impeto
τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort
Latin > English
impeto impetere, impetivi, impetitus V TRANS :: attack, assail; rush upon (L+S); accuse
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
impĕto: (inp-), ĕre, v. a. in-peto,
I to rush upon, assail, attack (poet. and in anteand post-class. prose).
I Lit.: cedentem Acheloius heros Impetit, Stat. Th. 8, 523: aliquem arcu, Luc. 6, 394: os hastā, Sil. 5, 273; Luc. 6, 223; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 8.—Absol.: (apes) impetentes a se eiciunt fucos, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 8; cf. in a different orthog.: impite impetum facite, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109, 17 Müll. N. cr. (a contracted imper., like cette, ferte): impetiti confessio, Quint. Decl. 5.—
II Transf., to accuse: aliquem edacitatis, Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
impĕtō, ītum, ĕre (in, peto), tr., se jeter sur, fondre sur, attaquer : aliquem Varro R. 3, 7, 9 ; Stat. Th. 8, 523 ; Luc. 6, 394 || [fig.] attaquer, accuser : Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
im-peto, ere (in u. peto), I) auf jmd. losgehen, ihn anfallen, angreifen, alqm, Varro r. r. 3, 7, 7 u. 3, 16, 8. Curt. 10, 7 (22), 5 Vogel u. spät. Dichter u. Eccl. – II) übtr., a) jmdm. anliegen, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Amm. 31, 12, 14. – b) jmd. beschuldigen, alqm edacitatis, Sidon. epist. 7, 910: u. so Partiz. Perf. subst., impetiti, die Angeschuldigten, Cassiod. hist. eccl. 5, 34.
