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in-culco , āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. in-calco,
I.to tread in, tread down (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).
I. Lit., to tread down, ram down: “aliquid,” Col. 2, 20, 1: “semen obrutum pavicula,” id. 11, 3, 34.—
II. Trop.
A. To stuff, press, or force in: “Graeca verba,” Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111: “leviora,” id. Or. 15, 50; id. Att. 16, 3, 1; Col. 6, 12, 2.—
B. To force upon, to impress on or inculcate in: “id quod tradatur, vel etiam inculcetur, posse percipere animo,” Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127; cf. Quint. 3, 1, 6; Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 2: “vos non modo oculis imagines, sed etiam animis inculcatis: tanta est impunitas garriendi,” Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108 fin.: “firmissima quaeque memoriae judicis,” Quint. 6, 4, 5; cf. “judicibus,” id. 11, 3, 130: “quibusdam offeram, quibusdam etiam inculcabo,” Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1: “inculcatum est Metello, te aratores evertisse,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 156: se, to obtrude one's self upon: “Graeci, qui se inculcant auribus nostris,” id. de Or. 2, 5, 19.— Hence, part. pass.: inculcātus , a, um, pressed, stuffed, or crammed in (class.).
A. Lit.: “lana morsibus canis,” Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 32: “lapides,” Col. 8, 15, 3.—
B. Trop., mixed or foisted in: “inania verba,” Cic. Or. 69, 250: ἀρχέτυπον crebris locis inculcatum et refectum, emphasized by additions, id. Att. 16, 3, 1.— Hence, inculcātē , adv., forcibly (late Lat.); comp.: inculcatius, Aug. cont. Julian. V. 16, 63.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.3.1
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.156
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.28
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 29.32
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.20.2
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.38
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.31
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 1.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 4.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.130
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.20.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.12.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.15.3
    • Cicero, Orator, 15.50
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