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1 тривиальный
trivial, zero• В качестве тривиального примера рассмотрим... - As a trivial example of this, consider...• Данная теорема по-прежнему справедлива в тривиальном случае, если... - The theorem still holds in a trivial sense if...• Легко понятный, но все еще не слишком тривиальный пример это... - An easily understood, yet not too trivial, example is that of...• Менее тривиальным примером является... - A less trivial example is...• Обратное (утверждение), хотя и менее тривиальное, тоже верно. - The converse, though less trivial, is also true.• Тривиальным заключением здесь является... - It is a trivial observation that...• Эти кажущиеся тривиальными результаты приводят к... - These seemingly trivial results lead to...• Это было бы тривиальным, если бы... - This would be trivial if... -
2 слишком
too, too much• Легко понятный, но все еще не слишком тривиальный пример это... - An easily understood, yet not too trivial, example is that of...• Например, не слишком трудно показать, что... - For example, it is not too difficult to show that...• Хотя это и не слишком практическая проблема, однако интересно (рассмотреть и т. п.)... - Although not a very practical problem, it is of interest to...• Это не слишком удобно (вычислять и т. п.)... - It is not particularly convenient to...• Это увело бы нас слишком далеко от задачи обсудить... - It would lead us too far'a field to discuss...• Этот результат не слишком изменяется, если... - The result is not essentially different if... -
3 пример
example, instance, model• Безусловно, это пример (чего-л). - This is, of course, an example of...• Более интригующим примером является... - A more intriguing example is...• Более сложный пример доставляется (из рассмотрения и т. п.)... - A more complex example is afforded by...• Будет полезен другой пример. - Another example will be helpful.• Было бы легко привести значительно больше примеров... - It would be easy to give many more examples of...• В [2] приводятся несколько примеров. - Several examples are given in [2].• В данном параграфе мы обсуждаем некоторые простые свойства и примеры (чего-л). - In this section we discuss some simple properties and examples of...• В каждом из этих примеров рассматривается... - Each of these examples is concerned with...• В качестве другого примера мы можем проверить... - As a further example we may examine...• В качестве последнего примера в этой главе рассмотрим... - As a final example in this chapter we consider...• В качестве последнего примера мы возьмем... - As a last example, we take...• В качестве практически важного примера рассмотрим... - As an example of practical importance we consider...• В качестве примера описанного выше метода мы показываем, что... - As an example of the method described above we show that...• В качестве примера рассмотрим теперь... - By way of example, let us now consider...• В качестве слегка более сложного примера мы докажем, что... - As a slightly harder example we prove that...• В качестве специального примера предположим... - As a specific illustration, suppose that...• В качестве тривиального примера рассмотрим... - As a trivial example of this, consider...• В качестве частного примера рассмотрим следующий. - As a particular example take the following.• В нескольких следующих примерах мы будем предполагать для удобства, что... - In the next few examples we will assume for convenience that...• В следующем параграфе мы обсудим примеры... - In the next section we discuss examples of...• В следующем примере мы используем этот метод, чтобы определить... - In the following examples we use this method to determine...• В этих примерах получается, что... - In these examples it happens that...• В этом примере мы имеем дело с... - In this example we work with...• Важно отметить, что этот пример указывает на(что-л)... - It is important to note from this example that...• Возможно, основной урок, который мы извлекаем из этих трех примеров, состоит в том, что... - Probably the main lesson to be gained from these three examples is that...• Вышесказанное является хорошим примером... - The foregoing is a good example of...• Главной характерной чертой предыдущего примера является... - A central feature of the previous example is...• Давайте рассмотрим этот вопрос, используя специальные примеры. - Let us approach this question by means of specific examples.• Данные примеры должны прояснить... - These examples should make it clear that...• Данный пример имеет некоторый интерес в связи с... - This example is of some interest in connection with...• Данный пример является типичным во многих (случаях и т. п.)... - This example is typical of many...• Данный процесс может быть проиллюстрирован несколькими примерами. - The process may be illustrated by a few examples.• Действительный смысл этого примера состоит в том, что... - The real point of this illustration is that...• Другие примеры... упоминаются во втором параграфе. - Other examples of... are mentioned in Section 2.• Другой важный пример этого принципа встречается, когда... - Another important example of this principle occurs when...• Другой пример мог бы быть взят из... - Another example might be taken from...• Еще более удивительным является обнаруженный/предложенный Смитом пример [11], который показывает, что... - Even more startling is an example due to Smith [11], which shows that...• Заключение, вытекающее из следующих двух примеров, состоит в том, что... - The conclusion to be drawn from these two examples is that...• Здесь мы описываем некоторые ранние примеры... - Here we describe some early examples of...• Здесь мы приводим другой пример (чего-л). - We give here another example of...(чем-л/где-л)... - Familiar examples are provided by...• Из этого частного примера мы можем заключить, что... - We may infer from this particular example that...• Имеется много других примеров, иллюстрирующих основную идею (чего-л). - There are many other examples which illustrate the basic idea of...• История изобилует примерами (чего-л)... - The history of... provides many examples of cases where...; The history of... abounds in cases where...• К примеру, давайте рассмотрим взаимодействие... - Let us, for example, consider the interaction of...• К примеру, можно было бы предположить, что... - It might, for example, be conjectured that...• К примеру, оценивается, что... - It is estimated, for example, that...• К примеру, предположим, что... - For instance, suppose that...• К примеру, это особенно верно в случае... - This is particularly so, for example, in the case of...• Как показывает следующий пример, это не обязательно выполнено. - This is not necessarily the case, as the following example illustrates.• Легко понятный, но все еще не слишком тривиальный пример - это... - An easily understood, yet not too trivial, example is that of...• Менее тривиальным примером является... - A less trivial example is...• Мы заключаем (наше изложение и т. п.) примером, иллюстрирующим... - We conclude by giving an example to illustrate...• Мы заключаем этот пример замечанием, что... - We conclude this example with the observation that...• Мы могли бы, к примеру, решить, что... - We might, for example, decide that...• Мы можем показать это на простом примере. - We can demonstrate this with a simple example.• Мы начинаем с рассмотрения трех конкретных примеров. - We begin by looking at three concrete examples.• Мы увидим, что это пример (чего-л). - We shall see that this is an example of...• Наиболее значимые примеры должны быть найдены (в)... - The most conspicuous examples are to be found in...• Наиболее значимой чертой этого примера является то, что... - The most significant feature of this example is that...• Наиболее известными примерами являются... - The most familiar examples are...• Наш простой пример показывает, что... - Our simple example demonstrates that...• Более сложный пример предоставляется... - A more difficult example is provided by...• Несколько решенных примеров представлены в следующем параграфе. - Several worked out examples are presented in the next section.• Ниже приводится пример, который иллюстрирует... - An example is used below to illustrate...• Нижеследующее является хорошим примером (чего-л). - The following is a good example of...• Нижеследующий пример показывает, что... - The following example shows that...• Объяснить это наилучшим образом можно с помощью примеров. - This is best made clear by means of examples.• Один из наиболее впечатляющих примеров это... - One of the most striking examples is...• Одна интересная вариация последнего примера вытекает из... - An interesting variation on the last example is provided by...• Однако имеет смысл проиллюстрировать данную технику следующим примером. - It is, however, worthwhile to illustrate the technique by the following example.• Однако, как указывает Смит [1], безусловно существуют примеры... - But, as Smith [1] points out, there are certainly examples of...• Перед тем, как продолжить давать примеры, мы приведем важное замечание, что... - Before proceeding to give examples, we make the important observation that...• Поучительно решить этот пример, используя... - It is instructive to solve this example by means of...• Предыдущие примеры иллюстрируют общий факт, что... - The preceding examples illustrate the general fact that...• Предыдущий пример демонстрирует, что много проще... - The above problems show that it is much easier to...• Прежде чем представить больше примеров, давайте... - Before presenting more examples, let us...• Приведем пример, как это происходит. - Let us see how that works in an example.• Приведем теперь пример, в котором... - We now give an example in which...• Приведенный выше пример 2 показывает, что... - Example 2 above shows that...• Пример 3 иллюстрирует основной принцип, что... - Example 3 illustrates the general principle that...• Пример должен разъяснить это. - An example should make this clear.• Пример его использования уже приведен в главе 2. - An example of its use has already been given in Chapter 2.• Пример послужит для демонстрации выполнения этого вычисления. - An example will serve to show how the calculation is carried out.• Пример такой структуры можно встретить (в)... - An example of such a structure occurs in...• Примеры будут найдены в стандартных описаниях... - Examples will be found in standard accounts of...• Проиллюстрируем это с помощью численного примера. - A numerical example will illustrate this.• Простейший пример (для) этого дается... - The simplest example of this is given by...• Простейший пример предоставляется (чем-л). - The simplest example is afforded by...; The simplest example is furnished by...• Простейший пример такой ситуации дается специальным случаем... - The simplest example of such a situation is the special case of...• Простейшим примером подобной операции является... - The simplest example of such an operation is...• Рассмотрим численный пример. - Let us take a numerical example.• Руководствуясь более ранним примером, полученным нами, мы... - Guided by our earlier example, we...• С помощью этого примера становится очевидно, что... - On the basis of this example, it is evident that...• Сейчас мы построим некоторые примеры, чтобы проиллюстрировать... - We now work out some examples to illustrate...• Следующая серия примеров (= иллюстраций) показывает... - The following series of illustrations shows...• Следующий пример дает иллюстрацию этой техники. - The following example illustrates the technique.• Следующий пример демонстрирует этот тип решения. - The next example demonstrates this type of solution.• Следующий пример может помочь объяснению этого момента (= пункта). - The following example may help to clarify this point.• Следующий пример может сделать это утверждение яснее. - The following example may make this point clearer.• Следующий пример показывает недостаток этой схемы. - A shortcoming of this scheme is shown by the following example.• Следующий пример предоставляет введение (в)... - The following example provides an introduction to...• Смит [1] приводит убедительный пример существования... - Smith [l] makes a persuasive case for the existence of...• Сначала рассмотрим (один) пример. - First we consider an example.• Совершенно другого типа пример предоставляется (чем-л). - An example of an entirely different kind is provided by...• Существует много примеров... - There are many examples of...• Таким образом, мы пришли к первому примеру (чего-л). - Thus we arrive at our first instance of...• Теперь мы возвращаемся к примеру, рассмотренному во втором параграфе. - We now return to the example treated in Section 2.• Теперь мы обратимся к некоторым примерам... - We now turn to some examples of...• Теперь приведем несколько конкретных примеров. - A few concrete examples are in order.• Только что приведенный пример является специальным случаем... - The example just given is a special case of...• Следующие три примера иллюстрируют эту возможность. - The next three examples illustrate this possibility• У нас есть здесь другой пример... - We have here another example of...• Часто упоминаемым простым примером является случай... - A simple example, often quoted, is the case of...• Численный пример проиллюстрирует относительную важность... - A numerical example will illustrate the relative importance of...• Читатель должен тщательно изучить этот пример. - The reader should study this example carefully.• Чтобы..., мы ограничимся лишь простым примером. - We restrict ourselves to a simple example in order to...• Чтобы привести еще более простой пример, мы можем рассмотреть... - То take an even simpler example, we can consider...• Чтобы проиллюстрировать это наиболее простым примером, предположим, что... - То take the simplest possible illustration, suppose that...• Эта техника иллюстрируется следующим примером. - The technique is illustrated in the next example.• Эта точка зрения будет объяснена примерами при изучении метода... - This point will be clarified by examples when we study the method of...• Эти два примера иллюстрируют некоторые из проблем... - These two examples illustrate some of the problems of...• Эти и другие примеры показывают, что... - These and many other examples show that...• Эти примеры предназначены в качестве (некоторого) руководства для... - These examples are intended as a guide for...• Эти примеры типичные, но не исчерпывающие. - These examples are typical but not exhaustive.• Эти соотношения можно было бы приложить, к примеру, к... - These expressions may be applied, for example, to... ,• Это было достаточно хорошо проиллюстрировано предыдущими примерами. - This has been sufficiently illustrated in the preceding examples.• Это другой пример (чего-л). - This is another example of...• Это еще один пример... - This is a further example of...• Это можно лучше всего понять, используя специальный пример. - This is best understood through a specific example.• Это пример того, что называется... - This is an example of what is called...• Это хороший пример (чего-л). - This is a good example of...• Этот метод лучше всего иллюстрируется примером. - The procedure is best illustrated by an example.• Этот очень простой пример типичен для... - This very simple example is typical of...• Этот пример демонстрирует один способ... - This example demonstrates one way of...• Этот пример иллюстрирует общий факт, что... - This example illustrates the general fact that...• Этот пример интересен в связи с... - This example is of interest in connection with...• Этот пример показывает, что может быть необходимым... - This example shows that it may be necessary to...• Этот пример представляет лишь академический интерес. - This example is of academic interest only.• Этот случай дает прекрасный пример (чего-л). - This case provides an excellent example of... -
4 parvissime
parvus, a, um, adj. (usual, irreg. comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus.— Comp.:I.volantum parviores,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26.— Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 10:parvissima corpora,
Lucr. 1, 615; 621; 3, 199: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.:minimissimus,
Arn. 5, n. 8) [kindr. with paucus and Gr. pauros; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45).Posit.:II.in parvis aut mediocribus rebus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:quam parva sit terra, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 17, 26; cf. id. ib. 6, 16, 16:commoda parva ac mediocria,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:in parvum quendam et angustum locum concludi,
id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:beneficium non parvum,
id. Caecin. 10, 26:parvi pisciculi,
id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:haec parva et infirma sunt,
id. Clu. 34, 94:si parva licet componere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:merces,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 86:sucus,
Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178 et saep.:liberi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37;so of children: salutaria appetant parvi,
the little ones, id. Fin. 3, 5, 16:parva soror,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; cf.:memini quae plagosum mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70:operosa parvus Carmina fingo,
a little man, id. C. 4, 2, 31; Suet. Aug. 48:a parvis didicimus: si in jus vocat, etc.,
when little, in childhood, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:puer in domo a parvo eductus,
from infancy, Liv. 1, 39 fin. —Of time, little, short, brief:parvae consuetudinis Causa,
slight, short, Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; cf.:in parvo tempore,
Lucr. 5, 106:nox,
Luc. 4, 476:vita,
id. 6, 806:parvam fidem habere alicui,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117:hic onus horret, Ut parvis animis et parvo corpore majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 39:homo parvo ingenio,
Plin. Ep. 6, 29:parvum carmen,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 257:hoc opus, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,
both small and great, id. ib. 1, 3, 28.—With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc.:meam erus esse operam deputat parvi pretii,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 1:nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 17:et magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,
id. S. 1, 3, 122:pretio parvo vendere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134:parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,
of little value, id. Off. 1, 22, 76:parvi refert abs te jus dici diligenter, nisi, etc.,
it matters little, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 20.—Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for:parvi ego illos facio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41:parvi aestimo, si ego hic peribo,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 24:quia parvi id duceret,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 29.—So, in abl.:signa abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; so,quanti emptus? parvo,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 156:parvo stat magna potentia nobis,
Ov. M. 14, 493:parvo contentus esse possum,
with little, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; cf.:vivitur parvo bene,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 13:possim contentus vivere parvo,
Tib. 1, 1, 25:agricolae prisci, fortes parvoque beati,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:necessarium est parvo assuescere,
Sen. Ep. 123, 3: parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. (rarely;perh. not ante-Aug.): ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur,
a very little more, Liv. 10, 45, 11:parvo brevius,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:haud parvo junior,
Gell. 13, 2, 2.—So in designating time:parvo post,
Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:parvo post tempore,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 1.—Of stature (late Lat. for brevis):Zacchaeus staturā parvus erat,
Aug. Serm. 113, 3; id. in Psa. 143, 1.Comp.: mĭnor, us [cf. Gr. minus, minuthô], less, lesser, smaller, inferior:(β).quod in re majore valet, valeat in minore,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:si ea pecunia non minor esset facta,
id. Leg. 2, 20, 51:Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13:minus praedae quam speraverant fuit,
a smaller quantity, less, Liv. 4, 51:sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum,
id. 41, 13 fin.:calceus... si minor (pede), uret,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,
less than five acts, id. A. P. 189:genibus minor,
i. e. down upon his knees, on his bended knees, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; cf.:minor in certamine longo,
worsted, id. ib. 1, 10, 35:numero plures, virtute et honore minores,
inferior, id. ib. 2, 1, 183.— Absol.: minor, inferior in rank:praevalidi ad injurias minorum elati,
Tac. A. 15, 20; Ov. P. 4, 7, 49; cf.:sapiens uno minor est Jove,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106:minor capitis, i. e. capiti deminutus,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42: et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora, Ov. Tr. 2, 214:dies sermone minor fuit,
too short for, id. P. 2, 10, 37:infans Et minor igne rogi,
too young for, Juv. 15, 140.—With abl. of measure, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:ut uno minus teste haberet?
id. ib. 2, 1, 57, §149: bis sex Herculeis ceciderunt, me minus uno, Viribus,
i. e. eleven, Ov. M. 12, 554.—Of age:qui minor est natu,
younger, Cic. Lael. 9, 32:aliquot annis minor natu,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:aetate minor,
Ov. M. 7, 499:minor uno mense,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40:filia minor Ptolemaei regis,
the younger daughter, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:minor viginti annis,
less than twenty years old, under twenty years of age, Dig. 30, 99, 1.— With gen.:minor quam viginti quinque annorum natu, Praetor,
Dig. 4, 4, 1; id. ib. 50, 2, 6:si pupilla minor quam viripotens nupserit,
id. ib. 36, 2, 30.—So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor:De minoribus,
Dig. 4, tit. 4:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
ib. 4, 4, 24:si minor praetor vel consul jus dixerit, valebit,
ib. 42, 1, 57.— Poet., children, Sil. 2, 491.—Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri:nunc fama, minores Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem,
Verg. A. 1, 532; so id. ib. 733; Prop. 2, 15, 47; Sil. 16, 44:minorum gentium, v. gens.—In specifications of value: vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,
cheaper, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:minoris pallium addicere placuit,
Petr. 14: omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:(fidem suam) non minoris quam publicam ducebat,
Sall. J. 32, 5.—Poet., with acc. respect.:(γ).frontemque minor truncam amnis Acarnan,
Sil. 3, 42; Val. Fl. 1, 582.—Poet., with inf.:III.tanto certare minor,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 313:heu Fatis Superi certare minores!
Sil. 5, 76.Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.:A. B.minimissimus digitorum,
Arn. 5, 160; 166; cf., in the Gr., elachistotatos, from elachistos), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc.:cum sit nihil omnino in rerum naturā minimum, quod dividi nequeat,
Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:minimae tenuissimaeque res,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169:minima pars temporis,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70:quā minima altitudo fluminis erat,
id. B. G. 1, 8:in maximā fortunā minima licentia est,
Sall. C. 51, 13:vitia,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 69:minimus digitulus,
the little finger, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; so,minimus digitus,
Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251.—Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58:ex his omnibus natu minimus,
id. Clu. 38, 107:Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat,
Sall. J. 11, 3:minimus filius,
Just. 42, 5, 6.—In specifications of value:deos minimi facit,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 35: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 110: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), Hor. S. 1, 4, 14 (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.).—Prov.:minima de malis,
of evils choose the least, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.—With a negation emphatically: non minimo discrimine, i. e. maximo,
Suet. Aug. 25:res non minimi periculi,
id. ib. 67:ut nihil, ne pro minimis quidem, debeant,
Liv. 6, 41. —With gen.:minimum firmitatis minimumque virium,
Cic. Lael. 13, 46:minimum pedibus itineris confectum,
Liv. 44, 5:unde minimum periculi erat,
id. 27, 15.— As adv. absol.:praemia apud me minimum valent,
very little, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 56:minimum distantia miror,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 72:dormiebat minimum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:medica secatur sexies per annos: cum minimum, quater,
at least, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 146:quam minimum credula postero (diei),
as little as possible, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:ita fiunt omnes partes minimum octoginta et una,
at least, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:quae (comprehensio) ex tribus minimum partibus constat,
Quint. 5, 10, 5:in quo non minimum Aetolorum operā regii fugati atque in castra compulsi sunt,
chiefly, particularly, Liv. 33, 6, 6:eae omnia novella sata corrumpunt, non minimum vites,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 18.—Hence, adv.Comp.: mĭnus, less:2.aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too little... too much, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:ne quid plus minusve faxit,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21 (v. plus, under multus):cum habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 93:ne mea oratio, si minus de aliquo dixero, ingrata: si satis de omnibus, infinita esse videatur,
Cic. Sest. 50, 108:metus ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 72, 150:minus multi,
not so many, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 138:minus multum et minus bonum vinum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
less good, not so good, Sall. C. 2, 6:quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi,
Sall. J. 18, 12:minus diu vivunt,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.—Rarely with comp.:minus admirabilior,
Flor. 4, 2, 46 Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. Ov. M. 12, 554:civilem admodum inter initia ac paulo minus quam privatum egit,
little less so than, nearly as much so as, Suet. Tib. 26:dimidio minus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3.—With quam:nec illa minus aut plus quam tu sapiat,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 28:minus quam aequom erat feci,
id. Aul. 3, 2, 10:respondebo tibi minus fortasse vehementer, quam abs te sum provocatus,
Cic. Planc. 30, 72.—With atque:qui peccas minus atque ego?
Hor. S. 2, 7, 96.—And elliptically, without a particle of comparison:minus quindecim dies sunt, quod, etc.,
less than fifteen days, not yet fifteen days, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 1:madefactum iri minus XXX. diebus Graeciam sanguine,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:minus quinquennium est, quod prodiere,
Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:cecidere duo milia haud minus peditum,
Liv. 42, 6:cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent,
id. 42, 28; Varr. R. R. 2, 2 fin.:ut ex suā cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:ut antequam baccae legantur, ne minus triduum serenum fuerit,
Col. 12, 38, 6.—In partic.a.Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as:b.exanimatus evolat ex senatu, non minus perturbato animo atque vultu, quam si, etc.,
Cic. Sest. 12, 28:existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore,
Sall. J. 10, 1:non minus nobis jucundi atque illustres sunt ii dies, quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Quint. 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 20:laudibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,
Liv. 2, 60:haud minus ac jussi faciunt,
Verg. A. 3, 561.—Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res [p. 1311] non minus me male habet quam te, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 30: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Ov. H. 19, 86:c.neque minus assiduis fessa choreis,
also, Prop. 1, 3, 3.—Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 45: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus, id. ib. 3, 3, 29:d.nihil profecto minus,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 20.—Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33:3.jam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum,
Verg. A. 12, 616; Hor. C. 1, 25, 6:minus et minus,
Ov. P. 2, 8, 73; id. H. 2, 129:minus ac minus,
Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26.—Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not:b.quod intellexi minus,
Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 11:nonnumquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt,
Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24.—Esp.:si minus: monebo, si quem meministi minus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 19:Syracusis, si minus supplicio affici, at custodiri oportebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69:quod si assecutus sum, gaudeo: sin minus, hoc me tamen consolor quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 6 et saep.; so,minus formido ne exedat,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 45. —Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:C. 1. 2.si te infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quo minus ad ludos venires,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1; 7, 1, 6:hiemem credo prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus, quid ageres,
id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:deterrere aliquem, quo minus, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur, videbatur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.; Quint. 12, 1, 16;v. also quo. —Ante-class. also in the reverse order, minus quo: ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8.—mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little:B.cum minime vellem, minimeque opus fuit,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 42:cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Or. 66, 222:mihi placebat Pomponius maxime, vel dicam minime displicebat,
id. Brut. 57, 207:quod in miserrimis rebus minime miserum putabis, id facies,
id. Fam. 14, 13:quod minime ad eos mercatores saepe commeant,
very rarely, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322.—Strengthened by quam:si non decore, at quam minime dedecore facere possimus,
as little as possible, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; by omnium and gentium:ad te minime omnium pertinebat,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:minime gentium,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:heus, inquit, puer, arcesse Pamphilam,... illa exclamat, Minime gentium,
not for any thing in the world, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 3, 2, 44.—In partic.a.For minimum, saltem, at least:b.is morbus erit longissimus minimeque annuus,
Cels. 2, 8 fin. Targ.:pedes decem vel minime novem,
Col. 1, 6, 6:sed id minime bis anno arari debet,
id. 5, 9, 12; id. Arb. 16, 3.—In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 50: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem:nam hodie, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 16: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem. id. Att. 8, 9, 2:minime, minime hercle vero!
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; so in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi). Ter. Eun. prol. 2: minume irasci decet. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 27; Sall. C. 51, 13.—Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 44. -
5 parvus
parvus, a, um, adj. (usual, irreg. comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus.— Comp.:I.volantum parviores,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26.— Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 10:parvissima corpora,
Lucr. 1, 615; 621; 3, 199: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.:minimissimus,
Arn. 5, n. 8) [kindr. with paucus and Gr. pauros; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45).Posit.:II.in parvis aut mediocribus rebus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:quam parva sit terra, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 17, 26; cf. id. ib. 6, 16, 16:commoda parva ac mediocria,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:in parvum quendam et angustum locum concludi,
id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:beneficium non parvum,
id. Caecin. 10, 26:parvi pisciculi,
id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:haec parva et infirma sunt,
id. Clu. 34, 94:si parva licet componere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:merces,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 86:sucus,
Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178 et saep.:liberi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37;so of children: salutaria appetant parvi,
the little ones, id. Fin. 3, 5, 16:parva soror,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; cf.:memini quae plagosum mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70:operosa parvus Carmina fingo,
a little man, id. C. 4, 2, 31; Suet. Aug. 48:a parvis didicimus: si in jus vocat, etc.,
when little, in childhood, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:puer in domo a parvo eductus,
from infancy, Liv. 1, 39 fin. —Of time, little, short, brief:parvae consuetudinis Causa,
slight, short, Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; cf.:in parvo tempore,
Lucr. 5, 106:nox,
Luc. 4, 476:vita,
id. 6, 806:parvam fidem habere alicui,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117:hic onus horret, Ut parvis animis et parvo corpore majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 39:homo parvo ingenio,
Plin. Ep. 6, 29:parvum carmen,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 257:hoc opus, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,
both small and great, id. ib. 1, 3, 28.—With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc.:meam erus esse operam deputat parvi pretii,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 1:nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 17:et magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,
id. S. 1, 3, 122:pretio parvo vendere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134:parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,
of little value, id. Off. 1, 22, 76:parvi refert abs te jus dici diligenter, nisi, etc.,
it matters little, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 20.—Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for:parvi ego illos facio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41:parvi aestimo, si ego hic peribo,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 24:quia parvi id duceret,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 29.—So, in abl.:signa abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; so,quanti emptus? parvo,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 156:parvo stat magna potentia nobis,
Ov. M. 14, 493:parvo contentus esse possum,
with little, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; cf.:vivitur parvo bene,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 13:possim contentus vivere parvo,
Tib. 1, 1, 25:agricolae prisci, fortes parvoque beati,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:necessarium est parvo assuescere,
Sen. Ep. 123, 3: parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. (rarely;perh. not ante-Aug.): ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur,
a very little more, Liv. 10, 45, 11:parvo brevius,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:haud parvo junior,
Gell. 13, 2, 2.—So in designating time:parvo post,
Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:parvo post tempore,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 1.—Of stature (late Lat. for brevis):Zacchaeus staturā parvus erat,
Aug. Serm. 113, 3; id. in Psa. 143, 1.Comp.: mĭnor, us [cf. Gr. minus, minuthô], less, lesser, smaller, inferior:(β).quod in re majore valet, valeat in minore,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:si ea pecunia non minor esset facta,
id. Leg. 2, 20, 51:Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13:minus praedae quam speraverant fuit,
a smaller quantity, less, Liv. 4, 51:sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum,
id. 41, 13 fin.:calceus... si minor (pede), uret,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,
less than five acts, id. A. P. 189:genibus minor,
i. e. down upon his knees, on his bended knees, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; cf.:minor in certamine longo,
worsted, id. ib. 1, 10, 35:numero plures, virtute et honore minores,
inferior, id. ib. 2, 1, 183.— Absol.: minor, inferior in rank:praevalidi ad injurias minorum elati,
Tac. A. 15, 20; Ov. P. 4, 7, 49; cf.:sapiens uno minor est Jove,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106:minor capitis, i. e. capiti deminutus,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42: et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora, Ov. Tr. 2, 214:dies sermone minor fuit,
too short for, id. P. 2, 10, 37:infans Et minor igne rogi,
too young for, Juv. 15, 140.—With abl. of measure, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:ut uno minus teste haberet?
id. ib. 2, 1, 57, §149: bis sex Herculeis ceciderunt, me minus uno, Viribus,
i. e. eleven, Ov. M. 12, 554.—Of age:qui minor est natu,
younger, Cic. Lael. 9, 32:aliquot annis minor natu,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:aetate minor,
Ov. M. 7, 499:minor uno mense,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40:filia minor Ptolemaei regis,
the younger daughter, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:minor viginti annis,
less than twenty years old, under twenty years of age, Dig. 30, 99, 1.— With gen.:minor quam viginti quinque annorum natu, Praetor,
Dig. 4, 4, 1; id. ib. 50, 2, 6:si pupilla minor quam viripotens nupserit,
id. ib. 36, 2, 30.—So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor:De minoribus,
Dig. 4, tit. 4:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
ib. 4, 4, 24:si minor praetor vel consul jus dixerit, valebit,
ib. 42, 1, 57.— Poet., children, Sil. 2, 491.—Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri:nunc fama, minores Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem,
Verg. A. 1, 532; so id. ib. 733; Prop. 2, 15, 47; Sil. 16, 44:minorum gentium, v. gens.—In specifications of value: vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,
cheaper, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:minoris pallium addicere placuit,
Petr. 14: omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:(fidem suam) non minoris quam publicam ducebat,
Sall. J. 32, 5.—Poet., with acc. respect.:(γ).frontemque minor truncam amnis Acarnan,
Sil. 3, 42; Val. Fl. 1, 582.—Poet., with inf.:III.tanto certare minor,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 313:heu Fatis Superi certare minores!
Sil. 5, 76.Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.:A. B.minimissimus digitorum,
Arn. 5, 160; 166; cf., in the Gr., elachistotatos, from elachistos), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc.:cum sit nihil omnino in rerum naturā minimum, quod dividi nequeat,
Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:minimae tenuissimaeque res,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169:minima pars temporis,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70:quā minima altitudo fluminis erat,
id. B. G. 1, 8:in maximā fortunā minima licentia est,
Sall. C. 51, 13:vitia,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 69:minimus digitulus,
the little finger, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; so,minimus digitus,
Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251.—Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58:ex his omnibus natu minimus,
id. Clu. 38, 107:Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat,
Sall. J. 11, 3:minimus filius,
Just. 42, 5, 6.—In specifications of value:deos minimi facit,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 35: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 110: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), Hor. S. 1, 4, 14 (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.).—Prov.:minima de malis,
of evils choose the least, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.—With a negation emphatically: non minimo discrimine, i. e. maximo,
Suet. Aug. 25:res non minimi periculi,
id. ib. 67:ut nihil, ne pro minimis quidem, debeant,
Liv. 6, 41. —With gen.:minimum firmitatis minimumque virium,
Cic. Lael. 13, 46:minimum pedibus itineris confectum,
Liv. 44, 5:unde minimum periculi erat,
id. 27, 15.— As adv. absol.:praemia apud me minimum valent,
very little, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 56:minimum distantia miror,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 72:dormiebat minimum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:medica secatur sexies per annos: cum minimum, quater,
at least, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 146:quam minimum credula postero (diei),
as little as possible, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:ita fiunt omnes partes minimum octoginta et una,
at least, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:quae (comprehensio) ex tribus minimum partibus constat,
Quint. 5, 10, 5:in quo non minimum Aetolorum operā regii fugati atque in castra compulsi sunt,
chiefly, particularly, Liv. 33, 6, 6:eae omnia novella sata corrumpunt, non minimum vites,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 18.—Hence, adv.Comp.: mĭnus, less:2.aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too little... too much, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:ne quid plus minusve faxit,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21 (v. plus, under multus):cum habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 93:ne mea oratio, si minus de aliquo dixero, ingrata: si satis de omnibus, infinita esse videatur,
Cic. Sest. 50, 108:metus ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 72, 150:minus multi,
not so many, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 138:minus multum et minus bonum vinum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
less good, not so good, Sall. C. 2, 6:quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi,
Sall. J. 18, 12:minus diu vivunt,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.—Rarely with comp.:minus admirabilior,
Flor. 4, 2, 46 Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. Ov. M. 12, 554:civilem admodum inter initia ac paulo minus quam privatum egit,
little less so than, nearly as much so as, Suet. Tib. 26:dimidio minus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3.—With quam:nec illa minus aut plus quam tu sapiat,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 28:minus quam aequom erat feci,
id. Aul. 3, 2, 10:respondebo tibi minus fortasse vehementer, quam abs te sum provocatus,
Cic. Planc. 30, 72.—With atque:qui peccas minus atque ego?
Hor. S. 2, 7, 96.—And elliptically, without a particle of comparison:minus quindecim dies sunt, quod, etc.,
less than fifteen days, not yet fifteen days, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 1:madefactum iri minus XXX. diebus Graeciam sanguine,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:minus quinquennium est, quod prodiere,
Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:cecidere duo milia haud minus peditum,
Liv. 42, 6:cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent,
id. 42, 28; Varr. R. R. 2, 2 fin.:ut ex suā cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:ut antequam baccae legantur, ne minus triduum serenum fuerit,
Col. 12, 38, 6.—In partic.a.Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as:b.exanimatus evolat ex senatu, non minus perturbato animo atque vultu, quam si, etc.,
Cic. Sest. 12, 28:existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore,
Sall. J. 10, 1:non minus nobis jucundi atque illustres sunt ii dies, quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Quint. 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 20:laudibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,
Liv. 2, 60:haud minus ac jussi faciunt,
Verg. A. 3, 561.—Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res [p. 1311] non minus me male habet quam te, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 30: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Ov. H. 19, 86:c.neque minus assiduis fessa choreis,
also, Prop. 1, 3, 3.—Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 45: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus, id. ib. 3, 3, 29:d.nihil profecto minus,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 20.—Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33:3.jam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum,
Verg. A. 12, 616; Hor. C. 1, 25, 6:minus et minus,
Ov. P. 2, 8, 73; id. H. 2, 129:minus ac minus,
Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26.—Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not:b.quod intellexi minus,
Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 11:nonnumquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt,
Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24.—Esp.:si minus: monebo, si quem meministi minus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 19:Syracusis, si minus supplicio affici, at custodiri oportebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69:quod si assecutus sum, gaudeo: sin minus, hoc me tamen consolor quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 6 et saep.; so,minus formido ne exedat,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 45. —Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:C. 1. 2.si te infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quo minus ad ludos venires,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1; 7, 1, 6:hiemem credo prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus, quid ageres,
id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:deterrere aliquem, quo minus, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur, videbatur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.; Quint. 12, 1, 16;v. also quo. —Ante-class. also in the reverse order, minus quo: ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8.—mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little:B.cum minime vellem, minimeque opus fuit,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 42:cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Or. 66, 222:mihi placebat Pomponius maxime, vel dicam minime displicebat,
id. Brut. 57, 207:quod in miserrimis rebus minime miserum putabis, id facies,
id. Fam. 14, 13:quod minime ad eos mercatores saepe commeant,
very rarely, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322.—Strengthened by quam:si non decore, at quam minime dedecore facere possimus,
as little as possible, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; by omnium and gentium:ad te minime omnium pertinebat,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:minime gentium,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:heus, inquit, puer, arcesse Pamphilam,... illa exclamat, Minime gentium,
not for any thing in the world, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 3, 2, 44.—In partic.a.For minimum, saltem, at least:b.is morbus erit longissimus minimeque annuus,
Cels. 2, 8 fin. Targ.:pedes decem vel minime novem,
Col. 1, 6, 6:sed id minime bis anno arari debet,
id. 5, 9, 12; id. Arb. 16, 3.—In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 50: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem:nam hodie, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 16: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem. id. Att. 8, 9, 2:minime, minime hercle vero!
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; so in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi). Ter. Eun. prol. 2: minume irasci decet. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 27; Sall. C. 51, 13.—Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 44. -
6 мелкие события, о которых и вспоминать не стоит
General subject: events too trivial for recollectionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мелкие события, о которых и вспоминать не стоит
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7 понятный
(= ясный) clear, intelligible, natural• Важность этого факта станет понятна после того, как мы обсудим... - The importance of this' fact will become clear when we discuss...• Его более глубокое значение становится понятным, когда... - Its deeper significance will become apparent when...• Понятный, но все еще не слишком тривиальный пример - это... - An easily understood, yet not too trivial, example is that of...• По не совсем понятным причинам... - For reasons not well understood,...• По причинам, которые скоро станут понятны, удобно допустить... - It is convenient, for reasons that will soon be obvious, to let...• По причинам, которые станут понятны впоследствии, удобно (использовать и т. п.)... - It is convenient, for reasons which will appear later, to...• По причинам, которые станут понятны позднее,... - For reasons that will become clear,...• Причина становится понятной, если мы рассмотрим... - The reason becomes apparent if we consider...• Сделаем эти идеи более понятными, рассматривая... - Let us make these ideas clearer by considering...• Становится понятным, что... - It becomes clear that...• Эта связь не будет понятна до тех пор, пока мы не изучим... - This connection will not become clear until we have studied...• Это становится понятным (= ясным), если мы рассмотрим... - This becomes clear on consideration of...• Это утверждение становится понятным только когда... - This point becomes clear only when... -
8 nimio
adj.insignificant, minute, trivial, petty.* * *► adjetivo1 insignificant, trivial* * *ADJ1) (=insignificante) insignificant, trivial2) [persona] (=minucioso) meticulous; pey fussy (about details); (=prolijo) long-winded3) (=excesivo) excessive (en in)* * *- mia adjetivo trivial, petty* * *= fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], trivial, inconsiderable, nugatory, menial, trifling.Ex. Some considered the rules over-complicated and fussy, whereas others were of the opinion that more detail was required.Ex. A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.Ex. A few minutes spent with the corrections and additions to the Dictionary of National Biography will reveal that although some changes seem very small and inconsiderable, others have major repercussions.Ex. Without intellectual curiosity this approach is liable to result in the sterile application of standardised methods and produce nugatory results.Ex. The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.* * *- mia adjetivo trivial, petty* * *= fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], trivial, inconsiderable, nugatory, menial, trifling.Ex: Some considered the rules over-complicated and fussy, whereas others were of the opinion that more detail was required.
Ex: A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.Ex: A few minutes spent with the corrections and additions to the Dictionary of National Biography will reveal that although some changes seem very small and inconsiderable, others have major repercussions.Ex: Without intellectual curiosity this approach is liable to result in the sterile application of standardised methods and produce nugatory results.Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.* * *trivial, petty* * *
nimio◊ - mia adjetivo
trivial, petty
' nimio' also found in these entries:
English:
insignificant
- petty
- trivial
* * *nimio, -a adjinsignificant, trivial* * *adj trivial* * *insignificante: insignificant, trivial -
9 insignificante
adj.insignificant.f. & m.insignificant person.* * *► adjetivo1 insignificant* * *adj.* * *ADJ [asunto, cantidad, detalle, accidente] insignificant, trivial; [persona] insignificant* * *adjetivo <asunto/detalle/suma> insignificant, trivial, trifling (before n); <objeto/regalo> small; < persona> insignificant* * *= insignificant, petty [pettier -comp., pettiest -sup.], trivial, two-bit, menial, trifling, of no consequence, a bit of a fluff, fluff, light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.].Ex. Most commercial abstracting services rely upon the refereeing procedure applied to the original document in order to eliminate insignificant and inaccurate submissions.Ex. It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.Ex. A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Ex. The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Ex. A bit of a fluff episode, but it shows just how naive these boys can be.Ex. Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people.Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.----* algo insignificante = just a little dot.* asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence.* cuestión insignificante = matter of no consequence.* hacer que Algo sea insignificante = make + Nombre + pale by comparison.* ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.* ser insignificante de = be slight in.* * *adjetivo <asunto/detalle/suma> insignificant, trivial, trifling (before n); <objeto/regalo> small; < persona> insignificant* * *= insignificant, petty [pettier -comp., pettiest -sup.], trivial, two-bit, menial, trifling, of no consequence, a bit of a fluff, fluff, light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.].Ex: Most commercial abstracting services rely upon the refereeing procedure applied to the original document in order to eliminate insignificant and inaccurate submissions.
Ex: It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.Ex: A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Ex: A bit of a fluff episode, but it shows just how naive these boys can be.Ex: Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people.Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.* algo insignificante = just a little dot.* asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence.* cuestión insignificante = matter of no consequence.* hacer que Algo sea insignificante = make + Nombre + pale by comparison.* ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.* ser insignificante de = be slight in.* * *‹asunto/detalle/suma› insignificant, trivial, trifling ( before n); ‹objeto/regalo› small; ‹persona› insignificant* * *
insignificante adjetivo ‹asunto/detalle/suma› insignificant, trivial;
‹objeto/regalo› small;
‹ persona› insignificant
insignificante adjetivo insignificant
' insignificante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
testimonial
- triste
- chorrada
- inapreciable
- menudencia
- mínimo
- miseria
- pavada
- tontería
English:
fluff
- insignificant
- light
- minute
- negligible
- petty
- pipsqueak
- small
- trifling
- nonentity
- trivial
* * *insignificante adjinsignificant* * *adj insignificant* * *insignificante adj: insignificant* * *insignificante adj insignificant -
10 niente
1. pron m nothing2. adv nothingnon ho niente I don't have anything, I have nothinglo fai tu? - niente affatto! are you going to do it? - no, I am not!tu hai detto che... - niente affatto! you said that... - no, I did not!non ho per niente fame I'm not at all hungrynon ho capito per niente I didn't understand a thingniente (di) meno no lessnientedimeno! that's incredible! you don't say!* * *niente pron.indef.1 nothing; ( in presenza di altra negazione) anything: niente si oppone alla realizzazione del progetto, nothing prevents the project being carried out; non ne sapevo niente, I knew nothing about it; ''Che cosa fai?'' ''Niente'', ''What are you doing?'' ''Nothing''; sta tutto il giorno senza far niente, he spends the whole day doing nothing; ancora non avete visto niente, you haven't seen anything yet; non bisogna dirgli niente, he mustn't be told anything; non dà mai niente a nessuno, he never gives anyone anything; so poco o niente di lui, I know next to nothing about him // nient'altro, nothing else, ( in presenza di altra negazione) anything else: ''Non disse altro?'' ''Nient'altro'', ''Didn't he say anything else?'' ''No, he didn't'' (o ''No, nothing else'') // nient'altro che, nothing but: non è nient'altro che un bugiardo, he's nothing but a liar // niente di nuovo, d'interessante, nothing new, interesting; non c'è niente di meglio, there's nothing better (o there isn't anything better); non ha fatto niente di male, he hasn't done anything wrong // non sa niente di niente, he knows nothing whatever (o nothing at all o nothing about nothing) // per niente, ( senza nessun compenso o risultato) for nothing, ( senza motivo, inutilmente) about nothing: lavorare per niente, to work for nothing, arrabbiarsi, lamentarsi per niente, to get angry, to complain about nothing; ho parlato per niente, I wasted my breath; nessuno fa niente per niente, nobody does anything for nothing // di niente, ( in risposta a un ringraziamento) don't mention it (o you're welcome): ''Grazie mille!'' ''Di niente, si figuri!'', ''Thank you so much'' ''Don't mention it'' // non serve a niente, it's no use // non cambia niente, ( fa lo stesso) it makes no odds // non fa niente, ( non importa) it doesn't matter (o it's all right) // non posso farci niente, I can't do anything about it (o I can do nothing about it) // non aver niente a che fare con qlcu., to have nothing to do with s.o.2 ( qualche cosa) anything (spec. in frasi interr. o dubitative): c'è niente per me?, is (n't) there anything for me?; ( c'è) niente di nuovo?, is there any news?; ti serve niente?, do you need anything?; hai mai visto niente di così divertente?, have you ever seen anything so amusing? (o as amusing as that?); hai niente in contrario?, have you any objections?; avete nient'altro da dirmi?, have you anything else to tell (o to say to) me?; dimmi se c'è niente che possa fare per te, tell me if there's anything I can do for you // non per niente..., ( non senza ragione) not for nothing...3 ( poca cosa) nothing: il danno alla mia auto era niente in confronto al suo, the damage to my car was nothing in comparison with the damage to his; ti pare niente?, do you think it's nothing?; l'ho pagato niente rispetto al suo valore, I paid nothing in comparison with what it's worth // come se niente fosse, as if nothing were the matter // da niente, ( da poco) nothing much; è una ferita da niente, it's only a scratch; una cosa da niente, a trifle // un buono a niente, a good-for-nothing◆ s.m. ( nessuna cosa) nothing: è un niente, he is a mere nothing; l'ho avuto per (un) niente, I got it for next to nothing; tutto finì in (un) niente, it all came to nothing (o everything fell through); offendersi per un niente, to take offence at the slightest thing; la conferenza finì in un niente di fatto, nothing concrete came out of the meeting // l'ha fatto in meno di un niente, he did it in next to no time // ridursi un niente, ( logorarsi) to wear oneself out; ridursi al niente, ( perdere tutto) to lose everything // venire dal niente, to come up from nothing // non ha ottenuto un bel niente, he got nothing at all◆ avv.1 ( punto, affatto) not at all: niente male!, not bad at all!; non ho niente voglia di lavorare oggi, (fam.) I don't feel like working today at all; non gli assomiglia per niente, it's nothing like him at all; non m'importa niente, it doesn't matter to me at all (o I don't care at all) // speravo di convincerlo, ma lui niente, I was hoping to persuade him, but he wasn't having any // niente affatto, not at all: ''Ti sei convinto?'' ''Niente affatto!'', ''Are you convinced?'' ''Not at all''2 ( molto poco): non ci metto niente a farlo, it won't take me a minute to do it // se niente niente gli si dà retta..., (fam.) once you start listening to him...◆ agg.invar. (fam.) ( nessuno) no; ( in presenza di altra negazione) any: niente pasta per me, grazie, sono a dieta, no pasta for me, thank you, I'm on a diet; non ha avuto niente rispetto per quel pover'uomo!, he didn't show that poor man any consideration // In espressioni ellittiche: niente paura!, not to worry!; niente scherzi, mi raccomando!, no tricks, please!; niente scuse!, no apologies!* * *['njɛnte]1. pron(nessuna cosa) nothing, (qualcosa) anythingnon... niente — nothing, espressione negativa + anything
non ho visto niente — I saw nothing, I didn't see anything
hai bisogno di o ti serve niente? — do you need anything?
niente di grave/nuovo — nothing serious/new
un uomo da niente — a nobody, a nonentity
ha niente in contrario se...? — would you object if...?
niente al mondo — nothing on earth o in the world
ho parlato per niente — I spoke to no purpose, I wasted my breath
nient'altro? — (in negozio) is that all?, will that be all?
nient'altro che — nothing but, (solamente) just, only
grazie. - di niente — thanks. - you're welcome
2. agg3. sm4. avvnon... niente — not... at allnon... per niente — (affatto) not...at all
niente affatto — not at all, not in the least
* * *['njɛnte] 1.1) (nessuna cosa) nothing; (in presenza di altra negazione) anythingho deciso di non dire niente — I decided to say nothing o not to say anything
non c'è più niente da fare — (come lavoro) there's nothing left o else to do; (non c'è speranza) there's nothing more that can be done
non è niente — (non mi sono fatto male) it's nothing
non serve a niente piangere — it's no good o use crying
non avere niente a che fare con qcn. — to have nothing to do with sb.
niente di meno, di più — nothing less, nothing more (di, che than)
niente di meglio, di peggio — nothing better, worse (di, che than)
non ci vedo niente di male — I see no harm in it, there's nothing wrong with it
"grazie" - "di niente" — "thank you" - "you're welcome", "not at all", "don't mention it"
non fa niente — (non importa) never mind, it doesn't mind
come niente (fosse) o come se niente fosse as if nothing had happened; fare finta di niente to pretend nothing has happened; nient'altro — nothing else o more
2) (qualcosa) anything3) da nientenon per niente sono italiano — I'm not Italian for nothing; (gratis) for nothing, for free
nessuno fa niente per niente — you get nothing for nothing; (affatto) at all
la cosa non mi riguarda per niente — that doesn't concern me at all o in any way
2.per niente al mondo — not for love nor for money, for anything
3.non ho niente fame — colloq. I'm not at all hungry
sostantivo maschile nothing4.è venuto su dal niente — fig. he is a self-made man
niente affatto — not at all, not in the least
niente male — not half bad, not bad at all
tutti lo chiamano, ma lui niente! — everybody calls him, but he won't listen
3) niente niente colloq.* * *niente/'njεnte/Niente in italiano, e i suoi equivalenti inglesi, possono essere usati come pronomi e aggettivi, meno spesso come sostantivi e avverbi. - Il pronome niente si traduce solitamente con nothing: non ne sapevo niente = I knew nothing about it; tuttavia, si usano anything se c'è già un'altra negazione ( non mi hanno mai detto niente = I was never told anything about it) o in frase interrogativa dove niente ha in realtà valore positivo (hai visto niente? = hai visto qualcosa? = have you seen anything?). - Come aggettivo, niente si rende con no (niente imbrogli! = no cheating!), e con any in una frase già negativa o in frase interrogativa dove niente ha in realtà valore positivo (niente soldi nel portafoglio? = dei soldi nel portafoglio? = any money in your wallet?). - Per gli altri usi di niente, si veda la voce qui sotto. Si veda anche la voce nulla.1 (nessuna cosa) nothing; (in presenza di altra negazione) anything; niente è impossibile nothing is impossible; non sento niente I can't hear anything; ho deciso di non dire niente I decided to say nothing o not to say anything; non c'è più niente there is nothing left; non c'è più niente da fare (come lavoro) there's nothing left o else to do; (non c'è speranza) there's nothing more that can be done; non è niente (non mi sono fatto male) it's nothing; non possiamo farci niente we can do nothing (about it); non se ne fa niente it's all off; e questo è ancora niente! you haven't seen anything yet! non serve a niente piangere it's no good o use crying; non avere niente a che fare con qcn. to have nothing to do with sb.; niente da fare! no go! nothing doing! non ha niente di sua sorella she's nothing like her sister; niente di meno, di più nothing less, nothing more (di, che than); niente di meglio, di peggio nothing better, worse (di, che than); niente di nuovo nothing new; non ci vedo niente di male I see no harm in it, there's nothing wrong with it; "grazie" - "di niente" "thank you" - "you're welcome", "not at all", "don't mention it"; non fa niente (non importa) never mind, it doesn't mind; niente di niente absolutely nothing; come niente (fosse) o come se niente fosse as if nothing had happened; fare finta di niente to pretend nothing has happened; nient'altro nothing else o more2 (qualcosa) anything; ti serve niente? do you need anything?4 per niente (inutilmente) tanta fatica per niente all that trouble for nothing; fare un sacco di storie per niente to make a big fuss about nothing; non per niente sono italiano I'm not Italian for nothing; (gratis) for nothing, for free; nessuno fa niente per niente you get nothing for nothing; (affatto) at all; non è per niente sicuro it is by no means certain; non assomiglia per niente a suo padre he is nothing like his father; la cosa non mi riguarda per niente that doesn't concern me at all o in any way; non mi preoccupa per niente it doesn't bother me in the least; per niente al mondo not for love nor for money, for anything; per niente! not at all!(nessuno) no; (in presenza di altra negazione) any; niente alcolici no alcoholic drinks; niente paura! never fear! have no fear! non ho niente fame colloq. I'm not at all hungryIII sostantivo m.nothing; un niente lo irrita the slighest thing annoys him; non vedo un bel niente I can't see a damned thing; in un niente in no time at all; è venuto su dal niente fig. he is a self-made manIV avverbio1 (neanche un poco) non m'importa niente I don't care at all; non ci metto niente a farlo I'll do it in no time; niente affatto not at all, not in the least; non ero niente affatto contento I was none too happy; non vale niente it's worth nothing; niente male not half bad, not bad at all; non eri niente male you weren't too bad at all2 (in espressioni ellittiche) tutti lo chiamano, ma lui niente! everybody calls him, but he won't listen -
11 poco claro
adj.not very clear, fuzzy, obscure, unclear.* * *(adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex. Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.Ex. This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex. A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex. Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.* * *(adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex: Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.Ex: This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex: A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex: Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work. -
12 oberflächlich
I Adj. superficial; Mensch: auch shallow; (flüchtig) perfunctory, cursory; oberflächliche Bekanntschaft casual ( oder nodding) acquaintance; es ist bei ihm sehr oberflächlich auch it doesn’t go very deep with himII Adv. superficially; (flüchtig) perfunctorily, cursorily; oberflächlich betrachtet on the surface; ich kenne sie nur oberflächlich she’s only a casual acquaintance, I don’t know her very well* * *trivial; superficial; cursory; perfunctory; desultory; skin-deep* * *ober|fläch|lich [-flɛçlɪç]1. adj1) (= an der Oberfläche) superficialóberflächliche Verletzung — surface wound
2) (= flüchtig) superficial; Kenntnisse superficial, shallowbei óberflächlicher Betrachtung — at a quick glance
seine Englischkenntnisse sind nur óberflächlich — his knowledge of English is only superficial
3) (= seicht) Mensch, Unterhaltung superficial, shallow2. adv1) (= an der Oberfläche) superficially, on the surfaceer ist nur óberflächlich verletzt — he's only got superficial injuries
2) (= flüchtig) superficially, not thoroughlysie arbeitet óberflächlich — she doesn't do her work thoroughly
jdn (nur) óberflächlich kennen — to know sb( only) slightly, to have a nodding acquaintance with sb
etw (nur) óberflächlich kennen — to have (only) a shallow or superficial knowledge of sth
3) (= seicht) superficiallysich óberflächlich unterhalten — to have a superficial conversation
* * *1) (not able to think seriously or feel deeply: a rather shallow personality.) shallow2) (slight or incomplete: a sketchy knowledge of French.) sketchy3) (on, or affecting, the surface only: The wound is only superficial.) superficial4) (not thorough: He has only a superficial knowledge of the subject.) superficial5) ((especially of people) only interested in unimportant things; not at all serious: She's a very trivial person.) trivial* * *ober·fläch·lich[ˈo:bɐflɛçlɪç]I. adj1. (äußerlich) superficial2. (flüchtig) superficialsie arbeitet rasch, ist aber leider etwas zu \oberflächlich she works quickly but, unfortunately, she's a little slapdash3. (seicht) superficialII. adv1. (an der Oberfläche) superficially3. (allgemein) superficially* * *1.Adjektiv superficial2.eine erste, oberflächlich Schätzung — a first, rough estimate
adverbial superficially* * *oberflächliche Bekanntschaft casual ( oder nodding) acquaintance;oberflächlich betrachtet on the surface;ich kenne sie nur oberflächlich she’s only a casual acquaintance, I don’t know her very well* * *1.Adjektiv superficial2.eine erste, oberflächlich Schätzung — a first, rough estimate
adverbial superficially* * *adj.cursory adj.perfunctory adj.sketchy adj.superficial adj. adv.cursorily adv.perfunctorily adv.sketchily adv.superficially adv. -
13 rien
rien [ʀjɛ̃]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. nothing• qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ? -- rien what's wrong? -- nothing• ça ou rien, c'est pareil it makes no odds► ne... rien not... anything nothing• je n'en sais trop rien I haven't a clue (PROV) on n'a rien sans rien(PROV) nothing ventured, nothing gained► avoir + rien• ils n'ont rien (possessions) they haven't got anything they have nothing ; (maladie, blessure) they're OK• ça va, tu n'as rien ? are you OK?• n'avoir rien contre qn/qch to have nothing against sb/sth• j'en ai rien à foutre (inf!) I don't give a damn (inf!)• on n'a rien sans rien you don't get anything for nothing► être + rien• pour lui, 50 km à vélo, ce n'est rien cycling 50 kilometres is nothing for him• élever quatre enfants, ce n'est pas rien bringing up four children is quite something• tu t'es fait mal ? -- non, c'est rien (inf) did you hurt yourself? -- no, it's nothing• pardon ! -- c'est rien or ce n'est rien (inf) sorry! -- it doesn't matter► faire + rien• rien à faire ! it's no good!• rien n'y fait ! nothing's any good!► en rien• ce tableau ne ressemble en rien au reste de son œuvre this picture is nothing like his other works► rien de + adjectif ou adverbe nothing• je t'achèterai le journal, rien d'autre ? I'll get you a newspaper - do you want anything else?• rien de tel qu'une bonne douche chaude ! there's nothing like a nice hot shower!b. ( = quelque chose) anything• as-tu jamais rien vu de pareil ? have you ever seen anything like it?► de rien !• je vous remercie -- de rien ! (inf) thank you -- you're welcome!• il ne quitterait son pays pour rien au monde he wouldn't leave his country for anything► rien du tout nothing at all• qu'as-tu vu ? -- rien du tout what did you see? -- nothing at all• qu'est-ce que c'est que ce cadeau de rien du tout ? what on earth can I (or you etc) do with this stupid little present?► rien de rien (inf) absolutely nothing• il ne fait rien, mais rien de rien (inf) he does nothing, and I mean nothing► pour rien ( = inutilement) for nothing ; ( = pour peu d'argent) for next to nothing• pourquoi tu dis ça ? -- pour rien why do you say that? -- no reason• ce n'est pas pour rien que... it's not for nothing that...► rien que• la vérité, rien que la vérité the truth and nothing but the truth• rien qu'à le voir, j'ai deviné I guessed by just looking at him• je voudrais vous voir, rien qu'une minute could I see you just for a minute?• c'est à moi, rien qu'à moi it's mine and mine alone• il voulait 500 €, rien que ça ! he wanted a mere 500 euros!• elle veut être actrice, rien que ça ! she wants to be an actress, no less!2. <• j'ai failli rater le train, il s'en est fallu d'un rien I came within a hair's breadth of missing the train• « moi pas » dit-elle un rien insolente "I'm not", she said rather insolently► un rien de a touch of* * *
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1. ʀjɛ̃pronom indéfini1) ( nulle chose)il n'est rien pour moi — he means ou is nothing to me
pour rien — ( en vain) for nothing; ( à bas prix) for next to nothing
‘pourquoi?’ - ‘pour rien’ — ‘why?’ - ‘no reason’
‘merci’ - ‘de rien’ — ‘thank you’ - ‘you're welcome’ ou ‘not at all’
‘que prends-tu?’ - ‘rien du tout’ — ‘what are you having?’ - ‘nothing at all’
ça ou rien, c'est pareil — it makes no odds
c'est trois fois rien — (colloq) it's next to nothing
rien de rien — (colloq) absolutely nothing
2) ( seulement)elle voudrait un bureau rien qu'à elle — (colloq) she would like an office all to herself
la vérité, rien que la vérité — the truth and nothing but the truth
rien que ça? — (colloq) ( en réponse) is that all?
ils habitent un château, rien que ça! — iron they live in a castle, no less! ou if you please!
3) ( quoi que ce soit) anything
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de rien (du tout) locution adjective
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(colloq) un rien locution adverbiale a (tiny) bit
4.
en rien locution adverbiale at all, in any way••rien à faire! — ( c'est impossible) it's no good ou use!; ( refus) no way! (colloq)
ce n'est pas rien! — ( exploit) it's quite something!; ( tâche) it's no joke, it's not exactly a picnic! (colloq); ( somme) it's not exactly peanuts! (colloq)
II ʀjɛ̃nom masculin1) ( vétille)faire quelque chose comme un rien — (colloq) to do something very easily
2) (colloq) ( petite quantité)3) (colloq) ( personne)un/une rien du tout — ( insignifiant) a nobody; ( sans moralité) a no-good (colloq), a worthless person
* * *ʀjɛ̃1. pron1) (= sans 'ne') nothing"Qu'est-ce que vous avez?" — "Rien." — "What have you got?" — "Nothing."
"Qu'est-ce que tu as acheté?" — "Rien." — "What have you bought?" — "Nothing."
pour rien au monde; Pour rien au monde je ne le vendrais. — I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world.
2) (avec 'ne')ne... rien — not... anything, nothing
Il n'a rien dit. — He didn't say anything., He hasn't said anything.
Il n'a rien fait. — He didn't do anything., He hasn't done anything.
il n'a rien (= n'est pas blessé) — he's all right
3) (= quelque chose)rien de; rien d'intéressant — nothing interesting
n'avoir rien de; Il n'a rien d'un champion. — He's no champion.
rien que — just, only
Rien que la voiture coûte un million. — The car alone costs a million.
de rien! — not at all!, don't mention it!
"Merci beaucoup!" — "De rien!" — "Thank you very much!" — "Not at all!"
rien à faire! — it's no good!, it's no use!
en rien; il ne lui ressemble en rien — he's nothing like him
2. nm1) (= quantité infime)2) (= chose insignifiante)Il se met en colère pour un rien. — He loses his temper over the slightest thing.
des petits riens; des riens — trivial things pl little things pl
* * *I.A pron indéf1 ( nulle chose) rien n'est impossible nothing is impossible; un mois à ne rien faire a month doing nothing; j'ai décidé de ne rien dire I decided to say nothing ou not to say anything; il n'y a rien qui puisse la consoler nothing can console her; il n'y a plus rien there's nothing left; il n'y a plus rien à faire ( comme travail) there's nothing left ou else to do; ( pour le sauver) there's nothing more ou else that can be done; ce n'est rien it's nothing; elle n'est rien she's a nobody; il n'est rien pour moi he means ou is nothing to me; ils ne nous sont rien they're nothing to do with us; il n'en est rien it's nothing of the sort; elle ne t'a rien fait she hasn't done anything to you; n'avoir rien à faire avec qn to have nothing to do with sb; rien n'y fait! nothing's any good!; il n'a rien d'un intrigant there's nothing of the schemer about him; elle n'a rien de sa sœur she's nothing like her sister; rien de bon nothing good; rien d'autre nothing else; rien de moins/de plus nothing less/more (que than); rien de meilleur/de pire/de mieux nothing better/worse/better (que than); il n'y a rien de tel/de tel que la marche pour garder la forme there's nothing like it/like walking to keep you fit; il n'y a rien eu de cassé nothing was broken; ça n'a rien de luxueux there's nothing luxurious about it; je n'ai jamais rien vu de pire I've never seen anything worse; rien à déclarer/signaler nothing to declare/report; partir de rien to start from nothing; faire un drame d'un rien to make a drama out of nothing; pour rien ( en vain) for nothing; ( à bas prix) for next to nothing; ‘pourquoi?’-‘pour rien’ ‘why?’-‘no reason’; ce n'est pas pour rien que it's not without reason ou not for nothing that; parler pour rien to waste one's breath; ‘merci’-‘de rien’ ‘thank you’-‘you're welcome’, ‘not at all’; en moins de rien in no time at all; ‘que prends-tu?’-‘rien du tout’ ‘what are you having?’-‘nothing at all’; c'est ça ou rien it's that or nothing, take it or leave it; ‘mais vous avez un contrat’-‘ça ou rien(, c'est pareil)’ ‘but you have a contract’-‘I might as well not have one’, ‘it makes no odds’; c'est mieux que rien it's better than nothing; c'est moins que rien it's nothing at all; c'est trois fois rien it's next to nothing; rien à rien, rien de rien○ absolutely nothing; faire qch comme rien to do sth very easily;2 ( seulement) rien que la bouteille pèse deux kilos the bottle alone weighs two kilos; j'en ai eu pour 35 euros rien qu'avec les fleurs the flowers alone cost me 35 euros; c'est à lui et rien qu'à lui it's his and his alone; elle voudrait un bureau rien qu'à elle○ she would like an office all to herself; il n'est rien qu'un scribouillard he's nothing but ou he's just a penpusher; ‘qu'y a-t-il à boire?’-‘rien que de l'eau’ ‘what is there to drink?’-‘just water’; la vérité, rien que la vérité the truth and nothing but the truth; rien que pour te plaire just to please you; j'en ai la nausée rien que d'y penser I feel sick just thinking about it; rien qu'à voir comment il s'habille just by looking at the way he dresses; rien que ça○? ( en réponse) is that all?; ils habitent un château, rien que ça! iron they live in a castle, no less! ou if you please! iron;3 ( quoi que ce soit) anything; avant de rien signer before signing anything; sans que j'en sache rien without my knowing anything about it; il m'a demandé si je n'avais rien vu he asked me if I had seen anything; as-tu jamais rien fait pour eux? have you ever done anything for them?;4 Sport gén nil; ( au tennis) love; rien partout, rien à rien nil nil; rien à 15 ( au tennis) love 15.B de rien (du tout) loc adj fille de rien worthless girl; un petit bleu de rien (du tout) a tiny bruise; une affaire de rien du tout a trivial matter.C ○adv c'est rien moche! it isn't half ugly○! GB, it's really ugly.E en rien loc adv at all, in any way; cela ne me concerne en rien that doesn't concern me at all ou in any way; ce n'est en rien nécessaire it's not at all necessary, it's in no way necessary; il ne te ressemble en rien he's not at all like you, he's nothing like you.rien à faire! ( c'est impossible) it's no good ou use!; ( refus) no way○!; on n'a rien pour rien you get nothing for nothing; ce n'est pas rien! ( exploit) it's quite something!; ( tâche) it's no joke, it's not exactly a picnic○!; ( somme) it's not exactly peanuts○!II.rien nm1 ( vétille) être puni pour un rien to be punished for the slightest thing; un rien le fâche the slightest thing annoys him; un rien l'habille, elle s'habille d'un rien she looks good in the simplest thing; se disputer pour un rien to quarrel over nothing; perdre son temps à des riens to waste one's time on trivial things; les petits riens qui rendent la vie agréable the little things which make life pleasant; faire qch comme un rien to do sth very easily;2 ( petite quantité) un rien de a touch of; un rien d'humour a touch of humourGB; un rien de sel a tiny pinch of salt; un rien de cognac a dash of brandy; en un rien de temps in next to no time;3 ( personne) un/une rien du tout ( insignifiant) a nobody; ( sans moralité) a no-good○, a worthless person.[rjɛ̃] pronom indéfini1. [nulle chose] nothingrien de cassé/grave, j'espère? nothing broken/serious, I hope?rien de plus nothing else ou more[en réponse négative à une question]je vous remercie — de rien! thanks — you're welcome ou not at all ou don't mention itune affaire de rien du tout a trifling ou trivial matterrien à dire, c'est parfait! what can I say, it's perfect!rien à faire, la voiture ne veut pas démarrer it's no good, the car (just) won't startj'en ai rien à faire (familier) ou àcirer (très familier) I don't give a damn ou a toss (très familier)2. [en corrélation avec 'ne']rien n'est plus beau que... there's nothing more beautiful than...rien n'y a fait, elle a refusé (there was) nothing doing, she said noce n'est rien, ça va guérir it's nothing, it'll get betterce n'est pas rien it's no small thing ou matterje croyais avoir perdu, il n'en est rien I thought I'd lost, but not at all ou quite the contraryils se disaient mariés, en fait il n'en est rien they claimed they were married but they're nothing of the sortil n'est (plus) rien pour moi he's ou he means nothing to me (anymore)et moi alors, je ne suis rien (dans tout ça)? and what about me (in all this), don't I count for anything ou don't I matter?je ne me souviens de rien I remember nothing, I don't remember anythingon ne voit rien avec cette fumée you can't see anything ou a thing with all this smokecela ou ça ne fait rien it doesn't matterça ne (te) fait rien si je te dépose en dernier? would you mind if I dropped you off last?, is it OK with you if I drop you off last?ça n'a rien à voir avec toi it's got nothing to do with you, it doesn't concern youje n'ai rien contre lui I have nothing against him, I don't have anything against himne t'inquiète pas, tu n'y es pour rien don't worry, it's not your faultpour ne rien vous cacher... to be completely open with you...elle n'avait jamais rien vu de semblable she had never seen such a thing ou anything like itrien ne sert de courir (il faut partir à point) La Fontaine (allusion) slow and steady wins the race (proverbe)3. [quelque chose] anything4. JEUX5. [au tennis] love6. (locution)rien moins que [bel et bien]: elle est rien moins que décidée à le poursuivre en justice she's well and truly determined to take him to courtelle est rien moins que sotte [nullement] she is far from stupid————————[rjɛ̃] adverbeils sont rien riches they really are rolling in it (très familier & UK), they sure as hell are rich (US)————————[rjɛ̃] nom masculin1. [néant]2. [chose sans importance]un rien the merest trifle ou slightest thing3. un rien de [très peu de] a touch ofun rien de frivolité a touch ou tinge ou hint of frivolity————————en rien locution adverbialeça n'a en rien affecté ma décision it hasn't influenced my decision at all ou in the least ou in any waypour rien locution adverbialepour deux/trois fois rien for next to nothing————————rien du tout nom masculin et fémininun/une rien du tout a nobody————————rien que locution adverbialerien qu'une fois just ou only onceviens, rien qu'un jour do come, (even) if only for a dayrien que d'y penser, j'ai des frissons the mere thought of it ou just thinking about it makes me shiverla vérité, rien que la vérité the truth and nothing but the truth————————un rien locution adverbialesa robe est un rien trop étroite her dress is a touch ou a shade ou a tiny bit too tight -
14 Kleinigkeit
f; -, -en1. (kleine Sache) little thing, trifle; (Einzelheit) (mere) detail; (Geschenk, Imbiss) little something; ich habe noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten zu erledigen I’ve still got a few little things to see to; musst du bei jeder Kleinigkeit heulen? do you have to cry about every little thing?; er muss sich um jede Kleinigkeit kümmern he has to see to every detail; ich habe eine Kleinigkeit für dich I’ve got a little something for you; eine Kleinigkeit essen have a little something ( oder a bite) to eat2. eine Kleinigkeit zu lang a little bit ( oder a tad, a smidgin) too long, a little bit on the long side; es kostet die Kleinigkeit von zwei Millionen Dollar iro. it costs a little matter ( oder the mere trifle) of two million dollars3. (etwas Leichtes) das ist eine Kleinigkeit ( für dich) that’s a simple matter (for you), you can easily manage that; das war für sie keine Kleinigkeit that was no small matter ( oder quite something) for her* * *die Kleinigkeitlittleness; minor matter; minor detail; knick-knack; detail; trifle* * *Klei|nig|keit ['klainɪçkait]f -, -en1) little or small thing; (= Bagatelle) small or trifling or trivial matter or thing, trifle; (= Einzelheit) minor detail or point, small pointich habe noch ein paar Kléínigkeiten in der Stadt zu erledigen — I still have a few little things to attend to in town
es war nur eine Kléínigkeit zu reparieren — there was only something minor to be repaired
die Reparatur/Prüfung war eine Kléínigkeit — the repair job/exam was no trouble at all
eine Kléínigkeit essen — to have a bite to eat, to eat a little something
jdm eine Kléínigkeit schenken/bezahlen — to give/pay sb a little something
die Kléínigkeit von 1.000 Euro (iro) — the small matter of 1,000 euros
das kostet eine Kléínigkeit (iro) — that'll cost a pretty penny (esp Brit)
wegen or bei jeder Kléínigkeit — for the slightest reason
sich um jede Kléínigkeit selbst kümmern müssen — to have to take care of every little detail personally
das war doch (nur) eine Kléínigkeit! — it was nothing
das ist doch eine Kléínigkeit! — that isn't (asking) much
das ist für mich keine Kléínigkeit — that is no small matter for me
wir haben noch ein paar Kléínigkeiten geändert — we've changed one or two details, we've made one or two small changes
bis auf die letzten Kléínigkeiten ist alles fertig — everything is ready apart from the last-minute odds and ends
sich nicht mit Kléínigkeiten abgeben or befassen — not to bother over details
2)eine Kléínigkeit zu groß/nach rechts — a little (bit) etc too big/to the right
das wird eine Kléínigkeit dauern — it will take a little while
* * *(anything of very little value: $100 is a trifle when one is very rich.) trifle* * *Klei·nig·keit<-, -en>[ˈklainɪçkait]f1. (Bagatelle) small matter [or point]es ist nur eine \Kleinigkeit, ein Kratzer, nicht mehr it's only a trifle, no more than a scratch[für jdn] eine/keine \Kleinigkeit sein to be a/no simple matter [for sb]wegen [o bei] jeder [o der geringsten] \Kleinigkeit at every opportunity, for the slightest reason2. (Einzelheit) minor detailmuss ich mich um jede \Kleinigkeit kümmern? do I have to do every little thing myself?3. (ein wenig)▪ eine \Kleinigkeit a little [bit]eine \Kleinigkeit zu hoch/tief a little [or touch] too high/loweine \Kleinigkeit essen to have a bite to eat, to eat a little somethingetw um eine \Kleinigkeit verschieben to move sth a little bitein paar \Kleinigkeiten a few little things5.* * *die; Kleinigkeit, Kleinigkeiten1) (kleine Sache) small thing; (kleines Geschenk) small or litte gift or present (Einzelheit) [small] detail; minor pointeine Kleinigkeit essen — have a [small] bite to eat
das kostet eine Kleinigkeit — (ugs. iron.) that costs a bob or two (Brit. coll.) or a tidy sum (coll.)
die Kleinigkeit von 50 000 Euro — (ugs. iron.) the small or little matter of 50,000 euros
2) (leichte Aufgabe)eine Kleinigkeit für jemanden sein — be no trouble for somebody; be a simple matter for somebody
3)eine Kleinigkeit — (ugs.): (ein bisschen) a little bit
* * *1. (kleine Sache) little thing, trifle; (Einzelheit) (mere) detail; (Geschenk, Imbiss) little something;ich habe noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten zu erledigen I’ve still got a few little things to see to;musst du bei jeder Kleinigkeit heulen? do you have to cry about every little thing?;er muss sich um jede Kleinigkeit kümmern he has to see to every detail;ich habe eine Kleinigkeit für dich I’ve got a little something for you;eine Kleinigkeit essen have a little something ( oder a bite) to eat2.eine Kleinigkeit zu lang a little bit ( oder a tad, a smidgin) too long, a little bit on the long side;es kostet die Kleinigkeit von zwei Millionen Dollar iron it costs a little matter ( oder the mere trifle) of two million dollars3. (etwas Leichtes)das ist eine Kleinigkeit (für dich) that’s a simple matter (for you), you can easily manage that;das war für sie keine Kleinigkeit that was no small matter ( oder quite something) for her* * *die; Kleinigkeit, Kleinigkeiten1) (kleine Sache) small thing; (kleines Geschenk) small or litte gift or present (Einzelheit) [small] detail; minor pointeine Kleinigkeit essen — have a [small] bite to eat
das kostet eine Kleinigkeit — (ugs. iron.) that costs a bob or two (Brit. coll.) or a tidy sum (coll.)
die Kleinigkeit von 50 000 Euro — (ugs. iron.) the small or little matter of 50,000 euros
eine Kleinigkeit für jemanden sein — be no trouble for somebody; be a simple matter for somebody
3)eine Kleinigkeit — (ugs.): (ein bisschen) a little bit
* * *f.trifle n. -
15 ἐλάχιστος
ἐλάχιστος, ίστη, ον (ἐλαχύς ‘small, little’; since Hom. Hymns, Merc. 573 and Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX; Test12Patr; JosAs 1:13 codd. AHPal. 364 for χεῖρον; ApcMos 16; Just., Ath.) used as superl. of μικρός. From it a vernac. comp. ἐλαχιστότερος is formed (B-D-F §61, 2; W-S. §11, 4; Mlt. 236; M-M. s.v. ἐλαχιστότερος).① pert. to being the lowest in status, least. In our lit. only rarely as a true superl. (Jos., Bell. 6, 198) smallest, least (PTebt 24, 67 [117 B.C.]; Josh 6:26) ὁ ἐ. τῶν ἀποστόλων the least of the apostles 1 Cor 15:9. Otherwise elative (s. B-D-F §60, 2; Mlt. 236) in this mng. and the succeeding ones, οὐδαμῶς ἐ. εἶ ἐν τ. ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah Mt 2:6. Of pers. unimportant (SIG 888, 58; PsSol 2:26; TestJos 17:8) Mt 5:19b; 25:40, 45 (WBrandt, D. geringsten Brüder: Jahrb. d. Theol. Schule Bethel 8, ’37, 1ff; on the disguised beggar theme cp. Od. 14, 55ff and s. Od. 17, 485–87 [Old Testament, cp. 3 Km 17:8ff]; s. DFlückiger-Guggenheim, Göttliche Gäste ’84 [Gk. Mythology]; ABurnett, ClPh 65, ’70, 124–25 [lit]); comp. w. same sense as the superlative ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ to me, the very least Eph 3:8.② pert. to being relatively the smallest in a specific class or group, very small/short (TestJud 15:6; Jos., Bell. 6, 330 ἐ. μέρος) ἐ. πηδάλιον very small rudder Js 3:4; ἐ. κοκκάριον a very small grain Hm 11:20, cp. 21; of animals the smallest 1 Cl 20:10.—Neut. as adv. in this sense (Polyaenus 8, 7, 2) ἐ. βασανίζεσθαι be tortured (punished) a very short time Hs 6, 4, 2 (restored fr. Lat. texts)=for too short a time. W. ref. to number very few (Diod S 1, 71, 3 ἐλάχιστα ἀγνοήματα=fewest mistakes [in contrast to many failures of others]) Hs 8, 5, 4 people; 9, 8, 7 stones. τὸ ἐ. ἀψίνθιον very little wormwood Hm 5, 1, 5. ἐ. τῶν ῥάβδων a very small section (w. ref. to being partially verdant or dry) of the sticks Hs 8, 1, 14f; 8, 5, 5f; 8, 10, 1 and 3.③ pert. to being considered of very little importance, insignificant, trivial (also elative). Of commandments (relatively) insignificant Mt 5:19a (FDibelius, ZNW 11, 1910, 188–90; GDalman, Jesus 1929, 62–65 [tr. PLevertoff]). Of parts of the body 1 Cl 37:5. κριτήρια ἐ. trivial cases 1 Cor 6:2. ἐλάχιστον a very little thing Lk 12:26; (opp. τὸ πολύ) 16:10; 19:17; 2 Cl 8:5 (on ἐν ἐ. cp. Mitt-Wilck. II/2, 372 V, 23f). ἐμοὶ εἰς ἐ. ἐστιν 1 Cor 4:3 (s. εἰμί 2cβ). Adv. ἐλάχιστον ἐξαμαρτεῖν sin a little Hs 8, 10, 1.—DELG s.v. ἐλαχύς. M-M. EDNT. TW. -
16 kleinlich
Adj. petty; (sehr genau) pedantic, nit-picking umg.; (umständlich) pernickety umg., Am. persnickety, fussy; (geizig) stingy* * *pettifogging; pedantic; small; ungenerous; nit-picking* * *klein|lich ['klainlɪç]1. adjpetty; (= knaus[e]rig) mean (esp Brit), stingy (inf); (= engstirnig) narrow-minded2. adv(= knauserig) stingily; (= engstirnig) narrow-mindedly* * *1) (too concerned with details; too particular; difficult to satisfy: She is very fussy about her food.) fussy2) (deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason: petty behaviour.) petty* * *klein·lich[ˈklainlɪç]adj (pej)sei doch nicht so \kleinlich! don't be so petty! pej* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv pernickety; (ohne Großzügigkeit) mean; (engstirnig) small-minded; petty; (in Bezug auf Sauberkeit und Ordnung) pernickety; fussy; petty < regulations>2.adverbial meticulously; punctiliously* * *kleinlich adj petty; (sehr genau) pedantic, nit-picking umg; (umständlich) pernickety umg, US persnickety, fussy; (geizig) stingy* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv pernickety; (ohne Großzügigkeit) mean; (engstirnig) small-minded; petty; (in Bezug auf Sauberkeit und Ordnung) pernickety; fussy; petty < regulations>2.adverbial meticulously; punctiliously* * *adj.pedantic adj. -
17 mediocris
mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.I.In gen. (class.).A.Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things:B.castellum,
Sall. J. 92, 5:spatium,
Caes. B. G. 5, 43:agmen,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:intervallum,
id. B. Alex. 30.—Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.:II.C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,
Cic. Brut. 36, 136:L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,
id. ib. 36, 137:non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:homines,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:vir,
Just. 1, 4, 4:poëta,
Hor. A. P. 372:in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:amicitia,
id. Lael. 6, 10:malum,
id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:artes,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:eloquentia,
id. ib. 1, 29, 133:ingenium,
id. ib. 2, 27, 119:excusare... mediocris est animi,
narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20:ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,
Juv. 13, 7.—Esp.A.Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial:* B.Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,
i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1:non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,
Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre [p. 1124] telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61:non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,
uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:praemium non mediocre,
Suet. Vesp. 18:non mediocris dissensio,
Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—With syllaba, common = anceps:1.syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,
Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭter.Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.):(β).ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:corpus mediocriter aegrum,
id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.:(γ). 2.supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13:non mediocriter,
in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39:reprehensus est non mediocriter,
i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.):quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.:hoc vellem mediocrius,
Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5. -
18 tanti
tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116. -
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tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116. -
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tantus, a, um, adj. [perh. for tavantus; cf. Sanscr. tāvant, so great; Gr. teôs, i. e. teWôs].I.Of such size or measure, so great in amount, extent, value, degree, etc. (as some standard expressed or understood); usually with a foll. quantus, ut, qui, or absol.; rarely quam.1.With [p. 1841] quantus:2.nullam (contionem) umquam vidi tantam, quanta nunc vestrum est,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:quae tanta sunt in hoc uno, quanta in omnibus reliquis imperatoribus,
id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 29:est alienum tanto viro, quantus es tu, non posse, etc.,
id. ad Brut. 1, 9, 1:tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt, quantum fuit diei spatium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11; cf.:quamquam Demaden continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuluscumque postea fuit, fecisse,
Quint. 2, 17, 12; Cic. Lael. 20, 74; Sall. C. 58, 2.—With ut.a.Denoting result or consequence; with subj.:b.tanta erat operis firmitudo, ut, etc.,
Caes. B G 4, 17:non fuit tantus homo Sex. Roscius in civitate, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 43, 125;unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis... ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:quod ego tantum nefas commisi, ut hanc vicem saevitiae meae redderes?
Curt. 4, 10, 29:quod tantum cogitavi nefas, ut dignior Philotas me videretur?
id. 6, 7, 30.—Denoting comparison:3.tantā modestiā dicto audiens fuit, ut si privatus esset,
Nep. Ages. 4, 2.—With rel. qui, etc.:4.cave putes aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:statuerunt, tantum illud esse maleficium, quod, etc.,
id. Sull. 2, 7:nulla est tanta vis, quae non ferro frangi possit,
id. Marcell. 3, 8.—Without correlation (esp. freq. in exclamations, etc.) ita tanta mira in aedibus sunt facta, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 5:5.tanta factis modo mira miris modis, etc.,
id. Cas. 3, 5, 5:qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina,
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 15:neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:tantilla tanta verba funditat,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 61. hocine mihi ob labores tantos tantillum dari, id. Truc. 2, 6, 56:ne tantae nationes conjugantur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11:onus,
id. ib. 2, 30 in tantis motionibus tantisque vicissitudinibus, tam multarum rerum atque tantarum ordinious, Cic. N D. 2, 5, 15:non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa posse fieri,
id. de Or 2, 20, 84:qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias repudiarit,
id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:tot tantaque vitia,
id. Verr 1, 16, 47:quae faceres in hominem tantum et talem,
id. Fam. 13, 66, 1; cf.:conservare urbes tantas atque tales,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 92, so too, with talis, id. Fam. 15, 4, 14, id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:tanta ista mala,
Sall. C. 40, 2;Liv 31, 9: neque tanto tractu se colligit anguis,
Verg. G. 2, 154:tantorum ingentia septem Terga boum,
id. A. 5, 404; Curt. 3, 1, 10; 3, 3, 28; 4, 1, 1:sexcenta tanta reddam, si vivo, tibi,
six hundred times as much, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 111; so,sexcenta tanta,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 37:tribus tantis illi minus redit quam obseveris,
three times as much less, id. Trin. 2, 4, 129:jam non quaero, unde tantam Melitensem vestem habueris,
such a great quantity of, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183:si in uno corpore tantarum rerum gubernationem mens humana possidet,
Lact. 1, 3, 21.—With quam:6.maria aspera juro, Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 (cf. infra, B. 2.).—With a partit. gen.:tantus ille ventorum,
Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 (dub.; Jahn, ventus).—Esp. in phrase tantō ŏpĕre; freq. as one word, tantŏpĕre, so greatly, in so high a degree, so very, etc. (class. and freq.):B.cur tanto opere extimueras?
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 92, cf.:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 2, 31; Ter. And. 5, 2, 27; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 38; Caes. B. G. 7, 52; Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21; id. Mur. 10, 23; id. de Or. 1, 35, 164 al.—In an inverted order:mirum est, me, ut redeam, te opere tanto quaesere,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1.—Transf., so many ( = tot; mostly poet.):C.tantae Coëunt in proelia gentes,
Val. Fl. 5, 636:lamentabile tantis urbibus,
Stat. Th. 11, 160:legatum valet in tantos quanti inveniantur,
Dig. 30, 1, 65.— Sing.:numquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit,
Luc. 7, 834. —Neutr. absol.1.tantum, so much, so many:b.habere tantum molestiae quantum gloriae...ut tantum nobis, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:decutio argenti tantum, quantum mihi lubet,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 3, 4:iis adposuit tantum, quod satis esset, nullo adparatu,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91: tantum complectitur, quod satis sit modicae palaestrae, id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:eo indito cumini fricti tantum, quod oleat,
Cato, R. R. 156, 3 (cf.: tantum quod, s. v. tantum, adv. B. 2. b.): Ch. Coactus reddidit ducentos et mille Philippum. Ni. Tantum debuit, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 38: nec tantum Karthago habuisset opum, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 526 (1, 48, 3 B. and K.):cum tantum belli in manibus esset,
Liv. 4, 57, 1:sed quid hic tantum hominum incedunt?
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 5:tantum hostium intra muros est,
Liv. 3, 17, 4 et saep.:sexies tantum, quam quantum satum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; cf.:etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam, etc.,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81 (v. alter):tantum... dum,
Liv. 27, 42, 12; cf.:tantum modo... dum,
Sall. J. 53, 3: tantum abest, ut, etc. (v. absum). —In colloquial lang.: tantum est, that is all, nothing more, etc.:2.vos rogat, ut, etc. Tantum est. Valete,
Plaut. Trin. prol. 22; so id. Cas. prol. 87: Lo. Numquid amplius? Ly. Tantum est, id. Merc. 2, 2, 12; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 26; id. Hec. 5, 3, 15.—Gen. (of price) tanti:b.tanti, quanti poscit, vin' tanti illam emi?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22; cf.:tanti est, quanti est fungus putidus,
it is worth as much as, is worth no more than, id. Bacch. 4, 7, 23:frumentum tanti fuit, quanti iste aestimavit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:ubi me dixero dare tanti,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 49:graviter increpuit, tanti habitare censorem,
in so costly a house, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 3. —Trop.: est tanti (alicui), to be worth so much; to be valued, prized, or esteemed so highly; to be of such consequence or importance:3.tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20: tanti non fuit Arsacen capere, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:hoc tanti fuit vertere, ut, etc.,
Quint. 1, 6, 38: est mihi tanti, Quirites, hujus invidiae tempestatem subire, dummodo a vobis hujus belli periculum depellatur, it is worth this price to me, i. e. I esteem it a light thing, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; cf.:sed est tanti (sc.: invidiam istam mihi impendere), dummodo,
id. ib. 1, 9, 22:etsi id quidem non tanti est, quam quod propter eosdem, etc.,
id. Mil. 22, 58:juratus tibi possum dicere, nihil esse tanti, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 13, 2:cum dicturis tanti suae non sint (actiones),
Quint. 12, 8, 4:sunt o! sunt jurgia tanti,
Ov. M. 2, 424 et saep.—Abl. (with comparatives) tantō, by so much, so much the:b.quanto erat in dies gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores litterae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur,
Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:quantum opere processerant, tanto aberant ab aquā longius,
id. B. C. 1, 81:tanto major vis, quanto recentior,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:reperietis quinquies tanto amplius istum quam quantum, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 225:tantone minoris decumae venierunt quam fuerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 45, § 106 et saep.: bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius, twice as much, twice as good, dis tosôi, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62:bis tanto pluris,
id. Men. 4, 3, 6:ter tanto pejor,
id. Pers. 1, 3, 73:multo tanto miserior,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 37:si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:post tanto,
Verg. G. 3, 476; Curt. 6, 7, 26.— Rarely with verbs denoting comparison:tanto praestitit ceteros imperatores, quan to populus Romanus antecedit fortitudine cunctas nationes,
Nep. Hann. 1, 1; Ov. M. 13, 368; cf.:doctrinis tanto antecessit condiscipulos, ut, etc.,
Nep. Epam. 2, 2.— Poet. with sup.:tanto pessimus omnium poëta, Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus,
Cat. 49, 6.—In colloquial lang.: tanto melior! so much the better! well done! good! excellent! bravo! etc.: To. Omnes sycophantias instruxi et comparavi, quo pacto ab lenone auferam hoc argentum. Sa. Tanto melior! Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 24; cf. Sen. Ep. 31;4.so too: tanto melior,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 61; Phaedr. 3, 5, 3:tanto hercle melior,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38:tanto major! tanto augustior!
how great! how noble! Plin. Pan. 71, 4:tanto nequior!
so much the worse! that is bad! Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 12; cf. Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 84; so,tanto miserior,
id. Stich. 5, 5, 8.—In tantum, so far, so much, to such a degree, so greatly:II.danti in tantum producenda notitia est muneris sui, in quantum delectatura est eum, cui datur,
Sen. Ben. 2, 23; Col. 12, 24, 1:quaedam aquae fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 1: humum in tantum deprimere, donec altitudinis mensuram datam ceperit, Col. 3, 13, 9:in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27.Since tantus conveys only the idea of relative greatness, it may also be used (with a foll. ut) to denote a small amount, degree, extent, etc.; hence, of such a quantity or quality, such, so small, so slight or trivial; in the neutr., so little, so few (rare but class.):A.ceterarum provinciarum vectigalia tanta sunt, ut iis ad ipsas provincias tutandas vix contenti esse possimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4: si bellum tantum erit, ut vos aut successores sustinere possint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:praesidii tantum est, ut ne murus quidem cingi possit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 35:tantum navium,
id. B. C. 3, 2.—Hence, tantum, adv.So much, so greatly, to such a degree, so:B.tantum, quantum quis fuge,
as quickly as possible, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 94:de quo tantum, quantum me amas, velim cogites,
Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1:id tantum abest ab officio, ut, etc.,
so far, id. Off. 1, 14, 43:rex tantum auctoritate ejus motus est, ut, etc.,
Nep. Con. 4, 1:tantum progressus a castris, ut dimicaturum appareret,
Liv. 37, 39, 6:tantumque ibi moratus, dum, etc.,
so long, id. 27, 42, 13:tantum ad narrandum argumentum adest benignitas,
Plaut. Men. prol. 16:ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum apud istum libertus potuerit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:nullo tantum se Mysia cultu Jactat,
Verg. G. 1, 102.—With adjj. (mostly poet.):nec tantum dulcia, quantum Et liquida,
Verg. G. 4, 101:juventus Non tantum Veneris quantum studiosa culinae,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 80:tantum dissimilis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 313:Marius quantum bello optimus, tantum pace pessimus,
Vell. 2, 11, 1.—(Acc. to tantus, II.; and therefore, prop., only so much, so little; hence) Only, alone, merely, but:b.tantum monet, quantum intellegit,
only so much, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44:tantum in latitudinem patebat, quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 8:quod haec tantum, quantum sensu movetur...se accommodat, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:Socratem tantum de vitā et de moribus solitum esse quaerere,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:nomen tantum virtutis usurpas,
id. Par. 2, 17:dixit tantum: nihil ostendit, nihil protulit,
id. Fl. 15, 34:notus mihi nomine tantum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 3:apte dicere non elocutionis tantum genere constat, sed, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 7; so,non tantum... sed,
id. 9, 3, 28:nec tantum... sed (etiam),
id. 3, 8, 33; 9, 3, 78; 11, 2, 5.—So with unus (mostly post-Aug.;once in Cic.): excepit unum tantum: scire se nihil se scire, nihil amplius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:unum flumen tantum intererat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:unum defuisse tantum superbiae,
Liv. 6, 16, 5; 21, 50, 6; 34, 9, 5; Just. 8, 5, 5; Cels. 5, 28, 14; Tac. A. 15, 1; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120.—Strengthened by modo, and also joined with it in one word, tantummŏdo (freq. and class.;2.whereas solummodo is only post-Aug., v. h. v.): homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri reditu metiuntur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:ut tantummodo per stirpes alantur suas,
id. N. D. 2, 32, 81:cum tantummodo potestatem gustandi feceris,
id. Rep. 2, 28, 51:omnis ea judicatio versatur tantummodo in nomine,
id. ib. 4, 6, 6:pedites tantummodo umeris ac summo pectore exstare (ut possent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 62:velis tantummodo,
you have only to wish it, Hor. S. 1, 9, 54:unum hoc tantummodo, neque praeterea quicquam, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 11 et saep.:neque eum oratorem tantummodo, sed hominem non putant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:neque e silvis tantummodo promota castra, sed etiam... in campos delata acies,
Liv. 9, 37, 2:Cn. Scipionem misit non ad tuendos tantummodo veteres socios, sed etiam ad pellendum Hispaniā Hasdrubalem,
id. 21, 32, 4; so,non tantummodo... sed etiam,
Sen. Polyb. 15, 3; id. Ot. Sap. 3, 5; 5, 4; Front. Ep. ad Verr. p. 124:non tantummodo... sed... quoque,
Vell. 2, 110, 5:non tantummodo... verum etiam,
Aug. Ep. 162, 1; id. Grat. Christ. 14: non... tantum, with ellips. of sed, not only (but much more), Ov. Am. 1, 4, 63; cf.:rem atrocem nec tantum epistulā dignam,
Plin. Ep. 3, 14; Juv. 1, 131.—Particular phrases.a.Tantum non, analog. to the Gr. monon ouk, to [p. 1842] point out an action as only not, i. e. very nearly, completed, almost, all but, very nearly (perh. not ante-Aug.; in Cic. Att. 14, 5, 2, Baiter reads tantummodo):b.cum agger promotus ad urbem vineaeque tantum non jam injunctae moenibus essent,
Liv. 5, 7, 2:tantum non jam captam Lacedaemonem esse,
id. 34, 40, 5:tantum non ad portam bellum esse,
id. 25, 15, 1:videt Romanos tantum non jam circumveniri a dextro cornu,
id. 37, 29, 9:cum hostes tantum non arcessierint,
id. 4, 2, 12 Drak.:tantum non adversis tempestatibus Rhodum enavigavit,
Suet. Tib. 11:tantum non statim a funere,
id. ib. 52:tantum non summam malorum suorum professus est,
id. ib. 66:tantum non in ipso ejus consulatu,
id. Dom. 15 et saep.—But in many cases non belongs to the verb, and not to tantum:tantum non cunctandum neque cessandum esse,
only there must be no delay, Liv. 35, 18, 8:dictator bello ita gesto, ut tantum non defuisse fortunae videretur,
id. 4, 57, 8 Drak.; cf.:ut qui per haec vicit, tantum non defuisse sibi advocatum sciat,
Quint. 6, 2, 4.—Tantum quod, denoting immediate nearness in point of time, only, just, but just, just then, hardly, scarcely (class.):c.tantum quod ex Arpinati veneram, cum mihi a te litterae redditae sunt,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:tantum quod ultimam imposuerat Pannonico bello Caesar manum, cum, etc.,
Vell. 2, 117, 1:haec cum scriberem, tantum quod existimabam ad te orationem esse perlatam,
Cic. Att. 15, 13, 7:navis Alexandrina, quae tantum quod appulerat,
Suet. Aug. 98:natus est XVIII. Cal. Jan. tantum quod oriente sole,
id. Ner. 6:tantum quod pueritiam egresso,
id. Aug. 63:dentem tantum quod exemptum,
id. Vesp. 5 (but in Liv. 22, 2, 9; 33, 4, 6; Amm. 27, 5, 4, the quod belongs not to tantum, but to the following verb):tantum alone = tantum quod,
Verg. E. 6, 16. —Tantum quod non, only that not, nothing is wanting but:tantum quod hominem non nominat: causam quidem totam perscribit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116.
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