assault (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A hostile and violent onset1. impĕtus, ūs (i e. a sudden rush or onset2. oppugnātĭo (more comprehensive than the preceding, and including the whole offensive operations of a siege)3. vīs, f. (i. e. violent attack, as opp. to blockade)4. impressio (i. e. an attack of troops which presses hard upon the enemy)5. assultus, ūs (lit. a. springing uponII. Violence exercised or threatened against a person (legal t. t.)1. vīs, vim, vī, f.2. mănus, f. (in pl. • assault (subs.): I. A hostile and violent onset: 1. impĕtus, ūs (i e. a sudden rush or onset: q. v.): to attack a town with a vigorous a., oppidum magno i. oppugnare, Caes. 2. oppugnātĭo (more comprehensive than the preceding, and including the whole offensive operations of a siege): a.s of towns, oppidorum oppugnationes, Cic.: to sustain an a., oppugnationem sustinere, Caes. 3. vīs, f. (i. e. violent attack, as opp. to blockade): the town could be taken neither by a. nor by blockade, oppidum nec vi nec munimento capi poterat, Liv. 4. impressio (i. e. an attack of troops which presses hard upon the enemy): to make an a., dare im., Liv.; im. facere, Liv.: Varr. 5. assultus, ūs (lit. a. springing upon: rare): he presses the place by various a.s, locum variis a. urget, Virg. Phr.: the walls are taken by a., moenia scalis capiuntur, Liv.: v. to storm. II. Violence exercised or threatened against a person (legal t. t.): 1. vīs, vim, vī, f.: this is an a., indeed! to be both dragged and pushed at the same time, vis haec quidem est et trahi et trudi simul! Pl.: I charge you to commit no a. upon her, edico tibi ne vim facias ullam in illam, Ter.: he had committed an a. upon me, mihi vim et manus intulerat, Cic.: he kept shouting out at the top of his voice that I was committing an a. upon him, voce maxima vim me sibi afferre clamabat, Cic.: a person charged with a.. de vi reus, Cic. Esp. a "criminal" assault: the tribune was killed by him upon whom he was committing a c. a., tribunus interfectus ab eo est cui vim afferebat, Cic.: a c. a. on a woman, vis illata mulieri, Ov.: v. rape. 2. mănus, f. (in pl.: only in certain phr.): to commit an a. upon any one, alicui manus afferre, inferre, Cic.: vis and manus are sometimes combined in this sense: v. supr. (1).
assault (v.) Copy link Outline I. To employ force against1. ădŏrĭor, ortus, 42. oppugno, 1II. Legal t. t. • assault (v.): I. To employ force against: 1. ădŏrĭor, ortus, 4: to a. a city, urbem vi adoriri, Liv.: Cic. 2. oppugno, 1: to a. a camp, castra o., Caes.: to a. a town, oppidum o., Cic.: v. to attack, assail. II. Legal t. t.: v. assault (subs. II.).
ASSAULT Copy link • ASSAULT 1. v. adoriri, aggredi aliquem: impetum facere or invadere in ahquem: incurrere, incursare in aliquem: oppugnare or impugnare (urbem. etc. also aliquem). With the sward, ferro petere or lacessere aliquem: in the rear, a tergo adoriri aliquem. [SYN. in ASSAIL.] To commit an assault on anybody, alicui manus afferre, admovere, injicere: alicui vim afferre (also = to lay violent hands on, to kill): alicui vim et manus injicere (to commit violence): plagam or plagas alicui imponere, infligere, injicere (to strike anybody). 2. s. impetus: incursus (both of enemies and of a disease): oppugnatio, impetus in locum factus (assault on a town). A personal assault, vis or verbera. To commit an assault upon anybody, alicui vim afferre (Cic.): vim facere in aliquem (Ter.). [Vid. ASSAULT, v.] To accuse anybody of an assault, or bring an action of assault against anybody, aliquemreum facere de vi. To take a town, etc., by assault, vi or impetu capere: vi or per vim expugnare: impetu facto scalis capere. To determine on an as sault, exercitum ad urbem oppugnandam admovere: to order an anault, urbem vi adoriri or oppugnare: scalis muros aggredi. To commit a criminal assault, vim or stuprum afferre alicui; stuprum inferre alicui; per vim stuprare aliquam; decus muliebre expugnare (Liv.). [Vid. ATTACK, end.]