verb transitive

abrumpo

2nd PP ab-rumpere · 3rd PP ab-rumpūpi · 4th PP ab-rumpuptum · conj. 3rd

to break off; to rend; tear poetic

to break off something violently, to rend, tear, sever (poet.; seldom used before the Aug. per., only once in Cic., but afterw. by Verg., Ov., and the histt. often).

vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας, Il. 6, 507),… literal •

Lit.: vincla abrupit equus (transl. of the Homeric δεσμὸν ἀπορρήξας, Il. 6, 507), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.); so, nec Lethaea valet Theseus abrumpere caro vincula Pirithoo, * Hor. C. 4, 7, 27; cf. Verg. A. 9, 118: abrupti nubibus ignes, torn from, Lucr. 2, 214; cf. with the fig. reversed, in Verg.: ingeminant abruptis nubibus ignes, A. 3, 199: abrupto sidere, i. e. hidden by clouds, id. ib. 12, 451: plebs velut abrupta a cetero populo, broken off, torn from, Liv. 3, 19, 9.—

broken off from; separated; inaccessible figuratively ••

Trop.: (legio Martia) se prima latrocinio Antonii abrupit, first freed itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 12: abrumpere vitam, to break the thread of life, Verg. A. 8, 579; 9, 497; so later, abrumpere fata, Sen. Herc. Oet. 893, or, medios annos, Luc. 6, 610: abrumpere vitam a civitate, to leave it, in order to live elsewhere, Tac. A. 16, 28 fin.: fas, to destroy, violate, Verg. A. 3, 55: medium sermonem, to break off, interrupt, id. ib. 4, 388; cf. abruptus: omnibus inter victoriam mortemve abruptis, since all means of escape, except victory or death, were taken from us, Liv. 21, 44, 8.—Hence, ab-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken off from, separated, esp. of places, inaccessible, or difficult of access.

steep; a steep ascent; descent; ••

Lit., of places, precipitous, steep (syn.: praeceps, abscissus): locus in pedum mille altitudinem abruptus, Liv. 21, 36: (Roma) munita abruptis montibus, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; Tac. A. 2, 23: petra undique abscissa et abrupta, Curt. 7, 11.—Also absol.: abruptum, i, n., a steep ascent or descent; cf. praeceps: vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus, she swallows down her gulf, Verg. A. 3, 422.—

broken; disconnected; abrupt figuratively •

Trop., broken, disconnected, abrupt: Sallustiana brevitas et abruptum sermonis genus, Quint. 4, 2, 45: contumacia, stubborn, Tac. A. 4, 20.— Comp., Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1.—Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5.—Absol.: per abrupta, by rough, dangerous ways, Tac. Agr. 42 fin. (cf. supra: abrupta contumacia).—Adv.: abruptē.

in broken manner; here and there •

Lit., in broken manner, here and there: palantes flammarum ardores, Amm. 17, 7, 8.—

hastily; inconsiderately figuratively •

Trop., of conduct, hastily, inconsiderately, Just. 2, 15, 4; of discourse, abruptly, Quint. 3, 8, 6; 4, 1, 79; also, simply, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19.—Comp., Amm. 20, 11.

Perseus ID: n186 Key: abrumpo