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1 quantus
quantus, a, um, adj. [quam], how great.A.Bellum, Nep. Dat. 5, 1:B.calamitates,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:homo in dicendo,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 51:gravitas,
Vell. 2, 129, 2.—Corresp. with tantus:videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,
Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2.—With sup.:tanta est inter eos, quanta maxima esse potest, morum studiorumque distantia,
the greatest possible difference, Cic. Lael. 20, 74.—Without tantus:quantus non unquam antea, exercitus venit,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:quanta maxime poterat vi perculit,
id. 9, 10, 10; cf. id. 7, 9, 8; 42, 15, 1; 24, 35, 5; Verg. A. 12, 701; 3, 641:quanta mea sapientia est,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62.—Quantus quantus, for quantuscumque, how great or much soever (ante-class.):denegabit quantum quantum ad eum erit delatum,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 28:tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:quanta quanta haec mea paupertas est, tamen,
id. Phorm. 5, 7, 10. — In quantum, as far as, according as, in how far, in so far as, to whatever extent:in quantum satis erat,
Tac. Or. 2:declamatio, in quantum maxime potest, imitetur eas actiones,
Quint. 2, 10, 4; Sen. Ben. 2, 23, 1:pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,
Ov. M. 11, 71:in quantum potuerit,
as far as possible, Plin. Ep. 10, 75. — With a preceding in tantum, as greatly... as:vir in tantum laudandus, in quantum intellegi virtus potest,
Vell. 1, 9.—Of number, value, etc., how much, how many:A.quanta milia,
Prop. 1, 5, 10; Val. Fl. 3, 261. —And with or without tantus, as much as, as many as, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; Liv. 23, 21.—As a designation of multitude, quantum = emphatic omnis: ut te quidem omnes di deaeque, quantum est, perduint,
as many as there are of them, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 6:quantum in terra degit, hominum perjurissime!
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 117.— quantum, subst., with gen., as much of... as:quantum est frumenti hornotini, exaraverunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.— Quanti, as gen. pretii, how high, how dear, or as dear as, as high as: quanti emi potest minime, how cheap? Ep. Ad quadraginta minas, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 110:quanti emit?
Ter. Eun. 5, 6 (5), 14:quanti locaverint, tantam pecuniam redemptori solvendam,
Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:vide, quanti apud me sis,
how highly I prize you, how dear you are to me, id. Fam. 7, 19 init.:noli spectare, quanti sit homo,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4:(tu) qui scias quanti Tulliam faciam,
id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:quanti est ista hominum gloria,
of how trifling worth, id. Rep. 6, 23, 25; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:quanti est sapere!
what a fine thing it is! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 21:quanti ejus intersit,
Dig. 43, 18, 3.—Quanti quanti, at whatever price:sed quanti quanti, bene emitur quod necesse est,
Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3.—Quanto opere, sometimes as one word, quantopere (q. v.), with what care, how greatly, how much (answering to tanto opere or tantopere, so greatly, so much):quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:quantoque opere ejus municipii causā laborarem,
id. Fam. 13, 7, 1.—Hence,quantum, adv., as much as, so much as:B.scribe, quantum potes,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 7.—Quantum possum or potest, as soon as possible:domum me rursum, quantum potero, tantum recipiam,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40: rescribas ad me, quantum potest, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1:erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit,
so far as I hear, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:quantum suspicor,
as far as I can conjecture, id. Eun. 1, 2, 62.—Quantum in or ad me, so far as concerns me:non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse,
i. e. for all you have shown to the contrary, Cic. N. D. 3, 7, 15; cf. id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:quantum ad Pirithoum, Phaedra pudica fuit,
as far as concerned, with respect to, Ov. A. A. 1, 744:quantum ad jus attinet,
Sen. Contr. 5, 34, 16; 3, 16, 1.—With compp. for quanto, the more, the greater, etc. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 488, A, 2).—Followed by eo:quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tenebant,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; 44, 7, 6; Col. 12, 23 init. —Followed by tanto:quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto majore, etc.,
Liv. 5, 10, 5; 6, 38, 5; 27, 47, 11; cf. id. 32, 5, 1. — Also without a correl.:quantum... et minus,
Liv. 44, 36, 5.—quantō, adv., by how much, by as much as, according as, the:quanto diutius Abest, magis cupio tanto,
the longer he is away, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 15:quanto gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:quanto magis philosophi delectabunt, si, etc.,
how greatly, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:quanto praeclarior vita, tanto,
Sall. J. 85, 22 Kritz. — With verbs which contain the idea of comparison:Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1.—With posit.:tanto acceptius in vulgum, quanto modicus privatis aedificationibus,
inasmuch as, Tac. A. 6, 45:quanto frequenter impellitur, tanto firmiter roboratur,
Lact. 5, 7, 9.—With ante, secus, aliud:quo minus exponam, quam multa ad me detulerit, quanto ante providerit,
Cic. Sest. 3, 8: videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, how differently, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.:ut manifesto appareat, quanto sit aliud proximum esse, aliud secundum,
Quint. 10, 1, 53. -
2 quoad
quŏ-ad (monosyl., Lucr. 2, 849; Hor. S. 2, 3, 91; collat. form quaad, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2; Inscr. Fabr. p. 641, 357; cf. Cardin. Dipl. p. 22, 30, and n. 337, and Cavedon. Marm. Moden. p. 243), adv. [orig. quod-ad = ad quod], how long?I.Lit., in direct questions (rare):II.senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum?
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 98.—Transf.A.As long as:2.quousque, inquies? quoad erit integrum,
Cic. Att. 15, 23, 1:tamdiu velle debebis, quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,
id. Off. 1, 1, 2: quoad vixit, id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60.—Till, until, until that:B.ferrum usque eo retinuit, quoad renuntiatum est vicisse Boeotios,
Nep. Epam. 9, 3; 2, 5:hactenus existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset,
Caes. B. G. 4, 11; Liv. 5, 50; Suet. Caes. 14; Just. 12, 9, 11.—How far, as far as:2.videte nunc, quoad fecerit iter apertius, quam antea,
Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 5; cf.:jus civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Phil. 11, 3, 6:quoad insequi poterat,
Liv. 2, 25; 22, 6.—So far as, as much as:3.jubeo te salvere voce summā, quoad vires valent,
as far as my strength reaches, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 30:est modus tamen, quoad pati uxorem oportet,
to what extent, id. Men. 5, 2, 19:quoad patiatur consuetudo,
as far as custom permits, Varr. L. L. 9, § 1:cognitis, quoad possunt ab homine cognosci, bonorum et malorum finibus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 82:ut, quoad possem et liceret, nunquam discederem,
id. Lael. 1, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With gen. ejus in the phrase, quoad ejus facere possum, as far or as well as I can:tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quoad ejus (facere) poteris, scribere ad me,
Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4 (B. and K. quod); id. Fam. 3, 2, 2 Orell.:ut quoad ejus fieri possit,
as much as possible, id. Inv. 2, 6, 20:id eos ut prohiberet, quoad ejus sine bello posset. praetori mandatum est,
as far as possible without having recourse to arms, Liv. 39, 45.—Without ejus:quoad facere potui,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291.—With respect to, as to, = quod attinet ad (with the acc. only in the foll. examples where the text is doubtful):quoad diem,
Liv. 42, 6, 6 MSS. (Weissenb. quam ad diem):quoad sexum, multitudinem, casum,
Varr. L. L. 8, 23, § 46 Müll. (MSS. quod sexum; perh. ad is omitted; cf.Müll. ad loc.): nec interest, quoad feras bestias et volucres, utrum, etc.,
Dig. 41, 1, 3 (Momms. quod ad feras). -
3 quam
quam (archaic form quamde or quande:B.quamde pro quam usos esse antiquos, cum multi veteres testimonio sunt, tum Ennius... et Lucretius (1, 640),
Fest. p. 261 Müll.; cf. Enn. Ann. v. 29, and v. 139 Vahl. So, too, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352 Müll.), adv. [qui], in what manner, how, how much, as much as:quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando! quam nihil tamen, quod tibi placeat, explicas!
Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:ut se accusari nolunt! quam cupiunt laudari!
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:quam multa, quam paucis!
id. Fam. 11, 24, 1:quam sint morosi, intellegi potest,
id. ib. 7, 15, 1:quam vellet, cunctaretur,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:memoriā tenetis, quam valde universi admurmurarint,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:quam quisque potest,
as much as each one can, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 75:quam potuit,
as far as he was able, Val. Max. 4, 1, 5.—With possum and a sup.:concede huc ab isto, quam potest longissime,
as far as possible, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 81:quam possunt mollissime,
as gently as possible, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129.—Also without possum:quam maximas, quam primum, quam saepissime gratias agere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 6, 5:ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45.— With posit. (post-Aug.):tum Manlius... quam poterat clarā voce denuntiavit,
Val. Max. 6, 4, 1; 3, 2, 1 ext.; 4, 5, 1:dixi de philosophiā quam breviter potui,
Lact. 3, 17, 1:tusa cribrataque vino, quam possit excellenti,
as excellent as possible, Plin. 20, 24, 100, § 264; 18, 28, 68, § 274.—In dependent clauses, indirect questions, etc.:II.est fidei nostrae, declarare, quam memores simus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:scio, quam timida sit ambitio,
id. Mil. 16, 42:quam id ratum sit, tu judicabis,
id. Att. 6, 1, 7:id quam injustum esset, non videbat,
id. Off. 3, 21, 82:dici non potest quam sim disputatione tuā delectatus,
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; id. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Ac. 2, 17, 52; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; 1, 20, 65; 5, 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 47; 2, 1, 21, § 52; 2, 4, 44, § 98:videte quam iniqui sint,
Sall. J. 85, 25; 62, 9:ut sentias quam vile sit corpus,
Liv. 2, 12, 3; 24, 5, 2; Nep. Timoth. 4, 2.—In partic.A.In comparisons, as, than.1.With tam:2.tam ego ante fui liber, quam gnatus tuos,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 11:si era me sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 5:tua est imago: tam consimilis est, quam potest,
id. Men. 5, 9, 4:tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,
Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; id. Div. 1, 6, 10 et saep.; v. tam.—With ellipsis of corresp. tam:3.homo non, quam isti sunt, gloriosus,
not so celebrated as those, Liv. 35, 49:claris majoribus, quam vetustis,
rather than, Tac. A. 4, 61.—With sup. and a corresp. tam, by how much the more, the more: quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optimum erit, the bitterer the olives, the better will be the oil, Cato, R. R. 65, 1:4.quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9:quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,
Sall. J. 31, 14.—With magis:5.quam magis... tam magis,
the more... the more, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5.—With tam omitted:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis,
Verg. G. 3, 309.— With the second magis omitted:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6.—In the reverse order: tam magis... quam magis,
the more... the more, Verg. A. 7, 787. —With tanto:6.quam magis... tanto magis,
the more... the more, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 19; so Lucr. 6, 460.—With a double comp.:7.ne libentius haec in illum evomere videar, quam verius,
with more freedom than truth, Cic. Mil. 29, 78:non acrior quam pertinacior impetus Romanorum,
Liv. 31, 35:discrimen me occupavit, meliore hostium quam meo tempore,
Curt. 7, 7, 9.—Tam... quam, with the comp. for the posit., so... as:8.per dexteram te istam oro non tam in bellis et proeliis, quam in promissis et fide firmiorem,
Cic. Deiot. 3, 8.—After comparatives or words of comparison, than:9.nobis nihil est tlmendum magis quam ille consul,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3:his igitur, quam physicis potius credendum existimas?
id. Div. 2, 16, 37; Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1; Cic. Pis. 26, 62:majorem pecuniam praetori polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167:qui plures milites eorum occidisset, quam quot superessent,
Liv. 35, 12.—So after verbs which imply comparison, verbs of preference, excellence, etc.; after praestat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 4; after malo:esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:an est quod ego malim quam?
Cic. Par. 1; after statuo, Nep. Dat. 8, 1; after probo, Tac. A. 1, 58; after volo ( = boulomai ê), Liv. 3, 68, 11; 25, 29, 6.— Rarely quantus is used to strengthen quam, after comp.:de re majore quam quanta ea esset,
Liv. 30, 23, 2:implere homines certioris spei, quam quantam fides promissi humani subicere solet,
id. 26, 19, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.;22, 2, 19.— But quam is often omitted after plus, minus, amplius, etc., without changing the case: minus duo milia hominum effugerunt,
Liv. 24, 16, 4:plus partem dimidiam hominum caesam,
id. 36, 40, 5; cf. id. 29, 25, 2:cum decem haud plus milibus militum,
id. 28, 1, 5:ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum,
Cic. Att. 5, 1, 1:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
id. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Prop. 2, 19, 18 (3, 17, 32); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 485.—With sic ( poet.):10. 11.quam multā grandine nimbi Culminibus crepitant, sic densis ictibus heros pulsat, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 458.— With sic omitted, Verg. A. 6, 309 sqq.—After contra, otherwise... than, not so... as:12.contra faciunt, quam professi sunt,
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11.— So after secus:ne me secus honore honestes quam ego te,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 50. —After alius, with a preceding negative, not otherwise than, no other than:13.nil aliud agens quam ut, etc.,
nothing else than, Liv. 44, 27, 12:neque aliud totā urbe agi quam bellum apparari,
id. 4, 26, 12; Nep. Hann. 10, 1:ob nullam aliam causam, quam ne,
from no other cause than, Liv. 45, 25; 34, 2, 12. — Rarely with alius affirmatively (for ac):ipse me paulum in aliā quam prius habuerim opinione nunc esse confiteor,
Quint. 3, 6, 63. —After aliter, otherwise than:14. 15. 16.ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 24:ne aliter quam si, etc.,
Col. 4, 2, 2.—After diversum, otherwise than:17.pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
something altogether different from what, Quint. 1, 4, 29; cf., after advorsum, only Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 139 Brix ad loc.—After words denoting number or quantity, which serve for comparison: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, populo Romano pendere, the half of what, half as much as, Liv. 45, 18:18.multiplex, quam pro numero, damnum est,
too great for, greater than, id. 7, 8:ferramenta duplicia, quam numerus servorum exigit,
twice as many as, Col. 1, 8, 8.—So, too, after designations of time:die vigesimā, quam creatus erat, dictaturā se abdicavit,
on the twentieth day after, Liv. 6, 29: tabellarii venerunt post diem sextum, quam a vobis discesserant, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:postridie venissemus, quam... fuissemus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9:postero die quam illa erant acta,
id. de Or. 2, 3, 12:saeculis multis ante... inventa sunt, quam, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 21. —After the sup.:19.bellum gerere cum tyranno, quam qui unquam, saevissimo et violentissimo in suos,
the most cruel that ever was, Liv. 34, 32.—So with rel. and sup. after tam:20.tam gratum mihi id erit, quam quod gratissimum,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3:tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,
id. ib. 5, 2, 6:ego sum tam mitis, quam qui lenissimus,
id. Sull. 31, 87.—Sometimes with magis or potius to be supplied, more... than:B.tacita mulier semper, quam loquens,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 70 dub.:pacem quam bellum probabam,
Tac. A. 1, 58. —In mere intensive expressions, exceedingly, very, quite, indeed:admodum quam saevos est,
very cruel indeed, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 43:nimis quam formido, ne, etc.,
id. Most. 2, 2, 79:nimis quam cupio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 17:quam familiariter,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: nam suos valde quam paucos habet, very few indeed, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:mire quam,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3:sane quam refrixit,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5. -
4 possum
possum, pŏtŭi, posse, v. n. irreg. (old forms, potis sum, for possum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 26; id. Curc. 5, 3, 23; so,I.potis est,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 41:potis sunt, for possunt,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 17: POTISIT, S. C. de Bacchan.: potisset, for posset, and potisse, for posse, Lucil. ap. Non. 484, 32, and 445, 29:potesse, for posse, very freq.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 30; id. Cist. 1, 1, 32; id. Truc. 1, 1, 73; id. Ep. 2, 2, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 30 al.; Lucr. 1, 665; 2, 225; 1010:possiem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2; id. Stich. 3, 2, 25:potis sis,
id. Poen. 4, 2, 53:potis siem,
id. Merc. 2, 2, 59: possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin., or Sat. v. 38 Vahl.; Plaut. As. 4, 2, 10; id. Aul. 4, 10, 17; id. Most. 2, 2, 34; 3, 2, 147; id. Men. 5, 9, 45:possiet,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 37; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 3; id. Most. 1, 1, 13 al.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Mil. 884; Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 45 sq.—In pass.: potestur, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 380 P. (Ann. [p. 1404] v. 594 Vahl.): Pac. ap. Non. 508, 29; Quadrig. ap. id. 508, 30; Lucr. 3, 1010: poteratur, Cael. ap. Non. 508, 27: possitur, Lex. Servil. p. 59 Haubold; Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 381 P.: possetur, Quadrig. ap. Non. 508, 18) [potis-sum].In gen., to be able, have power; I ( thou, he, etc.) can (syn. queo):II.quantum valeam, quantumque possim,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:consilio, quantum potero, labore plus paene quam potero exeubabo,
id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere nunquam discederem,
id. Lael. 1, 1:timor igitur ab iis aegritudinem potuit repellere, ratio non poterit?
id. Tuse. 3, 27, 66.—With sup.:Caesari te commendavi et tradidi, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui,
as earnestly and warmly as I possibly could, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: potest fieri, it may be, is possible:potest fieri, ut fallar,
id. ib. 13, 73, 2: non possum quin, I can not but: non possum quin exclamem, ut ait ille in Trinummo (Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 79; cf. id. Mil. 2, 2, 107); Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39:ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum,
I cannot help writing to you, id. Att. 8, 14, 1:facere non potui quin tibi sententiam declararem meam,
id. Fam. 6, 13, 1; cf.:non possum non: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare,
id. ib. 1, 9, 26:non possum te non accusare,
id. ib. 5, 14, 2:is non potest eam (mortem) non timere,
id. Fin. 3, 8, 29.— Absol.: potest (sc. fieri), it may be, is possible:potest, ut alii ita arbitrentur,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 38: non, non sic futurum est;non potest,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 73; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100 Brix; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 3:quae (mala) si potest singula consolando levare, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus,
id. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—Quantum or ut potest, as much or as far as possible:ibo atque arcessam medicum, quantum potest,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2; id. Most. 3, 2, 71; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 20:nos in senatu dignitatem nostram, ut potest in tantā hominum perfidiā, retinebimus,
Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—In urgent questions:possum scire, quo profectus, cujus sis, aut quid veneris?
may I know? can I learn? pray, will you tell me? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 190:possumne ego hodie ex te exsculpere Verum?
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 44.—In partic.A. 1.With neutr. acc. used adverbially (class.; cf.2.polleo): vocat me, quae in me plus potest,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 42:plus potest qui plus valet,
id. ib. 4, 3, 38:qui tum et poterant per vim et scelus plurimum, et quod poterant, id audebant,
Cic. Quint. 21, 69:quid ergo? hoc pueri possunt, viri non poterunt?
id. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:qui apud me et amicitiā, et beneficiis, et dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:plus aliquanto apud te pecuniae cupiditas, quam judicii metus potuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131; id. de Or. 2, 42, 180:quid aristolochia ad morsus serpentum possit,
id. Div. 1, 10, 16:quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem,
id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem,
id. ib. 5, 5, 12: multum posse ad salutem alterius... parum potuisse ad exitium, Cic. Opp. ap. Amm. 30, 8, 7.—In gen., and without neutr. acc. (late Lat.):B.posse litteras ejus ad perniciem, non posse ad salutem,
App. Mag. 79, p. 324.—Posse aliquem, to be able to embrace one ( poet.), Mart. 3, 32.—C.Posse as subst. ( poet.):D.posse loqui,
the power of speech, Ov. M. 2, 483:posse moveri = facultatem se movendi,
id. ib. 11, 177.—Freq. in elliptical sentences:E.quod vi non poterant, fraude assequi temptant,
Curt. 5, 10, 8:Ismenias, etsi publicis non poterat, privatis tamen viribus adjuvabat,
Just. 5, 9, 8:ut auxilium quod misericordiā non poterat, jure cognationis obtineret,
id. 28, 1, 9:ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent,
Liv. 2, 56.—In apodosis of conditional sentences, analogous to the auxiliaries of the Engl. potential mood (v. Roby, § 1520; Zumpt, § 519).1.Indic.:2.ille potuit exspectatior venire, qui te nuntiaret mortuom (= si quis nuntiaret, etc.),
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 12:nec vero ipsam amicitiam tueri possumus, nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:Pompeius munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi praelio decertare vellet,
Caes. B. C. 3, 44: consul esse qui potui, nisi eum vitae cursum tenuissem, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10:(res publica) poterat esse perpetua, si patriis viveretur institutis,
id. ib. 3, 29, 41:deleri totus exercitus potuit, si fugientis persecuti victores essent,
Liv. 32, 12, 6:nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset exuere jugum potuerunt,
Tac. Agr. 31.—Subj.:A.qui denique ex bestiis fructus, nisi homines adjuvarent, percipi posset,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf.:ventum quidem erat eo, ut, si hostem similem antiquis Macedonum regibus habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit,
Liv. 44, 4, 9.—So when the condition is implied, or is contained in an adverbial clause:quae res egestati et aeri alieno tuo praeter mortem Caesaris subvenire potuisset?
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 36:quis opifex praeter naturam... tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus?
id. N. D. 2, 57, 142; id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:plurima proferre possemus, sed modus adhibendus est,
Nep. Epam. 4, 6:possem hic Ciceronis respondere verbis, sed, etc.,
Quint. 2, 21, 14.—Hence, pŏtens, entis ( gen. plur. potentum, Verg. A. 12, 519; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 114), P. a.In gen., able, mighty, powerful, potent (class.):(β).amplae atque potentes civitates,
Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:familiae clarae ac potentes,
Liv. 23, 4:amici magni et potentes,
Suet. Aug. 56:ne quis ex plebe contra potentiorem auxilii egeret,
Caes. B. G. 6, 10:duo potentissimi reges,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:potentissimus et clarissimus civis,
id. Planc. 21, 51.—With gen.:(γ).quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi quae velit,
Quint. 12, 11, 10.—With abl.:(δ).Roma potens opibus,
Ov. F. 4, 255:pecuniā et orbitate,
Tac. H. 1, 73.—With inf.:B.compensare potens,
Dig. 16, 2, 10.—In partic.1.Having power over, ruling over, master of a thing; with gen.:2.dum liber, dum mei potens sum,
as long as I am my own master, Liv. 26, 13, 14:sanus mentisque potens,
in his right mind, Ov. Tr. 2, 139:potens mei non eram,
Curt. 4, 13, 23:potentes rerum suarum atque urbis,
having made themselves masters of, Liv. 23, 16, 6; so, facere aliquem potentem alicujus rei, to make one master of any thing, to give one the power over a thing:consilii,
id. 8, 13, 14:imperii,
id. 22, 42, 12: diva potens Cypri, that reigns over Cyprus, i.e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 1:Naïadum potens (Bacchus),
id. ib. 3, 25, 14:silvarum potens Diana,
id. C. S. 1:diva potens uteri,
i.e. Lucina, Ov. M. 9, 315:rerum omnium potens Juppiter,
Tac. H. 4, 84:lyrae Musa potens,
that presides over lyric poetry, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10:irae,
master of his anger, Curt. 4, 2, 5:mariti,
ruling her husband, Tac. A. 14, 60:animal potens leti,
that can kill, deadly, Luc. 6, 485; cf. id. 5, 199 Corte ad loc.—Fit for, capable of any thing; with gen.:3.potens regni,
Liv. 24, 2: hostes neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes caeduntur, unable either to fight or flee, id. 8, 39.—Partaking of, having attained a thing; with gen. ( poet.):4.pacis potentes,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 9:voti,
Ov. M. 8, 80:jussi,
having fulfilled the command, id. ib. 4, 509.—Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):B.fortuna in res bellicas potens,
Liv. 9, 17:herba potens ad opem,
Ov. H. 5, 147:verba,
id. Am. 3, 11, 31:herba potens adversus ranas,
Plin. 25, 10, 81, § 130:passum ex uvis contra haemorrhoida potens,
id. 23, 1, 12, § 15.— Comp.:nihil esse potentius auro,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 29:quaedam ad efficiendum potentiora,
Quint. 6, 1, 26.— Sup.:potentissimae cantharides,
Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94:argumenta,
Quint. 6, 4, 22.—Hence, adv.: pŏtenter, strongly, mightily, powerfully, effectually ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):se ipsam potenter atque efficaciter defendere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 1:dicere,
Quint. 12, 10, 72. — Comp.:aurum... perrumpere amat saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 9; Quint. 6, 4, 18.— -
5 possum
possum (possiem, possiet, T.), potuī, posse (old potesse), irreg. [potis+sum], to be able, have power, can: quantum valeam, quantumque possim: ut, quoad possem numquam discederem: Caesari te commendavi, ut gravissime potui, as earnestly as I possibly could: potest fieri, ut fallar, it may be: non possum quin exclamem, I cannot but: ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum, I cannot help writing to you: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare, I could not avoid approving: non potest, it is impossible, T.: nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus, as far as possible: comprendi iube (eum), quantum potest, T.: posse loqui, the power of speech, O.: posse moveri, O.—Esp., as an auxiliary, represented in English by the potential mood, to have power, be able: plurima proferre possumus, I might adduce many more, N.: munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi, etc., he could not have hindered, Cs.: quamquam et illud dicere poteram, might have said, L.: consul esse qui potui, nisi tenuissem, etc., might have been consul: ut, si hostem habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit, L.— To be able, be strong, be powerful, have influence, be efficacious, avail, accomplish: non dubium, quin totius Galliae plurimum Helvetii possent, Cs.: quod poterant, id audebant: apud me plurimum: quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem: ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem: non omnia possumus omnes, V. —Ellipt.: quod vi non poterant, fraude adsequi temptant, Cu.: ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent, L.* * *posse, potui, - Vbe able, canmultum posse -- have much/more/most influence/power
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6 moltus
multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.I.Posit.A.In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):B.multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—In partic.1.Too much, overmuch, excessive:2.supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:3.qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—Frequent, frequently present:A.in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):B.salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).1.With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:2.multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:3.quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:optimum,
id. ib. 26:pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:4.multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:5.non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—Very rarely with the positive for multum:6.maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:II.multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.A.In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;(β).so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—With a partitive gen.:(γ).vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):(δ).non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—Without quam:(ε).HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:2.VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:3.ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—4.Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—* 5.Like magis, with an adj.:B.plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—In the plur.1.Comparatively, more in number:2.omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;b.1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Esp.: plures.(α).The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—(β).Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:(γ).quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—The greater number, the majority:III.plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):(β).hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:res,
id. 6, 1, 51:exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:gratulor,
id. ib. 40:(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:(γ).artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—In the gen. pretii:plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48. -
7 multi
multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.I.Posit.A.In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):B.multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—In partic.1.Too much, overmuch, excessive:2.supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:3.qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—Frequent, frequently present:A.in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):B.salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).1.With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:2.multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:3.quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:optimum,
id. ib. 26:pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:4.multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:5.non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—Very rarely with the positive for multum:6.maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:II.multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.A.In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;(β).so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—With a partitive gen.:(γ).vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):(δ).non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—Without quam:(ε).HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:2.VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:3.ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—4.Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—* 5.Like magis, with an adj.:B.plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—In the plur.1.Comparatively, more in number:2.omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;b.1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Esp.: plures.(α).The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—(β).Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:(γ).quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—The greater number, the majority:III.plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):(β).hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:res,
id. 6, 1, 51:exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:gratulor,
id. ib. 40:(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:(γ).artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—In the gen. pretii:plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48. -
8 multus
multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.I.Posit.A.In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):B.multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—In partic.1.Too much, overmuch, excessive:2.supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:3.qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—Frequent, frequently present:A.in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):B.salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).1.With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:2.multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:3.quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:optimum,
id. ib. 26:pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:4.multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:5.non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—Very rarely with the positive for multum:6.maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:II.multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.A.In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;(β).so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—With a partitive gen.:(γ).vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):(δ).non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—Without quam:(ε).HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:2.VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:3.ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—4.Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—* 5.Like magis, with an adj.:B.plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—In the plur.1.Comparatively, more in number:2.omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;b.1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Esp.: plures.(α).The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—(β).Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:(γ).quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—The greater number, the majority:III.plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):(β).hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:res,
id. 6, 1, 51:exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:gratulor,
id. ib. 40:(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:(γ).artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—In the gen. pretii:plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48. -
9 plurimum
multus (old form moltus), a, um; comp. plus; sup. plurimus (v. at the end of this art.), adj. [etym. dub.], much, great, many, of things corporeal and incorporeal.I.Posit.A.In gen.: multi mortales, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: multi suam rem [p. 1173] bene gessere: multi qui, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 sq. Vahl.):B.multi fortissimi viri,
Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 3:rationes,
id. de Or. 1, 51, 222. tam multis verbis scribere, at such length, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:beneficia. Cato ap. Fest. s. v. ratissima, p. 286 Mull.: multi alii,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 28.—When used with another adjective it is usually connected with it by a conjunction:multae et magnae contentiones,
many great conlests, Cic. Phil. 2, 3, 7; 3, 10, 26:O multas et graves offensiones,
id. Att. 11, 7, 3:multi et graves dolores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:multi et varii timores,
Liv. 3, 16, 3:multae bonaeque artes animi,
Sall. J. 28, 5:multa et clara facinora,
Tac. A. 12, 31.—But when the second adjective is used substantively the conjunction is omitted:multi improbi,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28; 2, 19, 65:multi boni, docti, prudentes,
id. Fl. 4, 8:multi nobiles,
id. Planc. 20, 50:multa acerba habuit ille annus,
id. Sest. 27, 58; 66, 139:multa infanda,
Liv. 28, 12, 5:multa falsa,
id. 35, 23, 2.—Also, when the second adjective forms with its substantive a single conception:multa secunda proelia,
victories, Liv. 9, 42, 5; 35, 1, 3; 41, 17, 1:multa libera capita,
freemen, id. 42, 41, 11:multae liberae civitates,
republics, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:multos fortes viros,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 7; id. Mur. 8, 17:multi clari viri,
noblemen, id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:multi primarii viri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149.—Similarly, et is omitted between multi and adjectives which form with their substantives familiar phrases:multi clarissimi viri,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:multi amplissimi viri,
id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Deiot. 14, 39; id. Fam. 10, 25, 2; id. Att. 10, 8, 7; 16, 16, 11; id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:multi honestissimi homines,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3:multi peritissimi homines,
id. Caecin. 24, 69:multi summi homines,
id. Arch. 12, 30; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:multi clarissimi et sapientissimi viri,
id. Planc. 4, 11; id. Cael. 18, 43.—Et is also omitted when the substantive stands between the two adjectives:in veteribus patronis multis,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:multa praeterea bella gravia,
id. Agr. 2, 33, 90:multis suppliciis justis,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:multa majores nostri magna et gravia bella gesserunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:plurima signa pulcherrima,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 61.—When both adjectives follow the substantive, et is sometimes inserted:virtutes animi multae et magnae,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:causas ille multas et graves habuit,
id. Clu. 30, 82;and is sometimes omitted, the emphasis then falling on the second adjective: utebatur hominibus improbis, multis,
id. Cael. 5, 12:prodigia multa, foeda,
Liv. 40, 29, 1.—With a partitive gen.:multi hominum,
Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 96:multae silvestrium arborum,
id. 16, 31, 56, § 128.—In neutr. plur.: multa, orum, many things, much:nimium multa,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 3:nimis multa,
id. Fin. 2, 18, 57:insulae non ita multae,
not so many, not so very many, Plin. 5, 7, 7, § 41:parum multa scire,
too few, Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1: bene multi, a good many, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:quam minime multa vestigia servitutis,
as few as possible, Nep. Tim. 3, 3:minime multi remiges,
exceedingly few, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:in multas pecunias alienissimorum hominum invasit,
id. Phil. 2, 16, 41; id. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48:multae pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur,
Plin. Ep. 10, 17, 3.—Sometimes multi stands for multi alii, many others:nam certe Pompeio, et a Curionibus patre et filio, et a multis exprobratum est,
Suet. Caes. 50.—The sing. also is used poet. for the plur., many a:aut trudit acres hinc et hinc multa cane Apros in obstantes plagas,
with many dogs, Hor. Epod. 2, 31:multa prece prosequi,
id. C. 4, 5, 33:multa victima,
Verg. E. 1, 34: agna. Ov. F. 4, 772:avis,
id. Am. 3, 5, 4:tabella,
Tib. 1, 3, 28; so of persons: multus sua vulnera puppi Affixit moriens, many a one, for multi affixerunt, Luc. 3, 707.—In sing., to denote quantity, much, great, abundant: multum aurum et argentum. Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 8; 22:exstructa mensa multa carne rancida,
Cic. Pis. 27, 67:multo labore quaerere aliquid,
with much labor, great exertion, Cic. Sull. 26, 73:cura,
Sall. J. 7, 4:sol,
much sun, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 81: sermo, much conversalion, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1: stilus tuus multi sudoris est. Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 257: multo cibo et potione completi, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:multo sanguine ea Poenis victoria stetit,
Liv. 23, 30, 2:multum sanguinem haurire,
Curt. 4, 14, 17; 8, 14, 32:multam harenam mare evomit,
id. 4, 6, 8:arbor,
id. 7, 4, 26:silva,
id. 8, 10, 14:multae vestis injectu opprimi,
Tac. A. 6, 50:multa et lauta supellex,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:aurum,
Sall. J. 13, 6; Tac. A. 6, 33; Liv. 26, 11, 9; Curt. 3, 3, 12:libertas,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 5:multam salutem dicere alicui,
to greet heartily, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 194:cum auro et argento multo,
Sall. J. 13, 6.—Of time:Itaque multum diei processerat,
a great part of the day, Sall. J. 51, 2:ad multum diem,
till far in the day, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:multo adhuc die,
when much of the day was still remaining, when it was still high day, Tac. H. 2, 44:multo denique die,
when the day was far spent, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:multa nocte,
late at night, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:multo mane,
very early, id. Att. 5, 4, 1:multa opinio, for multorum,
the general opinion, Gell. 3, 16, 1:velut multa pace,
as in a general peace, as if there were peace everywhere, Tac. H. 4, 35:multus homo,
one who gives himself up to the lusts of many, Cat. 112, 1.— multi, orum, m., the many, the common mass, the multitude: probis probatus potius, quam multis forem, Att. ap. Non. 519, 9:video ego te, mulier, more multarum utier,
id. ib. —Esp.: unus e (or de) multis, one of the multitude, a man of no distinction:tenuis L. Virginius unusque e multis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 62:unus de multis esse,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109: M. Calidius non fuit orator unus e multis;potius inter multos prope singularis fuit,
id. Brut. 79, 274:numerarer in multis,
among the herd of orators, id. ib. 97, 333:e multis una sit tibi,
no better than others, Ov. R. Am. 682:multum est,
it is of importance, Verg. G. 2, 272.—In neutr. absol.: ne multa, or ne multis, not to be prolix, in short:ne multa: perquiritur a coactoribus,
Cic. Clu. 64, 181:ne multis: Diogenes emitur,
id. ib. 16, 47:quid multis moror?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 87.—Sometimes multa is used (particularly by the poets) adverbially, much, greatly, very:multa reluctari,
Verg. G. 4, 301:gemens,
id. ib. 3, 226; id. A. 5, 869:deos testatus,
id. ib. 7, 593:invehi,
Nep. Ep. 6, 1 (cf. nonnulla invehi, id. Tim. 5, 3):haud multa moratus,
Verg. A. 3, 610.—Rarely in multum:in multum velociores,
by far, Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 108.—In partic.1.Too much, overmuch, excessive:2.supellex modica, non multa,
Nep. Att. 13, 5.—In speech, much-speaking, diffuse, prolix:3.qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17:ne in re nota et pervulgata multus et insolens sim,
id. ib. 2, 87, 358:nolo in stellarum ratione multus vobis videri,
id. N. D. 2, 46, 119.—Frequent, frequently present:A.in operibus, in agmine, atque ad vigilias multus adesse,
Sall. J. 96, 3:multus in eo proelio Caesar fuit,
was in many places, Flor. 4, 2, 50:hen hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!
troublesome, tedious, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 41:instare,
Sall. J. 84, 1.—Hence, adv., in two forms.multum, much, very much, greatly, very, often, frequently, far, etc. (class.):B.salve multum, gnate mi,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 56:multum vale,
farewell, id. Stich. 3, 2, 40:hominem ineptum multum et odiosum mihi,
id. Men. 2, 2, 42:opinor, Cassium uti non ita multum sorore,
not very much, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:multum mecum municipales homines loquuntur,
often, id. Att. 8, 13, 2:non multum ille quidem nec saepe dicebat,
id. Brut. 34, 128:non multum confidere,
not very much, not particularly, Caes. B. G. 3, 25:sunt in venationibus,
often, frequently, id. ib. 4, 1:in eodem genere causarum multum erat T. Juventius,
Cic. Brut. 48, 178:multum fuisse cum aliquo,
to have had much intercourse with, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:sum multum equidem cum Phaedro in Epicuri hortis,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 3:gratia valere,
to be in great favor, Nep. Con. 2, 1:res multum et saepe quaesita,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:longe omnes multumque superabit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:multum et diu cogitans,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:diu multumque scriptitare,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 152.—With an adj.:multum loquaces,
very talkative, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 5:mepti labores,
very, Plin. Ep. 1, 9.— Poet. also with comp.:multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,
much, far, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:multum robustior illo,
Juv. 19, 197:majora,
Sil. 13, 708.— So with infra, post:haud multum infra viam,
Liv. 5, 37, 7; Plin. 98, 7, § 20:haud multum post mortem ejus,
Tac. A. 5, 3:ut multum,
at most, Mart. 10, 11, 6; Vop. Aur. 46.—multō by much, much, a great deal, far, by far (class.).1.With comparatives and verbs which imply comparison:2.multo tanto carior,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 76:pauciores oratores,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 11:facilius atque expeditius iter,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6.—With verbs:virtutem omnibus rebus multo anteponentes,
Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 49:multo ceteros anteibant,
Tac. H. 4, 13:multo praestat beneficii, quam maleficii immemorem esse,
Sall. J. 31, 28.—With malle:multo mavolo,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 88; id. Ps. 2, 4, 38:meo judicio multo stare malo, quam, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1.—With sup. (rare but class.), by far, by much:3.quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissuma,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 66; id. Am. 2, 2, 150: multo optimus hostis, by far, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 413:simulacrum multo antiquissimum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109; 2, 4, 23, § 50; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:maxima pars,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 82:multo id bellum maximum fuit,
Liv. 1, 11, 5:pars multo maxima,
id. 30, 18, 14: multo molestissima, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 11, 36:multo gratissima lux,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 39:foedissimum,
Quint. 9, 4, 72:optimum,
id. ib. 26:pulcherrimum,
id. 1, 2, 24:utilissima,
id. 2, 10, 1:maxime,
Auct. Her. 4, 44, 58:multo maxime miserabile,
Sall. C. 36, 4:multo maxime ingenio validus,
id. J. 6, 1.—With particles denoting a difference, far, greatly, very:4.multo aliter,
Ter. And. prol. 4:multo aliter ac sperabat,
far otherwise than, Nep. Ham. 2:quod non multo secus fieret, si,
not far otherwise, not very different, Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1: multo infra Cyrenaicum. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 40. —In specifications of time, before ante and post, long, much:5.non multo ante urbem captam,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:non multo ante,
not long before, Nep. Eum. 3, 3:multo ante,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1:non multo post, quam, etc.,
not long after, id. Att. 12, 49, 9:haud multo ante solis occasum,
Liv. 5, 39, 2:multo ante noctem,
id. 27, 42, 13.—Very rarely with the positive for multum:6.maligna multo,
very, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 83 Umpf.—Doubled, multo multoque, with comparatives:II.multo multoque longior,
far, very much, Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 5:multo multoque operosius est,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 2: multo multoque magis, Front. Laud. Negl. § 3.Comp.: plūs, pluris; in the plur., plures, plura (in sing. anciently written plous; three times in the S. C. de Bacch. Here perh. belongs, in the plur., pleores and pleoris, for plures, in the Song of the Arval Brothers.—For the class. neuter of the plur., plura, the form pluria was used in ante-class. Latinity. Gellius cites M. Cato, Q. Claudius, Valerius Antias, L. AElius, P. Nigidius, and M. Varro as authorities for this form, Gell. 5, 21, 6; yet Plautus and Terence have only plura; and the earlier reading pluria, in Lucr. 1, 877; 2, 1135; 4, 1085, is now supplanted by the critically certain plura and plurima.—The gen. plur. plurium, however, has remained the predominant form, e. g. Quint. 7, 1, 1; 8, 4, 27; 9, 4, 66 et saep.) [from the root ple; Gr. pleon, pimplêmi; cf. plenus, plera, compleo, etc.; also locu-ples, plebes, populus, etc.], more.A.In the sing. (used both substantively and adverbially): LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO. SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Gell. 20, 1, 45: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT, SE FRAVDE ESTO, ib.;(β).so (perh. in imitation of this legal phrase): ebeu, cur ego plus minusve feci quam aequom fuit!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 18; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:ne plus minusve loqueretur,
Suet. Aug. 84; cf. Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 27; and in the signif. of circiter, about: septingenti sunt paulo plus aut minus anni... postquam, etc., Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2 (Ann. v. 493 Vahl.);so. non longius abesse plus minus octo milibus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 20, 1 Oud.; cf.:speranti plures... venerunt plusve minusve duae,
Mart. 8, 71, 4:aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too much... too little, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7:vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis,
and what is more, Liv. 9, 24, 8:verbane plus an sententia valere debeat,
Cic. Top. 25, 96: [p. 1174] cf.:apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent,
id. Rep. 1, 38, 59:valet enim salus plus quam libido,
id. ib. 1, 40, 63.—With a partitive gen.:(γ).vultis pecuniae plus habere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 88; cf.:nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. Rep. 1, 4, 7; so,plus virium,
id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:plus hostium,
Liv. 2, 42:plus dapis et rixae multo minus invidiaeque,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 51:in hac causa eo plus auctoritatis habent, quia, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; cf.:plus ingenii,
id. ib. 1, 14, 22:Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei,
as little courage as fidelity, Liv. 1, 27, 5.—With quam (some examples of which have already been given above):(δ).non plus quam semel,
Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:confiteor eos... plus quam sicarios esse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:ne plus reddat quam acceperit,
id. Lael. 16, 58 et saep.:non plus quam in tres partis posse distribui putaverunt,
into not more than, id. Inv. 1, 34, 57:plus quam decem dies abesse,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 31:nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur,
with more than, Liv. 38, 38, 8.—Without quam:(ε).HOMINES PLOVS V. OINVORSEI VIREI ATQVE MVLIERES, S. C. de Bacch. 19 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): plus mille capti,
Liv. 24, 44:plus milies audivi,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32: plus semel, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96:plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46:ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:non plus mille quingentos aeris,
id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:paulo plus ducentos passus a castris,
Liv. 31, 34:cum plus annum aeger fuisset,
id. 40, 2:parte plus dimidia rem auctam,
id. 29, 25.—With a compar. or adverbial abl., or with an abl. of measure:2.VIREI PLOVS DVOBVS, S. C. de Bacch. 20 (Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173): de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,
more than the importunate, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:ex his alius alio plus habet virium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 6: cave putes hoc tempore plus me quemquam cruciari, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 2:alterum certe non potest, ut plus una vera sit,
Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 5; cf.:in columba plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 79: HOC PLVS NE FACITO, more than this, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo,
or more than that, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:plus aequo,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:plus paulo,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 8:paulo plus,
Liv. 31, 34: multo plus, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, A, 1:plus nimio,
overmuch, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, too much by a finger, i. e. a finger too much, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie,
one man more, Liv. 2, 7, 2.—In the gen. pretii, pluris, of more value, of a higher price, for more, higher, dearer:3.ut plus reddant musti et olei, et pretii pluris,
of greater value, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 4:ager multo pluris est,
is worth much more, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; cf.:quo pluris sint nostra oliveta,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:pluris emere,
dearer, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1; so,vendere,
id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300:aedificare,
Col. 1, 4, 7:pluris est oculatus testis quam auriti decem,
of more value, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8:mea mihi conscientia pluris est, quam omnium sermo,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:facio pluris omnium hominem neminem,
id. ib. 8, 2, 4:facere aliquem pluris,
make more of one, esteem him more highly, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:pluris habere,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:aestimare,
id. Par. 6, 2, 48:ducere,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5:putare,
id. Off. 3, 4, 18 et saep.—Rarely, instead of the genitive, in the abl. pretii: plure vendunt, Lucil. ap. Charis. 2, p. 189 P.: plure altero tanto, quanto ejus fundus est, velim, Plaut. ib.: plure venit, Cic. ib.—4.Plus plusque, more and more: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo. Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—* 5.Like magis, with an adj.:B.plus formosus, for formosior,
Nemes. Ecl. 4, 72.—In the plur.1.Comparatively, more in number:2.omnes qui aere alieno premantur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Rep. 2, 22, 40:nemini ego plura acerba esse credo ex amore homini umquam oblata quam mihi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1:ne plura insignia essent imperii in libero populo quam in regno fuissent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55:multo plura,
many more things, Quint. 3, 6, 28.—In gen., of a great number, many: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consilii quam in uno. Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55: cf.: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures, si justitia est in pluribus? id. ib. 1, 39, 61;b.1, 34, 52: non possunt una in civitate multi rem ac fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem trahant calamitatem,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:quod pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18:plura castella Pompeius tentaverat,
id. B. C. 3, 52:summus dolor plures dies manere non potest,
Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:pluribus diebus, Quint. prooem. § 7: illic plurium rerum est congeries,
id. 8, 4, 27:quae consuetudo sit, pluribus verbis docere,
Cic. Clu. 41, 115:eum pluribus verbis rogat, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64;without verba: quid ego plura dicam?
id. de Or. 1, 5, 18:pluribus haec exsecutus sum,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 59;also elliptically, quid plura? and, ne plura, like quid multa? and ne multa: hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia. Quid plura? hanc vides villam, etc.,
what need of many words? in short, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:sed—ne plura—dicendum enim aliquando est—Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,
id. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Esp.: plures.(α).The mass, the multitude, opp. pauciores, = hoi oligoi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13.—(β).Euphemistically, acc. to the Gr. hoi pleiones, the dead:(γ).quin prius Me ad plures penetravi?
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 14.—The greater number, the majority:III.plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent,
Vulg. Act. 19, 32.Sup.: plūrĭmus (archaic form, plisima plurima, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 and 205 Mull.: PLIOIRVME (I), Epit. of Scipio), a, um [from root ple; whence also plus, q. v., ploirumus for ploisumus; and thence the predominant form plurimus], most, very much, or many (as an adj. in good prose mostly in the plur., except the standing formula of greeting: salutem plurimam dicere alicui; v. infra):(β).hujus sunt plurima simulacra,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:plurimae et maximae partes,
id. ib. 1, 4, 8:plurimorum seculorum memoria,
id. ib. 3, 9, 14:haec plurimis a me verbis dicta sunt,
id. ib. 1, 7, 12 et saep.—In sing.:me plurima praeda onustum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4:sermo,
Quint. 2, 2, 5:risus,
id. 6, 3, 85:res,
id. 6, 1, 51:exercitatio,
id. 8 prooem. §28: mons,
very large, Verg. A. 1, 419:cervix,
id. G. 3, 52:Aetna,
Ov. Ib. 600.—Of a greeting: impertit salutem plurimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472. 16; and esp. freq.: salutem plurimam dicit (commonly abbrev. S. P. D.) at the beginning of letters; v. salus.— Poet.:medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat,
very powerful, oppressive, Ov. M. 14, 53: plurima qua silva est. thickest, id. ib. 14, 361:coma plurima,
very thick, id. ib. 13, 844:sed plurima nantis in ore Alcyone conjux,
mostly, chiefly, id. ib. 11, 562.—And collect.:plurimus in Junonis honorem Aptum dicet equis Argos,
many a one, very many, Hor. C. 1, 7, 8; so,oleaster plurimus,
Verg. G. 2, 183:qua plurima mittitur ales,
Mart. 9, 56, 1:plurima lecta rosa est,
Ov. F. 4, 441.— In neutr. absol. (substant. or adverb.):ut haberet quam plurimum,
as much as possible, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39:caput autem est, quam plurimum scribere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:ut in quoque oratore plurimum esset,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 123.— Adv.: plūrĭmum:et is valebat in suffragio plurimum, cujus plurimum intererat, esse in optimo statu civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40:auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
id. ib. 2, 9, 16:si vero populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23; cf.:qui apud me dignitate plurimum possunt,
id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:plurimum aliis praestare,
id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:ut te plurimum diligam,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:hoc ego utor uno omnium plurimum,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 2:quantum (al. quanto) plurimum possunt,
Quint. 11, 3, 120: plurimum quantum also signifies very much indeed, exceedingly (post-class.):plurimum quantum veritati nocuere,
Min. Fel. Oct. 22:gratulor,
id. ib. 40:(elleborum) ex aqua datur plurimum drachma,
at the most, Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 9, 36, 60, § 125; 30, 6, 16, § 48; so,cum plurimum,
id. 2, 17, 15, § 78 (opp. to cum minimum); 18, 7, 10, § 60: nec tam numerosa differentia; tribus ut plurimum bonitatibus distat, for the most part, commonly, usually, = plerumque, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—In neutr. with a partit. gen.: sententiarum et gravitatis plurimum, Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 25:(γ).artis,
Quint. 10, 5, 3:auctoritatis et ponderis,
id. 9, 4, 91:ut laboris sic utilitatis etiam longe plurimum,
id. 10, 3, 1:virtutum,
id. 12, 1, 20 plurimum quantum favoris partibus dabat fratermtas ducum, Flor. 4, 2, 74.—In the gen. pretii:plurimi: immo unice unum plurimi pendit,
values very highly, esteems very much, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:quem unum Alexander plurimi fecerat,
Nep. Eum. 2, 2:ut quisque quod plurimi est possidet,
Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48. -
10 quantum
quantum adv. [quantus], as much as, so much as, to as great an extent: erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit, as far as I hear, T.: quantum suspicor, as far as I can conjecture, T.: quantum in me fuit, ieci, to my best ability: non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse, i. e. for all you have said to prove it: castris, nisi quantum usūs cogerent, tenebatur miles, L.: Quantum ad Pirithoum, as far as concerned, O.: ut, quantum homo possit, quam cautissime navigem: quantum maximā voce potuit, at the very top of his voice, L.: quantum maxime adcelerare poterat, as fast as ever, L.: tu quantum potest Abi, as quickly as possible, T.: ea, quantum potui, feci, as well as I could: ut hunc, quantum possent, sublevarent, to their utmost ability.—How much, how far, to how great an extent: quantum intersit, videte: quantum possent, ostendere.—With compp., the more, the greater: quantum se magis insinuabant, eo acrius, etc., L.: quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto maiore pecuniā opus erat, L. —With ellips. of tanto: quantum incresceret aetas, voltūs minus vigentes erant, L.* * *so much as; how much; how far -
11 quo-ad
quo-ad (monosyl., H.), adv. —In space, as far as: quoad insequi pedes potuit, L.—Of time, to what time? till when? how long? how soon?: senem Quoad exspectatis vestrum? T.: Percontatum ibo, quoad se recipiat, T.—To the time at which, till, until: nihil (avaritia) sancti habere, quoad semet ipsa praecipitavit, S.: quoad perventum est eo: progressi, quoad capitibus exstare possunt, until only, etc., L.: existimo, consolationem recte adhibitam esse, quoad certior fieres: quoad ipse cum exercitu propius accessisset, Cs.—For what time, during what period, as long as, while: quoad potuit, restitit, Cs.: habeo tabulas omnis, patris quoad vixit, tuas quoad ais, etc.: quoad vivet: quoad Ardea vixi, L.: dicebam... quoad metueres, omnia te promissurum.—Fig., as far as, to the extent that, to the degree that: ius civile eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populo praestare voluerunt: quoad progredi potuerit amentia: ut, quoad possem et liceret, numquam discederem: quoad eius fieri possit, as far as it is possible. -
12 Magnus
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
15 maxume
1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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1.magnus, a, um (archaic gen. magnai for magnae:I.magnai reipublicai gratia,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 23), adj.; comp. mājor, us; sup. maxĭmus ( maxŭm-), a, um [root magh-; Sanscr. mahat, maba, great; Gr. megas; cf. meizôn for megiôn; cf. mêchos, majestas; also cf. root mak-; Gr. makros, and perh. makar], great, large.Lit., of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious, etc.: nequam et magnus homo, a great, tall fellow, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Mull.; cf.B.the double meaning: tu, bis denis grandia libris Qui scribis Priami proelia, magnus homo es,
a great man, Mart. 9, 51, 4: magna ossa lacertique Apparent homini, Lucil. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1:magna ossa lacertosque Exuit,
Verg. A. 5, 422: (scarus) magnusque bonusque, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 9 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 Vahl.); so, in mari magno, id. ap. Fest. p. 356 Mull.; cf. Lucr. 2, 554:magnus fluens Nilus,
Verg. G. 3, 28; Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 2:magna et pulcra domus,
spacious, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:montes,
Cat. 64. 280; cf. Olympum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 20 Mull. (Ann. v. 1 Vahl.):templa caelitum,
vast, id. ib. 7, § 6 (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.): magnae quercus, great oaks, lofty oaks, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.):aquae,
great floods, inundations, Liv. 24, 9: saxa maxima, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:oppidum maximum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23.—Esp.1.Of measure, weight, quantity, great, much, abundant, considerable, etc.:2.maximum pondus auri, magnum numerum frumenti, vim mellis maximam exportasse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:magna pecunia mutua,
id. Att. 11, 3, 3:copia pabuli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:multitudo peditatus,
id. ib. 4, 34:divitiae,
Nep. Dion. 1, 2:populus,
Verg. A. 1, 148.—Rarely of time, for longus, multus:3.interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,
Verg. A. 3, 284:magnum vocans solis (annum) comparatione lunaris,
Macr. S. 2, 11:magno post tempore,
Just. 11, 10, 14; 32, 3, 10.—Of the voice, loud, powerful, strong, mighty:II.magna voce confiteri,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 92: major pars, the majority:tribunorum,
Liv. 9, 46, 7.Trop.A.In gen., great, grand, mighty, noble, lofty, important, of great weight or importance, momentous: cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 Vahl.); cf.: Saturnia magna dearum, id. ap. Prisc. p. 1103 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.):B.vir magnus in primis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit,
id. ib. 2, 66, 167:magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, nec minor in pace,
Nep. Them. 6, 1:Cato clarus atque magnus habetur,
Sall. C. 53, 1:amicus,
great, wealthy, Juv. 6, 312: res magnas parvasque Eloqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 244 Vahl.):virtus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15:infamia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1:eloquentia, gravitas, studium, contentio,
id. ib.:multo major alacritas, studiumque pugnandi majus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46:causa,
great, important, weighty, Cic. Dom. 1, 1:opus et arduum,
id. Or. 10, 33.— Absol. in neutr, sing. and plur.:quamquam id magnum, et arduum est,
something great, Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 6: magna Di curant ( great things, important matters), parva neglegunt, id. N. D. 2, 66, 167:magna loqui,
to say great things, speak boastfully, Tib. 2, 6, 11:magnum est efficere, ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud, etc.,
it is a great, difficult, important thing, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:probitatem vel in eis, quos numquam vidimus, vel, quod majus est, in hoste etiam diligimus,
what is far greater, id. Lael. 9, 29: annus magnus, the great year, at the end of which the sun, moon, and planets were supposed to return to the same relative positions, the Piatonic year or cycle, consisting of 15000 years:quarum (stellarum) ex disparibus motionibus, magnum annum mathematici nominaverunt, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52; id. Fragm. ap. Tac. Or. 16.— Posit. in comparison: Alexander orbi magnus est, Alex. andro orbis angustus, great in comparison with, i. e. too great for, Sen. Suas. 1, 3.—In partic.1.Of age, with natu, advanced in years, of great age, aged:2.jam magno natu,
Nep. Paus. 5; Liv. 3, 71, 3:homo magnus natu,
id. 10, 38, 6.—Usually in the comp. and sup., with or without natu or annis, older, the elder, the oldest or eldest:qui (Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,
older than, earlier, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:audivi ex majoribus natu,
id. Off. 1, 30, 109:hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, Pyrgo,
Verg. A. 5, 644:annos natus major quadraginta,
more than, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:civis major annis viginti,
Suet. Caes. 42:cum liberis, majoribus quam quindecim annos natis,
Liv. 45, 32.— Absol.: senis nostri frater major, the elder of two, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 13:ex duobus filiis major, Caes B. C. 3, 108, 3: Fabii Ambusti filiae duae nuptae, Ser. Sulpicio major minor Licinio Stoloni erat,
Liv. 6, 34:Gelo maximus stirpis,
id. 23, 30:ut nubere vellet mulier viro, major juniori,
App. Mag. 27, p. 291, 28; cf.in gen.: Cyrus major,
Lact. 4, 5, 7:quaerere uter major aetate fuerit, Homerus an Hesiodus, cum minor Hecuba fuerit quam Helena,
Sen. Ep. 88, 5.—In legal lang., major (opp. minor), one who has attained his twenty-fifth year, who is of age:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
Dig. 4, 4, 24.—In plur. subst.: mājō-res, um, m., adults (opp. pueri), Varr. L. L. 9, 10, § 16 Mull.—But usually majores, ancestors, forefathers:Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 16:ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 20:L. Philippus, vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:more majorum,
id. Att. 1, 1, 1:spes tamen una est, aliquando populum Romanum majorum similem fore,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:majores natu,
Nep. Iphicr. 1, 1:maxima virgo,
the eldest of the Vestal virgins, Ov. F. 4, 639: major erus, the old master, the master of the house, the old man (opp.: minor erus, the young master): Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st, minor hic est intus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63: majores natu, of the Senate:de istis rebus in patria majores natu consulemus,
Liv. 1, 32, 10.—In designating relationship, magnus denotes kindred of the fourth, major of the fifth, and maximus of the sixth degree; so, avunculus magnus, a great-uncle; amita magna, a greataunt; avunculus or amita major; avunculus maximus, amita maxima, etc.; v. h. vv., and cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10.—In specifications of value, in the neutr. absol., magni or magno, high, dear, of great value, at a high price, etc.; cf.: pretii majoris or maximi, higher, highest, very high:3.magni esse,
to be highly esteemed, Cic. Fam. 13, 72, 2:magni aestimare,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:magni existimans interesse ad decus,
to be of great consequence, id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:emere agros poterunt quam volent magno,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 34:magno vendere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 71:conducere aliquid nimium magno,
too high, too dear, id. Att. 1, 17, 9:magno illi ea cunctatio stetit,
cost him dear, Liv. 2, 36.— Comp.:ornatus muliebris majoris pretii,
Cic. Inv 1, 31, 51, rarely without pretii:multo majoris alapae mecum veneunt,
dearer, higher, Phaedr. 2, 5, 25.— Sup.: te haec solum semper fecit maxumi, most highly prized, Ter And. 1, 5, 58:senatus auctoritatem sibi maximi videri,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2: in majus, too greatly, too highly, greater than it is:extollere aliquid in majus,
more highly than it deserves, Tac. A. 15, 30:celebrare,
id. ib. 13, 8:nuntiare,
id. H. 3, 38:credere,
to believe a thing to be worse than it is, id. ib. 1, 18:accipere,
to take a thing to be greater than it is, id. ib. 3, 8 init.: innotescere, in an exaggerated manner, id. ib 4, 50.—Also with abl., in majus vero ferri, Liv. 21, 32, 7.—Magnum and maximum, adverbially, greatly, loudly (ante- and post-class.):A.magnum clamat,
greatly, with a loud voice, aloud, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 10:inclamare,
Gell. 5, 9 fin.:exclamat derepente maximum,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57.—Hence, măgis, adv., only in comp. in this anomalous form (i. e. mag-ius, like pris-cus for [p. 1100] prius-cus, and pris-tinus for prius-tinus); and in sup.: maxĭmē ( maxŭmē).Comp.: magĭs (apocop. form, măgĕ, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 51; 2, 3, 14; id. Mon. 2, 3, 35; id. Poen. 1, 2, 64; 1, 2, 14; id. Trin. 4, 3, 46; id. Truc. 1, 2, 75; 3, 1, 17; 4, 4, 34; Lucr. 4, 81; 756; 5, 1203; Prop. 1, 11, 9; 3 (4), 14, 2; 4 (5), 8, 16; Verg. A. 10, 481; Sol. 22 fin.; but in Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2, magis or magi'. Acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 10, 481, Cicero in the Frumentaria wrote: mage condemnatum hominum in judicium adducere non posse), in a higher degree, more completely, more (for the difference between magis, plus, potius, and amplius, v. amplius).—B.In gen.1.With no qualifying words.a.With the addition of the second term of the comparison.(α).With verbs:(β).quae (facinora) istaec aetas fugere magis quam sectari solet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:saliendo sese exercebant magis, quam scorto aut saviis,
id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Pers. 4, 4, 108; 86:magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 7:nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem, quam si quis humilem necarit,
Cic. Mil. 7, 17:magis ut consuetudinem servem, quam quod, etc.,
id. Clu. 32, 89.—Repeated:quam magis exhausto spumaverit ubere mulctra, Laeta magis pressis manabunt flumina mammis, i. e. quo magis,... eo magis,
Verg. G. 3, 309 sq.; cf.:tam magis illa fremens... quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,
id. ib. 7, 787 sq.; v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 566.—Magis est, quod or ut, there is greater reason, there is more cause that, etc.:quamobrem etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem: tamen etiam rogo, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:magis est, ut ipse moleste ferat, errasse se, quam ut, etc.,
id. Cael. 6, 14.—With substt., usu. with quam: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 188 Vahl.):(γ).umbra es amantum magis quam amator,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:magis adeo id facilitate quam alia ulla culpa mea contigit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:aditus ad consulatum non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret,
id. Mur. 8, 17:magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8; cf.:ut magis virtute quam dolo contenderent,
id. ib. 1, 13, 6:se magis consuetudine sua quam merito eorum civitatem conservaturum,
id. ib. 2, 32, 1:timori magis quam religioni consulere,
id. B. C. 1, 67, 3:jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:non duces magis quam milites callent (obsistere, etc.),
Curt. 3, 2, 14.—And after negatives: non magis quam, as little as:in dicendo irasci, dolere... non sunt figurae, non magis quam suadere,
Quint. 9, 1, 23:Romanos nec magis jam dolo capi quam armis vinci posse,
Liv. 10, 4, 10:pro certo habens non magis Antonio eripi se quam Caesari Brutum posse,
Sen. Suas. 6, 17:non magis Alexandri saevitiam quam Bessi parricidium ferre potuisse,
Curt. 7, 6, 15; cf.:nec magis post proelium quam in proelio caedibus temperatum est,
Liv. 2, 16, 9. —Followed by atque instead of quam (rare):non Apollinis magis verum atque hoc responsum est,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 15.— With the comp. abl. (rare):quid philosophia magis colendum?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:quanto magis Aliensi die Aliam ipsam reformidaturos?
Liv. 6, 28, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:quam Juno fertur terris magis omnibus unam... coluisse,
Verg. A. 1, 15 (cf. B. 3. infra):Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 17.—With pronn.:(δ).quid habetis, qui mage immortales vos credam esse quam ego siem?
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 64:quis homo sit magis meus quam tu es?
id. Mil. 3, 1, 20:quam mage amo quam matrem meam,
id. Truc. 3, 1, 17; cf.:quem ego ecastor mage amo quam me,
id. ib. 4, 4, 34.—With utrum, followed by an:jam scibo, utrum haec me mage amet, an marsupium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 35.—With the abl. instead of quam:nec magis hac infra quicquam est in corpore nostro,
Lucr. 3, 274; Verg. A. 1, 15.—With adjj. and advv., and esp. with those which do not admit the comparative termination (most freq. without adding the second term of the comparison; v. under b. d): numquam potuisti mihi Magis opportunus advenire quam advenis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 47:b.neque lac lacti magis est simile, quam ille ego similis est mei,
id. Am. 2, 1, 54:ars magis magna atque uber, quam difficilis et obscura,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 190:corpora magna magis quam firma,
Liv. 5, 44, 4:vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,
Suet. Ner. 51.—With the abl., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 114:neque ego hoc homine quemquam vidi magis malum,
id. Ps. 4, 1, 27:ab secundis rebus magis etiam solito incauti,
Liv. 5, 44, 6.—With compp. (adding to their force):ita fustibus sum mollior miser magis quam ullus cinaedus,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 8. —Without the addition of the second term.(α).With verbs: ergo plusque magisque viri nunc gloria claret, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 315 Vahl.):(β).sapiunt magis,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:magis curae est, magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 10, 3:magis metuant,
id. Mil. 5, 44:tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:cum Pompeius ita contendisset, ut nihil umquam magis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20:magis velle, for malle: quod magis vellem evenire,
Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1; Val. Fl. 3, 270.—With substt.: non ex jure manum consertum sed magi' ferro, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.):(γ).magis aedilis fieri non potuisset,
better, finer, Cic. Planc. 24, 60.—With pronn.:(δ).ecastor neminem hodie mage Amat corde atque animo suo,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 75.—With adjj. and advv. (so most freq.).—With adjj.:2.ut quadam magis necessaria ratione recte sit vivendum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:magis anxius,
Ov. M. 1, 182:hic magis tranquillu'st,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 55:nihil videtur mundius, nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 12:nemo fuit magis severus nec magis continens,
id. ib. 2, 1, 21:quod est magis verisimile,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6:magis admirabilis oratio,
Quint. 8, 3, 24:magis communia verba,
id. 8, 2, 24 et saep.; rare: magis quam in aliis = praeter ceteros;nescio quo pacto magis quam in aliis suum cuique pulchrum est,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63.— With advv.:magis aperte,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 30:magis impense,
id. ib. 5, 9, 36.—With compp. adding to their force:magis est dulcius,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22:magis majores nugae,
id. Men. prol. 55:magis modum in majorem,
id. Am. 1, 1, 145:contentiores mage erunt,
id. Poen. 2, 15.—Strengthened.a.By etiam, multo, tanto, eo, hoc, quo, tam, quam; and negatively, nihilo:b.qualis in dicendo Hierocles Alabandeus, magis etiam Menecles, frater ejus, fuit,
Cic. Brut. 95, 325; id. Off. 1, 21, 72:illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos,
id. de Or. 2, 32, 139:tanto magis Dic, quis est?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 28:ut quidque magis contemplor, tanto magis placet,
id. Most. 3, 2, 146:vicina cacumina caelo, quam sint magis, tanto magis fument,
Lucr. 6, 460:quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis in dies convalescebat,
Cic. Mil. 9, 25:sed eo magis cauto est Opus, ne huc exeat, qui, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 22:atque eo magis, si, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:eoque magis quod, etc.,
id. Lael. 2, 7; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 1, 47; 3, 14;5, 1: immo vero etiam hoc magis, quam illi veteres, quod, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:quo magis cogito ego cum meo animo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Nep. Thras. 2:magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 787:quanto mage... tam magis,
Lucr. 4, 81 sq.:quam magis in pectore meo foveo, quas meus filius turbas turbet... magis curae est magisque afformido, ne, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 1; 4, 4, 27; id. Men. 1, 1, 19:quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,
id. As. 1, 3, 6:densior hinc suboles Quam magis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 309:cum Vercingetorix nihilo magis in aequum locum descenderet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 53.—By reduplication: magis magisque, magis et magis, magis ac magis; and poet. also, magis magis, more and more: ex desiderio magis magisque maceror, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 182 P.:3.cum cotidie magis magisque perditi homines tectis ac templis urbis minarentur,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; 16, 21, 2; Sall. C. 5, 7; cf. Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:de Graecia cotidie magis et magis cogito,
Cic. Att. 14, 18, 4; 16, 3, 1; id. Brut. 90, 308; Liv. 7, 32, 6; Sall. J. 8, 6:magis deinde ac magis,
Suet. Vit. 10:post hoc magis ac magis,
id. Gram. 3;for which also: magisque ac magis deinceps,
id. Tit. 3; Tac. A. 14, 8; Sen. de Ira, 3, 1, 4; id. Ep. 114, 25; id. Ben. 2, 14, 4; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10; 7, 3, 4; 10, 28, 3.— Poet. also:magis atque magis,
Verg. A. 12, 239; Cat. 68, 48:post, vento crescente, magis magis increbescunt,
id. 64, 275; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311.—Pleon.a.With potius (anteclass.):b.magis decorum'st Libertum potius quam patronum onus in via portare,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 99:mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,
id. Trin. 2, 1, 38.—With malle: quam cum lego, nihil malo quam has res relinquere;C.his vero auditis multo magis,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:finge enim malle eum magis suum consequi quam, etc.,
Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 10. —In partic.: non (neque) magis quam.1.To signify perfect equality between two enunciations, no more... than; just as much... as; or neg., no more... than; just as little... as:2.domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati,
i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2:non Hannibale magis victo a se quam Q. Fabio,
Liv. 22, 27, 2:conficior enim maerore, mea Terentia, nec me meae miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae vestraeque,
Cic. Fam. 13, 3, 1; Liv. 9, 22.— Neg.: qui est enim animus in aliquo morbo... non magis est sanus, quam id corpus, quod in morbo est, i. e. is just as far from being sound as a body, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:si aliqua in re Verris similis fuero, non magis mihi deerit inimicus quam Verri defuit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 162; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 31:non nascitur itaque ex malo bonum, non magis quam ficus ex olea,
Sen. Ep. 87, 25;Quint. prooem. § 26: non magis Gaium imperaturum, quam per Baianum sinum equis discursurum,
Suet. Calig. 19. —Ellipt.:nec eo magis lege liberi sunto,
just as little from that as from the rest, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11.—For restricting the idea expressed in the clause with non magis, so that not more, according to a common figure of speech, = less; in Engl. not so much... as; less... than:3.deinde credas mihi affirmanti velim, me hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere,
Cic. Fam. 13, 24; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17:miserebat non poenae magis homines, quam sceleris, quo poenam meriti essent,
Liv. 2, 5; 1, 28.—Magis minusve, magis aut minus, or magis ac minus; post-Aug. for the usual plus minusve, more or less:4.sed istud magis minusve vitiosum est pro personis dicentium,
Quint. 11, 1, 27; Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 220:minora vero plerumque sunt talia, ut pro persona, tempore, loco, causa magis ac minus vel excusata debeant videri vel reprehendenda,
Quint. 11, 1, 14; Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:quaedam tamen et nationibus puto magis aut minus convenire,
Sen. Ep. 40, 11; cf.:quosdam minus aut magis osos veritatem,
id. Suas. 1, 5:aut minus, aut magis,
id. Ep. 82, 14.—With alius... alio, etc.: ceterae philosophorum disciplinae, omnino alia magis alia, sed tamen omnes, one more than another, i. e. in different degrees, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 11 Madvig. ad loc. (al.:A.alia magis, alia minus, v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 560): mihi videntur omnes quidem illi errasse... sed alius alio magis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43:sunt omnino omnes fere similes, sed declarant communis notiones, alia magis alia,
id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:alii aliis magis recusare,
Liv. 29, 15, 11.— Sup.: maxĭmē( maxŭmē), in the highest degree, most of all, most particularly, especially, exceedingly, very, etc.Lit.1.Alone.a.With a verb:b.haec una res in omni libero populo maximeque in pacatis tranquillisque civitatibus praecipue semper floruit,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:quid commemorem primum aut laudem maxime?
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; 3, 1, 79:nos coluit maxime,
id. Ad. 3, 2, 54:quem convenire maxime cupiebam,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 133:de te audiebamus ea, quae maxime vellemus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 7; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:extra quos (fines) egredi non possim, si maxime velim,
id. Quint. 10, 35:in re publica maxime conservanda sunt jura belli,
most especially, id. Off. 1, 11, 33: huic legioni Caesar propter virtutem confidebat maxime, [p. 1101] Caes. B. G. 1, 40:quem Homero crederet maxime accedere,
came nearest to, Quint. 10, 1, 86; cf.pugnare,
most violently, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 271; 1, 1, 44:jubere,
most positively, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 80:id enim est profecto, quod constituta religione rem publicam contineat maxime,
Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 69; cf. maxime fin.:ab eo exordiri volui maxime,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:cernere naturae vim maxime,
id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35.—With an adj.:c.res maxime necessaria,
Cic. Lael. 23, 86:loca maxime frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:loci ad hoc maxime idonei,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:maxime naturali carent amicitia,
Cic. Lael. 21, 80:maxime feri,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:qui eo tempore maxime plebi acceptus erat,
id. ib. 1, 3:idem ad augendam eloquentiam maxime accommodati erunt,
Quint. 1, 11, 13:elegans maxime auctor,
id. 10, 1, 93:maxime vero commune est quaerere, an sit honesta? etc.,
id. 2, 4, 37:noto enim maxime utar exemplo,
id. 7, 3, 3.—So with supp.:quae maxime liberalissima,
Cic. Att. 12, 38, 3:maxime gravissimam omniumque (rerum),
Liv. 41, 23, 4 MS. (dub.: maxumam gravissimamque, Weissenb.). —With numerals, at most:d.puer ad annos maxime natus octo,
Gell. 17, 8, 4.—With an adv.:2.ut dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem accommodate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 (v. infra 2).—Strengthened by unus, unus omnium, omnium, multo, vel, tam, quam, etc. (supply potest):3.qui proelium unus maxime accenderat,
Curt. 5, 2, 5:cum sua modestia unus omnium maxime floreret,
Nep. Milt. 1, 1:quae maxime omnium belli avida,
Liv. 23, 49; 4, 59; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 36, 19, 4:atque ea res multo maxime disjunxit illum ab illa,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 85:imperium populi Romani multo maxime miserabile visum est,
Sall. C. 36, 4:illud mihi videtur vel maxime confirmare, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 65, 162:hoc enim uno praestamus vel maxime feris,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:quae quidem vel maxime suspicionem movent,
id. Part. Or. 33, 114:quam potes, tam verba confer maxime ad compendium,
as much as possible, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 186:ego jubeo quam maxime unam facere nos hanc familiam,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 2:ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. de Or. 1, 34, 154:quo mihi rectius videtur, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3:ceterum illum juvenem incipere a quam maxime facili ac favorabili causa velim,
Quint. 12, 6, 6.—With the relative qui in the phrases, quam qui maxime and ut qui maxime:4.tam enim sum amicus rei publicae, quam qui maxime,
as any one whatever, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:grata ea res, ut quae maxime senatui umquam fuit,
Liv. 5, 25; 7, 33.—With ut quisque... ita (maxime, potissimum or minime), the more... the more (or less):5.hoc maxime officii est, ut quisque maxime opis indigeat, ita ei potissimum opitulari,
Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49:ut quisque magnitudine animae maxime excellit, ita maxime, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 64; cf., in the contrary order: colendum autem esse ita quemque maxime, ut quisque maxime virtutibus his lenioribus erit ornatus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 47:ut enim quisque maxime ad suum commodum refert, quaecumque agit, ita minime est vir bonus,
id. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—In gradations, to denote the first and most desirable, first of all, in the first place:B.hujus industriam maxime quidem vellem, ut imitarentur ii, quos oportebat: secundo autem loco, ne alterius labori inviderent,
Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf. id. Caecin. 9, 23:si per eum reductus insidiose redissem, me scilicet maxime sed proxime illum quoque fefellissem,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33:in quo genere sunt maxime oves, deinde caprae,
Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 1:maxime... dein,
Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56:sed vitem maxime populus videtur alere, deinde ulmus, post etiam fraxinus,
Col. 5, 6, 4:maxime... deinde... postea... minume,
Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 196:maxime... postea... ultimae,
Col. 6, 3, 6:post Chium maxime laudatur Creticum, mox Aegyptium,
Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 77.—Transf.1.Like potissimum, to give prominence to an idea, especially, particularly, principally:2.quae ratio poetas, maximeque Homerum impulit, ut, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1:scribe aliquid, et maxime, si Pompeius Italia cedit,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 4: de Cocceio et Libone quae scribis, approbo:maxime quod de judicatu meo,
id. ib. 12, 19, 2; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:cognoscat etiam rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis,
id. Or. 34, 120; id. Att. 13, 1, 2.—So in the connection, cum... tum maxime; tum... tum maxime; ut... tum maxime, but more especially:scio et perspexi saepe: cum antehac, tum hodie maxime,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56:plena exemplorum est nostra res publica, cum saepe, tum maxime bello Punico secundo,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47; id. Att. 11, 6, 1; id. Fl. 38, 94:tum exercitationibus crebris atque magnis, tum scribendo maxime persequatur,
id. de Or. 2, 23, 96:longius autem procedens, ut in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime, etc.,
id. Brut. 93, 320.— With nunc, nuper, tum, cum, just, precisely, exactly: Me. Quid? vostrum patri Filii quot eratis? M. Su. Ut nunc maxime memini, duo, just now, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 58:cum iis, quos nuper maxime liberaverat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:ipse tum maxime admoto igne refovebat artus,
Curt. 8, 4, 25; 6, 6, 10; 5, 7, 2; Liv. 27, 4, 2 Drak.:haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores eum circumsistunt valentissimi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 76, § 187;2, 4, 38, § 72: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior, quam eorum, qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Liv. 4, 3; 30, 33:tum cum maxime,
at that precise time, at that moment, Liv. 40, 13, 4; 40, 32, 1; 33, 9, 3; 43, 7, 8; so,tunc cum maxime,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:nunc cum maxime,
Cic. Clu. 5, 12; id. Sen. 11, 38; Liv. 29, 17, 7; v. 2. cum.—In colloquial lang., to denote emphatic assent, certainly, by all means, very well, yes; and with immo, to express emphatic dissent, certainly not, by no means: Ar. Jace, pater, talos, ut porro nos jaciamus. De. Maxime, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 54; id. Curc. 2, 3, 36: Th. Nisi quid magis Es occupatus, operam mihi da. Si. Maxime, id. Most. 4, 3, 17; Ter. And. 4, 5, 23: Ca. Numquid peccatum est, Simo? Si. Immo maxime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 80; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:2.scilicet res ipsa aspera est, sed vos non timetis eam. Immo vero maxime,
Sall. C. 52, 28 (v. immo); v. Hand, Turs. III. p. 552-607.Magnus, i, m., a Roman surname, e. g. Cn. Pompeius Magnus; v. Pompeius. -
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tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116. -
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tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116. -
19 tanto opere
tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116. -
20 tantus
tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.
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