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take down

take down:

I. Lit.:

1. dēmo, dempsi, demptum, 3: the dart being t.n down is carried to Cicero, tragula dempta ad Ciceronem defertur, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: to t. down the tackling, armamenta d., Liv. 21, 49: to t. down the shields from the columns, clipea de columnis d., id. 40, 51.

2. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (to drag down): she did not suffer her father to be t.n down from his chariot, patrem de curru detrahi passa non est, Cic. Cael. 14, 34: to t. down from the cross, d. ex cruce, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6.

3. rĕfīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (to unfasten): to t. down the tablets of laws, r. aera, tabellas, Cic. Phil. 12, 5. 12: id. Fam. 12, 1, ad fin.: a shield t.n down from the door-post, clipeum de poste refixum, Virg. Aen. 5, 360.

4. dērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum. 3 (to t. down in haste): to t. down the wine-jar from the store, amphoram horreo d., Hor. Od. 3, 28, 7: to t. down the wine-strainers from the roof, d. cola tectis, Virg. G. 2, 242.

II. Fig.: mĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: v. LESSEN.

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