I.to tread under foot, to crush or bruise by treading. *
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.