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  • 1 nimius

    nĭmĭus, a, um, adj. [nimis], beyond measure, excessive, too great, too much.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quod autem satis est, eo quidquid accesserit nimium est,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 81:

    vitem coërcet, ne in omnes partes nimia fundatur,

    id. Sen. 15, 52:

    nimiae celeritates,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    nimiā pertinaciā atque arrogantiā,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

    Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pavit avem,

    that grew again too fast, Mart. Spect. 7, 2.—
    (β).
    With abl. of thing, excessive, immoderate, intemperate in any thing:

    fiduciā nimius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess.: rebus secundis nimii,

    too much elated, Tac. H. 4, 23:

    nimius mero,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 5.—
    (γ).
    With gen.:

    impotens et nimius animi est,

    Liv. 6, 11, 3:

    imperii,

    id. 3, 26:

    sermonis,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    pugnae,

    Sil. 5, 232.—
    2.
    Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n., too much, superabundance, excess:

    mediocritatem illam tenebit, quae est inter nimium et parum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89:

    juris,

    Sil. 14, 670:

    auri argentique nimium fuit,

    Plin. 33 prooem. § 5.—
    B.
    In partic., too mighty, too powerful (post-Aug.):

    Cn. Pompeium esse nimium jam liberae reipublicae,

    Vell. 2, 32, 1:

    legio legatis nimia ac formidolosa erat,

    Tac. Agr. 7; Flor. 3, 15, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., great beyond measure, i. e. very great, very much:

    homo nimiā pulchritudine,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8:

    nimia memoras mira,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 69; 5, 1, 52; Mart. 5, 64, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: nĭmĭum, ii, n.: nimium boni est, cui nil est [in diem] mali, it is great good fortune (a transl. of Eurip. Hec. 2: keinos olbiôtatos), Enn. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41 (Trag. v. 237 Vahl.).—Hence,
    b.
    In the abl., nĭmĭo, adverb., exceedingly, by far, much, very, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 6:

    nimio mavolo,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 90.—Esp., with comparatives, = multo:

    scito, nimio celerius venire quod molestum'st,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 69 Lorenz ad loc.:

    nimio nequior,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 65: quia te nimio plus diligo, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8 A, 1:

    ne doleas plus nimio,

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 1:

    nimio minus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 21:

    nimio melius,

    id. Pers. 1, 3, 31:

    nimio plus quam satis tutum esset, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 2, 3:

    nimio plus quam velim,

    id. 2, 37, 4; 29, 33, 4:

    nimio amplior,

    Gell. 1, 3, 25.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    A.
    nĭmĭum, too much, too ( = nimis, in all uses, v. infra):

    nimium parce facere sumptum,

    Ter. And. 2, 6, 19:

    nimium dicere, opp. parum,

    Cic. Clu. 58, 160:

    nimium ne crede colori,

    Verg. E. 2, 17:

    diu,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

    longum tempus,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    nimium multi,

    id. Clu. 46, 126:

    nimium gratum... gratum praeter modum,

    id. Planc. 33, 82:

    amantes mei,

    Quint. 1 prooem. 7 et saep.—
    (β).
    Non nimium, not very much, not particularly:

    illud non nimium probo,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7.—
    2.
    Transf., very much, greatly, exceedingly:

    homo nimium lepidus,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 8:

    nimium lepida nimisque nitida femina,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 2, 71:

    loci nimium mirabiles,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

    nimium vellem,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    o fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, Agricolas!

    Verg. G. 2, 458:

    felix, heu nimium felix!

    id. A. 4, 657; Stat. S. 3, 3, 25.—In class. prose esp.—
    b.
    Nimium quantum, as much as can be, very much indeed, exceedingly, very:

    differt inter honestum et turpe nimium quantum,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 70:

    sales in dicendo nimium quantum valent,

    id. Or. 26, 87:

    ille nimium quantum audacter, Oves, inquit, etc.,

    Gell. 16, 6, 9 (nimium quam, false reading for quae nimium, Quint. 4, 2, 70. In Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 13, the better reading is hem quam, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    B.
    nĭmĭē (post-class.).
    1.
    Too much, excessively:

    nimie aliquid facere,

    Capitol. Gord. 6:

    arat (frontem rugis) non nimie sed pulchre dictum,

    Macr. S. 6, 6.—
    2.
    Transf., very much, very:

    in locis nimie frigidis,

    Pall. 4, 10.

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  • 2 plūrimus

        plūrimus adj. sup.    [plus], most, very much, very many: placere bonis Quam plurimis, T.: huius sunt plurima simulacra, Cs.: partes: qui (collis) plurimus Inminet, in great mass, V.: tua plurima pietas, very great, V.: medio cum plurimus orbe Sol erat, most oppressive, O.: plurima quā silva est, thickest, O.: per laborem Plurimum, severe, H.— Collect.: plurimus in Iunonis honore dicet, many a one, H.: oleaster, V.: Cicero S. D. P. Dolabellae (i. e. salutem dicit plurimam): Atticae plurimam salutem, my best love to, etc.—As subst n.: ut haberet quam plurimum, as much as possible: ut in quoquo oratore plurimum esset: quem unum plurimi fecerat, esteemed above all, N.: gravitatis plurimum.
    * * *
    I
    plurima, plurimum ADJ
    most, greatest number/amount; very many; most frequent; highest price/value
    II
    very many, many a one; the most people, very many/great number of people

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  • 3 contingo

    1.
    con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    funem manu,

    Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

    munera Cerealia dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 122:

    undas pede,

    id. ib. 2, 457:

    focos ore tremente,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

    terram osculo,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12:

    ora nati sacro medicamine,

    Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

    montes suo igni (sol),

    Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

    cibos sale modico,

    to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

    nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

    Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

    mitem taurum,

    Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

    glebam,

    id. ib. 11, 111:

    paene terram (luna),

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

    caules (vitis),

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

    Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

    manum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

    neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

    cibos ore,

    Ov. M. 5, 531:

    aquas,

    id. ib. 15, 281:

    fontem,

    id. ib. 3, 409.—
    2.
    To touch impurely (very rare):

    corpus corpore,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—
    3.
    To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

    Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

    turri adactā et contingente vallum,

    id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

    in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

    Liv. 10, 21, 8:

    praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

    Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

    ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

    ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—
    4.
    With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

    optatam metam cursu,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    Ephyren pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 392:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    fines Illyricos,

    Ov. M. 4, 568:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 8, 100:

    Cadmeïda arcem,

    id. ib. 6, 217:

    rapidas Phasidos undas,

    id. ib. 7, 6:

    auras,

    to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

    avem ferro,

    to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

    thus aures,

    id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

    contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2:

    quam me manifesta libido contigit!

    Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

    aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

    (Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

    Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

    contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

    id. 4, 9, 10:

    omnes eā violatione templi,

    id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

    nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

    id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

    equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

    Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

    pectora vitiis,

    Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

    contactus ensis,

    Sen. Hippol. 714.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

    ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

    Liv. 25, 8, 2:

    aliquem sanguine ac genere,

    id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

    aliquem artissimo gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4:

    domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

    id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

    deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

    have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

    Sabinum modico usu,

    to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

    multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

    Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

    si crĭmine contingantur,

    have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

    haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

    concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

    quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

    id. 40, 14, 9.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

    quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—
    b.
    With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

    haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

    quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

    cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

    quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

    si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

    ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

    non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

    mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

    mihi recusare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 124, 2:

    mihi cognoscere (eos),

    Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

    quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4:

    maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

    volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —
    (β).
    With acc. (very rare):

    sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

    fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

    Italiam palma frugum,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (very freq.):

    hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 81:

    ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

    quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

    gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

    ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

    arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

    nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

    fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

    Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

    concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

    id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

    quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.
    2.
    con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

    Lucr. 1, 938:

    semina rerum colore,

    id. 2, 755:

    lac parco sale,

    to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tonsum corpus amurcā,

    id. ib. 3, 448. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

    Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

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  • 4 continguo

    1.
    con-tingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. and n. [tango], to touch on all sides. to touch, take hold of, seize (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    facile cibum terrestrem rostris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    funem manu,

    Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. M. 2, 151:

    munera Cerealia dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 122:

    undas pede,

    id. ib. 2, 457:

    focos ore tremente,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 44:

    terram osculo,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12:

    ora nati sacro medicamine,

    Ov. M. 2, 123; cf. id. ib. 14, 607:

    montes suo igni (sol),

    Lucr. 4, 407; cf. Cat. 64, 408, and Suet. Ner. 6:

    cibos sale modico,

    to sprinkle, Cels. 2, 24: sidera comā ( poet. designation for a very great height), Ov. F. 3, 34; cf.:

    nubes aërio vertice (Taurus),

    Tib. 1, 7, 15: summa sidera plantis, to reach the stars (a poet. designation of great prosperity), Prop. 1, 8, 43:

    mitem taurum,

    Ov. M. 2, 860; cf. id. ib. 8, 423:

    glebam,

    id. ib. 11, 111:

    paene terram (luna),

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

    caules (vitis),

    id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    dextras consulum (as a friendly greeting or congratulation),

    Liv. 28, 9, 6; so,

    manum,

    Vell. 2, 104, 5; 2, 107, 4.—
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    To eat, partake of, taste ( poet.):

    neque illinc Audeat esuriens dominus contingere granum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 113:

    cibos ore,

    Ov. M. 5, 531:

    aquas,

    id. ib. 15, 281:

    fontem,

    id. ib. 3, 409.—
    2.
    To touch impurely (very rare):

    corpus corpore,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.—
    3.
    To touch, i. e. to be near, neighboring, or contiguous, to border upon, to reach, extend to; with acc., dat., or inter se; with acc.:

    Helvi, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 7 fin.:

    turri adactā et contingente vallum,

    id. ib. 5, 43; cf.:

    in saltu Vescino Falernum contingente agrum,

    Liv. 10, 21, 8:

    praesidium coloniarum Illyricum contingentium,

    Suet. Aug. 25. —With dat.:

    ut radices montis ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis contingant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38.—With inter se:

    ut (milites) contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23.—
    4.
    With the idea of motion, to reach something by moving, to attain to, reach, come to, arrive at, meet with, etc. (mostly poet.); with acc.:

    optatam metam cursu,

    Hor. A. P. 412:

    Ephyren pennis,

    Ov. M. 7, 392:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 5, 18:

    fines Illyricos,

    Ov. M. 4, 568:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 8, 100:

    Cadmeïda arcem,

    id. ib. 6, 217:

    rapidas Phasidos undas,

    id. ib. 7, 6:

    auras,

    to come into the air, id. ib. 15, 416 al.:

    avem ferro,

    to hit, Verg. A. 5, 509; cf. Ov M. 8, 351: ullum mortalem (vox mea), id. id. 2, 578; cf.

    thus aures,

    id. ib. 1, 211; and aures fando, with the acc. and inf., id. ib. 15, 497: aevi florem, to come to or reach the flower of age, Lucr. 1, 565.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to touch, to seize upon, affect (rare). multitudo agrestium, quos in aliquā suā fortunā publica quoque contingebat cura, Liv. 22, 10, 8:

    contactus nullis ante cupidinibus,

    Prop. 1, 1, 2:

    quam me manifesta libido contigit!

    Ov. M. 9, 484: animum curā. Val. Fl. 7, 173; cf.:

    aliquem (curā), contacti simili sorte,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 78. —Far more freq.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To touch with pollution, to pollute, stain, defile, etc.; so generally in part. perf. (as a verb. finit. the kindr. contamino was in use):

    (Gallos) contactos eo scelere velut injectā rabie ad arma ituros,

    Liv. 21, 48, 3; so,

    contacta civitas rabie duorum juvenum,

    id. 4, 9, 10:

    omnes eā violatione templi,

    id. 29, 8, 11 (for which id. 29, 18, 8:

    nefandà praedā se ipsos ac domos contaminare suas): plebs regiā praedā,

    id. 2, 5, 2; cf. id. 4, 15, 8:

    equi candidi et nullo mortali opere contacti,

    Tac. G. 10: dies (sc. Alliensis) religione, [p. 450] Liv. 6, 28, 6:

    pectora vitiis,

    Tac. Or. 12.—Once absol.:

    contactus ensis,

    Sen. Hippol. 714.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) With aliquem aliquā re or only aliquem, to be connected with or related to, to concern:

    ut quisque tam foede interemptos aut propinquitate aut amicitiā contingebat,

    Liv. 25, 8, 2:

    aliquem sanguine ac genere,

    id. 45, 7, 3; 24, 22, 14:

    aliquem artissimo gradu,

    Suet. Aug. 4:

    domum Caesarum nullo gradu,

    id. Galb. 2; cf. absol.:

    deos (i. e. Maecenatem et Augustum) quoniam propius contingis,

    have more ready access to the great, Hor. S. 2, 6, 52:

    Sabinum modico usu,

    to have little intercourse with, Tac. A. 4, 68:

    multis in Italiā contactis gentibus Punici belli societate,

    Liv. 31, 8, 11; cf.:

    si crĭmine contingantur,

    have part in, Dig. 11, 4, 1:

    haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit,

    concerns not, Liv. 34, 22, 12; cf.:

    quae (causa) nihil eo facto contingitur,

    id. 40, 14, 9.—
    3.
    (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To attain to, reach, arrive at something, to come to (very rare):

    quam regionem cum superavit animus naturamque sui similem contigit et agnovit,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43.—
    b.
    With and without dat. of person; of occurrences, to happen to one, to befall, fall to one's lot, to succeed in, obtain a thing; and absol., to happen, fall to, turn out, come to pass (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition; in gen., of favorable, but sometimes of indifferent, or even adverse occurrences).
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cui tam subito tot contigerint commoda,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

    haec tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor,

    id. Hec. 5, 3, 35:

    quod isti (Crasso) contigit uni,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; 1, 35, 164; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 115; 12, 11, 29; Suet. Caes. 35; id. Calig. 3, 10 et saep.; Ov. M. 3, 321; 11, 268; 15, 443; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 46; 1, 4, 10; 1, 17, 9 et saep.:

    cum tanto plura bene dicendi exempla supersint quam illis contigerunt,

    Quint. 10, 2, 28: quam mihi maxime hic hodie contigerit malum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 268, 12:

    quod (sc. servitus) potentibus populis saepe contigit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; id. Cat. 1, 7, 16:

    cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 27; id. Phil. 14, 8, 24; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5; id. Sen. 19, 71; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; 2, 19, 65; id. Fam. 11, 16, 2 al.: quoties ipsi testatori aliquid contingit, a misfortune befalls, etc., Dig. 28, 3, 6:

    si quid ei humanitus contigerit,

    ib. 34, 4, 30 fin. (cf. ib. § 2: sive in viā aliquid mihi humanitus acciderit, and v. 2. accido, II. B.).— Impers. with inf.:

    non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 36:

    mihi Romae nutriri atque doceri,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41:

    mihi recusare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 124, 2:

    mihi cognoscere (eos),

    Quint. 12, 11, 3; 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25; 6, 1, 4 al.—And, at the same time, a dat. of the predicate (post-class. and rare):

    quo tempore mihi fratrique meo destinari praetoribus contigit,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4:

    maximo tibi et civi et duci evadere contigit,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 2 (in Ov. M. 11, 220, the better read. is nepotem); cf. Haase in Reisig. Lect. p. 794 sq.—With ut:

    volo hoc oratori contingat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 11, 2, 51 al. —
    (β).
    With acc. (very rare):

    sors Tyrrhenum contigit,

    fell upon Tyrrhenus, Vell. 1, 1 fin.:

    Italiam palma frugum,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (very freq.):

    hanc mi expetivi, contigit,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    magis adeo id facilitate quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

    quod si nulla contingit excusatio,

    Quint. 11, 1, 81:

    ubi quid melius contingit et unctius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44 et saep.—With abl.:

    quia memoria atque actio naturā non arte contingant,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4; so id. 1, 1, 33; 2, 2, 11 al.—With ex:

    gratia, quae continget ex sermone puro atque dilucido,

    Quint. 11, 1, 53; so id. 8, 3, 70:

    ex eādem brassicā contingunt aestivi autumnalesque cauliculi,

    arise, spring, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 138 al.:

    nihil horum nisi in complexu loquendi serieque contingit,

    Quint. 1, 5, 3.—With inf.:

    fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis Continget,

    Hor. A. P. 51; Quint. 1, 1, 11; 5, 7, 25:

    concitare invidiam, etc.... liberius in peroratione contingit,

    id. 6, 1, 14.—With ut:

    quod nunquam opinatus fui... id contigit, ut salvi poteremur domi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 32; so Quint. 4, 1, 7; 9, 3, 72; 11, 2, 39.
    2.
    con-tingo ( - tinguo), ĕre, v. a., to wet, moisten (perh. only in Lucr. and Verg.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oras, pocula circum mellis liquore,

    Lucr. 1, 938:

    semina rerum colore,

    id. 2, 755:

    lac parco sale,

    to sprinkle, Verg. G. 3, 403:

    tonsum corpus amurcā,

    id. ib. 3, 448. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    musaeo contingens cuncta lepore,

    Lucr. 1, 934 and 947; 4, 9 and 22.

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  • 5 permagnum

    per-magnus, a, um, adj., very great, very large:

    accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 15:

    vis naturae,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 18:

    hereditas,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

    numerus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 31.— As subst.: permagnum, i, n., a very great thing, something very great:

    permagnum existimans tris Olympionicas unā e domo prodire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    permagni interest,

    id. Part. 24, 84:

    permagni refert,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58;

    so in tmesi: per enim magni aestimo tibi factum nostrum probari,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    decumas permagno vendere,

    at a very high price, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39, § 90.

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  • 6 permagnus

    per-magnus, a, um, adj., very great, very large:

    accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 15:

    vis naturae,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 18:

    hereditas,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

    numerus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 31.— As subst.: permagnum, i, n., a very great thing, something very great:

    permagnum existimans tris Olympionicas unā e domo prodire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

    permagni interest,

    id. Part. 24, 84:

    permagni refert,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58;

    so in tmesi: per enim magni aestimo tibi factum nostrum probari,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    decumas permagno vendere,

    at a very high price, id. Verr. 2, 3, 39, § 90.

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  • 7 per-māgnus

        per-māgnus adj.,    very great, vast, immense: hereditas: numerus, Cs.: tua res permagna agitur, interests: negotia, H.—As subst n., a very great thing: permagnum existimans (with acc. and infin.): permagni interest, it is of vast moment: illud permagni referre arbitror, T.: decumas permagno vendere, at a very high price.

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  • 8 magno opere

    magnŏpĕrē (so written by Plaut., Cæs., Liv., and Sen., but ap. Ter., Cic., Plin. H. N., the best MSS. and edd. have magnō opĕre; cf.

    Ellendt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164;

    Osann,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13), adv. [magnus-opus, with great labor; hence, in gen.], very much, greatly, exceedingly, particularly, earnestly.
    A.
    With verbs and verbal adjj., etc. (class.):

    edictum est magnopere mihi, ne, etc.,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 59:

    L. Gellius philosophis magno opere auctor fuit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    ego tibi Romam properandum, magno opere censeo,

    id. Fam. 15, 14, 4; id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    desidero,

    id. Sen. 13, 44:

    nullā magnopere clade acceptā,

    Liv. 3, 26.—Esp., with words denoting mental action, as velle, petere, orare, hortari, desiderare, mirari, etc., strongly, vehemently, with all one's heart, zealously:

    hoc etiam magnopere oravit, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Ner. 57:

    magno opere velle,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    magnopere cohortatus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    suadere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 8:

    desiderare,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

    mirari,

    id. Off. 2, 16, 56; so with putare, censere, providere, etc., strongly, earnestly:

    putare,

    id. Fam. 6, 13, 12:

    censeo,

    id. ib. 15, 14, 6; Liv. 3, 18, 3:

    quā de re, judices, vobis magno opere providendum est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; cf.: nulla magno opere expectatio est, no very great, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1.—In tmesi:

    magnoque opere abs te peto, cures, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 34. —In the contrary order: opere magno edicite, ut etc., Att. ap. Non. 357, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 508 Rib.).—In comp.: quo majore opere dico suadeoque, uti, etc., the more, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 4.—In sup.:

    meministin' mihi te maximopere dicere?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 13:

    a te maximo opere etiam atque etiam quaeso et peto, ut, etc.,

    most particularly, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

    maximopere indigne ferens,

    Liv. 42, 57.—In tmesi: Thais maximo te orabat opere, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 26.—In inverted order:

    rogare jussit te opere maximo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 94:

    nos ambo opere maximo dabamus operam, ut, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 33.—
    B.
    With adjectives = valde (very rare):

    id ego Tadio et gratum esse intellexi et magno opere jucundum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 8, 1.

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  • 9 magnopere

    magnŏpĕrē (so written by Plaut., Cæs., Liv., and Sen., but ap. Ter., Cic., Plin. H. N., the best MSS. and edd. have magnō opĕre; cf.

    Ellendt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 164;

    Osann,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13), adv. [magnus-opus, with great labor; hence, in gen.], very much, greatly, exceedingly, particularly, earnestly.
    A.
    With verbs and verbal adjj., etc. (class.):

    edictum est magnopere mihi, ne, etc.,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 59:

    L. Gellius philosophis magno opere auctor fuit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    ego tibi Romam properandum, magno opere censeo,

    id. Fam. 15, 14, 4; id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    desidero,

    id. Sen. 13, 44:

    nullā magnopere clade acceptā,

    Liv. 3, 26.—Esp., with words denoting mental action, as velle, petere, orare, hortari, desiderare, mirari, etc., strongly, vehemently, with all one's heart, zealously:

    hoc etiam magnopere oravit, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Ner. 57:

    magno opere velle,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    magnopere cohortatus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    suadere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 8:

    desiderare,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

    mirari,

    id. Off. 2, 16, 56; so with putare, censere, providere, etc., strongly, earnestly:

    putare,

    id. Fam. 6, 13, 12:

    censeo,

    id. ib. 15, 14, 6; Liv. 3, 18, 3:

    quā de re, judices, vobis magno opere providendum est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28; cf.: nulla magno opere expectatio est, no very great, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1.—In tmesi:

    magnoque opere abs te peto, cures, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 34. —In the contrary order: opere magno edicite, ut etc., Att. ap. Non. 357, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 508 Rib.).—In comp.: quo majore opere dico suadeoque, uti, etc., the more, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 4.—In sup.:

    meministin' mihi te maximopere dicere?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 13:

    a te maximo opere etiam atque etiam quaeso et peto, ut, etc.,

    most particularly, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

    maximopere indigne ferens,

    Liv. 42, 57.—In tmesi: Thais maximo te orabat opere, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 26.—In inverted order:

    rogare jussit te opere maximo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 94:

    nos ambo opere maximo dabamus operam, ut, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 33.—
    B.
    With adjectives = valde (very rare):

    id ego Tadio et gratum esse intellexi et magno opere jucundum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 8, 1.

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  • 10 tantus

        tantus adj.    [1 TA-].—Followed by a clause of comparison, of such size, of such a measure, so great, such: nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est: quanta cuiusque animo audacia naturā inest, tanta in bello patere solet, S.: tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset, N.: maria aspera iuro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc., V.—With ellips. of comparative clause, so great, so very great, so important: neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus studiis: ne tantae nationes coniungantur, Cs.: quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem.—Followed by a clause of result, so great, such: tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc., Cs.: non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.: nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit.—As subst n., so much, so many: habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palestrae: tantum hostium intra muros est, L.— Colloq.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more: Tantumne est? Ba. tantum, T.—In genit. of price, of such value, worth so much: frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit: Ubi me dixero dare tanti, T.: tanti eius apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc., was of such weight, Cs.—In abl. of difference, by so much, so much the: quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae ad Caesarem mittebantur, Cs.: reperietis quinquiens tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.: si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset: post tanto, V.: tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quanto populus R. antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes, N. — Colloq.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! Ph.: tanto nequior! so much the worse! T.—Praegn., of such a quantity, such, so small, so slight, so trivial: ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis vix contenti esse possimus.—As subst n., so little, so small a number: praesidi tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit, Cs.—In genit. of price, of little account, not so important: est mihi tanti, Quirites, huius invidiae tempestatem subire, i. e. it is a trifle to me: sunt o sunt iurgia tanti, i. e. are not too much to undergo, O.
    * * *
    tanta, tantum ADJ
    of such size; so great, so much

    tantus... quantus -- as much... as

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  • 11 pleraque

    plērusque, răque, rumque, adj. [a strengthened form from plerus], very many, a very great part, the most, most (rare in sing., and only in Sall. and post-class. writers; but in plur. freq. in all periods and styles).
    (α).
    Plur.:

    habent hunc morem plerique argentarii,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 7:

    pleraeque hae (meretrices) sub vestimentis secum habebant retia,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 32; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 38:

    multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:

    ut plerique meministis,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    plerique Belgae,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

    pleraeque boves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    pleraque tecta... alia, etc.,

    Liv. 27, 3.—With ex and abl.:

    plerique e Graecis,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:

    plerisque ex factione ejus corruptis,

    Sall. J. 29, 2.—With omnes, almost all: plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium, Naev. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 1, 1, 28 (Naev. Klussmann, p. 80):

    plerique omnes adulescentuli,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 28; cf.:

    dixi pleraque omnia,

    id. Heaut. 4, 7, 2.—Less emphatically, a considerable part, very many:

    rapti e publico plerique, plures in tabernis intercepti,

    Tac. H. 1, 86; so,

    like plures: non dubito fore plerosque, qui hoc genus scripturae leve judicent, Nep. praef. 1: pleraque testimonia,

    id. Tim. 4, 2:

    deum ipsum multi Aesculapium, quidam Osirim, plerique Iovem, plurimi Ditem patrem conjectant,

    Tac. H 4, 84 fin. —With gen.:

    plerique nostrūm oratorum,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    Poenorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:

    vestrum,

    id. Clu. 42, 117:

    quorum plerique,

    id. Lael. 20, 71; Sall. J. 74, 1:

    urbium pleraeque,

    Liv. 5, 6, 9:

    eorum plerique,

    Cic. Top. 21, 80; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

    legentium, Liv. praef. 4: Graecorum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:

    militum,

    Tac. H. 1, 5.— Gen. plur. (rare and post-class.):

    scientia plerarumque litterarum,

    Vitr. 1, 1, 11.— Subst.: plērăque, n. plur., all, every thing:

    nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2.—Also, the most, the greatest part.:

    pleraque ejus insulae,

    Curt. 4, 8, 15. — plērăque, adverb., mostly, for the most part (post-class.):

    is erit pleraque impeccabilis,

    Gell. 17, 19, 6.—
    (β).
    Sing.: juventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the greatest or largest part, Sall. C. 17, 6:

    pleraque nobilitas,

    id. ib. 23, 6:

    quā tempestate Carthaginienses pleraeque Africae imperitabant,

    id. J. 79, 2:

    exercitum plerumque opperiri jubet,

    id. ib. 54, 9:

    Graecia,

    Gell. 17, 21:

    comae pleramque contegebant faciem,

    App. M. 9, p. 231, 5.— Neutr.: plērum-que, subst., with gen., the greatest part:

    ubi plerumque noctis processit,

    Sall. J. 21, 2:

    Europae,

    Liv. 45, 9; Just. 41, 1, 12; Mel. 1, 4, 2.—More freq.: plērumquē, adv., for the most part, mostly, commonly, very often, very frequently:

    haec ipsa fortuita sunt: plerumque enim non semper eveniunt,

    Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14:

    plerumque casu, saepe naturā,

    id. Or. 51, 170; Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 11:

    ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 15:

    hi plerumque gradus,

    usually, Juv. 11, 46.—Post-Aug., in a less emphatic sense, often, frequently:

    plerumque permoveor, num ad ipsum referri verius sit,

    Tac. A. 4, 57; id. H. 5, 1; id. G. 13; 45; id. Or. 15; Dig. 2, 14, 25 and 26.

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  • 12 plerusque

    plērusque, răque, rumque, adj. [a strengthened form from plerus], very many, a very great part, the most, most (rare in sing., and only in Sall. and post-class. writers; but in plur. freq. in all periods and styles).
    (α).
    Plur.:

    habent hunc morem plerique argentarii,

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 7:

    pleraeque hae (meretrices) sub vestimentis secum habebant retia,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 32; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 38:

    multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:

    ut plerique meministis,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    plerique Belgae,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

    pleraeque boves,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    pleraque tecta... alia, etc.,

    Liv. 27, 3.—With ex and abl.:

    plerique e Graecis,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:

    plerisque ex factione ejus corruptis,

    Sall. J. 29, 2.—With omnes, almost all: plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium, Naev. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 1, 1, 28 (Naev. Klussmann, p. 80):

    plerique omnes adulescentuli,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 28; cf.:

    dixi pleraque omnia,

    id. Heaut. 4, 7, 2.—Less emphatically, a considerable part, very many:

    rapti e publico plerique, plures in tabernis intercepti,

    Tac. H. 1, 86; so,

    like plures: non dubito fore plerosque, qui hoc genus scripturae leve judicent, Nep. praef. 1: pleraque testimonia,

    id. Tim. 4, 2:

    deum ipsum multi Aesculapium, quidam Osirim, plerique Iovem, plurimi Ditem patrem conjectant,

    Tac. H 4, 84 fin. —With gen.:

    plerique nostrūm oratorum,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    Poenorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:

    vestrum,

    id. Clu. 42, 117:

    quorum plerique,

    id. Lael. 20, 71; Sall. J. 74, 1:

    urbium pleraeque,

    Liv. 5, 6, 9:

    eorum plerique,

    Cic. Top. 21, 80; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

    legentium, Liv. praef. 4: Graecorum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4:

    militum,

    Tac. H. 1, 5.— Gen. plur. (rare and post-class.):

    scientia plerarumque litterarum,

    Vitr. 1, 1, 11.— Subst.: plērăque, n. plur., all, every thing:

    nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2.—Also, the most, the greatest part.:

    pleraque ejus insulae,

    Curt. 4, 8, 15. — plērăque, adverb., mostly, for the most part (post-class.):

    is erit pleraque impeccabilis,

    Gell. 17, 19, 6.—
    (β).
    Sing.: juventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the greatest or largest part, Sall. C. 17, 6:

    pleraque nobilitas,

    id. ib. 23, 6:

    quā tempestate Carthaginienses pleraeque Africae imperitabant,

    id. J. 79, 2:

    exercitum plerumque opperiri jubet,

    id. ib. 54, 9:

    Graecia,

    Gell. 17, 21:

    comae pleramque contegebant faciem,

    App. M. 9, p. 231, 5.— Neutr.: plērum-que, subst., with gen., the greatest part:

    ubi plerumque noctis processit,

    Sall. J. 21, 2:

    Europae,

    Liv. 45, 9; Just. 41, 1, 12; Mel. 1, 4, 2.—More freq.: plērumquē, adv., for the most part, mostly, commonly, very often, very frequently:

    haec ipsa fortuita sunt: plerumque enim non semper eveniunt,

    Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14:

    plerumque casu, saepe naturā,

    id. Or. 51, 170; Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 11:

    ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 15:

    hi plerumque gradus,

    usually, Juv. 11, 46.—Post-Aug., in a less emphatic sense, often, frequently:

    plerumque permoveor, num ad ipsum referri verius sit,

    Tac. A. 4, 57; id. H. 5, 1; id. G. 13; 45; id. Or. 15; Dig. 2, 14, 25 and 26.

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  • 13 permaximus

    per-maxĭmus, a, um, adj., very great indeed, extremely great: solitudo, Porc. Latro Decl. ap. Cat. 21.— Adv.: permaxĭ-mē, very greatly, particularly, Cato, R. R. 38, 4 dub.; Ps.-Aug. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 69 (Schneid. maxime).

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  • 14 praegrandis

    prae-grandis, e, adj., very large, huge, colossal (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. torvitas, p. 355 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 67 Rib.): arbores,

    Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138:

    aures,

    id. 4, 13, 27, § 95; cf.

    oculi,

    id. 8, 33, 51, § 121:

    boves,

    id. 8, 45, 70, § 176:

    domus,

    id. 3, 16, 20, § 119:

    fel,

    id. 11, 37, 74, § 191: locusta, [p. 1421] Suet. Tib. 60:

    lapides,

    Vulg. Ezech. 13, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., very great, powerful:

    praegrandis senex,

    i. e. the great Aristophanes, Pers. 1, 124.

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  • 15 pergrandis

    per-grandis, e, adj., very large, very great (rare but class.):

    gemma,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

    vectigal,

    id. Agr. 1, 4, 9:

    lucrum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 23:

    pergrandis natu,

    very old, very aged, Liv. 29, 29, 6:

    lapis,

    Vulg. Josue, 24, 26.

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  • 16 vegrandis

    vē-grandis, e, adj., not very large, little, small, diminutive (very rare):

    oves vegrandes atque imbecillae,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13:

    farra,

    Ov. F. 3, 445:

    frumentum,

    Fest. p. 372: gradus, Plaut. Fragm. ib.—
    II.
    Very great, = valde grandis, Non. 183, 30:

    non idcirco extollitur, nec vitae vegrandi datur, Lucil. ap. Non. l. l. (Sat. 26, 35): homo vegrandi macie torridus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93 (dub. Zumpt; B. and K. ut grandi).

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  • 17 plērusque

        plērusque raque, rumque, adj.    [plerus], a very great part, the majority, most: Sororem plerique esse credebant meam, T.: multi... plerique etiam: plerique Belgae, Cs.: erant pleraque (tecta) ex cratibus facta, usually, L.: plerique Poenorum: eorum plerique, S.: plerisque ex factione eius conruptis, S.: plerique omnes adulescentuli, almost all, T.: dixi pleraque omnia, about all, T.: iuventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the majority, S.: exercitum plerumque opperiri iubet, S.—As subst n., the greatest part: ubi plerumque noctis processit, S.: Europae, L.— Plur, about all, the greater part: nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant: pleraque eius insulae obsidebantur, Cu.— A considerable part, very many, a good many: non dubito fore plerosque, qui, etc., N.: urbium pleraeque, L.

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  • 18 plerus

    plera, plerum ADJ
    (w/que) the majority, most, very great part; about all; very many, a good many

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  • 19 medius

    mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
    I.
    Adj.
    A.
    Lit.:

    terra complexa medium mundi locum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:

    medium mundi locum petere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:

    ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    in foro medio,

    in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

    medio foro,

    in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:

    in solio medius consedit,

    sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:

    considit scopulo medius,

    id. G. 4, 436:

    concilio medius sedebat,

    Ov. M. 10, 144:

    ignes,

    Verg. A. 12, 201:

    medio tempore,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:

    cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,

    full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:

    Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,

    midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:

    si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,

    between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:

    cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,

    there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:

    inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),

    Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:

    locus medius regionum earum,

    half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    locus medius juguli summique lacerti,

    between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:

    et medius juvenum ibat,

    id. F. 5, 67:

    medius silentūm,

    Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:

    medius ex tribus,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    medium arripere aliquem,

    to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

    juvenem medium complectitur,

    Liv. 23, 9, 9:

    Alcides medium tenuit,

    held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:

    medium ostendere unguem,

    to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—
    2.
    Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):

    hieme demunt cibum medium,

    half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:

    scrupulum croci,

    Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
    1.
    Of age:

    aetatis mediae vir,

    of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
    2.
    Of plans, purposes, etc.:

    nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,

    Liv. 2, 49, 5:

    medium quiddam tenere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—
    3.
    Of intellect:

    eloquentiā medius,

    middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:

    ingenium,

    moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
    4.
    Undetermined, undecided:

    medios esse,

    i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:

    medium se gerere,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,

    Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

    responsum,

    indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
    5.
    Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:

    medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:

    ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,

    id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.

    sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,

    which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—
    6.
    Intermediate:

    medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,

    of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:

    nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 45:

    ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,

    Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:

    medium sese offert,

    as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:

    pacator mediusque Syphax,

    Sil. 16, 222:

    pacis eras mediusque belli,

    arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:

    nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,

    oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—
    7.
    Central, with ex or in:

    ex factione media consul,

    fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;

    so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,

    these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,

    id. Part. Or. 40, 139:

    ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,

    id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    in medio maerore et dolore,

    id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:

    in media dimicatione,

    the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:

    in medio ardore certaminis,

    Curt. 8, 4, 27:

    in media solitudine,

    the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:

    in mediis divitiis,

    in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:

    in medio robore virium,

    Liv. 28, 35, 6:

    in medio ardore belli,

    id. 24, 45, 4:

    in media reipublicae luce,

    the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    media inter pocula,

    Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,
    II.
    Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Of space (very rare in Cic.):

    in medio aedium sedens,

    Liv. 1, 57, 9:

    maris,

    id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:

    medio viae ponere,

    id. 37, 13, 10:

    in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,

    Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:

    medio montium porrigitur planities,

    id. ib. 1, 64:

    medio stans hostia ad aras,

    Verg. G. 3, 486:

    medio tutissimus ibis,

    Ov. M. 2, 137:

    in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,

    Verg. A. 5, 401:

    in medium sarcinas coniciunt,

    Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:

    equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,

    id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:

    tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,

    to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:

    intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,

    Liv. 45, 35.—
    2.
    Of time:

    diei,

    Liv. 27, 48:

    medio temporis,

    in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:

    nec longum in medio tempus, cum,

    the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):

    in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,

    lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:

    tabulae sunt in medio,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

    rem totam in medio ponere,

    publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

    29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

    dicendi ratio in medio posita,

    lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

    rem in medium proferre,

    to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:

    rem in medium vocare coeperunt,

    id. Clu. 28, 77:

    in medio relinquere,

    to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:

    cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,

    adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:

    litteras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:

    hominem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    de medio removere,

    to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:

    e medio excessit,

    she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:

    ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 30:

    tollite lumen e medio,

    Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:

    cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:

    in medio esse,

    to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:

    in medium venire or procedere,

    to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:

    communes utilitates in medium afferre,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 22:

    consulere in medium,

    to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;

    so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,

    Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:

    quaerere,

    to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:

    conferre laudem,

    i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:

    dare,

    to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:

    in medium conferre, in gaming,

    to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:

    scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,

    Pall. 1, 35, 12.—
    2.
    A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7:

    scrobem ad medium completo,

    Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,
    III.
    Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):

    qui noluerant medie,

    kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:

    nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:

    ortus medie humilis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—
    2.
    Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

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  • 20 plerus

    plērus, a, um, adj. [root ple-, v. plenus], very many, a very great part, most (anteclass. prim. form, for the class. plerusque, plerique): ager, campestris plerus, for the most part, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.:

    pater Achaeos in Caphareis saxis pleros perdidit, Pac. ib.: plera pars,

    id. ib. and ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.:

    minores magistratus partiti iuris ploeres in ploera sunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6.— Neutr. adverb.: plerum (like plerumque, v. plerusque), for the most part, mostly, commonly: fieri solet plerum, ut, etc., Asell. ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.

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