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praecipitō āvī, ātus, āre

praeceps, to throw headlong, cast down, hurl down, precipitate : p<*>ae in mare praecipitatae, N.: currum scopulis, hurl against , O.: se ex altissimo muro: sese in fossas, Cs.: se (sc. de muro), L.: se in Tiberim, L.: se in medios ignīs, Cu.: etiam pulcherrima, throw overboard , Iu.: cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur, threw themselves down , S.: lux Praecipitatur aquis, sets in the ocean , O.: hac te praecipitato, run this way for life! T.: iis (parvis) minari, praecipitaturos alicunde, threaten to throw them down.—To rush down, throw oneself down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, drop, tumble, fall (of involuntary falling): statim praecipitat in Lirem: nimbi In vada praecipitant, V.: in fossam, L.: sol praecipitans: iam nox caelo Praecipitat, is sinking , V.: hiems iam praecipitaverat, had come to an end , Cs.—Fig., to throw down, hurl down, precipitate : praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu: semet ipse praecipitare, destroy oneself , S.: se in insidias, L.: furor iraque mentem Praecipitant, carry headlong , V.: quosdam praecipitat potentia Invidiae, Iu.: nox praecipitata, declining , O.To hasten, hurry : quae Praecipitent obitum, hasten their setting : praecipitata raptim consilia, precipitate , L.: moras, i. e. exchange for haste , V.: dare tempus Praecipitant curae, hasten , V.To fall down, fall, sink, be ruined : ubi non subest, quo praecipitet, may tumble down : cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res, L.: ad exitium praecipitans.— To be too hasty, be precipitate : sustinenda est adsensio, ne praecipitet: praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere, to jump at a conclusion .

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