smother
smother
v. trans.
Ar. and P. πνί̄γειν, ἀ̆ποπνί̄γειν.
Met., check: P. and V. κᾰτέχειν.
Smother with smoke: Ar. τύφειν, ἐντύ̄φειν.
v. trans.
Ar. and P. πνί̄γειν, ἀ̆ποπνί̄γειν.
Met., check: P. and V. κᾰτέχειν.
Smother with smoke: Ar. τύφειν, ἐντύ̄φειν.
SMOTHER
PROP. To suffocate suffocare: animam or spiritum intercludere: strangulare (to strangle). To smother anybody by throwing a number of clothes over him opprimere aliquem injectu multae vestis (Tac.): to smother anybody with blankets injectis lodicibus in caput faucesque spiritum intercludere (after Liv. 40 24 where it is injectis tapetibus): to smother one’s self by putting one’s pocket handkerchief into one’s mouth or by stopping up one’s mouth with a pocket handkerchief sudario coartatis ore et faucibus spiritum intercludere: to be smothered suffocari; spiritu intercluso exstingui: to be smothered by anything aliqua re suffocari.
ImPROP. To put down or out exstinguere: restingugre (e.g. offire etc.; then to quell to suppress; e.g. an insurrection etc.): auferre: tollere (to stifle figuratively; e.g. all sense of honor). To smother in the very birth nascens aliquid opprimere. Vid: also CONCEAL.
PROP. To suffocate suffocare: animam or spiritum intercludere: strangulare (to strangle). To smother anybody by throwing a number of clothes over him opprimere aliquem injectu multae vestis (Tac.): to smother anybody with blankets injectis lodicibus in caput faucesque spiritum intercludere (after Liv. 40 24 where it is injectis tapetibus): to smother one’s self by putting one’s pocket handkerchief into one’s mouth or by stopping up one’s mouth with a pocket handkerchief sudario coartatis ore et faucibus spiritum intercludere: to be smothered suffocari; spiritu intercluso exstingui: to be smothered by anything aliqua re suffocari.
ImPROP. To put down or out exstinguere: restingugre (e.g. offire etc.; then to quell to suppress; e.g. an insurrection etc.): auferre: tollere (to stifle figuratively; e.g. all sense of honor). To smother in the very birth nascens aliquid opprimere. Vid: also CONCEAL.
smother:
I. To kill or stifle by suffocation:
1. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to s. an old man by throwing on him many clothes, o. senem injectu multae vestis, Tac. A. 6, 50 (56), extr.: v.TO STIFLE , also TO OVERLAY (II.)
2. suffōco, strangŭlo, 1 (lit. and fig.): v.TO CHOKE , SUFFOCATE . Phr.: to die by being s.'d (or suffocated), intercluso spiritu exstingui, Curt. 7, 5, ad med.: to s. with the heat of the baths, (balneorum) fervore atque aestu intercludere animam, Liv. 23, 7, ad init.: to be s.'d by the fumes of boiling vinegar, (aceto ferventi) vaporari, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95.
II. To extinguish by overwhelming (e.g. fire, etc.): opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: as when a powerful flame is s.'d by a quantity of water, ut quum aquae multitudine vis flammae opprimitur (opp. consumptus ignis exstinguitur), Cic. Sen. 19, 71: v.TO EXTINGUISH .
III. To keep back, repress, stifle, q. v.:
1. opprĭmo, 3: to s. rage, o. iram, Sall. J. 72: cf. o. infamiam, Just. 12, 13.
2. reprĭmo, 3: to s. passion, r. iracundiam, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8: to s. a groan, r. gemitum, Ov. M. 9, 163: v.TO CHECK .
3. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to s. (or stifle) conscience, c. conscientiam, Cic. (v. TO STIFLE ).
4. dēvŏro, 1: to s. tears, lacrimas d., Ov. F. 4, 845: to s. groans, gemitus d., Sen. Ep. 66, med.: all sense of shame is s.'d, pudor devoratus, App. M. 9, p. 225: v.TO SWALLOW . Join: to s. power, potentiam exstinguere atque opprimere, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: cf. tumultum o., Liv. 31, 11, init. (v. TO PUT DOWN , QUELL , SUPPRESS ). Phr.: grief s.s (or stifles) the voice, dolor vocem includit, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: cf. metus consumpsit vocem, Tac. H. 1, 42: the voice is s.'d, vox devoratur, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270 (v. TO STIFLE , DROWN , II.).
I. To kill or stifle by suffocation:
1. opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to s. an old man by throwing on him many clothes, o. senem injectu multae vestis, Tac. A. 6, 50 (56), extr.: v.
2. suffōco, strangŭlo, 1 (lit. and fig.): v.
II. To extinguish by overwhelming (e.g. fire, etc.): opprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: as when a powerful flame is s.'d by a quantity of water, ut quum aquae multitudine vis flammae opprimitur (opp. consumptus ignis exstinguitur), Cic. Sen. 19, 71: v.
III. To keep back, repress, stifle, q. v.:
1. opprĭmo, 3: to s. rage, o. iram, Sall. J. 72: cf. o. infamiam, Just. 12, 13.
2. reprĭmo, 3: to s. passion, r. iracundiam, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8: to s. a groan, r. gemitum, Ov. M. 9, 163: v.
3. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: to s. (
4. dēvŏro, 1: to s. tears, lacrimas d., Ov. F. 4, 845: to s. groans, gemitus d., Sen. Ep. 66, med.: all sense of shame is s.'d, pudor devoratus, App. M. 9, p. 225: v.