(verb) : haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4 (archaic
* Imperf. hauribant, Lucr. 5, 1324; perf. subj. haurierint, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 905 P.; part. perf. haurītus, App. M. 3, p. 139; 6, p. 178; supin. hauritu, id. ib. 2, p. 121; part. fut. hauritura, Juv. in Joh. 2, 253: hausurus,Verg. A. 4, 383; Sil. 7, 584; 16, 11: hausturus,Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1; dep. perf. foramen fama est lucem hausum, Sol. 5, 15), perh. for haus-io; cf. hio, hisco; prop. to empty, to draw up or out, to draw (class., esp. freq. in the transf. and trop. signif.; cf. sorbeo).
* Lit., to draw water, etc.: cum vidisset haustam aquam de jugi puteo, terrae motum dixit instare,Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112: palmis hausta duabus aqua,Ov. F. 2, 294: is neque limo Turbatam haurit aquam,Hor. S. 1, 1, 60: ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda,Ov. M. 4, 740.— Absol.: num igitur, si potare velit, de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?Cic. Brut. 83, 288. —Prov.: de faece haurire, to draw from the dregs, i. e. to choose the worst: tu quidem de faece hauris,i. e. speak of the worst orators,id. ib. 69, 244.
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* Trop., to draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive: sequimur potissimum Stoicos, non ut interpretes, sed, ut solemus, e fontibus eorum judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoque modo videbitur, hauriemus,Cic. Off. 1, 2, 6; cf.: fontes, unde hauriretis,id. de Or. 1, 46, 203: a fontibus potius haurire quam rivulos consectari,id. Ac. 1, 2, 8: reconditis atque abditis e fontibus haurire,id. de Or. 1, 3, 12: omnia dixi hausta e fonte naturae,id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: eodem fonte haurire laudes suas,id. Fam. 6, 6, 9; id. Caecin. 27, 78: quam (legem) non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus,id. Mil. 4, 10 (quoted in Cic. Or. 49, 165): quas (artes) cum domo haurire non posses, arcessivisti ex urbe ea (i. e. Athenis), quae, etc.,id. Brut. 97, 332: ex divinitate, unde omnes animos haustos aut acceptos aut libatos haberemus,id. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.: animos hominum quadam ex parte extrinsecus esse tractos et haustos,id. ib. 1, 32, 70: quid enim non sorbere animo, quid non haurire cogitatione, cujus sanguinem non bibere censetis?id. Phil. 11, 5, 10; cf.: libertatem sitiens hausit,id. Rep. 1, 43: voluptates undique,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16: dolorem,id. Cael. 24, 59: calamitates,id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86: luctum,id. Sest. 29, 63: unde laboris Plus haurire mali est quam ex re decerpere fructus,Hor. S. 1, 2, 79: animo spem turbidus hausit inanem,drank in illusive hope,Verg. A. 10, 648: expugnationes urbium, populationes agrorum, raptus Penatium hauserant animo,had thought of, intended,Tac. H. 1, 51: supplicia,to suffer,Verg. A. 4, 383: (Thessali) velut ex diutina siti nimis avide meram haurientes libertatem,indulging, revelling in,Liv. 39, 26, 7; cf.: studium philosophiae acriter hausisse,Tac. Agr. 4.
* Of things: imoque a gurgite pontus Vertitur et canas alveus haurit aquas,draws in, lets in,Ov. F. 3, 591: jam flammae tulerint, inimicus et hauserit ensis, drunk up, i. e. their blood, Verg. A. 2, 600.
* In gen., to tear up, pluck out, draw out, to take to one's self, take; to swallow, devour, consume, exhaust: (ventus) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,Lucr. 6, 141: haurit arenas ungula,Stat. Th. 2, 46; cf.: humumque Effodit ... terraeque immurmurat haustae,i. e. torn up, dug up,Ov. M. 11, 187: Actoridae magni rostro femur hausit adunco (= transfodit),tore open,id. ib. 8, 370: pectora ferro,id. ib. 8, 438: latus alicui,Lucr. 5, 1324; Ov. M. 5, 126; 9, 412; Verg. A. 10, 314; Luc. 10, 387: ventrem atque inguina uno alteroque ictu,Liv. 7, 10, 10; Sil. 5, 524: tum latus ejus gladio haurit,Curt. 7, 2, 27: impresso gladio jugulum ejus hausisse,Tac. H. 1, 41 fin.: lumen,to pluck out the eye,Ov. M. 13, 564: cineres haustos,i. e. scraped up, collected,id. ib. 8, 538; so, cineres,id. ib. 13, 425 sq.; cf. id. ib. 14, 136: ille cavis hausto spargit me pulvere palmis,id. ib. 9, 35: sumptum haurit ex aerario,draws, takes,Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32; cf.: at suave est ex magno tollere acervo. Dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas, Cur? etc.,Hor. S. 1, 1, 52: quia dentibus carent, aut lambunt cibos aut integros hauriunt,to swallow,Col. 8, 17, 11; cf.: solidos haurire cervos taurosque,Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: hausisti patrias luxuriosus opes, qs. hast swallowed up, devoured, consumed, Mart. 9, 83, 4: nos tellus haurit,Sil. 3, 654; cf.: sua haurire,Tac. A. 16, 18; 2, 8; 3, 72: animam recipere auramque communem haurire,i. e. inhale, breathe,Quint. 6 praef. § 12: suspiratus,fetching a deep sigh,Ov. M. 14, 129: hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, may he swallow with his eyes, i. e. greedily look at, Verg. A. 4, 661; so, aliquid oculis,ib. 12, 946; Sil. 11, 284; and without oculis: caelum,Verg. A. 10, 899; cf.: lucem (primae pecudes),i. e. to see the light, be born,Verg. G. 2, 340: vocemque his auribus hausi,I received his voice with these ears,id. A. 4, 359; so, dicta auribus,Ov. M. 13, 787; cf.: oculis auribusque tantum gaudium,Liv. 27, 51: hauriri urbes terrae hiatibus,to be swallowed up,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 119; cf.: cum praealtis paludibus arma, equi haurirentur,Tac. H. 5, 15: altitudine et mollitia nivis hauriebantur,id. ib. 1, 79: hauriuntur gurgitibus,id. A. 1, 70: aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit,Liv. 5, 7, 3: cunctos incendium hausit,Tac. H. 4, 60: miratur et haurit Pectore ignes,imbibes,Ov. M. 10, 253; cf.: flammasque latentes Hausit,id. ib. 8, 325: caelo medium Sol igneus orbem Hauserat,i. e. had rapidly passed through, finished,Verg. G. 4, 427: vastum iter,Stat. Th. 1, 369: bracchia Cancri (Titan), Col. poët. 10, 313: cum spes arrectae juvenum exsultantiaque haurit Corda pavor pulsans, exhausts = exhaurit, Verg. G. 3, 105: pariter pallorque ruborque Purpureas hausere genas,Stat. Th. 1, 538.

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