verb transitive

sup-planto

2nd PP sup-plantāre · 3rd PP sup-plantāvi · 4th PP sup-plantātum · conj. 1st

(), , planta

to trip up one; to throw down

to trip up one's heels, to throw down, ὑποσκελίζω.

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Lit.: supplantare dictum est pedem supponere, Lucilius: supplantare aiunt Graeci, Non. 36, 3: qui stadium currit, supplantare eum, quīcum certet nullo modo debet, * Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42: athleta supplantatus, Sen. Ep. 13, 2. —

to throw down; throw to the ground; overthrow by extension ••

Transf., in gen., to throw down, throw to the ground, overthrow: vitem, Col. Arb. 7, 4: vites in terram, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212: uvas, id. 17, 22, 35, § 192: fulturas (vehemens aquae vis), Vitr. 10, 22.—Poet.: tenero supplantat verba palato, trips up, i. e. distorts, minces, Pers. 1, 35: judicium, to overturn, Quint. Decl. 7.

Perseus ID: n46959 Key: supplanto