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|lshtext=<b>praecĭpĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [[praeceps]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[throw]] or [[cast]] [[down]] [[headlong]], to [[precipitate]] ([[class]].; syn.. [[deicio]], [[deturbo]], [[proruo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Act.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: pilae in [[mare]] praecipitatae, Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.: truncas [[rupes]] in tecta domosque, Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, [[hurl]] or [[dash]] [[against]], Ov. M. 15, 518: [[pinus]], Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. [[with]] se or [[pass]]. in [[middle]] [[sense]]: se e Leucade, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41: se a tecto, Sen. Ep. 4, 4: se de turri, Liv. 23, 37: [[sese]] in fossas, Caes. B. C. 3, 69: praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de [[muro]]), threw [[themselves]] from the [[wall]], Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277: [[plerique]] [[semet]] ipsi praecipitaverunt, Liv. 21, 14, 1: se in Tiberim, id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32; Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi [[Nilus]] praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert, Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118: praecipitare [[volens]] [[etiam]] pulcherrima, to [[throw]] [[overboard]], Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.: cum alii [[super]] [[vallum]] praecipitarentur, threw [[themselves]] [[down]], Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sinks in the [[ocean]], sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.: hac te praecipitato, [[run]] this [[way]], for [[life]]! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.—Absol.: si [[quando]] iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos [[alicunde]], extimescunt, [[that]] we [[will]] [[throw]] [[them]] [[down]] from [[any]] [[place]] (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., in gen., to [[bend]] a [[thing]] [[down]]: vitem, [[Cato]], R. R. 32, 2: partem ([[vitis]]), Col. 4, 20, 4: palmitem, id. 5, 6, 33.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[throw]], [[hurl]], or [[cast]] [[down]], to [[precipitate]]: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.: in tanta [[mala]] praeeipitatus ex patrio [[regno]], Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. [[with]] reflex. pron.: [[semet]] [[ipse]] praecipitare, to [[hasten]] to [[ruin]], [[destroy]] one's [[self]], Sall. J. 41, 9: se in [[exitium]], Cels. 3, 21: se in insidias, Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se): [[furor]] iraque mentem Praecipitant, [[carry]] [[away]], [[urge]] [[onward]], [[sway]] [[violently]], Verg. A. 2, 317: spem festinando praecipitare, Ov. P. 3, 1, 140: in senectam praecipitare, to [[cause]] to [[grow]] old [[prematurely]], Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94: quosdam praecipitat subjecta [[potentia]] magnae Invidiae, Juv. 10, 56.—In [[pass]]., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. [[drawing]] to a [[close]], Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: [[aetas]] praecipitata (opp. [[adulescens]]), declining [[age]], Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[hasten]], [[hurry]] a [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quae Praecipitent obitum, [[hasten]] [[their]] setting, Cic. Arat. 349: vindemiam, Col. 3, 21, 10: consulta viri, Sil. 3, 166: ne praecipitetur [[editio]], Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2: consilia [[raptim]] praecipitata, [[precipitate]], Liv. 31, 32.—Poet.: moras, i. e. [[exchange]] [[delay]] for [[haste]], Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699: Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat, Val. Fl. 2, 390: cursum, Juv. 15, 78.—<br /> <b>3</b> With acc. and inf., to [[hasten]], [[press]], [[urge]] to do [[any]] [[thing]] ([[poet]].): [[dare]] [[tempus]] Praecipitant curae, Verg. A. 11, 3: si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae, Stat. Th. 1, 679. —<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[hasten]] or [[rush]] [[down]], to [[throw]] one's [[self]] [[down]], [[rush]] [[headlong]], [[sink]] [[rapidly]], to [[fall]] ([[class]]., [[but]] [[only]] of [[involuntary]] falling; cf. I. A.).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: praecipitare [[istuc]] [[quidem]] est, non descendere, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90: de montibus altis ad terram, Lucr. 4, 1021: ubi [[Nilus]] praecipitat ex altissimis montibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.: [[Fibrenus]] ... [[statim]] praecipitat in Lirem, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and: in amni praecipitante, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: nimbi In vada praecipitant, Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617: in fossam, Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14; 39, 2, 3: in insidias, id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82: non fugis [[hinc]] [[praeceps]], dum praecipitare [[potestas]]? Verg. A. 4, 565: sol praecipitans, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209: jam nox [[caelo]] Praecipitat, is sinking, draws to a [[close]], Verg. A. 2, 9: [[hiems]] jam praecipitaverat, had closed, [[come]] to an [[end]], Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[fall]] [[down]], to [[fall]], [[rush]], or [[sink]] to [[ruin]]: qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit [[quam]] si saxo saliat, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31: praecipitantes impellere, [[certe]] est inhumanum, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so, praecipitantem impellamus, id. Clu. 26, 70: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat, he [[may]] [[tumble]] [[down]], id. Rep. 1, 45, 69: praecipitante re publicā, id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, Liv. 27, 40: ad [[exitium]] praecipitans, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—<br /> <b>2</b> To be [[too]] [[hasty]]: cum vitiosum [[sit]] adsentiri [[quicquam]] aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est [[potius]] [[omnis]] adsensio, ne praecipitet, si [[temere]] processerit, Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., [[hastily]], [[precipitately]]: [[agens]] mannos ad villam, Lucr. 3, 1063. | |lshtext=<b>praecĭpĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [[praeceps]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[throw]] or [[cast]] [[down]] [[headlong]], to [[precipitate]] ([[class]].; syn.. [[deicio]], [[deturbo]], [[proruo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Act.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: pilae in [[mare]] praecipitatae, Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.: truncas [[rupes]] in tecta domosque, Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, [[hurl]] or [[dash]] [[against]], Ov. M. 15, 518: [[pinus]], Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. [[with]] se or [[pass]]. in [[middle]] [[sense]]: se e Leucade, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41: se a tecto, Sen. Ep. 4, 4: se de turri, Liv. 23, 37: [[sese]] in fossas, Caes. B. C. 3, 69: praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de [[muro]]), threw [[themselves]] from the [[wall]], Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277: [[plerique]] [[semet]] ipsi praecipitaverunt, Liv. 21, 14, 1: se in Tiberim, id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32; Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi [[Nilus]] praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert, Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118: praecipitare [[volens]] [[etiam]] pulcherrima, to [[throw]] [[overboard]], Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.: cum alii [[super]] [[vallum]] praecipitarentur, threw [[themselves]] [[down]], Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sinks in the [[ocean]], sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.: hac te praecipitato, [[run]] this [[way]], for [[life]]! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.—Absol.: si [[quando]] iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos [[alicunde]], extimescunt, [[that]] we [[will]] [[throw]] [[them]] [[down]] from [[any]] [[place]] (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., in gen., to [[bend]] a [[thing]] [[down]]: vitem, [[Cato]], R. R. 32, 2: partem ([[vitis]]), Col. 4, 20, 4: palmitem, id. 5, 6, 33.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[throw]], [[hurl]], or [[cast]] [[down]], to [[precipitate]]: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.: in tanta [[mala]] praeeipitatus ex patrio [[regno]], Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. [[with]] reflex. pron.: [[semet]] [[ipse]] praecipitare, to [[hasten]] to [[ruin]], [[destroy]] one's [[self]], Sall. J. 41, 9: se in [[exitium]], Cels. 3, 21: se in insidias, Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se): [[furor]] iraque mentem Praecipitant, [[carry]] [[away]], [[urge]] [[onward]], [[sway]] [[violently]], Verg. A. 2, 317: spem festinando praecipitare, Ov. P. 3, 1, 140: in senectam praecipitare, to [[cause]] to [[grow]] old [[prematurely]], Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94: quosdam praecipitat subjecta [[potentia]] magnae Invidiae, Juv. 10, 56.—In [[pass]]., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. [[drawing]] to a [[close]], Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: [[aetas]] praecipitata (opp. [[adulescens]]), declining [[age]], Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[hasten]], [[hurry]] a [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quae Praecipitent obitum, [[hasten]] [[their]] setting, Cic. Arat. 349: vindemiam, Col. 3, 21, 10: consulta viri, Sil. 3, 166: ne praecipitetur [[editio]], Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2: consilia [[raptim]] praecipitata, [[precipitate]], Liv. 31, 32.—Poet.: moras, i. e. [[exchange]] [[delay]] for [[haste]], Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699: Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat, Val. Fl. 2, 390: cursum, Juv. 15, 78.—<br /> <b>3</b> With acc. and inf., to [[hasten]], [[press]], [[urge]] to do [[any]] [[thing]] ([[poet]].): [[dare]] [[tempus]] Praecipitant curae, Verg. A. 11, 3: si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae, Stat. Th. 1, 679. —<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[hasten]] or [[rush]] [[down]], to [[throw]] one's [[self]] [[down]], [[rush]] [[headlong]], [[sink]] [[rapidly]], to [[fall]] ([[class]]., [[but]] [[only]] of [[involuntary]] falling; cf. I. A.).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: praecipitare [[istuc]] [[quidem]] est, non descendere, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90: de montibus altis ad terram, Lucr. 4, 1021: ubi [[Nilus]] praecipitat ex altissimis montibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.: [[Fibrenus]] ... [[statim]] praecipitat in Lirem, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and: in amni praecipitante, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: nimbi In vada praecipitant, Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617: in fossam, Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14; 39, 2, 3: in insidias, id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82: non fugis [[hinc]] [[praeceps]], dum praecipitare [[potestas]]? Verg. A. 4, 565: sol praecipitans, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209: jam nox [[caelo]] Praecipitat, is sinking, draws to a [[close]], Verg. A. 2, 9: [[hiems]] jam praecipitaverat, had closed, [[come]] to an [[end]], Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[fall]] [[down]], to [[fall]], [[rush]], or [[sink]] to [[ruin]]: qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit [[quam]] si saxo saliat, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31: praecipitantes impellere, [[certe]] est inhumanum, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so, praecipitantem impellamus, id. Clu. 26, 70: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat, he [[may]] [[tumble]] [[down]], id. Rep. 1, 45, 69: praecipitante re publicā, id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, Liv. 27, 40: ad [[exitium]] praecipitans, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—<br /> <b>2</b> To be [[too]] [[hasty]]: cum vitiosum [[sit]] adsentiri [[quicquam]] aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est [[potius]] [[omnis]] adsensio, ne praecipitet, si [[temere]] processerit, Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., [[hastily]], [[precipitately]]: [[agens]] mannos ad villam, Lucr. 3, 1063. | ||
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|gf=<b>præcĭpĭtō</b>,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre (præceps), tr. et intr.<br /> <b>I</b> tr.,<br /><b>1</b> précipiter : se e [[Leucata]] Cic. Tusc. 4, 41 ; se in [[flumen]] Cæs. G. 4, 15, 2, se précipiter du promontoire de Leucade dans la mer, se précipiter dans le fleuve ; [[muro]] (mss α) Cæs. G. 7, 50, 3, précipiter du [[haut]] du mur (de [[muro]] β) || pass. præcipitari, se précipiter : Sall. J. 58, 6 ; Ov. M. 7, 760 ; 11, 556 || jeter en bas : Cic. Fin. 5, 31<br /><b>2</b> faire retomber, abaisser, courber [la vigne, une plante] : [[Cato]] Agr. 32, 2 ; Col. Rust. 4, 20, 4<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] præcipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu Cic. Domo 98, être précipité du sommet le [[plus]] [[haut]] des honneurs || jeter à bas, ruiner : spem Ov. P. 3, 1, 140, jeter à bas des espérances || [pass.] être abaissé, mené à sa fin : [[nox]] præcipitata Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47, nuit qui touche à sa fin ; ætate præcipitata [[Matius]] d. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5, la vie étant à son déclin<br /><b>4</b> précipiter, hâter : obitum Cic. Arat. 34, 349, précipiter son coucher [astres] ; consilia [[raptim]] præcipitata Liv. 31, 32, 2, décisions prises avec une précipitation aveugle || jeter au loin, écarter : omnes moras Virg. En. 8, 443, supprimer tous les délais, les retards || emporter : [[furor]] iraque mentem præcipitant Virg. En. 2, 317, le délire et la colère emportent ma raison || [avec inf.] presser de, pousser vivement à : Virg. En. 11, 3 ; Stat. Th. 1, 679.<br /> <b>II</b> intr.,<br /><b>1</b> tomber, se précipiter : [[Nilus]] præcipitat ex altissimis montibus Cic. Rep. 6, 19, le Nil se précipite des [[plus]] hauts sommets ; [[Fibrenus]] præcipitat in Lirem Cic. Leg. 2, 6, le Fibrène se précipite dans le [[Liris]] ; præcipitantem impellere Cic. Rab. Post. 2, pousser celui qui tombe<br /><b>2</b> tirer à sa fin : [[nox]] cælo præcipitat Virg. En. 2, 9, la nuit se précipite du ciel [dans l’océan] ; [[sol]] præcipitans Cic. de Or. 3, 209, le soleil à son déclin ; [[hiems]] [[jam]] præcipitaverat Cæs. C. 3, 25, 1, l’hiver tirait déjà à sa fin<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] tomber, aller à sa ruine : præcipitante re publica Cic. [[Sulla]] 1, l’État étant sur le penchant de sa ruine ; cum ad Cannas præcipitasset [[Romana]] [[res]] Liv. 27, 40, 3, alors que à Cannes la puissance romaine avait été près de l’abîme ; ad [[exitium]] præcipitare Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7, se perdre dans l’abîme || dégringoler, tomber, faire une chute = se tromper : Cic. Ac. 2, 68 ; Nat. 1, 90 || aller donner dans, tomber dans : in insidias Liv. 5, 18, 7, donner aveuglément dans une embuscade. | |||
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praecĭpĭto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. praeceps,
I to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).
I Act.
A Lit.: pilae in mare praecipitatae, Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.: truncas rupes in tecta domosque, Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518: pinus, Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense: se e Leucade, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41: se a tecto, Sen. Ep. 4, 4: se de turri, Liv. 23, 37: sese in fossas, Caes. B. C. 3, 69: praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro), threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277: plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt, Liv. 21, 14, 1: se in Tiberim, id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32; Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert, Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118: praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima, to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.: cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.: hac te praecipitato, run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.—Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—
2 Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down: vitem, Cato, R. R. 32, 2: partem (vitis), Col. 4, 20, 4: palmitem, id. 5, 6, 33.—
B Trop.
1 To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.: in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno, Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.: semet ipse praecipitare, to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9: se in exitium, Cels. 3, 21: se in insidias, Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se): furor iraque mentem Praecipitant, carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317: spem festinando praecipitare, Ov. P. 3, 1, 140: in senectam praecipitare, to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94: quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae, Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—
2 To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quae Praecipitent obitum, hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349: vindemiam, Col. 3, 21, 10: consulta viri, Sil. 3, 166: ne praecipitetur editio, Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2: consilia raptim praecipitata, precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.—Poet.: moras, i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699: Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat, Val. Fl. 2, 390: cursum, Juv. 15, 78.—
3 With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing (poet.): dare tempus Praecipitant curae, Verg. A. 11, 3: si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae, Stat. Th. 1, 679. —
II Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).
A Lit.: praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90: de montibus altis ad terram, Lucr. 4, 1021: ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.: Fibrenus ... statim praecipitat in Lirem, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and: in amni praecipitante, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: nimbi In vada praecipitant, Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617: in fossam, Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14; 39, 2, 3: in insidias, id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82: non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas? Verg. A. 4, 565: sol praecipitans, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209: jam nox caelo Praecipitat, is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9: hiems jam praecipitaverat, had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—
B Trop.
1 To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin: qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31: praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so, praecipitantem impellamus, id. Clu. 26, 70: ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat, he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69: praecipitante re publicā, id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and: cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, Liv. 27, 40: ad exitium praecipitans, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—
2 To be too hasty: cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit, Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately: agens mannos ad villam, Lucr. 3, 1063.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præcĭpĭtō,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre (præceps), tr. et intr.
I tr.,
1 précipiter : se e Leucata Cic. Tusc. 4, 41 ; se in flumen Cæs. G. 4, 15, 2, se précipiter du promontoire de Leucade dans la mer, se précipiter dans le fleuve ; muro (mss α) Cæs. G. 7, 50, 3, précipiter du haut du mur (de muro β)
