push
push
v. trans.
P. and V. ὠθεῖν.
Pushing (me) into the mud: P. ῥαξάντες εἰς τὸν βόρβορον (Dem. 1259).
Jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι (dat.).
Hurry on: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.
Importune: P. and V. λῑπᾰρεῖν (Plat.); see press.
Absol., force one’s way: P. βιάζεσθαι.
Wishing to push their present success to the uttermost: P. βουλόμενοι τῇ παρούσῃ τύχῃ ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐπεξελθεῖν (Thuc. 4.14).
He who pushes to extremes his success in war: P. ὁ ἐν πολέμῳ εὐτυχίᾳ πλεονάζων (Thuc. 1.120).
Push oneself into: Ar. and P. εἰσδύ̄εσθαι εἰς (acc.).
Push away: P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι, V. ἐξᾰπωθεῖν.
Push back: P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι; see repulse.
Push forward, (as leader, etc.): P. προτάσσειν.
Offer: P. and V. προτείνειν ; see thrust forward; v. intrans.: P. and V. ἐπείγεσθαι; see advance, hurry. Push on, v. intrans.: use hurry, advance.
Push off, v. trans.: see push away.
In nautical sense: P. and V. ἀ̆παίρειν ; see put out.
Push over: P. and V. κᾰτᾰβάλλειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. ὠθεῖν.
Pushing (me) into the mud: P. ῥαξάντες εἰς τὸν βόρβορον (Dem. 1259).
Jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι (dat.).
Hurry on: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.
Importune: P. and V. λῑπᾰρεῖν (Plat.); see press.
Absol., force one’s way: P. βιάζεσθαι.
Wishing to push their present success to the uttermost: P. βουλόμενοι τῇ παρούσῃ τύχῃ ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐπεξελθεῖν (Thuc. 4.14).
He who pushes to extremes his success in war: P. ὁ ἐν πολέμῳ εὐτυχίᾳ πλεονάζων (Thuc. 1.120).
Push oneself into: Ar. and P. εἰσδύ̄εσθαι εἰς (acc.).
Push away: P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι, V. ἐξᾰπωθεῖν.
Push back: P. and V. ἀ̆πωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι; see repulse.
Push forward, (as leader, etc.): P. προτάσσειν.
Offer: P. and V. προτείνειν ; see thrust forward; v. intrans.: P. and V. ἐπείγεσθαι; see advance, hurry. Push on, v. intrans.: use hurry, advance.
Push off, v. trans.: see push away.
In nautical sense: P. and V. ἀ̆παίρειν ; see put out.
Push over: P. and V. κᾰτᾰβάλλειν.
push
subs.
P. ὠθισμός, ὁ.
Violence: P. and V. βία, ἡ.
Met., energy, zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθῡμία, ἡ.
Effrontery: P. and V. θρά̆σος, τό, ἀ̆ναίδεια, ἡ, ὕβρῐς, ἡ.
subs.
P. ὠθισμός, ὁ.
Violence: P. and V. βία, ἡ.
Met., energy, zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθῡμία, ἡ.
Effrontery: P. and V. θρά̆σος, τό, ἀ̆ναίδεια, ἡ, ὕβρῐς, ἡ.
PUSH
v. pellere; trudere: to push forward propellere; protrudere: to push out expellere; pellere ex: to push on; Vid. IMPEL EXCITE.
v. pellere; trudere: to push forward propellere; protrudere: to push out expellere; pellere ex: to push on; Vid. IMPEL EXCITE.
s. pulsus; petitio (thrust): when it comes to the push ubi ad rem ad discrimen pervenerit; ubi res in discrimen deducta fuerit (Bau.): to make a push conari audere.
push (v.):
I. Orig. sense (= Fr. pousser, fr. Lat. pulso), to thrust at or away, usu. with a weapon (as, "push with biting point," Dryden), esp. of an animal pushing with its horns. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3: cf. Ov. 5, 185, Pectora Lyncidae gladio petit (p.s or thrusts at): to p. with the horn (of a steer or ram) cornu petere, Virg. E. 3, 87 (cf. id. G. 3, 526, Inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi): v. TOTHRUST , BUTT . (N.B.--Also late Lat. [esp. Vulg.] ventĭlo, ventĭlor, 1; to wave in the air; hence, to toss about: with these [horns] shalt thou p. Syria, his ventilabis Syriam, Vulg. 3 Reg. xxii. 11: and absol., I saw a ram p.ing, vidi arietem cornibus ventilantem, id. Dan. viii. 4.)
II. To (or try to) move or remove by force, lit. and fig.: for derived senses see examples:
1. Comps. of pello: (1). impello, pŭli, sum, 3: push in or on cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 119, triplici pubes quam (navem) Dardana versu impellunt (p. through the water): we loosened (the tower) and p.'d it over, convellimus [altis sedibus] impulimusque, Virg. Aen. 2, 464: to p. (thrust) in a sword to its hilt, ferrum capulo tenus imp., Sil. 9, 328: to p. (or give a push to) a falling person, imp. ruentem, Tac. H. 2, 63 (fig. cf. Cic. Clu. 26, 70, praecipitantem igitur impellamus et perditum prosternamus): to p. on (to a certain course), in fraudem, id. Pis 1, 1; ad bellum, id. Sull. 13, 36: the mind is p.'d one way or the other by a slight impulse (or p.), animus paulo momento huc illuc impellitur, Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: p.'d on by rage and madness, furore atque amentia impulsus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40. (N.B.--Such is the use of our best writers: for other exs. v. IMPEL .) (2). prōpello, 3 (p. forward, forth, or away): cf. hastam p., Sil. 16, 571: to p. forward and dislodge the enemy, p. ac submovere hostes, Caes. B. G. 4, 25: p. out head foremost, praecipem [= praecipitem] p., Pl. Rud. 3, 3, 8: p.'d down from the cliff into the sea, inque profundum propulit e scopulo, Ov. M. 8, 593. Fig.: to p. forward one's crude efforts before the public (stronger than put forward), cruda studia in forum, prop., Petr. 4. (3). expello (p out or away): p. (or p. down) the ships from the shore into the sea, ab litore naves in altum exp., Liv. 41, 3. Prov.: p. out Nature with a pitchfork, and back she keeps coming again, Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24: with abl. domo, Cic. in Pis. 7, 16; agris, Caes. B. G. 4, 4; civitate, Cic. Att. 10, 4: v. TO DRIVE OUT OR AWAY , EXPEL . (4). rĕpello (p. back or away): cf. nostros repellit ab castris, Caes. B. C. 1, 75: to p. away the tables, mensas rep., Ov. M. 6, 661: to p. back the bolts, repagula rep., ib. 2, 157: to p. back the diadem (as a sign of refusal), diadema rep., Vell. 2, 56, fin.
2. in this sense, less freq. simple verb pello, 3 oftener rather to beat at, knock at, batter: he will be p.'d out of doors, pelletur foras, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 11: the enemy are p.'d back, pelluntur hostes, Caes. B. G. 7, 62 (cf.DRIVE , KNOCK ). Freq. pulso, 1 (the source of the Eng. word): to p. (batter) the walls with the ram pulsare ariete muros, Virg. Aen. 12, 706
3. trūdo si sum, 3 (thrust: nearest to vulgar sense of push) to be pulled and p'd at once, et trahi et trudi simul, Pl. Capt 3, 5, 92: when rivers p. on the ice, glaciem quum flumina trudunt, Virg. G. 1, 310. p.ing in vain against a mountain, frustra oppositum trudentes pectore montem, ib. 3. 373 Join trudere atque impellere, Lucr. 6, 1031 Fig.: day p.s on day (i. e. presses hard upon), dies truditur die, Hor. Od. 2, 18, 15 (cf. Ter. Andr. 4, 4, 40); we p. one another on to sins, in vitia alter alterum trudimus, Sen. Ep. 41, 5: to p. a coward into battle, inertem in proelia tr., Hor. Epod. 1, 5, 17. Of plants shooting. the vine p.s forth buds, (pampinus) trudit gemmas, Virg. G. 2, 335. The pass. is used as refl.: cf. truditur (pushes out) e sicco radix oleagina ligno, ib. 2, 31. (N.B.--Prōmo is also used in this sense, Col. 3, 12.) Comp. prōtrūdo (p. forward, forth, out): to p. a roller, prot. cylindrum, Cic. Fat. 19, 43: and so the whole mass is gradually p.'d forward and set in motion, atque ita tota paullatim moles protruditur atque movetur, Lucr 4, 891-2: to be p.'d out of doors, protrudi penatibus, Amm. 29, 1.
4. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2. oftener, submoveo, 2: v.TO DISLODGE , EJECT : to p. the enemy from his position, hostem statu m., Liv. 30, 18. to p. any one into war, m. aliquem ad bellum, Liv. 35, 12. (also used of plants shooting) if the buds don't p. yet, si se gemmae nondum moveant, Col. 11, 2. and in pass., a bud p.s, de palmite gemma movetur, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13. Comp. prōmŏveo (p. forward): loads, onera, Col. 11, 1: stones with wedges, saxa vectibus, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: esp. of military movements: castra, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: legiones, Hirt. B. G. 8, 16 scalas et machinamenta, Tac. A. 15, 4, fin.: castra ad Carthaginem, Liv. 28, 44, fin.
5. mōlĭor, 4, dep. (p. away, remove by a strong effort): it was not easy to p. aside the obstacles in their way, neque moliri onera objecta facile erat, Liv 25, 36 cf. id. 9, 3, num montes moliri sede sua paramus? like "Waters had pushed a mountain from its seat," Milton.
6. urgeo, ursi, 2 (to press close upon, thrust, jostle): you are p.d by the crowd about you, urgeris turba circum te stante, Hor. S. 1, 3, 135: she (the witch) p.s fine needles into the liver, tenues in jecur urget acus, Ov Her. 6, 91-2 cf. Aut petis aut urges ruiturum Sisyphe, saxum (Whether you hurl or push the stone, it's sure to fall again), id. M. 4, 460. Join: impello et urgeo Wave drives on wave (prest forward by the wind), Each pushes that before, is pushed by that behind, unda impellitur unda, Urgeturque prior veniente, urgetque priorem, ib. 15, 182: the infantry p. (the enemy) in front, eos a fronte urgere pedites, Liv. 10, 36 (cf. Caes. B. G. 2, 26): to p. (or p. hard) in an argument: urgent tamen et nihil remittunt, Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: to be hard p.'d with questions, interrogando urgeri, based on id. Or. 40, 137.
III. To advance with effort, in phr. to push one's way: expr. by perrumpo, rūpi, ptum, 3: to p. its way through a marsh (of an army), paludem p., Caes. B. G. 7, 19: Tac. Phr.: if they should attempt to p. their way across in spite of him, si se invito transire conarentur, ib. 1, 8: also, iter tentare per provinciam, ib. 1, 14. Sometimes, contendere, iter facere, may serve: v.TO PUSH ON .
I. Orig. sense (= Fr. pousser, fr. Lat. pulso), to thrust at or away, usu. with a weapon (as, "push with biting point," Dryden), esp. of an animal pushing with its horns. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3: cf. Ov. 5, 185, Pectora Lyncidae gladio petit (p.s or thrusts at): to p. with the horn (of a steer or ram) cornu petere, Virg. E. 3, 87 (cf. id. G. 3, 526, Inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi): v. TO
II. To (
1. Comps. of pello: (1). impello, pŭli, sum, 3: push in or on cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 119, triplici pubes quam (navem) Dardana versu impellunt (p. through the water): we loosened (the tower) and p.'d it over, convellimus [altis sedibus] impulimusque, Virg. Aen. 2, 464: to p. (thrust) in a sword to its hilt, ferrum capulo tenus imp., Sil. 9, 328: to p. (
2. in this sense, less freq. simple verb pello, 3 oftener rather to beat at, knock at, batter: he will be p.'d out of doors, pelletur foras, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 11: the enemy are p.'d back, pelluntur hostes, Caes. B. G. 7, 62 (cf.
3. trūdo si sum, 3 (thrust: nearest to vulgar sense of push) to be pulled and p'd at once, et trahi et trudi simul, Pl. Capt 3, 5, 92: when rivers p. on the ice, glaciem quum flumina trudunt, Virg. G. 1, 310. p.ing in vain against a mountain, frustra oppositum trudentes pectore montem, ib. 3. 373 Join trudere atque impellere, Lucr. 6, 1031 Fig.: day p.s on day (i. e. presses hard upon), dies truditur die, Hor. Od. 2, 18, 15 (cf. Ter. Andr. 4, 4, 40); we p. one another on to sins, in vitia alter alterum trudimus, Sen. Ep. 41, 5: to p. a coward into battle, inertem in proelia tr., Hor. Epod. 1, 5, 17. Of plants shooting. the vine p.s forth buds, (pampinus) trudit gemmas, Virg. G. 2, 335. The pass. is used as refl.: cf. truditur (pushes out) e sicco radix oleagina ligno, ib. 2, 31. (N.B.--Prōmo is also used in this sense, Col. 3, 12.) Comp. prōtrūdo (p. forward, forth, out): to p. a roller, prot. cylindrum, Cic. Fat. 19, 43: and so the whole mass is gradually p.'d forward and set in motion, atque ita tota paullatim moles protruditur atque movetur, Lucr 4, 891-2: to be p.'d out of doors, protrudi penatibus, Amm. 29, 1.
4. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2. oftener, submoveo, 2: v.
5. mōlĭor, 4, dep. (p. away, remove by a strong effort): it was not easy to p. aside the obstacles in their way, neque moliri onera objecta facile erat, Liv 25, 36 cf. id. 9, 3, num montes moliri sede sua paramus? like "Waters had pushed a mountain from its seat," Milton.
6. urgeo, ursi, 2 (to press close upon, thrust, jostle): you are p.d by the crowd about you, urgeris turba circum te stante, Hor. S. 1, 3, 135: she (the witch) p.s fine needles into the liver, tenues in jecur urget acus, Ov Her. 6, 91-2 cf. Aut petis aut urges ruiturum Sisyphe, saxum (Whether you hurl or push the stone, it's sure to fall again), id. M. 4, 460. Join: impello et urgeo Wave drives on wave (prest forward by the wind), Each pushes that before, is pushed by that behind, unda impellitur unda, Urgeturque prior veniente, urgetque priorem, ib. 15, 182: the infantry p. (the enemy) in front, eos a fronte urgere pedites, Liv. 10, 36 (cf. Caes. B. G. 2, 26): to p. (or p. hard) in an argument: urgent tamen et nihil remittunt, Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: to be hard p.'d with questions, interrogando urgeri, based on id. Or. 40, 137.
III. To advance with effort, in phr. to push one's way: expr. by perrumpo, rūpi, ptum, 3: to p. its way through a marsh (of an army), paludem p., Caes. B. G. 7, 19: Tac. Phr.: if they should attempt to p. their way across in spite of him, si se invito transire conarentur, ib. 1, 8: also, iter tentare per provinciam, ib. 1, 14. Sometimes, contendere, iter facere, may serve: v.
push (subs.): for senses see PUSH , v.
I. In orig. sense, a thrust (p. of spear, Shaksp.):
1. ictus, ūs cf. Liv. 2, 20: uno ictu transfixus. Phr.: with p. of pike (Raleigh), infesto spiculo, ib. (adapted): v.THRUST .
2. impĕtus, ūs (shock, dashing against: esp. in battle = charge): he broke the enemy at the first p., hostes primo i. impulit, Liv. 9, 27: to make a p. (rush) at, imp. facere, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: v.ONSET , ATTACK . For fig. use of impetus, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49, repentino quodam impetu animi incitatus: v. IMPULSE .
II. A moving or attempting to move a body from without:
1. pulsus, ūs (whence Eng. push): to be set in motion by a p. from without, p. externo agitari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23: an accidental p., cf. id. Div. 2, 61, externus et adventitius p. animos dormientium commovet. Join: motus et pulsus: cf. Gell. 9, 13 (fig.), animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque.
2. more freq. comp. impulsus, ūs (esp. in abl.); impulsio: by p. of shields, scutorum impulsu, Cic. Caec. 15, 43: cf. id. N. D. 2, 12, 32, where an external impulse or push, and a spontaneous movement are contrasted: non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte, movetur, id. N. D. 2, 12, 32. Also by the verb: to give anything a p., impellere aliquid, Virg. Aen. 2, 465: v.TO PUSH (1).
3. mōmentum, motus: v.MOTION , MOVEMENT .
III. Fig., a vigorous and determined effort: Phr.: to make a p., expr. by verb: (1). insto, 1: esp. as pass. impers.: if a p. were made, si instetur [suo milite vinci Romam posse], Liv. 2, 44 (like, "one vigorous p. will force the enemy to cry out for quarter," Addison). (2). urgeo, si, 2: Join: urgere, instare: make a p. and finish the work, quamobrem urge, insta, perfice, Cic. Att. 13, 32. (3). tento, 1 to make a p. for freedom, libertatem tentare, Liv. 6, 18 I'll make another p. for it, *iterum tentabo (Ainsw.). Comp. also foll. a determined p. must be made, agenda res est et audenda, Liv. 35, 35: making a great p. at the enemy, ad hostes magno conatu profectus, Liv. 7, 6.
IV. Also fig., extremity: discrīmen, īnis, n.: it has come to the last p., in summo res est discrimine, Caes. B. G. 6, 38: ad extrema perventum est, Curt. 4, 14: (in battle) ad triarios ventum est (v. Dict. Antt. s. v.EXERCITUS ): cf. adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene d., Cic. Phil. 7, 1: when he sees the last p. of the war is come, postquam adesse d. ultimum belli animadvertit, Liv. 44, 23: to desert (or fail) one at the p., in ipso d. periculi aliquem destituere, Liv. 6, 17. Phr.: at the last p., in extremis suis rebus, Caes. B. G. 2, 25, fin.
V A pimple: pustŭla: vPUSTULE .
I. In orig. sense, a thrust (p. of spear, Shaksp.):
1. ictus, ūs cf. Liv. 2, 20: uno ictu transfixus. Phr.: with p. of pike (Raleigh), infesto spiculo, ib. (adapted): v.
2. impĕtus, ūs (shock, dashing against: esp. in battle = charge): he broke the enemy at the first p., hostes primo i. impulit, Liv. 9, 27: to make a p. (rush) at, imp. facere, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: v.
II. A moving or attempting to move a body from without:
1. pulsus, ūs (whence Eng. push): to be set in motion by a p. from without, p. externo agitari, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23: an accidental p., cf. id. Div. 2, 61, externus et adventitius p. animos dormientium commovet. Join: motus et pulsus: cf. Gell. 9, 13 (fig.), animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque.
2. more freq. comp. impulsus, ūs (esp. in abl.); impulsio: by p. of shields, scutorum impulsu, Cic. Caec. 15, 43: cf. id. N. D. 2, 12, 32, where an external impulse or push, and a spontaneous movement are contrasted: non alieno impulsu, sed sua sponte, movetur, id. N. D. 2, 12, 32. Also by the verb: to give anything a p., impellere aliquid, Virg. Aen. 2, 465: v.
3. mōmentum, motus: v.
III. Fig., a vigorous and determined effort: Phr.: to make a p., expr. by verb: (1). insto, 1: esp. as pass. impers.: if a p. were made, si instetur [suo milite vinci Romam posse], Liv. 2, 44 (like, "one vigorous p. will force the enemy to cry out for quarter," Addison). (2). urgeo, si, 2: Join: urgere, instare: make a p. and finish the work, quamobrem urge, insta, perfice, Cic. Att. 13, 32. (3). tento, 1 to make a p. for freedom, libertatem tentare, Liv. 6, 18 I'll make another p. for it, *iterum tentabo (Ainsw.). Comp. also foll. a determined p. must be made, agenda res est et audenda, Liv. 35, 35: making a great p. at the enemy, ad hostes magno conatu profectus, Liv. 7, 6.
IV. Also fig., extremity: discrīmen, īnis, n.: it has come to the last p., in summo res est discrimine, Caes. B. G. 6, 38: ad extrema perventum est, Curt. 4, 14: (in battle) ad triarios ventum est (v. Dict. Antt. s. v.
V A pimple: pustŭla: v
ὠθέω
ὠθέω, push, shove (verb)
to push
προεκκρούω
push
προωθέω
to push forward, push
ἀντιπεριωθέω
push
ἀντωθέω
push in the contrary direction
ὑπωθέω
to push
ὠθίζω
thrust, push; mid. jostle, wrangle
ὠθέω, push, shove (verb)
appearing fewer than 50 times
περιωθέωto push
προεκκρούω
push
προωθέω
to push forward, push
ἀντιπεριωθέω
push
ἀντωθέω
push in the contrary direction
ὑπωθέω
to push
ὠθίζω
thrust, push; mid. jostle, wrangle
pello
to beat, strike, knock, push, drive, hurl, impel, propel
urgeo
press, push, force, drive, impel, urge
impello
I. To strike against, push, drive, smite, strike, reach
trudo
to thrust, push, shove, crowd forward, press on, drive, impel
a striking against, push, pressure, shock, impulse
nisus2
a pressing upon, pressure, push, striving, exertion, labor, effort
pulsus2
a pushing, beating, striking, stamping, push, blow, impulse, stroke
urgueo
to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge
to beat, strike, knock, push, drive, hurl, impel, propel
urgeo
press, push, force, drive, impel, urge
impello
I. To strike against, push, drive, smite, strike, reach
trudo
to thrust, push, shove, crowd forward, press on, drive, impel
appearing fewer than 50 times
impulsus2a striking against, push, pressure, shock, impulse
nisus2
a pressing upon, pressure, push, striving, exertion, labor, effort
pulsus2
a pushing, beating, striking, stamping, push, blow, impulse, stroke
urgueo
to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge