dismount Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans.1. descendo, di, sum, 32. dēsĭlio, sĭlui or sĭlii, sultum, 4 (quickly3. dēfluo, xi, xum, 3 (of a large number4. dēgrĕdior, gressus, 3 • dismount: I. Trans.: (a). as an antagonist: equo or ex equo dējicio, praecĭpĭto: v. to unhorse. (b). as a horse his rider: excŭtio, effundo; v. to throw. Phr.: to d. guns, *tormenta de curribus suis dejicere. II. Intrans.: 1. descendo, di, sum, 3: with ex equo (or ex equis of more than one), Caes. 2. dēsĭlio, sĭlui or sĭlii, sultum, 4 (quickly: to spring to the ground): more fully, d. ad pedes, Caes.: Virg. 3. dēfluo, xi, xum, 3 (of a large number: poet.): the whole troop to the ground d.'d, tota cohors relictis ad terram defluxit equis, Virg. 4. dēgrĕdior, gressus, 3: more fully, ad pedes d., Liv. Phr.: to make the cavalry d., equitatum (equitem) ad pedes deducere, Liv. See also to alight, descend.
DISMOUNT Copy link • DISMOUNT 1. TRANS., To throw off a horse, aliquem de equo dejicere or deturbare; aliquem excutere or effundere (of the horse itself). To throw from an elevation, dejicere aliquid loco, de and e loco. Of a piece of ordnance, hostium tormenta ludificari (to make them useless; after Liv.; quibus ea, quae hostes ingenti mole agerent, ludificaretur, 24, 34). [Bau. gives frangere pedamentum or pegma tormentorum. 2. INTR., To alight from a horse, ex equo descendere; descendere or desilire ex equis (of cavalry, in order to fight on foot): to make the cavalry dismount (to fight on foot), equitatum or equitem deducere ad pedes. To descend from an elevation; Vid: To DESCEND.