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(adverb) : pessum, prob. contr. from pedis-versum, πέξα, πέδον, towards the feet; like susum, sursum, from sub-versum; hence, in gen.
* To the ground, to the bottom, down (mostly ante-class. and postAug.; esp. freq. in the connection pessum ire and pessum dare).
* Lit.: nunc eam (cistellulam) cum navi scilicet abisse pessum in altum,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 64: quando abiit rete pessum,id. Truc. 1, 1, 15; and: ne pessum abeat (ratis),id. Aul. 4, 1, 12: multae per mare pessum Subsedere urbes,have gone to the bottom, been swallowed up,Lucr. 6, 589: ubi dulcem caseum demiseris in eam (muriam), si pessum ibit, etc. (opp. si innatabit),goes to the bottom, sinks,Col. 12, 6, 2 (cf. also the fig. taken from a ship, in II.): ut (lacus) folia non innatantia ferat, sed pessum et penitus accipiat,Mel. 3, 9, 2: sidentia pessum Corpora caesa tenent,Luc. 3, 674: quam celsa cacumina pessum Tellus victa dedit,sent to the bottom,id. 5, 616: pessum mergere pedes, Prud. praef. ap. Symm. 2, 36.
* Trop.
* Pessum ire, and rarely pessum sidere, to fall to the ground, go to ruin; to sink, perish: quia miser non eo pessum, etc.,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 12: pessum ituros fecundissimos Italiae campos, si, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 79: pessum iere vitae pretia,Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. § 5: vitia civitatis degenerantis et pessum suā mole sidentis,Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 3.
* Pessum dare (less correctly, in one word, pessumdare or pessundare), rarely pessum premere, agere, deicere, to send to the bottom, to sink, ruin, destroy, undo; to put out of the world, put an end to: pessum dare aliquem verbis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47: pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2, 6: exemplum pessumum pessum date,do away with, remove,id. Rud. 3, 2, 3: quae res plerumque magnas civitates pessum dedit,Sall. J. 42, 4: quae, si non astu providentur, me aut erum pessum dabunt,Ter. And. 1, 3, 3: multos etiam bonos pessum dedit,Tac. A. 3, 66 fin.: ingentes hostium copias,Val. Max. 4, 4, 5: sin (animus) ad inertiam et voluptates corporis pessumdatus est,has sunk into indolence,Sall. J. 1, 4: aliquem pro suis factis pessumis pessum premere,Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49: aetate pessum actā, i. e. brought to an end, Auct. ap. Lact. 1, 11: nec sum mulier, nisi eam pessum de tantis opibus dejecero,App. M. 5, p. 161, 22; cf. id. ib. 5, p. 163, 22.
* To the ground, to the bottom, down (mostly ante-class. and postAug.; esp. freq. in the connection pessum ire and pessum dare).
* Lit.: nunc eam (cistellulam) cum navi scilicet abisse pessum in altum,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 64: quando abiit rete pessum,id. Truc. 1, 1, 15; and: ne pessum abeat (ratis),id. Aul. 4, 1, 12: multae per mare pessum Subsedere urbes,have gone to the bottom, been swallowed up,Lucr. 6, 589: ubi dulcem caseum demiseris in eam (muriam), si pessum ibit, etc. (opp. si innatabit),goes to the bottom, sinks,Col. 12, 6, 2 (cf. also the fig. taken from a ship, in II.): ut (lacus) folia non innatantia ferat, sed pessum et penitus accipiat,Mel. 3, 9, 2: sidentia pessum Corpora caesa tenent,Luc. 3, 674: quam celsa cacumina pessum Tellus victa dedit,sent to the bottom,id. 5, 616: pessum mergere pedes, Prud. praef. ap. Symm. 2, 36.
* Trop.
* Pessum ire, and rarely pessum sidere, to fall to the ground, go to ruin; to sink, perish: quia miser non eo pessum, etc.,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 12: pessum ituros fecundissimos Italiae campos, si, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 79: pessum iere vitae pretia,Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. § 5: vitia civitatis degenerantis et pessum suā mole sidentis,Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 3.
* Pessum dare (less correctly, in one word, pessumdare or pessundare), rarely pessum premere, agere, deicere, to send to the bottom, to sink, ruin, destroy, undo; to put out of the world, put an end to: pessum dare aliquem verbis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47: pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2, 6: exemplum pessumum pessum date,do away with, remove,id. Rud. 3, 2, 3: quae res plerumque magnas civitates pessum dedit,Sall. J. 42, 4: quae, si non astu providentur, me aut erum pessum dabunt,Ter. And. 1, 3, 3: multos etiam bonos pessum dedit,Tac. A. 3, 66 fin.: ingentes hostium copias,Val. Max. 4, 4, 5: sin (animus) ad inertiam et voluptates corporis pessumdatus est,has sunk into indolence,Sall. J. 1, 4: aliquem pro suis factis pessumis pessum premere,Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49: aetate pessum actā, i. e. brought to an end, Auct. ap. Lact. 1, 11: nec sum mulier, nisi eam pessum de tantis opibus dejecero,App. M. 5, p. 161, 22; cf. id. ib. 5, p. 163, 22.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
pessum | pes-sus, i (noun N.m) = πεσσόν, πεσσός: n. (collat. form , , m., Plin. Val. 1, 5 fin.; Theod. Prisc. 2, 5), = , in medic. lang.
* A pessary, App. Herb. 121; Theod. Prisc. 3, 5 (in Cels. 5, 21, written as Greek).
* A pessary, App. Herb. 121; Theod. Prisc. 3, 5 (in Cels. 5, 21, written as Greek).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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