start (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A sudden motion of the body from fear or surpriseII. A beginning1. ĭnĭtium2. ĭnĭtus mŏvendi, Lucr. 1, 384III. A setting out • start (subs.): I. A sudden motion of the body from fear or surprise: perh. repens tremor: subita trepidatio: to wake up with a s., repente excuti somno: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 302. II. A beginning: 1. ĭnĭtium: it takes its s. from the Rhone, i. capit a flumine Rhodano, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: to make a bad s., male ponere initia, Cic. Att. 10, 18. 2. ĭnĭtus mŏvendi, Lucr. 1, 384: initus motus, id. 2, 269. III. A setting out: prŏfectio, ōnis, f.: to get ready for a s., pr. parare, Caes. B. C. 1, 27. Phr.: to make a fresh s. in life, ad carceres a calce revocari, Cic. de Sen. 23, 83: when you have as it were just made a s., tanquam a carceribus emissus, id. Am. 27: to give the signal for a s., mittere mappam, Mart. 12, 29, 9: (cf. Ov. M. 10, 652, the trumpets had given the signal for a s., signa tubae dederant): to get the s. of any one, occupare aliquem., cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27: Antony had two days' s. of me, biduo me A. antecessit, id. Fam. 11, 13: I wonder where I got the s. of her, miror ubi ego huic anteverterim, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 12: the king had got a considerable s., aliquantum viae praeceperat rex, Liv. 36, 19: the enemy was likely by a short cut to get a s., hostis breviore via praeventurus erat, Liv. 22, 24.
start (v.) Copy link Outline I. To move suddenly from agitation or fear1. trĕmisco, 32. rĕsĭlio, ui, 43. concŭtior, cussus, 34. horreo, ui, 25. commŏvēri mĕtu6. expăvesco, pāvi, 37. to s. up., exsĭlio, ēmergo, Lucr. 2., 200.8. to s. backII. To s. asunder, burst1. dissĭlio, ui, 42. rumpor, dīrumporIII. To set out1. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 32. incĭpĕre ĭtĕr, Pl. Cas. 2, 1, 16.3. in viam se dare (to s. on a journey), Cic. Fam. 14, 12. Phr.IV. To set on foot1. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 32. ĭnĭtium alicujus făcĕre3. auspĭcor, ātus, 14. aggrĕdior, gressus, 35. commŏveo, ōvi, ōtum, 2V. To s. game1. excio, īvi or ii, ītum and ĭtum, 42. excĭto, 1 • start (v.): I. To move suddenly from agitation or fear: 1. trĕmisco, 3: he s.s at the sound of footsteps and voice, sonitumque pedum vocemque tr., Virg. Aen. 3, 648. 2. rĕsĭlio, ui, 4: the polypus s.s back from the smell of savory, polypus r. ab odore cunilae, Plin. 10, 70, 90. 3. concŭtior, cussus, 3: Sen. Tranq. 2. 4. horreo, ui, 2: he s.s when hands are applied to fresh wounds, h. admotas vulnera cruda manus, Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 16. 5. commŏvēri mĕtu: cf. Ter. And. 5, 4, 34. 6. expăvesco, pāvi, 3: to s. at an uproar, ex. ad tumultum aliquem, Plin. 10, 77, 97: cf. Liv. 6, 14. 7. to s. up., exsĭlio, ēmergo, Lucr. 2., 200. 8. to s. back: v. recoil. II. To s. asunder, burst: 1. dissĭlio, ui, 4: bronze vessels often s. asunder, aera dissiliunt vulgo, Virg. G. 3, 363. 2. rumpor, dīrumpor: v. snap. III. To set out: 1. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3: when you had s.'d to come to me, cum ad me pr. es ire, Pl. Rud. 3, 6, 9: (cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 16: pr. Cyprum [to s. for Cyprus]). 2. incĭpĕre ĭtĕr, Pl. Cas. 2, 1, 16. 3. in viam se dare (to s. on a journey), Cic. Fam. 14, 12. Phr.: to s. with: prīmum, inprīmis, a prīmo: cf. id. N. D. 2, 1, 3., he proves, to s. with, that gods exist, then what their nature is, primum docet deos esse deinde quales sint: in a low tone to s. with, then more earnest, summissus a primo, deinde pressus, id. Or. 8, 26: I now return to the subject with which I s.'d, nunc ad inceptum redeo, Sall. J. 4, fin.: to s. in a race, carcere mitti, or emitti, Ov. H. 18, 166: carcere effundi, Virg. G. 3, 104: e carceribus exire, Cic. Brut. 47, 173: carceribus mitti, Hor. S. 1., 1, 114. IV. To set on foot: 1. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: to s. a barter in one's own house, domesticum mercatum i., Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30. 2. ĭnĭtium alicujus făcĕre: cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20, he would have s.'d the massacre with me, caedis initium fecisset a me. 3. auspĭcor, ātus, 1: to s. one's life, vitam a., Plin. 7, prooem. 3. 4. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3: to s. a canvass, ad petitionem a., Cic. Mur. 7, 15: to s. a business, negotium a., id. Off. 1, 21, 73. 5. commŏveo, ōvi, ōtum, 2: you have s.'d a subject, rem commovisti, id. Brut. 87, 297: to s. a doubt about a thing, aliquid in dubium vocare, id. de Or. 2, 34: to s. a discussion, inferre sermonem, id. Off. 1, 40, 144. V. To s. game: 1. excio, īvi or ii, ītum and ĭtum, 4: the hounds s.'d the boar out of its lair, suem latebris excivere canes, Ov. M. 10, 710. 2. excĭto, 1: to s. wild animals, feras e., Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: to s. a stag from its covert, cervum nemorosis latibulis e., Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.
START Copy link • START 1. v. Intransitively, To startle, concitari terrore et metu: metu concuti: commoveri, percelli re nova, stupere: stupescere. To start back, resilire; resultare: to start at anything, refugere, timere, vereri, horrere, reformidare aliquid: a horse starts, equus consternatur. To make a beginning, incipere: initium facere. To set out, abire: proficisci. To start from a certain place, excurrere; e carceribus emitti (in a race). To burst asunder, dissiliri: rumpi. Transitively, To arouse, excitare: ciere. To set on foot, rei initium facere: aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid faciendum (e.g., ad hanc disputationem, ad dicendum, Cic.; also accusative only, ancipitem causam, Cic.; in Sall. always accusative only; in poetical and post-Augustan prose, infinitive): fundamenta rei ponere or jacere. To start a question, rem commovere (quae, etc., Cic., Brut., 87, 297). To burst, rumpere. 2. s. Sudden action of the body from fear, repens terror. A sudden impulse or rousing, impetus: impulsus. A beginning, initium. A setting out, profectus. To have made a false start, ad carceres revocari (effect for cause). Advance, precedence, plus viae confectum. To have the start of anybody, praecipere iter alicui (Liv., 3, 46); antecedere, antecessisse aliquem (to have got before anybody): the king had got a considerable start, aliquantum viae rex praeceperat (Liv., 36, 19), or longius spatium praeceperat (e.g., fuga, Liv., 22, 41): to have scarcely four hours’ start of anybody, vix quatuor horarum spatio antecedere (to be hardly four hours’ march ahead, Caes.): Antony had got two days’ start of me, biduo me Antonius antecessit (Brut, ap. Cic., Ep., 11, 13).