destituo
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-stĭtŭo: ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. statuo.
I To set down; to set, place anywhere (ante-class. and freq. in Liv.; elsewh. rare): destituit omnes servos ad mensam ante se, Caecil. ap. Non. 280, 3: navem in alto ancoris, Naev. ib.: palum in foro, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 10, 3, 3: aliquem in convivio (sc. ludendi causa), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26 fin.: armatos in medio, Liv. 7, 10: aliquem ante tribunal, id. 2, 12; cf. id. 23, 10: cohortes extra vallum, id. 10, 4: duo signa hic, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 43 et saep.—Far more freq. and class.,
II (Lit., to put away from one's self; hence) To leave alone, to forsake, abandon, desert (derelinquo, desero, q. v.): T. Roscius novem homines honestissimos induxit, decepit, destituit, adversariis tradidit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117: destitutus ab aliquo, id. Clu. 30 fin.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32; cf. id. Quint. 16: funditores inermes, Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 5: aliquem in septemviratu, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; cf.: defensores in ipso discrimine periculi, Liv. 6, 17 et saep.: inceptam fugam, to desist from, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 20: morando spem, Liv. 1, 51: spem vindemiae, Col. 4, 24, 12: consilium, Suet. Caes. 9: honorem, id. Claud. 45: conata ejus, Vell. 2, 42: partem verborum, to pronounce indistinctly (with devorare), Quint. 11, 3, 33 Spald. et saep.—Poet., with acc. and abl.: ex quo destituit deos Mercede pactā Laomedon, i. e. defrauded of their stipulated reward, * Hor. Od. 3, 3, 21.—
(b) Of inanimate and abstract subjects: neque reperias, quos aut pronior fortuna comitata sit, aut, veluti fatigata, maturius destituerit, quam, etc., Vell. 2, 69 fin.: cum primas spes fortuna destituit, Curt. 4, 1, 5, § 29; cf. Suet. Aug. 65: ventus aliquem, Liv. 30, 24: aliquem vadum, id. 21, 28: aliquem poplites, Suet. Claud. 30; cf.: aliquem memoria, mens, Curt. 7, 1: alveum fluitantem aqua, Liv. 1, 4; cf.: freta destituent nudos in litore pisces, * Verg. E. 1, 61.—
(g) Part. perf. destitutus, constr. usu. ab aliquo, aliquā re, rarely ab aliquā re, freq. with ab, abandoned, forsaken by; robbed of, destitute of: in divite ac paupere: propinquis, amicis, clientibus abundante, et his omnibus destituto, Quint. 5, 10, 26: alicujus consiliis, promissis, praeceptis destitutus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 8: scientiā juris, Quint. 12, 3, 10: lenociniis, id. 12, 1, 30 et saep.; but with spe, a is more freq.: destituti ab unica spe auxilii, Liv. 40, 47: a spe, id. 31, 24; 36, 33, 3; Curt. 4, 3 (with spe, Curt. 8, 6): a re familiari, Suet. Ner. 10.—
(d) Absol.: si is destituat, nihil satis tutum habebis, Liv. 37, 7: simul, si destituat spes, alia praesidia molitur, Liv. 1, 41; so, spes, id. Tib. 1, 1, 9; Luc. 2, 728: pietasque fidesque, id. 5, 298: ego, Vulg. Isai. 49, 21.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēstĭtŭō,⁹ tŭī, tūtum, ĕre (de, statuo), tr.,
1 placer debout à part, dresser isolément : palum in foro Gracch. d. Gell. 10, 3, 3, dresser un poteau sur la place publique ; servos ad mensam ante se Cæcil. d. Non. 280, 3, faire tenir les esclaves debout devant soi près de la table, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66 || faire tenir debout à l’écart les soldats punis : Liv. 7, 13, 3 ; 10, 4, 4 ; 27, 13, 9
2 [fig.] abandonner, laisser (planter) là qqn : eumdem in septemviratu nonne destituisti ? Cic. Phil. 2, 99, ne l’as-tu pas encore planté là lors de la désignation du septemvirat ? nudus pæne est destitutus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 110, il fut presque laissé nu sur la place, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 16, 6 || [nom de chose sujet] : ventus eum destituit Liv. 30, 24, 7, le vent l’abandonne, cesse de souffler ; ut quemque destituit vadum Liv. 21, 28, 5, à mesure que le sol guéable manque sous les pieds de chacun d’eux || abst] abandonner = manquer, faire défaut : Liv. 37, 7, 9 ; 1, 41, 1 || [pass.] : destitutus a spe Curt. 4, 3, 20 ; Liv. 22, 15, 2, etc. ou spe Curt. 8, 6, 20 ; Liv. 29, 24, 2, ayant perdu tout espoir ; a re familiari Suet. Nero 10, sans fortune ; barbari ducibus destituti Curt. 5, 13, 18, les barbares privés de leurs chefs ; abst et pris substt] destituto similis Suet. Galba 11, semble à un homme perdu sans ressources
3 mettre à part, supprimer : destituere honorem Suet. Claud. 45, supprimer un honneur ; partem verborum Quint. 11, 3, 33, [d. la prononciation] laisser tomber une partie des mots
4 décevoir, tromper : quorum ego consiliis destitutus in hanc calamitatem incidi Cic. Q. 1, 3, 8, trompé par leurs conseils, je suis tombé dans ces malheurs ; spem destituere Liv. 1, 51, 5, tromper l’espoir de qqn ; conata alicujus Vell. 2, 42, trahir les efforts de qqn || deos mercede pacta Hor. O. 3, 3, 21, frustrer les dieux du salaire convenu.
