wean
wean
v. trans.
Met., see deter.
Be weaned from, unlearn: P. ἀπομανθάνειν (acc.).
v. trans.
Met., see deter.
Be weaned from, unlearn: P. ἀπομανθάνειν (acc.).
WEAN
PROP. a matre or ab ubere matris depellere (fetum): auferre uberibus fetum or infantem: infantem a mammā disjungere: infantem lacte depellere (☞ not ablactare late).
Figuratively detrahere alicui alicujus rei consuetudinem: a consuetudine alicujus rei aliquem abducere (from a custom): dedocere aliquem aliquid (to cause to forget). To wean one’s self from anything desuefieri are; a consuetudine alicujus rei recedere (to leave off a custom); dediscere aliquid (to forget anything); consuetudinem aliquem deponere: to wean one’s affections from anything animum a re abstrahere. Vid: also ALIENATE.
PROP. a matre or ab ubere matris depellere (fetum): auferre uberibus fetum or infantem: infantem a mammā disjungere: infantem lacte depellere (☞ not ablactare late).
Figuratively detrahere alicui alicujus rei consuetudinem: a consuetudine alicujus rei aliquem abducere (from a custom): dedocere aliquem aliquid (to cause to forget). To wean one’s self from anything desuefieri are; a consuetudine alicujus rei recedere (to leave off a custom); dediscere aliquid (to forget anything); consuetudinem aliquem deponere: to wean one’s affections from anything animum a re abstrahere. Vid: also ALIENATE.
wean:
I. Lit.: Phr.: to w. an infant: infantem lacte depellere, ab ubere depellere: a lion just w.'d from the teat of his tawny mother, fulvae matris ab ubere jam lacte depulsus leo, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 14: prohibere a matre (cf. Virg. G. 3, 398): *auferre uberibus, a mamma disjungere (Georg.): the young gradually become w.'d from the mother, catuli (a matre) minutatim desuefiunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 12.
II. Fig.: to w. any one from a habit: desuefacere (only found in pass. voice): dedocere (to unteach): virtue w.s the people from the use of false terms, virtus populum falsis dedocet uti vocibus, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 20: to be w.'d from: desuefieri: the multitude now w.d from (their love of) harangues, multitudo jam desuefacta a contionibus, Cic. Clu. 40, 110: a beast w.'d from its fury, fera rabiem desueta, Stat. Theb. 5, 231: you must w. yourself from your fruit-baskets, dediscendae tibi sunt sportellae, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2.
I. Lit.: Phr.: to w. an infant: infantem lacte depellere, ab ubere depellere: a lion just w.'d from the teat of his tawny mother, fulvae matris ab ubere jam lacte depulsus leo, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 14: prohibere a matre (cf. Virg. G. 3, 398): *auferre uberibus, a mamma disjungere (Georg.): the young gradually become w.'d from the mother, catuli (a matre) minutatim desuefiunt, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 12.
II. Fig.: to w. any one from a habit: desuefacere (only found in pass. voice): dedocere (to unteach): virtue w.s the people from the use of false terms, virtus populum falsis dedocet uti vocibus, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 20: to be w.'d from: desuefieri: the multitude now w.d from (their love of) harangues, multitudo jam desuefacta a contionibus, Cic. Clu. 40, 110: a beast w.'d from its fury, fera rabiem desueta, Stat. Theb. 5, 231: you must w. yourself from your fruit-baskets, dediscendae tibi sunt sportellae, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2.