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1 acerbus
acerbus adj. with comp. and sup. [2 AC-].—In taste, harsh, bitter, unripe: uva, Ph. — Meton., to the senses, harsh, sharp, bitter: frigus, H.: recitator, of harsh voice, H. — Neut. plur. As adv.: acerba sonans, V. — Fig., of character and conduct, rough, harsh, violent, rigorous, crabbed, severe, repulsive, hard, morose: acerbus odistis et fugis, H.: occupat speciem taciturnus acerbi, morose, H.: convicium, Ph. — Neut. plur. As adv.: acerba fremens, chafing with rage, V. — Of things, events, etc., premature, crude, unripe: virginis aures, O.: funus, V.: mors, O. — Grievous, bitter, severe, oppressive, burdensome, distressing: dilectus, a rigid conscription, L.: acerba fata Romanos agunt, H.: volnus, V.: imperium acerbius, N.: luctus: mors acerbissima.— Subst: quidquid acerbi est, all the bitterness (of death), V.: tot acerba, V.* * *acerba -um, acerbior -or -us, acerbissimus -a -um ADJharsh, strident, bitter, sour; unripe, green, unfinished; grievous; gloomy -
2 in-clēmēns
in-clēmēns entis, adj. with comp, unmerciful, rigorous, harsh, rough, severe: dictator, L.: non senatus inclementior fuit. -
3 acerbum
ăcerbus, a, um, adj. [fr. 2. acer, like superbus fr. super, yet the short ă should be noticed], harsh to the taste, of every object which has an astringent effect upon the tongue (opp. suavis, Lucr. 4, 661 sq.).I.Prop.:B.Neptuni corpus acerbum,
bitter, briny, Lucr. 2, 472; and esp. of unripe fruit, sharp, sour, harsh, and the like:uva primo est peracerba gustatu, deinde maturata dulcescit,
Cic. de Sen. 15:saporum genera tredecim reperiuntur: acer, acutus, acerbus, acidus, salsus, etc.,
Plin. 15, 27, 32; and since the harshness of fruit is always a sign of immaturity, so Varro, Cicero, Pliny, et al. use acerbus as a syn. for crudus, immaturus, unripe, crude, lit. and trop.: nondum matura uva est, nolo acerbam sumere, Phaed. 4, 2, 4; so Ov. Am. 2, 14, 24;and trop.: impolitae res et acerbae si erunt relictae,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 14; cf. Gell. 13, 2.—Hence: virgo acerba, not yet marriageable, Varr. ap. Non. 247, 15; and esp. poet. (opp. to virgo matura, v. maturus): funus acerbum, as a translation of the Gr. thaWatos aôros (Eur. Orest. 1030), Auct. Or. pro Dom. 16:ante diem edere partus acerbos,
premature, Ov. F. 4, 647. —Transf.(α).to sounds, harsh, hoarse, rough, shrill:(β). II.serrae stridentis acerbum horrorem, Lucr, 2, 410: vox acerbissima,
Auct. Her. 4, 47;Fig.A.Of men: Rough, coarse, repulsive, morose, violent, hard, rigorous, severe:B.melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,
Cic. Lael. 24:posse enim asotos ex Aristippi, acerbos e Zenonis schola exire,
for there may go forth sensualists from the school of Aristippus, crabbed fellows from that of Zeno, id. N. D. 3, 31 (cf. acriculus):acerbissimi feneratores,
id. Att. 6, 1;so of adversaries or enemies,
violent, furious, bitter, Cic. Fam. 1, 4:acerbissimus hostis,
id. Cat. 4, 6 fin.; so id. Fam. 3, 8:acerbus odisti,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 85 K. &H.: quid messes uris acerba tuas?
Tib. 1, 2, 98 al. —Of things, harsh, heavy, disagreeable, grievous, troublesome, bitter, sad (very often, esp. in Cic.):ut acerbum est, pro benefactis cum mali messem metas!
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 52; cf. Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1; Att. ap. Non. 72, 29:in rebus acerbis,
Lucr. 3, 54:acerbissimum supplicium,
Cic. Cat. 4, 6:acerbissima vexatio,
id. ib. 4, 1:acerba memoria temporis,
id. Planc. 41: acerbissimā morte affectus, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2 al.—Hence acerbum funus (diff. from above), a bitter, painful death, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:acerbum funus filiae,
id. As. 3, 3, 5, and so Nep. Cim. 4: vita ejus fuit secura et mors acerba, afflicting, painful, unwelcome. —In the neutr. subst.: ăcer-bum, i, calamity, misfortune, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 21; Verg. A. 12, 500—acerba, n. plur. adv. acc. to the Gr. idiom, Lucr. 5, 34 (cf. acuta et al.), several times imitated by Verg. A. 12, 398; 9, 794; id. G. 3, 149.— Adv.: ăcerbe, harshly, sharply, severely, etc., in the trop. signif. of the adj., Cic. Fam. 1, 5; id. N. D. 2, 33; id. Planc. 1:idem acerbe severus in filium,
id. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 3, 50. 12; 7, 3, 9; Tac. A. 2, 87 al.— Comp., Cic. Lael. 16; Suet. Tib. 25.— Sup., Cic. Att. 11, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2; also Cic. Planc. 35, 86, where, of an exclamation of severe grief, acerbissime for acerrime is defended against Lambinus and Ernesti by Wunder, Planc. l. c. p. 217; so B. & K. -
4 acerbus
ăcerbus, a, um, adj. [fr. 2. acer, like superbus fr. super, yet the short ă should be noticed], harsh to the taste, of every object which has an astringent effect upon the tongue (opp. suavis, Lucr. 4, 661 sq.).I.Prop.:B.Neptuni corpus acerbum,
bitter, briny, Lucr. 2, 472; and esp. of unripe fruit, sharp, sour, harsh, and the like:uva primo est peracerba gustatu, deinde maturata dulcescit,
Cic. de Sen. 15:saporum genera tredecim reperiuntur: acer, acutus, acerbus, acidus, salsus, etc.,
Plin. 15, 27, 32; and since the harshness of fruit is always a sign of immaturity, so Varro, Cicero, Pliny, et al. use acerbus as a syn. for crudus, immaturus, unripe, crude, lit. and trop.: nondum matura uva est, nolo acerbam sumere, Phaed. 4, 2, 4; so Ov. Am. 2, 14, 24;and trop.: impolitae res et acerbae si erunt relictae,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 14; cf. Gell. 13, 2.—Hence: virgo acerba, not yet marriageable, Varr. ap. Non. 247, 15; and esp. poet. (opp. to virgo matura, v. maturus): funus acerbum, as a translation of the Gr. thaWatos aôros (Eur. Orest. 1030), Auct. Or. pro Dom. 16:ante diem edere partus acerbos,
premature, Ov. F. 4, 647. —Transf.(α).to sounds, harsh, hoarse, rough, shrill:(β). II.serrae stridentis acerbum horrorem, Lucr, 2, 410: vox acerbissima,
Auct. Her. 4, 47;Fig.A.Of men: Rough, coarse, repulsive, morose, violent, hard, rigorous, severe:B.melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,
Cic. Lael. 24:posse enim asotos ex Aristippi, acerbos e Zenonis schola exire,
for there may go forth sensualists from the school of Aristippus, crabbed fellows from that of Zeno, id. N. D. 3, 31 (cf. acriculus):acerbissimi feneratores,
id. Att. 6, 1;so of adversaries or enemies,
violent, furious, bitter, Cic. Fam. 1, 4:acerbissimus hostis,
id. Cat. 4, 6 fin.; so id. Fam. 3, 8:acerbus odisti,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 85 K. &H.: quid messes uris acerba tuas?
Tib. 1, 2, 98 al. —Of things, harsh, heavy, disagreeable, grievous, troublesome, bitter, sad (very often, esp. in Cic.):ut acerbum est, pro benefactis cum mali messem metas!
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 52; cf. Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 1; Att. ap. Non. 72, 29:in rebus acerbis,
Lucr. 3, 54:acerbissimum supplicium,
Cic. Cat. 4, 6:acerbissima vexatio,
id. ib. 4, 1:acerba memoria temporis,
id. Planc. 41: acerbissimā morte affectus, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2 al.—Hence acerbum funus (diff. from above), a bitter, painful death, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:acerbum funus filiae,
id. As. 3, 3, 5, and so Nep. Cim. 4: vita ejus fuit secura et mors acerba, afflicting, painful, unwelcome. —In the neutr. subst.: ăcer-bum, i, calamity, misfortune, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 21; Verg. A. 12, 500—acerba, n. plur. adv. acc. to the Gr. idiom, Lucr. 5, 34 (cf. acuta et al.), several times imitated by Verg. A. 12, 398; 9, 794; id. G. 3, 149.— Adv.: ăcerbe, harshly, sharply, severely, etc., in the trop. signif. of the adj., Cic. Fam. 1, 5; id. N. D. 2, 33; id. Planc. 1:idem acerbe severus in filium,
id. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 3, 50. 12; 7, 3, 9; Tac. A. 2, 87 al.— Comp., Cic. Lael. 16; Suet. Tib. 25.— Sup., Cic. Att. 11, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2; also Cic. Planc. 35, 86, where, of an exclamation of severe grief, acerbissime for acerrime is defended against Lambinus and Ernesti by Wunder, Planc. l. c. p. 217; so B. & K. -
5 Aenii
1.Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,II.Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]2.Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.3.ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).I.Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:II.ahënis in scaphiis,
id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,
id. ib. 2, 470:crateres,
id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:litore aëna locant,
Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—Trop.A. B. -
6 Aenos
1.Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,II.Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]2.Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.3.ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).I.Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:II.ahënis in scaphiis,
id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,
id. ib. 2, 470:crateres,
id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:litore aëna locant,
Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—Trop.A. B. -
7 aenum
1.Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,II.Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]2.Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.3.ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).I.Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:II.ahënis in scaphiis,
id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,
id. ib. 2, 470:crateres,
id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:litore aëna locant,
Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—Trop.A. B. -
8 Aenus
1.Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,II.Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]2.Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.3.ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).I.Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:II.ahënis in scaphiis,
id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,
id. ib. 2, 470:crateres,
id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:litore aëna locant,
Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—Trop.A. B. -
9 aenus
1.Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,II.Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]2.Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.3.ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).I.Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:II.ahënis in scaphiis,
id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,
id. ib. 2, 470:crateres,
id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:litore aëna locant,
Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—Trop.A. B. -
10 ahenus
1.Aenus or - os, i, f., = Ainos, a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.—Hence,II.Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27. [p. 56]2.Aenus, i, m., the river Inn, Tac. H. 3, 5.3.ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).I.Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316:II.ahënis in scaphiis,
id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513;lux, i. e. armorum aënorum,
id. ib. 2, 470:crateres,
id. ib. 9, 165.— Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel:litore aëna locant,
Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).—Trop.A. B. -
11 inclemens
in-clēmens, entis, adj., unmerciful, rigorous, harsh, rough, severe (as an adj. perh. not ante-Aug. and very rare;not in Cicero): increpabant inclementem dictatorem,
Liv. 8, 32, 13:signifer,
Sil. 8, 440:verbo inclementiori appellari,
Liv. 9, 34, 23:inclementissimus,
Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10.— Adv.: inclēmenter, rigorously, harshly, roughly, severely:in aliquem dicere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 110; id. Ps. 1, 1, 25:loqui alicui,
id. Poen. 5, 5, 44:increpantes,
Liv. 32, 22, 1:nihil dictum,
id. 22, 38, 8:censuit,
Plin. 18, [p. 923] 6,7, §35: si quis est, qui dictum in se inclementius existimabit esse,
Ter. Eun. prol. 4:inclementius invehi in aliquem,
Liv. 3, 48, 4. -
12 inexorabilis
ĭn-exōrābĭlis, e, adj.I.That cannot be moved by entreaty, inexorable (class.).A. (α).With in and acc.:(β).qui inexorabilis in ceteros esse visus sum,
Cic. Sull. 31, 87.—With adversus:(γ).adversus te et rem tuam,
Liv. 34, 4, 18.—With contra:(δ).contra improbos nocentesque,
Gell. 14, 4, 3.—With dat.:(ε).delictis,
Tac. A. 11, 18.—Absol.: ni me inexorabilem faxis, Pac. ap. Non. 184, 4:B.judices,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:Achilles,
Hor. A. P. 121.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:* II.res,
Liv. 2, 3:disciplina,
inexorably severe, rigorous, Tac. H. 1, 51:odium,
Ov. M. 5, 244:fatum,
Verg. G. 2, 491:claustra,
Val. Max. 4, 8, 2.—That cannot be obtained by entreaty:neque inexorabile certe, Quod petimus,
Val. Fl. 5, 321. -
13 restringo
rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.I.To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).A.Lit.:B.laevam,
Quint. 11, 3, 131:restrictis ad terga manibus,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 93:manus,
Petr. 73, 4:lacertos,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.:restringitur vinculis,
Tac. A. 14, 64; and:si manus manicis restringantur,
App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf.also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā,
Cat. 64, 297:vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto,
Tac. A. 15, 57.—Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo):II.homines ad custodiam pecuniae,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9:liberalitatem,
Sen. Ben. 1, 4:sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege,
Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:delicias frugalitate,
id. ib. 5, 19 fin.:animum maestitiā,
Tac. A. 16, 16:morsus phalangiorum,
Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, restinguit):praecipitationem nimbi,
App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare):A.dentes restringere,
to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.—Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari,
Lucr. 5, 1065:restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris,
Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.Lit.:B.togis neque restrictis neque fusis,
Suet. Aug. 73:alvus,
i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—Trop.1.Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.:2.parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus,
Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—Moderate, modest:3.an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent:a. b.summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt,
Tac. A. 15, 48.— Comp.:judicatio,
App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.
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