Courageously

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with spirit, courageously / arrogantly, forciously.

ănĭmōsus, a, um, adj. [anima].

Full of air, airy (cf. anima, I. and II. A.):

guttura,

through which the breath passes, Ov. M. 6, 134.—Of the wind. blowing violently:

Eurus,

Verg. G. 2, 441:

ventus,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 51.—

Full of life, living, animate, of pictures, etc. (cf. anima, II. C.):

Gloria Lysippost animosa effingere signa,

Prop. 4, 8, 9.— Comp., sup., and adv. of 1. animosus not used.

ănĭmōsus, a, um, adj. [animus].

Full of courage, bold, spirited, undaunted (cf. animus, II. B. 2. a.):

mancipia neque formidolosa neque animosa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3:

in gladiatoriis pugnis timidos odisse solemus, fortes et animosos servari cupimus,

Cic. Mil. 34:

ex quo fit, ut animosior etiam senectus sit quam adulescentia et fortior,

shows more courage and valor, id. Sen. 20 equus, Ov. M. 2, 84; id. Tr. 4, 6, 3:

animosum (equorum) pectus,

Verg. G. 3, 81:

bella,

Ov. F. 5, 59:

Parthus,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 11:

Hector,

id. S. 1, 7, 12:

rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare,

id. C. 2, 10, 21:

frigus animosum,

fear coupled with courage, Stat. Th. 6, 395.—

Proud on account of something:

En ego (Latona) vestra parens, vobis animosa creatis,

proud to have borne you, Ov. M. 6, 206:

spoliis,

id. ib. 11, 552.—

Adeo animosus corruptor, that fears or avoids no expense or danger in bribery, * Tac. H. 1, 24.—So, also, emptor animosus, sparing or fearing no expense, Dig. 17, 1, 36 (cf. Suet. Caes. 47: gemmas semper animosissime comparāsse prodiderunt).— Adv. ănĭmōsē, in a spirited manner, courageously, eagerly:

animose et fortiter aliquid facere,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2:

magnifice, graviter animoseque vivere,

independently, id. Off. 1, 26, 92; id. Tusc. 4, 23, 51:

animose liceri,

to bid eagerly, Dig. 10, 2, 29.— Comp.:

animosius dicere,

Sen. Ben. 6, 37:

animosius se gerere,

Val. Max. 8, 2 fin.—Sup.:

gemmas animosissime comparare,

Suet. Caes. 47.

audax, ācis, adj. [from audeo, as ferax from fero, capax from capio], daring, in a good, but oftener in a bad sense, bold, courageous, spirited; audacious, rash, presumptuous, foolhardy (syn.: fortis, temerarius).

Lit.

Absol.:

qui me alter est audacior homo, aut qui me confidentior?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 1:

quae non deliquit, decet Audacem esse,

id. ib. 2, 2, 207:

o scelestum atque audacem hominem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 42:

O hominem audacem!

id. And. 4, 4, 30:

rogitas, audacissime?

id. Eun. 5, 4, 26:

Verres homo audacissimus atque amentissimus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 2 fin.; id. Rosc. Am. 1:

temerarius et audax,

id. Inv. 1, 3:

petulans et audax,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 4:

alii audaces, protervi,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

audaces, sibi placentes,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 10:

de improbis et audacibus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3:

adulescentes quosdam eligit cum audacissimos tum viribus maximis,

Nep. Dion, 9, 3:

da facilem cursum atque audacibus annue coeptis,

Verg. G. 1, 40:

poëta,

a poet who remains unmoved amid praise and blame, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 182 Schmid:

audax Iapeti genus,

id. C. 1, 3, 25; 3, 27, 28:

conjunx timidi aut audacis Ulixis,

Ov. M. 14, 671:

furit audacissimus omni De numero Lycabas,

id. ib. 3, 623 al.—

Constr.,

With abl.:

viribus audax,

Verg. A. 5, 67:

audax juventā,

id. G. 4, 565.—

With gen.:

audax ingenii,

Stat. S. 3, 2, 64; 5, 3, 135:

animi,

id. Th. 10, 495; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 4; Sil. 14, 416.—

With inf.:

audax omnia perpeti,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 25:

leges inponere,

Prop. 5, 5, 13:

casus audax spondere secundos,

Luc. 7, 246.—

With ad:

ad facinus audacior,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5.—

Transf. to things:

audax facinus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 2; so id. And. 2, 3, 27; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; so,

animus,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

consilium,

Liv. 25, 38:

lingua,

Vulg. Eccli. 21, 8:

res,

Liv. 26, 38:

spes audacior,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35:

paupertas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51:

dithyrambi,

id. C. 4, 2, 10: verba, bold, i. e. unusual, poetic, Quint. 10, 5, 4:

hyperbole audacioris ornatūs,

id. 8, 6, 67:

volatus,

Ov. M. 8, 223 al. —

Meton., violent, fierce, proud: Nunc audax cave sis, *Cat. 50, 18:

ambitiosus et audax,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 165:

Cerberus,

Tib. 1, 10, 35:

leones,

Vulg. Sap. 11, 18:

Hecate,

Sen. Med. 844.— Adv., boldly, courageously, audaciously; in two forms,

audācĭter (the original but unusual form; cf.: licet omnes oratores aliud sequantur, i. e. the form audacter, Quint. 1, 6, 17): Multa scelerate, multa audaciter, multa improbe fecisti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104 B. and K.; cf. Prisc. p. 1014 P.;

Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. l. l.: audaciter se laturum fuisse de etc.,

Liv. 22, 25:

audaciter negantem,

id. 40, 55 Weissenb.; Sen. Prov. 4.—

audacter (the usu. class. form):

loquere audacter patri,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 82:

monere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 6:

audacter inter reges versari,

Lucr. 2, 50; Cat. 55, 16; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, id. Rosc. Am. 11; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Liv. 9, 34; 44, 4:

patrare,

Vulg. Gen. 34, 30; ib. Jud. 20, 31; ib. Marc. 15, 43 al.— Comp.:

quoi tuum concredat filium audacius,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 98; Cic. Or. 8, 26; 60, 202; Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 18; Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

scribere,

Vulg. Rom. 15, 15.— Sup.:

audacissume oneris quid vis inpone,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 28; Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 5, 15; Liv. 30, 30 (on these forms, v. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 661 sq.).

ē-rĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to raise or set up, to erect (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

rubrum jubar,

Lucr. 4, 404:

caput,

id. 5, 1208:

ar borem (with extollere),

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

hominem,

to form erect, id. Leg. 1, 9, 26:

os,

id. ib. 3, 85;

jacentem,

Curt. 7, 3, 17:

hastas,

Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10:

digitum,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

manus ad tectum,

id. 11, 3, 118; cf.:

scalas ad moenia,

Liv. 32, 14:

agmen in adversum clivum,

to lead up, id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36:

aciem in collem,

id. H. 4, 71:

oculos,

i. e. to raise. Cic. Sest. 31, 68.—

With se, [p. 656] or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one's self up, to rise:

connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

sese aut sublevare (Alces),

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2:

statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.:

in ungues,

id. 11, 3, 120:

in armos (equus),

Stat. Th. 6, 502:

in auras,

Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512:

sub auras,

Verg. A. 8, 25:

ad sidera (fumus),

id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.— Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.—

In partic.

To build, construct, erect (rarely):

turres,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1:

saxeas turres,

Flor. 3, 2 fin.:

quis totidem erexit villas,

Juv. 1, 94. —

Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed:

Albanus erigit totam aciem,

Liv. 1, 27, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to arouse, excite:

erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite,

Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf.

aures (with animum attendere),

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

animos ad audiendum,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset,

had aroused, excited, Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.:

aculeos severitatis in rem, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 12, 29:

libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat,

id. Planc. 13 fin.:

paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis,

id. de Or. 2, 12 fin. —

In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage:

erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

spem,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.:

rempublicam ex tam gravi casu,

Liv. 6, 2, 1:

multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae,

id. 21, 19:

Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum,

Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3:

Lusitanos,

id. 2, 17, 15:

fiduciam Pori,

Curt. 8, 13, 16:

animos ad spem,

id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.:

non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit,

Cic. Deiot. 14; so,

se,

id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.:

se in spem,

Liv. 3, 1, 2:

se ad spem libertatis,

Just. 11, 1, 2:

se ad imitationem,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.—Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.

Prop.:

primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.:

erectus et celsus status,

ib. Or. 18, 59:

incessus,

Tac. H. 1, 53:

vultus,

Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.:

coxae,

Cels. 7, 16:

viriditas culmo geniculato,

Cic. de Sen. 15:

prorae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.:

petra in metae modum,

Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.— Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.—

Trop.

Elevated, lofty, noble:

celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf.

animus (with magnus),

id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.:

erectior homo,

id. Off. 1, 30:

habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.—

In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.—

Intent, attentive, on the stretch:

judices,

Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.:

suspensique (Horatii),

Liv. 1, 25:

plebs, civitas exspectatione,

id. 2, 54; 3, 47:

vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes),

Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

mens circa studia,

Quint. 1, 3, 10:

studium in legendo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

multitudo,

Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.:

erecta in Othonem studia,

lively sympathies, id. ib. 2, 11.— Comp.:

ad agendum erectiores,

Quint. 9, 4, 12.—

Animated, encouraged, resolute:

legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75:

nunc vero multo sum erectior,

id. Phil. 4, 1, 2:

erectis animis,

Tac. A. 3, 7.— Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.:

judicare,

Gell. 7, 3 fin.:

loqui,

Amm. 15, 5.

fĕrox, ōcis ( gen. plur. ferocum, Albin. 1, 275; abl. sing. feroci, Neue, Formenl. 2, 67 sq.), adj. [root in Gr. thêr, Aeol. phêr, thêrion; cf.: ferus, fera; cf. also Zend. dvar, to run, Gr. thrôskô, thorein, Lat. furere], wild, bold, courageous, warlike, spirited, brave, gallant, savage, headstrong, untamable, fierce, insolent (class.; syn.: dirus, ferus, durus, saevus, crudelis; immanis, immitis, barbarus, etc.).

In a good sense:

moechus qui formest ferox,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 13:

naturā ferox, vehemens, manu promptus erat,

Sall. C. 43 fin.; cf.:

nimium es vehemens feroxque naturā,

Cic. Vat. 2, 4:

ferox naturā,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

vicimus vi feroces,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 82: Aequorum magna gens et ferox, warlike, Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

Latium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 10:

Roma,

id. ib. 3, 3, 44:

Parthi,

id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

Sygambri,

id. ib. 4, 2, 34:

miles,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

Hector,

id. ib. 4, 9, 21: virgo (i. e. Minerva), Mart. 14, 179; cf. Sil. 9, 457:

loca amoena, voluptaria facile in otio feroces militum animos molliverat,

Sall. C. 11, 5; cf. id. J. 106, 3:

ferox bello,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 6; cf.:

feroces ad bellandum,

Liv. 38, 13, 11:

adversus pericula ferox,

Tac. H. 3, 69 fin.:

Triaria ultra feminam ferox,

id. ib. 2, 63:

vir nobilis ac ferox,

id. A. 4, 21.—With gen.:

animi,

Tac. A. 1, 32. — Sup.:

globus ferocissimorum juvenum,

Liv. 1, 12, 9:

auxiliarii,

Tac. H. 2, 24:

nullo adversante, cum ferocissimi cecidissent,

id. A. 1, 2.

In a bad sense:

equi indomiti, feroces,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 110:

leones,

Lucr. 4, 717:

aper,

Verg. A. 10, 711:

indulgentia ferocem fortasse atque arrogantem et infestum facit,

Cic. Att. 10, 11, 3:

dote fretae, feroces,

i. e. arrogant, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 17; cf.:

ferox formā,

id. Mil. 4, 9, 13; Titin. ap. Non. 305, 6:

Numidae secundis rebus feroces,

Sall. J. 94, 4; cf.:

ferox viribus,

Liv. 1, 7, 5; 7, 5, 6:

robore corporis stolide ferox,

Tac. A. 1, 3:

nequicquam Veneris praesidio ferox,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 13:

sit Medea ferox invictaque,

id. A. P. 123:

animus ferox inopiā rei familiaris,

Sall. C. 5, 7; cf.:

quibus aetas animusque ferox erat,

id. ib. 38, 1:

oculi,

Luc. 5, 211:

patribus ferox,

haughty toward the senators, Liv. 7, 40, 8.— Comp.:

in bellis civilibus, victoria, etiamsi ad meliores venit, tamen eos ipsos ferociores impotentioresque reddit,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 305, 10:

et quia tecum eram, propterea animo eram ferocior,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 13; id. Rud. 3, 1, 14; Quint. 2, 2, 3. — Sup.:

duas ferocissimas affectiones amoris atque odii coërcere,

Gell. 1, 3 fin.:

bestiae,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 9.—

With gen.:

linguae feroces,

Tac. H. 1, 35:

ferox scelerum,

eager for, prone to crimes, id. A. 4, 12:

deorum Spretor erat mentisque ferox Ixione natus,

Ov. M. 8, 614:

scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 12.—

With in and acc.:

ferox in suos erat miles, ignavus in hostes,

Amm. 22, 4, 7.—

With inf.:

ferox est, viginti minas meas tractare sese,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 62:

odium renovare ferox,

Sil. 11, 8.—Hence, adv.: fĕrōcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Courageously, valorously, bravely:

strenue et ferociter facta in bello plura memorari possunt,

Liv. 3, 47, 2:

adequitare,

id. 9, 22, 4:

mandata edere,

Tac. A. 15, 5.— Comp.:

pauci ferocius decernunt,

Sall. J. 104, 2.— Sup.:

cum quo ferocissime pro Romana societate adversus Punicum foedus steterat,

Liv. 23, 8, 3.—

(Acc. to II.) Fiercely, savagely, insolently:

aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

increpare,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 58:

dictae sententiae,

Liv. 2, 55, 11.— Comp.:

paulo ferocius (exagitatus),

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.— Sup.:

obloqui,

Curt. 10, 2 fin.

ob-vĭam (also written separate, ob vĭam; cf. Corss. Ausspr. I. 495, 769), adv.

Lit., in the way; hence, with verbs of motion (in a good or bad sense), towards, against, to meet: ob Trojam duxit exercitum pro ad, similiterque vadimonium obisse, id est ad vadimonium isse, et obviam ad viam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: morti occumbant obviam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.):

nec quisquam tam audax fuat homo, qui obviam obsistat mihi,

as to put himself in my way, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 2:

cum in Cumanum mihi obviam venisti,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

prodire,

id. ib. 3, 7, 4; cf.: si quā ex parte obviam contra veniretur, an advance or attack should be made, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: alicui obviam advenire, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5:

quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,

is coming to meet me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 16:

fit obviam Clodio ante fundum ejus,

meets, Cic. Mil. 10, 29:

obviam ire alicui,

to go to meet, id. Mur. 32, 67 et saep.:

obviam procedere alicui,

to go to meet, id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

prodire alicui,

id. ib. 2, 24, 58:

properare,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 2:

proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

exire,

id. B. C. 1, 18:

progredi,

Liv. 7, 10:

mittere,

to send to meet, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

se offerre,

to go to meet, to meet, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24:

effundi,

to pour out to meet, to go in great numbers to meet, Liv. 5, 23:

de obviam itione ita faciam,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1;

late Lat., also, in obviam: ecce exercitus in obviam illis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 16, 5.—

Trop., at hand, within reach:

nec sycophantiis, nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

in comitio estote obviam,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 12:

tibi nulla aegritudo est animo obviam,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 16:

amanti mihi tot obviam eveniunt morae,

present themselves, interpose, id. Cas. 3, 4, 28:

ire periculis,

to meet courageously, to encounter them, Sall. J. 7, 4:

cupiditati hominum obviam ire,

to resist, oppose, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 106; so,

ire superbiae nobilitatis,

Sall. J. 5, 1:

ire sceleri,

id. ib. 22, 3:

ire injuriae,

id. ib. 14, 25:

ire irae,

Liv. 9, 14:

ire fraudibus,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

crimini,

Liv. 9, 26.—Also, in a good sense, to meet an evil, i. e. to remedy, prevent it:

ni Caesar obviam isset, tribuendo pecunias pro modo detrimenti,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

infecunditati terrarum,

id. ib. 4, 6:

timori,

id. H. 4, 46:

dedecori,

id. A. 13, 5.

ob-vĭam (also written separate, ob vĭam; cf. Corss. Ausspr. I. 495, 769), adv.

Lit., in the way; hence, with verbs of motion (in a good or bad sense), towards, against, to meet: ob Trojam duxit exercitum pro ad, similiterque vadimonium obisse, id est ad vadimonium isse, et obviam ad viam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: morti occumbant obviam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.):

nec quisquam tam audax fuat homo, qui obviam obsistat mihi,

as to put himself in my way, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 2:

cum in Cumanum mihi obviam venisti,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

prodire,

id. ib. 3, 7, 4; cf.: si quā ex parte obviam contra veniretur, an advance or attack should be made, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: alicui obviam advenire, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5:

quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,

is coming to meet me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 16:

fit obviam Clodio ante fundum ejus,

meets, Cic. Mil. 10, 29:

obviam ire alicui,

to go to meet, id. Mur. 32, 67 et saep.:

obviam procedere alicui,

to go to meet, id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

prodire alicui,

id. ib. 2, 24, 58:

properare,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 2:

proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

exire,

id. B. C. 1, 18:

progredi,

Liv. 7, 10:

mittere,

to send to meet, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

se offerre,

to go to meet, to meet, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 24:

effundi,

to pour out to meet, to go in great numbers to meet, Liv. 5, 23:

de obviam itione ita faciam,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1;

late Lat., also, in obviam: ecce exercitus in obviam illis,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 16, 5.—

Trop., at hand, within reach:

nec sycophantiis, nec fucis ullum mantellum obviam est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 6:

in comitio estote obviam,

id. Poen. 3, 6, 12:

tibi nulla aegritudo est animo obviam,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 16:

amanti mihi tot obviam eveniunt morae,

present themselves, interpose, id. Cas. 3, 4, 28:

ire periculis,

to meet courageously, to encounter them, Sall. J. 7, 4:

cupiditati hominum obviam ire,

to resist, oppose, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 106; so,

ire superbiae nobilitatis,

Sall. J. 5, 1:

ire sceleri,

id. ib. 22, 3:

ire injuriae,

id. ib. 14, 25:

ire irae,

Liv. 9, 14:

ire fraudibus,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

crimini,

Liv. 9, 26.—Also, in a good sense, to meet an evil, i. e. to remedy, prevent it:

ni Caesar obviam isset, tribuendo pecunias pro modo detrimenti,

Tac. A. 4, 64:

infecunditati terrarum,

id. ib. 4, 6:

timori,

id. H. 4, 46:

dedecori,

id. A. 13, 5.

vĭrīlis, e, adj. [vir], of or belonging to a man, manly, virile (cf.: mas, masculus).

Lit.

In respect of sex, male, masculine.

In gen.: virile et muliebre secus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9:

virile secus, i. e. puer,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 19:

vestimentum,

id. Men. 4, 2, 97:

genus,

Lucr. 5, 1356:

semen,

id. 4, 1209:

stirps fratris,

Liv. 1, 3, 11:

vox,

Ov. M. 4, 382:

vultus,

id. ib. 3, 189:

coetus,

of men, id. ib. 3, 403; cf. balnea, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 3:

flamma,

the love of a man, Ov. A. A. 1, 282.—

In partic.

In mal. part.:

pars,

Lucr. 6, 1209; cf. Col. 7, 11, 2.—As subst.: vĭrī-lia, ĭum, n., = membrum virile, Petr. 108; Plin. 20, 16, 61, § 169; 20, 22, 89, § 243.— Comp.:

qui viriliores videbantur,

Lampr. Heliog. 8 fin. —

In gram., of the masculine gender, masculine:

nomen,

Varr. L. L. 10, §§ 21 and 30 Müll.; Gell. 1, 7, 15; 11, 1, 4 al.—

In respect of strength, vigor, etc., manly, full-grown, arrived at the years of manhood:

conversis studiis aetas animusque virilis Quaerit opes, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 166:

ne forte seniles Mandentur juveni partes pueroque viriles,

the parts of fullgrown men, id. ib. 177:

pars magna domus tuae morietur cum ad virilem aetatem venerit,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 33:

toga,

assumed by Roman youth in their sixteenth year, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Sest. 69, 144; Liv. 26, 19, 5; 42, 34, 4 al.—Opp. to female garments:

sumpsisti virilem togam quam statim muliebrem stolam reddidisti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—

Transf., in jurid. lang., of or belonging to a person, that falls to a person or to each one in the division of inheritances: ut ex bonis ejus, qui, etc., virilis pars patrono debeatur, a proportionate part, an equal share with others, Gai Inst. 3, 42:

tota bona pro virilibus partibus ad liberos defuncti pertinere,

id. ib.:

virilis,

id. ib. 3, 70; Dig. 30, 1, 54, § 3; so,

virilis portio,

ib. 37, 5, 8 pr.; 31, 1, 70, § 2; Paul. Sent. 3, 2, 3.—

Transf., in gen.

Virilis pars or portio, share, part, lot of a person:

est aliqua mea pars virilis, quod ejus civitatis sum, quam ille claram reddidit,

my part, my duty, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81:

plus quam pars virilis postulat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 3, §

7: cum illius gloriae pars virilis apud omnes milites sit, etc.,

Liv. 6, 11, 5:

quem agrum miles pro parte virili manu cepisset, eum senex quoque vindicaret,

id. 3, 71, 7:

haec qui pro virili parte defendunt, optimates sunt,

i. e. to the utmost of their ability, as far as in them lies, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; so,

pro virili parte,

id. Phil. 13, 4, 8:

pro parte virili,

Liv. 10, 8, 4; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23:

pro virili portione,

Tac. Agr. 45; id. H. 3, 20.—

In other connections ( poet.):

actoris partis chorus officiumque virile Defendat,

Hor. A. P. 193 Orell. ad loc. —

Trop., of quality, worthy of a man, manly, manful, firm, vigorous, bold, spirited, etc.:

veretur quicquam aut facere aut loqui, quod parum virile videatur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

laterum inflexio fortis ac virilis,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

inclinatio laterum,

Quint. 1, 11, 18:

acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; so,

ingenium,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

vis ingenii (with solida),

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

audacia,

Just. 2, 12, 24:

oratio (with fortis),

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; so,

compositio,

Quint. 2, 5, 9:

sermo,

id. 9, 4, 3:

ratio atque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:

neque enim oratorius iste, immo hercle ne virilis quidem cultus est,

Tac. Or. 26.—As subst.: vĭrīlia, ĭum, n., manly deeds, Sall. H. 3, 61, 15 Dietsch.— Sup.: ALMIAE SABINAE MATRI VIRILISSIMAE, etc., Inscr. Grud. p. 148, n. 5.— Adv.: vĭrīlĭter, manfully, firmly, courageously (acc. to II.), Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 65; id. Off. 1, 27, 94; Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16; Ov. F. 1, 479.— Comp.,, Sen. Contr. 5, 33 fin.; id. Brev. Vit. 6, 5.

vĭrīlis, e, adj. [vir], of or belonging to a man, manly, virile (cf.: mas, masculus).

Lit.

In respect of sex, male, masculine.

In gen.: virile et muliebre secus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9:

virile secus, i. e. puer,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 19:

vestimentum,

id. Men. 4, 2, 97:

genus,

Lucr. 5, 1356:

semen,

id. 4, 1209:

stirps fratris,

Liv. 1, 3, 11:

vox,

Ov. M. 4, 382:

vultus,

id. ib. 3, 189:

coetus,

of men, id. ib. 3, 403; cf. balnea, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 3:

flamma,

the love of a man, Ov. A. A. 1, 282.—

In partic.

In mal. part.:

pars,

Lucr. 6, 1209; cf. Col. 7, 11, 2.—As subst.: vĭrī-lia, ĭum, n., = membrum virile, Petr. 108; Plin. 20, 16, 61, § 169; 20, 22, 89, § 243.— Comp.:

qui viriliores videbantur,

Lampr. Heliog. 8 fin. —

In gram., of the masculine gender, masculine:

nomen,

Varr. L. L. 10, §§ 21 and 30 Müll.; Gell. 1, 7, 15; 11, 1, 4 al.—

In respect of strength, vigor, etc., manly, full-grown, arrived at the years of manhood:

conversis studiis aetas animusque virilis Quaerit opes, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 166:

ne forte seniles Mandentur juveni partes pueroque viriles,

the parts of fullgrown men, id. ib. 177:

pars magna domus tuae morietur cum ad virilem aetatem venerit,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 33:

toga,

assumed by Roman youth in their sixteenth year, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; id. Sest. 69, 144; Liv. 26, 19, 5; 42, 34, 4 al.—Opp. to female garments:

sumpsisti virilem togam quam statim muliebrem stolam reddidisti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—

Transf., in jurid. lang., of or belonging to a person, that falls to a person or to each one in the division of inheritances: ut ex bonis ejus, qui, etc., virilis pars patrono debeatur, a proportionate part, an equal share with others, Gai Inst. 3, 42:

tota bona pro virilibus partibus ad liberos defuncti pertinere,

id. ib.:

virilis,

id. ib. 3, 70; Dig. 30, 1, 54, § 3; so,

virilis portio,

ib. 37, 5, 8 pr.; 31, 1, 70, § 2; Paul. Sent. 3, 2, 3.—

Transf., in gen.

Virilis pars or portio, share, part, lot of a person:

est aliqua mea pars virilis, quod ejus civitatis sum, quam ille claram reddidit,

my part, my duty, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81:

plus quam pars virilis postulat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 3, §

7: cum illius gloriae pars virilis apud omnes milites sit, etc.,

Liv. 6, 11, 5:

quem agrum miles pro parte virili manu cepisset, eum senex quoque vindicaret,

id. 3, 71, 7:

haec qui pro virili parte defendunt, optimates sunt,

i. e. to the utmost of their ability, as far as in them lies, Cic. Sest. 66, 138; so,

pro virili parte,

id. Phil. 13, 4, 8:

pro parte virili,

Liv. 10, 8, 4; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23:

pro virili portione,

Tac. Agr. 45; id. H. 3, 20.—

In other connections ( poet.):

actoris partis chorus officiumque virile Defendat,

Hor. A. P. 193 Orell. ad loc. —

Trop., of quality, worthy of a man, manly, manful, firm, vigorous, bold, spirited, etc.:

veretur quicquam aut facere aut loqui, quod parum virile videatur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

laterum inflexio fortis ac virilis,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

inclinatio laterum,

Quint. 1, 11, 18:

acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; so,

ingenium,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

vis ingenii (with solida),

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

audacia,

Just. 2, 12, 24:

oratio (with fortis),

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; so,

compositio,

Quint. 2, 5, 9:

sermo,

id. 9, 4, 3:

ratio atque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:

neque enim oratorius iste, immo hercle ne virilis quidem cultus est,

Tac. Or. 26.—As subst.: vĭrīlia, ĭum, n., manly deeds, Sall. H. 3, 61, 15 Dietsch.— Sup.: ALMIAE SABINAE MATRI VIRILISSIMAE, etc., Inscr. Grud. p. 148, n. 5.— Adv.: vĭrīlĭter, manfully, firmly, courageously (acc. to II.), Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 65; id. Off. 1, 27, 94; Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16; Ov. F. 1, 479.— Comp.,, Sen. Contr. 5, 33 fin.; id. Brev. Vit. 6, 5.