ē-vello Copy link Outline I. Lit.B. To drag away, tear awayII. Trop., to tear out, root out, eradicate ... ⓘēvellitis: pres ind act 2nd pl • ē-vello, velli (Cic. Sest. 28; id. de Or. 1, 53 fin.), post-class., vulsi (Flor. 4, 12, 38; Sen. ad Marc. Consol. 16, 7 al.), vulsum, 3, v. a., to tear, pull, or pluck out (class.). I. Lit.: linguam se evellisse M. Catoni, Cic. Sest. 28: ferrum, * Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3: arborem, Liv. 33, 5: dentes, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25 et saep.: spinas agro, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 5; cf.: ebulum, cicutam e segete, Plin. 17, 9, 6 § 55: clavos sepulcris, id. 34, 15, 44, § 151: statuam de monumento, Dig. 47, 12, 2.— Poet.: odorem e turis glebis (with divellere), Lucr. 3, 327: castra obsessa (sc. ex obsidione), i. e. to relieve, Sil. 7, 335.— B. To drag away, tear away: ab altari eum, Vulg. Exod. 21, 14; cf.: lucos tuos de medio tui, id. Micah, 5, 13.— II. Trop., to tear out, root out, eradicate, erase (a favorite word of Cicero): radicitus mala, Lucr. 3, 310: consules non modo ex memoria sed etiam ex fastis evellendi, Cic. Sest. 14 fin.: scrupulum ex animo, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; cf.: aculeum severitatis, id. Clu. 55, 152: omnem eorum importunitatem ex intimis mentibus, id. de Or. 1, 53, 230; cf. id. Clu. 1 fin.: iras (e pectore), Sil. 14, 183.
ēvellō Copy link ⓘēvellitis: pres ind act 2nd pl • ēvellō, ellī (ulsī), ĕre, tr., arracher, enlever, déraciner : Cic. Fin. 2, 97 ; Div. 2, 67 ; Att. 15, 4, 2 ; linguam alicui Cic. Sest. 60, arracher la langue à qqn, cf. Tusc. 3, 62 ; poma ex arboribus vix evelluntur Cic. CM 71, les fruits s'arrachent difficilement des arbres || [fig.] : ex animo alicui scrupulum Cic. Amer. 6, arracher de l'âme de qqn une inquiétude, cf. de Or. 1, 230 || dégager, délivrer : Sil. 7, 335. ➳ pf habituel evelli Cic. ; evulsi Sen. Marc. 16, 7.
evello Copy link ⓘēvellitis: pres ind act 2nd pl EVELLO velli, vulsi, vulsum, ere. [ἐκτίλλω] Vi quadam vellere, siue extrahere: vt, Euellere sibi capillum luctu Cic. Tusc. 3,.. […] 🗁 Page Scan