pell-mell
pell-mell
adv.
P. οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ, ἀτάκτως, χύδην, ἀναμίξ, P. and V. εἰκῆ, φύρδην (Xen.), or use adj., P. and V. συμμῐγής (Plat.), σύμμικτος.
They scattered all pell-mell: V. πάντʼ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω διέφερον (Eur. Bacch. 753).
adv.
P. οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ, ἀτάκτως, χύδην, ἀναμίξ, P. and V. εἰκῆ, φύρδην (Xen.), or use adj., P. and V. συμμῐγής (Plat.), σύμμικτος.
They scattered all pell-mell: V. πάντʼ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω διέφερον (Eur. Bacch. 753).
PELL-MELL
promiscue (without distinction): confuse permixte (without distinction or order). That is or lies pell-mell promiscuus; confusus; permixtus. The Latin also expresses this idea by compounds with per etc.; e.g. permiscere; commiscere; miscere omnia ac turbare; confundere; turbare.
promiscue (without distinction): confuse permixte (without distinction or order). That is or lies pell-mell promiscuus; confusus; permixtus. The Latin also expresses this idea by compounds with per etc.; e.g. permiscere; commiscere; miscere omnia ac turbare; confundere; turbare.
pell-mell (adv.):
1. effūsē (spread out, without order): to flee p., ef. fugere, Liv. 3, 22, fin.: to rush on (to the attack) p., ef. sese invehere, id. 30, 11, fin.
2. passim (in all directions, without regular order): the rest of the multitude began to flee p., reliqua multitudo p. fugere coepit, Caes. B. G. 4, 14. Phr.: horse and foot mixed up p., sine ordinibus equites pedites permixti, Sall. Jug. 97: cf. nullo ordine, Caes. B. C. 2, 26.
1. effūsē (spread out, without order): to flee p., ef. fugere, Liv. 3, 22, fin.: to rush on (to the attack) p., ef. sese invehere, id. 30, 11, fin.
2. passim (in all directions, without regular order): the rest of the multitude began to flee p., reliqua multitudo p. fugere coepit, Caes. B. G. 4, 14. Phr.: horse and foot mixed up p., sine ordinibus equites pedites permixti, Sall. Jug. 97: cf. nullo ordine, Caes. B. C. 2, 26.