Cry Cavē (To).
To ask mercy; to throw up the sponge; to confess oneself beaten. (Latin, caveo.) (See Cave In.)
To ask mercy; to throw up the sponge; to confess oneself beaten. (Latin, caveo.) (See Cave In.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.