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|lshtext=<b>impĕdĭo</b>: (inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:<br /><b>I</b> inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc., Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. in-pes; cf. [[compedes]]; lit., to [[entangle]] the feet; [[hence]], in gen., to [[entangle]], [[ensnare]], to [[shackle]], [[hamper]], [[hinder]], [[hold]] [[fast]] (cf.: [[praepedio]], [[implico]], [[illigo]], [[irretio]], [[illaqueo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): impediunt teneros vincula nulla [[pedes]], Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.: et illis crura [[quoque]] impediit, id. M. 12, 392: ipsus [[illic]] [[sese]] jam impedivit in plagas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11: in [[qua]] ([[silva]]) retentis [[impeditus]] ([[cervus]]) cornibus, Phaedr. 1, 12, 10: impedita cassibus [[dama]], Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in gen., to [[clasp]], [[encircle]], [[embrace]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): narrare parantem Impedit amplexu, Ov. M. 2, 433: [[nunc]] [[decet]] aut viridi nitidum [[caput]] impedire myrto Aut flore, Hor. C. 1, 4, 9: crines ([[vitta]]), Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56: cornua sertis, id. M. 2, 868: remos (hederae), id. ib. 3, 664: [[medium]] [[crus]] pellibus, Hor. S. 1, 6, 27: equos frenis, to [[bridle]], Ov. F. 2, 736: ingentem [[clipeum]] [[informant]] ... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt, [[surround]], [[encircle]] [[each]] [[other]], Verg. A. 8, 447: orbes orbibus, id. ib. 5, 585: [[plana]] [[novo]] munimenti genere ([[with]] saepire), Curt. 6, 5; cf.: [[Antiochus]], castris positis, munitionibus [[insuper]] saltum impediebat, rendered [[difficult]] of [[access]], Liv. 36, 16, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[entangle]], [[embarrass]] ([[class]].): impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum [[meum]], Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.: sapientis est, cum [[stultitia]] sua [[impeditus]] [[sit]], [[quoquo]] [[modo]] possit se expedire, Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24: [[ipse]] te impedies, [[ipse]] tua defensione implicabere, id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44: qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2: dum alios servat, se impedivit [[interim]], Plaut. Rud. prol. 37: tot me impediunt curae, Ter. And. 1, 5, 25: mentem dolore, Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. ([[causa]] pro effectu), to [[hinder]], [[detain]], [[obstruct]], [[check]], [[prevent]], [[impede]] (so [[most]] freq.; cf.: [[inhibeo]], [[prohibeo]], [[interdico]], [[veto]]); constr. [[with]] acc., ab, in [[aliqua]] re, or the [[simple]] abl., ne, [[quin]], [[quominus]], the inf., or absol.; [[very]] [[rarely]] [[with]] dat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[simple]] acc.: me [[quotidie]] aliud ex [[alio]] impedit: sed si me expediero, etc., Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2: suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc. ... discendi [[enim]] [[studio]] impediti, id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.: aetate et morbo [[impeditus]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3: ne [[forte]] [[qua]] re impediar [[atque]] alliger, Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim: or abstr. objects: [[sinistra]] impedita, Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3: mea [[dubitatio]] aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut [[certe]] tardare, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1: [[iter]], id. Lael. 20, 75: navigationem (Corus), Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3: magnas utilitates amicorum, Cic. Lael. 20, 75: res magnas, id. ib.; cf.: belli rationem [[prope]] jam explicatam perturbare [[atque]] impedire, id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: [[quod]] si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur; [[quanto]] [[magis]] animi morbis impediri [[necesse]] est? id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ab or in [[aliqua]] re or the [[simple]] abl.: sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica [[bene]] gerenda impediri, Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.: ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur, id. Mur. 19, 39; so, aliquem a suo munere, id. Rep. 5, 3: aliquem ab opere, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180: aliquem a [[vero]] bonoque, Sall. J. 30, 2: non oportere [[sese]] a [[populo]] Romano in suo jure impediri, Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2: quem [[dignitas]] fugā impediverat, Tac. A. 1, 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ne, [[quin]], [[quominus]].—With ne: id in hac disputatione de fato [[casus]] [[quidam]], ne facerem, impedivit, Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With [[quin]]: ut nulla re impedirer, [[quin]], si vellem, mihi esset integrum, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With [[quominus]]: nec [[aetas]] impedit, [[quominus]] agri colendi studia teneamus, Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33: quaerere, quae [[sit]] tanta [[formido]], quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, [[quominus]], etc., id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: [[quid]] est [[igitur]], [[quod]] me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae [[contra]], improbare? etc., Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8: me impedit [[pudor]] ab [[aliquo]] haec exquirere, id. de Or. 1, 35, 163: ne [[qua]] [[mora]] ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat, Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—（ε) With dat. (in [[analogy]] to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit [[vetus]] [[consuetudo]], is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat [[tibi]], ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—（ξ) Absol.: omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt, Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19: ut omnia quae impediant, vincat [[intentio]], Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55: de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—[[nihil]] [[enim]] [[impedio]], Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem [[video]], [[nisi]] rei publicae tempora impedient, Εὐπόριστον, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus (inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons: [[neque]] [[nunc]] [[quomodo]] me expeditum ex [[impedito]] faciam, jam [[consilium]] placet, Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered [[with]] [[baggage]], Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.: impeditis hostibus [[propter]] ea quae ferebant onera, Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2: [[agmen]], Liv. 43, 23, 1: itinere impediti, Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3: nostri si ab illis [[initium]] transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur, i. e. embarrassed [[with]] the difficulties of [[crossing]], id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2; 2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti, Cic. Sest. 45, 97: viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse? Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.—Comp.: [[quod]], si durior accidisset [[casus]], impeditiores [[fore]] videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things: hostem [[impedito]] [[atque]] [[iniquo]] [[loco]] tenetis, [[difficult]] of [[passage]], Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.: silvae, id. ib. 5, 21, 3: [[saltus]] impeditos [[gravis]] armis [[miles]] timere potest, Liv. 9, 19, 16: vineae nexu traducum, Tac. H. 2, 25: navigationem impeditam (esse) [[propter]] inscientiam locorum, [[troublesome]], Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4: [[impedito]] [[animo]], i. e. [[engaged]], [[busy]], Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8: omnium impeditis animis, Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5: tempora rei publicae, Cic. Pis. 1, 3: [[dies]] [[tristi]] omine infames et impediti, Gell. 4, 9, 5: [[disceptatio]], Liv. 37, 54, 7: [[oratio]] [[fit]] longa et impedita, Quint. 8, 6, 42: [[bellum]] ([[with]] arduum), Tac. A. 4, 46: cum victoribus [[nihil]] impeditum arbitrarentur, Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1: tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas, [[intricate]] and [[hopeless]], Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.—Comp.: longius impeditioribus locis secuti, Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so, [[saltus]] artior et impeditior, Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.—Sup.: silvae [[undique]] impeditissimae, i. e. [[exceedingly]] [[difficult]] to [[pass]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1: itinera, Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2: [[quid]] horum non impeditissimum? [[vestitus]] an [[vehiculum]] an [[comes]]? [[exceedingly]] [[embarrassing]], a [[great]] [[encumbrance]], Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

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|georg=im-pedio, īvī u. iī, ītum, īre (in u. [[pes]], vgl. [[expedio]]), eig. [[mit]] Fußfesseln [[fesseln]]; dah. übh. I) [[verwickeln]], [[verstricken]], A) eig.: se in plagas, Plaut.: crura visceribus, Ov.: pisces reti, Plaut.: poet., orbes orbibus, verschlungene Kreise [[bilden]], Verg. – insbes., eine [[Örtlichkeit]] [[unwegsam]] [[machen]], [[verbauen]], saltum munitionibus, Liv.: ea [[quae]] [[plana]] sunt [[novo]] munimenti genere, Curt. – B) übtr.: 1) [[verwickeln]], [[verwirren]], se nuptiis, Ter.: te [[ipse]] impedies, Cic.: mentem dolore, Cic. – 2) [[verhindern]], [[hemmen]], [[abhalten]], alqm, Cic. (dah. [[nisi]] te impedivisti, [[wenn]] du dich [[nicht]] [[schon]] gebunden hast, [[wenn]] du [[nicht]] verhindert bist, Cic.): prospectum, Sall.: alcis profectionem, Caes.: [[iter]], Liv.: aquam, ins Stocken [[bringen]] ([[versetzen]]), Frontin. aqu.: [[triumphum]] (v. Umständen), Cic.: [[solutio]] impeditur, die [[Zahlung]] stockt, Cic.: impediri flumine, Caes., domestico [[bello]], Curt. – [[mit]] ab u. Abl., alqm a [[vero]] bonoque, Sall.: se a [[suo]] munere [[non]] imp., Cic.: [[mit]] Abl. (an, [[von]]), alqm fugā, Tac. ann. 1, 30; [[eloquentia]] Q. Hortensii ne me dicendo impediat, [[non]] [[nihil]] commoveor, Cic. Quinct. 1. – m. folg. [[quo]] [[minus]] u. Konj., varii rerum colores inpediunt prohibentque [[quominus]] etc., Lucr. 2, 786: [[illud]] [[non]] est, [[quod]] te impediat, [[quo]] [[minus]] etc., Sen. ep. 50, 7: ne [[virus]] [[quidem]] istud me inpediet, [[quo]] [[minus]] etc., Sen. de vit. beat. 18, 2: [[non]] videri Sthenium impediri interdicto, [[quo]] [[minus]] etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 100: imperavi Philotimo ne impediret, [[quo]] [[minus]] etc., Cic. ad Att. 2, 4, 7: [[libero]] tempore, cum [[nihil]] impedit, [[quo]] [[minus]] etc., Cic. de fin. 2, 33: [[nec]] [[aetas]] impedit, [[quominus]] etc., Cic. de sen. 60: ne [[quis]] impediretur, [[quominus]] etc. Nep. Cim. 4, 1. – m. folg. ne u. Konj., alqd me impedit, ne etc., Cic. de fato 1 u. Planc. 104: impedior, ne etc., Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 81. Sall. Cat. 30, 4: ab alqo impedior, ne etc., Sall. Iug. 39, 4: alqā re impedior, ne etc., Cic. Sull. 92; de dom. 19; ep. 11, 10, 1. Nep. Milt. 5, 3. Liv. 6, 31, 2 u. 41, 15, 9. – m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., ne [[quid]] impediare, [[quin]] etc., Cornif. rhet. 3, 1. – [[nihil]] impedit m. folg. Infin., Lucr. 3, 322. Ov. ex Pont. 1, 1, 21: alqd alqm impedit m. folg. Infin., Cic. de or. 1, 163; de nat. deor. 1, 87; de off. 2, 8. Verg. Aen. 11, 21. Arnob. 1, 59: alqā re impedior m. folg. Infin., Cic. Rab. [[Post]]. 24. – m. ad u. Akk., quos (liberos) ad capiendam fugam naturae et [[virium]] [[infirmitas]] impediret, Caes.: ut [[nullius]] amicitiā ad pericula propulsanda impediremur, Cic.: cum rapiditate fluminis ad transeundum impedirentur, Caes. – m. in u. Abl., [[non]] oportere [[sese]] a [[populo]] Romano in [[suo]] iure impediri, Caes. b. G. 1, 36, 2. – m. Dat. = [[hinderlich]] [[sein]], [[Varro]] LL. 9, 20. Schol. Iuven. 11, 175; 14, 49. – II) [[umgeben]], [[umwickeln]], alqm amplexu, Ov.: [[caput]] myrto, Hor.: [[crus]] pellibus, Hor.: equos frenis, den [[Zaum]] [[anlegen]], Ov.: [[vitta]] impedit comas, Ov. – / Tmesis [[inque]] pediri = impedirique, Lucr. 3, 482. – arch. Nbf. [[indupedio]], s. [[bes]].

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