expositus

open, accessible, exposed.

ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;

sync. expostus,

Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,

set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

vasa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

apparatum in porticibus,

Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:

aliquid in publico,

Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:

herbam in sole,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

aliquem ictu,

to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:

cubito,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—

In partic.

Of children, to expose:

puellam ad necem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:

ad januam matris,

Suet. Claud. 27 al. —

Naut. t. t.

To set on shore, to land, disembark:

milites ex navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;

for which: socios de puppibus,

Verg. A. 10, 288:

milites in terram,

Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:

expositis omnibus copiis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:

ibi in terram,

id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:

in litora,

Liv. 37, 28, 8:

aegra mancipia in insulam,

Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:

in Africa,

Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

in terra,

Vell. 2, 79, 4:

in litore,

Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:

in portu,

Just. 18, 1, 3:

ibi Themistoclem,

Nep. Them. 8, 7:

ad eum locum milites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:

quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

expositum peregrinis arenis os,

Ov. M. 11, 56:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;

exposui, vendo meum, etc.,

have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

merces,

Dig. 14, 2, 10.—

To throw on the ground, throw down:

paene exposivit cubito,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—

To throw overboard:

si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,

Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—

Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:

de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—

Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):

ad ictus,

Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:

ille ad omnes ictus expositus,

id. 9, 5, 9:

ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,

Tac. H. 3, 5:

exercitum hosti,

Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:

ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,

Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:

piscibus beluisque,

Petr. 115:

exposito solibus loco,

Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.

Trop.

In gen.:

totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:

vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

id. Rep. 4, 3:

orationem,

to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:

capita exposita nec explicata,

id. Brut. 44, 164:

erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:

praemium,

to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:

factum expositum ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

id. Rep. 1, 46:

opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,

Suet. Caes. 49:

expositum ad invidiam nomen,

Tac. H. 2, 53:

nomen Dei,

to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—

In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:

coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

talis coetus, qualem exposui,

id. ib. 1, 26:

quae adhuc exposui,

id. ib. 2, 23:

obscura dilucide,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:

rem pluribus verbis,

id. ib. 3, 4, 15:

rem breviter,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

mandata in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

narrationem,

id. Or. 62, 210:

sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

artes rhetoricas,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

disputationem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 8:

sermonem de amicitia alicui,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

eadem multitudini,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:

expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,

explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:

ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:

Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,

exposito quod nuntiatum erat,

Curt. 4, 13:

quasi gesta bello expositurus,

Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.

Lit.:

limen,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:

census,

open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:

numen (with nulli negatum),

Luc. 5, 103; cf.:

(homo) obvius et expositus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:

frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—

Trop.

Accessible, affable:

mores,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—

Of authors, intelligible, lucid:

optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,

Quint. 2, 5, 19.—

In a bad sense, common, vulgar:

qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,

Juv. 7, 54.— Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, plainly, clearly:

non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,

Gell. 3, 2, 14.

ex-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (ante-class. perf. exposivit, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27;

sync. expostus,

Verg. A. 10, 694; Stat. Th. 7, 197), v. a., to put or set out, to set forth, expose (class.; most freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: expedio, explano, explico).

Lit.

In gen.:

stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos et exposuit vasa Samia,

set out, Cic. Mur. 36, 75:

vasa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

apparatum in porticibus,

Suet. Caes. 10; cf.:

aliquid in publico,

Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; cf. id. 15, 5, 6, § 21:

herbam in sole,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

aliquem ictu,

to put out, turn out, Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 14:

cubito,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 27.—

In partic.

Of children, to expose:

puellam ad necem,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 18; id. Cas. prol. 41; Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; Cic. Rep. 2, 2; Liv. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. 1, 6, 3:

ad januam matris,

Suet. Claud. 27 al. —

Naut. t. t.

To set on shore, to land, disembark:

milites ex navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37, 1;

for which: socios de puppibus,

Verg. A. 10, 288:

milites in terram,

Caes. B. C. 3, 23, 2:

expositis omnibus copiis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 2; 1, 31 fin.; Liv. 24, 40, 9:

ibi in terram,

id. 34, 8, 7; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44; cf.:

in litora,

Liv. 37, 28, 8:

aegra mancipia in insulam,

Suet. Claud. 25; but also with abl.:

in Africa,

Liv. 28, 44, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

in terra,

Vell. 2, 79, 4:

in litore,

Suet. Caes. 4; Just. 22, 5; Liv. 2, 22, 3; 26, 17, 2; Sen. Ep. 53, 2:

in portu,

Just. 18, 1, 3:

ibi Themistoclem,

Nep. Them. 8, 7:

ad eum locum milites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 3:

quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

expositum peregrinis arenis os,

Ov. M. 11, 56:

quartā vix demum exponimur horā,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23: advexi frumentum;

exposui, vendo meum, etc.,

have unloaded, unpacked, opened, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

merces,

Dig. 14, 2, 10.—

To throw on the ground, throw down:

paene exposivit cubito,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 34.—

To throw overboard:

si propter necessitatem adversae tempestatis expositum onus fuerit,

Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 8.—

Mercant. t. t.: pecuniam, to offer a sum to one, place at one's disposal, to be ready to pay:

de Oppio bene curasti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3 (for which, aperuisti, id. ib. 5, 1, 2).—

Pregn., to leave exposed or unprotected, to expose, lay open (not ante-Aug.):

ad ictus,

Liv. 9, 35, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31:

ille ad omnes ictus expositus,

id. 9, 5, 9:

ne inermes provinciae barbaris nationibus exponerentur,

Tac. H. 3, 5:

exercitum hosti,

Flor. 3, 11; Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:

ceteris animalibus imbecillitatem hominum,

Lact. 3, 23, 10; id. Epit. 9, 1; Val. Max. 7, 1, ext. 2:

piscibus beluisque,

Petr. 115:

exposito solibus loco,

Plin. 15, 5, 6, § 21.— Pass. absol.: (iracundi) simplices videntur, quia expositi sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 16, 3.

Trop.

In gen.:

totam causam, judices, explicemus atque ante oculos expositam consideremus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 34; cf.:

vitam alterius in oculis conspectuque omnium exponere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

disciplina puerilis publice exposita,

id. Rep. 4, 3:

orationem,

to publish, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf.:

capita exposita nec explicata,

id. Brut. 44, 164:

erant huic studio maxima exposita praemia,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:

praemium,

to set forth, propose, id. Quint. 23, 74: vitam suam exponere ad imitandum juventuti, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 104, 3:

factum expositum ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

id. Rep. 1, 46:

opprobrio ad omnium convicia exposito,

Suet. Caes. 49:

expositum ad invidiam nomen,

Tac. H. 2, 53:

nomen Dei,

to prostitute, dishonor, Lact. 1, 7.—

In partic., of speech, to set forth, exhibit, relate, explain, expound; constr. with acc. and inf., or a rel. clause as object, or with de:

coepit rationem hujus operis scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

talis coetus, qualem exposui,

id. ib. 1, 26:

quae adhuc exposui,

id. ib. 2, 23:

obscura dilucide,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1:

rem pluribus verbis,

id. ib. 3, 4, 15:

rem breviter,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

mandata in senatu,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:

narrationem,

id. Or. 62, 210:

sententias ejus disputationis hoc libro,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

artes rhetoricas,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

disputationem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 8:

sermonem de amicitia alicui,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

eadem multitudini,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 4:

expone igitur primum animos remanere post mortem, tum docebis, etc.,

explain, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

apud eosdem (censores), qui magistratu abierint, edant et exponant, quid in magistratu gesserint,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:

ex memoria alicui quid senatus censuerit,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

ab initio, res quemadmodum gesta sit,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 14; id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

hoc de quo modo exposuit Antonius,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

id. Part. Or. 12, 44.—In abl. neutr. absol.:

Caesar contione advocata... exposito, quid iniquitas loci posset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2 Oud.; so,

exposito quod nuntiatum erat,

Curt. 4, 13:

quasi gesta bello expositurus,

Tac. A. 15, 72: summum bonum exposuit vacuitatem doloris, i. q. definivit, be defined, Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 14 Madv.; cf. ib. 5, 8, 22; and, expositio, ib. § 21.—Hence, expŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., qs. publicly set out; hence, open, free, accessible.

Lit.:

limen,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 24:

census,

open to all, id. ib. 2, 2, 152:

numen (with nulli negatum),

Luc. 5, 103; cf.:

(homo) obvius et expositus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—As subst.: ex-pŏsĭta, ōrum, n., the open parts, those exposed to view:

frontem ejus tantum novi et exposita, quae ostendit etiam transeuntibus,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6.—

Trop.

Accessible, affable:

mores,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 246.—

Of authors, intelligible, lucid:

optimos quidem, sed tamen eorum candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum velim,

Quint. 2, 5, 19.—

In a bad sense, common, vulgar:

qui nihil expositum soleat deducere, etc.,

Juv. 7, 54.— Adv.: expŏ-sĭte, plainly, clearly:

non exposite et aperte ostendere, sed reconditā significatione,

Gell. 3, 2, 14.

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obvĭus, a, um, adj. [ob-via], in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.).

In gen.:

si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,

had no expectation of meeting him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

dare se obvium alicui,

to meet a person, Liv. 1, 16:

quo in loco inter se obvii fuissent,

had met each other, Sall. J. 79, 4:

libellus insidiarum ab obvio quodam porrectus,

by one who met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29:

cuicumque est obvia,

whomsoever she meets, Juv. 6, 412:

cui mater mediā sese tulit obvia silvā,

met, Verg. A. 1, 314:

obvia cui Camilla Occurrit,

id. ib. 11, 498: esse in obvio alicui, to be in the way of or where one can meet another, Liv. 37, 23; so, with ellips. of dat.:

Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram,

Juv. 10, 83:

se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

agmen obviorum,

Suet. Calig. 13:

obvii e diverso,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.—Of things:

neque aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus,

Lucr. 3, 384:

simulacra nobis,

id. 4, 37:

obvias mihi litteras mittas,

send to meet, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

ultroque ferebant Obvia securis ubera lactis oves,

offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, which lay in their way, which they met or fell in with, Nep. Eum. 9:

quaeque,

Val. Fl. 3, 583:

obvia flamina,

Ov. M. 1, 528:

obvius undis,

up the stream, id. ib. 11, 138:

obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus arbos,

over against, opposite, Verg. G. 4, 24:

aquilones,

contrary, adverse, Tac. A. 2, 54:

prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,

every thing in its way, Cat. 64, 109.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, as an enemy, against, to meet or encounter:

si ingredienti cum armatā manu obvius fueris,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

Jugurthae obvius procedit,

Sall. J. 21, 1:

obvii hostibus,

id. ib. 50, 4:

infestā subit obvius hastā,

Verg. A. 10, 877.—

In a good sense.

Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.):

est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, at hand, easy, ready, obvious:

nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras),

Quint. 9, 3, 5:

quidquid venerit obvium loquamur,

Mart. 11, 7, 7:

obvias opes deferre deos,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

comitas,

id. ib. 2, 2:

laudes,

common, Gell. 5, 1, 1:

obvia et illaborata virtus,

easy, not difficult of attainment, Quint. 12, 2, 2:

ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),

id. 2, 16, 14.—

Of words, in constant use, common:

est vestibulum in sermonibus celebre atque obvium verbum,

Macr. S. 6, 8, 15:

municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia,

Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.:

obvium est dicere dimidiā,

id. 3, 14, 12.—

Se dare obvium, to occur to one's mind or memory:

licet omnes (versus) praesens memoria non suggerat, tamen, qui se dederint obvios, annotabo,

Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.—

Lying open, i. e. exposed, obnoxious to an evil ( poet.):

rupes Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,

Verg. A. 10, 694:

melioribus opto Auspiciis et quae fuerit minus obvia Graiis,

id. ib. 3, 498:

calvitium quoquoversus obvium,

i. e. exposed to the air, App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.

splendĭdus, a, um, adj. [splendeo], bright, shining, glittering, brilliant, etc. (class.; syn.: nitidus, lucidus, coruscus).

Lit.

In gen.: o magna templa caelitum, commixta stellis splendidis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); so,

signa caeli,

Lucr. 4, 444:

lumina solis,

id. 2, 108:

caelum cum aequaliter totum erit splendidum,

Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 351; cf. comp.:

quanto splendidior quam cetera sidera fulget Lucifer,

Ov. M. 2, 722:

sol splendidior,

Tib. 4, 1, 123.— Sup.:

splendidissimus candor,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

color (with flam neus),

Lucr. 6, 208:

ostro crinis,

Ov. M. 8, 8: venabula. id. ib. 8, 419:

fons splendidio vitro,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 1; cf.: Galatea Splendidior vitro, Ov. M. 13, 791:

umor sudoris,

Lucr. 6, 1187: bilis, bright yellow, cholê xanthê, Hor. S. 2, 3, 141 (cf.:

vitrea bilis,

Pers. 3, 8). —

In partic., of style of living, dress, etc., brilliant, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous (syn. magnificus):

quorum in villā ac domo nihil splendidum fuit praeter ipsos,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

splendida domus gaudet regali gaza,

Cat. 64, 46; Verg. A. 1, 637:

vestis,

Petr. 12; cf.:

splendidus et virilis cultus,

Quint. 11, 3, 137:

homo (opp. luxuriosus),

Vell. 2, 105, 2:

secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—

Trop.

In gen., brilliant, illustrious, distinguished, noble (cf.:

egregius, amplus): C. Plotius, eques Romanus splendidus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf.:

vir splendidissimus atque ornatissimus civitatis suae,

id. Fl. 20, 48:

homo propter virtutem splendidus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38; Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2:

splendidissima ingenia,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26; 1, 18, 61:

causa splendidior,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.:

splendida facta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237:

ratio dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; so,

splendida et grandis oratio,

id. ib. 79, 273; cf.:

splendidius et magnificentius (genus dicendi),

id. ib. 55, 201; cf.: figurarum commentis splendida loca attentare, brilliant passages of a speech, Amm. 29, 2, 8:

splendidis nominibus illuminatus est versus,

Cic. Or. 49, 163:

splendidioribus verbis uti,

id. Brut. 58:

vox suavis et splendida,

clear, id. ib. 55, 203:

cum de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 21.—

In partic. (with the accessory idea of mere appearance, opp. to what is real or actual), showy, fine, specious, = speciosus:

non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,

Ov. R. Am. 240.—

Clear, distinct:

vox,

Cic. Brut. 55, 203.—Hence, adv.: splendĭdē, brightly, brilliantly.

Lit.:

ornare magnifice splendideque convivium,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf.:

apparatus splendidissime expositus,

Petr. 21.—

Trop., brilliantly, splendidly, nobly:

acta aetas honeste ac splendide,

honorably, with distinction, Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61; cf. id. Sen. 18, 64:

splendidius contra regem quam, etc., bellum gerere, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 2: ornate splendideque facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:

dicta,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

in parentem Splendide mendax,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 35:

splendidissime natus,

of very high birth, Sen. Ep. 47, 8; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2.—

Clearly, intelligibly:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 16, 68.—

Ostentatiously:

invitare,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; cf.:

parum se splendide gerere,

with too little show, meanly, Nep. Att. 14, 2.