trudere

trudere [CL] 1 to push, thrust, shove (into place, esp. confined space or place of punishment); b (transf.); c (in gl.). in latebras truduntur carceris atras Aldh. VirgV 1398; 947 sciat se trusum sub undam stigei fluminis CS 820; tandem semoto patrem trusere locello Frith. 817; pulsus in ignivomae preceps ruit ima Gehennae / ‥ trusus Averno Wulf. Swith. pref. 539; in exilium trusus W. Malm. GR II 125; antequam in corpus ~eretur [anima] Alb. Lond. DG 6. 7; captivos ‥ in carceribus ~ere nolens Eul. Hist. II 345.  b blandae sermocinationis incitamenta ‥ incautos ‥ ad Tartarum ~entia Aldh. VirgP 53; pellexi et populi insidiando milia multa, / e superis regnis trudens in Tartara nigra Bonif. Aen. (Superbia) 254.  c tru[r]sus, clusus GlC T 236. 2 to force to move, drive; b (in gl.). rota per girum quam trudit machina limphae Aldh. Aen. 48 (Vertico poli) 8; trudit dum nubila ventus Alcuin SS Ebor 1594; nuntius ‥ trusit per cerula puppim Æthelwulf Abb. 140.  b trorsus [l. trusus], impulsus GlC T 250. 3 to force (into condition, action, or situation). nobis potestas data est te ~ere in has poenas Felix Guthl. 31 p. 106; quibuscunque potest modis in desperacionem ~it Map NC III 5 f. 42v. 4 to drive on. utique fallacia in fallaciam ~it [cf. Ter. An. 779] J. Sal. Pol. 467A. 5 (of plant) to push out (shoots). dactilus ut dulcis frondenti vertice palmae / truditur et sicco praestabit stipite proles Aldh. VirgV 169; vinea bachiferas trudit de palmite gemmas Alcuin Carm. 59. 3; tunc gemmas trudit, tunc flores explicat arbor Gir. Symb. II 1 p. 346; es vitis vite palmes: tibi vivat et ex se / conetur gemmas trudere rore tuo Garl. Epith. III 288.