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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=supplex (gen.), supplicis ADJ :: suppliant, kneeling, begging<br />supplex supplex supplicis N M :: [[suppliant]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>supplex</b>: (subpl-), ĭcis (abl. supplĭci, [[but]] also -ĭce freq. in [[dactyl]]. and anap. [[verse]], Hor. C. 3, 14, 8; Tib. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 2, 396 al.;<br /><b>I</b> and [[always]] [[when]] used subst., Verg. A. 3, 667; Ov. M. 8, 261; Curt. 5, 3, 14; or to [[denote]] a [[temporary]] [[attitude]] or [[relation]], not a [[permanent]] [[characteristic]], Cic. Scaur. 2, 35; Luc. 8, 287; 8, 346; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 46; gen. plur. [[supplicium]], Liv. 24, 30; 29, 16; 35, 34), adj. [[sup]]-[[plico]], bending the knees, kneeling [[down]]; [[hence]], [[humbly]] [[begging]] or entreating; [[humble]], [[submissive]], beseeching, [[suppliant]], supplicant ([[class]].; syn.: [[humilis]], submissus).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[supplex]] te ad [[pedes]] abiciebas, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf. id. Lig. 5, 13: ad alios se reges supplicem contulisse, id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21: et genua amplectens effatur talia [[supplex]], Verg. A. 10, 523: [[vobis]] [[supplex]] [[manus]] tendit [[patria]] [[communis]], Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 18; cf. [[infra]] II.: se supplicem pro [[aliquo]] profiteri, id. Pis. 32, 80: [[supplex]] ad aliquem venire, id. Att. 16, 16, C, § 10: ad opem judicum supplices confugere, id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23): do [[manus]] Supplex, Hor. Epod. 17, 2: [[supplex]] populi suffragia [[capto]], id. Ep. 2, 2, 103: [[tibi]] quo [[die]] Portus [[Alexandrea]] [[supplex]] patefecit, id. C. 4, 14, 35: [[supplex]] rogabo, Stat. Achill. 1, 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: ut [[tibi]] fierem [[supplex]], Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 20: judicibus [[supplex]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; id. de Or. 1, 53, 229: ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abjeci, id. Mil. 36, 100; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 101; id. Cist. 1, 1, 34; id. Pers. 2, 3, 18; id. Stich. 2, 1, 18; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 47; Cic. Planc. 8, 21; Ov. H. 12, 185 al.: cum [[Alcibiades]] Socrati [[supplex]] esset, ut, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As subst.: [[supplex]], ĭcis, m., a [[suppliant]], [[humble]] [[petitioner]]: in miseros ac supplices misericordiā uti, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: et nos jacentis ad [[pedes]] supplicum voce prohibebis? Cic. Lig. 5, 13: tu supplice [[digno]] dignior, Val. Fl. 7, 290: [[paternus]], Sen. [[Troad]]. 315; so [[with]] a pron. [[possess]]. or gen.: [[vester]] est [[supplex]], judices, Cic. Mur. 40, 86; so, [[vester]], id. Clu. 70, 200: [[tuus]], Hor. C. 3, 10, 16: [[supplex]] vestrae misericordiae, Cic. Cael. 32, 79: dei, Nep. Paus. 4, 5; id. Ages. 4, 8: tui numinis, Sen. Agam. 343: [[domus]] inimicae, Quint. Decl. 9, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things: [[manus]] supplices, Cic. Font. 21, 48 (17, 38): manu supplice, Ov. M. 11, 279: [[dextra]], Val. Fl. 4, 11: [[vitta]], Hor. C. 3, 14, 8: dona, Verg. A. 3, 439: libelli, Mart. 8, 31, 3: vota, Verg. A. 8, 61: verba, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1: vox, Sall. C. 31, 7; Ov. M. 2, 396; Liv. 30, 12; Curt. 4, 6, 28: voce [[supplex]], Tac. A. 1, 57: [[oliva]], Val. Fl. 3, 424: querelae, Tib. 1, 4, 72: lacrimae, Prop. 1, 16, 4: [[causa]], Quint. 11, 1, 3.—Hence, adv.: [[sup]]-plĭcĭter, [[humbly]], [[submissively]], suppliantly: [[suppliciter]] demisseque respondere, Cic. Fl. 10, 21; id. de Or. 1, 20, 90; Caes. B. G. 1, 27; Suet. Aug. 13; id. Tib. 10; Verg. A. 1, 481; 12, 220; Hor. S. 1, 8, 32; Ov. F. 2, 438; id. P. 1, 10, 44.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>supplex</b>,⁸ plĭcis, qui plie les genoux, qui se prosterne, suppliant : <b> a)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] Cic. Phil. 2, 86 ; Lig. 13 ; Pomp. 21 ; Cat. 4, 18, etc. ; [[manus]] supplices Cic. Font. 48, mains suppliantes ; supplicia verba Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1, paroles suppliantes ; <b> b)</b> [avec dat.] : [[supplex]] judicibus [[non]] fuit Cic. Tusc. 1, 71, il ne se présenta pas en suppliant devant les juges, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 229 ; me plurimis [[pro]] te supplicem [[abjeci]] Cic. Mil. 100, pour toi, je me [[suis]] jeté en suppliant aux pieds d’un grand nombre de personnes ; cum [[Alcibiades]] Socrati [[supplex]] esset, ut Cic. Tusc. 3, 77, Alcibiade suppliant Socrate de ; <b> c)</b> [pris subst<sup>t</sup>] : Cæs. G. 2, 28, 3 ; Cic. Lig. 13 ; [[vester]] [[est]] [[supplex]] Cic. Clu. 200, il vous supplie, cf. Hor. O. 3, 10, 16 ; [[supplex]] vestræ misericordiæ Cic. Cæl. 79, qui implore votre pitié, cf. Nep. Paus. 4, 5 ; Ages. 4, 8. abl. supplici ; [[supplice]] subst. et poét. &#124;&#124; gén. pl. supplicum Cic. Mur. 9 ; [[supplicium]] *Liv. 24, 30, 14 ; 29, 16, 6.
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{{Georges
|georg=supplex, plicis, Abl. gew. [[supplice]], [[doch]] [[auch]] supplicī, Genet. Plur. supplicum u. ([[selten]]) [[supplicium]] ([[sub]] u. [[placo]]), [[sich]] demütigend, demütig bittend, demütig flehend, a) absol., [[supplex]] te ad [[pedes]] abiciebas, Cic.: [[pro]] sua incolumitate [[supplex]], Tac. – übtr., v. lebl. Subjj.: tendit ad [[vos]] [[manus]] supplices, Cic.: orat multis et supplicibus verbis, Cic.: [[apud]] alqm vocem supplicem mittere, Liv.: voce supplici postulare, Sall.: s. [[libellus]], Bittschrift, Mart. – b) m. Dat.: alci fieri od. [[esse]] supplicem, jmd. demütig [[bitten]], Plaut. u. Cic.: cum lacrimans Socrati [[supplex]] esset, ut etc., Cic. – c) m. Pronom. poss. od. m. Genet. [[des]] Angeflehten: [[vester]] est [[supplex]], Cic.: [[tuus]], Hor.: dei, Nep.: misericordiae vestrae, Cic.: eorum (näml. simulacrorum ararumque) supplices, an ihnen, [[unter]] ihrem Schutze, Nep. – / Über den Abl. Sing. vgl. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 2, 78 u. 79; [[über]] den Genet. Plur. [[dies]]. 2, 128 u. 129.
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