have great influence

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largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

pabula,

abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

haustus,

id. 1, 412:

semen,

id. 4, 1238:

imbres,

id. 1, 282; cf.:

undae fluminis,

id. 1, 1031:

lux,

id. 2, 806; cf.:

(sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

odores,

Ov. M. 4, 758:

aër,

Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

largior ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

largiore vino usus,

Liv. 40, 14:

largiora stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 31:

nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

munus largissimum edere,

Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

vena largissima ferri,

Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—

With gen., abounding in any thing:

largus lacrumarum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

opum,

Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

comae,

Sil. 7, 601:

rapinae,

id. 8, 250.—

With abl.:

audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

folia larga suco,

Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—

In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

largissimus esse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

largus et exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

largus animo,

of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

promissis,

liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

natura,

Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

largus animae,

prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

spes donare novas largus,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.

largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

large blandus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

large dare,

Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

large effuseque donare,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

large et copiose aliquid comparare,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

munifice et large dari,

id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

large atque honorifice promittere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

large liberaliterque aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

ministrare libertatem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

senatus consultum large factum,

Tac. A. 6, 15:

large florescens,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

large frequentantibus (locum),

in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

large amplecti,

widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

dare largius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

copia quam largissime facta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—

largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

peccavisti largiter,

id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

distare,

Lucr. 6, 1112:

auferre,

id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

discrepare,

Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—

Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

largiter mercedis indipiscar,

id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —

largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

P. Largus Caecina,

Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,

Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

senatusconsultum,

Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

largus, a, um, adj. [perh. for lasgus; Sanscr. root lash, desire; Gr. la- in lilaiomai, lêma; cf. Lat. lascivus], abundant, copious, plentiful, large, much.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

pabula,

abundant, Lucr. 5, 869:

haustus,

id. 1, 412:

semen,

id. 4, 1238:

imbres,

id. 1, 282; cf.:

undae fluminis,

id. 1, 1031:

lux,

id. 2, 806; cf.:

(sol) cum terras larga luce compleverit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

odores,

Ov. M. 4, 758:

aër,

Lucr. 4, 894 — Comp.:

largior ignis,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 44:

largiore vino usus,

Liv. 40, 14:

largiora stipendia,

Tac. A. 1, 31:

nec potentem amicum Largiora flagito,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 13.— Sup.:

munus largissimum edere,

Suet. Tit. 7 fin.:

vena largissima ferri,

Plin. 34, 14, 43, § 149.—

With gen., abounding in any thing:

largus lacrumarum,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30:

opum,

Verg. A. 11, 338: fons largus aquae, Luc. 9, 608:

comae,

Sil. 7, 601:

rapinae,

id. 8, 250.—

With abl.:

audin' hunc, opera ut largus est nocturna?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 8:

folia larga suco,

Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161.—

In partic., giving abundantly or much, bountiful, profuse, liberal:

justus, injustus: malignus, largus,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17:

duo sunt genera largorum, quorum alteri prodigi, alteri liberales,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55:

largissimus esse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118:

largus et exundans ingenii fons,

Juv. 10, 119:

largus animo,

of a generous disposition, Tac. H. 2, 59:

promissis,

liberal in promises, Tac. H. 3, 58:

natura,

Juv. 10, 301.— Comp.:

Quid ego concesso pedibus, linguā largior?

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 24. — Poet.:

largus animae,

prodigal of life, Stat. Th. 3, 603.—With inf.:

spes donare novas largus,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 19.—Hence, adv. in three forms.

largē (class.), abundantly, plentifully, bountifully, liberally:

large blandus,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

large dare,

Cic. Mur. 4, 10:

large effuseque donare,

id. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

large et copiose aliquid comparare,

id. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

munifice et large dari,

id. ib. 3, 27, 69:

large atque honorifice promittere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44:

large liberaliterque aestimare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 88, § 204:

ministrare libertatem alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

senatus consultum large factum,

Tac. A. 6, 15:

large florescens,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

large frequentantibus (locum),

in great numbers, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73:

large amplecti,

widely, id. 2, 11, 8, § 50; 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Comp.:

dare largius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 48:

ne potum largius aequo Rideat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.— Sup.:

copia quam largissime facta,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 158 Zumpt N. cr. (Klotz, largissima), Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—

largĭter, largely, in abundance, plentifully, much; greatly, far (rare in class. prose;

not used by Cic.),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 11:

peccavisti largiter,

id. Most. 2, 2, 9; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 49: apud finitimas civitates largiter posse, to have great weight or influence, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

distare,

Lucr. 6, 1112:

auferre,

id. 6, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 132:

discrepare,

Vitr. 6, 1, 8:

largius a prisca consuetudine movere,

Varr. L. L. 10, p. 583.—

Substantively, with gen. (anteand post-class.):

credo, illic inesse auri et argenti largiter,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 144; cf.:

largiter mercedis indipiscar,

id. ib. 5, 2, 28. —

largĭtus, copiously: quid lacrimas largitus? Afran. ap. Non. 514, 31 (Com. Fragm. v. 212 Rib.).

Largus, i, m., a Roman surname, esp. in the gens Scribonia, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 1; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

P. Largus Caecina,

Tac. A. 11, 33.—Hence,

Largĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Largus, Largian:

senatusconsultum,

Just. Inst. 3, 7 fin.

prae-vălĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.

In gen., to be very or more able, to have distinguished power or influence; to have greater power or worth; to be superior or distinguished, have the superiority, prevail (not ante-Aug.; cf.:

praesto, excello, praecedo): virtute semper praevalet sapientia,

wisdom prevails over, has more power than bravery, Phaedr. 1, 13, 14:

qui praevalet arcu,

is a distinguished archer, Stat. Achill. 2, 122:

vulturum praevalent nigri,

rank first, Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19:

aranei cum praevaluere (supra apes),

id. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

in Aegypto hic mos praevalet,

prevails, id. 17, 22, 35, § 185:

ita saepius digni, quam gratiosi, praevalebant,

had the advantage, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 6:

quae sententia non praevaluit modo,

id. ib. 2, 11, 6:

certamen acerrimum, amita potius an mater apud Neronem praevaleret,

had the most influence, Tac. A. 12, 64:

auctoritate et praesentiā,

to prevail, to get the upper hand, Suet. Galb. 19:

gratiā,

id. Ner. 28:

auctoritas Cluvii praevaluit, ut, etc.,

prevailed, Tac. H. 2, 65:

tuum erit consultare, utrum praevaleat, quod ex Arminio concepit, an quod ex me genita est,

which should have more weight, id. A. 1, 58; Dig. 1, 5, 10.— With inf.:

praevaluit ire,

Vulg. 1 Par. 21, 30.—With contra, Vulg. Gen. 32, 28.—With dat. (late Lat.):

quae (mala) etiam praevalent bonis,

Lact. Epit. 68, 21: portis inferi et mortis legibus praevalere, Leo M. p. 51, 1 fin. —

In partic., of medicines, to be of great virtue or efficacy:

trifolium praevalet contra serpentium ictus,

Plin. 21, 21, 88, § 152:

lac praevalet ad vitia in facie sananda,

id. 28, 7, 21, § 75.—

In law, to be settled, established, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 3.— Hence, praevălens, entis, P. a., very strong, very powerful:

populus, Liv. praef.: praevalens corpore,

Vell. 2, 108, 2; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.

sīdus, ĕris, n. [cf. Sanscr. svid, to sweat, melt; Gr. sidêros (molten) iron; Lat. sudo].

Stars united in a figure, a group of stars, a constellation (and hence mostly plur.;

only so ap. Cic., Cæs., and Quint.): sunt stellae quidem singulares, ut erraticae quinque et ceterae, quae non admixtae aliis solae feruntur: sidera vero, quae in aliquod signum stellarum plurium compositione formantur, ut Aries, Taurus, Andromeda, Perseus, vel Corona et quaecumque variarum genera formarum in caelum recepta creduntur. Sic et apud Graecos aster et astron diversa significant et aster stella una est, astron signum stellis coactum, quod nos sidus vocamus,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14 med.

Plur.:

illi sempiterni ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

signis sideribusque caelestibus,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 35:

circuitus solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum,

id. ib. 2, 62, 155; cf.:

solem lunamque praecipua siderum,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; and:

in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

id. 8, 5, 29:

siderum regina bicornis Luna,

Hor. C. S. 35:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204:

solis, i. e. sol,

Ov. M. 14, 172:

sidera, quae vocantur errantia,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89; so,

errantia,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32:

siderum motus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3; id. Lael. 23, 88:

sidera viderit innumerabilia,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; id. N. D. 2, 15, 39 et saep.; * Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 2, 17, 38; 12, 11, 10 al.; Lucr. 1, 231; 1, 788; 1, 1065:

candida,

id. 5, 1210:

alta,

Verg. A. 3, 619:

surgentia,

id. ib. 6, 850:

radiantia,

Ov. M. 7, 325:

turbata,

Stat. Th. 12, 406 al.:

lucida,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 3, 1, 32; id. Epod. 3, 15; 5, 45; 17, 5.—

Sing., a heavenly body, a star; and collect., a group of stars, a constellation:

clarum Tyndaridae sidus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:

fervidum,

Sirius, id. Epod. 1, 27;

nivosum sidus Pleiadum,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 95:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

Baccho placuisse coronam, Ex Ariadnaeo sidere nosse potes,

Ov. F. 5, 346;

so of the constellation Arcturus,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 (for which, in the plur.:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204); of Capella, Ov. M. 3, 594; of the Vergiliae, Liv. 21, 35, 6; Curt. 5, 6, 12; of Saturn, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32 sq.; Juv. 6, 569; of Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Luc. 1, 661; of the Moon:

sidus lunae,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; of the Sun:

calidi sideris aestu,

Tib. 2, 1, 47:

aetherium,

Ov. M. 1, 424; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

solstitiale,

Just. 13, 7 fin.; cf.: sidus utrumque, for the rising and setting sun, Petr. poët. 119, 2; and also for the sun and moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, §§ 56 and 57.— Poet., collect.:

nec sidus fefellit,

i. e. through ignorance, Verg. A. 7, 215.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

The sky, the heavens, = caelum. (Juppiter) terram, mare, sidera movit, Ov. M. 1, 180: (Hercules) flammis ad sidera missus, Juv.11,63; cf.:

abrupto sidere nimbus It,

Verg. A. 12, 451:

sidera observare,

Curt. 7, 4, 28.—

Like caelum, to denote a very great height:

Pyramidum sumptus ad sidera ducti,

Prop. 3, 2 (4, 1), 17:

evertunt actas ad sidera pinus,

Verg. A. 11, 136; cf. Juv. 11, 63:

ad sidera Erigitur,

Verg. A. 9, 239:

aves, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera,

Curt. 4, 5, 3:

domus quae vertice sidera pulsat,

Mart. 8, 36, 11; 9, 62, 10; Verg. G. 2, 427; id. A. 3, 243; id. E. 5, 62 al.—

Trop. (also like caelum), as the summit or height of fame, fortune, success, etc.:

quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

vertice sidera tangere,

Ov. M. 7, 61; cf.:

tuum nomen... Cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cygni,

Verg. E. 9, 29:

usque ad sidera notus,

id. ib. 5, 43: contingere sidera plantis, to walk upon the stars (like the gods) (of one exceedingly fortunate), Prop. 1, 8, 43 (1, 8 b, 17); cf.:

celerique fugā sub sidera lapsae,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

For night:

exactis sideribus,

Prop. 1, 3, 38:

sidera producere ludo,

Stat. Th. 8, 219; cf.:

sideribus dubiis,

at dawn, Juv. 5, 22.—

A star, as a comparison for any thing bright, brilliant, shining, beautiful, etc. (syn.:

stella, astrum): oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces,

Prop. 2, 3, 14;

so of the eyes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 44; 3, 3, 9; id. M. 1, 499:

sidere pulchrior Ille,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 47;

of form, beauty,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26; Val. Fl. 5, 468.—

Concr., ornament, pride, glory:

o sidus Fabiae, Maxime, gentis ades,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 9;

Col. poët, 10, 96: puerum egregiae praeclarum sidere formae,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26:

Macedoniae columen ac sidus,

Curt. 9, 6, 8.—As a term of endearment, my star, Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; Hor. Epod. 17, 41.—

Season of the year:

quo sidere terram Vertere Conveniat,

Verg. G. 1, 1; cf.:

hiberno moliris sidere classem?

id. A. 4, 309:

sidere aequinoctii quo maxime tumescit Oceanus,

Tac. A. 1, 70; cf.:

brumale sidus,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 25:

sidere flagrante brumali,

Amm. 27, 12, 12.—

Climate, weather, etc.:

ut patrios fontes patriumque sidus ferre consuevisti,

Plin. Pan. 15, 3; so,

sub nostro sidere,

Juv. 12, 103:

tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae,

i.e. regions, Verg. A. 5, 628:

grave sidus et imbrem vitare,

tempest, storm, Ov. M. 5, 281:

triste Minervae (raised by Minerva),

Verg. A. 11, 260.—Colloquially, with confectus: intellegitur sidus confectum, i. e. that the weather ( occasioned by a constellation) is ended, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207:

fertur in abruptum casu, non sidere, puppis,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 424.—

With allusion to the influence which the ancients believed the constellations to have upon the health or the destiny of men, star, destiny, etc.:

pestifero sidere icti,

Liv. 8, 9, 12: sidere afflari, to be blasted or palsied by a constellation, to be planet-struck or sunstruck, astroboleisthai, Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108; Petr. 2, 7; cf.:

sidere percussa lingua,

Mart. 11, 85, 1:

subito fias ut sidere mutus,

id. 7, 92, 9;

v. sideror and sideratio: sidera natalicia,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91; cf.:

o sidere dextro Edite,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 63:

adveniet fausto cum sidere conjux,

Cat. 64, 330:

vivere duro sidere,

Prop. 1, 6, 36:

grave sidus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 45 Jahn:

per alias civitates ut sidus salutare susciperetur,

as arbiter of their destiny, Amm. 21, 10, 2.