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|lshtext=<b>immŏlo</b>: (inm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. inmola.<br /><b>I</b> Orig., to [[sprinkle]] a [[victim]] [[with]] [[sacrificial]] [[meal]] ([[mola]] salsa): [[olim]] hostiae immolatae dicebantur [[mola]] salsa tactae, cum [[vero]] ictae et aliquid ex illis in aram datum, mactatae dicebantur, Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 57.—So [[only]] in one [[other]] [[example]] in [[Cato]]: boves immolati, [[Cato]] ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 541.—Far [[more]] freq. and [[class]].,<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[bring]] as an [[offering]], to [[offer]], [[sacrifice]], [[immolate]] (cf. [[macto]]): ego [[hodie]] dis meis iratissumis [[sex]] [[agnos]] immolavi, Plaut. Poen. 2, 5: Musis bovem immolasse dicitur, Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88: bovem Dianae, Liv. 1, 45, 7; cf.: Dianae vitulum, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 94: hostias, id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63: animalia [[capta]], Caes. B. G. 4, 17. 3: agnum, Hor. C. 4, 11, 7: aut pro victimis homines immolant aut se immolaturos vovent, Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 2: homines, Cic. Rep. 3, 9; id. Front. 10, 21: filiam, Quint. 3, 11, 6: puerum, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 82: qui hominem immolaverint, exve ejus [[sanguine]] litaverint, etc., Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 16: [[porca]], quae Cereri immolatur, Veran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 250 Müll.—Absol.: cum [[Sulla]] immolaret [[ante]] [[praetorium]], Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: [[nemo]] [[nostrum]] est, [[quin]], [[etiam]] cum de [[alia]] re immolaret, [[tamen]], etc., Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2: cum immolanti aufugisset [[hostia]], Suet. Caes. 59; 18; id. Aug. 95.—Pass. impers.: cum pluribus dis immolatur, Civ. Div. 2, 17, 38.—With abl. of the [[offering]]: quibus hostiis immolandum cuique deo, cui majoribus, cui lactentibus, etc., Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: [[itaque]] Jovi tauro, verre, ariete immolari non [[licet]], Capit. ap. Macr. S. 3, 10, 3; cf. ib. § 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., in a [[still]] [[more]] [[general]] [[sense]], to [[sacrifice]], [[slay]]: [[Pallas]] te hoc vulnere, [[Pallas]] Immolat, Verg. A. 12, 949: inferias quos (juvenes) immolet umbris, id. ib. 10, 519; Phaedr. 4, 6, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> (Eccl. Lat.) To [[present]] as an [[offering]], [[render]]: humilitatem animae suae deo, Tert. Cult. Fem. 2, 9: paenitentiam deo, id. Pudic. 10: cui [[populus]] suffragiis immolat, does [[homage]] to, id. de Anim. 33.
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