smite Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • smite: I. Lit.: ferio, 4 (in most senses): so that thou smitest thy fore-head (as a sign of vexation), ut frontem ferias, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1: v. to strike. II. Fig.: to be smitten (with love), ardēre, ămōre ardēre, dēpĕrīre ămōre, effūsē amare (v. passionately): also flāgrāre ămōre alicujus, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71 (v. to love): incensus amore, Virg. Aen. 3, 298: amore captus, Liv. 30, 12, ad fin.: cf. amore perire, Virg. E. 10, 10: misere amare, Pl. Mil. 4, 6, 32: perdite amare, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 45: insanire amores, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 25: insane amare, Pl. Curc. 1, 3, 20.
SMITE Copy link • SMITE[Vid :, STRIKE, PROP., and figuratively]. Smitten with love, amore captus or incensus; amore perditus (Plaut.): to be smitten with love of anybody, furere or insanire in aliqua; amore alicujus mori (Propertius), perire, or deperire.