con-culco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [calco], to tread under foot, to crush or bruise by treading. *
I Prop.: vinaceos in dolia picata, Cato R. R. 25.—More freq.,
II Trop. (cf. calco, I. B.).
A To tread down, trample upon in a hostile manner, to abuse : istum semper illi ipsi domi proterendum et conculcandum putaverunt, Cic. Fl. 22, 53: adversarios tuos, Hier. in Isa. 14, 51, 14: miseram Italiam, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 4.—
B To tread under foot , i. e. to despise, treat with contempt : nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum, Lucr. 5, 1140: lauream, Cic. Pis. 35, 61: pontificem a pedisequis conculcari, id. Dom. 42, 110: disice et conculca ista quae extrinsecus splendent, Sen. Ep. 23, 6.