To take away: to cary away: to steale: to beate away by stealth: to obtaine his request: to haue that he desired: to cease or leaue of. Auferre aliquid intiò. Ter. To cary in. Quanti vellet, auferret. Cic. That he should take it, at what pryce he would himselfe. Auferre & abducere. Cic. Detrahere & auferre. Cic. Auferre ab ianua stercus. Plaut. Ab aspectu auferre. Lucan. Auferri de conuiuio. Cic. To be caried from the table. Auferre è conspectu. Plin. To cary away out of sight. Auferre vberibus fœtum, pro Ab vberibus. Plin. To weane. Auferri inter manus. Cic. To be borne out betwene men, not able to go himselfe. In ventrem abstulit. Cic. Auferre. Plaut. To robbe or take away by stealth. Auferre pecuniam de ærario. Cic. To steale. Auferre per vim. Cic. To take away by force. Auferre ab aliquo quidpiam per fallaciam. Ter. Crasilly to conuey away. Auferre aliquid domum suam. Cicer. To cary home that is stolen. Auferre. Ter. To obteyne. Auferre opem ab aliquo. Cic. To obteine helpe. Auferre paucos dies ab aliquo. Cic. To obteyne the respite of two or three dayes. Auferre impetratum. Plaut. To obteine his demaunid or suit. Auferre litem. Plaut. To ouercome in the suite. Auferre iudicio. Cic. To obteyne by sudgement. Auferre per iudicem. Vlpian. To ouercome by sentence of the iudge. Aufer. Horat. Aufer. Me vultu terrere. Cease or leaue to feare me with thy countenaunce. Æquitati multum aufert fraus impiorum. Quint. Hurteth or hindreth equitle very much. Amorem auferre ab aliquo. Cic. To loue a man no more. Animam auferre. Sil. To hill. Animum aufert ad contemplationem. Plin. It rauisheth or carieth away my minde to the consideration. Nilus præcipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert. Plin. Maketh them deafe or that they cannot heare. Auriculam mordicus auferre. Cic. To bite of. Caput alicui auferre. Liu. To behead. Cauillam aufer, non ego nunc nugas ago. Plaut. Leaue thy cauilling. Dies quindecim auferent hi ludi. Cic. Will make vs spend. Dubitationem auferre. Hirt. To put out of doubt. Equum calcaribus auferre. Sil. To set spurres to the horse, and gallop away. Fastidium auferre. Plin. To make one haue an appetite. Formam alicui auferre. Plaut. To dissigure. Gloriam sempiternam auferre secum. Cic. To get immortal glory. Haud sie auferent. Ter. They shall not so scape. Inultum auferre aliquid Ter. To scape vnpunished: to scape quitte. Iudicia auferre Senatn. Cic. To obtaine iudgement. Iurgium auferas hinc si sapias. Plaut. Leaue thy chiding. Ius eripere atque auferre alicui. Cic. Lachrymas auferre. Lucret. To weepe no more. Laudem ex aliqua re auferre. Cic. To get prayse by. Lumbifragium auferre. Plaut. To haue his backe burst. Mensam auferre. Plaut. To take vp the table. Nomen auferre alicui. Quint. To take away his good name: to make him nothing spoken of. Nugas aufer. Plaut. Leaue your toyes or trisres. Obliuio illud abstulit. Salust. It is forgotten. Opes auferre. Ouid. Pecuniam auferre ex edicto. Cic. Pignora auferre. Cic. To take a stresse or gage. Pollicitationes aufer. Ter. Leaue thy fayre promises. PræmiÛ auferre ab aliquo. Plaut. To haue a reward of one. Responsum ab aliquo auferre. Cic. To haue an answere. Se auferre. Virg. To go away. Aufer te domum. Plaut. Aufer te hinc. Ter. Somnum auferre. Celf To make not to sleepe. Spem. Cic. To put out of hope. Spiritum alicui auferre. Cic. To kill. Studium auferre. Horat. To make that he cannot studie. Suspendas pòtius me, qum tacita hæc auferas. Pla. Rather then I will holde my peace. Me transuersum abstulit hæc res. Plin. It rauished me, or caried me away whether I would or no. Vitam auferre. Ouid. To kill. Voluntatem auferre. Cic. To turne ones will. Abstulerunt me velut de spatio. Liu. Ne te auferant aliorum consilia. Cic. Be not seduced or misled by other mens counsayle.

I. In gen.

A. 1.. Lit.: ab januā stercus, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 18: dona, id. Am. prol. 139: aurum atque ornamenta abs te, id. Mil. 4, 1, 36: abstulit eos a conspectu, Vulg. 4 Reg. 17, 18: auferas me de terrā hac, ib. Gen. 47, 30: vos istaec intro auferte, Ter. And. 1, 1, 1: Auferte ista hinc, Vulg. Joan. 2, 16: aether multos secum levis abstulit ignīs, Lucr. 5, 459; 3, 230; 3, 439; 3, 717; 5, 205; 5, 725; 6, 622; Turp. ap. Non. p. 422, 21: multa domum suam auferebat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.: liberi per delectus alibi servituri auferuntur (a Romanis), are carried away, Tac. Agr. 31: quem vi abstulerant servi, Vulg. Gen. 21, 25.—So of sick persons, or those unable to walk: auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202 (cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 298: lumbifragium hinc auferes): asoti, qui in mensam vomant et qui de conviviis auferantur, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. —Auferre se, in colloquial lang., to remove one's self, to withdraw, retire, go away: Te, obsecro hercle, aufer modo, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 93: aufer te domum, id. As. 2, 4, 63.—

2. Of bodies that are borne away by wings, by the winds, waves, or any other quick motion, to bear or carry away, sweep away, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): aliquem ad scopulum e tranquillo auferre, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8: unda rates, Prop. 1, 8, 14: auferor in scopulos, Ov. M. 9, 593: auferet, id. ib. 15, 292 al.: in silvam pennis ablata refugit, Verg. A. 3, 258; 11, 867: ne te citus auferat axis, Ov. M. 2, 75: vento secundo vehementi satis profecti celeriter e conspectu terrae ablati sunt, Liv. 29, 27: (Bubo) volat numquam quo libuit, sed transversus aufertur, Plin. 10, 12, 16, 35: (milites) pavore fugientium auferebantur, Tac. A. 4, 73.—

B. Trop., to carry away, mislead: te hortor, ut omnia gubernes prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia, Cic. Fam. 2, 7: abstulerunt me velut de spatio Graecae res immixtae Romanis, i. e. have diverted, withdrawn me, from the subject, Liv. 35, 40: quae contemplatio aufert nos ad ipsorum animalium naturas, Plin. 27, 13, 120, 145: auferre aliquem traversum, id. 28, 1, 1, 1 Jan: ab intentione auferendus auditor, Quint. 4, 5, 6: somnus aufert, Hor. S. 1, 5, 83: auferimur cultu, i. e. decipimur, are deceived, duped, Ov. R. Am. 343.—

II. Esp.,

A. 1.. To take or snatch away; in a good, but more frequently in a bad sense, to take by force, to remove, withdraw, take away violently, rob, steal, etc.: aliquid eris, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 8: quod auri, quod argenti, quod ornamentorum in meis urbibus fuit, id mihi tu, C. Verres, eripuisti atque abstulisti, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19: ab hoc abaci vasa omnia abstuiit, id. Verr. 2, 4, 16; so, pecuniam de aerario, id. Att. 7, 21: pecuniam in ventre, to eat up, to squander, id. de Or. 2, 66, 265: auriculam mordicus, to bite off, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4: vestimentum, Vulg. Luc. 6, 29: hi ludi dies quindecim auferent, Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31: imperium indignis, Liv. 3, 67: legionem, Tac. H. 4, 48: consulatum, censuram, id. ib. 1, 52: auferat omnia irrita oblivio si potest, Liv. 28, 29: spem, voluntatem defensionis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7: fervorem et audaciam, Liv. 3, 12: obsequia, Tac. H. 1, 80: misericordiam, id. ib. 3, 84: spem veniae, id. A. 14, 23: studium, Cat. 68, 19 sq.; and so Hor. C. 3, 12, 5: metus, to banish, Verg. A. 12, 316: curas, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26: somnos, id. C. 2, 16, 16; id. Epod. 5, 96: pudorem, Ov. M. 6, 617: fugam, to hinder, prevent, Flor. 3, 10, 3 al.—

2. To take off or away, to destroy, consume, kill, slay, etc. (mostly poet. or in the Aug. histt.): Tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis, Cat. 3, 15: abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem, Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; so id. Epod. 5, 66; id. S. 1, 9, 31: Auferat hora duos eadem, Ov. M. 8, 709; 15, 157: Labienum Varumque acies abstulit, Vell. 2, 55 fin.: Quidquid hinc aut illinc communis Mors belli aufert, Liv. 7, 8; Flor. 3, 17, 9 al.: Interea quodcumque fuit populabile flammae, Mulciber abstulerat, had consumed, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 575.—

3. Of places, to separate, sever, divide: mare septem stadiorum intervallo Europam auferens Asiae, Plin. 4, 12, 24, 75: Armenia Euphrate amne aufertur Cappadociae, id. 6, 9, 9, 25. —

B. To lay aside some action, manner of speaking, etc.; to cease from, desist from, leave off: proinde istaec tua aufer terricula, Att. ap. Non. p. 227, 31: jurgium hinc auferas, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 19: aufer nugas, id. Truc. 4, 4, 8; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30: pollicitationes aufer, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 17: Ge. Id nosmet ipsos facere oportet, Phaedria. Ph. Aufer mi "oportet:" quin tu, quod faciam, impera, id. ib. 1, 4, 45 Ruhnk. (cf. Juv. 6, 170): Aufer abhinc lacrimas, Lucr. 3, 955: insolentiam, Phaedr. 3, 6, 8; so absol.: Insanis? Aufer! away! (where nugas may be supplied, as in Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14.—With inf. as object: aufer Me vultu terrere, Hor. S. 2, 7, 43.—

C. Meton., effect for cause, to corry off (as the fruit or result of one's labor, exertions, errors, etc.), to obtain, get, receive, acquire: Ecquas viginti minas Paritas ut auferas a me? Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 71; 1, 5, 90; id. Curc. 5, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 2, 9; id. Most. 4, 1, 32; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62: id inultum numquam auferet, id. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Ad. 3, 4, 8 (cf. id. And. 1, 2, 4): paucos dies ab aliquo, to obtain a few days' respite, Cic. Quinct. 5, 20: quis umquam ad arbitrum quantum petiit, tantum abstulit? id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12; so, responsum ab aliquo, id. de Or. 1, 56, 239: decretum, id. Att. 16, 16, A: diploma, id. Fam. 6, 12, 3: praemium, Suet. Gram. 17. —Also with ut: ut in foro statuerent (statuas), abstulisti, you have carried the point that they etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59 (so, adsequi, ut, Tac. G. 35).—Trop., to carry away the knowledge of a thing, to learn, understand: quis est in populo Romano, qui hoc non ex priore actione abstulerit? has not learned, does not know, Cic Verr. 2, 1, 8.