defile (v. tr.) Copy link Outline 1. contāmĭno, 1 (usu. in fig. sense)2. inquĭno, 1 (esp. with filth)3. foedo, 14. măcŭlo, commăcŭlo, 15. incesto, 1 • defile (v. tr.): 1. contāmĭno, 1 (usu. in fig. sense): to d. oneself with bloodshed, se sanguine c., Cic.: v. to stain, sully. 2. inquĭno, 1 (esp. with filth): to d. a dress, vestem in., Pl. Fig.: to d. marriage and family and homes, nuptias et genus et domos in., Hor. 3. foedo, 1: v. to befoul, disfigure. 4. măcŭlo, commăcŭlo, 1: v. to stain. 5. incesto, 1: v. to pollute.
defile (v. intr.) Copy link Outline 1. transeo, transvĕhor (the former of infantry, the latter of cavalry)2. dēcurro, cŭcurri and curri, cursum, 3 (of military movements at quick pace)3. agmĭne abire (to d. in column) • defile (v. intr.): 1. transeo, transvĕhor (the former of infantry, the latter of cavalry): foot and horse, adorned with their decorations, d.d. (in triumphal procession), pedites equitesque transiere ac transvecti sunt, Liv. 10, 46 (transvehor is esp. used of the equites defiling before the censor for review: Liv. 9, 46, fin.). 2. dēcurro, cŭcurri and curri, cursum, 3 (of military movements at quick pace): Liv. 3. agmĭne abire (to d. in column): Liv. ap. Quich. Phr.: the army d.s through the pass, agmen per saltum porrigitur, Tac. A. 1, 51.
defile (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. angustiae, arum2. fauces, ium, f. (a mountain gorge) • defile (subs.): 1. angustiae, arum: a d. of the road, itineris a., Caes. 2. fauces, ium, f. (a mountain gorge): v. pass (subs.).
DEFILE Copy link • DEFILE 1. TR., maculare; commaculare; maculis aspergere (especially to stain what is white): contaminare (to sully the purity of anything): inquinare (to pollute, with the accessory notion of destroying the beauty of anything): polluere (implies a desecration of what is holy and pure): spurcare; conspurcare (to make dirty, with the accessory notion of disgust; scarcely ever used in the elevated style): violare (to dishonour, to deflour, and also to profane): to defile one’s hands with blood, manus suas sanguine cruentare: to be defiled with the blood of kinsmen, parricidio contaminari: to be defile with lust, vitam oblinere libidine; libidinibus inquinari. Vid. STAIN, POLLUTE. 2. INTR., perhaps in acie procedere: to defile, or march through a narrow pass, per angustias iter habere: the army defiles through a mountain pass covered with woods, agmen per saltum porrigitur (Tac., Ann., 1, 51, 3). 3. angustiae (a narrow pass, through a chain of mountains): fauces (a narrow pass, opening into a wider space).