iaceo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

iaceō cuī, —, ēre

IA-, to lie, be recumbent, be prostrate, lie at rest : in limine: quorum ad pedes iacuit stratus: mihi ad pedes: in harenā, V.: saxum campo iacebat, V.: gremio mariti, Iu.: somno, V.: humi: lentā sub vite, V.: super corpus, O.— To lie in, be ill : te iacente.— To lie dead, have fallen : Corpora per campos iacebant, V.: inultos imperatores iacere sinere, L.: Arge, iaces!O.: iacuit Catilina cadavere. toto, Iu.— To lie long, linger, tarry, stop : Brundusi.— To lie, be situate : campi, qui Faesulas inter Arretiumque iacent, L.: summo in vertice montis, V.— To lie low, be flat, be level : despiciens terras iacentīs, V.: quaeque iacent valles, O.: Postquam iacuit planum mare, was stilled , Iu.— To lie in ruins, be broken down : fractae et disiectae (arae) iacent, Enn. ap. C.: Thebe iacet, Iu.— To hang loose : crines per colla iacebant, O.: iacentia lora, loose on the neck , O.— Fig., to rest, be inactive, be in retirement : in pace: septimum annum.— To be cast down, be dejected : ut totus iacet: militum iacere animos, L.— To lie prostrate, be powerless : victa iacet pietas, O.: mea numina iacent, V.— To fall, be refuted, be disproved , fail : suis testibus: iacet ratio Peripateticorum. — To lie dormant, be disused, be neglected, be of no avail : omnis hic delectus iacet: iustitia iacet: tibi pecunia.— To be low, be despised, be in no esteem : cum iacerent pretia praediorum, were low : iacere regem pati: pauper ubique iacet, O.— To lie idle, be neglected : cur iacet hoc nomen in adversariis, i. e. is not posted .

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