prosterno

Revision as of 22:15, 12 June 2024 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (CSV3 import)

Latin > English

prosterno prosternere, prostravi, prostratus V TRANS :: knock over, lay low; strike down, overthrow; exaust; debase/demean; prostrate

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prō-sterno: strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a.,
I to strew in front of, to strew before one; also, to throw to the ground, throw down, overthrow, prostrate (syn.: fundo, profligo, provolvo).
I Lit.: eo prosternebant folia farferi, Plaut. Poen. 2, 31 (al. praesternebant): ceteros ruerem ... et prosternerem, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21: pondere silvam, Ov. M. 8, 776: prostraturus humi corpus, Curt. 8, 5, 6; cf. Liv. 9, 6: se ad pedes alicujus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45; so, prosternere se et supplicare alicui, id. Planc. 20, 50: his auditis prostraverant se omnes humi, Liv. 45, 20, 9: hostem prostravit, fudit, occidit, Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27: hostem ferro, Sil. 7, 397: legio prosternitur latis arvis, Val. Fl. 6, 508: telo virum, id. ib. 3, 185: lapsu equi prostratus, Tac. H. 4, 34.—
II Trop.
   1    To throw to the ground, to overthrow, subvert, ruin, destroy, etc. (freq. and class.): omnia cupiditate ac furore, Cic. Clu. 6, 15; 31, 70; cf.: jacet ille nunc prostratus, id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; and: afflicta ct prostrata virtus, id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: malevolorum obtrectationes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1: mores civitatis, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 113: carminum studium, Tac. Or 11: se prosternere, to demean or debase one's self, Cic. Par. 1, 14: prostrata est Philisthaea omnis, Vulg. Isa. 14, 31.—
   2    To prostitute, Suet. Caes. 2; id. Tib. 35; id. Calig. 24; Just. 12, 7, 11; Arn. 2, 73 (in Plin Pan. 31 the true read. is praesterni).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

prōsternō,¹⁰ strāvī, strātum, ĕre, tr.,
1 coucher en avant, jeter bas, renverser, terrasser : aliquem Ter. Ad. 319, étendre qqn à terre ; humi corpus Curt. 8, 5, 6, ou se prosternere Cic. Phil. 2, 45 ; Planc. 50, se prosterner à terre, cf. Liv. 45, 20, 9 ; multam pondere silvam Ov. M. 8, 776, abattre sous son poids une grande partie de la forêt, cf. Cic. Mil. 85 || hostem Cic. Phil. 14, 27, terrasser les ennemis || prostituer [alicui, à qqn] : Suet. Cæs. 2 ; Tib. 35 ; Cal. 24
2 [fig.] abattre, ruiner : Cic. Clu. 15 ; 70 ; Plin. 36, 113 ; jacet prostratus Cic. Cat. 2, 2, il gît abattu ; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 42 ; Vat. 35. sync. prostrasse Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 33.

Latin > German (Georges)

prō-sterno, strāvī, strātum, ere, I) vor-, hinbreiten, bildl., zur Unzucht preisgeben, venalia corpora, Arnob.: sorores alci, Suet.: propter prostratam pudicitiam, Iustin.: pudicitiam alci, Suet. – II) hinstrecken, niederstrecken, niederwerfen, A) eig.: a) übh.: corpus, sich niederwerfen, sich hinstrecken, Curt.: corpus humi, Curt.: corpus per herbas, Curt.: circa viam corpora humi, Liv.: se ad pedes alcis, Cic.: dah. prōstrātus, a, um, zB. humi, am Boden liegend, Curt.: ad pedes, Cic.: pisces prostrati, platte Fische, Colum.: pr. pes, der Längenfuß (als Maß), Gromat. vet. – b) gewaltsam, α) lebl. Objj.: oppida, Serv. Sulp. in Cic. ep.: arborem, Suet.: multam pondere silvam (v. e. gefällten Baume), Ov. – β) leb. Wesen: alqm, Ov.: hostem, Cic. u. Curt.: barbaros ingenti clade, Curt. – B) bildl.: 1) im allg.: se abicere et prosternere, sich wegwerfen u. demütigen, Cic. parad. 1, 14. – 2) zu Boden schlagen, zugrunde richten, vernichten, omnia furore, Cic.: alqm, Cic.: mores civitatis, Plin. – / Synk. Infin. Perf. prostrasse = prostravisse, Ov. trist. 3, 5, 33.

Latin > Chinese

prosterno, is, stravi, stratum, sternere. 3. :: 打倒。壓。抑。— se ad pedes ejus 向彼叩首。— suis laudibus (dat.) materiam campumque 自預備讚美己之大緣由。— eam ei 付彼一女以辱之。