iaceō

iaceō cuī, —, ēre Source etymology: IA- , to lie, be recumbent, be prostrate, lie at rest: in limine: quorum ad pedes iacuit stratus: mihi ad pedes: in harenā, V.: saxum campo iacebat, V.: gremio mariti, Iu.: somno, V.: humi: lentā sub vite, V.: super corpus, O.— To lie i<*>, be ill: te iacente.—To lie dead, have fallen: Corpora per campos iacebant, V.: inultos imperatores iacere sinere, L.: Arge, iaces! O.: iacuit Catilina cadavere. toto, Iu.—To lie long, linger, tarry, stop: Brundusi.—To lie, be situate: campi, qui Faesulas inter Arretiumque iacent, L.: summo in vertice montis, V.—To lie low, be flat, be level: despiciens terras iacentīs, V.: quaeque iacent valles, O.: Postquam iacuit planum mare, was stilled, Iu.—To lie in ruins, be broken down: fractae et disiectae (arae) iacent, Enn. ap. C.: Thebe iacet, Iu.—To hang loose: crines per colla iacebant, O.: iacentia lora, loose on the neck, O.— Fig., to rest, be inactive, be in retirement: in pace: septimum annum.—To be cast down, be dejected: ut totus iacet: militum iacere animos, L.—To lie prostrate, be powerless: victa iacet pietas, O.: mea numina iacent, V.—To fall, be refuted, be disproved, fail: suis testibus: iacet ratio Peripateticorum. —To lie dormant, be disused, be neglected, be of no avail: omnis hic delectus iacet: iustitia iacet: tibi pecunia.—To be low, be despised, be in no esteem: cum iacerent pretia praediorum, were low: iacere regem pati: pauper ubique iacet, O.—To lie idle, be neglected: cur iacet hoc nomen in adversariis, i. e. is not posted.