prostrate
prostrate
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰτᾰβάλλειν.
Prostrate oneself: P. and V. προσκῠνεῖν, Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (also Xen. but rare P.), V. προσπίτνειν.
Prostrate oneself before: P. and V. προσκῠνεῖν (acc.), Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (acc. or dat.), V. προσπίτνειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. and P. προκῠλινδεῖσθαι (gen. or dat.).
Be prostrated (by illness): P. and V. κάμνειν, νοσεῖν.
Be prostrated (by grief), etc.: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, πιέζεσθαι.
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰτᾰβάλλειν.
Prostrate oneself: P. and V. προσκῠνεῖν, Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (also Xen. but rare P.), V. προσπίτνειν.
Prostrate oneself before: P. and V. προσκῠνεῖν (acc.), Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (acc. or dat.), V. προσπίτνειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. and P. προκῠλινδεῖσθαι (gen. or dat.).
Be prostrated (by illness): P. and V. κάμνειν, νοσεῖν.
Be prostrated (by grief), etc.: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσεσθαι, πιέζεσθαι.
prostrate
adj.
V. χᾰμαιπετής.
Lie prostrate, v.: P. and V. κεῖσθαι.
Fall prostrate: P. and V. πίπτειν, κᾰτᾰπίπτειν (Eur. Cycl.).
The prostrate body of his dead father: V. ὑπτίασμα κειμένου πατρός (Aesch. Ag. 1285).
adj.
V. χᾰμαιπετής.
Lie prostrate, v.: P. and V. κεῖσθαι.
Fall prostrate: P. and V. πίπτειν, κᾰτᾰπίπτειν (Eur. Cycl.).
The prostrate body of his dead father: V. ὑπτίασμα κειμένου πατρός (Aesch. Ag. 1285).
PROSTRATE
v. Intransitively ad pedes alicujus se abjicere projicere prosternere provolvere; ad pedes alicui or ad genua alicujus procumbere; ad pedes alicujus procidere; ad pedes alicujus or genua alicui accidere; genibus alicujus advolvi; prosternere se et supplicare alicui (as supplicant). Transitively Vid: THROW DOWN.
v. Intransitively ad pedes alicujus se abjicere projicere prosternere provolvere; ad pedes alicui or ad genua alicujus procumbere; ad pedes alicujus procidere; ad pedes alicujus or genua alicui accidere; genibus alicujus advolvi; prosternere se et supplicare alicui (as supplicant). Transitively Vid: THROW DOWN.
prostrate (v.):
I. To throw down and level with the ground:
1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3 (esp. poet.): to p. men in slaughter, viros caede s., Virg. Aen. 10, 119: Tib.: Liv.
2. dējĭcio, 3: v.TO CAST DOWN .
II. As verb refl., to prostrate oneself; throw oneself on the ground,esp. in token of humiliation: Phr.: to p. oneself at any one's feet, se ad pedes alicujus projicere, Cic. Sext. 11, fin.; prosternere (stronger), id. Ph. 2, 18, 45; alicui se ad pedes provolvere (more properly, of the action of a number of persons), Liv. 6, 3, ad init. (so, ad genua consulis provolvuntur, id. 34, 11, med.); procumbere alicui ad pedes, Caes. B. G. 7, 15 (so, ad genua alicujus, Liv. 25, 7, init.; genibus, Ov. Met. 13, 585); ad pedes alicujus procidere (rare), Hor. Epod. 17, 13 (somewhat differently, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 6, ad pedes omnium singulatim accidente Clodio, i. e. he goes down on his knees before each; whereas procidere is to fall flat on the ground; so, ad genua alicui accidere, Suet. Caes. 20). to p. oneself at another's knees (also), genibus alicujus advolvi, Vell. 2, 80: Liv. See also foll. art.
III. To break down the strength of:
1. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to strike down): to p. the mind and paralyse it with fear, animos a. et debilitare metu, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34. Join: (also), enervare et affligere, id. Sen. 10, 32.
2. dēbĭlĭto, 1 (to disable, unnerve, render helpless): crushed and p.d with fear, fractus ac debilitatus metu, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121 (cf. afflictus, debilitatus, moerens, ib. 2, 47, 195): Virg.
3. expr. to be p.d, by jăceo, ui, 2: my brother is perfectly p.d with grief, jacet in moerore meus frater, Cic. Att. 10, 4.
I. To throw down and level with the ground:
1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3 (esp. poet.): to p. men in slaughter, viros caede s., Virg. Aen. 10, 119: Tib.: Liv.
2. dējĭcio, 3: v.
II. As verb refl., to prostrate oneself; throw oneself on the ground,
III. To break down the strength of:
1. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. to strike down): to p. the mind and paralyse it with fear, animos a. et debilitare metu, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34. Join: (also), enervare et affligere, id. Sen. 10, 32.
2. dēbĭlĭto, 1 (to disable, unnerve, render helpless): crushed and p.d with fear, fractus ac debilitatus metu, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121 (cf. afflictus, debilitatus, moerens, ib. 2, 47, 195): Virg.
3. expr. to be p.d, by jăceo, ui, 2: my brother is perfectly p.d with grief, jacet in moerore meus frater, Cic. Att. 10, 4.
prostrate (adj.):
I. Lit.: expr. by verb: to lay p., sternere; to throw oneself p. on the ground, corpus humi prosternere (in Oriental fashion), Curt. 8, 5, ad init.: to lie p., jacēre: cf. Cic. Quint. 31, 96, quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus: v.TO PROSTRATE (I., II.).
II. Fig., broken down in respect of strength or spirits: afflictus, fractus, dēbĭlĭtātus: v.TO PROSTRATE (III.). To lie p., jacēre: piety is vanquished and lies p., pietas victa jacet, Ov. Met. 1, 149: so with ref. to state of mind, Cic. Att. 7, 21 (Gnaeus noster totus jacet, is quite p.).
I. Lit.: expr. by verb: to lay p., sternere; to throw oneself p. on the ground, corpus humi prosternere (in Oriental fashion), Curt. 8, 5, ad init.: to lie p., jacēre: cf. Cic. Quint. 31, 96, quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus: v.
II. Fig., broken down in respect of strength or spirits: afflictus, fractus, dēbĭlĭtātus: v.
iaceo
to lie, be recumbent, be prostrate, lie at rest
deicio
to throw down, hurl down, precipitate, prostrate, raze, fell, cut down, tear down, destroy
prosterno
to strew before, spread out, cast down, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate
procumbo
to fall forwards, sink down, fall prostrate
stratus
prostrate, prone, lying
stretched out, lying, recumbent, prostrate
iacens
prostrate, fallen
occubo
to lie low, lie prostrate, lie dead
procido
to fall forward, fall down, fall prostrate
to lie, be recumbent, be prostrate, lie at rest
deicio
to throw down, hurl down, precipitate, prostrate, raze, fell, cut down, tear down, destroy
prosterno
to strew before, spread out, cast down, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate
procumbo
to fall forwards, sink down, fall prostrate
stratus
prostrate, prone, lying
appearing fewer than 50 times
fususstretched out, lying, recumbent, prostrate
iacens
prostrate, fallen
occubo
to lie low, lie prostrate, lie dead
procido
to fall forward, fall down, fall prostrate