very eager

prae-răpĭdus, a, um, adj., very swift, very rapid (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

amnis,

Sen. Apoc. 7, 2, v. 11:

celeritas,

id. Q. N. 1, 1, 1:

gurges,

Liv. 29, 32, 9:

fluminum celeritas,

Curt. 9, 4, 15:

fuga,

Sil. 16, 563.—

Trop., very eager, very ardent:

juvenis,

Sil. 17, 180:

fuga,

id. 16, 564:

ira,

Sen. Ira, 1, 12, 5.

vĕhĕmens ( veemens, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120 K. and H.; more freq. vēmens, Ter. And. 1, 1, 123; Cat. 50, 21; and Lucr. always, Lachm., Munro), entis, adj. [perh. Sanscr. vahis, out of, and mens; cf. vē-], very eager, violent, furious, impetuous, ardent, vehement, etc. (syn. violentus).

Lit.:

vehemens in utramque partem, Menedeme, es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31:

Galba non in agendo solum, sed etiam in meditando vehemens atque incensus,

Cic. Brut. 22, 88: in alios, id. Sull. 31, 87:

vehemens feroxque naturā,

id. Vatin. 2, 4;

with severus (opp. lenissimus),

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12;

with inexorabilis,

id. Sull. 31, 87;

with dissolutus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104;

with acer,

id. Caecin. 10, 28;

with fortis,

id. Off. 1, 28, 100:

vehemens lupus et sibi et hosti Iratus pariter,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 28:

canis,

Phaedr. 2, 3, 1.—Of abstract things:

acer et vehemens incitatio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

genus orationis vehemens atque atrox,

id. ib. 2, 49, 200:

vehemens et pugnax exordium dicendi,

id. ib. 2, 78, 317:

vehemens et aspera quaestio,

Quint. 5, 10, 113:

vehemens et grave senatusconsultum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3. —

Transf., in gen., active, forcible, vigorous, powerful, mighty, strong:

satis vemens causa ad objurgandum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 123:

Arcturus signum sum omnium acerrimum: Vehemens sum exoriens: quom occido vehementior,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 71:

imber,

Lucr. 6, 517:

vehementior cursus fluminum,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

vehementissimus cursus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

fuga,

id. ib. 8, 48:

ictus,

Lucr. 6, 311:

pilum... vehementius ictu missuque telum,

Liv. 9, 19, 7:

impetus,

Amm. 19, 11, 15:

brassica... tenui suco vehementissima,

very powerful, very efficacious, Cato, R. R. 157, 2:

medicamentum efficacius et vehementius,

Scrib. Comp. 70:

vitis vehementioribus statuminibus impedanda est,

stronger, Col. 4, 16, 2:

vitis vehemens multaque materia frondens,

vigorous, id. 3, 1, 5:

palus,

thick, stout, id. 4, 12, 1:

violentia vini,

Lucr. 3, 482:

vis frigorum aut calorum,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 235; cf.:

vis in oratione vehementissima,

Quint. 9, 4, 13:

vehementior lethargus,

Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238:

dolor capitis,

id. 24, 9, 38, § 62:

usus strigilis,

Suet. Aug. 80:

argumentum vehementius,

Quint. 7, 6, 7:

conviva salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

Juv. 9, 11.

cŭpĭdus, a, um, adj. [cupio], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, in a good and bad sense, wishing, loving, fond, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. with gen., abl., inf., in, or absol.

In a good sense.

Of persons.

With gen.:

ejus videndi cupidus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 12; so,

huc redeundi, abeundi a milite, Vosque hic videndi,

id. ib. 1, 2, 16:

redeundi domum,

id. ib. 3, 1, 3:

bellandi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

te audiendi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 16:

valde spectandi,

id. ib. 1, 35, 162: satis faciendi rei publicae, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 1 et saep.:

vitae,

Lucr. 6, 1238; Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

mortis,

Hor. S. 2, [p. 499] 2, 98:

liberorum,

Quint. 4, 2, 42:

sententiarum,

id. 5, 13, 31:

pacis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 44 et saep.— Comp.:

contentionis quam veritatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 47.— Sup.:

litterarum,

Nep. Cato, 3, 1:

nostri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 104. —

With inf.:

attingere,

Prop. 1, 19, 9:

moriri,

Ov. M. 14, 215.—

With in and abl.:

cupidus in perspiciendā cognoscendāque rerum naturā,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154.—

Absol.:

si quicquam cupido optantique obtigit,

Cat. 107, 1:

cupidum vires Deficiunt,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 12.—

Of things:

equorum Vis cupida,

Lucr. 2, 265.—

In a bad sense, passionately desiring or longing for, eager, greedy, lustful, passionate.

In gen.

Of persons.

With gen.:

auri,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51; cf.

pecuniae,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8:

damni,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 34:

vini,

id. ib. 1, 2, 50 (not vino, v. Ritschl ad h. l.):

rerum novarum, imperii,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6; cf.:

rerum novarum,

id. ib. 1, 18:

cujuscumque motūs novi,

Tac. H. 1, 80; and:

nullius rei nisi imperii,

Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

laedendi,

Quint. 5, 7, 16:

maledicendi,

id. 6, 2, 16 et saep.—

Absol.:

cupidos moderatis anteferre,

Cic. Font. 14, 32 (10, 22):

non esse mirandum, qui in illā re turpis aut cupidus aut petulans fuerit, hāc quoque in re eum deliquisse,

id. Inv. 2, 10, 33:

emit homo cupidus (for which, just before, cupiditate incensus),

eager to purchase, id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

stultus cupidusque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 24:

cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

id. A. P. 165 al. —

Of things:

cor,

Lucr. 4, 1138; Prop. 1, 8, 29; Hor. C. 3, 14, 26 al.—

In partic.

Longing from love, pining, languishing for, loving.

Of persons:

neu me cupidum eo (sc. ad uxorem ducendam) impulisset,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 6:

maritus,

Cat. 64, 375; Tib. 1, 8, 74; Ov. M. 4, 679:

cupidi nomen amantis habe,

id. H. 3, 26.—

Of things:

simul ac cupidae mentis satiata libido est,

Cat. 64, 147; Ov. M. 11, 63; id. Am. 3, 7, 9 al.—

Desirous of money, avaricious, covetous, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

multitudo cupidorum hominum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

homo castus ac non cupidus,

id. Sest. 43, 93; Vitr. 1, 1, 7; so in sup., Suet. Vesp. 16.—

Devoted to a party, favoring any one, partial:

quaestores vehementer (Verris),

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

cupidi et irati et conjurati testes,

id. Font. 10, 21 (6, 11):

judices (with infesti, invidentes),

Tac. Or. 31; cf. comp.:

judex,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8;

and auctor,

id. Clu. 24, 66.—Hence, cŭ-pĭdē, adv., eagerly, in a good and bad sense, zealously, passionately, vehemently, ardently, warmly, partially, etc. (freq. and class.), Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 11; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 50; id. Phil. 2, 21, 52; Nep. Arist. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 3, 13; Cat. 63, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100 et saep.— Comp., Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 5, 15; Liv. 3, 32, 3 al.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 40; id. B. C. 2, 20; Sall. C. 40, 4 al.

stŭdĕo, ŭi, 2 ( perf. studīvi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5), v. a. and n. [perh. kindr. with speudô, spoudê, to speed, haste], to be eager or zealous, to take pains about, be diligent in, anxious about, busy one's self with, strive after, to apply one's self to or pursue some course of action, etc.; to desire, wish, etc. (very freq. and class.; cf.: operam do).

In gen.

Absol. (very rare), Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12:

ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 31: si qui in eā re studebat, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—

With acc. (rare; mostly with neutr. pronn. and adjj.): horum ille nihil egregie Studebat;

et tamen omnia haec mediocriter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 32:

eadem,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 2:

illud ipsum, quod studet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6:

perspexi ex tuis litteris, quod semper studui, me a te plurimi fieri,

id. Fam. 7, 31, 1:

lenonem perjurum ut perdas id studes,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 72; so,

id, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 2:

id, ne, etc.,

Liv. 40, 56, 2:

unum studetis Antonii conatum avertere a re publicā,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

hoc unum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 120.—With a defin. obj. (very rare):

minus has res,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 44: res Graecas, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—

With inf. or acc. with inf. (freq.):

si merito meo referre studeant gratias,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27:

verum audire ex te studeo,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42; cf.:

de quo studeo ex te audire quod sentias,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17:

scire studeo, quid egeris,

id. Att. 13, 20, 3:

studemus, nostris consiliis tutiorem vitam hominum reddere,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

fieri studebam ejus prudentiā doctior,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

hanc acerbitate opprimere studuit,

Nep. Dion, 6, 5:

portum intrare,

id. Chabr. 4, 2:

ego me id facere studeo,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 52:

si quisquam est, qui placere se studeat bonis Quam plurimis,

Ter. Eun. prol. 1:

illis gratum se videri studet,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

te sociam studeo scribendis versibus esse,

Lucr. 1, 24:

omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

neque est, cur nunc studeam, has nuptias mutarier,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51; cf.:

rem ad arma deduci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Matt. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2.—

With dat. (so most freq. in prose and poetry):

somno,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 42:

illi rei studet,

id. As. 1, 3, 30; cf.:

huic rei studendum, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

iisdem rebus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

frustra aut pecuniae, aut imperiis, aut opibus, aut gloriae,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

praeturae,

id. Cael. 11, 26:

virtuti, laudi, dignitati,

id. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

novis rebus,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 10; 4, 5:

agriculturae,

id. ib. 6, 22;

6, 29: sacrificiis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

litteris,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

alicui scientiae,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

alicui arti,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

medicinae,

Quint. 7, 2, 17:

commodis communibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

nomini,

Flor. 3, 10, 19:

lectis sternendis studuimus munditiisque apparandis,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 5:

armamentis complicandis et componendis,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 83:

patrimonio augendo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:

juri et legibus cognoscendis,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5:

revocandis regibus,

Flor. 1, 9, 5.—

With gen.: parens, qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about you, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 201 Rib.).—

With ut (rare):

Caesar maxime studebat, ut partem oppidi excluderet, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 4: ut habeas,

Cato, R. R. 5; Dig. 43, 10, 1; cf. with ne:

ne solus esset, studui,

Phaedr. 2, epil. 6:

ne sint,

Dig. 43, 10, 1.—

In aliquid (rare):

in quam rem studendum sit,

Quint. 12, 6, 6:

quidam pictores in id solum student, ut sciant,

id. 10, 2, 6.—

In partic.

To be zealous for any one, i. e. to be friendly, attached, or favorable to one, to favor him (syn. favere).

With dat.:

ut studeat tibi, ut te adjuvet,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

homini nequam atque improbo,

id. Cael. 4, 10:

Catilinae,

id. ib. 5, 12:

cui (with favere),

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 67:

quibus (partibus) illi student,

Auct. Her. 2, 27, 43:

nonnullae civitates rebus Cassii studebant, Auct. B. Alex. 62, 2: rebus Atheniensium,

Nep. Lys. 1 med.:

petitioni alicujus,

Quint. 11, 1, 69.—

Absol.:

neque studere neque odisse,

Sall. C. 51, 13.—

To apply one's self to learning, to study, be diligent in study (only post-Aug.; for which in Cic. litteris, arti, etc.; v. supra, I. A. d):

computamus annos, non quibus studuimus, sed quibus viximus,

Quint. 12, 11, 19; 2, 7, 1: Demosthenes diligenter apud Andronicum studuit. id. 11, 3, 7: aliquem a proposito studendi fugare, id. 2, 2, 7: non est, quod post cibum studeas. Sen. Ep. 94, 20:

duo, qui apud Chaldaeos studuisse se dicunt,

id. Q. N. 7, 4, 1:

negat enim te studere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2:

studes an piscaris?

id. ib. 2, 8, 1; 2, 13, 5;

5, 5, 18: solacium studendi,

Suet. Tib. 61:

videtur mihi inter Menenios et Appios studuisse,

Tac. Or. 21; so id. ib. 32; 34.— Subst.: stŭ-dens, entis, m., a diligent student:

in habitu studentis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5.

stŭdĕo, ŭi, 2 ( perf. studīvi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5), v. a. and n. [perh. kindr. with speudô, spoudê, to speed, haste], to be eager or zealous, to take pains about, be diligent in, anxious about, busy one's self with, strive after, to apply one's self to or pursue some course of action, etc.; to desire, wish, etc. (very freq. and class.; cf.: operam do).

In gen.

Absol. (very rare), Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12:

ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 31: si qui in eā re studebat, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—

With acc. (rare; mostly with neutr. pronn. and adjj.): horum ille nihil egregie Studebat;

et tamen omnia haec mediocriter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 32:

eadem,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 2:

illud ipsum, quod studet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6:

perspexi ex tuis litteris, quod semper studui, me a te plurimi fieri,

id. Fam. 7, 31, 1:

lenonem perjurum ut perdas id studes,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 72; so,

id, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 2:

id, ne, etc.,

Liv. 40, 56, 2:

unum studetis Antonii conatum avertere a re publicā,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

hoc unum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 120.—With a defin. obj. (very rare):

minus has res,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 44: res Graecas, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—

With inf. or acc. with inf. (freq.):

si merito meo referre studeant gratias,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27:

verum audire ex te studeo,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42; cf.:

de quo studeo ex te audire quod sentias,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17:

scire studeo, quid egeris,

id. Att. 13, 20, 3:

studemus, nostris consiliis tutiorem vitam hominum reddere,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

fieri studebam ejus prudentiā doctior,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

hanc acerbitate opprimere studuit,

Nep. Dion, 6, 5:

portum intrare,

id. Chabr. 4, 2:

ego me id facere studeo,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 52:

si quisquam est, qui placere se studeat bonis Quam plurimis,

Ter. Eun. prol. 1:

illis gratum se videri studet,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

te sociam studeo scribendis versibus esse,

Lucr. 1, 24:

omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

neque est, cur nunc studeam, has nuptias mutarier,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51; cf.:

rem ad arma deduci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Matt. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2.—

With dat. (so most freq. in prose and poetry):

somno,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 42:

illi rei studet,

id. As. 1, 3, 30; cf.:

huic rei studendum, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

iisdem rebus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

frustra aut pecuniae, aut imperiis, aut opibus, aut gloriae,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

praeturae,

id. Cael. 11, 26:

virtuti, laudi, dignitati,

id. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

novis rebus,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 10; 4, 5:

agriculturae,

id. ib. 6, 22;

6, 29: sacrificiis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

litteris,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

alicui scientiae,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

alicui arti,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

medicinae,

Quint. 7, 2, 17:

commodis communibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

nomini,

Flor. 3, 10, 19:

lectis sternendis studuimus munditiisque apparandis,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 5:

armamentis complicandis et componendis,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 83:

patrimonio augendo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:

juri et legibus cognoscendis,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5:

revocandis regibus,

Flor. 1, 9, 5.—

With gen.: parens, qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about you, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 201 Rib.).—

With ut (rare):

Caesar maxime studebat, ut partem oppidi excluderet, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 4: ut habeas,

Cato, R. R. 5; Dig. 43, 10, 1; cf. with ne:

ne solus esset, studui,

Phaedr. 2, epil. 6:

ne sint,

Dig. 43, 10, 1.—

In aliquid (rare):

in quam rem studendum sit,

Quint. 12, 6, 6:

quidam pictores in id solum student, ut sciant,

id. 10, 2, 6.—

In partic.

To be zealous for any one, i. e. to be friendly, attached, or favorable to one, to favor him (syn. favere).

With dat.:

ut studeat tibi, ut te adjuvet,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

homini nequam atque improbo,

id. Cael. 4, 10:

Catilinae,

id. ib. 5, 12:

cui (with favere),

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 67:

quibus (partibus) illi student,

Auct. Her. 2, 27, 43:

nonnullae civitates rebus Cassii studebant, Auct. B. Alex. 62, 2: rebus Atheniensium,

Nep. Lys. 1 med.:

petitioni alicujus,

Quint. 11, 1, 69.—

Absol.:

neque studere neque odisse,

Sall. C. 51, 13.—

To apply one's self to learning, to study, be diligent in study (only post-Aug.; for which in Cic. litteris, arti, etc.; v. supra, I. A. d):

computamus annos, non quibus studuimus, sed quibus viximus,

Quint. 12, 11, 19; 2, 7, 1: Demosthenes diligenter apud Andronicum studuit. id. 11, 3, 7: aliquem a proposito studendi fugare, id. 2, 2, 7: non est, quod post cibum studeas. Sen. Ep. 94, 20:

duo, qui apud Chaldaeos studuisse se dicunt,

id. Q. N. 7, 4, 1:

negat enim te studere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2:

studes an piscaris?

id. ib. 2, 8, 1; 2, 13, 5;

5, 5, 18: solacium studendi,

Suet. Tib. 61:

videtur mihi inter Menenios et Appios studuisse,

Tac. Or. 21; so id. ib. 32; 34.— Subst.: stŭ-dens, entis, m., a diligent student:

in habitu studentis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5.

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.

Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

arcum,

Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

tenacia vincla,

Verg. G. 4, 412:

ilia risu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

oculi contendunt se,

Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

Meton.

(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

infensam hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 521:

tela,

id. ib. 12, 815:

sagittas nervo,

Sil. 1, 323:

telum aërias in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520. —

Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—

Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

id. Fat. 10, 21:

summas vires de palmā,

Lucr. 4, 990:

animum in curas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

quo se dira libido,

Lucr. 4, 1043:

tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

id. ib. 3, 15:

fugā salutem petere,

id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—

Neutr.:

quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

In partic.,

To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

With acc. (very rare):

rectā plateā cursum suum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

nocte unā tantum itineris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

With inf. (freq.):

Bibracte ire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

ire cum his legionibus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in Britanniam proficisci,

id. ib. 4, 20:

in provinciam reverti,

id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

Dyrrhachium petere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

proxima litora petere cursu,

Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

Neutr. (so most freq.):

in Italiam magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

huc magnis itineribus,

id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

huc magno cursu,

id. ib. 3, 19:

inde in Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 33:

in fines Sigambrorum,

id. ib. 4, 18:

in castra,

id. ib. 4, 37:

ex eo loco ad flumen,

id. ib. 2, 9:

ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

ad oppidum Noviodunum,

id. ib. 2, 12:

ad castra,

id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

ad hostes,

id. ib. 5, 9:

ad Amanum,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

Lacedaemonem,

Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

domum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

ad ultimum animo,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ad salutem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —

( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

cum Sequanis bello,

id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

cum eo armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

Sall. C. 53, 3:

cum barbaro,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

cum victore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

mecum ingenio et arte,

Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

cum eo de principatu,

Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

Contra aliquem:

contra populum Romanum armis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

nihil contra naturam universam,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

With dat. ( poet.):

hirundo cycnis,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Homero,

Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

Pindaricis plectris,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—

Inter se:

hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

viribus inter se,

Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—

Absol.:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

summo jure contenditur,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

de his lite contenditur,

Quint. 3, 4, 8:

de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

id. 10, 5, 13.—

In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—

( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

id cum defensione nostrā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

leges,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

Tac. A. 12, 1:

vetera et praesentia,

id. ib. 13, 3.—

( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

a magistris de proferendo die,

id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

ne quid contra aequitatem,

id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

omni opere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 2:

magno opere, ne, etc.,

id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

pertinaciter,

id. Caes. 1.—

( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

With acc. and inf.:

sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

Absol. (very rare):

si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

acies oculorum,

Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 7:

contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

Trop., eager, intent:

contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

contentissimā voce clamitans,

App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

Gell. 18, 1, 2:

contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

Gell. 3, 3, 1.

ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—

Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.

ācer, cris, cre, adj. (m. acris, Enn.; f. acer, Naev. and Enn.; acrus, a um, Pall.; Veg.; cf. Charis. 63 and 93 P.) [cf. akis, akôn, akmê, akros, ôkus, oxus; Sanscr. acan = dart, acus = swift; Germ. Ecke; Engl. edge, to egg; and with change of quantity, ăcus, acuo, ăceo, ăcies, ăcerbus], sharp, pointed, piercing, and the like.

Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing:

praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,

Of the sight:

acerrimus sensus videndi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

acres oculi,

id. Planc. 27:

splendor,

Lucr. 4, 304:

quidam colores ruboris acerrimi,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 14 al. —

Of the hearing:

voce increpet acri?

Lucr. 3, 953:

aurium mensura, quod est acrius judicium et certius,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47:

acrem flammae sonitum,

Verg. G. 4, 409:

acri tibiā,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 1.—

Of smell, Lucr. 4, 122:

exstinctum lumen acri nidore offendit nares,

id. 6, 792; cf. ib. 1216:

unguentis minus diu delectemur summa et acerrima suavitate conditis, quam his moderatis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

odor,

Plin. 12, 17, 40.—

Of taste: ut vitet acria, ut est sinapi, cepa, allium, Var. ap. Non. 201, 13:

acres humores,

sharp juices, Cic. N. D. 2, 23:

lactuca innatat acri stomacho,

an acid stomach, Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf. ib. 2, 8, 7:

dulcibus cibis acres acutosque miscere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 3 al. —

Of sensation in its widest extent: aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, sharp, severe, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 ed. Vahl.—cf. Lucr. 3, 20; 4, 261); and so Hor.: solvitur acris hiems, C. 1. 4, 1. —

Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing:

fames, Naev. ap. Prisc. l. l. (B. Punic. p. 18 ed. Vahl.): somnus, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l. (Ann. v. 369): morbus,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119:

dolor,

Lucr. 6, 650:

sitis,

Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.

Of the states of mind: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming: mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22:

acri ira percitus,

Lucr. 5, 400: cf. 3, 312;

6, 754 (on the contrary, 5, 1194: iras acerbas): acres curae,

Lucr. 3, 463, and Var. ap. Non. 241:

luctus,

ib. 87:

dolor,

Verg. A. 7, 291:

metus,

Lucr. 6, 1211; Verg. A. 1, 362:

amor,

Tib. 2, 6, 15:

acrior ad Venerem cupido,

Curt. 6, 5 al. (Among unpleasant sensations, acer designates a piercing, wounding by sharpness; but acerbus the rough, harsh, repugnant, repulsive.)—

Applied to the intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd:

acrem irritat virtutem animi,

Lucr. 1, 70:

acri judicio perpende,

id. 2, 1041:

memoria,

strong, retentive, Cic. de Or. 2, 87:

vir acri ingenio,

id. Or. 5; cf. id. Sest. 20 al. —

Applied to moral qualities.

In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous:

milites,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10:

civis acerrimus,

an ardent patriot, id. Fam. 10, 28:

defensor,

id. ib. 1, 1:

studio acriore esse,

id. de Or. 1, 21:

jam tum acer curas venientem extendit in annum rusticus,

Verg. G. 2, 405 al. —

In a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, passionate, fierce, severe (very freq.):

uxor acerrima,

enraged, angry, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 32:

dominos acres,

Lucr. 6, 63; Nep. Tim. 3, 5; cf. Bremi Nep. Eum. 11, 1. Also, of animals, Lucr. 4, 421; 5, 860; Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. Epod. 12, 6; 2, 31; Nep. Eum. 11, 1. —

Of abstract things (mostly poet.), Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 32:

egestas,

Lucr. 3, 65:

poenas,

id. 6, 72:

impetus,

ib. 128; 392:

acerrimum bellum,

Cic. Balb. 6:

nox acerrima atque acerbissima,

id. Sull. 18:

acrius supplicium,

id. Cat. 1, 1; in Quint.: acres syllabae, which proceed from short to long, 9, 4.—Acer is constr. with abl., and also (esp. in the histt. of the silv. age) with gen., Vell. 1, 13; Tac. H. 2, 5 al.; cf. Ramsh. § 107, 6 note. With in, Cic. Fam. 8, 15; with inf., Sil. 3, 338.— Adv.: ācrĭter, sharply, strongly, vehemently, eagerly, zealously, etc., in all the signif. of the adj., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; id. Ps. 1, 3, 39; Lucr. 6, 783; Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 al.— Comp., Lucr. 3, 54; 5, 1147; Hor. S. 2, 3, 92; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 3.— Sup., Cic. Fl. 11; id. Fam. 10, 28; 15, 4.—Also, ācre, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 132, 25; App. M. 10, 32; and perh. Pers. 4, 34.

assumptĭo ( ads-; v. adsumo init.), ōnis, f. [assumo].

In gen., a taking, receiving, assumption (post-Aug. and very rare):

adsumptio culturae,

Pall. 1, 6, 12:

quae adsumptio (eorum erit), nisi vita ex mortuis?

Vulg. Rom. 11, 15:

dies adsumptionis ejus (of the assumption of our Lord),

ib. Luc. 9, 51.—

Esp.,

An eager reception, adoption:

artes propter se adsumendas putamus, quia sit in his aliquid dignum adsumptione,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), one that takes up (eccl. Lat.):

Dominus est adsumptio nostra,

Vulg. Psa. 88, 19.—Also (after the Hebrew), that which is taken up, lifted up (with the voice), a prophecy:

(prophetae) viderunt tibi adsumptiones falsas,

Vulg. Thren. 2, 14.—

In logic, t. t., the minor proposition of a syllogism (v. assumo, II. C.), Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 64: adsumptio, quam proslêpsin īdem (dialectici) vocant, id. Div. 2, 53, 108; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.; Isid. Orig. 2, 9, 2.—

In jurid. Lat., an addition, circumstance, = circumstantia, Dig. 28, 5, 46 fin.

assumptĭo ( ads-; v. adsumo init.), ōnis, f. [assumo].

In gen., a taking, receiving, assumption (post-Aug. and very rare):

adsumptio culturae,

Pall. 1, 6, 12:

quae adsumptio (eorum erit), nisi vita ex mortuis?

Vulg. Rom. 11, 15:

dies adsumptionis ejus (of the assumption of our Lord),

ib. Luc. 9, 51.—

Esp.,

An eager reception, adoption:

artes propter se adsumendas putamus, quia sit in his aliquid dignum adsumptione,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), one that takes up (eccl. Lat.):

Dominus est adsumptio nostra,

Vulg. Psa. 88, 19.—Also (after the Hebrew), that which is taken up, lifted up (with the voice), a prophecy:

(prophetae) viderunt tibi adsumptiones falsas,

Vulg. Thren. 2, 14.—

In logic, t. t., the minor proposition of a syllogism (v. assumo, II. C.), Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 64: adsumptio, quam proslêpsin īdem (dialectici) vocant, id. Div. 2, 53, 108; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.; Isid. Orig. 2, 9, 2.—

In jurid. Lat., an addition, circumstance, = circumstantia, Dig. 28, 5, 46 fin.

contentĭo, ōnis, f. [contendo] (acc. to contendo, II.), an eager stretching, a straining, exertion of the powers of body or mind, tension, effort, a vigorous struggling or striving for something, a struggle after (very freq. and in good prose).

In gen.

Prop.:

contentio et summissio vocis,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:

vocis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

vocis aut lateris,

Plin. 26, 13, 85, § 137 al.:

gravitatis et ponderum,

of gravitation, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

animi (opp. relaxatio),

id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf. id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.—With gen. of the object:

disputationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

honorum (with ambitio),

id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf.

palmae,

Quint. 1, 2, 24:

dignitatis,

id. 4, 5, 12; cf.:

libertatis dignitatisque,

Liv. 4, 6, 11 al. —

Transf.

Labored, formal speech (opp. talk, conversation): quoniam magna vis orationis est, eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis;

contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum... sermo in circulis, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132; 2, 14, 48 Heine ad loc.; cf.: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni;

contentio est oratio acris, etc.,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.—

Gregum = admissura, Censor. 5.—

In partic.

(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 2.) A contest, contention, strife (with weapons or words), a fight, dispute, controversy (so most freq.):

contentiones proeliorum,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; cf.:

magna belli,

id. Sest. 27, 58:

contentiones, quae cum inimicissimis fiunt,

id. Off. 1, 38, 137; so with cum, id. Phil. 2, 3, 7; id. Leg. 3, 11, 25 al.:

cum aliquo de aliquā re,

Quint. 4, 2, 132:

de aliquā re,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 4, 6, 4; Quint. 5, 14, 12 al.:

adversus procuratores,

Tac. Agr. 9:

inter aliquos,

Cic. Sest. 21, 47; Quint. 10, 1, 47; Suet. Claud. 15 et saep.; cf.:

inter aliquos de aliquā re,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132 et saep.:

contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; Curt. 8, 4, 33.—

(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 3.) A comparison, contrast:

si contentio quaedam et comparatio fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; 1, 43, 152; cf. id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

quaedam hominum ipsorum,

id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Inv. 2, 39, 114:

fortunarum,

id. Pis. 22, 51.—Hence,

T. t.

In rhetoric, a contrasting of one thought with another, antithesis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2.—

In gram., comparison, Varr. L. L. 8, § 75 Müll.

flā̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [root in Sanscr. brag-, to glow; Gr. phlegô, phlegethô, phlox; Lat. fulgeo, fulgur, fulmen, flamma, flamen, fulvus; Angl.-Sax. blāc, pale; Germ. bleich; connected with flagito, flagitium, etc., by Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398], to flame, blaze, burn (class.; trop. signif. most freq.; not in Caes.; syn.: ardeo, deflagro, caleo, ferveo, etc.).

Lit.:

flagrantes onerariae,

Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

crinemque flagrantem excutere,

Verg. A. 2, 685:

flagrabant ignes,

Ov. F. 6, 439:

intima pars hominum vero flagrabat ad ossa,

Lucr. 6, 1168:

flocci molles et sine oleo flagrant,

Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28:

ut flagret (carbo),

id. 33, 13, 57, § 163.—

Trop., sc. according as the notion of heat or of the pain produced by burning predominates (cf. flamma, II.).

To be inflamed with passion (in a good and a bad sense), to blaze, glow, burn, be on fire, to be violently excited, stirred, provoked. —With abl.:

non dici potest, quam flagrem desiderio urbis,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; so,

desiderio tui,

id. ib. 7, 4, 1:

dicendi studio,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 14; cf.:

eximio litterarum amore, Quint. prooem. § 6: mirabili pugnandi cupiditate,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

cupiditate atque amentia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf. id. Clu. 5, 12:

amore,

id. Tusc. 4, 33, 71; Hor. Epod. 5, 81; cf.:

cupidine currus,

Ov. M. 2, 104:

libidinibus in mulieres,

Suet. Gramm. 23:

odio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

totam Italiam flagraturam bello intelligo,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4:

bello flagrans Italia,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 8:

convivia quae domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71.— Absol.:

flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum,

id. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:

uti cujusque studium ex aetate flagrabat,

Sall. C. 14, 6.— Poet. with acc. of respect, to love:

caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben,

Prop. 1, 13, 23:

Cerberus et diris flagrat latratibus ora,

Verg. Cul. 220.—

Poet. as a v. a., to inflame with passion:

Elisam,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 120.—

To be greatly disturbed, annoyed, vexed; to suffer:

consules flagrant infamiā,

Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2; cf.:

invidiā et infamiā,

id. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

invidiā,

id. Clu. 49, 136; id. Sest. 67, 140: Tac. A. 13, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Suet. Aug. 27; id. Galb. 16:

infamiā,

id. Caes. 52; id. Tib. 44:

rumore malo,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 125;

ignominiā et pudore,

Flor. 2, 18:

inopiā et cupidinibus,

Sall. Or. Philipp. p. 220 ed. Gerl.—Hence, flā̆grans, antis, P. a., flaming, blazing, burning, glowing.

Lit.: fulmen, Varr. Atacin. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 18; cf.

telum,

Verg. G. 1, 331:

flagrantis hora Caniculae,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 9; cf.:

flagrantissimo aestu,

Liv. 44, 36, 7:

genae,

Verg. A. 12, 65:

oscula,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 25.—

Transf., of color, glittering, shining:

(Aeneas) Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,

Verg. A. 12, 167:

redditur extemplo flagrantior aethere lampas (i. e. sol),

Sil. 12, 731.—

Trop., glowing with passion, ardent, eager, vehement:

oratoria studia quibus etiam te incendi, quamquam flagrantissimum acceperam,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

non mediocris orator, sed et ingenio peracri et studio flagranti,

id. de Or. 3, 61, 230:

recentibus praeceptorum studiis flagrans,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

flagrans, odiosa, loquacula, Lampadium fit,

flickering, restless, Lucr. 4, 1165:

in suis studiis flagrans cupiditas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

flagrantissima flagitia, adulteria,

Tac. A. 14, 51:

flagrantissimus amor,

Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2:

Nero flagrantior in dies amore Poppaeae,

Tac. A. 14, 1; id. H. 4, 39:

Othonis flagrantissimae libidines,

id. ib. 2, 31; Val. Max. 8, 14 ext. 3:

studia plebis,

Tac. A. 2, 41 fin.:

aeger et flagrans animus,

id. ib. 3, 54:

flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri,

Juv. 13, 11: adhuc flagranti crimine comprehensi, i. e. in the very act, Cod. Just. 9, 13, 1.—Hence, flā̆granter, adv., ardently, vehemently, eagerly (post-Aug.):

Germani exarsere flagrantius,

Amm. 31, 10, 5:

flagrantius amare,

Fronto, Ep. ad Anton. 2 ed. Mai.:

flagrantissime cupĕre,

Tac. A. 1, 3.

hĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [weakened from CHAÔ, chainô, chaskô; cf. Germ. gähnen].

Neutr., to open, stand or be open, to gape.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): hiavit humus multa, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 318, 29; cf.:

(calor) venas astringit hiantes,

Verg. G. 1, 91:

vasti specus hiant defractis membris (colossi Rhodii),

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

nec flos ullus hiat pratis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 45; cf.:

hiantia lilia,

Ov. A. A. 2, 115:

quercum patulis rimis hiantem,

Gell. 15, 16, 2: Ch. Qui potuit videre? Ac. Oculis. Ch. Quo pacto? Ac. Hem hiantibus, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 71:

oculi hiantes,

Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139:

cum pisciculi in concham hiantem innataverunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123.—

In partic., to open the mouth, to gape, yawn:

inceptus clamor frustratur hiantes,

Verg. A. 6, 493:

perdices hiantes, exserta lingua aestuant,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

trochilos crocodilum invitat ad hiandum pabuli sui gratia,

id. 8, 25, 37, § 90:

leo immane hians,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

lupus (piscis) hic Tiberinus an alto Captus hiet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 32:

profluentem aquam hianti ore captantes,

Curt. 4, 16.—

Trop.

Of speech, to be badly connected, to leave a hiatus:

qui (vocalium concursus) cum accidit, hiat et intersistit et quasi laborat oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 33; cf.:

hiare semper vocalibus,

id. ib. 20; and:

qui (poëtae), ut versum facerent, saepe hiabant: ut Naevius: Vos qui accolitis Histrum fluvium atque algidam, etc.,

Cic. Or. 45, 152; cf.

also: crebrae vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; and:

concursus hiantes,

Cic. Part. Or. 6, 21:

aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 62:

hians compositio,

Tac. Or. 21:

hiantia loqui,

Cic. Or. 9, 32.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To gape, with longing, wonder, or curiosity; to be eager, to long for any thing; to be amazed:

huic homini si cujus domus patet, utrum ea patere an hiare ac poscere aliquid videtur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8:

canis semper ad spem futuri hiat,

Sen. Ep. 72 med.; cf.:

corvum deludet hiantem,

i. e. the legacy-hunter, Hor. S. 2, 5, 56:

ne facies (equi) emptorem inducat hiantem,

id. ib. 1, 2, 88:

quem ducit hiantem Cretata ambitio,

Pers. 5, 176:

avaritiā semper hiante esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134; cf. Tac. H. 1, 12 fin.:

hunc plausus hiantem Per cuneos... Corripuit,

Verg. G. 2, 508:

luxus et ignavia lacerabat hiantem Desidia populum,

Sil. 11, 35.—

Act., to spew out ( poet. and very rare):

subitos ex ore cruores Saucia tigris hiat,

i. e. spits, emits, Val. Fl. 6, 706.—

To bawl out, utter, sing:

fabula seu maesto ponatur hianda tragoedo,

Pers. 5, 3:

carmen lyra,

plays, Prop. 2, 31, 6 (3, 29, 6 M.).

răpax, ācis, adj. [rapio], grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious.

Lit. (class.;

syn. furax): vos rapaces, vos praedones,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 26; id. Pers. 3, 3, 6:

olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax,

Cic. Pis. 27, 66; so with fur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

inopiā rapax,

Suet. Dom. 3:

procuratorum rapacissimum quemque,

id. Vesp. 16; cf. Tac. H. 1, 20:

Cinara,

i. e. eager for presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; so Tib. 1, 5, 59; 2, 4, 25:

cervi, luporum praeda rapacium,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; id. Epod. 16, 20; cf.

Harpyiae,

id. S. 2, 2, 40.— As subst.: răpax, ācis, comm., a beast of prey, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—

Of things, rapacious, ravenous (mostly poet.):

falces rapaces,

Lucr. 3, 650:

ventus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 388:

ignis,

id. M. 8, 837:

mors,

Tib. 1, 3, 65; cf.

Orcus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 30:

fortuna,

id. ib. 1, 34, 14:

dentes,

fangs, tusks, Veg. 6, 1, 1.—With gen.:

chryselectrum rapacissimum ignium,

very ignitible, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—As a poet. epithet of floods:

amnes,

Lucr. 5, 341:

fluvii,

id. 1, 17:

unda, Cic. poët. N. D. 3, 10, 24: undae,

Ov. M. 8, 550:

Danubius,

id. ad Liv. 397.— Hence, transf., an appellation of the twenty-first legion and the soldiers composing it (qs. that sweeps every thing before it), Tac. H. 2, 43; 100; 3, 14; 18; 22.—

Trop. (rare), with gen., grasping, seizing eagerly or quickly, greedy, avaricious:

nihil est rapacius quam natura,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

rapacia virtutis ingenia,

Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

nostri omnium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissimi,

Plin. 25, 2, 2, § 4.