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|lshtext=<b>supplĭcĭum</b>: (subpl-), ii, n. [[supplex]]; [[prop]]. a kneeling [[down]], [[either]] as a [[suppliant]] or to [[receive]] [[punishment]].<br /><b>I</b> As a [[suppliant]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In relig. lang., [[humiliation]], a [[public]] [[prayer]] or [[supplication]], an [[act]] of [[worship]] ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-Aug. and in [[prose]] [[after]] the Aug. [[period]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: [[supplicatio]], [[obsecratio]]): [[nunc]] pergam, ut suppliciis placans caelitum aras expleam, Att. ap. Non. 398, 19; cf.: deos suppliciis, sumptu, votis, donis, Precibus plorans, obsecrans, Afran. ib. 398, 22: suppliciis votisque fatigare deos, Liv. 27, 50, 5: non votis [[neque]] suppliciis muliebribus auxilia deorum parantur, Sall. C. 52, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., a sacrificing, [[offering]]: [[nihil]] ei (Jovi) [[acceptum]] est a perjuris supplicii, [[offering]], [[sacrifice]], Plaut. Rud. prol. 25: in suppliciis deorum magnifici, Sall. C. 9, 2; id. J. 55, 1: precibus suppliciisque deos placare, Liv. 22, 57, 5; cf.: quos (boves) ad deorum [[servant]] supplicia, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 10: tum supplicia dis ludique magni ab senatu decernuntur, Tac. A. 3, 64 Nipperd. ad loc.: vannos onustas aromatis et hujuscemodi suppliciis congerunt, App. M. 11, p. 265, 3; id. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 5: supplicia veteres quaedam sacrificia a supplicando vocabant, Fest. pp. 308 and 309 Müll. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[out]] of the relig. [[sphere]], an [[humble]] [[entreaty]] or [[petition]], a [[supplication]] in gen. ([[very]] [[rare]]): Vagenses fatigati regis suppliciis, Sall. J. 66, 2: [[igitur]] legatos ad consulem cum suppliciis mittit, qui [[tantummodo]] ipsi liberisque vitam peterent, id. ib. 46, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[receive]] [[punishment]]; [[hence]], [[punishment]], [[penalty]], [[torture]], [[torment]], [[pain]], [[distress]], [[suffering]] ([[class]]. and freq.; usu. of the [[penalty]] of [[death]]; syn. [[poena]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: dabitur pol [[supplicium]] mihi de [[tergo]] vestro, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 75 sq.; cf.: [[illi]] de me [[supplicium]] dabo, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 86; id. Eun. 1, 1, 24; Cat. 116, 8; Nep. Paus. 5, 5: de homine nobili virgis [[supplicium]] crudelissime sumere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91; 2, 5, 45, § 117: sumere (de [[aliquo]]), Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; id. Merc. 5, 4, 31; Ter. And. 3, 5, 17; Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 84; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45; Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Liv. 2, 5, 5; 3, 18, 10: aliquem hostibus ad [[supplicium]] dedere, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: aliquem tradi ad [[supplicium]] jubere, Tac. A. 11, 35: rapi, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 138: supplicio affici, to be [[put]] to [[death]], Caes. B. G. 1, 27: ne ad [[ultimum]] [[supplicium]] progredi [[necesse]] habeant, to [[take]] [[their]] [[own]] lives, id. B. C. 1, 84: aliquem vinculis ac verberibus [[atque]] omni supplicio excruciatum necare, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11: summo cruciatu supplicioque perire, id. N. D. 3, 33, 81: gravissimum ei rei [[supplicium]] cum cruciatu [[constitutum]] est, Caes. B. G. 6, 17: [[talis]] improborum [[consensio]] supplicio omni vindicanda (est), Cic. Lael. 12, 43: [[satis]] supplicii tulisse, Caes. B. C. 1, 84: supplicio [[culpa]] reciditur, Hor. C. 3, 24, 34: suā manu [[supplicium]] persolvere, Tac. A. 6, 32 (26): luere, Just. 2, 5, 6; Tac. A. 15, 60: [[supplicium]] redimere opimā mercede, Amm. 26, 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: ad exquisita supplicia proficisci, Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100: [[semper]] iis (improbis) [[ante]] oculos judicia et supplicia versentur, id. Rep. 3, 16, 26: ad innocentum supplicia descendunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 17: supplicia annua pendere, Plin. 29, 4, 14, § 57: subire, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 12, 1: suppliciis delicta coërcere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 79: subplicia in [[post]] futuros conposuit, Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch: domant impios saeva supplicia, Sen. Herc. Fur. 749: supplicia haurire, Verg. A. 4, 383.
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|gf=<b>supplĭcĭum</b>⁷ <b>(subpl-)</b>, ĭī, n. ([[supplex]]),<br /><b>1</b> action de ployer les genoux : <b> a)</b> supplications aux dieux : Acc. d. Non. 398, 19 ; Sall. C. 52, 29 ; J. 55, 2 ; <b> b)</b> [surtout] offrande, sacrifice que l’on fait dans la supplication, cf. P. Fest. 308 ; boves quos ad deorum servant supplicia [[Varro]] R. 2, 5, 10, bœufs qu’ils réservent pour les sacrifices aux dieux, cf. Pl. Rud. 25 ; Sall. C. 9, 2 ; Liv. 22, 57, 5 ; Apul. M. 11, 16 ; <b> c)</b> prières à des hommes : fatigati [[regis]] suppliciis Sall. J. 66, 2, fatigués des supplications, des instances du roi, cf. Sall. J. 46, 2<br /><b>2</b> punition, peine, châtiment, [[supplice]] : gravissimum [[supplicium]] ei [[rei]] [[constitutum]] [[est]] Cæs. G. 6, 17, 5, pour ce crime le [[supplice]] le [[plus]] rigoureux [[est]] institué ; [[illi]] de me [[supplicium]] dabo Ter. Haut. 138, je me punirai moi-même pour lui donner satisfaction, cf. Ter. Eun. 70 ; ad [[supplicium]] dari Nep. Paus. 5, 5, subir un [[supplice]] ; [[supplicium]] sumere de [[aliquo]] Ter. Andr. 624, châtier qqn ; de [[aliquo]] virgis [[supplicium]] crudelissime sumere Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 91, faire subir à qqn le [[supplice]] si cruel des verges, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 117 ; Rep. 3, 45 ; supplicio affici Cæs. G. 1, 27, 4, subir un [[supplice]], un châtiment ; supplicio omni vindicare [[aliquid]] Cic. Læl. 43, réprimer, châtier qqch. par toute espèce de [[supplice]] ; ad exquisita supplicia proficisci Cic. Off. 3, 100, aller au-devant de supplices raffinés ; ad innocentium supplicia descendunt Cæs. G. 6, 16, 5, ils en viennent à soumettre des innocents au [[supplice]]. gén. supplici Pl. Merc. 991 ; Ter. Andr. 903, etc.
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