(v. a.P. a.) : tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3, v. a. (
* Perf. tollit, Pers. 4, 2: tollisse,Dig. 46, 4, 13) [root Sanscr. tul-, tulajāmi, lift up, weigh; Gr. ταλ-, τελ, in τλῆναι, τάλαντον; cf.: tuli, tlātus (latus), tolerare], to lift or take up, to raise, always with the predom. idea of motion upwards or of removal from a former situation.
* To lift up, raise up, elevate, exalt, etc. (syn.: effero, elevo).
* Lit.
* To take up a thing from its place, to take away, remove, to bear or carry away, make way with, take away with one (syn.: aufero, adimo).
* Trop.
* Tollere liberos, to take up, i. e. to accept, acknowledge; and so, to raise up, bring up, educate as one's own (from the custom of laying new-born children on the ground at the father's feet; cf. suscipio): quod erit natum, tollito,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 3: puerum,id. Men. prol. 33; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): natum filium,Quint. 4, 2, 42: nothum,id. 3, 6, 97: puellam,Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15; cf. id. And. 1, 3, 14.—Also of the mother: si quod peperissem, id educarem ac tollerem,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 45.
* Transf., in gen., to get, beget a child: qui ex Fadiā sustulerit liberos,Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23: decessit morbo aquae intercutis, sublato filio Nerone ex Agrippinā,Suet. Ner. 5 fin.
* Nautical t. t.: tollere ancoras, to lift the anchor, weigh anchor; esp. in part. pass.: sublatis ancoris,Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 1, 31; Liv. 22, 19, 6.
* Transf. out of the nautical sphere, to break up, proceed: si vultis ancoras tollere,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1.
* To build, raise, erect: tollam altius tectum,Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 33: si juxta habeas aedificia, eaque jure tuo altius tollas,Dig. 39, 2, 26.
* To take on board, carry, of vessels or vehicles: navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, parasse,Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 75: naves, quae equites sustulerant,Caes. B. G. 4, 28: altera navis ducentos ex legione tironum sustulerat,id. B. C. 3, 28; Auct. B. Afr. 54: tollite me, Teucri,Verg. A. 3, 601: ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret,Liv. 45, 6, 2: Maecenas me tollere raedā vellet,Hor. S. 2, 6, 42: Talem te Bacchus ... sustulit in currus,Ov. A. A. 3, 157.
* To raise, lift, lift up, elevate, set up, etc.: tollitur in caelum clamor exortus utrimque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 422 Vahl.): clamorem in caelum,Verg. A. 11, 745: clamores ad sidera,id. ib. 2, 222; cf.: clamor magnus se tollit ad auras,rises,id. ib. 11, 455: clamor a vigilibus tollitur,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: clamorem,Flor. 3, 8, 6: cachinnum,Cic. Fat. 5, 10: risum,Hor. A. P. 381: litterulae meae tui desiderio oblanguerunt: hac tamen epistulā oculos paulum sustulerunt, have opened their eyes again, have reanimated them, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.—Esp. with animos: ne in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to elevate, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 6: animos,Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 10; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57: animos alicui,to raise, excite, animate,Liv. 3, 67, 6: nec dubium est quin omnis Hispania sublatura animos fuerit,id. 35, 1, 3; opp. abicere animos,Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 7: aliquid dicendo augere et tollere altius (opp. extenuare et abicere),Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104: ad caelum te tollimus verissimis ac justissimis laudibus,id. Fam. 15, 9, 1: monumentum illud, quod tu tollere laudibus solebas,id. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14): nostras laudes in astra,id. ib. 2, 25, 1: Daphnim tuum ad astra,Verg. E. 5, 51: tergeminis tollere honoribus,Hor. C. 1, 1, 8: vos Tempe tollite laudibus,id. ib. 1, 21, 9 (cf. also Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; v.infra, II. A. 2.): supra modum se tollens oratio,Quint. 4, 2, 61; cf.: se eadem geometria tollit ad rationem usque mundi,id. 1, 10, 46; 1, 2, 26: amicum Tollere (i. q. consolari),to cheer up, console,Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.
* To take on one, assume, bear, endure: providere non solum quid oneris in praesentia tollant,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1: at Apollodorus poenas sustulit,id. N. D. 3, 33, 82.
* Lit.
* In gen.: frumentum de areā,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36: solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,id. Lael. 13, 47: ut aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret,id. ib. 23, 87: simulacra ex delubris,id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3; so, pecunias e fano,Caes. B. C. 3, 105: sphaeram ex urbe (Syracusis),Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21: praedam,Caes. B. G. 7, 14: posita,id. ib. 6, 17: patinam,Hor. S. 1, 3, 80; cf.: his sublatis,id. ib. 2, 8, 10: mensam tolli jubet,Cic. Pis. 27, 67: me per hostes Denso paventem sustulit aëre,Hor. C. 2, 7, 14: jubet sublata reponi Pocula,Verg. A. 8, 175: cuncta,id. ib. 8, 439: tecum me tolle per undas,id. ib. 6, 370: me quoque tolle simul,Ov. M. 11, 441: tollite me, Libyes, comitem poenaeque necisque,Sil. 6, 500.
* Trop., to do away with, remove; to abolish, annul, abrogate, cancel (very freq., esp. in Cic.; syn.: oblittero, aboleo): rei memoriam tollere ac delere,Cic. Quint. 21, 70; cf. metum,id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: sublatā benevolentiā amicitiae nomen tollitur,id. Lael. 5, 19; cf.: maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam,id. ib. 22, 82: dubitationem,id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: errorem,id. ib. 1, 24, 38: librariorum menda,id. Att. 13, 23, 2: ut id nomen ex omnibus libris tollatur,id. ib. 13, 44, 3: legem,id. Leg. 2, 12, 31: veteres leges novis legibus,id. de Or. 1, 58, 247: dictaturam funditus ex re publicā,id. Phil. 1, 1, 3: sublato Areopago,id. Rep. 1, 27, 43: deos,to deny the existence of,id. N. D. 1, 30, 85; id. Ac. 2, 11, 33: diem,to consume in speechmaking,id. Leg. 3, 18, 40; id. Dom. 17, 45: morbus facile tollitur,is removed,Cels. 2, 14; 4, 18; so, dolores et tumores,Plin. 26, 12, 75, § 122: foeditates cicatricum maculasque,id. 33, 6, 35, § 110: muliebrem luctum,Hor. Epod. 16, 39: querelas,id. Ep. 1, 12, 3.—Hence, sublātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), elated, proud, haughty (rare): quo proelio sublati Helvetii,Caes. B. G. 1, 15: hac victoriā,id. ib. 5, 38: quibus omnibus rebus, id. B. C. 2, 37: rebus secundis,Verg. A. 10, 502: gloriā,Tac. A. 13, 11 et saep.: fidens magis et sublatior ardet,Ov. Hal. 54. — Adv.: sublātē, highly, loftily. *
* Pregn., to take off, carry off, make away with, to kill, destroy, ruin, etc.: aliquem de medio,Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: aliquem e medio,Liv. 24, 6, 1: aliquem ferro, veneno,Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81: Titanas fulmine (Juppiter),Hor. C. 3, 4, 44: quem febris una potuit tollere, Lucil. ap. Non. 406, 25: me truncus illapsus cerebro Sustulerat, nisi, etc.,Hor. C. 2, 17, 28: tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta,id. S. 2, 1, 56: sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,Pers. 4, 2: majores nostri Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt,laid waste,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35: ademptus Hector Tradidit fessis leviora tolli Pergama Graiis,Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—In a play with I. B. supra: te dixisse, laudandum adulescentem (Caesarem), ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; cf.: se non esse commissurum, ut tolli posset,id. ib. 11, 20, 1.
* Milit. t. t.: tollere signa, to break up for marching, to decamp, Caes. B. C. 2, 20; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1.
* Lit.: Nilus diebus centum sublatius fluens, minuitur postea,higher,Amm. 22, 15, 12.
* Trop.: sublate ampleque dicere (opp. attenuate presseque),loftily, with elevation,Cic. Brut. 55, 201: sublatius dicere,more proudly,id. Dom. 36, 95: sublatius insolescentes,Amm. 15, 12, 1.