desilio
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-sĭlĭo: ĭlŭi (desului, Plaut. Rud. prol. 75:
I desilivi, Col. 6, 24, 3: desilii, id. 8, 5, 14; Curt. 4, 12, 3 al.), ultum, 4, v. n. salio, to leap down.
I Prop. (class.). Constr. with abl. of the place whence, after de, ex, poet. and in later prose with ab or without a prep.: de navi in scapham, Plaut. Rud. prol. 75: de navibus, Caes. B. G. 4, 24, 2: de reda, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: de muro, Suet. Ner. 23: in terram e scapha, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 84: ex navi, Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 5: ex essedis, id. ib. 4, 33: ex equis, to dismount, alight, id. ib. 4, 2, 3; for which ab equo, Verg. A. 11, 500; cf.: praeceps ab alto curru, Ov. M. 12, 129; with e curru, id. A. A. 1, 560: curru, Verg. A. 12, 355; so bijugis, id. ib. 10, 453: lecto, Hor. S. 1, 2, 130: altis turribus, id. Epod. 17, 70: saxo, Ov. M. 7, 378: equo, Curt. 5, 6, 14; 6, 5, 26; Tac. A. 15, 28; Just. 15, 3, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 25.—Merely designating the terminus ad quem, with in or acc.: in undas, Ov. M. 3, 681: in medias undas, id. F. 2, 111: in aquas, id. ib. 2, 588: in latices, id. M. 4, 353: in mare, Suet. Caes. 64: in rogos medios, Ov. A. A. 3, 22: in mortem, Sen. Ep. 76, 22 et saep.: ad pedes, to dismount, Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 2: ad calciandas mulas, Suet. Vesp. 23.—Absol.: desilite commilitones, Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3; Ov. M. 10, 722 al.—
B Transf. of inanimate subjects: levis crepante lympha desilit pede, Hor. Epod. 16, 48; cf. id. Od. 3, 13, 16; Ov. F. 4, 428: fulminaque aetheria desiluisse domo, Prop. 2, 16, 50 (3, 8, 50 M.).—*
II Trop.: nec desilies imitator in artum, unde, etc., throw thyself into difficulties, Hor. A. P. 134.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēsĭlĭō,¹⁰ sĭlŭī, sultum, sĭlīre (de, salio), intr., sauter à bas de, descendre en sautant : de ræda Cic. Mil. 29, sauter de sa voiture ; ex essedis Cæs. G. 5, 17, 4, des chars ; ab equo Virg. En. 11, 500, de cheval ; altis turribus Hor. Epo. 17, 70, se précipiter du haut des tours ; in medias undas Ov. F. 2, 111, se jeter au milieu des flots ; ad pedes desiluerunt Cæs. G. 4, 12, 2, ils mirent pied à terre ; desilite, milites Cæs. G. 4, 25, 3, pied à terre, soldats ! || [fig.] desilire in artum Hor. P. 134, s’engager dans une voie trop étroite. pf. desilivi Col. Rust. 6, 24, 3 ; desilii Curt. 4, 12, 3, etc.; [sync.] desilisset Suet. Cæs. 64 ; arch. desului Pl. Rud. 75.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-silio, siluī, sultum, īre (de u. salio), herab-, hinabspringen, a) v. leb. Subjj.: inde, Ampel.: de raeda, Cic.: de navibus, Caes.: de muro, Suet.: ex essedis, Caes.: e tribunali, Curt.: ex navi, ex equo u. dgl., Caes., Liv. u.a. (vgl. die Auslgg. zu Caes. b. G. 4, 25, 5. Drak. Liv. 35, 34, 10): ab equo, Verg.: equo, Iustin. u. (als Ehrenbezeigung) Sen.: vehiculo (als Ehrenbezeigung), Arnob.: tribunali, Tac.: in mare, Suet.: in artum, sich verrennen (bildl.), Hor.: de navi in scapham, Plaut.: ad terram e scapha, Plaut.: equites ad pedes desiliunt, Caes.: absol., desilite, milites, springt hinab, Caes.: ille desilit, springt ab (vom Wagen), Curt. – übtr., nihil cunctatus desiliet in mortem, sich (hinab)stürzen, Sen. ep. 76, 29. – b) v. lebl. Subjj.: unde loquaces lymphae desiliunt tuae, Hor.: ex alto desiliens aqua, Ov.: des. aetheria domo (v. Blitzen), herabfahren, Prop. – / Perf. gew. desilui; arch. desului, wov. desuluit, Plaut. rud. 173 Fl. (Schöll mit den Handschriften desiluit), desuluerunt, Plaut. rud. prol. 75. – später auch desilivi u. synk. desilii, wov. desilivit, Colum. 6, 24, 3. Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 22, 2. Heges. 3, 22, 1 u. 5, 12. p. 294, 19. Gloss. IV, 502, 36: Perf. desiliit, Iustin. 12, 9, 5. Vulg. 4 regg. 5, 21. Gloss. II, 46, 26: desilierint, Colum. 8, 5, 14. Iustin. 1, 10, 9: desilierat, Heges. 3, 25, 3.: desilissent, Suet. Caes. 64.
Latin > English
desilio desilire, desilivi, desultus V TRANS :: leap/jump down, dismount, alight; (chariot); jump headlong, venture heedlessly
desilio desilio desilire, desilui, desultus V TRANS :: leap/jump down, dismount, alight; (chariot); jump headlong, venture heedlessly
desilio desilio desilire, desului, desultus V TRANS :: leap/jump down, dismount, alight; (chariot); jump headlong, venture heedlessly