praep., with abl.
— Of separation, in space,
from, away from, down from, out of
: de finibus suis exire, Cs.: decedere de provinciā: qui de castris
processerant, S.: ferrum de manibus extorsimus: de muro
se deiecerunt, Cs.: de iugis, quae ceperant,
funduntur, L. — Fig., from, away from, out of: exire de vitā: de priscis Latinis capta oppida,
L.: de sententiā deiectus.—In time,
of immediate sequence, after, directly after: statim de auctione:
diem de die prospectans, day after day, L.—Of duration,
during, in the course of, at, by: de nocte: multā de
nocte, late at night: de mediā
nocte, Cs.: de tertiā
vigiliā, in the third night-watch, Cs.: adparare de die convivium, in open day, T.: mediā de luce, H.: navigare de mense
Decembri, in December. — Of origin or source, of, from, from
among, out of, proceeding from, derived from: caupo de
viā Latinā: nescio qui de circo maximo: homo de
scholā: aliquis de ponte, i. e. a beggar, Iu.: Priami de stirpe, V.: recita de
epistulā reliqua: hoc audivi de patre: discere id de me,
T.—Of the whole, of, from, from among, out of: hominem
misi de comitibus meis: percussus ab uno de illis: quemvis de iis qui essent
idonei: accusator de plebe: unus de legatis: partem solido demere de
die, H.: expers partis de nostris bonis, T.:
si quae sunt de eodem genere: cetera de genere hoc,
H.—Of material, of, out of, from: solido de marmore
templum, V.: de templo carcerem fieri: de
scurrā divitem fieri posse: fies de rhetore consul, Iu.
— Esp., of a fund out of which costs are taken: potat,
ole<*> unguenta, de meo, T.: de suo: stipendium de
publico statuit, L.: non solum de die, sed etiam in
diem vivere, on the day's resources.—Of cause, for, on
account of, by reason of, because of, from, through, by: quā de causā, Cs.: certis de
causis: de quo nomine ad arbitrum adisti: de gestu intellego quid respondeas:
incessit passu de volnere tardo, O.: de Atticae
febriculā valde dolui.—Of measure or standard,
according to, after, in accordance with: De eius consilio velle
se facere, T.: de amicorum sententiā
Romam confugit: de more vetusto rapuere faces, V.—Of
relation, of, about, concerning, in respect to: multa narrare de
Laelio. senatus de bello accepit, learned of, S.: Consilium summis de rebus habere, V.: legati de
pace ad Caesarem venerant, Cs.: de bene vivendo
disputare: de me experior, in my own case.—In gen., in
reference to, with respect to, concerning, in the matter of: non
est de veneno celata mater: Aeduis de iniuriis satisfacere, for, Cs.:
quid de his fieri placeat, S.: concessum ab nobilitate de consule plebeio, L.: ut
sciam quid de nobis futurum sit: de argento somnium, as for the money,
T.: de benevolentiā, primum, etc.: de
Samnitibus triumphare, over. — In adverbial expressions, de integro, anew,
afresh, once more: ratio de integro ineunda est mihi,
T.: de integro funus iam sepulto filio
facere.—De improviso, unexpectedly: ubi de
inprovisost interventum mulieri, T.: de improviso
venire, Cs.—De transverso, unexpectedly: de traverso L. Caesar ut veniam ad se rogat.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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