucr. 4, 201.—Rarely absol.:

punctum est quod vivimus et adhuc puncto minus,

Sen. Ep. 49, 14, 3:

puncto brevissimo dilapsa domus,

App. M. 9, p. 235, 30; cf.:

quod momentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile aut vacuum laude,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2; Vulg. Isa. 54, 7.—

In space, a point:

ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri, quo quasi punctum ejus attingimus, poeniteret,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—

In discourse, a small portion, brief clause, short section, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Aus. Idyll. 12 prooem.—

puncta, ae, f. (very rare), a prick, puncture, Veg. Mil. 1, 12.

quătĭo, no perf., quassum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. root, cyu-, to move, set in motion; cf. Gr. skeuos, instrument; skeuazô, to prepare], to shake (class.; syn.: concutio, convello).

Lit.

In gen., Fest. p. 261 Müll.:

cum equus magnā vi caput quateret,

Liv. 8, 7:

alas,

Verg. A. 3, 226:

pennas,

Ov. M. 4, 676; Hor. C. 3, 29, 53:

aquas,

to agitate, disturb, Ov. H. 18, 48:

cymbala,

Verg. G. 4, 64:

catenas,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: caput. Ov. F. 6, 400:

comas,

id. H. 14, 40:

quercum huc illuc,

id. M. 12, 329.—

Of earthquakes: quatitur terrae motibus Ide,

Ov. M. 12, 521:

quid quateret terras,

id. ib. 15, 71:

quatiens terram fragor,

Sil. 1, 536.—

Of the ground, by treading, marching, etc.: campum,

Verg. A. 11, 875:

campos,

id. ib. 11, 513; Sil. 1, 297:

quatitur tellus pondere,

id. 4, 199:

sonitu quatit ungula campum,

Verg. A. 8, 596:

pede ter humum,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 28:

pede terram,

id. ib. 1, 4, 7:

quatitur certamine circus,

Sil. 16, 323. —

In partic.

Of arms, weapons, reins, etc., to wield, brandish, ply, hold:

securim,

Verg. A. 11, 656:

ensem,

Sil. 1, 429:

aegida,

id. 12, 336:

scuta,

Tac. H. 2, 22:

hastam,

Petr. 124:

lora,

Sil. 16, 415; 16, 440:

largas habenas,

id. 17, 542:

verbera (i. e. flagella),

Verg. Cul. 218.—

Of the body, breast, limbs, etc., to agitate, shake, cause to tremble, etc.:

horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29:

anhelitus artus et ora quatit,

id. ib. 5, 199:

tussis pulmonem quatit,

Sil. 14, 601:

terror praecordia,

id. 2, 254:

pectora quatit gemitu,

Val. Fl. 5, 310.—

To beat, strike, drive:

homo quatietur certe cum dono foras,

to beat out of doors, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67:

Arctophylax prae se quatit Arctum, Cic. poët. N. I). 2, 42, 109: cursu quatere equum,

Verg. G. 3, 132; Sil. 12, 254.—Of things:

quatiunt fenestras juvenes,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 1:

scutum hastà,

Liv. 7, 26, 1. —

To shake, beat, or break in pieces, to batter, shatter:

urbis moenia ariete quatere,

Liv. 21, 10:

muros,

Verg. A. 2, 610:

muros arietibus,

Liv. 38, 10:

turres tremendā cuspide,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 7:

tecta quatiuntur,

Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

externas arces,

Sil. 2, 300:

Pergama,

id. 13, 36; cf.:

tonitru quatiuntur caerula caeli,

Lucr. 6, 96. —

Trop., to agitate, more, touch, affect, excite:

est in animis tenerum quiddam quod aegritudine quasi tempestate quatiatur,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12: mentem, Hor. C. 1, 16, 5:

nec vultus tyranni Mente quatit solidā (justum virum),

id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

non ego te Invitum quatiam,

id. ib. 1, 18, 12:

quatiunt oracula Colchos,

Val. Fl. 1, 743:

famā oppida,

id. 2, 122:

quatit castra clamor,

Sil. 3, 231:

tumultus pectora quatit,

Sen. Thyest. 260:

ingenium,

Tac. H. 1, 23:

animum,

Gell. 9, 13, 5:

cum altissima quaterentur, hic inconcussus stetit,

Plin. Pan. 94, 3. —

In partic., to plague, vex, harass:

quatere oppida bello,

Verg. A. 9, 608:

extrema Galliarum,

Tac. H. 4, 28. — Hence, quassus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., shaken, beaten, or broken in pieces, battered, shattered:

aula quassa,

a broken pot, Plaut. Curc. 3, 26:

muri,

Liv. 26, 51:

naves,

id. 25, 3:

faces,

i. e. pieces of pine-wood split up for torches, Ov. M. 3, 508:

rates,

shattered, leaky, Hor. C. 4, 8, 32; 1, 1, 18:

murra,

Ov. M. 15, 399:

lectus,

id. H. 11, 78:

harundo,

Petr. 69:

turres,

Sen. Thyest. 568; cf.:

multo tempora quassa mero,

Ov. R. Am. 146; cf. quasso, I. B. —

Trop.:

quassā voce,

in a broken voice, Curt. 7, 7, 20:

littera,

Quint. 12, 10, 29:

anima quassa malis,

broken down, exhausted, worn out, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1308:

quasso imperio,

Sil. 15, 7.

sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.

Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;

ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,

keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:

nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,

Lucr. 5, 162:

pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,

id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,

tellurem,

Verg. G. 2, 418:

herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,

Ov. F. 4, 396:

remis freta,

Verg. G. 2, 503:

spicula dextrā,

id. A. 12, 404:

totum tremoribus orbem,

Ov. M. 6, 699:

stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,

excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):

stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,

to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:

hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,

stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:

sollicitavit aquas remis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:

lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,

id. Idyll. 1, 3:

seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,

id. Ruf. 1, 336:

Maenalias feras,

to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:

ne salebris sollicitentur apes,

Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:

cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—

To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:

sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,

Lucr. 4, 1037.—

Trop., = sollicitum facere.

With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.

Of the body (very rare and poet.):

mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,

distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —

Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.

To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:

nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:

jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:

sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?

Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:

aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?

id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:

me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,

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

an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,

Liv. 45, 28 med.:

cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,

id. 30, 36 fin.:

desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:

de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):

et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,

Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:

me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—

More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:

istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:

sed erile scelus me sollicitat,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:

haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,

Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:

nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—

To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:

quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,

quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 484:

temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,

id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:

quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,

Liv. 8, 13, 13:

finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,

to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:

unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,

id. 21, 10, 12; so,

pacem,

id. 34, 16 fin.:

ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,

id. 1, 31, 8:

ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,

Verg. A. 4, 380:

alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,

Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:

eum non metus sollicitabit,

id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,

Ov. F. 5, 40:

sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,

Luc. 4, 665:

ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:

parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:

cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:

sollicito manes,

I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:

sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,

Manil. 1, 93.—

Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.

To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,

Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:

sollicitatque deas,

id. M. 4, 473:

vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,

id. ib. 9, 683:

quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:

labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,

Mart. 66, 16:

me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:

deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,

Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,

To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:

nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,

Mart. 12, 74, 5:

cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:

non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,

Sen. Ep. 88, 7:

in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:

quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,

Just. 21, 1, 5:

omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,

id. 8, 3, 8:

in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),

id. 9, 1:

sollicitati praeda,

id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:

te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,

Stat. Th. 1, 27:

magno praemio sollicitatus,

bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:

ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,

Quint. 11, 3, 151.—

Transf., to incite one to do something.

To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).

Absol.:

servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,

Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:

non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?

id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:

sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,

id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;

sollicitavit quos potuit,

id. Cael. 13, 31:

Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:

ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,

Ov. M. 6, 463:

pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,

Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:

ad sollicitandas civitates,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,

id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;

7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,

Sall. C. 24 fin.:

nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,

Liv. 24, 49, 8:

vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,

id. 8, 23, 2:

ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,

id. 37, 8, 5:

num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,

id. 42, 19 fin.:

omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,

id. 42, 26 fin.; so,

diu,

id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;

45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,

Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—

With ad and acc.:

in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,

Cic. Cael. 21, 51:

servum ad venenum dandum,

id. Clu. 16, 47:

opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,

Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:

cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,

Curt. 4, 11, 1.—

With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,

Curt. 4, 10, 16.—

With gen., gerund., and causa:

comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,

Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—

With in and acc. (post-class.;

the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,

Just. 1, 7, 18:

Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,

urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:

Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,

id. 2, 12, 1:

qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,

id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —

With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):

nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),

to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—

In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,

induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:

quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,

Mart. 6, 7, 4:

cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:

sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,

it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:

cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,

id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:

alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,

Suet. Dom. 2:

juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,

Stat. Th. 2, 485:

sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,

id. ib. 6, 550:

ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,

Just. 8, 3, 8:

Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,

id. 12, 2, 1:

avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),

id. 32, 2, 1:

sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,

allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:

hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:

serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,

id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:

hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,

id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:

velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,

Just. 31, 3, 2:

remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),

Suet. Galb. 5:

quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:

ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),

id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):

finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,

urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:

cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:

sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,

Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:

maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,

Ov. M. 9, 683.

stĭmŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to prick with a goad, to prick or goad on, to urge on (syn. pungo).

Lit. (post-Aug. and rare):

quadrijugos flagello,

Sil. 4, 439:

equos calcaribus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 9; for which, poet. transf.:

turbatos currus,

Luc. 7, 570; Sil. 16, 367:

aries stimulatus,

Col. 7, 3, 5.—

Trop., to goad, torment, vex, trouble, disquiet, disturb (class. and freq.;

syn. agito): jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor, vorsor in amoris rota miser,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4:

hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis, postulat,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

larvae stimulant virum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 66:

te conscientiae stimulant maleficiorum tuorum,

Cic. Par. 2, 18:

me nunc et congressus hujus (Caesaris) stimulat,

id. Att. 9, 15, 2:

me haec solitudo minus stimulat quam ista celebritas,

id. ib. 12, 13, 1:

consulem cura de minore filio stimulabat,

Liv. 44, 44:

stimulatus furenti rabie,

Cat. 63, 4:

curis animum stimulantibus,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 326.—

In gen., to rouse up, set in motion; to spur on, incite, stimulate to any action (syn. cieo, excio).

With simple acc.:

Phrygio stimulat numero cava tibia mentes,

Lucr. 2, 620:

aliquem,

Liv. 3, 68, 10:

avita gloria animum stimulabat,

id. 1, 22, 2:

irā stimulante animos,

id. 1, 12, 1; 30, 11:

cupido animum stimulabat,

Curt. 4, 7, 8; 6, 5, 19:

stimulata pellicis irā,

Ov. M. 4, 235.—With inanim. objects:

jurgia praecipue vino stimulata,

Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

Persicorum sucus sitim stimulat,

Plin. 23, 7, 67, § 132; so,

venerem,

id. 20, 5, 15, § 32; cf.

conceptus,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 38:

fugam hostium,

id. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

iras functas,

to revive, arouse, Stat. Th. 12, 437. —

With ad:

ad alicujus salutem defendendam stimulari atque excitari,

Cic. Planc. 28, 69:

ad perturbandam rempublicam,

Sall. C. 18, 4:

ad arma,

Liv. 1, 23, 7:

ad iram,

Tac. H. 2, 44.—

With in:

injuriae dolor in Tarquinium eos stimulabat,

Liv. 1, 40, 4:

animos eorum irā in hostes stimulando,

id. 21, 11, 3; cf.

in a mixed construction: ad iram saepius quam in formidinem stimulabantur,

Tac. H. 2, 44 fin. —

With ut or ne:

vetus nostra simultas antea stimulabat me, ut caverem, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

rubore stimulabantur, ne clientulorum loco numerarentur,

Tac. Or. 37; Curt. 7, 7, 26.—

Poet., with inf.:

festinare fugam... iterum stimulat,

Verg. A. 4, 576:

stimulante metu fati praenoscere cursus,

Luc. 6, 423:

juvencos jactare accensis stimulavi cornibus ignes,

Sil. 12, 504.—

Absol.:

stimulante fame,

Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 9:

stimulante conscientiā,

Curt. 5, 11, 7:

metu stimulante,

id. 7, 7, 26.

ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a. [for uso from root us; cf. Gr. euô, to singe; auô, to kindle], to burn (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(sacer ignis) urit corpore serpens Quamcumque arripuit partem,

Lucr. 6, 660:

urere ne possit calor amplius aridus artus,

id. 4, 871:

calidum hoc est: etsi procul abest, urit male,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 81:

urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum,

Verg. A. 7, 13:

homines in usum nocturni luminis,

Tac. A. 15, 44:

picem et ceras alimentaque cetera flammae,

Ov. M. 14, 533.—

In partic.

To burn up, destroy by fire, consume (syn. cremo):

hominem mortuum, inquit lex in XII., in urbe ne sepelito neve urito,

Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58 Mos.; so XII. Tab. ib. 2, 24, 60:

flamma cum corpora fulva leonum soleat torrere atque urere,

Lucr. 5, 898 (902): in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15:

agros,

Liv. 26, 21, 15:

urbes hostium,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

superbas Carthaginis arces,

Hor. Epod. 7, 6:

Achaïcus Ignis Iliacas domos,

id. C. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

usto ab Ilio,

id. Epod. 10, 13:

ustis navibus,

id. ib. 9, 8:

neglectis urenda filix innascitur agris,

id. S. 1, 3, 37:

cum frondibus uritur arbos,

Ov. M. 2, 212 et saep.:

acanthi radices ustis laxatisque mire prosunt,

burned, scorched, Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76:

a sole usti,

id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

ecce sexus infirmus se uri perpetitur,

Lact. 5, 13, 14:

urbis hostium,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

praedas,

id. A. 4, 48:

regionem,

Curt. 4, 9, 8; 4, 14, 2.—

Of encaustic painting, to burn in (very rare):

picta coloribus ustis puppis,

Ov. F. 4, 275:

tabulam coloribus,

id. ib. 3, 831.—

Transf.

To burn, i. e. to scorch, parch, dry up; to sting or pain acutely (syn. torreo):

videmus ceteras partes incultas (terrarum), quod aut frigore rigeant aut urantur calore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

cum Sol gravis ureret arva,

Ov. M. 6, 339:

terras (Sol),

id. ib. 4, 194:

campum (seges),

Verg. G. 1, 77 sq.:

solum (cicer),

Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124:

vineas (fimum suillum),

id. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

urentes harenae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 31;

v. Orell. ad h. l.: sitis usserat herbas,

Ov. F. 4, 299:

sitis arida guttur Urit,

id. M. 11, 130:

fauces urit sitis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 114:

nec febribus uror anhelis,

Ov. P. 1, 10, 5:

pestilentia urens simul urbem atque agros,

Liv. 10, 47, 6:

dysenteria si urat,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 128: calx urit, discutit, extrahit, burns, heats (when taken as a medicine), id. 36, 24, 57, § 180:

uri, vinciri, ferroque necari,

Sen. Ep. 37, 1:

hae sunt, quarum Delicias et panniculus bombycinus urit,

oppresses, Juv. 6, 260.—

To rub sore; to gall, fret, chafe, corrode:

calceus... si pede minor, uret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:

si te gravis uret sarcina chartae,

id. ib. 1, 13, 6:

teneros urit lorica lacertos,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 23:

uri virgis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 58:

loris non ureris,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

antiqua terebra urit eam partem quam perforat: Gallica excavat nec urit,

Col. Arb. 8, 3:

ut prensos urant juga prima juvencos,

Ov. R. Am. 235. —

To pinch with cold; to nip, blast, wither:

pernoctant venatores in nive, in montibus uri se patiuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

Scythae continuis frigoribus uruntur,

Just. 2, 2, 9:

iis, quae frigus usserit, sunt remedio,

Plin. 22, 25, 57, § 119; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 8; id. F. 1, 680:

urebant montana nives,

Luc. 4, 52; Val. Fl. 2, 287.—

Trop., to burn, inflame, consume with passion; in pass., to burn, glow, be heated, be inflamed, be enamored; of love or lust:

me tamen urit amor,

Verg. E. 2, 68:

Daphnis me malus urit,

id. ib. 8, 83:

vires urit videndo Femina,

id. G. 3, 215:

urit me Glycerae nitor, Urit grata protervitas,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5 sq. — Pass.:

uritur infelix Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 68: Hor. Epod. 14, 13; Ov. M. 1, 496; 3, 464; 7, 22;

13, 763 al.: meum jecur urere bilis,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 66:

ira communiter urit utrumque,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13.— Pass.:

uror, seu, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 9.—Of envy:

urit fulgore suo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 13.—

Transf.

To vex, annoy:

uro hominem,

I gall the fellow, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 42; cf. pass.:

id nunc his cerebrum uritur, Me esse hos trecentos Philippos facturum lucri,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25. —

In gen., to disturb, harass, annoy, oppress:

eos bellum Romanum urebat,

Liv. 10, 17, 1; cf. pass.:

quo (bello) Italia urebatur,

id. 27, 39, 9:

labor aliquem urens,

id. 36, 23, 5:

captos legibus ure tuis,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 70:

populum gravis urebat infesto mari annona,

Vell. 2, 77, 1:

urebat nobilem populum ablatum mare,

Flor. 2, 6, 2.

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).

Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

turbinem puer,

Tib. 1, 5, 4:

turdos in igni,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

ova non acri favillā,

Ov. M. 8, 667:

cum versati appositi essent pisces,

Quint. 6, 3, 90:

vinclorum inmensa volumina,

Verg. A. 5, 408:

manum,

Ov. M. 12, 493:

lumina,

id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

7, 579: cardinem,

id. ib. 4, 93:

fusum,

id. ib. 4, 221;

6, 22: corpus,

id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

sortem urnā,

to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

ligonibus glaebas,

to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

rura (juvenci),

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

terram,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

desectum gramen,

hay, id. M. 14, 646:

currum in gramine,

i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

oves,

to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

pulsat versatque Dareta,

id. A. 5, 460:

me versant in litore venti,

id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

mundum versari circum axem caeli,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

qui (orbes) versantur retro,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

ne versari aves possent,

Col. 8, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

eadem multis modis,

id. Or. 40, 137:

causas,

i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

id. 5, 14, 32:

verba,

to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

fors omnia versat,

turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

Tib. 1, 5, 70:

huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

Curt. 6, 6, 27.—

In partic. (rare in Cic.).

Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

haerere homo, versari, rubere,

to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

miserum toto cubili,

Prop. 1, 14, 21:

illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

odiis domos,

to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

pectora,

id. ib. 2, 45:

muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

Liv. 1, 58, 3:

patrum animos,

id. 1, 17, 1:

pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—

To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

Liv. 3, 34, 4:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

dolos,

id. ib. 2, 62:

versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

Hor. A. P. 39:

ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

versenturque omni modo numeri,

examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

somnia decies,

to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—

Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.

Lit.:

vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

in medio pariete,

id. Cas. 1, 52:

non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

in fundo,

id. Mil. 20, 53:

in castris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

inter aciem,

id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

intra vallum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

alicui inter femina,

Suet. Tib. 44:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

apud praefectos regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

in clarissimā luce,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

in simili culpā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—

In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.

Of persons.

With in and abl. (class.):

opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

versabor in re difficili,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

id. Arch. 12, 30;

ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

si diutius in hoc genere verser,

id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

multum in imperiis,

Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

Quint. 2, 21, 19.—

With inter:

inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.—

Of abstract subjects.

With in and abl. (class.):

haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

omnia quae in causā versarentur,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

id. 5, 2, 1.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

Quint. 6, 2, 20:

circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

id. 3, 6, 23:

quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

id. 2, 15, 15.—

With abl.:

itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—

Part. perf.:

homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 7.

vexo ( inf. vexarier, Verg. Cir. 480), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [veho], orig., to shake, jolt, toss in carrying; hence, in gen., to move violently, to shake, agitate.

Lit. (rare; syn. quatio): vexasse grave verbum est, factumque ab eo videtur, quod est vehere;

in quo inest jam vis quaedam alieni arbitrii. Non enim sui potens est, qui vehitur. Vexare autem, quod ex eo inclinatum est, vi atque motu procul dubio vastiore est. Nam qui fertur et raptatur atque huc atque illuc distrahitur, is vexari proprie dicitur, etc.,

Gell. 2, 6, 5:

(rector) per confragosa vexabitur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 41, 68:

navigia in summum veniant vexata periclum,

Lucr. 6, 430:

Dulichias vexasse rates,

Verg. E. 6, 76:

classis vexata est tempestate,

Vell. 2, 79, 4:

(venti vis) montes supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris,

Lucr. 1, 275:

venti caeli nubila vexant,

Ov. M. 11, 435:

in turbā vexatus,

tossed back and forth, Suet. Aug. 53 fin.:

ruina cum clade vexatarum regionum (of an earthquake),

Just. 17, 1, 3. —

Transf., in gen., to injure, damage, molest, annoy, distress, plague, trouble, maltreat, abuse, vex, harass, disquiet, disturb, torment, etc. (syn.: ango, crucio, vasto, the predom. signif. of the word).

Physically: cum Hannibal terram Italiam laceraret atque vexaret, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 6, 7:

agros vectigales vexatos et exinanitos a Verre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 122:

Siciliam,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12;

2, 3, 54, § 125: omnem Galliam,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

agros,

id. ib. 4, 15 fin.:

urbes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 29:

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 10, 27:

Amanienses hostes sempiternos,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

hostes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31 al.:

vexati omnes difficultate viae,

Liv. 40, 22, 6; 42, 55, 3:

vexato exercitu descendit,

id. 36, 30, 6:

quos et ipsos... locorum asperitas hostiliter vexavit,

id. 43, 5, 10; Nep. Eum. 5, 2:

quem (stomachum) umor vexat,

Plin. 20, 8, 32, § 76:

fauces (tussis),

Mart. 11, 86, 1:

vites frigore,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 217:

dentes percussu,

id. 28, 11, 49, § 180:

vestem solo,

to rumple, disorder, Petr. 128:

rosas,

to crush, Mart. 11, 89, 2:

comas,

to twist, frizzle, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 24.—In mal. part.:

maritum,

Mart. 8, 46, 7; 11, 81, 1; Petr. 139; Aus. Epigr. 108.—

In the part. perf. subst.: vexāta, ōrum, n., injured parts of the body, hurts, injuries, Cels. 7 praef. fin.; ib. 1; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; Scrib. Comp. 101.—

Mentally:

aliquem probris maledictisque,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48:

(Quinctius) multis vexatus contumeliis,

id. Quint. 31, 98:

aliquem honestissimis contentionibus,

id. Phil. 3, 9, 23:

aliquem iis verbis, ut, etc.,

id. Sest. 28, 60:

vexatur Theophrastus et libris et scholis omnium philosophorum,

is attacked, id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25:

sollicitudo vexat impios,

disquiets, torments, id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf.:

ita conscientia mentem excitam vexabat,

Sall. C. 15, 4:

me honoris cupido vexabat,

id. ib. 3, 5:

mentem mariti philtris,

Juv. 6, 611.

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).

Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

turbinem puer,

Tib. 1, 5, 4:

turdos in igni,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

ova non acri favillā,

Ov. M. 8, 667:

cum versati appositi essent pisces,

Quint. 6, 3, 90:

vinclorum inmensa volumina,

Verg. A. 5, 408:

manum,

Ov. M. 12, 493:

lumina,

id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

7, 579: cardinem,

id. ib. 4, 93:

fusum,

id. ib. 4, 221;

6, 22: corpus,

id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

sortem urnā,

to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

ligonibus glaebas,

to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

rura (juvenci),

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

terram,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

desectum gramen,

hay, id. M. 14, 646:

currum in gramine,

i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

oves,

to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

pulsat versatque Dareta,

id. A. 5, 460:

me versant in litore venti,

id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

mundum versari circum axem caeli,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

qui (orbes) versantur retro,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

ne versari aves possent,

Col. 8, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

eadem multis modis,

id. Or. 40, 137:

causas,

i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

id. 5, 14, 32:

verba,

to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

fors omnia versat,

turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

Tib. 1, 5, 70:

huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

Curt. 6, 6, 27.—

In partic. (rare in Cic.).

Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

haerere homo, versari, rubere,

to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

miserum toto cubili,

Prop. 1, 14, 21:

illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

odiis domos,

to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

pectora,

id. ib. 2, 45:

muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

Liv. 1, 58, 3:

patrum animos,

id. 1, 17, 1:

pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—

To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

Liv. 3, 34, 4:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

dolos,

id. ib. 2, 62:

versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

Hor. A. P. 39:

ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

versenturque omni modo numeri,

examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

somnia decies,

to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—

Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.

Lit.:

vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

in medio pariete,

id. Cas. 1, 52:

non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

in fundo,

id. Mil. 20, 53:

in castris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

inter aciem,

id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

intra vallum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

alicui inter femina,

Suet. Tib. 44:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

apud praefectos regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

in clarissimā luce,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

in simili culpā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—

In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.

Of persons.

With in and abl. (class.):

opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

versabor in re difficili,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

id. Arch. 12, 30;

ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

si diutius in hoc genere verser,

id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

multum in imperiis,

Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

Quint. 2, 21, 19.—

With inter:

inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.—

Of abstract subjects.

With in and abl. (class.):

haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

omnia quae in causā versarentur,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

id. 5, 2, 1.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

Quint. 6, 2, 20:

circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

id. 3, 6, 23:

quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

id. 2, 15, 15.—

With abl.:

itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—

Part. perf.:

homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 7.