shoulder
shoulder
subs.
P. and V. ὦμος, ὁ.
Take on one’s own shoulders, v.: use assume.
subs.
P. and V. ὦμος, ὁ.
Take on one’s own shoulders, v.: use assume.
shoulder
v. trans.
P. and V. αἴρειν, φέρειν ; see bear, assume.
Shoulder away: P. ὑποπαρωθεῖν (acc.); see jostle.
v. trans.
P. and V. αἴρειν, φέρειν ; see bear, assume.
Shoulder away: P. ὑποπαρωθεῖν (acc.); see jostle.
SHOULDER
s. humerus (of men): armus (in old Latin and the poets denotes the upper arm with the shoulder but in classical prose it is used only of animals). Shoulder-blade scapula (usually plur. scapulae): shoulder-bone os humeri; plur. scoptula -orum nominative plur. Celsus 8 1; but ed. Almel. reads scutula). Shoulder of mutton *armus vervecinus: broad over the shoulders latus ab humeris: to carry on the shoulders humeris portare or gestare (PROP.); humeris gestare (PROP. and figuratively; e.g. universam rempublicam): to carry burdens on the shoulders onera humeris portare (general term); bajulare (as a porter): to take anybody on one’s shoulders aliquem in humeros suos efferre (in order to raise him up so as to show him to others); aliquem humeris sublevare (in order to carry him when weary): to take anything upon one’s shoulders tollere aliquid in humeros (PROP.); suscipere or recipere aliquid (to take anything upon one’s self; recipere with the accessory notion of being responsible for it): he was turned out neck and shoulders foras deturbatus est (Plaut.); turpiter ejectus est (Ov.). These burdens are removed from the shoulders of the poor to those of the rich haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata sunt.
s. humerus (of men): armus (in old Latin and the poets denotes the upper arm with the shoulder but in classical prose it is used only of animals). Shoulder-blade scapula (usually plur. scapulae): shoulder-bone os humeri; plur. scoptula -orum nominative plur. Celsus 8 1; but ed. Almel. reads scutula). Shoulder of mutton *armus vervecinus: broad over the shoulders latus ab humeris: to carry on the shoulders humeris portare or gestare (PROP.); humeris gestare (PROP. and figuratively; e.g. universam rempublicam): to carry burdens on the shoulders onera humeris portare (general term); bajulare (as a porter): to take anybody on one’s shoulders aliquem in humeros suos efferre (in order to raise him up so as to show him to others); aliquem humeris sublevare (in order to carry him when weary): to take anything upon one’s shoulders tollere aliquid in humeros (PROP.); suscipere or recipere aliquid (to take anything upon one’s self; recipere with the accessory notion of being responsible for it): he was turned out neck and shoulders foras deturbatus est (Plaut.); turpiter ejectus est (Ov.). These burdens are removed from the shoulders of the poor to those of the rich haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata sunt.
v. aliquid in humeros tollere. To shoulder a gun *sclopetum humero acclinare.
shoulder (subs.):
1. hŭmĕrus (of a man; rarely used of a quadruped): the arrows hung from his s., sagittae pendebant ab humero, Cic. Verr. 4, 34, 74: that their arms and s.s might be free to wield their weapons, ut brachia atque h. ad sustinenda arma liberi essent, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: broad in the s.s, latus ab humeris, Suet. Tib. 68: the strength and breadth of their s.s (of oxen) were made for dragging ploughs, vires humerorum et latitudines natae sunt ad aratra trahenda, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. Fig.: to bear up the state on one's s.s, rem publicam humeris sustinere, id. Flacc. 37, 94.
2. armus (gen. of an animal; v. rarely used of a man): cf. Ov. M. 10, 700, ex humeris [hominis] armi [leonis] fiunt (of a man metamorphosed into a lion): Plin.: rarely of a human s., Virg. Aen. 11, 645. Phr.: to put any one out of doors by the s.s, aliquem capite protrudere foras, Phaedr. 5, 7, extr.: I have taken up a weight too heavy for my s.s, *plus oneris quam pro viribus meis sustuli.
1. hŭmĕrus (of a man; rarely used of a quadruped): the arrows hung from his s., sagittae pendebant ab humero, Cic. Verr. 4, 34, 74: that their arms and s.s might be free to wield their weapons, ut brachia atque h. ad sustinenda arma liberi essent, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: broad in the s.s, latus ab humeris, Suet. Tib. 68: the strength and breadth of their s.s (of oxen) were made for dragging ploughs, vires humerorum et latitudines natae sunt ad aratra trahenda, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. Fig.: to bear up the state on one's s.s, rem publicam humeris sustinere, id. Flacc. 37, 94.
2. armus (gen. of an animal; v. rarely used of a man): cf. Ov. M. 10, 700, ex humeris [hominis] armi [leonis] fiunt (of a man metamorphosed into a lion): Plin.: rarely of a human s., Virg. Aen. 11, 645. Phr.: to put any one out of doors by the s.s, aliquem capite protrudere foras, Phaedr. 5, 7, extr.: I have taken up a weight too heavy for my s.s, *plus oneris quam pro viribus meis sustuli.
shoulder (v.):
I. To push with the s.s, expr. by circuml. (1.) with humerus: they s. each other, humeris connixi inter se trudunt, cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 264: cf. also Hor. Od. 2, 13, 36, densum humeris vulgus (the s.ing crowd). (2.) with umbo, ōnis, m. (the elbow put out as a kind of s.): he leaped into the ship s.ing those who opposed him out of his way, transiluit in navem, umbone obvios agens, Suet. Caes. 68, extr.: fall in with a crowd, he will s. a way for you, in turbam incideris, cuneos umbone repellet, Mart. 3, 46, 5.
II. To take upon the s.: expr. by circuml.: *in humeros tollere.
I. To push with the s.s, expr. by circuml. (1.) with humerus: they s. each other, humeris connixi inter se trudunt, cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 264: cf. also Hor. Od. 2, 13, 36, densum humeris vulgus (the s.ing crowd). (2.) with umbo, ōnis, m. (the elbow put out as a kind of s.): he leaped into the ship s.ing those who opposed him out of his way, transiluit in navem, umbone obvios agens, Suet. Caes. 68, extr.: fall in with a crowd, he will s. a way for you, in turbam incideris, cuneos umbone repellet, Mart. 3, 46, 5.
II. To take upon the s.: expr. by circuml.: *in humeros tollere.