dash (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Collision1. conflictio (a dashing together)2. percussus, ūsII. Rush, onsetIII. In abstr. senseIV. A mark in writingV. A trace. Phr. • dash (subs.): I. Collision: 1. conflictio (a dashing together): the d. of two bodies together, duorum corporum inter se c., Quint. 2. percussus, ūs: rocks are hollowed by the constant d. of waters, crebro p. saxa cavantur aquis, Ov.: v. shock, collision. II. Rush, onset: chiefly in phr., to make a d. at, invŏlo, 1: they made an unexpected d. at the camp, improvisi castra involavere, Tac. H. 4, 33: also expr. by impetus: as, the enemy made a sudden d., hostes impetu facto, etc., Caes.: v. charge. III. In abstr. sense: impetuosity, "élan": Phr.: the Gauls have plenty of d. little stability, *Gallis mobilitatis atque impetus satis, stabilitatis parum, cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 33; *satis alacres sunt ad impetus faciendos, ad sustinendos autem parum stabiles. IV. A mark in writing: nŏta: v. mark, stroke. V. A trace. Phr.: to qualify vinegar with a d. of honey, acetum melle temperare, Plin.: paleness with a d. of violet, violâ tinctus pallor, Hor.: with a d. of melancholy, subtristis, Ter.: there is a d. of bitterness (in all), surgit amari aliquid, Lucr. 4, 1129.