push (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In orig. sense, a thrust (p. of spear, Shaksp.)1. ictus, ūs2. impĕtus, ūs (shock, dashing againstII. A moving or attempting to move a body from without1. pulsus, ūs (whence Eng. push)2. more freq. comp. impulsus, ūs (esp. in abl.); impulsio3. mōmentum, motusIII. Fig., a vigorous and determined effortIV. Also fig., extremityV. A pimple • push (subs.): for senses see push, v. I. In orig. sense, a thrust (p. of spear, Shaksp.): 1. ictus, ūs: cf. Liv. 2, 20: uno ictu transfixus. Phr.: with p. of pike (Raleigh), infesto spiculo, ib. (adapted): v. thrust. 2. impĕtus, ūs (shock, dashing against: esp. in battle = charge): he broke the enemy at the first p., hostes primo i. impulit, Liv. 9, 27: to make a p. (rush) at, imp. facere, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: v. onset, attack. For fig. use of impetus, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49, repentino quodam impetu animi incitatus: v. impulse. II. A moving or attempting to move a body from without: 1. pulsus, ūs (whence Eng. push): to be set in motion by a p. from without, p. externo agitari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23: an accidental p., cf. id. Div. 2, 61, externus et adventitius p. animos dormientium commovet. Join: motus et pulsus: cf. Gell. 9, 13 (fig.), animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque. 2. more freq. comp. impulsus, ūs (esp. in abl.); impulsio: by p. of shields, scutorum impulsu, Cic. Caec. 15, 43: cf. id. N. D. 2, 12, 32, where an external impulse or push, and a spontaneous movement are contrasted: non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte, movetur, id. N. D. 2, 12, 32. Also by the verb: to give anything a p., impellere aliquid, Virg. Aen. 2, 465: v. to push (1). 3. mōmentum, motus: v. motion, movement. III. Fig., a vigorous and determined effort: Phr.: to make a p., expr. by verb: (1). insto, 1: esp. as pass. impers.: if a p. were made, si instetur [suo milite vinci Romam posse], Liv. 2, 44 (like, "one vigorous p. will force the enemy to cry out for quarter," Addison). (2). urgeo, si, 2: Join: urgere, instare: make a p. and finish the work, quamobrem urge, insta, perfice, Cic. Att. 13, 32. (3). tento, 1 to make a p. for freedom, libertatem tentare, Liv. 6, 18: I'll make another p. for it, *iterum tentabo (Ainsw.). Comp. also foll.: a determined p. must be made, agenda res est et audenda, Liv. 35, 35: making a great p. at the enemy, ad hostes magno conatu profectus, Liv. 7, 6. IV. Also fig., extremity: discrīmen, īnis, n.: it has come to the last p., in summo res est discrimine, Caes. B. G. 6, 38: ad extrema perventum est, Curt. 4, 14: (in battle) ad triarios ventum est (v. Dict. Antt. s. v. EXERCITUS): cf. adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene d., Cic. Phil. 7, 1: when he sees the last p. of the war is come, postquam adesse d. ultimum belli animadvertit, Liv. 44, 23: to desert (or fail) one at the p., in ipso d. periculi aliquem destituere, Liv. 6, 17. Phr.: at the last p., in extremis suis rebus, Caes. B. G. 2, 25, fin. V. A pimple: pustŭla: v. pustule.