dē-trūdo — Lewis & Short
dē-trūdo, si, sum, 3,
I v. a., to thrust, drive, or force away; to thrust down, push down (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
neminem statui detrusum, qui non adhibita vi manu demotus et actus praeceps intellegatur,Cic. Caecin. 17, 49:
qui advorsum eunt, aspellito, Detrude, deturba in viam,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 6:
aliquos ad molas,id. Poen. 5, 3, 33; so,
d. et compingere in pistrinum,Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46:
in laevam partem oculorum,id. Univ. 14:
quosdam contis remisque in mare,Suet. Cal. 32:
pedum digitos in terram,Ov. M. 11, 72:
Stygias ad undas,Verg. A. 7, 773; Sil. 15, 43:
sub inania Tartara,Ov. M. 12, 523:
vi tempestatum Cythnum insulam detrusus,Tac. H. 2, 8:
hucine nos ad senem,Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 8; cf.:
istoc maleficos,id. Trin. 2, 4, 150:
naves scopulo,Verg. A. 1, 145.—
B In partic.
1 Milit. t. t., to thrust or drive away an enemy from his position; to dislodge, dispossess, Liv. 2, 10; 33, 7:
Albani prensare, detrudere,i. e. from their horses, Tac. A. 6, 35; cf.:
aliquoties detrusus (sc. de rostris),Sall. Hist. Fragm. 1, 99; Verg. A. 7, 469; cf. Liv. 28, 3 al.—
b Transf.: ex qua (arce) me nives, frigora, imbres detruserunt, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 fin.—
2 Jurid. t. t., to drive out a person from his possession, to dispossess (cf. deduco, no. I. B., and deicio, no. I. B.):
quid ais? potestne detrudi quisquam, qui non attingitur? etc.,Cic. Caecin. 17:
Quintius contra jus de saltu, agroque communi a servis communibus vi detruditur,id. Quint. 6 fin.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to drive from or to any thing; to bring, reduce to any thing:
aliquem de sua sententia,Cic. Fam. 14, 16:
a primo ordine in secundum detrudi,Suet. Caes. 29:
ut detrudendi Domitii causa consulatum peterent,of defeating, keeping him out of office, id. ib. 24; cf.:
ex quanto regno ad quam fortunam,Nep. Timol. 2, 2:
se ad mendicitatem,Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 21; cf.:
ad ea quae nostri ingenii non erunt,Cic. Off. 1, 31 fin.:
ad id, quod facere possit,id. de Or. 1, 28 fin.:
ad necessitatem belli civilis,Tac. A. 13, 43:
in tantum luctum et laborem detrusus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4; cf.:
aliquem in paupertatem,Tac. A. 14, 54:
eloquentiam in paucissimos sensus et angustas sententias,id. Or. 32.—
B In partic. of time, to put off, postpone:
comitia in mensem Martium,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 3; cf. id. Att. 4, 17, 2.