avello
Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ā-vello: velli or vulsi, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a. (
I pluperf. avellerat, Curt. 5, 6, 5; perf. avulsi, Luc. 9, 764), to tear off or away, to pull or rend off (syn.: abripio, eximo).
I In gen. (class.): avellere tigna trabesque, to tear away planks and beams, Lucr. 6, 241: avolsaque saxa Montibus, the rocks rent from the mountains, id. 4, 141: avolsum umeris caput, Verg. A. 2, 558; so Ov. M. 3, 727; 2, 358: avolsos silices a montibus altis, Lucr. 5, 313: avolsus radicibus oculus, id. 3, 563: poma ex arboribus, si cruda sunt, vix avelluntur; si matura et cocta, decidunt, Cic. Sen. 19, 71; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49 fin.: Cum ripa simul avolsos ferat Aufidus acer, Hor. S. 1, 1, 58; 2, 8, 89: Avellit frondes, Ov. M. 2, 351: summitatem frondium ejus avulsit, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 4 al.: Ex eā avolsa postea Therasia, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70: Euboea avolsa Boeotiae, id. 4, 12, 21, § 63.—
II Esp.
A To take away by force, to tear away: rus ab aliquo, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 14: pretium alicui, Hor. S. 1, 2, 104: fatale sacrato avellere templo Palladium, Verg. A. 2, 165: fundum emptori, Dig. 23, 7, 17; 40, 7, 3: avellamus eum ad nos, Vulg. Isa. 7, 6; so of carrying off the bride, Cat. 62, 21 Ellis.—
B To separate from something by pulling, to part, to remove: aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere, Cic. Font. 17: ab uberibus avellere, to wean, Vulg. Isa. 28, 9: ut sperem posse (eum) avelli, Ter. And. 3, 3, 21: Non potes avelli! simul, ah, simul ibimus, inquit, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 81: complexu avolsus Iuli, Verg. A. 4, 616: ut avellerentur castris, Tac. A. 1, 44: se, to tear one's self away, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 39.— And in pass. without the notion of violence, to withdraw: Et ipse avulsus est ab eis, Vulg. Luc. 22, 41 Tisch.—Trop.: aliquem a tanto errore, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 83.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āvellō,¹⁰ vulsī (volsī) et vellī, vulsum (volsum), ĕre, tr.,
1 arracher, détacher : sigillis avolsis argentum reddidit Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, ayant arraché les statuettes en relief, il rendit l’argenterie || [avec ex ] Verr. 2, 4, 110 ; Div. 1, 112 ; [avec ab ] Tusc. 3, 12 ; Planc. 54, etc. ; [avec de ] Font. 46, arracher de (à) || [avec abl., poét.] : Lucr. 3, 563, etc. ; Virg. En. 2, 608, etc. || [avec dat.] Curt. 5, 12, 8 ; Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 5, enlever à, arracher à
2 [fig.] arracher, séparer : ab errore aliquem Cic. Off. 3, 83, arracher qqn à l’erreur ; (incendium belli) a portis hujus urbis avolsum Cic. Rep. 1, 1, (l’incendie de la guerre) écarté des portes de cette ville || liberalitas Augustia avulsa Tac. Ann. 4, 20, les libéralités d’Auguste furent enlevées (reprises).
pf. avelli Curt. 5, 6, 5 ; Plin. 2, 204 ; avulsi Sen. Helv. 5, 4 ; Luc. 5, 594 ; 9, 765 || inf. pass. avellier Hor. S. 1, 2, 104.
