voluptuously

* * *

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

luxŭrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [luxuria], rank, luxuriant, exuberant.

Lit.:

frumenta,

Cic. Or. 24, 81:

seges,

Ov. F. 1, 690:

vitis valida et luxuriosa,

Col. 5, 6, 36:

vitis,

id. 4, 21, 2.—

Trop.

Immoderate, excessive:

luxurioso otio esse,

Sall. J. 100:

laetitia,

Liv. 2, 21.—

Immoderate, extravagant, wanton:

luxuriosissimum dictum,

Col. 8, 16:

amor,

Ov. R. Am. 746.—

Excessive, profuse, luxurious, voluptuous:

reprehendere luxuriosos,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21:

multa et lauta supellex, non illa quidem luxuriosi hominis, sed tamen abundantis,

id. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

nihil luxuriosius,

id. Pis. 27, 66: homines luxuriosi prodigi (vocantur), Paul. ex Fest. p. 250:

cena,

Juv. 11, 77.—Hence, adv.: luxŭrĭōsē.

Wantonly, immoderately, excessively: ne haec laetitia nimis luxuriose eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3.—

Luxuriously, voluptuously:

cum libidinosis luxuriose vivere,

Cic. Cael. 6:

exercitum luxuriose habere,

Sall. C. 11. — Comp.:

luxuriosius epulari,

Nep. Paus. 3: struere fercula, Col. prooem.— Sup.:

luxuriosissime bibere,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. Cath. 34.

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

mollis, e, adj. [Gr. malakos, amalos, môlus; cf. blêchros, perh. Lat. mulier (mollior)], easily movable, pliant, flexible, supple; soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant (class.; syn.: tener, facilis, flexibilis, lentus).

Lit.:

mollis juncus,

Verg. E. 2, 72:

comam mollis... hyacinthi,

id. G. 4, 137:

aurum,

flexible, id. A. 10, 818:

tiliae,

Ov. M. 10, 92:

crura,

Verg. G. 3, 76:

colla,

id. A. 11, 622:

bracchia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595:

cervix,

id. F. 4, 185:

commissurae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60:

molle litus,

of soft sand, Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

harena,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

aqua,

id. A. A. 1, 476:

fraga,

id. M. 13, 816:

castaneae,

Verg. E. 1, 82:

mollissima vina ( = mitissima, lenissima),

id. G. 1, 341; cf.:

molli mero,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 19; and:

molle Calenum,

Juv. 1, 69:

alvus,

relaxed, open bowels, Cels. 3, 12:

cibus,

mild, not sharp, id. 4, 4, 4:

ovum,

soft, id. 4, 4, 5:

prata,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

gramen,

Ov. F. 6, 328:

humus,

id. A. A. 3, 688:

lana,

id. F. 2, 742:

torus,

id. Am. 2, 4, 14:

arcus,

slack, unbent, unstrung, id. H. 4, 92:

feretrum,

made soft by a layer of leaves, Verg. A. 11, 64:

mollissima cera,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177:

mollia panis,

the soft part of bread, the crumb, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82:

molles genae,

soft, delicate, Ov. H. 10, 44:

capilli,

id. P. 3, 3, 17:

manus,

id. Am. 1, 4, 24:

latus,

id. M. 14, 710:

molles Zephyri,

soft, gentle, id. A. A. 3, 728; so,

hiems,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 83:

aestas,

Verg. G. 1, 312:

caelum,

Flor. 1, 16, 3; 4, 12, 27:

Euphrates mollior undis,

gentler, calmer, Verg. A. 8, 726:

aditus,

easy, Sil. 4, 491; so,

iter,

Quint. 4, 2, 46:

via,

id. 1, 6, 22:

fastigium,

gentle, not steep, Caes. B. C. 2, 10:

clivus,

Verg. E. 9, 8:

modicis et mollibus clivis,

Curt. 8, 39, 6:

jugum montis,

Tac. G. 1:

trames,

Ov. F. 3, 13.—Prov.: molli bracchio objurgare aliquem, with a gentle arm, i. e. in a forbearing manner, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 6:

in molli carne vermes nascuntur,

it is the soft flesh that breeds the worms, Petr. 57.— Subst.: mollia, ĭum, n., a kind of fishes, mollusks, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.—

Trop.

Tender, delicate, susceptible:

mollibus annis,

in tender youth, Ov. H. 1, 111:

os molle,

easily blushing, id. Tr. 4, 3, 70:

mollissima corda,

Juv. 15, 131:

mollissimae aures,

modest, Plin. Pan. 68.—

In a bad sense, soft, effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus):

philosophus tam mollis, tam languidus, tam enervatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

viri molles, i. e. pathici,

Liv. 33, 28; Sen. Ep. 87:

disciplina,

effeminate, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

delicatior... molliorque ratio,

id. ib. 5, 5, 12:

vita,

Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 9: desine mollium querellarum, Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

mollis teneraque vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 23:

educatio,

id. 1, 2, 6:

actio,

id. 11, 3, 128:

Gallorum mens est mollis ac minime resistens ad calamitates perferendas,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

sententiae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

si taedio laboris longaeque viae, ut est mollis ad talia gens (Gallorum), dilaberentur,

Liv. 22, 2, 4:

Romanos molliores facere ad paciscendum,

id. 42, 62, 6; cf.:

sunt qui in rebus contrariis parum sibi constent, voluptatem severissime contemnant, in dolore sint molliores, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71:

molles in aure fenestrae,

Juv. 1, 104.—

Soft, pleasant, mild, easy:

orationem mollem teneramque reddidit,

soft, pleasant, Cic. Brut. 9, 38:

mollis et jucunda senectus,

id. Sen. 1, 2:

ita eum placidum mollemque reddidi, ut, etc.,

calm and gentle, id. Caecil. 10, 28:

verba,

Hor. Epod. 5, 83:

mollia jussa,

mild, easy, Verg. G. 3, 41:

vincuntur molli pectora dura prece,

soft, tender, touching, Tib. 3, 4, 76:

sic accensum sed molliora referre jussum dimittit,

to return a gentler answer, Tac. H. 4, 32 fin.:

saepius molliora respondens,

id. A. 12, 46: mollis versus, an elegiac or amatory poem, Ov. Tr. 2, 307; Prop. 1, 7, 19 (opp. durus versus, a heroic poem, id. 2, 1, 41):

ridere mollia,

to smile gently, Ov. A. A. 3, 513:

cuncta tamen ad imperatorem in mollius relata,

in a milder, more favorable light, Tac. A. 14, 39:

pilenta,

having a gentle motion, Verg. A. 8, 666; id. G. 2, 389:

mollissima fandi tempora,

id. A. 4, 293:

hora mollior,

more favorable, Ov. P. 3, 3, 84:

signa,

Cic. Brut. 18, 70:

duriora Callon, jam minus rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit,

more agreeable, Quint. 12, 10, 7:

mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 2:

in inimicitiis auricula infima mollior,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 4.— Subst.: molle, is, n., softness, smoothness:

molle atque facetum Vergilio adnuerunt Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 45.—

Weak, untrustworthy:

nihil est tam molle, tam tenerum, tam aut fragile aut flexibile quam voluntas erga nos civium,

Cic. Mil. 16, 42.—Hence, adv.: mollĭter.

Lit., softly, gently, agreeably (class.):

molliter sustine me,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

aves nidos mollissime substernunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

recubans,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 63:

ossa cubent,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 76:

excudent alii spirantia mollius aera,

more easily, agreeably, Verg. A. 6, 847:

cura molliter semina conlocandi,

Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35:

colles ad orientem molliter devexi,

gently, gradually, Col. 1, 2, 3 sq. —

Trop.:

quod ferendum est molliter sapienti,

calmly, patiently, Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

abnuere,

Liv. 30, 3:

delicate et molliter vivere,

voluptuously, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106:

aegritudinem pati,

sensitively, weakly, Sall. J. 82, 2:

ne quid per metum, mollius consuleretur,

too compliantly, Liv. 30, 7, 3:

interpretari mollius aliquid,

rather mildly, favorably, Tac. H. 2, 96.

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

vŏluptārĭus (post-class. collat. form vŏluptŭārĭus, Capitol. Ver. 2; Mart. Cap. 2, § 144; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 92), a, um, adj. [voluptas], of or belonging [p. 2013] to pleasure or enjoyment, pleasant, agreeable, delightful; devoted to pleasure, sensual, voluptuous: quamquam Stoici communi nomine corporis et animi hêdonên appellant, ego malo laetitiam appellare quasi gestientis animi elationem voluptariam, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 35:

res (with amoenae),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 45:

locus,

id. Poen. 3, 2, 25:

possessiones,

Cic. Att. 12, 25, 1:

gustatus, qui est sensus ex omnibus maxime voluptarius,

susceptible of enjoyment, id. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

Epicurus, homo, ut scis, voluptarius,

a man devoted to pleasure, a voluptuary, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18:

homines,

id. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

quem mollem, quem voluptarium dicimus,

id. Tusc. 5, 31, 88; Plaut. Rud. prol. 54.—As subst.:

voluptarii atque potatores maximi,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 34; cf.:

voluptaria, delicata, mollis disciplina,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

disputationes,

concerning sensual enjoyment, id. de Or. 3, 17, 62:

secta,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 7, 3.—

* Adv.: vŏluptārĭē, voluptuously:

transactis paucis noctibus,

App. M. 3, p. 138.