immense size

immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).

Adj.

Lit.:

si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 26:

ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in mari immenso vehi,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

domus,

Ov. F. 6, 640:

mons,

Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:

via,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:

fines ingenii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

series laborum,

Ov. H. 9, 5:

jacuitque per antrum Immensus,

Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:

omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,

Vell. 2, 106, 1:

argenti pondus et auri,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:

observata sunt haec tempore immenso,

Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

nox,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—

Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:

morae,

Ov. H. 1, 82:

fletus,

id. M. 10, 136:

immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:

sitis cruoris,

Ov. M. 13, 768:

difficultas,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:

differentia,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

immensum est, erratas dicere terras,

there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:

quod persequi immensum est,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):

immensissimae voluptates,

Spart. Hadr. 19.—

Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;

not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,

Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:

loci,

Liv. 5, 37, 5:

per immensum ventis discordibus actus,

Ov. M. 4, 620:

proruta per immensum aedificia,

over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:

aliquid mercari immenso,

at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:

mons saxeus in immensum editus,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,

Ov. M. 2, 220:

ad immensum aliquid augere,

Liv. 29, 25, 3:

aliquid immenso plus laudare,

immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —

Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

creverat immensum,

Ov. F. 5, 537:

immensum attolli,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

vigere,

id. ib. 3, 30:

luxus immensum proruperat,

id. ib. 3, 52:

immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,

exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172.

immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).

Adj.

Lit.:

si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 26:

ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in mari immenso vehi,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

domus,

Ov. F. 6, 640:

mons,

Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:

via,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:

fines ingenii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

series laborum,

Ov. H. 9, 5:

jacuitque per antrum Immensus,

Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:

omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,

Vell. 2, 106, 1:

argenti pondus et auri,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:

observata sunt haec tempore immenso,

Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

nox,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—

Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:

morae,

Ov. H. 1, 82:

fletus,

id. M. 10, 136:

immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:

sitis cruoris,

Ov. M. 13, 768:

difficultas,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:

differentia,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

immensum est, erratas dicere terras,

there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:

quod persequi immensum est,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):

immensissimae voluptates,

Spart. Hadr. 19.—

Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;

not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,

Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:

loci,

Liv. 5, 37, 5:

per immensum ventis discordibus actus,

Ov. M. 4, 620:

proruta per immensum aedificia,

over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:

aliquid mercari immenso,

at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:

mons saxeus in immensum editus,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,

Ov. M. 2, 220:

ad immensum aliquid augere,

Liv. 29, 25, 3:

aliquid immenso plus laudare,

immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —

Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

creverat immensum,

Ov. F. 5, 537:

immensum attolli,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

vigere,

id. ib. 3, 30:

luxus immensum proruperat,

id. ib. 3, 52:

immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,

exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172.

immensus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmensus], immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense (freq. and class.; syn.: infinitus, ingens, interminatus).

Adj.

Lit.:

si immensam et interminatam in omnes partes magnitudinem regionum videretis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

aëra deum statuit eumque gigni esseque immensum et infinitum,

id. ib. 1, 10, 26:

ex ingenti quodam oratorem immensoque campo in exiguum sane gyrum compellitis,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70:

in mari immenso vehi,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

domus,

Ov. F. 6, 640:

mons,

Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96:

via,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 78:

fines ingenii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

series laborum,

Ov. H. 9, 5:

jacuitque per antrum Immensus,

Verg. A. 3, 632; cf.:

omnis eorum juventus infinita numero, immensa corporibus,

Vell. 2, 106, 1:

argenti pondus et auri,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; Hor. S. 1, 1, 41: pretiis [p. 892] emere, Suet. Calig. 39:

observata sunt haec tempore immenso,

Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

nox,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 25.—

Trop., vast, measureless, boundless:

morae,

Ov. H. 1, 82:

fletus,

id. M. 10, 136:

immensa vorago aut gurges vitiorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

immensae, infinitae, immoderatae cupiditates,

Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34:

sitis cruoris,

Ov. M. 13, 768:

difficultas,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 4:

differentia,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 20: fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, fathomless (the fig. being taken from a river), Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

immensum est, erratas dicere terras,

there is no end of recounting, Ov. F. 4, 573; cf.:

quod persequi immensum est,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.— Sup. (very rare):

immensissimae voluptates,

Spart. Hadr. 19.—

Subst.: immensum, i, n., a boundless extent, immense size, boundlessness, immensity (rare;

not in Cic.): extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,

Lucr. 1, 74; cf. id. 1, 957:

loci,

Liv. 5, 37, 5:

per immensum ventis discordibus actus,

Ov. M. 4, 620:

proruta per immensum aedificia,

over a vast extent, Tac. A. 15, 40:

aliquid mercari immenso,

at an enormous price, Plin. 9, 40, 64, § 138:

mons saxeus in immensum editus,

Sall. J. 92, 5:

ardet in immensum geminatis ignibus Aetne,

Ov. M. 2, 220:

ad immensum aliquid augere,

Liv. 29, 25, 3:

aliquid immenso plus laudare,

immoderately, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 92. —

Adv.: immensum, without end, exceedingly, immensely (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

creverat immensum,

Ov. F. 5, 537:

immensum attolli,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

vigere,

id. ib. 3, 30:

luxus immensum proruperat,

id. ib. 3, 52:

immensum quantum hinc Oceano, illinc Hiberico mari conprimentibus,

exceedingly, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110; 16, 36, 66, § 172.

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.

immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.

immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.

immānis ( inm-), e, adj. [i. e. in- and old Lat. mānus=bonus; kindr. with Sanscr. ma=metior, to measure; Lat. mānes, good spirits], monstrous in size, enormous, immense, huge, vast (class.).

Lit. (usually of inanim. and abstr. things):

corporum magnitudo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 9; cf.:

simulacra immani magnitudine,

id. ib. 6, 16, 4:

immani corpore serpens,

Lucr. 5, 33; 3, 987:

ingens immanisque praeda,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

pecunia,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 23:

pocula,

id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

immania ponti Aequora,

Lucr. 4, 410:

templa caeli,

id. 5, 521:

antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 11; cf.:

spelunca vasto hiatu,

id. ib. 6, 237:

barathrum,

id. ib. 8, 245:

tegumen leonis,

id. ib. 7, 666:

telum,

id. ib. 11, 552 al.:

magna atque immanis,

Lucr. 4, 1163:

cete,

Verg. A. 5, 822:

numerus annorum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

exercitus,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

frequentia amicorum,

id. 2, 59 fin.:

geminos immani pondere caestus,

Verg. A. 5, 401:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 32:

ambitus redit immanis: numquam fuit par,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 4:

dissensio civitatis,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

studium loquendi,

Ov. M. 5, 678:

avaritia,

Sall. J. 31, 12:

vitium,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:

soloecismus,

Gell. 15, 9, 3:

impulsae praeceps inmane ruinae,

the vast crash, Juv. 10, 107.— Neutr. absol.: Immane quantum animi exarsere, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 27 (2, 79 Dietsch); so,

vino et lucernis Medus acinaces Immane quantum discrepat,

how exceedingly, wonderfully, Hor. C. 1, 27, 6:

civilis lapsu equi prostratus immane quantum suis pavoris et hostibus alacritatis indidit,

Tac. H. 4, 34: quod matrimonium Aemiliano huic immane quanto fuit, App. Mag.;

and in full: immane dictu est, quanti et quam multi ad Pompeium discesserint,

Sall. Orat. ad Caes. 1.—

Trop., monstrous in character, frightful, inhuman, fierce, savage, wild (class.; syn.: ferus, immitis, barbarus, durus, saevus;

opp. mansuetus, mitis): hostis in ceteris rebus nimis ferus et immanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; cf.:

nulla gens tam fera, nemo omnium tam immanis, cujus, etc.,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

id. Rep. 2, 14:

belua (with fera),

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108; id. N. D. 2, 64, 161;

(with taetra),

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; cf.:

immanis et vasta belua,

id. Rep. 2, 40:

nihil ista immanius belua est,

id. ib. 3, 33:

janitor aulae, Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

ex hoc populo indomito, vel potius immani, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44:

istius immanis atque importuna natura,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

immanis, intolerandus, vesanus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

immanis ac barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum,

Cic. Font. 10, 21:

tantum facinus, tam immane (patris occidendi),

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

coeptis effera Dido,

Verg. A. 4, 642:

orae,

id. ib. 1, 616:

Raeti,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 15:

Agathyrsi,

Juv. 15, 125:

Pyrrhus,

id. 14, 162.— Subst.: immānĭa, ium, n., frightful deeds or sayings:

quamvis fabulosa et immania credebantur,

stories however fabulous and frightful, Tac. A. 4, 11:

dira atque inmania pati,

Juv. 15, 104.— Comp.:

scelere ante alios immanior omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 347.— Sup.:

voluptatem immanissimus quisque acerrime sequitur,

Cic. Part. Or. 25, 90.—Hence, adv. in two forms, im-māne and immānĭter (not ante-Aug.).

(Acc. to I.) Monstrously, immoderately, excessively:

immaniter clamare,

Gell. 1, 26, 8.—More freq.,

(Acc. to II.) Frightfully, dreadfully, fiercely, savagely, wildly.

Form immane:

leo hians immane,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

sonat fluctus per saxa,

id. G. 3, 239; cf.:

fremant torrentes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 237:

spirans rapta securi,

Verg. A. 7, 510.—

Form immaniter: leones per ea loca saevientes immaniter, Amm. 18, 7:

perdite et immaniter vivere,

Aug. Conf. 10, 37.—

Comp.:

immanius efferascunt,

Amm. 18, 7.