down (prep.) Copy link • down (prep.): dē (with abl.): to throw oneself d. a mountain, de monte se praecipitare, Lucr.: to throw oneself d. from a wall, de muro se dejicere, Caes. Phr.: d. the stream., secundo flumine, Caes.: d. the Tiber, secundo Tiberi, Liv.: also, prono amni (poet.): Virg.: to tumble d. stairs, *scalis devolvi: he throws him d. the steps, eum per gradus dejicit, Liv.: to go d. hill, par pronum ire, Sen.; or simply descendere: v. to go down, and down-hill.