hardly any one

fĕrē and fermē ( fĕrĕ, Aus. Epigr. 10, 5, 5), adv. [Sanscr. dhar-, dhar-ami, to bear, support; Gr. root, thra-, in thrênus, stool, thronos, seat; Lat. firmus; cf.: forma, forum. Ferme is perh. a sup. form for ferime, v. Rib. Lat. Part. p. 6 sq. Erroneously, Varr.: ferme dicitur quod nunc fere: utrumque dictum a ferendo, quod id quod fertur est in motu atque adventat, L. L. 7, § 92 Müll.], approximately, closely, in two senses.

With the idea of approach predominant, nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about (esp. with words of number, quantity, multitude; cf.: plerumque, vulgo).

Form fere:

fere sexennis,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 80:

abhinc menses decem fere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 24; cf.:

fere abhinc annos quindecim,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 28:

fere in diebus paucis, quibus haec acta sunt, Chrysis vicina haec moritur,

soon, only a few days after, id. And. 1, 1, 77:

quinta fere hora,

about the fifth hour, Cic. Pis. 6, 13:

hora fere tertia,

id. Att. 14, 20, 1:

tertia fere vigilia,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 1:

sexcentos fere annos,

Cic. Rep. 1, 48:

sexto decimo fere anno,

id. ib. 2, 33:

anno fere ante, quam consul est declaratus,

id. ib. 1, 5:

anno fere centesimo et quadragesimo post mortem Numae,

id. ib. 2, 15; cf.:

anno trecentesimo et quinquagesimo fere post Romam conditam,

id. ib. 1, 16:

decem fere annis post primos consules,

id. ib. 2, 32; cf.

also: decessit fere post annum quartum quam, etc.,

Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

meus fere aequalis,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179; cf. id. Off. 3, 1, 1:

ipsa Peloponnesus fere tota in mari est,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 1:

totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

id. ib. 2, 23, 4:

rerum omnium fere modus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18; cf.:

quam fere omnium constans et moderata ratio vitae,

id. Clu. 16, 46:

ex omnibus fere partibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

in reliquis fere rebus,

id. ib. 6, 13, 3:

omnes fere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1; 4, 20, 1; Nep. Arist. 2, 3; id. Chabr. 3, 4; Liv. 21, 60, 9; Suet. Caes. 87;

and in the order fere omnes,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 1; 5, 23, 4:

cujus disputationis fuit extremum fere de immortalitate animorum,

Cic. Lael. 4, 14; cf.: Phalereus ille Demetrius ultimus est fere ex Atticis. Quint. 10, 1, 80: cum fere e regione castris castra poneret, Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1; id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

plus fere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45:

semper fere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22:

satis fere diximus,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60:

tantum fere,

almost only, id. Rep. 2, 18 fin.:

Lycurgus eadem vidit fere,

id. ib. 2, 23:

haec fere,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.; cf.:

hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod,

in this chiefly, Caes. B. G. 6, 18, 3:

haec fere dicere habui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

haec erant fere, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 12, 5 fin.; 12, 30 fin.; id. Att. 2, 16, 1; id. Or. 54, 182; id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 16, 42; cf.:

sic fere componendum, quomodo pronuntiandum erit,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

fere eodem pacto, quo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10:

et fere apparet, quid in invidiam, etc.... dicendum sit,

Quint. 5, 12, 16.—

Form ferme:

hoc factum est ferme abhinc biennium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 4; so,

abhinc annos ferme L.,

Vell. 2, 90 fin.:

nam ferme ante annos DCCCCL. floruit,

id. 1, 5, 3:

intra XII. ferme annos,

id. 2, 11 fin.:

duodequadragesimo ferme anno, ex quo regnare coeperat Tarquinius,

Liv. 1, 40:

mille ferme delecti propugnatores onerariis imponuntur,

id. 30, 10; cf.:

pars ferme dimidia,

id. 42, 51:

a quo (flumine) aberat mons ferme milia viginti,

Sall. J. 48, 3; cf.:

in tumulo quatuor ferme milia distante ab castris regiis consedit,

Liv. 30, 8:

abest ab Carthagine quindecim milia ferme passuum locus,

id. 30, 9:

ferme eadem omnia, quae, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 21:

cum ferme cunctos proceres cum honore nominavisset,

Tac. A. 3, 76:

mihi quidem aetas acta est ferme,

for the most part, about, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38.

With the idea of nearness or closeness predominant, quite, entirely, just.

Form fere:

domum revortor maestus atque animo fere conturbato,

quite distracted, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69:

quod statuas quoque videmus ornatu fere militari,

quite military, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61:

paria esse fere peccata,

quite equal, Hor. S. 1, 3, 96:

etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum fere est, tamen, etc.,

entirely, sufficiently, Cic. Rep. 3, 29:

cum circa hanc fere consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,

just on this debated point, Liv. 36, 7, 1: jamque fere, just now, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11; and ap. Charis. p. 114 P. (Ann. v. 286 and 580 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 3, 135; 5, 327; 835; cf.: jam fere, Enn. ap. Non. 355, 17 (Trag. v. 201 ed. Vahl.); and: jam... fere, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 ed. Vahl.):

sermo qui tum fere multis erat in ore,

just then, Cic. Lael. 1, 2.—

Form ferme: circumvenire video ferme injuria, altogether wrong, Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 92 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 12); cf.: ferme aderant ratibus, just, Enn. ib. § 23 Müll. (Ann. v. 602 ed. Vahl.); so, quod ferme dirum in tempus cecidere Latinae, Cic. Poët. Div. 1, 11, 18; and:

sed eum constabat virum esse ferme bonum,

Gell. 14, 2, 5:

ferme ut quisque rem accurat suam, Sic ei procedunt post principia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4; so,

ferme ut pueri,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 32:

jam ferme moriens me vocat,

just dying, id. And. 1, 5, 49.—

In partic.

With negatives, scarcely, hardly.

(= vix, non facile.) Form fere:

nihil aut non fere multum differre,

Cic. Brut. 40, 150:

nemo fere saltat sobrius,

id. Mur. 6; id. de Or. 1, 25, 116:

nihil fere intelligit,

id. Off. 3, 3, 15:

non fere labitur,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:

quod non fere ante auctumnum Elaver vado transiri solet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

duo spondei non fere jungi patiuntur,

Quint. 9, 4, 101:

in se dicere non est fere nisi scurrarum,

id. 6, 3, 82:

denique ex bellica victoria non fere quemquam est invidia civium consecuta,

hardly any one, Cic. Sest. 23, 51:

rationem sententiae suae non fere reddere,

id. Tusc. 1, 17, 38:

nec adhuc fere inveni, qui, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 6, 1; cf.:

quod non fere contingit, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 72:

nec rei fere sane amplius quicquam fuit,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 3:

in qua (disputatione) nihil fere, quod magno opere ad rationes omnium rerum pertineret, praetermissum puto,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8 fin.: tum est Cato locutus;

quo erat nemo fere senior temporibus illis, nemo prudentior,

id. Lael. 1, 5:

dixit, hunc ne in convivio quidem ullo fere interfuisse,

id. Rosc. Am. 14:

neque ullum fere totius hiemis tempus sine sollicitudine Caesaris intercessit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 5: neque enim [p. 736] fere iam est ullus dies occupatus, ut nihil, etc., Quint. 10, 7, 27.—With a neg. interrog.:

nam quid fere undique placet?

Quint. 1, 2, 15.—

Form ferme:

hoc non ferme sine magnis principum vitiis evenit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

quod non ferme decernitur, nisi, etc.,

Liv. 22, 9, 8; 24, 25, 9:

voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; so,

nec ferme res antiqua alia est nobilior,

Liv. 1, 24:

facio, quod manifesto moechi haud ferme solent,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 40; so Ter. And. 3, 1, 2:

haud ferme,

Liv. 21, 7, 9; 27, 28, 14:

ut eo nihil ferme quisquam addere posset,

Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

quia nemo ferme huc sine damno devortitur,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 39:

non ferme facilius aliquid tenere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 5 fin.; 1, 45, 69.—

Of time (in the usual course of things; opp. to sometimes, now and then), in general, generally, usually, commonly.

Form fere:

Fit fere, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10; cf.:

jam hoc fere sic fieri solere accepimus,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

quod fere solet fieri,

id. Inv. 1, 29, 46; cf.

also: ut fere fit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

nam fere maxima pars morem hunc homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 36:

quod fere libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

aedificio circumdato silva (ut sunt fere domicilia Gallorum, etc.),

id. ib. 6, 30, 3:

ruri fere se continebat,

Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 16:

nam fere non difficile est invenire, quid, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 18, 27:

in eum fere est voluntas nostra propensior,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69:

sic omnia nimia in contraria fere convertuntur,

id. Rep. 1, 44:

quod in illis singuli fuissent fere, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1:

nominatim fere referri, quid, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 33, 142:

nigra fere terra,

commonly black, Verg. G. 2, 203:

qui timet his adversa, fere miratur eodem quo cupiens pacto,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 9.—Strengthened by plerumque or plerique:

hic solebamus fere Plerumque eam operiri,

Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 39; cf.

corresp. to plerumque: fortuna eos plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est: itaque efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

adducto fere vultu, plerumque tacitus,

Suet. Tib. 68:

non sunt vitiosiores, quam fere plerique, qui avari avaros... reprehendunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73.—Opp. raro, interdum, saepe:

fere praedicta aetas laeto solo truncoque tres materias, raro quatuor desiderat,

Col. 4, 17, 5; cf.:

fereque id in capillo fit, rarius in barba,

Cels. 6, 2:

ipse Circenses ex amicorum fere libertinorumque cenaculis spectabat, interdum e pulvinari,

Suet. Aug. 15:

in consulatu pedibus fere, extra consulatum saepe adaperta sella per publicum incessit,

id. ib. 53.—

Form ferme:

quod ferme evenit,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42:

nam ferme apud Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74 fin.:

inculta ferme vestiuntur virgultis vepribusque,

Liv. 21, 54:

intacta invidia media sunt: ad summa ferme tendit,

id. 45, 35; cf.:

mobilis et varia est ferme natura malorum,

Juv. 13, 236:

ceterum parva quoque (ut ferme principia omnia),

Liv. 7, 2:

ut ferme ad nova imperia,

Tac. A. 2, 2:

quae antea dictatorum et consulum ferme fuerant beneficia,

Liv. 9, 30, 3:

nocte ferme proficiscebantur,

id. 34, 13, 3.

aes, aeris (often used in plur. nom. and acc.; abl. aeribus, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll., and Lucr. 2, 636; gen. AERVM, Inscr. Orell. 3551), n. [cf. Germ. Eisen = iron, Erz = copper; Goth. aiz = copper, gold; Angl.Sax. ar, ær = ore, copper, brass; Eng. iron, ore; Lat. aurum; with the com. notion of brightness; cf. aurora, etc.].

Any crude metal dug out of the earth, except gold and silver; esp.,

Aes Cyprium, whence cuprum, copper: scoria aeris, copper dross or scoria, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

aeris flos,

flowers of copper, id. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

squama aeris,

scales of copper, Cels. 2, 12 init.:

aes fundere,

Plin. 33, 5, 30, § 94:

conflare et temperare,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 197:

India neque aes neque plumbum habet,

id. 34, 17, 48, § 163:

aurum et argentum et aes,

Vulg. Ex. 25, 3.—

An alloy, for the most part of copper and tin, bronze (brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, was hardly known to the ancients. For their bronze coins the Greeks adhered to copper and tin till B.C. 400, after which they added lead. Silver is rare in Greek bronze coins. The Romans admitted lead into their bronze coins, but gradually reduced the quantity, and, under Calig., Nero, Vesp., and Domit., issued pure copper coins, and then reverted to the mixture of lead. In the bronze mirrors now existing, which are nearly all Etruscan, silver predominated to give a highly reflecting surface. The antique bronze had about 87 parts of copper to 13 of tin. An analysis of several objects has given the following centesimal parts: statua ex aere, Cic. Phil. 9, 6:

simulacrum ex aere factum,

Plin. 34, 4, 9, § 15:

valvas ex aere factitavere,

id. 34, 3, 7, § 13.—Hence:

ducere aliquem ex aere,

to cast one's image in bronze, id. 7, 37, 38, § 125; and in the same sense poet.:

ducere aera,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240:

aes Corinthium,

Plin. 34, 2, 3, §§ 5-8; v. Corinthius.—

Meton.

(Esp. in the poets.) For everything made or prepared from copper, bronze, etc. ( statues, tables of laws, money), and (as the ancients had the art of hardening and tempering copper and bronze) weapons, armor, utensils of husbandry: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, the trumpet sounds, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 32 (Trag. v. 213 Vahl.):

Et prior aeris erat quam ferri cognitus usus: Aere solum terrae tractabant, aereque belli Miscebant fluctus et vulnera vasta serebant, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 1287:

quae ille in aes incidit, in quo populi jussa perpetuasque leges esse voluit,

Cic. Phil. 1, 17; cf. id. Fam. 12, 1; Tac. A. 11, 14; 12, 53; id. H. 4, 40: aere ( with the trumpet, horn) ciere viros, Verg. A. 6, 165:

non tuba directi, non aeris cornua flexi,

Ov. M. 1, 98 (hence also rectum aes, the tuba, in contr. with the crooked buccina, Juv. 2, 118); a brazen prow, Verg. A. 1, 35; the brazen age, Hor. Epod. 16, 64.—In plur.: aera, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.; Verg. A. 2, 734; Hor. C. 4, 8, 2 al.—

Money: the first Roman money consisted of small rude masses of copper, called aes rude, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; afterwards as coined:

aes signatum,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43;

so aes alone: si aes habent, dant mercem,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 49:

ancilla aere suo empta,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 26: aes circumforaneum. borrowed from the brokers in the forum, Cic. Att. 2, 1: Hic meret aera liber Sosiis, earns them money, Hor. A. P. [p. 61] 345:

gravis aere dextra,

Verg. E. 1, 36:

effusum est aes tuum,

Vulg. Ez. 16, 36:

neque in zona aes (tollerent),

ib. Maarc. 6, 8:

etiam aureos nummos aes dicimus,

Dig. 50, 16, 159.—Hence,

Aes alienum, lit. the money of another; hence, in reference to him who has it, the sum owed, a debt, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 2:

habere aes alienum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6:

aes alienum amicorum suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Off. 2, 16:

contrahere,

to run up, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

facere,

id. Att. 13, 46:

conflare,

Sall. C. 14, 2; 24, 3:

in aes alienum incidere,

to fall into debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 9:

in aere alieno esse,

to be in debt, id. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 6; so,

aere alieno oppressum esse,

id. Font. 1; so Vulg. 1 Reg. 22, 2:

laborare ex aere alieno,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

liberare se aere alieno,

to get quit of, Cic. Att. 6, 2; so,

aes alienum dissolvere,

id. Sull. 56:

aere alieno exire,

to get out of, id. Phil. 11, 6.—

In aere meo est, trop., he is, as it were, among my effects, he is my friend (only in the language of common conversation):

in animo habui te in aere meo esse propter Lamiae nostri conjunctionem,

Cic. Fam. 13, 62; 15, 14.—

Alicujus aeris esse, to be of some value, Gell. 18, 5.—

In aere suo censeri, to be esteemed according to its own worth, Sen. Ep. 87.—

Sometimes = as, the unit of the standard of money (cf. as); hence, aes grave, the old heary money (as weighed, not counted out):

denis milibus aeris gravis reos condemnavit,

Liv. 5, 12:

indicibus dena milia aeris gravis, quae tum divitiae habebantur, data,

id. 4, 60; so, aes alone and in the gen. sing., instead of assium:

aeris miliens, triciens,

a hundred millions, three millions, Cic. Rep. 3, 10:

qui milibus aeris quinquaginta census fuisset,

Liv. 24, 11.—Also for coins that are smaller than an as (quadrans, triens, etc.):

nec pueri credunt, nisi qui nondum aere, i. e. quadrante, lavantur (those who bathed paid each a quadrans),

Juv. 2, 152 (cf.:

dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 137).—

Wages, pay.

A soldier's pay = stipendium:

negabant danda esse aera militibus,

Liv. 5, 4. And soon after: annua aera habes: annuam operam ede.— Hence in plur., = stipendia, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 33.—

Reward, payment, in gen., Juv. 6, 125: nullum in bonis numero, quod ad aes exit, that has in view or aims at pay, reward, Sen. Ep. 88.—

In plur.: aera, counters; hence also the items of a computed sum (for which, later, a sing. form aera, ae (q. v.), came into use): si aera singula probāsti, summam, quae ex his confecta sit, non probare? Cic. ap. Non. 3, 18.

nōn (old collat. forms noenum and noenu, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. tom. 2, p. 149 sq.:

noenum pro non Lucilius lib. XXX.: sed tamen hoc dicas, quid est, si noenu molestum'st. Varro Epistola ad Fusium: si hodie noenum venis, cras quidem, etc.,

Non. 143, 33 sq.: noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; Ann. v. 314 Vahl.; so, noenum sperando cupide rem prodere summam, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 229 Müll.;

Ann. v. 411 ib.: noenum mecastor,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 28: noenu necesse'st, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127;

Ann. v. 161 Vahl.: noenu potest,

Lucr. 3, 199 Lachm. N. cr.:

noenu queunt,

id. 4, 712), adv. [contr. from neoenum, i. e. nec unum, not one, like ne hilum, not any thing (cf. Engl. not, i. q. naught, Angl.-Sax. naht, contr. from ne-aht); cf. Germ. nein], not:

hocine agis an non?

Ter. And. 1, 2, 15:

non erat abundans, non inops tamen,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

non est ita, judices, non est profecto,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 2, 2:

eam (fugam) si nunc sequor, quonam? Cum illo non,

id. Att. 8, 3, 5.—

Non before negatives forms a weak affirmative, and before adverbs of emphatic assertion (as prorsus, omnino, etc.) a weak negative:

moveo nonnullis suspicionem, velle me navigare: quod tamen fortasse non nollem, si possem ad otium,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so,

non nemo, non nihil, non nullus, v. h. vv: Res has non omnino quidem, sed magnam partem relinquere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3: so, non prorsus, etc.—

After negatives it forms a strong affirmative, and after the adverbs above named a strong negative:

nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140;

v. nemo, nihil, nullus: prorsus non arbitror,

id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

omnino non dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 24.—

But the negative force of non is not destroyed by a following ne... quidem, or nec... nec: non fugio ne hos quidem mores. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210; Liv. 28, 42, 16:

non medius fidius prae lacrimis possum reliqua nec cogitare nec scribere,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.—In a very few passages non is added to a negative to strengthen it (cf. Gr. ou mê):

nolle successum non patribus, non consulibus,

Liv. 2, 45, 5; id. 3, 11, 6:

nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco,

Petr. 58:

horam eximere nullam... non possumus,

Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 7; Plaut. Mil. 5, 18; id. Curc. 4, 4, 23; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 8.—

Unus non = ne unus quidem:

unus enim vir Numantinus non fuit, qui in catenis duceretur,

Flor. 2, 18, 17.—

Per litoten, [p. 1215] emphatic, by no means, not at all, the reverse of:

non ignobilis tragicus,

Quint. 1, 12, 18:

non inimici mihi,

Curt. 7, 10, 7; esp. with sup.:

Cethegus homo non probatissimus,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

homo non aptissimus ad jocandum,

id. N. D. 2, 17, 47:

non minime commoveri,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 125:

tu me consiliario fortasse non imperitissimo usus esses,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2.—

Non quod, non quo, not that, not as if:

non quod sola ornent, sed quod excellant,

Cic. Or. 39, 134: me non sane movet res publica;

non quo sit mihi quidquam carius: sed, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 15, 5:

non quo sit servulus unus, idem quod familia, verum quia,

id. Caecin. 20, 58.—

Non nisi, only:

non nisi vicinas tutus arārit aquas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36; v. nisi.—

Non vero, truly not:

non vero tam isti quam tu ipse nugator,

Cic. Sen. 9, 27.—

Non modo, non solum... sed or sed etiam, not only... but also:

non modo falsum illud esse, sed hoc verissimum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 70; id. Lael. 15, 54;

v. modo and solum.—Sometimes sed is omitted: nec solum apud Caecinam: Fabii quoque Valentis, etc.,

Tac. H. 2, 27.—

Non modo (solum) non... sed or sed etiam, not only not... but even: sed ne... quidem... but not even:

ut non modo a mente non deserar, sed id ipsum doleam, me, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

hoc non modo non laudari, sed ne concedi quidem potest,

id. Mur. 3, 8:

tu id non modo non prohibebas, verum etiam approbabas,

id. Att. 16, 7, 3.—When the verb of the second clause is the common predicate of both clauses, the second non is omitted in the first clause:

talis vir non modo facere, sed ne cogitare quidem quidquam audebit,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

assentatio, quae non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

advena non modo vicinae sed ne Italicae quidem stirpis,

Liv. 1, 40, 2; 3, 24, 4; 6, 20, 2:

neque solum inscientiam meam, sed ne rerum quidem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

quod mihi non modo irasci, sed ne dolere quidem impune licet,

id. Att. 11, 24, 1:

non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem satis constare poterant,

Liv. 5, 42, 3; 4, 3, 11;

so with sed vix in the second clause: haec genera virtutum non solum in moribus nostris, sed vix jam in libris reperiuntur,

Cic. Cael. 17, 40:

non modo ad expeditiones sed vix ad quietas stationes viribus sufficiebant,

Liv. 3, 6, 8;

very rarely verum ne... quidem, instead of sed ne... quidem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 724.—

Non ita, non tam, not so very, not particularly:

simulacra non ita antiqua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109:

non ita lato interjecto mari,

id. Or. 8, 25:

non ita diu,

id. Brut. 66, 233:

quae nunc quidem non tam est in plerisque,

id. ib. 15, 58.—So, non fere, scarcely, hardly (v. fere):

non fere quisquam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182.—

Non si, not even if:

injussu tuo imperator, extra ordinem numquam pugnaverim, non si certam victoriam videam,

Liv. 7, 10; Sen. Ep. 59, 8; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; so,

followed by idcirco (ideo, eo, propterea, etc.): non si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170; id. Cael. 9, 21; id. Top. 16, 60; Liv. 3, 45, 8.—

For nedum, much less:

vix mehercule servis hoc eum suis, non vobis probaturum arbitrer,

Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 22.—

In an interrogation for nonne:

quid haec amentia significat? non vim? non scelus? non latrocinium?

Cic. Quint. 26, 82; id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 50.—

For ne ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose, regarded by Quint. as a solecism):

qui tamen dicat pro illo Ne feceris, Non feceris, in idem incidat vitium, quia alterum negandi est, alterum vetandi,

Quint. 1, 5, 50:

vos quoque non caris aures onerate lapillis... Munditiis capimur: non sint sine lege capilli,

Ov. A. A. 3, 129; id. P. 1, 2, 105:

non Teucros agat in Rutulos,

Verg. A. 12, 78:

non etiam sileas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 91:

non sit, qui tollere curat,

id. A. P. 460:

non ancilla tuum jecur ulceret ulla puerve,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 72:

non dubitaveris,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 3; so,

non credideris,

Rutil. Lup. 2, 9.—

With substantives coalescing to form one notion:

nec vero, aut quod efficeret aliquid, aut quod efficeretur, posse esse non corpus,

Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 40:

etiam non orator,

Quint. 2, 15, 17; 4, 1, 22: veri non dissimulator amoris, Ov. M. 5, 61:

quasi servitute praedii non possessori relicta,

Dig. 34, 1, 14 fin.:

non dominus,

ib. 43, 15, 7.—

As an answer, no:

aut etiam aut non respondere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104:

exhereditavitne (pater filium)? Non,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; id. Verr. 1, 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97; id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—

In questions, non expresses surprise, and doubt of the possibility of denial (v. Madv. Gram. §

451): non sum ego servus Amphitruonis Sosia?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 247:

non tu scis, etc.?

id. ib. 2, 2, 71:

haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:

Quid? aviam tuam pater tuus non manifesto necavit,

id. Clu. 14, 40.

nŭmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [numerus], to count, reckon, number (syn. recenseo).

Lit.:

si singulos numeremus in singulas (civitates),

Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7: ea, si ex reis numeres, innumerabilia sunt;

si ex rebus, modica,

id. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

votaque pro dominā vix numeranda facit,

that can hardly be counted, almost innumerable, Tib. 4, 4, 12:

amores divūm numerare,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

pecus,

id. E. 3, 34:

viros,

Sil. 7, 51:

milites,

Luc. 3, 285:

aureos voce digitisque numerare,

Suet. Claud. 21:

numera sestertia qumque omnibus in rebus—numerentur deinde labores,

Juv. 9, 41 sq.: numera senatum, said to the consul by a senator opposed to a bill, and who considered that there was not a quorum of senators present; like the phrase to demand a call of the House, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.:

ne quid ad senatum consule! aut numera,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2 Orell. N. cr.: posset rem impedire, si, ut numerarentur, postularet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2 (cf. also Plin. Pan. 76).—In law, of days granted for deliberation, etc.:

continui dies numerantur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 173; cf.:

tempus numeratur,

id. ib. 2, 172.—

In partic., of money, to count out, pay out, pay:

stipendium numerare militibus,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

pecuniam de suo,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, § 5; id. Fl. 19, 44; Nep. Ep. 3, 6:

talenta,

Suet. Caes. 4:

aliquid usurae nomine,

id. ib. 42:

alicui pensionem,

Liv. 29, 16:

magnam pecuniam numerare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 3.— Absol., Plaut. As. Perioch. 4.—

Trop.

To reckon, number as one's own, i. e. to have, possess (rare):

donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5:

triumphos,

Juv. 6, 169:

tum licet a Pico numeres genus,

id. 8, 131:

veterani tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35.—

To account, reckon, esteem, consider as any thing.—With two acc.:

Sulpicium accusatorem suum numerabat, non competitorem,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

hos non numero consulares,

id. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

stellas singulas numeras deos,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 40; id. Phil. 13, 4, 7:

quae isti bona numerant,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; cf.:

sapientes cives, qualem me et esse et numerari volo,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

is prope alter Timarchides numerabatur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

numerare aliquid beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

mors in beneficii parte (al. partem) numeretur,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

voluptatem nullo loco,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

aliquid in bonis,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 12; id. Fin. 1, 9, 31:

aliquid in actis,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

Herennius in mediocribus oratoribus numeratus est,

id. Brut. 45, 166:

aliquem in septem (sc. sapientibus),

id. Par. 1, 1, 8.—With inter:

ipse honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

aliquem inter decemviros,

Liv. 3, 35, 3:

quae jactura inter damna numerata non est,

Just. 2, 5, 11; Lact. 2, 12, 4; Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:

numerabatur inter ostenta deminutus magistratuum numerus,

Tac. A. 12, 64; id. G. 29; id. Or. 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 1; 5, 3, 6; Quint. 3, 7, 18 al.:

inter amicos,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 35:

aliquem post aliquem,

Tac. H. 1, 77:

Thucydides numquam est numeratus orator,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166.—Hence, nŭmĕrātus, a, um, P. a., counted out, paid down:

argentum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 57; hence, in ready money, in cash:

hic sunt quinque argenti lectae numeratae minae,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 50:

duo talenta argenti numerata,

id. As. 1, 3, 41:

(vendidit aedis) praesentariis Argenti minis numeratis,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 75:

dos uxoris numerata,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

pecunia,

id. Fl. 32, 80.—Hence, subst.: nŭmĕrātum, i, n., ready money, cash: quae tua est suavitas nolles a me hoc tempore aestimationem accipere;

nam numeratum, si cuperem, non haberem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

ut numerato malim quam aestimatione,

id. Att 12, 25, 1; Liv. 36, 21 fin.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 166: in numerato, in ready money:

testamento edixit relinquere in numerato HS DC,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 135:

proferre in numerato,

id. 33, 3, 17, § 55; Gai. Inst. 2, 196; 3, 141.— Hence,

Trop.: in numerato habere, to have in readiness (a phrase of Augustus):

dictum est de actore facile dicente ex tempore, ingenium eum in numerato habere,

Quint. 6, 3, 111; cf. Sen. Contr. 2, 13 fin.

nŭmĕrō, adv., v. numerus fin.

nŭmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [numerus], to count, reckon, number (syn. recenseo).

Lit.:

si singulos numeremus in singulas (civitates),

Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7: ea, si ex reis numeres, innumerabilia sunt;

si ex rebus, modica,

id. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

votaque pro dominā vix numeranda facit,

that can hardly be counted, almost innumerable, Tib. 4, 4, 12:

amores divūm numerare,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

pecus,

id. E. 3, 34:

viros,

Sil. 7, 51:

milites,

Luc. 3, 285:

aureos voce digitisque numerare,

Suet. Claud. 21:

numera sestertia qumque omnibus in rebus—numerentur deinde labores,

Juv. 9, 41 sq.: numera senatum, said to the consul by a senator opposed to a bill, and who considered that there was not a quorum of senators present; like the phrase to demand a call of the House, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.:

ne quid ad senatum consule! aut numera,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2 Orell. N. cr.: posset rem impedire, si, ut numerarentur, postularet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2 (cf. also Plin. Pan. 76).—In law, of days granted for deliberation, etc.:

continui dies numerantur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 173; cf.:

tempus numeratur,

id. ib. 2, 172.—

In partic., of money, to count out, pay out, pay:

stipendium numerare militibus,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

pecuniam de suo,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, § 5; id. Fl. 19, 44; Nep. Ep. 3, 6:

talenta,

Suet. Caes. 4:

aliquid usurae nomine,

id. ib. 42:

alicui pensionem,

Liv. 29, 16:

magnam pecuniam numerare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 3.— Absol., Plaut. As. Perioch. 4.—

Trop.

To reckon, number as one's own, i. e. to have, possess (rare):

donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5:

triumphos,

Juv. 6, 169:

tum licet a Pico numeres genus,

id. 8, 131:

veterani tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35.—

To account, reckon, esteem, consider as any thing.—With two acc.:

Sulpicium accusatorem suum numerabat, non competitorem,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

hos non numero consulares,

id. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

stellas singulas numeras deos,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 40; id. Phil. 13, 4, 7:

quae isti bona numerant,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; cf.:

sapientes cives, qualem me et esse et numerari volo,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

is prope alter Timarchides numerabatur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

numerare aliquid beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

mors in beneficii parte (al. partem) numeretur,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

voluptatem nullo loco,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

aliquid in bonis,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 12; id. Fin. 1, 9, 31:

aliquid in actis,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

Herennius in mediocribus oratoribus numeratus est,

id. Brut. 45, 166:

aliquem in septem (sc. sapientibus),

id. Par. 1, 1, 8.—With inter:

ipse honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

aliquem inter decemviros,

Liv. 3, 35, 3:

quae jactura inter damna numerata non est,

Just. 2, 5, 11; Lact. 2, 12, 4; Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:

numerabatur inter ostenta deminutus magistratuum numerus,

Tac. A. 12, 64; id. G. 29; id. Or. 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 1; 5, 3, 6; Quint. 3, 7, 18 al.:

inter amicos,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 35:

aliquem post aliquem,

Tac. H. 1, 77:

Thucydides numquam est numeratus orator,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166.—Hence, nŭmĕrātus, a, um, P. a., counted out, paid down:

argentum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 57; hence, in ready money, in cash:

hic sunt quinque argenti lectae numeratae minae,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 50:

duo talenta argenti numerata,

id. As. 1, 3, 41:

(vendidit aedis) praesentariis Argenti minis numeratis,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 75:

dos uxoris numerata,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

pecunia,

id. Fl. 32, 80.—Hence, subst.: nŭmĕrātum, i, n., ready money, cash: quae tua est suavitas nolles a me hoc tempore aestimationem accipere;

nam numeratum, si cuperem, non haberem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

ut numerato malim quam aestimatione,

id. Att 12, 25, 1; Liv. 36, 21 fin.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 166: in numerato, in ready money:

testamento edixit relinquere in numerato HS DC,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 135:

proferre in numerato,

id. 33, 3, 17, § 55; Gai. Inst. 2, 196; 3, 141.— Hence,

Trop.: in numerato habere, to have in readiness (a phrase of Augustus):

dictum est de actore facile dicente ex tempore, ingenium eum in numerato habere,

Quint. 6, 3, 111; cf. Sen. Contr. 2, 13 fin.

nŭmĕrō, adv., v. numerus fin.