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grassor | grassans, ntis (noun M) : (
* Inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Caes.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).
* Lit.
* In gen. (mostly ante-class.): hoc grassari gradu,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11: siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3: recte grassatur via,Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477: certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,come about me, approach me,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2: per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.
* To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.): in umbris,Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.: silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence
* With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack: turmas,Stat. Th. 8, 571.
* In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.: consimili grassantur via,Afran. ib. 9: ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,Sall. J. 1, 3: grassandum ad clara periclis,Sil. 1, 570: (assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,that he was proceeding,Liv. 3, 44, 8: longe alia via grassabantur,id. 2, 27, 7: consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,id. 10, 14, 13: mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,Tac. H. 4, 56: cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,Sall. J. 64, 5: obsequio,to act obsequiously,Hor. S. 2, 5, 93: dolo,to act cunningly,Tac. H. 4, 16: assentando multitudini grassari,Liv. 45, 23, 9: superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,Suet. Aug. 67.
* In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against.—Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem: trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.: in possessionem agri publici grassari,id. 6, 5, 4: in externos grassari,Suet. Ner. 36: adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,id. Calig. 34; cf.: qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,Just. 1, 9: ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,Suet. Calig. 56: omni rapinarum genere grassati,id. Vesp. 6: diverso vitiorum genere,id. Galb. 14; cf.: placuit veneno grassari,Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.—Absol.: Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,Tac. A. 4, 47.— Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,Tac. A. 4, 66: ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,id. ib. 13, 4: dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.: haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,id. 26, 1, 3, § 4: mala vestra, ... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6: rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,Prud. Psych. 468: grassandi in re familiari facultas,of wasting, plundering,Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.: nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,Juv. 14, 174.
* With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.): simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.—P. a.: , , m., as subst., a robber, thief: quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3: sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.
* Inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Caes.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).
* Lit.
* In gen. (mostly ante-class.): hoc grassari gradu,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11: siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3: recte grassatur via,Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477: certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,come about me, approach me,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2: per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.
* To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.): in umbris,Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.: silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence
* With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack: turmas,Stat. Th. 8, 571.
* In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.: consimili grassantur via,Afran. ib. 9: ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,Sall. J. 1, 3: grassandum ad clara periclis,Sil. 1, 570: (assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,that he was proceeding,Liv. 3, 44, 8: longe alia via grassabantur,id. 2, 27, 7: consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,id. 10, 14, 13: mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,Tac. H. 4, 56: cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,Sall. J. 64, 5: obsequio,to act obsequiously,Hor. S. 2, 5, 93: dolo,to act cunningly,Tac. H. 4, 16: assentando multitudini grassari,Liv. 45, 23, 9: superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,Suet. Aug. 67.
* In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against.—Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem: trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.: in possessionem agri publici grassari,id. 6, 5, 4: in externos grassari,Suet. Ner. 36: adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,id. Calig. 34; cf.: qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,Just. 1, 9: ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,Suet. Calig. 56: omni rapinarum genere grassati,id. Vesp. 6: diverso vitiorum genere,id. Galb. 14; cf.: placuit veneno grassari,Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.—Absol.: Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,Tac. A. 4, 47.— Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,Tac. A. 4, 66: ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,id. ib. 13, 4: dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.: haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,id. 26, 1, 3, § 4: mala vestra, ... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6: rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,Prud. Psych. 468: grassandi in re familiari facultas,of wasting, plundering,Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.: nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,Juv. 14, 174.
* With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.): simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.—P. a.: , , m., as subst., a robber, thief: quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3: sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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