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dē-rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to rub or scrape off, to smooth off, shave off (anteclass. and post-Aug.): de virga lauri deradito, Cato R. R. 121: atramentum scalpro, Cels. 8, 4; 5, 26, 35; cf. ceram, Gell. 17, 9, 17; and: nomen urbis ex carmine, id. 7, 20: umorem specillis, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 75: corticem, id. 20, 2, 6, § 12: cunctis margo derasis, id. Ep. 8, 20, 5: capillum ex capite omni, to cut off, Gell. 17, 9, 22, for which also caput, id. ib. § 25: deraso capite, Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 109.

Deraemestae, ārum, m., a people in Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 143.

Derangae, ārum, m., a people of India, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 76.

Derbē, es, f., = Δέρβη, a fortified city of Lycaonia, residence of Cicero’s friend, the tyrant Antipater; a place of refuge for Christians under persecution, now Divlé, Vulg. Act. 14, 6; 16, 1.
Hence,

    1. 1. Der-bes, ētis, or Derbētes, ae, m., an inhabitant of Derbe, Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2.
    2. 2. Derbēus, ēi, m. (Δερβαῖος), of Derbe, Gaius, Vulg. Act. 20, 4.

Derbīces, um, m. (Δέρβικες), a people of Asia, near the mouth of the Oxus, on the Caspian Sea, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Curt. 3, 2, 7; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 48.

derbĭōsus, a, um, adj., scabby ( = impetiginosus): oculi, Theod. Prisc. 1, 10.

dercĕa, ae, f., a plant, called also herba Apollinaris, a species of the solanum, Ap. Herb. 22.

Dercĕtis, is, and Dercĕto, ūs, f., Δερκίτις and Δερκετώ, a Syrian goddess, called also Atargatis, supposed to be the same with the Greek Aphrodite, Ov. M. 4, 45; Hyg. Fab. 223; Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.

Dercȳlĭdes, is, m., = Δερκυλίδης, a sculptor, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 36.

dērectus, v. dirigo, P. a.

dērĕlictĭo, ōnis, f. [derelinquo], an abandoning; trop., a disregarding, neglecting: communis utilitatis, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30.

dērĕlictor, ōris, m. [derelinquo], one who abandons (late Lat.): legis, Hier. in Psa. 88.

1. dērĕlictus, a, um, Part., from derelinquo.

* 2. dērĕlictus, ūs, m. [derelinquo], an abandoning; trop., a neglecting, neglect: aliquid habere derelictui, Gell. 4, 12, 2.

dē-rĕlinquo, līqui, lictum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. In the class. lang., to forsake wholly, to abandon, desert (good prose): cf.: Ti. Gracchum a Q. Tuberone derelictum videbamus, Cic. Lael. 11, 37: ut aratores agros latos ac fertiles desererent totasque arationes derelinquerent, id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120: serere aliquid in inculto et derelicto solo, id. Brut. 4, 16: naves ab aestu derelictae, * Caes. B. G. 3, 13 fin.: castra, Liv. 39, 50, 5; cf. 37, 8, 5; 10, 17, 5: in arce praesidium dereliquit, Curt. 9, 4: perditi atque ab omni non modo fortuna, verum etiam spe derelicti, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 25; cf.: ut me quasi pro derelicta sis habiturus, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Att. 8, 1: communem causam (with deserere), Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.: desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere, id. N. D. 1, 5, 11: Dominum, Vulg. 1 Reg. 12, 10 et saep.
      1. 2. To leave behind: in qua (arce) praesidium dereliquit, Curt. 9, 4, 8: filium quem privatum dereliquerat, Sall. J. 5 fin.; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 12.
  2. II. In late Lat., to leave behind, to bequeath: libros de gente Romana conscriptos, Arn. 5, p. 161: derelictum magnum aes alienum, Hier. Ep. 108, 30.

dē-rĕpentĕ, adv. (qs. departing from the regular course of time), suddenly, on a sudden (mostly ante-class—for syn. cf.: desubito, subito, repente, statim, continuo, confestim, actutum, extemplo, etc.): derepente contulit sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. 518, 20; so id. ib. 6; Att. Afran. Turpil., Novius, Varro, Pompon. ib. 5-22; Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 3 and 39; Poëta ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66; Suet. Tib. 23; id. Vesp. 23; Tac. H. 1, 63 (in Liv. 21, 41, 6, the true reading is repente).

dē-rēpo, psi, 3, v. n., to crawl down, sneak down (very rare): derepit ad cubile setosae suis, Phaedr. 2, 4, 12: ad hominum fana, Varr. ap. Non. 544, 29; Ap. M. 4, p. 145.

        1. * (β) With acc.: ursi arborem aversi derepunt, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 131.

dēreptus, a, um, Part., from deripio.

dē-rīdĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to laugh at, laugh to scorn; to scoff at, deride (class.).

        1. (α) With acc.: omnes istos deridete atque contemnite, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54; so with contemnere, id. Verr. 2, 3, 92 fin.: te, Hor. S. 2, 3, 53: derisus a suis consiliariis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 39 fin.: aliquem, Plaut. Bac. 3, 4, 7; 5, 2, 8; id. Men. 4, 2, 65; id. Ps. 4, 5, 8 al.: aliquid, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 263; id. A. P. 452; Juv. 2, 23: sabbata, Vulg. Thren. 1, 7 et saep.
          Prov.: albis dentibus aliquem deridere; v. albus.
        2. (β) Absol.: Ap. Age dic. Ep. At deridebitis, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 77: derides, in conversation, you mock me, are making game of me, id. Amph. 3, 3, 8; id. Bac. 4, 9, 87; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 42: derisum, id. Eun. 5, 2, 21: deridet, cum sibi ipsum jubet satis dare Habonium, he is mocking, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 146: Patronus despiciat, derideat, Quint. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. 11, 1, 21: quibus derisus Philippus, Just. 9, 2, 10.
          P. a.: dērīsus, a, um, absurd, scorned; only sup.: senex derisissimus, Varr. Sat. Men. 11, 20.

dērīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [derideo], very laughable, ridiculous (not in Cic. and Caes.): is deridiculu ’st omnibus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 14: pueri, Gell. 13, 30, 9: versus, id. 12, 2, 3: quod est deridiculum, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 5; so Liv. 39, 26.
And subst.: dērīdĭcŭ-lum, i, n., ridicule (subject.), or (object.) a mockery, game, an object of derision: quid tu me deridiculi gratia sic salutas? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 50; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; cf. Tac. A. 6, 2: deridiculo esse, id. ib. 3, 57: deridiculo corporis despiciendus, deformity, absurdity, id. ib. 12, 49: deridiculo haberi, a laughingstock, Ap. Flor. 1, no. 3, p. 341, 33.
In plur.: quod evenit usque ad deridicula quaedam, in some cases to an absurd extent, Quint. 1, 8, 21.

dē-rĭgeo, ēre, v. a., to remove hardness, to soften, Commod. 73, 8.

dē-rĭgesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n. (occurring only in the perf.), to become stiff or rigid; to curdle (a poet. word): formidine sanguis deriguit, Verg. A. 3, 260: deriguere oculi, were fixed, id. ib. 7, 447; so, oculi, Ov. M. 14, 754: hirsutae comae, id. F. 3, 332: manus, Luc. 3, 613: cervix, Ov. M. 5, 233: Niobe malis, id. ib. 6, 303 (al. diriguit).

dē-rĭpĭo (-rupio), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to tear off, tear away, snatch away, remove violently; to pull down (class., esp. freq. in poets).

  1. I. Lit. constr., with abl. with or without a prep., or rarely with dat.: aliquem de ara, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 2; so with de, id. ib. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 2, 117; Tib. 1, 2, 82 al.; with ab, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10: vestem a pectore, Ov. M. 9, 637: ferrum a latere, Tac. A. 1, 35; with ex: velamina ex humeris, id. ib. 6, 567; cf.: aurum matronis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 18: pellem leoni, Ov. M. 3, 52: pignus lacertis, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 23; 4, 15, 7: amphoram horreo, id. ib. 3, 28, 7: qualos fumosis tectis, Verg. G. 2, 242: lunam caelo, Hor. Epod. 5, 46 et saep.: ensem vaginā, Ov. M. 10, 475: ramos arbore, id. ib. 11, 29: tunicam, id. Am. 1, 5, 13: derepta acus, id. ib. 1, 14, 18: arma templis, Sil. 10, 600: ore frena, id. 10, 319: plaustro derepta nurus, Val. Fl. 2, 160; Tac. A. 1, 20; 2, 45 et saep.
    Absol.: facinus indignum, erum meum hic luci derupier in via, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 17.
    Prov.: e caelo deripit ille deos, of outrageous impiety, Tib. 1, 10, 60.
  2. II. Trop.: quantum de mea auctoritate deripuisset, Cic. Sull. 1, 2.
    Note: In MSS. and edd. often confounded with diripio q. v.

dērīsĭo, ōnis, f. [derideo], a laughing to scorn, mockery, derision (late Lat. for irrisio, illusio), Arn. 7, p. 239; Lact. 4, 18.

dērīsor, ōris, m. [derideo], a mocker, scoffer, satirical person (rare; not in Cic.): ut tu semper eris derisor, Hor. S. 2, 6, 54; id. A. P. 433; Quint. 3, 8, 51: Anubis derisor populi, Juv. 6, 534; Vulg. Prov. 9, 7 al. Applied to a (jeering) parasite, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 11; to a stage mimic, Mart. 1, 5, 5; Orell. Inscr. 4926.

* dērīsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [derisor], serving for laughter, ridiculous: condiciones, Dig. 28, 7, 14.

1. dērīsus, a, um, Part., from derideo.

2. dērīsus, ūs, m. [derideo], mockery, scorn, derision (perh. not ante-Aug.): facile ad derisum stulta levitas ducitur, Phaedr. 5, 7, 3; Sen. Contr. 4 prooem.; Quint. 6, 3, 7; Tac. Agr. 39; esp.: in derisum facere, to mock, put to scorn, Vulg. Jer. 20, 7 sq.; id. Thren. 3, 14; cf.: in derisum habere, dare, id. Sap. 5, 3; 12, 25.

dērīvāmentum, i, n. [derivo], a derivation, Sen. Ep. ad Paul. 14.

dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f. [derivo], a leading off, turning off, turning away.

  1. I. Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani), Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen.: dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere, Macr. S. 6, 1.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.
      2. 2. In rhetor.
          1. (α) An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.
          2. (β) As rhet. fig. = παρηγμένον, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.

dērīvātīvus, a, um, adj. [derivo], in the later grammat. lang., derivative: nomina, Prisc. p. 593 P.: species verborum, id. p. 824 ib. et saep.

dē-rīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [rivus], to lead, turn, or draw off a liquid, from or to a place.

  1. I. Prop.: de fluvio aquam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 12 sq.: aqua ex flumine derivata, * Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3: flumen, Hirt. ib. 8, 40, 3; Liv. 5, 15, 12; 5, 16, 9: derivata in domos flumina, Sen. N. Q. 1 praef. 7; 4, 2, 8; cf.: umorem in conliquias, Col. 2, 8, 3.
    1. B. to disperse, distribute: deriventur fontes tui foras, Vulg. Prov. 5, 16.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen. (repeatedly in Cic.): nihil in suam domum inde, Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 72: alia ex his fontibus, Quint. 2, 17, 40; cf.: hoc fonte derivata clades, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 19: derivare auimum curaque levare, to divert, * Lucr. 2, 365: derivandi criminis causa, Cic. Mil. 10 fin.: iram alicujus in se, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 9: culpam in aliquem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20 fin.; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 2: culpam derivare in rem, Quint. 7, 4, 14: partem aliquam curae et cogitationis in Asiam, Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 22: exspectationem largitionis agrariae in agrum Campanum, id. Att. 2, 16: alio responsionem suam, id. Verr. 2, 1, 53.
    2. B. Esp., in gramm., to derive, sc. one word from another (postAug. for ducere), Quint. 1, 6, 38; 8, 3, 31; Diom. p. 310 P. et saep.

dē-rōdo, ĕre, v. derosus.

dērŏgātĭo, ōnis, f. [derogo], a partial abrogation of a law, a derogation: tertium est (genus) de legum derogationibus, etc., Cic. Cornel. I. Frag. 11; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 15.

dērŏgātor, ōris, m. [derogo], a detractor, depreciator (late Lat.), Sid. Ep. 3, 13.

dērŏgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [derogo], belonging to a derogation or partial repeal, derogatory: edictum, Dig. 25, 4, 2.

* dē-rŏgĭto, āre, v. intens. a., to ask urgently, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 60 (dub.).

dē-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., jurid. t. t., to repeal a part of a law, to restrict or modify it.

  1. I. Prop.: huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest, Cic. Rep. 3, 22; cf.: de lege aliquid derogare aut legem abrogare, id. Inv. 2, 45, 134; id. Cornel. I. Frag. 11: derogatur legi, cum pars detrahitur, Dig. 16, 102.
  2. II. Transf., beyond the legal sphere, to take away, detract from, to diminish, to remove, withdraw.
          1. (α) With de: de magnificentia aut de honestate quiddam, Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 175; cf. id. ib. 2, 17, 53: de testium fide, id. Caecin. 1 fin.
          2. (β) With ex: si quid ex hac ipsa (aequitate) accusator derogat, Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 136.
          3. (γ) With dat. (so most freq.): non mihi tantum derogo, tametsi nihil arrogo, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Amm. 32: fidem alicui, id. Fl. 4, 9; id. Div. 2, 71, 146; Luc. 9, 351; Cels. praef.; Lact. Epit. 50, 2; cf. the foll. no. B.; and simply, fidem, Cic. Quint. 23, 75: gratiam nomini, Plin. 7, 28, 29, §104: nihil universorum juri, Tac. A. 13, 27 et saep.
    1. B. With abstract subjects: quorum virtuti, generi, rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio cupiditatis suspicio derogavit, Cic. Font. 7; Quint. 9, 3, 102: ubi certam derogat vetustas fidem, Liv. 7, 6, 6.
    2. C. To disparage, dishonor: et derogastis adversum me verba vostra (i. e. me verbis), Vulg. Ezech. 35, 13.

dē-rōsus, a, um, Part. [derodo, not in use], gnawed away, nibbled: clipeos a muribus, * Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99: vitis a cochleis, Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 164: ficus a locustis, id. 17, 25, 38, § 241.

Dertōna, ae, f., a city in Liguria, now Tortona, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 5; Vell. 1, 15.

dē-runcĭno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [runcina], to plane off; hence, in the lang. of comedy, to deceive, cheat; to shave (only in the foll. passages): militem, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 6: ego deruncinatus, deartuatus sum miser, id. Capt. 3, 4, 108.

dē-rŭo, rŭi, 3, v. a. and n. (a very rare word).

  1. I. Act., to throw or cast down.
    1. A. Lit.: hiems immensam vim aquarum ruptis nubibus deruat, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27.
    2. B. Trop., to take away, detract: cumulum de laudibus alicujus, * Cic. Att. 16, 11, 2.
  2. II. Neutr., to fall down: Ap. M. 2, p. 128; 7, p. 196.

dē-rŭpĭo, v. deripio.

dē-ruptus, a, um, Part. [derumpo, not in use], broken; hence, like abruptus, of localities, precipitous, steep (not before Lucret.): dextra pars (maceriae) in aliquantum altitudinis, Liv. 42, 15; so, saxa, Lucr. 6, 539: ripae, Liv. 37, 39: angustiae (with praecipites), id. 21, 33: collis (with arduus), Tac. A. 2, 80: spatia terrae (with prona), Gell. 7, 2, 11.
Comp.: in deruptiorem tumulum, Liv. 38, 2.
Sup. and adv. appear not to occur.

      1. b. In plur. subst., dērupta, ōrum, n., precipices: in derupta praecipitati, Liv. 38, 2 fin.: per derupta et avia, Tac. A. 4, 45; 6, 21.

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 (perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga, Sen. Q. N. 1, 10: haec directa materia injecta consternebantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8: crates, id. B. C. 3, 46, 5: naves ante portum, Liv. 37, 31; cf.: naves in pugnam, id. 22, 19: vicos, i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf. castella, Flor. 4, 12, 26: molem recta fronte, Curt. 4, 3 et saep.: regiones lituo, i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.: finem alicui veterem viam regiam, Liv. 39, 27.
      Esp. freq.: aciem, to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf. frontem, Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11: membrana plumbo derecta, ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.
        1. * b. Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain: elephantum machaeră dirigit, Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.
    2. B. In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.): ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana, Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6: aciem ad te, Cat. 63, 56: cursum ad litora, Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.
      Afterwards more freq. with in: equum in consulem, Liv. 2, 6: currum in hostem, Ov. M. 12, 78: tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae, Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4: hastam in te, Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.: dentes in inguina, id. ib. 8, 400: cursum in Africam, Vell. 2, 19 fin.: cursum per auras in lucos, Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.: navem eo, Nep. Chabr. 4, 2: gressum huc, Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.: Ilo hastam, Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.
      Without designating the limit: ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur, to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53: iter navis, Ov. F. 1, 4: cursum, Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct: spicula, Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606: hastile, Verg. A. 12, 490: tela, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18: sagittas, Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.
      Poet.: vulnera, Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.: vulnera alicui, Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare): materias divisione dirigere, Quint. 2, 6, 1.
      Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
    2. B. In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
          1. (α) With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.: orationem ad exempla, id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1: judicium ad ea, id. 6, 5, 2: se ad id quod, etc., id. 12, 3, 8; cf.: se ad ea effingenda, id. 10, 1, 127: praecipua rerum ad famam, Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.
            In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad): in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem, Cic. Brut. 37, 140: vitam ad certam rationis normam, to conform, id. Mur. 2: leges hominum ad naturam, id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.
          2. (β) With in (not so in Cic.): tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum, Quint. 10, 3, 28: communes locos in vitia, id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.
          3. (γ) With abl. (only in Cic.): quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.: omnia voluptate, id. ib. 2, 22, 71: utilitatem honestate, id. Off. 3, 21, 83: haec normā, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.
          4. (δ) Without an object: (divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit, Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin.
            (ε) With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.
            (ζ) With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.
            Hence, dīrectus (dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
    1. A. Lit.: auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. aes (tubae), opp. flexum, Ov. M. 1, 98: iter, Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf. trabes, id. ib. 7, 23, 1: ordo (olearum), Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: arcus (opp. obliquus), Ov. M. 2, 129: paries, i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2: praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus, Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3: (Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.: cornu, Caes. B. G. 6, 26.
      Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line: in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI., in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so, altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass., Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.: cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum), Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.
    2. B. Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct: o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam, Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.: iter ad laudem, id. Cael. 17, 41: vera illa et directa ratio, id. ib. 18: tristis ac directus senex, id. ib. 16, 38; cf.: quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI, id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11: percunctatio et denuntiatio belli, Liv. 21, 19; cf. contiones, Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus): verba, Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15: actio, Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf. institutio (opp. precaria), id. 29, 1, 19: libertates (opp. fideicommissariae), id. 29, 4, 12.
      Adv.
        1. a. dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare): dicere, Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24: ire, Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.
          Far more freq.,
        2. b. dīrectō, directly, straight: deorsum ferri, Cic. N. D. 1, 25: transversas trabes, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2: ad fidem spectare, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al.
        3. * c. dīrectā: quo magis ursimus alte directā, press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.
        4. d. dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.
          Comp.:
          directius gubernare, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.
          Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.