Abătŏs Copy link ⓘAbăte: fem voc sg • Abătŏs, i, f., =Ἄβατος (inaccess (ble), a rocky island. in the Nile, not far from Philæ, to which the priests only had access, Luc. 10, 323 (in Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 7, written as Greek, Ἄβατος).
abate Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To lessen, mitigate1. immĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 32. laxo, 13. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3II. to lessen the price of anything1. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 32. dētrăho, traxi, tractum, 3. ex summa d., Cic.3. immĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3B. Intrans. to decrease in strength or violence1. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 32. dēcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to depart altogether)3. immĭnŭo, 3 (to lessen); with pron. reflect.4. inclīno, 1; with pron. reflect.5. laxo, 16. rĕmitto, 3; sometimes with pron. reflect.7. respīro, 18. subsīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 • abate: A. Trans. I. To lessen, mitigate: 1. immĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: something is a.'d from the pleasure, imminuitur aliquid de voluptate, Cic. 2. laxo, 1: to ab. a portion of one's toil, sibi l. aliquid laboris, Liv.: to abate one's anger, iram l., Stat. 3. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to ab. something of their former valour, aliquid ex pristina virtute r., Caes.: he every day a.'d somewhat of his wrath, quotidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat, Liv. II. to lessen the price of anything: 1. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: de summa r., Cic. 2. dētrăho, traxi, tractum, 3. ex summa d., Cic. 3. immĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: summam i., Cic. Phr.: I cannot abate a farthing, non potest triobolum hinc abesse, Plaut.: v. abatement (II.) B. Intrans. to decrease in strength or violence: 1. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: the violence of the wind wholly a.'d, venti vis omnis cecidit, Liv.: has not your anger a.'d? non tibi ira cecidit? Liv. 2. dēcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to depart altogether): this anger will soon ab., decedet jam ira haec, Ter.: the quartan ague has a.'d, quartana decessit, Cic. 3. immĭnŭo, 3 (to lessen); with pron. reflect.: when the grief has a.'d, postquam se dolor imminuit, Ov. 4. inclīno, 1; with pron. reflect.: the fever a.'s, febris se inclinat, Cels. 5. laxo, 1: prices had abated, annona laxaverat, Liv. 6. rĕmitto, 3; sometimes with pron. reflect.: the wind had by chance a.'d, forte ventus remiserat, Caes.: Cic.: Ter.: the pain and inflammation have a.'d, dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt, Cels. 7. respīro, 1: the attack a.'d, oppugnatio respiravit, Cic. 8. subsīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3: vices ab., vitia s., Sen.: Quint.
ABATE Copy link • ABATETransitively, lessen, Vid: Bate, Vid: Intransitively, minui, se minuere. and minuere (Vid: Herzog, ad Coes., B.G., iii, 12): imminui (to be lessened inwardly): remitti: se remittere, and remittere only (to leave off; of rain, cold, a fever, etc.): levari, sublevari (to be lightened): leniri, mitigari (to be softened; mitigated). Phrase, ira deferveseit: sermo hominum refrigeratur.