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pulso
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(verb) : pulso, āvi, ātum (
* Inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, id., to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).
* Lit.: cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā,Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114: semine in pila pulsato,Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158: lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.: pulsari alios et verberari,id. ib. 2, 3, 26, § 66: pulsatus parens,Verg. A. 6, 609: legatos pulsasse dicebantur,Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45: ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum,Juv. 3, 289: ostium,to knock,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7: ostia,Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf. ostiatim,Quint. 5, 10, 122: fores,Ov. M. 5, 448; so, pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis,Vulg. Matt. 7, 7: humum ter pede,to stamp upon the ground,Ov. F. 6, 330: gyrum pulsat equis,Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.: tellurem pede libero,Hor. C. 1, 37, 1: prata choreis,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.—Of military engines: ariete muros,Verg. A. 12, 706: ariete turres,Sil. 16, 696: moenia Romae,id. 6, 643: cuspide portas,id. 12, 565: pulsabant turrim ariete,Amm. 20, 11, 21: moenia Leptitana,id. 28, 6, 15.—Of musical instruments: chordas digitis et pectine eburno,to strike, play upon,Verg. A. 6, 647: chelyn,Val. Fl. 1, 139: pectine nervos,Sil. 5, 463: cymbala,Juv. 9, 62.—Of things: pulsant arva ligones,Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529: nervo pulsante sagittae,Verg. G. 4, 313.
* Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing (poet.): ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera,Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450: vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat,Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects: ululatus pulsat aures,Claud. B. Get. 625.
* Trop.
* In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet: dormientium animos,Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120: multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: quae te vecordia pulsat,Ov. M. 12, 228: corda pavor pulsans,Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.: curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum,id. A. 10, 216: variā meritos formidine pulsant,Val. Fl. 3, 390: urbes rumoribus,to disturb,Petr. p. 679: invidia pulsat pectus,Sen. Agam. 134: aliquem querelis,Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. § 51: superos vocibus,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.
* In partic.
* To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse: ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur,Dig. 11, 1, 11: non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere,ib. 5, 1, 2 med.
* To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1: pericula,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.
* To injure, insult: pulsatos infecto foedere divos,Verg. A. 12, 286: pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,of treason,Amm. 14, 7, 7.
* Inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, id., to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).
* Lit.: cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā,Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114: semine in pila pulsato,Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158: lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.: pulsari alios et verberari,id. ib. 2, 3, 26, § 66: pulsatus parens,Verg. A. 6, 609: legatos pulsasse dicebantur,Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45: ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum,Juv. 3, 289: ostium,to knock,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7: ostia,Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf. ostiatim,Quint. 5, 10, 122: fores,Ov. M. 5, 448; so, pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis,Vulg. Matt. 7, 7: humum ter pede,to stamp upon the ground,Ov. F. 6, 330: gyrum pulsat equis,Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.: tellurem pede libero,Hor. C. 1, 37, 1: prata choreis,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.—Of military engines: ariete muros,Verg. A. 12, 706: ariete turres,Sil. 16, 696: moenia Romae,id. 6, 643: cuspide portas,id. 12, 565: pulsabant turrim ariete,Amm. 20, 11, 21: moenia Leptitana,id. 28, 6, 15.—Of musical instruments: chordas digitis et pectine eburno,to strike, play upon,Verg. A. 6, 647: chelyn,Val. Fl. 1, 139: pectine nervos,Sil. 5, 463: cymbala,Juv. 9, 62.—Of things: pulsant arva ligones,Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529: nervo pulsante sagittae,Verg. G. 4, 313.
* Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing (poet.): ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera,Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450: vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat,Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects: ululatus pulsat aures,Claud. B. Get. 625.
* Trop.
* In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet: dormientium animos,Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120: multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: quae te vecordia pulsat,Ov. M. 12, 228: corda pavor pulsans,Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.: curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum,id. A. 10, 216: variā meritos formidine pulsant,Val. Fl. 3, 390: urbes rumoribus,to disturb,Petr. p. 679: invidia pulsat pectus,Sen. Agam. 134: aliquem querelis,Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. § 51: superos vocibus,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.
* In partic.
* To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse: ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur,Dig. 11, 1, 11: non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere,ib. 5, 1, 2 med.
* To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1: pericula,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.
* To injure, insult: pulsatos infecto foedere divos,Verg. A. 12, 286: pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,of treason,Amm. 14, 7, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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