crush (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (esp. with the feet)2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (the most gen. term)3. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (to damage or smash violently)4. contĕro, contundo, commĭnuo, frango5. prōtĕro, 3II. Fig.1. obtĕro, 32. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 33. prĕmo, 34. frango, frēgi, fractum, 35. prōtĕro, 3 (poet.)6. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (strictly, to dash to the ground)7. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (rare in this sense) • crush (v.): I. Lit.: 1. obtĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (esp. with the feet): to c. frogs with the foot, ranas ob. pede, Phaedr.: to c. the eggs of locusts, locustarum ova ob., Plin.: to c. the legs, crura ob., Col. 2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (the most gen. term): the vaulted roof fell and c.'d the rest, ruina camerae oppressit ceteros, Phaedr.: Cic.: to c. a fly, muscam op., Phaedr. 3. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (to damage or smash violently): I will c. your head, elidam caput, Pl.: to c. the jaws, fauces e., Ov. 4. contĕro, contundo, commĭnuo, frango: v. to break in pieces, bruise. 5. prōtĕro, 3: v. to trample on. II. Fig.: To overwhelm; by conquest or otherwise: 1. obtĕro, 3: he had c.'d almost the whole wing, alam prope universam obtriverat, Tac.: Liv.: to c. a calumny, calumniam ob., Cic. 2. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to c. a sedition, motum op., Nep. (comprimere, Liv.): v. to overwhelm. 3. prĕmo, 3: to be c.'d beneath the greatness of the taxes, magnitudine tributorum premi, Caes.: to c. an enemy, inimicum p., Curt. 4. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3: to c. and subdue nations, nationes f. et domare, Cic. Join also, frangere et comminuere (to break and shatter completely), Cic. 5. prōtĕro, 3 (poet.): to c. the Carthaginians in war, Marte Poenos p., Hor. 6. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (strictly, to dash to the ground): to c. a nation in war, gentem bello af., Liv.: Cic. (The word does not, however, denote entire destruction; but rather prostration: v. to prostrate.) 7. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (rare in this sense): to be c.'d by grief, aegritudine elidi, Cic.
crush Copy link Outline I. The actII. A dense crowd • crush, crushing (subs.): I. The act: contūsio: v. bruising. (But usu. expr. by verb; as, to aim at crushing the enemy, *id agere ut hostes obterantur: v. preced. art.) II. A dense crowd: *frequentia densissima; hominum frequentia humeris inter se colluctantium: v. crowd.
CRUSH Copy link • CRUSH 1. s. compressio: contusio. Sometimes pulsus, ictus, percussio, collisus, collisio, attritus may serve. A dense crowd, turba confertissima. 2. TR., contundere (general term, both PROP., [as, caput; colla, pectus; oleas; florem aratro, Catullus], and figuratively, aliquem, alicujus animum, audaciam, opes, etc.): elidere (PROP.,” to strike or thrust out, or violently :” talos, caput saxo): illidere (to strike into; injure by a crushing blow: e.g., serpens illisa, Cic.): premere (to press): comprimere (to press together): deprimere: opprimere (crush down: PROP., and figuratively, ): confringere (to beat to pieces): comminuere (to break or beat into bits): conculcare (to crush by treading on it): perfringere (to break thoroughly): diminuere (to reduce to small pieces or atoms; e.g., anybody’s head, or brains, caput, cerebrum): deterere (to reduce by rubbing, to bruise; e.g., frumenta): pinsere (to pound): conterere: obterere (to reduce to atoms by rubbing, to pulverize): in pulverem redigere or conterere (to reduce to dust, to pulverize - ☞ but not pulverare): oblidere (to mangle, to jam): to crush grapes, torculare (late); prelo premere; calcare (Col. 12, 39, 2): lo crush olives, oleas contundere: to crush in a mortar, contundere in pila (e.g., thymum): to crush anything with a weight, aliquid elidere pondere (Plin., draconem). To be crushed, frangi; contundi; elidi [SYN. above.] to be crushed between rocks, contundi ac debilitari inter saxa rupesque (Liv.): to have been nearly crushed by the fall of a tree, prope funeratum esse ictu arboris (Hor.): to be crushed by the fall of a room, ruina conclavis opprimi (Cic.). FIG., contundere (Vid: above): affligere (to dash to the ground, opposed to erigere): opprimere (to quell; e.g., a commotion, tumultum: to oppress, destroy violently, libertatem; ☞ Cic., Lael., 4, 78: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur): comprimere (to stop or quell by main force; e.g., tumultum, seditionem): obruere (to cover over with a mass that crushes or overwhelms one): obtundere (to beat on anything and thus deprive it of its power; e.g., to dull the mental powers, mentem, ingenia). To crush anybody’s pride, superbiam alicujus retundere (Phaedrus, 4, 23, 21): a manly character is not to be crushed by pain, viri non est debilitari dolore, frangi, succumbere: to be crushed (e.g., under deep affliction), aegritudine afflictum debilitatumque esse; by a burden, onere opprimi, deprimi: to be crushed by the magnitude of debts, an affair, etc., obrui aere alieno, negotii magnitudine: to be almost crushed by one’s own greatness, magnitudine sua laborare: by the power of fate, impetum fortunae superare non posse: to crush anybody, aliquem obruere (Propertius, Deus me obruit): aliquem or alicujus opes contundere (crush his power): aliquem conterere or contemptim conterere (Plaut.): aliquem frangere (break his spirit; opposed to erigere): aliquem deprimere (sink him or his scale; opposed to extollere): tyrannica crudelitate importune vexare (of a tyrant; e.g., speaking of a nation; Vid: Justin, 42, 1, 3): tyrannum esse in aliquem; superbe crudeliterque tractare aliquem (of a single individual; [Vid: Cic., Phil., 13, 8, 17: Justin, 42, 1, 3): to crush anybody’s hopes, alicujus spem exstinguere, incidere or infringere: anybody’s power, alicujus opes contundere; alicujus potentiam exstinguere: to crush the enemy, hostes profligare. 3. INTR., densari; condensari; spissari; conspissari; concrescere. compressione coactum esse (Vitrvius). CRUST, s. crusta (any natural rind or coating; e.g., of bread, a wound, etc.). To cover with a crust, crustare: crusta obducere: covered with a crust, crustatus: crustosus: the crust of bread, crusta panis. A crust (= morsel) of bread, frustum (diminutive, frustulum). I have not a crust of bread to eat, Vid: CRUMB.