degrade Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. dĕhŏnesto, dēdĕcŏro, ignominiâ affĭcio, etc.2. immĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with some such word as dignitatem)3. abjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (with auctoritatem, etc.). he has d.d the senate, auctoritatem senatus abjecit, Cic.4. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (in certain connexions5. abdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (needing to be defined by context)6. dēvŏco, 1 (ad aliquid) • degrade: I. Lit.: expr. by ordo (of officers in the army), or locus (of rank in general): as, to d. to the ranks, in ordinem cogere, Liv.; redigere, Suet.; adimere ordinem (of centurions only), Tab. Heracl. Phr.: to d. from the rank of senator, aliquem senatorio loco (= senatu) movere, Cic.: to d. a common soldier, militem cingulo exuere, Cod. II. Fig.: 1. dĕhŏnesto, dēdĕcŏro, ignominiâ affĭcio, etc.: v. to disgrace. 2. immĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with some such word as dignitatem): to d. the Roman people in reputation and influence, populi R. existimationem atque auctoritatem im., Cic.: also absol. with acc. of person, Tac. 3. abjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (with auctoritatem, etc.). he has d.d the senate, auctoritatem senatus abjecit, Cic.: also absol., to d. oneself, se ab., id. 4. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (in certain connexions: strictly to dash down): the commonwealth was (deeply) d.d by that bought and debauched trial, afflicta resp. est empto constupratoque judicio, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3. 5. abdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (needing to be defined by context): to d. so important an art from the dignity of religion to mere lucre, tantam artem a religionis auctoritate abd. ad mercedem, Cic. 6. dēvŏco, 1 (ad aliquid): Plin.
DEGRADE Copy link • DEGRADERemove to a lower rank, loco movere (of soldiers; Caes., B.C., 3, 74; coupled with ignominia notare, to disgrace): ex superiore ordine in inferiorem detrudere aliquem (cf., Suet., Caes., 29, in.): gradu dejicere aliquem (after Modest. in Dig., 49, 16, 3): ab ordine movere aliquem (after Ulp., Dig., 37, 20, 30): militandi ordinem alicui mutare (of a soldier; ☞ Liv., 25, 6, 15): removere, amovere or submovere aliquem munere (to remove him from his office; especially from an office of state). To degrade a senator, aliquem a or de senatu movere; aliquem senatu or senatorio loco movere (Liv., 39, 42): to degrade anybody from his office, abrogare or abolere alicui magistratum (both in the Roman sense abolere implying that the degradation is forever): to degrade the governor of a province, aliquem provincia demovere. In a wider sense; to disgrace, etc., dignitate sua privare or spoliare: imminuere alicujus auctoritatem: aliquem ignominia afficere or notare (the latter, Caes., B.C., 3, 74): ignominiam alicui injungere or inurere (to disgrace). To degrade one’s self, se abjicere: se abjicere et prosternere: minuere suam dignitatem: dignitatis suae immemorem esse: se dedecorare (e.g., flagitiis): se ipsum in ordinem cogere (Liv.; to forget what is due to one’s self; figurative expression from the notion of reducing an officer to the ranks [?]): in pejorem partem rapere: to degrade art to a gainful trade, artem ad mercedem atque quaestum abducere: to such a degree was art degraded by Perillus, in hoc Perillus artem devocavit. To degrade one’s self to anything, prolabi ad aliquid: descendere ad aliquid: se projicere in aliquid: to degrade anything, aliquid abjicere et prosternere (Terentianus). Degrading [Vid: DISGRACEFUL]. To think anything degrading, aliquid infra se positum arbitrari; anything is degrading to anybody, est infra alicujus dignitatem. Thinking it degrading to, inferius majestate sua rati, si, etc. (Tac., Ann., 3, 3).