sink (subs.) Copy link • sink (subs.): sentīna (oftenest used of the lowest part or sink in the hold of a ship): cf. Sall. C. 37, hi Romam sicuti in sentinam confluxerant. (Emissarium = outlet.)
sink (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To settle downwards1. sīdo, di, 32. ruo, i, rŭtum, 3 (to s. with violence, go suddenly to ruins3. collābor, lapsus, 3 (to s. or fall in ruins)4. when the sense is to be swallowed up, as in water, expr. by mergo, immergo, dēmergo, submergo, si, sum, 3; either as pass. refl. or in act. with pron. refl.II. To penetrate deepIII. To be in a declining state; go to destructionIV. To lower oneself, yield to indulgencesV. To fall, decline; as pricesB. Trans.I. To cause to go to the bottom1. dēprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 32. submergo, 3 (to submerge3. dēmergo, 3 (like deprimo, to send to the bottom)II. To lowerIII. To lower, degrade; take up completelyIV. To investV. To waste, dissipate • sink (v.): A. Intrans.: I. To settle downwards: 1. sīdo, di, 3: (gum) s.s in water, in aqua sidit, Plin. 12, 25, 54 § 121: to s. into ashes (as a house consumed in the flames), in cineres s., Prop. Fig.: to s. by its own weight (of an empire), pessum sua mole s., Sen. Const. Sap. 2 (pessum = pedes versum, downwards). Comps. (1) consīdo, sēdi, 3 (strengthened from preced., to s. down altogether, esp. on a large scale): (all Troy appeared) to s. down into the flames, c. in flammas, Virg. Aen. 2, 624: the Alps may now (without danger) s. down, Alpes jam licet considant, Cic. Prov. 14, 34: Col. (2) dēsīdo, sēdi, 3 (to s. down; to the bottom): Cic. Div. 1, 35, fin.: Varr. (3) rĕsīdo, sēdi, 3 (to s. again; subside after rising): every gust of wind sank, omnis resedit flatus, Virg. Aen. 7, 27: opp. to surgere, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27; to attolli, Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2 (of the rising and s.ing of the subject of a poem). (4) subsīdo, 3: the valleys s., s. valles, Ov. M. 1, 43: the streams s. (after flood), flumina s., ib. 243: v. to subside. 2. ruo, i, rŭtum, 3 (to s. with violence, go suddenly to ruins: whereas sido and comps. denote gradual settling down): Troy s.s headlong from its lofty height, r. alto a culmine Troja, Virg. Aen. 2, 290. So, corruo, 3 (to s. all in ruins): Cic. Top. 3, 15: Quint. 3. collābor, lapsus, 3 (to s. or fall in ruins): Liv.: Suet. Very oft. of persons s.ing in a swoon: he sank to the ground and lay for a long time half dead, collapsus diu prope intermortuus jacuit, Suet. Ner. 42: Virg. 4. when the sense is to be swallowed up, as in water, expr. by mergo, immergo, dēmergo, submergo, si, sum, 3; either as pass. refl. or in act. with pron. refl.: many ships being pierced through s., multae naves rostris perforatae merguntur, Auct. B. Alex. 46: Bootes s.s in the deep ocean, Bootes alto mergitur oceano, Cat. 66, 68 almost engulphed in the mud and s.ing (deeper and deeper), hausti paene limo immergentesque se, Liv. 22, 2: s.ing in the waters of the river, demersus fluminis undis, Ov. M. 14, 615. Fig.: a house sunk in destruction, domus demersa exitio, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 3. Phr.: the ships being overladen sank to the bottom, naves nimio onere pressas mare hausit, Tac. H. 3, 77: v. to swallow up. II. To penetrate deep: descendo, di, sum, 3: the weapon had not sunk deep into the body, ferrum haud alte in corpus descendisse, Liv. 1, 41. Fig., of the impression made by anything said: that remark sank deeper into Jugurtha's heart than ..., quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius quam ... descendit, Sall. Jug. 11. III. To be in a declining state; go to destruction: ruo, pessum eo or sīdo, lābor, etc.: v. ruin, I., Phr. See also supr. (I.). IV. To lower oneself, yield to indulgences: Phr.: to s. in indolence and sensuality, ad inertiam et voluptatem corporis pessum dari (or as one word), Sall. Jug. 1. to s. into sensuality, in flagitia se ingurgitare: v. to plunge (B.). V. To fall, decline; as prices: cădo, 3; etc.. v. to fall (IV.). B. Trans.: I. To cause to go to the bottom: 1. dēprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3: to s. a plough deep in the soil, aratrum d., Virg. G. 1, 45 esp. to s. a ship (act of war), navem d., Caes. B. C. 1, 58. Cic. 2. submergo, 3 (to submerge: not denoting, as deprimo does, a hostile act): he sunk a ship at the entrance of the harbour, faucibus portus navem submersam objecit, Caes. B. C. 3, 39: v. to submerge. 3. dēmergo, 3 (like deprimo, to send to the bottom): Auct. B. Alex. 25 (quum triremem hostium perforasset et demersisset). See also to plunge. II. To lower: Phr.: to s. a well, puteum demittere [alte], Virg. G. 2, 231: also, p. agere [e. g. in centum pedes], Plin. 17, 8, 4: p. defodere, id. 37, 9, 43 (al. depressis puteis). III. To lower, degrade; take up completely: esp. in pass., to be sunk in anything: Phr.: the whole plebeian order was deeply sunk in debt, totam plebem aere alieno demersam esse, Liv. 2, 29 (v. debt): sunk in deep sleep and wine, somno vinoque sepultus, Virg. Aen. 2, 265: to be sunk in grief, in moerore jacere, Cic. Att. 10, 4: cf. Lucr. 1, 63, humana quum vita jaceret ... oppressa gravi sub religione, i. e. sunk beneath grievous superstition: sunk in vice, vitiis deditus; qui se in flagitia ingurgitavit, immersit: v. devoted to, also, to plunge (fin.). IV. To invest: collŏco, 1: v. to invest (III.). V. To waste, dissipate: v. to squander.
SINK Copy link • SINK 1. s. latrina (for impurities). Vid :, also, SEWERS. 2. v. Intransitively, PROP., sidere (to go to the bottom): considere (to see down together): desidere (to go downward): residere: subsidere (to go down gradually): mergi: demergi (to go down in water; to be sunk, as ships, etc.). To be sunk in a deep sleep, somno mergi (Liv., 41, 3); artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Cic., Somn., 2). Figuratively, To fall, go to ruin, cadere: considere: corruere (quickly, violently): labi: exstingui: demergi: inclinari: one’s courage sinks, animum demittere or submittere; animo cadere or deficere: he is sunk deeply in depravity, est moribus admodum corrupts; prorsus a virtute descivit: to sink below the level of the brutes, omnem humanitatem ita exuere, ut vix bestiae aequiparandum sit aliquis: sinking Latinity, Latinitas labens (opposed to florens; Ruhnken). Transitively, demittere: submittere. To sink a well, puteum fodere (Plaut.), effodere (Col.), imprimere (Pallad.). To sink a ditch, fossam deprimere: to sink a ship, navem deprimere (the proper word, summergere †): he sank a ship at the entrance of the harbor (i. e., to block up the entrance), faucibus portus navem (onerariam) summersam objecit (Caes., B.C., 3, 39, 2): the cheeks sink in, genae labuntur (Sen., Hipp., 364): sunk eyes, oculi concavi, conditi, abditi, or latentes.