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  • 1 mōmentum

        mōmentum ī, n    [1 MV-], a movement, motion: astra figurā suā momenta sustentant: momenta parva sequi, O.: animus momenta sumit utroque, i. e. fluctuates, O.— An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution: perleve fortunae: annonae, alteration in the price of corn, L. — A make-weight, over-weight, that which turns the scales: eo (bello) quantumcumque virium momentum addiderint, rem omnem inclinaturos, L.— An expenditure of strength, decisive effort, exertion: haud maiore momento fusi Galli sunt, quam, etc., L.— A short time, brief space, moment, instant: parvis momentis multa natura adfingit: momento temporis, in a moment, L.: horae momento, on the instant, H.: momento unius horae, L.: momentum ut horae pereat, that a short hour be lost, Ph.— A little way: parvo momento antecedere, Cs.—Fig., a cause, circumstance, weight, influence, importance, moment: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercederent, by trifling circumstances, Cs.: momenta omnia observare, all the circumstances: unam quamque rem momento suo ponderare, according to its importance: magnum in utramque partem momentum habere, influence, Cs.: nullum momentum in dando regno facere, decisive influence, L.: magnum attulit nostris ad salutem momentum, contributed largely, Cs.: cave quicquam habeat momenti gratia, influence: perpendens momenta officiorum, motives: parva momenta in spem metumque inpellere animos, trifling occasions, L.: momenta potentia, motives, O.: praebe nostrae momenta saluti, promote, O.: levi momento aestimare, prize lightly, Cs.: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, N.: levioris momenti consultatio, unimportant, L.: res maximi ad omnia momenti, L.: iuvenis, maximum momentum rerum civitatis, a power in the state, L.
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    moment, importance, influence; motion, movement; impulse, effort

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  • 2 gravitas

    grăvĭtas, ātis, f. [gravis], weight, heaviness.
    I.
    Lit., in gen.:

    omnibus ejus (terrae) partibus in medium vergentibus nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit tanta contentio gravitatis et ponderum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; cf.:

    per inane moveri gravitate et pondere,

    id. Fat. 11, 24; Lucr. 3, 1054; cf.

    also: cuncta necesse est Aut gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum, Aut, etc.,

    id. 2, 84:

    nostros propter gravitatem armorum, quod, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1:

    tum etiam gravitate et tarditate navium impediebantur,

    id. B. C. 1, 58, 3:

    ignava nequeunt gravitate moveri,

    Ov. M. 2, 821:

    me mea defendit gravitas (corresp. to moles and pondus),

    id. ib. 9, 39.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of smell, rankness, offensiveness, fetidness:

    quorundam odorum suavitati gravitas inest,

    Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

    a quibusdam vocatur cynozolon propter gravitatem odoris (shortly before: odore gravissimo),

    id. 22, 18, 21, § 47:

    animae,

    id. 20, 9, 35, § 91:

    halitus,

    id. 30, 6, 15, § 44:

    oris,

    id. 28, 12, 51, § 190.—
    2.
    Of bodily condition, health, severity, vehemence, violence, unwholesomeness; heaviness, dulness, faintness, sickness:

    corpore vix sustineo gravitatem hujus caeli,

    Cic. Att. 11, 22, 2:

    caeli aquarumque,

    Liv. 23, 34, 11:

    loci,

    id. 25, 26, 13:

    morbi,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    Ov. M. 15, 21; cf. id. ib. 11, 618:

    an quod corporis gravitatem et dolorem animo judicamus, animi morbum corpore non sentimus?

    painful, diseased condition, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2 Kühn.; cf.

    membrorum,

    id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; and Lucr. 3, 478:

    capitis,

    Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 130:

    aurium,

    id. 20, 11, 44, § 115; cf.

    auditus,

    id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:

    audiendi,

    id. 28, 11, 48, § 176:

    oris et dentium,

    id. 37, 10, 54, § 143.—
    3.
    Pressure of price, dearness:

    annonae,

    Tac. A. 6, 13; 11, 4.—
    4.
    The burden of pregnancy:

    tendebat gravitas uterum mihi,

    Ov. M. 9, 287 (cf. onus, id. ib. 10, 504). —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In a bad sense, heaviness, slowness, severity:

    gaudere gravitate linguae sonoque vocis agresti,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 42: injuria gravitate tutior est, severity, cruelty, Sall. Orat. Licin. (Hist. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.):

    fessi diuturnitate et gravitate belli,

    Liv. 31, 7, 3: crudelitatem quoque gravitati addidit, id. 24, 45, 13 Weissenb. —
    B.
    In a good sense, weight, dignity, importance, seriousness, gravity (syn.: magnitudo, dignitas, auctoritas, pondus): hos cum Suevi propter amplitudinem gravitatemque civitatis finibus expellere non potuissent, importance, i. e. power, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 32:

    omnium sententiarum gravitate, omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,

    importance, weight, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

    genus hoc sermonum positum in hominum veterum auctoritate plus videtur habere gravitatis,

    id. Lael. 1, 4:

    quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!

    id. ib. 25, 96:

    tristitia et in omni re severitas habet illa quidem gravitatem,

    id. ib. 18, 66; cf.:

    erat in illo viro comitate condita gravitas,

    id. de Sen. 4, 10:

    gravitate mixtus lepos,

    id. Rep. 2, 1; cf. also id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

    illud me praeclare admones, cum illum videro, ne nimis indulgenter et ut cum gravitate potius loquar,

    id. Att. 9, 9, 2; 9, 19, 3; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5:

    de virtute et gravitate Caesaris, quam in summo dolore adhibuisset,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:

    personae gravitatem intuentes,

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49; cf.:

    ego has partes lenitatis et misericordiae semper egi libenter: illam vero gravitatis severitatisque personam non appetivi,

    id. Mur. 3, 6:

    haec genera dicendi in senibus gravitatem non habent,

    id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.:

    majestas quam vultus gravitasque oris prae se ferebat,

    Liv. 5, 41, 8:

    (senarius) quantum accipit celeritatis, tantum gravitatis amittit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 140.

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  • 3 pretium

    prĕtĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. root par-, pana (for parna), wager, loan; Gr. pi-praskô, to sell; priamai, to buy; cf. pornos], that for or by which any thing is bought or sold (class.).
    I.
    Lit., money spent for any thing:

    nil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:

    femina... urbem Exiguam pretio posuit,

    for money has founded a small city, Verg. A. 4, 211:

    vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

    for little money, cheaply, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    pretio mercari ordinem senatorium,

    to purchase, to gain with money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

    permutare pretio noluit, aliāve merce,

    Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171.—
    B.
    In gen., money, wealth, etc. ( poet.), Ov. P. 2, 8, 6:

    in pretio pretium nunc est,

    id. F. 1, 217:

    converso in pretium deo,

    i. e. into a shower of gold, Hor. C. 3, 16, 8.—
    II.
    Transf., worth, value, price.
    A.
    In gen.: nec mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

    pretium statuere merci,

    to set, fix, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133:

    pretium certum constituere,

    Cic. Att. 12, 33, 1:

    enumerare,

    id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

    pacisci pro re aliquā,

    to agree upon, settle, id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    exsolvere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

    quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt?

    at what prices are they sold here? id. ib. 2, 2, 15:

    vendere aliquid pretio suo,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 30; id. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

    parare sibi pretio aliquid,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 7:

    multi extulerunt eorum pretia,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6:

    jacent pretia praediorum,

    are low, down, fallen, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In phrases: magni, parvi pretii esse, to be high or low in price, of much or little worth, of great or of small value:

    nullus est tam parvi pretii, quin,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 60:

    ne tu habes servum graphicum, et quantivis pretii!

    id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

    agrum majoris pretii nemo habet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

    noli spectare, quanti homo sit: parvi enim pretii est, qui jam nihil est,

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

    de illis potissimum jactura fit, quia pretii minimi sunt,

    Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 9: pretium habere, to have a value, to be worth something:

    vendat oleum, si pretium habeat,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 7:

    annona porro pretium nisi in calamitate fructuum non habet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227; but also: pretium habere, to have a price, be for sale:

    quis ignorat quin id longe sit liberalibus disciplinis dignissimum, non vendere operam: cum pleraque hoc ipso possint videri vilia, quod pretium habent,

    Quint. 12, 7, 8; hence: pretium non habere, to have no price, be above price (late Lat.):

    nihil esse pretiosius, immo eum pretium non habere testatur,

    Aug. Serm. 36, 8: in pretio esse, to be of worth, value, or estimation, to be in repute:

    tum coquus in pretio esse (coeptus),

    Liv. 39, 6, 9:

    nec in pretio fertilis hortus erat,

    Ov. F. 5, 316; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22: in pretio habere, to regard as of value:

    in magno pretio habere,

    Sen. Ep. 75, 11:

    aurum et argentum in pretio habent,

    Tac. G. 5;

    for which cf.: pudebat libertatis majus esse apud feminas quam apud viros pretium,

    Curt. 8, 2, 28: pretium facere, to fix or set a price or value; of a seller: indica, fac pretium. Do. Tua merx est;

    tua indicatio est,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 37;

    of a purchaser: quis faceret pretium, nisi qui sua perdere vellet Omnia?

    Mart. 1, 86, 7; Dig. 10, 3, 19.—
    2.
    Wages, reward (mostly poet.):

    pro pretio facio ut opera appareat,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 59:

    operam Epidici nunc me emere pretio pretioso velim,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

    reddere alicui pro benefactis,

    id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

    palmae pretium victoribus,

    Verg. A. 5, 111.—
    III.
    Trop., worth, value:

    quales ex hac die experiundo cognovit, perinde operae eorum pretium faceret,

    would estimate their services, Liv. 27, 17:

    sive aliquod morum Est pretium,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 43: corticis etiam ad medicamenta pretium est, Plin, 12, 25, 54, § 118; 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    B.
    Transf., pay, hire, wages, reward, price (cf.: stipendium, merces).
    1.
    In a good sense: majores seorsum atque diversum pretium paravere bonis atque strenuis, decurionatus... aliosque honores, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.; so,

    = praemium (opp. poena), ita et pretium recte facti triumphum haberet L. Paulus pro egregie bello gesto,

    Liv. 45, 37, 5:

    ut pretium honoremque debito beneficio addat,

    id. 45, 14, 1:

    cum pro cujusque merito consul pretia poenasque exsolvisset,

    id. 26, 40, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    satis ampla pretia,

    prizes, id. 21, 43, 6:

    virtutum pretium,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 1.— Plur.: tam longā valetudine conflictabatur, ut haec tanta pretia vivendi mortis rationibus vincerentur, rewards of living, i. e. motives for living, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4.—Esp. in phrase pretium curae, and more freq. pretium operae, a reward for trouble:

    mihi visum est pretium curae, ipsum, senatus consultum quaerere,

    seemed to me worth the trouble, worth while, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

    est pretium curae cognoscere, etc.,

    Juv. 6, 474: facturusne operae pretium sim, etc.,... nec satis scio, what will pay for the trouble, Liv. praef.:

    operae pretium habent libertatem, civitatemque,

    id. 25, 6; 21, 43: audire est operae pretium, etc., Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.); so Liv. 3, 26, 7: reddere opis pretium pro factis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 (Epigr. v. 6 Vahl.):

    quo in genere est operae pretium diligentiam majorum recordari,

    it is worth while, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73:

    captā urbe, operae pretium fore,

    Sall. J. 81, 2;

    so without operae (post-Aug.): Germanico pretium fuit convertere agmen,

    thought it of importance, Tac. A. 1, 57:

    ni pretium foret Pisonis sententias noscere,

    were it not worth while, were it not of importance, id. ib. 2, 35:

    posse eum, si operae pretium faciat, principem popularium esse,

    if he does any thing worth while, any thing of importance, Liv. 25, 30: duos servos ad hostes transfugisse et operae pretium fecisse, have done valuable service, Quadrig. ap. Sen. Ben. 3, 23:

    scriptor minime utilis, cujus libro adtingere nullum pretium operae sit,

    Gell. 12, 2, 1; so,

    operis pretium est,

    Sil. 16, 45.—
    2.
    In a bad sense (i. q. poena), reward, punishment, like the Gr. timê, misthos ( poet.): si malos imitabor, tum pretium pro noxā dabis, Liv. And. ap. Non. 365, 27:

    verbera, compedes, molae... haec pretia sunt ignaviae,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

    ego pretium ob stultitiam fero,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 4:

    et peccare nefas, aut pretium est mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 24:

    ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

    Juv. 13, 105.—Of bribery:

    adduci pretio ad hominem condemnandum,

    Cic. Caecil. 10, 29:

    pretio judicem corrumpere,

    id. ib. 25, 72:

    nec prece, nec pretio a rectā viā deduci,

    Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4.

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  • 4 referit

    it matters/maks a difference/is of importance; matter/be of importance (PERS)

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  • 5 momentum

    mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio, motus; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117:

    pisces levi caudae in utrumque momento velocitatem suam flectunt,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 24:

    utque leves tactus momentaque parva sequantur,

    Ov. M. 4, 180.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution:

    cetera populi Romani vectigalia, perlevi saepe momento fortunae, inclinatione temporis pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    nullum momentum annonae facere,

    to effect no alteration in the price of corn, Liv. 4, 12:

    animi,

    id. 39, 5:

    provincias magnis momentis concusserat,

    Vell. 2, 78, 1:

    sine momento rerum, partisque ruinā cadere,

    Luc. 7, 118.—
    B.
    A particle sufficient to turn the scales:

    momentum staterae,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 15; id. Sap. 11, 23; hence, a particle, a part, a point:

    myrrhae momentum,

    Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 87:

    quibus (regnis) pro ignobili momento erat accessura Macedonia,

    a make-weight, Just. 7, 3, 1:

    sol cotidie ex alio caeli momento, quam pridie, oritur,

    a point, part, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333:

    corpus orationis in parva momenta diducendo consumere,

    Quint. 3, 11, 23; to lose the main subject in minute divisions:

    ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est,

    id. 5, 10, 71:

    officiorum,

    parts, Cic. Mur. 2, 3. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Of time, a short time, brief space, moment (syn. punctum):

    parvis momentis multa natura affingit,

    instants, moments, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118:

    momentis certis dimensis,

    at certain fixed times, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 3:

    non cunctandum ratus Hannibal, totis viribus adgressus urbem momento cepit,

    Liv. 21, 14, 3:

    momento temporis,

    in a moment, id. 21, 33; 35, 11, 13:

    momento horae,

    in quick lapse of time, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7; cf.:

    momento unius horae,

    Curt. 9, 6, 21:

    horae momento,

    Liv. 5, 7, 3; 9, 16:

    Maecenati triennio supremo nullo horae momento contigit somnus,

    could not sleep a single hour, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

    brevi horarum momento,

    in a few hours, Just. 2, 14, 9:

    ut momentum horae pereat,

    that a short hour be lost, Phaedr. 3 prol. 5:

    momento fit cinis diu silva,

    in a moment, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3:

    in momento, in ictu oculi,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 52:

    in momento indignationis,

    id. Isa. 54, 8:

    pruna stomacho non utilissima, sed brevi momento,

    are hurtful, but only for a short time, Plin. 23, 7, 66, § 132:

    quantum quoquo momento temporis adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 70:

    hoc fit dicis gratia uno momento,

    id. ib. 1, 141.—
    (β).
    Transf., of space, distance, a little way:

    parvo momento antecedere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

    visūs nostri tarditas non subsequitur momenta currentis (sc. stellae), sed videt simul et unde exsilierit et quo pervenerit,

    does not trace the successive points of its course, but sees the whole at once, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 4.—
    2.
    Trop., a cause, a circumstance; weight, influence, importance, moment:

    minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt,

    from the slightest causes spring the greatest changes, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26:

    momenta omnia observare,

    all the circumstances, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

    unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare,

    according to its importance, id. Font. 6, 21; cf.:

    ut omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    ita parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habuerunt,

    influence, Caes. B. C. 3, 70:

    quorum adventus hoc tamen momenti fecit, ut Scipio abscederet inde, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    nullum momentum in dando adimendoque regno habere,

    no decisive influence, id. 1, 47, 6:

    momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facere,

    id. 35, 39, 3:

    cave quidquam habeat momenti gratia,

    weight, influence, Cic. Mur. 30, 62:

    magno ad persuadendum momento esse,

    id. Inv. 2, 26, 77:

    potentia,

    motives, Ov. M. 11, 285:

    Leonis (sideris),

    influence, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

    praebe nostrae momenta saluti,

    promote, Ov. P. 4, 13, 49:

    erant octo cohortes... tum discordiā temporum a legione digressae, prout inclinassent, grande momentum sociae aut adversae,

    Tac. H. 1, 59:

    levi momento aestimare aliquid,

    to consider of little moment, to prize lightly, Caes. B. G. 7, 39:

    nullius momenti aliquid putare,

    of no moment, unimportant, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    quod (oppidum) per se parvum magni momenti locum obtinuit,

    Tac. H. 3, 8:

    id est maximi momenti et ponderis,

    of the greatest moment, Cic. Vatin. 4, 19:

    exponunt, se tentāsse etiam haud magni momenti finitimarum gentium auxilia,

    Liv. 10, 16, 5:

    sed in bello nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,

    id. 25, 18, 3; 28, 17, 10; 27, 45, 5:

    inpensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti facere,

    id. 43, 23, 8:

    nullā in re nisi in virtute propensionem ne minimi quidem momenti esse ad, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47:

    omnino nihil habere momenti,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 38.

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  • 6 re fert

    rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and impers. (plur. rarely personal; v. II. infra) [res - fero; the ancients regarded rē in this word as derived from res; cf. Fest. s. v. refert, p. 282 Müll.]; prop., it follows from or in view of a thing, i. q. ex re est; hence, it is for one ' s interest or advantage, it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, imports, concerns, it is of importance or consequence (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and class.); constr.,
    I.
    In all periods and in all kinds of composition, refert hoc ( id, illud, etc., a subj.-clause) meā ( tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni ( pluris, quanti, etc., nihil, quid?), or absol.
    (α).
    Hoc meā refert, etc. (in Cic. very rare;

    whereas interest meā occurs very freq.): tua istuc refert maxime,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38:

    tua istuc refert, si curaveris,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 109:

    id mea minime refert,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27:

    quod refert tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50:

    nihilo pol pluris tua hoc, quam quanti illud refert meā,

    id. Rud. 4, 3, 27:

    meā quidem istuc nihil refert,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 68:

    id tuā refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12:

    tuā quod nihil refert, ne Cures,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48:

    tuā quod nihil refert, percontari desinas,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12:

    non ascripsi id, quod tuā nihil referebat,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5:

    quid id meā refert?

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117:

    quid id refert tuā?

    id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-clause:

    quid meā refert, hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient?

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—
    (β).
    Hoc refert, etc.:

    quomodo habeas, illud refert, jurene an injuriā,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25:

    ne illud quidem refert, consul an dictator an praetor spoponderit,

    Liv. 9, 9:

    illud permagni referre arbitror, Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58:

    primum illud parvi refert, nos publicanis amissis vectigalia postea victoria reciperare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

    magni quod refert,

    Lucr. 2, 760:

    at quibus servis? refert enim magno opere id ipsum,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id refert? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With subject-clause:

    parvi retulit Non suscepisse,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.:

    parvi refert abs te ipso jus dici aequabiliter, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

    quanti refert, te nec recte dicere, qui nihili faciat?

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23:

    meminero, sed quid meminisse id refert?

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 214:

    quid mihi refert Chrysalo esse nomen, nisi, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53:

    quid te igitur rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc.,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 13:

    neque refert videre, quid dicendum sit, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

    neque enim numero comprehendere refert,

    nor indeed is it necessary, need we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, quod referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With [p. 1546] inf. pass.:

    jam nec mutari pabula refert,

    Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.:

    plures e familiā cognosci referre arbitror,

    Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-clause (so most freq. in the class. per.):

    ipsi animi magni refert quali in corpore locati sint,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni refert, hic quid velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

    cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, tantum refert, quam magna dicam,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90:

    quasi vero referat quam id saepe fiat,

    id. Div. 2, 29, 62:

    quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?

    id. Lael. 8, 26:

    quid refert, utrum voluerim fieri, an gaudeam factum?

    id. Phil. 2, 12, 29:

    quid refert, tanto post ad judices deferantur, an omnino non deferantur?

    id. Fl. 9, 21:

    quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, quid refert?

    id. Div. 2, 34, 72:

    tuo vitio rerumne labores, Nil referre putas?

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 77:

    cum referre negas, quali sit quisque parente Natus,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.:

    quod tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

    tantum retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus,

    Col. 3, 9, 7. —
    (γ).
    Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) quid ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā refert, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol refert enim? Ge. Si quidem meā refert, operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36:

    quid tuā refert, qui cum istac venerit?

    id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

    non plus suā referre, quam si, etc.,

    Cic. Quint. 5, 19:

    quos, cum nihil refert, pudet,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1:

    cum nihilo pluris referet, quam si, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20:

    nego et negando si quid refert, ravio,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 33:

    si servus est, numquid refert?

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 28:

    quid refert, si hoc ipsum salsum illi et venustum videbatur?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. —
    * (δ).
    Entirely absol.:

    bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, tamquam referret,

    as though it mattered, as if there were any difference, Tac. A. 6, 2.—
    II.
    Analogous to attinet, conducit, and interest; it is of importance; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., refert hoc, id, etc. (once referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; but, with alicujus, once in Sall. and once in Liv.): quam ad rem istuc refert? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.:

    quid id ad me aut ad meam rem refert,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 44:

    refert etiam ad fructus, quemadmodum vicinus in confinio consitum agrum habeat,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin. — In plur.:

    te ex puellā prius percontari volo, Quae ad rem referunt,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44:

    quoi rei id te assimulare rettulit?

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 40:

    dic, quid referat intra Naturae fines viventi, jugera centum an Mille aret?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 49:

    quin et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si citharoedus demoveretur et tragoedus succederet,

    Tac. A. 15, 65:

    faciundum aliquid, quod illorum magis quam suā retulisse videretur,

    Sall. J.111, 1:

    praefatus... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos status praesens rerum faceret,

    Liv. 34, 27, 6:

    quorum nihil refert, ubi litium cardo vertatur,

    Quint. 12, 8, 2:

    neque refert cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

    Tac. A. 4, 33:

    ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur,

    Juv. 16, 58:

    plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas,

    Quint. 9, 4, 44:

    tu nihil referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, quod deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur?

    Plin. Pan. 40 fin.:

    quem insignire exempli nonnihil, non insignire humanitatis plurimum refert,

    id. Ep. 8, 22, 4:

    nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores et quo gallina secetur,

    Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely with a subst. as subj.:

    adeo magni refert studium atque voluptas, et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines,

    Lucr. 4, 984:

    adeo incessus in gravida refert,

    Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

    longitudo in his refert, non crassitudo,

    id. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

    multum tamen in iis refert et locorum natura,

    id. 11, 51, 112, § 267:

    plurimum refert soli cujusque ratio,

    id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.

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  • 7 refert

    rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and impers. (plur. rarely personal; v. II. infra) [res - fero; the ancients regarded rē in this word as derived from res; cf. Fest. s. v. refert, p. 282 Müll.]; prop., it follows from or in view of a thing, i. q. ex re est; hence, it is for one ' s interest or advantage, it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, imports, concerns, it is of importance or consequence (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and class.); constr.,
    I.
    In all periods and in all kinds of composition, refert hoc ( id, illud, etc., a subj.-clause) meā ( tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni ( pluris, quanti, etc., nihil, quid?), or absol.
    (α).
    Hoc meā refert, etc. (in Cic. very rare;

    whereas interest meā occurs very freq.): tua istuc refert maxime,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38:

    tua istuc refert, si curaveris,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 109:

    id mea minime refert,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27:

    quod refert tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50:

    nihilo pol pluris tua hoc, quam quanti illud refert meā,

    id. Rud. 4, 3, 27:

    meā quidem istuc nihil refert,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 68:

    id tuā refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12:

    tuā quod nihil refert, ne Cures,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48:

    tuā quod nihil refert, percontari desinas,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12:

    non ascripsi id, quod tuā nihil referebat,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5:

    quid id meā refert?

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117:

    quid id refert tuā?

    id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-clause:

    quid meā refert, hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient?

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—
    (β).
    Hoc refert, etc.:

    quomodo habeas, illud refert, jurene an injuriā,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25:

    ne illud quidem refert, consul an dictator an praetor spoponderit,

    Liv. 9, 9:

    illud permagni referre arbitror, Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58:

    primum illud parvi refert, nos publicanis amissis vectigalia postea victoria reciperare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

    magni quod refert,

    Lucr. 2, 760:

    at quibus servis? refert enim magno opere id ipsum,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id refert? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With subject-clause:

    parvi retulit Non suscepisse,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.:

    parvi refert abs te ipso jus dici aequabiliter, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

    quanti refert, te nec recte dicere, qui nihili faciat?

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23:

    meminero, sed quid meminisse id refert?

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 214:

    quid mihi refert Chrysalo esse nomen, nisi, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53:

    quid te igitur rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc.,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 13:

    neque refert videre, quid dicendum sit, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

    neque enim numero comprehendere refert,

    nor indeed is it necessary, need we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, quod referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With [p. 1546] inf. pass.:

    jam nec mutari pabula refert,

    Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.:

    plures e familiā cognosci referre arbitror,

    Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-clause (so most freq. in the class. per.):

    ipsi animi magni refert quali in corpore locati sint,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni refert, hic quid velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

    cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, tantum refert, quam magna dicam,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90:

    quasi vero referat quam id saepe fiat,

    id. Div. 2, 29, 62:

    quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?

    id. Lael. 8, 26:

    quid refert, utrum voluerim fieri, an gaudeam factum?

    id. Phil. 2, 12, 29:

    quid refert, tanto post ad judices deferantur, an omnino non deferantur?

    id. Fl. 9, 21:

    quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, quid refert?

    id. Div. 2, 34, 72:

    tuo vitio rerumne labores, Nil referre putas?

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 77:

    cum referre negas, quali sit quisque parente Natus,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.:

    quod tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

    tantum retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus,

    Col. 3, 9, 7. —
    (γ).
    Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) quid ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā refert, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol refert enim? Ge. Si quidem meā refert, operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36:

    quid tuā refert, qui cum istac venerit?

    id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

    non plus suā referre, quam si, etc.,

    Cic. Quint. 5, 19:

    quos, cum nihil refert, pudet,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1:

    cum nihilo pluris referet, quam si, etc.,

    id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20:

    nego et negando si quid refert, ravio,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 33:

    si servus est, numquid refert?

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 28:

    quid refert, si hoc ipsum salsum illi et venustum videbatur?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. —
    * (δ).
    Entirely absol.:

    bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, tamquam referret,

    as though it mattered, as if there were any difference, Tac. A. 6, 2.—
    II.
    Analogous to attinet, conducit, and interest; it is of importance; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., refert hoc, id, etc. (once referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; but, with alicujus, once in Sall. and once in Liv.): quam ad rem istuc refert? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.:

    quid id ad me aut ad meam rem refert,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 44:

    refert etiam ad fructus, quemadmodum vicinus in confinio consitum agrum habeat,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin. — In plur.:

    te ex puellā prius percontari volo, Quae ad rem referunt,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44:

    quoi rei id te assimulare rettulit?

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 40:

    dic, quid referat intra Naturae fines viventi, jugera centum an Mille aret?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 49:

    quin et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si citharoedus demoveretur et tragoedus succederet,

    Tac. A. 15, 65:

    faciundum aliquid, quod illorum magis quam suā retulisse videretur,

    Sall. J.111, 1:

    praefatus... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos status praesens rerum faceret,

    Liv. 34, 27, 6:

    quorum nihil refert, ubi litium cardo vertatur,

    Quint. 12, 8, 2:

    neque refert cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

    Tac. A. 4, 33:

    ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur,

    Juv. 16, 58:

    plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas,

    Quint. 9, 4, 44:

    tu nihil referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, quod deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur?

    Plin. Pan. 40 fin.:

    quem insignire exempli nonnihil, non insignire humanitatis plurimum refert,

    id. Ep. 8, 22, 4:

    nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores et quo gallina secetur,

    Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely with a subst. as subj.:

    adeo magni refert studium atque voluptas, et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines,

    Lucr. 4, 984:

    adeo incessus in gravida refert,

    Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

    longitudo in his refert, non crassitudo,

    id. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

    multum tamen in iis refert et locorum natura,

    id. 11, 51, 112, § 267:

    plurimum refert soli cujusque ratio,

    id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.

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  • 8 aestimō (older aestumō）

       aestimō (older aestumō） āvī, ātus, āre,    to determine the value of, estimate, value, rate, appraise: argentum: quanti haec signa aestimentur?: mancipia tanto pluris, L.: tritici modios singulos ternis denariis: haec aestimate pecuniā, estimate in money: aliquid tenuissime, at the lowest figure: sestertium ad triciens litem: Catoni sestertium octo milibus lis aestimata est, damages are assessed against: ea lis L. talentis aestimata est, N.: arbitri, qui litem aestument, Cs. — In criminal law: litem aestimare, to assess a penalty: in litibus aestimandis: de pecuniis repetundis litem; also, to commute a fine: ut lis haec capitis aestimaretur, that this capital charge be commuted: lites maiestatis. — Fig., to estimate, value, rate, weigh, hold, esteem: expendunt et aestimant voluptates, they weigh and rate their pleasures: sicut ego existimo, according to my estimate, S.: Volgus ex veritate pauca aestimant, value according to truth: aliquem ex artificio comico, according to his art as a comedian: amicitias non ex re, sed ex commodo, S.: virtutem annis, according to age, H.: aliquid per se, according to its own importance, L.: aliquos pro sociis, non pro hostibus, to regard as, Cu.: quanti est aestimanda virtus? valued: magni pecuniam, attach great value to: alqd parvi, L.: alqd minoris, N.: maximi alqd: sapientiam non magno: aestimare aliquid vitā, as dear as life, Cu.: illa multo gravius, Cs.: levius tempestates, Cs.: iuste aliquem, Cu.

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  • 9 amplitūdō

        amplitūdō inis, f    [amplus], wide extent, width, amplitude, breadth, size, bulk: simulacrum modicā amplitudine: urbis, L.: soli, Ta.: amplitudines bonorum.—Fig., greatness: animi: rerum gestarum, N.—Dignity, grandeur, consequence: in quibus summa est: Aeduos in amplitudinem deducere, Cs.—In rhet., copiousness of expression: Platonis.
    * * *
    greatness; extent, breadth, width, bulk; importance; fullness (of expression)

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  • 10 antīquus (-īcus)

        antīquus (-īcus) adj. with comp. and sup.    [ante], ancient, former, of old times: tua duritia, former severity, T.: causa antiquior memoriā tuā: patria, L.: urbs, V.: antiquae leges et mortuae. — Plur m. as subst, the ancients, ancient writers: antiquorum auctoritas: traditus ab antiquis mos, H.—Old, long in existence, aged: hospes, T.: genus, N.: Graiorum antiquissima scripta, H.: antiquissimum quodque tempus spectare, i. e. longestablished rights, Cs.: antiquum obtinere, to hold fast an old custom, T.: morem antiquum obtines, T. — Fig., old, venerable, reverend, authoritative: fanum Iunonis: templa deum, H.: longe antiquissimum ratus sacra facere, etc., a most venerable custom, L.: antiquior alia causa (amicitiae), more original.—Old-fashioned: (cives) antiquā virtute, T.: homines: vestigia antiqui officii. — Comp, more desirable, preferable: ne quid vitā existimem antiquius: antiquior ei fuit gloria quam regnum: id antiquius consuli fuit, was of more pressing importance, L.

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  • 11 attineō (adt-)

        attineō (adt-) tinuī, —, ēre.    I. Trans, to hold fast, detain, delay: quam attinendi dominatūs sient, how retained, T. ap. C.: Romanos spe pacis, S.: dextram vi, Ta.—    II. Intrans, to stretch, reach: Scythae ad Tanain attinent, Cu.—Fig., to belong to, concern, relate to, be of consequence: ea nil quae ad te attinent, T.: quod ad te attinet, as far as you are concerned, T.: quod ad me attinet, for my part: tamquam ad rem attineat quicquam, H.: quid attinebat quaeri de eo, etc., of what consequence was it?: nec victoribus mitti attinere puto, of any importance, L.: Te nihil attinet tentare, does you no good, H.: dicere quae nihil attinent, matters of no concern, H.

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  • 12 auctōritās

        auctōritās ātis, f    [auctor], origination, production: eius (facti).—Power, authority, supremacy: in re p.: populi R.: legum dandarum: legatos cum auctoritate mittere, plenipotentiaries.—A deliberate judgment, conviction, opinion, decision, resolve, will: in orationibus auctoritates consignatas habere: omissis auctoritatibus, opinions aside: antiquorum: senatūs: senatūs vetus de Bacchanalibus, decree: respondit ex auctoritate senatūs consul, L.: legati ex auctoritate haec renuntiant (sc. senatūs), Cs.: ad ea patranda senatūs auctoritate adnitebatur, by decrees, S.: populi R.: censoria: collegii (pontificum), L.—Warrant, assurance, trustworthiness: in testimonio: somniorum: cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas.—Responsibility, accountability: quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei.—A voucher, security: cum publicis auctoritatibus convenire, credentials: auctoritates praescriptae, attesting signatures: auctoritates principum conligere, responsible names.— In law, a prescriptive title (to property), right by possession: usus et auctoritas fundi: adversus hostem aeterna: iure auctoritatis.—An example, model, precedent: omnium superiorum: alicuius auctoritatem sequi: totius Italiae auctoritatem sequi, Cs. — Counsel, advice, persuasion: omnium qui consulebantur: ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati adiutrix sit, T.: quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat, Cs.: quorum auctoritas pollebat, S.: auctoritate suā alqm commovere.—Of persons, influence, weight, dignity, reputation, authority: tanta in Mario fuit, ut, etc.: auctoritatem habere apud alqm: alcui auctoritatem addere, L.: facere, to create: in re militari, prestige, Cs.: a tantā auctoritate approbata, by a person so influential.—Of things, importance, significance, force, weight, power, worth, consequence: nullius (legis) apud te: in hominum fidelitate: huius auctoritatem loci attingere, dignity.
    * * *
    title (legal), ownership; right to authorize/sanction, power; decree, order; authority, influence; responsibility; prestige, reputation; opinion, judgment

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  • 13 auctus

        auctus ūs, m    [augeo], increase, accession: fluminum, Ta.: (civitatem) maxumis auctibus crescere, L.: imperii, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    aucta -um, auctior -or -us, auctissimus -a -um ADJ
    enlarged, large, abundant, ample; richer/increased in power/wealth/importance
    II
    growth, increase, enlargement, act of increasing; accession; prosperity; bulk

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  • 14 gravitās

        gravitās ātis, f    [gravis], weight, heaviness: <*>er inane moveri gravitate: navium, Cs.: ignavā <*>equeunt gravitate moveri, O.— Pregnancy, O.— Unwholesomeness, oppressiveness, severity, heaviness, <*>ulness: caeli: loci, L.: morbi: soporis, O.: seniis, O.: annonae, dearness, Ta.: odoris, disagree<*>bleness, Ta.— Disease, sickness: corporis: mem<*>rorum.—Fig., heaviness, slowness: linguae.— Harshness, severity: belli, L.: crudelitatem gravi<*>ati addidit, L.—Of things, weight, importance: <*>rovinciae Galliae: civitatis, Cs.: sententiarum: versūs gravitate minores, H.—Of persons, weight, dignity, gravity, presence, influence: inauditā gravitate praeditus: comitate condīta gravitas: cum gravitate loqui: oris, L.: Incolumi gravitate, without loss of dignity, H.
    * * *
    weight; dignity; gravity; importances, oppressiveness; pregnancy; sickness

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  • 15 in-gravēscō

        in-gravēscō —, —, ere, inch.    [ingravo], to grow burdensome, be wearied: corpora exercitationum defatigatione ingravescunt.—To increase, be aggravated, grow worse: morbus ingravescens: ingravescens aetas: in dies, becomes oppressive: annona ingravescere consuevit, to grow dearer, Cs.— To grow in importance: hoc studium cottidie ingravescit, becomes more engrossing.

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  • 16 īnstar

        īnstar n     indecl, an image, likeness, resemblance, appearance: terra quasi puncti instar obtinet, looks almost like: parvum instar eorum, quae concepisset, a small specimen, L.: omnia vix minimi momenti instar habent, the semblance of any importance whatever: quantum instar in ipso! What a presence! V.—With gen, like, in the form of, equal to, as large as, worth: Erana, non vici instar, sed urbis: ut instar muri hae saepes munimentum praebeant, Cs.: instar montis equus, as large as, V.: nomina ea partium urbis et instar urbium sunt, L.: unus ille dies mihi immortalitatis instar fuit, as good as: Plato mihi unus instar est omnium, worth them all.—About, nearly: cohortes quaedam, quod instar legionis videretur, Cs.: milites dati duarum instar legionum, L.
    * * *
    image, likeness, resemblance; counterpart; the equal/form of (w/GEN)

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  • 17 māgnitūdō

        māgnitūdō inis, f    [magnus], greatness, size, bulk, magnitude: mundi: fluminis, Cs.: regionum magnitudines.— A great number, large quantity, abundance: aeris alieni, S.: fructuum.—Fig., greatness, vastness, extent: sceleris eorum, S.: amoris: odi: animi, greatness of soul.
    * * *
    size, magnitude, bulk; greatness. importance, intensity

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  • 18 meritum

        meritum ī, n    [P. n. of mero], a merit, service, kindness, benefit, favor: pro merito ab illo tibi referri gratia, T.: nobis ob merita sua carus, S.: pro singulari eorum merito: merito tuo feci, as you deserved: ex merito, Ta.: recordatio ingentium meritorum, L.: meritis pro talibus, V.: magna in me.— Demerit, blame, fault, offence: merito hoc meo videtur factum? T.: a me nullo meo merito alienus, by no fault of mine: nullo meo in se merito, no offence against him, L.: Leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est, O.— Merit, worth, value, importance: quo sit merito quaeque notata dies, O.: sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis, H.
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    merit, service; value, due reward

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  • 19 parvus

        parvus adj. (for comp. and sup., see minor, minimus)    [PAV-].—Of magnitude, little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable: argenti pondus, S.: pisciculi: haec parva et infirma sunt: parva componere magnis, V.—Of stature, small, short, little, young: liberi, S.: salutaria appetant parvi, the little ones: soror, T.: virgo, Ct.: operosa parvus Carmina fingo, a little man, H.: a parvis didicimus, etc., in childhood: puer in domo a parvo eductus, from infancy, L.—Of time, short, brief: parvae consuetudinis Causa, T.—Of extent or importance, little, insignificant, trifling, small, petty, unimportant: causa, T.: res: merces, H.: detrimentum, Cs.: pericula, Ta.: onus parvis animis et parvo corpore maius, H.: hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli, both small and great, H.— Of value or price, little, small, low, mean, vile: opera parvi preti, T.: Nil parvom loquar, H.: pretio parvo vendere.—As subst n., a little, trifle: parvo contentus, with little: vivitur parvo bene, H.: ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur, a very little more, L.—Esp., in gen. or abl. of price: Sed parvi pendo, little I care, T.: parvi sunt foris arma, of little value: parvi refert abs te ius dici diligenter, nisi, etc., it matters little: quia parvi id duceret, cared little for: quanti emptus? parvo, H.
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    parva -um, minor -or -us, minimus -a -um ADJ
    small, little, cheap; unimportant; (SUPER) smallest, least

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  • 20 pēnsum

        pēnsum ī, n    [P. n. of pendo], wool weighed out to a slave for a day's spinning, allotment of wool: nocturna carpentes pensa puellae, V.: famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso, V.: pensa manu ducunt, Iu.—Fig., a charge, duty, office: meae diligentiae: nominis familiaeque, L. — Weight, consideration, scruple, importance (only gen. of price): nihil pensi neque moderati habere, i. e. practise no reverence or self-control, S.: neque id quibus modis adsequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat, i. e. had no scruple, S.: sed illis nec quid dicerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse, they never cared at all, L.: quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non, etc., had they ever had regard for anything, S.
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    allotmant for weaving, wool given to be spun/woven; task/stint; homework

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