ē-līdo — Lewis & Short
ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a.laedo.
I To knock, strike, or dash out, to tear out, to force out, squeeze out.
A Lit.:
aurigam e curru,Cic. Rep. 2, 41:
oculos,Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261:
ignem velut e silice,Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:
flammas ex sese,id. 18, 35, 84, § 358:
ignes nubibus,Ov. M. 6, 696:
aërem lituis,Luc. 7, 476:
partum,i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25:
litteras,to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5:
vina praelis,i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73. cf.
herbam,Ov. F. 4, 371:
corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta,Tac. A. 2, 24.—
B Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32:
(imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc.,is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296:
colores repercussu parietum,Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137:
sibilum,to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf.
sonum,Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146:
vocem,Quint. 11, 3, 51:
morbum,to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald.—
II To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.
A Lit.:
talos alicui,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12:
tuum caput,id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45:
fauces,to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2:
aliquem stipite,Curt. 9, 7 fin.:
draconem pondere,Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:
geminos angues (Hercules),i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf.
infantes,Flor. 3, 3, 17 al.—
B Trop., to break down, destroy:
(poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:
aegritudine elidi,id. ib. 5, 6, 16:
prius pactum per posterius,i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.