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arieto

arieto, to strike violently, ram

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

arietō (by synaeresis sometimes trisyll.), āvī, ātus, 1, a. and n.: to strike; to stumble; dash, 11.890. (ariēs)
ărĭĕto, āvi, ātum, 1 (arietat, trisyl., Verg. A. 11, 890; Sil. 4, 149; Val. Fl. 6, 368; cf. aries), v. a. and n. [aries],
  • to butt like a ram; hence, in gen., to strike violently (poet. or post-Aug. prose, esp. freq. in Seneca).
    • I.A Act.: quis illic est, qui tam proterve nostras aedes arietat? beats so violently at, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 1 (256): arietare in terram, Curt. 9, 7, 11: arietata inter se arma, Sen. Ep. 56: arietatos inter se dentes, id. Ira, 3, 4: concurrentia tecta contrario ictu arietant, Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 198 al. —
    • B Trop., to disturb, harass, disquiet: anima insolita arietari, Sen. Tranq. 1, § 11 Haase.—
  • II Neutr.: in me arietare, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: arietat in portus, Verg. A. 11, 890: et labaris oportet et arietes et cadas, to stumble, totter, Sen. Ep. 107.

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