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I. Lit.
1. gutta (a round drop, whether falling or not)
2. stilla (a d. as falling; a d. as poured from a vessel)
3. stīria (strictly, a congealed d.)
II. A small quantity (of a fluid)
1. stilla
2. paulum, paulŭlum
III. An ornament for the person

• drop (subs.):

I. Lit.:

1. gutta (a round drop, whether falling or not): the d. hollows stone, g. cavat lapidem, Ov.: d.s of rain, g. imbrium, Cic.: falling d.s, g. cadentes, Cic. Also used in architecture, Vitr.
2. stilla (a d. as falling; a d. as poured from a vessel): three d.s of the fat being added, ex eo adipe, ternis s. additis, Plin.
3. stīria (strictly, a congealed d.): an unsightly d. (from the nose), turpis st., Mart.: v. icicle. Phr.: d. by d., stillatim, Varr.: to fall in d.s, stillare, destillare, Plin.: to pour d. by d., instillare, Hor.: d.s of amber, stillata electra, Ov.: that which falls d. by d., stillicidium: v. drip (subs.)

II. A small quantity (of a fluid):

1. stilla: a little d. of oil, s. olei, Mart. 12, 70.
2. paulum, paulŭlum: v. little (A).

III. An ornament for the person: stalagmia, ĭnaures (both pl.): v. ear-ring.

• drop (v.):

A. Trans.:

I. Lit.: to let fall in drops:

1. stillo, 1 (more freq. intrans.): to d. (tears) from the eyes, rorem st. ex oculis, Hor.
2. instillo, 1 (to d. a fluid upon something): to d. oil on the lamp, oleum lumini ins., Cic.: Hor.: to d. a juice into the ears, succum auribus ins., Plin.
3. destillo, 1 (to d. down: rare as trans.): usu. with abl. of that which drops: trees which d. perfume, destillantes odore arbores, Plin.: Tib.
4. irrōro, 1 (like dew): v. to sprinkle.

II. To let fall: dēmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to d. a pebble into the urn, calculum in urnam d., Ov.: to d. tears, lacrimas d., Virg. Phr.: to d. the curtain (strictly, to lower the curtain, so as to disclose the stage), aulaeum or aulaea premere, Hor.: to d. a tear, lacrimas dare (with dat. of object), Ov. (v. tear): to d. anchor, ancoram jacere, Caes.: to d. the reins (leave hold of them), habenas remittere, Ov.: have you d.'d some money, num qui nummi exciderunt tibi? Pl.: v. GO (TO LET).
III. To leave off doing, give over (colloq.): Phr.: to d. an amour, amorem missum facere, Ter.: let us d. this, haec missa faciamus, Ter.: to d. a friend, amicum negligere, abjicere (v. to cut, fin.): to d. an intimacy, familiaritatem omittere, praecidere (cut it short): v. to break off

B. Intrans.:

I. To fall in drops:

1. stillo, 1: honey d.'d from the oak, stillabant de ilice mella, Ov.: v. to trickle.
2. destillo, 1: a humour d.s from the groin (of the horse), d. inguine virus, Virg.: cf. supr. (I.).
3. (more precisely), stillātim cădo, cĕcĭdi, casum, 3: Varr. See also to drip.

II. To fall to the ground:

1. dēlābor, psus, 3 (from an elevated position): the image that d.'d down from heaven, signum de coelo delapsum, Cic.: the fold d.s from the shoulder, ab humero sinus d., Quint.
2. dēcĭdo, 3: to fall down.
3. excĭdo, cĭdi, 3: an arrow having d.'d (from his hand) on to his (Chiron's) foot, quum excidisset sagitta in pedem, Plin.: the swords d.'d from (their) hands, gladii de manibus exciderunt, Cic. (v. to fall out). Fig.: (these) words d.'d from his lips, vox excidit ore, Virg.: lest any should think the words to have d.'d from me without thinking, ne quis mihi putet temere excidisse, quod dixerim ..., Quint.: Cic.
4. dēfluo, xi, xum, 3 (to become detached, slip off): the hair d.s off, defluunt comae, Ov.: his very wreaths began to d. from him, jam ipsae defluebant coronae, Cic.: his body d.'d from his horse to the ground, corpus ex equo defluxit in terram, Curt.
5. fluo, 3: the hair d.s off, capilli f., Cels.: (the fruit) will d. off of itself when ripe, sponte fluent matura suâ, Ov.: Cic.: v. to slip (from). Phr.: the teeth d. out, cadunt (excidunt) alicui dentes: v. to fall out.

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s. gutta (a natural, globular drop): stilla (a drop which, at first, hangs down longitudinally from what it begins to drop from; hence, an artificial drop from a glass, etc.): cf., stiria is a congealed stilla): a small drop, guttula: not a single drop, ne tantillum quidem; ne minimum quidem: drop by drop, guttatim: stillatim [SYN. above]. The rain comes down in large drops, nimbus effunditur.
In medicine, *liquor medicatus.
Ear-ring, Vid.

v. TRANS.
To pour in drops, effundere (to pour out, in general): stillare (to cause to fall in drops, rorem ex oculis, Hor.; poetical); destillare (from or from above): to drop down dew, irrorare (poetical, rore rigare, Cic., Poet., De Divin., 1, 12, 20).
To let fall from a higher place, mittere (to leave hold of): to drop the curtain, aulaeum mittere or premere: to drop a tear, tradere se lacrimis; lacrimam or lacrimulam emittere, dare, both poetical: to drop a tear for anybody, lacrimam dare alicui (Ov.): lacrimare casum alicujus (Nep.): I saw you drop a tear, vidi ego tuam lacrimulam (ironically, Cic.): to drop anchor, ancoram jacere.
To let go, (1) Physically; of a thing before held, omittere (e.g., arma, habenas): manu emittere (to drop from the hand purposely; e.g., to drop the shield, scutum); also de (ex) manibus dimittere, emittere. (2) IMPROPR. To intermit, to cease, omittere (to entertain no longer, to dismiss from one’s mind, to give over; e.g., hopes, fear, grief, etc.): mittere: missum facere: dimittere (to give up whatever we can not maintain or keep possession of): abjicere: ponere: deponere (to give over whatever we do not think right, advantageous, etc.; e.g., enmity, hatred, etc.): desistere de re or de aliqua re (implying a sudden change of purpose): to drop all hope, spem omittere, deponere, abjicere: to drop anybody’s cause, deserere aliquem: causam alicujus deponere: a causa alicujus recedere. To drop the subject, rem integram or in medio relinquere: let us drop it, relinquamus (let’s say no more of it; comic): pray drop it! missa isthaec! fac! mitte, omitte hate! (i. e., do drop it!): drop this nonsense, aufer ridicularia (comic): to drop the notion, dimittere cogitationem alicujus rei.
To let go a dependant or companion, omittere aliquem (in a contemptuous sense): to drop anybody’s acquaintance, consuetudinem intermittere (altogether): drop him! sine eum (sc. ire; i. e., let him go, have no more to do with him; after Ter., Ad., 3, 2, 23).
To bedrop, speckle, maculis variare (☞ not maculare, which in prose stands only for “making spots”).
To drop anybody a few lines, aliquid litterarum ad aliquem dare.

INTR.,
To fall in drops, stillare; from, out of anything, stillare ex, de, etc.; into anything, in aliquid: destillare (down from above): defluere: delabi (to come or flow down gently; e.g., de caelo, of rain): stillatim cadere (Varr., L.L., p. 11, Mull.): desilire ex edito (from above; e.g., of the water of a basin): the dew drops, rorat; ros cadit.
To drop out or off (i. e., to fall down from anything to which it had been attached), cadere (to fall out and down; of teeth, hair, etc; opposed to nasci, subnasci): excidere (to fall out, of teeth, etc.): decidere (to fall down, of teeth, hair, feathers): fluere, defluere, effluere (to drop out and disappear, of hair): desinere (not to grow again, to drop off entirely; of hair). To drop with anything, stillare or (stronger) manare aliqua re (e.g., sanguine, cruore, sudore). To drop down (in other senses than the preceding) [Vid: FALL]: to drop from the clouds, de caelo delabi; ex astris delabi or decidere: he seemed as if he had dropped from the moon, *in alium quendam orbem delatus sibi videbatur.
To die, Vid:
To let anything drop; [Vid: To DROP, trans.] .
To drop in (= to call upon anybody unexpectedly, etc.). Anybody drops in, ecce ad me (nos, etc.) advenit aliquis (Plaut.); ecce aliquis venit (Cic., Caecin., 7, 20).

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