7. Movement in General

_se conferre in aliquem locum_—to go to a place.

_petere locum_—to go to a place

_quo tendis?_—where are you going?

_sublimem_ or _sublime_ (not _in sublime_ or _sublimiter_) _ferri,

abire_—to fly aloft; to be carried into the sky.

_praecipitem ire; in praeceps deferri_—to fall down headlong.

_in profundum deici_—to fall down into the abyss.

_se deicere de muro_—to throw oneself from the ramparts.

_deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeio_—to throw some one down the Tarpeian

rock.

_Nilus praecipitat_[1] _ex altissimis montibus_—the Nile rushes down

from very high mountains.

_se proripere ex domo_—to rush out of the house.

_humi procumbere_—to fall on the ground.

_humi prosternere aliquem_—to throw any one to the ground.

_in terram cadere, decidere_—to fall to the earth.

_in terram demergi_—to sink into the earth.

_appropinquare urbi_, rarely _ad urbem_—to draw near to a city.

_propius accedere ad urbem_ or _urbem_—to advance nearer to the city.

_longius progredi, procedere_—to march further forward.

_Romam versus proficisci_—to advance in the direction of Rome.

_ad Romam proficisci_—to set out for Rome.

_properat, maturat proficisci_—he starts in all haste, precipitately.

_consequi, assequi aliquem_—to catch some one up.

_praecurrere aliquem (celeritate)_—to overtake and pass some one.

_post se relinquere aliquem_—to overtake and pass some one.

_multitudo circumfunditur alicui_—a crowd throngs around some one.

_per totum corpus diffundi_—to spread over the whole body.

[1] _praecipitare_ is also transitive, e.g. _praecipitare aliquem_, to

hurl a person down; _ruere_ always intransitive except in poetry.

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