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  • 1 ācriter

        ācriter adv. with comp. ācrius, and sup. ācerrimē    [2 ācer], sharply, fiercely: caedunt acerrime: maleficium vindicare.—Fig., of the sight, keenly: intueri.—Of the mind, keenly, sharply, accurately: intellegere: acrius vitia quam recta videre, has a keener eye for.—Of will, passion, action, zealously, eagerly, earnestly: agere: elatrare, H.: pugnare: acrius cupere, Cu.—Implying reproach, passionately, furiously, severely: inimicus: minari: exaestuat acrius ignis, the fire of passion, O.
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    acrius, acerrime ADV
    sharply, vigilantly, fiercely; severely, steadfastly; keenly, accurately

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  • 2 acriter

    ācrĭter, adv., v. 2. acer fin.

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  • 3 insto

    in-sto, stĭti, stātum (e. g. instaturum, Liv. 10, 36, 3:

    instaturos,

    Front. Strat. 2, 6, 10 al.), 1, v. n., to stand in or upon a thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., constr. with dat., in and abl., or acc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    jugis,

    Verg. A. 11, 529.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.: saxo in globoso, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Fragm. v. 367 Rib.):

    instans in medio triclinio,

    Suet. Tib. 72.—
    (γ).
    Absol., to draw nigh, approach; to impend, threaten:

    quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod, et poenas jam diu debitas aut instare jam plane, aut certe jam appropinquare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5:

    instant apparatissimi magnificentissimique ludi,

    id. Pis. 27:

    cum illi iter instaret,

    id. Att. 13, 23:

    quidquid subiti et magni discriminis instat,

    Juv. 6, 520:

    ante factis omissis, illud quod instet, agi oportere,

    the subject in hand, Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 37. —

    Of persons: cum legionibus instare Varum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 43.—
    (δ).
    With acc. (ante-class.):

    tantum eum instat exitii,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 96.—
    B.
    In partic., to press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten. —With dat., acc., or absol.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    cedenti,

    Liv. 10, 36:

    vestigiis,

    id. 27, 12, 9:

    instantem regi cometen videre,

    Juv. 6, 407.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    si me instabunt (al. mi),

    Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 6.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To urge or press upon one, to insist; to pursue a thing (syn. urgeo):

    quamobrem urge, insta, perfice,

    Cic. Att. 13, 32, 1:

    accusatori,

    id. Font. 1:

    ille instat factum (esse),

    he insists upon the fact, Ter. And. 1, 1, 120.— To follow up eagerly, pursue; with dat. or acc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    instant operi regnisque futuris,

    Verg. A. 1, 504:

    talibus instans monitis (parens),

    Juv. 14, 210:

    non ignarus instandum famae,

    Tac. Agr. 18.—
    (β).
    With acc., to urge forward, ply, transact with zeal or diligence: instant mercaturam, Nov. ap. Non. 212, 30 (Com. Rel. p. 223 Rib.):

    parte aliā Marti currumque, rotasque volucres Instabant,

    were hastening forward, working hard at, busily constructing, Verg. A. 8, 434: rectam viam, to go right, i. e. to be right, to hit the mark, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40:

    unum instare de indutiis vehementissime contendere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 5; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 385.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    vox domini instantis,

    Juv. 14, 63.—
    B.
    To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon:

    satis est, quod instat de Milone,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2:

    quod profecto cum sua sponte, tum, te instante, faciet,

    at your instance, your solicitation, id. Att. 3, 15.— With inf.:

    instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136.—With ut or ne:

    tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium,

    Cic. Quint. 10:

    uxor acriter tua instat, ne mihi detur,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 33; cf.:

    nunc nosmet ipsi nobis instemus, ut, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69.— Impers.:

    profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse,

    Liv. 2, 44.—Hence, instans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    (Standing by, being near, i. e.) Present.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quae venientia metuuntur, eadem efficiunt aegritudinem instantia,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11:

    ex controversia futuri, raro etiam ex instantis aut facti,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:

    tempus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8:

    bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24.—
    2.
    In partic., gram. t. t.:

    tempus, i.q. praesens tempus,

    the present tense, the present, Quint. 5, 10, 42; Charis. p. 147 P. et saep.—
    B.
    Pressing, urgent, importunate (post-Aug.):

    periculum,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 5:

    species terribilior jam et instantior,

    Tac. H. 4, 83:

    gestus acer atque instans,

    Quint. 11, 3, 92 sq.; cf.:

    argumentatio acrior et instantior,

    id. ib. §

    164: admonitio instantior,

    Gell. 13, 24, 19.— Adv.: instanter, vehemently, earnestly, pressingly:

    intente instanterque pronuntiare,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6:

    petere,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 22:

    plura acriter et instanter incipere,

    Quint. 9, 3, 30:

    dicere,

    id. 9, 4, 126.— Comp.:

    instantius concurrere,

    to fight more vehemently, Tac. A. 6, 35. — Sup.:

    instantissime desiderare,

    Gell. 4, 18.

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  • 4 ācerrimē

        ācerrimē adv.,    sup. of acriter.

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  • 5 comminus

        comminus (not cōminus), adv.    [com- + manus], in close contest, hand to hand, at close quarters: acriter instare, S.: eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uti: unum ense ferit, O.: comminus eminus petunt, L.: locus pugnandi, Cs.: conferre signa, L.: falcati enses, for hand-to-hand fighting, V.: in apros ire, O.: cervos obtruncant ferro, V.: arva Insequitur, V.—Fig., at close quarters, hand to hand: agamus. — Nigh at hand, near to, near: aspicit Getas, O.: monstratā captivitate, Ta.
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    hand to hand (fight), in close combat/quarters; close at hand; in presence of

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  • 6 diū

        diū adv. with comp. diūtius, and sup. diūtissimē    [DIV-], by day, all day: diu noctuque, continually, S.— All day, a long time, long while, long: Haud diust, T.: diu consultum: ad pedes iacuit: Ut docui te saepe diuque, H.: diu atque acriter pugnatum est, Cs.: nec diutius vixit quam locuta est: sustinere impetūs, Cs.: ubi se diutius duci intellexit, put off indefinitely, Cs.: paulum diutius abesse, a little too long, L.: neque illis diutius eā (victoriā) uti licuisset, S.: (Cato) qui senex diutissime fuisset, Cs.: quam diutissime vivere: satis diu naturae vixi, long enough: cur tam diu loquimur?: tam diu, dum urbis moenibus continebatur, as long as: ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum, etc., even long enough, etc.: tecum fuit, as long as: numquam quicquam iam diu Mi evenit, this long time: audivimus hoc iam diu: Neque diu... huc commigrarunt, long ago, T.
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    diutius, diutissime ADV
    by day, all day; (for) a long time; long since

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  • 7 ē-lātrō

        ē-lātrō —, —, āre,    to bark out, utter fiercely: quod placet Acriter, H.

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  • 8 īn-stō

        īn-stō stitī, statūrus, āre,    to stand upon, take a position: iugis, V.—To draw nigh, approach, be at hand, impend: partus instabat prope, T.: nox instabat, S.: ea quae videntur instare: instant ludi: cum illi iter instaret: quidquid subiti instat, Iu.: illud quod instet agi oportere, the subject in hand: quod instat, i. e. our purpose, V.: cum legionibus instare Varum, Cs.: quantae caedes Laurentibus instant, V.—To press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten: comminus acriter, S.: rursus, Cs.: ferro: hinc Pallas instat, Hinc contra Lausus, V.: hostibus dubiis, S.: noli mihi instare: praecedentibus, H.: cedenti instaturus, L.: instantem regi cometen videre, Iu.—Fig., to urge, press, insist, pursue: quam ob rem urge, insta, perfice: addit et instat, H.: ille instat factum (esse), insists upon the fact, T.: accusatori.—To follow up eagerly, pursue, be intent upon, urge forward, drive: vox domini instantis, Iu.: Instant ardentes Tyrii, V.: instant operi, V.: talibus instans monitis (parens), Iu.: non ignarus instandum famae, Ta.: Marti currum, to work hard at, V.—To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon: num ego insto? T.: unum de indutiis, make one demand, Cs.: quod te instante faciet, at your instance: instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores: tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium: profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse, L.

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  • 9 ita

        ita adv.    [2 I-].    I. In gen., referring to what precedes, in this manner, in this wise, in such a way, so, thus, accordingly, as has been said: des operam ut investiges sitne ita: Ita aiunt, T.: his rebus ita actis, S.: factum est ita: ita digerit omina Calchas, such is his interpretation, V.: quae cum ita sint, and since this is so, and accordingly: quod cum ita sit.—Referring to what follows, thus, in the following manner, as follows, in this way: ita censes; publicandas pecunias, etc., S.: is ita cum Caesare egit; si, etc., Cs.: ita constitui, fortiter esse agendum.—In affirmation, yes, it is so, just so, true: quid istic tibi negotist? Dav. mihin'? Si. Ita, T.: an laudationes? ita, inquit Antonius: Davusne? ita, H.: itast, T.: non est ita: ita prorsus: ita plane.—In interrogations, expecting an affirmative answer: itane? really? truly? is it so?: Itan credis? T.: itane est?: itane tandem?—In the phrase, quid ita? implying reproach or surprise, why so? how is that? what do you mean?: accusatis Sex. Roscium. quid ita?: quid ita passus est Eretriam capi? L.—    II. Esp., in comparisons, so, thus, just, in the same way: ita ut res sese habet, T.: ita vero, Quirites, ut precamini, eveniat: ut homo est, ita morem geras, T.: ita loquor, quasi ego fecerim, etc.: me consulem ita fecistis, quo modo pauci facti sunt: castra ita posita, tamquam procul abesset hostis, L.—Correl. with ut, in parallel clauses: in pace ita ut in bello, alike in peace, etc., S.: ut Eurysthei filios, ita suos configebat, his own, as well as, etc.—In oaths or emphatic wishes, so, if it be true: Ita me di ament, non nil timeo, i. e. so help me, T.: sollicitat, ita vivam, me tua valetudo: ita me referat tibi Iuppiter, V.: tecum esse, ita mihi omnia quae opto contingant, ut vehementer velim.—    III. Praegn., of kind or quality, so, such, of this nature, of this kind: ita sunt res nostrae: ita inquam (i. e. hoc dico).—Of a natural consequence or inference, so, thus, accordingly, under these circumstances, in this manner, therefore: ita sine periculo, etc., Cs.: ita praetorium missum, L.: ita Iovis illud sacerdotium per hanc rationem Theomnasto datur: ita fit ut animus iudicet, etc., thus it comes to pass: ita fit ut deus ille nusquam prorsus appareat, hence it follows.—In restriction, on the condition, on the assumption, in so far, to such an extent, only in so far: haec ita administrabat, ut, etc., Cs.: cuius ingenium ita laudo, ut non pertimescam: pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius finis esset, L.: ita admissi captivi, ne tamen iis senatus daretur, L.—Of degree, so, to such a degree, so very, so much: ita fugavit Samnites, ut, etc., L.: iudices ita fortes tamen fuerunt, ut... vel perire maluerint, quam, etc.: ita acriter... itaque repente, Cs. —With negatives, not very, not especially: non ita magnus numerus, Cs.: non ita lato interiecto mari: accessione utuntur non ita probabili: post, neque ita multo, N.
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    thus, so; therefore

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  • 10 pellō

        pellō pepulī, pulsus, ere    [1 PAL-], to beat, strike, knock, push, drive, hurl, impel, propel: fores, T.: pueri pulsi: ter pede terram (in the tripudium), H.: undique magno Pulsa domus strepitu, H.— To drive out, drive away, thrust out, expel, banish, repel, drive back, discomfit, rout: qui armis pulsus est: hostes pelluntur, Cs.: exsules tyrannorum iniuriā pulsi, banished, L.: in exsilium pulsus: lapidibus e foro pelli: omnes ex Galliae finibus, Cs.: istum ab Hispaniā: illum ab eā, T.: possessores suis sedibus: patriā, N.: regno pulsus, H.: pudendis Volneribus pulsus, i. e. shamefully wounded in flight, V.— To rout, put to flight, discomfit: exercitus eius ab Helvetiis pulsus, Cs. — To strike, set in motion, impel: sagitta pulsa manu, V.: nervi pulsi, struck: lyra pulsa manu, played, O.: classica, Tb.—Fig., to strike, touch, move, affect, impress: Ille canit, pulsae referunt ad sidera valles, V.: acriter mentem sensumve: species utilitatis pepulit eum: iuvenem nullius forma pepulerat captivae, L.: pulsusque recesserat ardor, O.: Haec ubi dicta Agrestem (murem) pepulere, H.— To drive out, drive away, banish, expel: maestitiam ex animis: quo tibi nostri Pulsus amor? what has become of your love for me? V.: glande famem, O.: tecta, quibus frigorum vis pelleretur: tenebras, O.
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    pellere, pepuli, pulsus V
    beat; drive out; push; banish, strike, defeat, drive away, rout

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  • 11 re-pellō

        re-pellō reppulī    (repulī), repulsus, ere, to drive back, thrust back, drive away, reject, repulse, repel: nostri acriter in eos impetu facto reppulerunt, Cs.: qui clavis ac fustibus repelluntur: foribus repulsus, H.: adversarius repellendus: homines a templi aditu: a castris, Cs.: in oppidum, Cs.: telum aere repulsum, repelled, V.: mensas, push back, O.: repagula, shove back, O.: mediā tellurem reppulit undā, crowds back, O.: spretos pede reppulit amnīs, spurned (as she flew up), V.: pedibus tellure repulsā, spurning the ground, O.—Fig., to drive away, reject, remove, keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse: te a consulatu: ab hoc conatu: ab hac spe repulsi Nervii, Cs.: repulsum ab amicitiā, S.: Fracti bello fatisque repulsi, V.: proci repulsi, O.: dolorem a se repellere: illius alterum consulatum a re p.: tegimenta ad ictūs repellendos, Cs.: cute ictūs, O.: pericula: facinus, O.: repellit Ver hiemem, O.: conubia nostra, reject, V.: amorem, O.: ut contumelia repellatur, be discarded.— To reject, confute, refute, repel: ab aliquo adlatas criminationes: Repulsus ille veritatis viribus, Ph.

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  • 12 re-sistō

        re-sistō stitī, —, ere,    to stand back, remain standing, stand still, halt, stop, stay, stay behind, remain, continue: Resiste! Halt! T.: ad haec revocantis verbis resistit, O.: restitere Romani, tamquam caelesti voce iussi, L.: ibi, Cs.: in regno, Cs.: nihil est ubi lapsi resistamus, make a stand again: pugnandi causā, Cs.: nec ante restitit, quam, etc., L.: cernes saepe resistere equos, O.— Fig., to pause, stop, stay: nec resistet (vita) extra forīs in hoc, pause here: Ad thalami clausas forīs, O.: mediā in voce, V.—In war, to withstand, oppose, resist, make opposition: resistere neque deprecari, Cs.: aegre, Cs.: caeco Marte, V.: ibi, S.: resistendi occasio, Cu.: eādem ratione quā pridie ab nostris resistitur, Cs.: cum legiones hostibus resisterent, Cs.: signa inferentibus, Cs.: ei in acie, N.—To resist, oppose, reply, contend against: restitit et pervicit Cato: resistentibus collegis, S.: vi contra vim, L.: cum a Cottā acriter resisteretur, Cs.: vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse, L.: consilia, quibus illi tribuno pro re p. restitissem: defensioni, i. e. reply: factioni inimicorum, S.: sceleri, O.: omnibus his (sententiis) resistitur, Cs.: cui nec virtute resisti potest, O.: ne pestis removeretur: domus potuit resistere tanto Indeiecta malo, O.: vis tribunicia libidini restitit consulari.—Fig., to stand up again, rise again: post ex fluvio fortuna resistet, Enn. ap. C.

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  • 13 satis

        satis adj. (for comp. see satius), n indecl.    [2 SA-].—Only nom. and acc, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, ample, adequate: cui satis una Farris libra foret, H.: Duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis, T.: si ad arcendum Italiā Poenum consul satis esset, L.: animo istuc satis est, auribus non satis: qui non sentirent, quid esset satis: avidior, quam satis est, gloriae: poenas dedit usque superque Quam satis est, H.: ut ea modo exercitui satis superque foret, S.: satis una excidia, V.: satis erat respondere ‘magnas’; ‘ingentīs,’ inquit: nunc libertatem repeti satis est, L.: Fabio satis visum, ut ovans urbem iniret, L.: vos satis habebitis animam retinere, will be content, S.: si non satis habet avaritiam explere, is not satisfied: non satis habitum est quaeri quid... verum etiam, etc., it was not thought sufficient: ut Lacedaemonii satis haberent, si salvi esse possent, were content, N.: senatus censuit satis habendum, quod praetor ius iurandum polliceretur, must be accepted as satisfactory, L.—As subst n., enough, a sufficiency: satis superque dictum est: Satis mihi id habeam supplici, T.: ea amicitia non satis habet firmitatis: satis est tibi in te praesidi: Iam satis terris nivis misit pater, H.: satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum.—In law, satisfaction, security, guaranty, in phrases with do (less correctly as one word, satisdo) and accipio: quibus a me verbis satis accipiet, isdem ipse satis det, in the same form in which he takes security from me, let him give it: iudicatum solvi satis daturos esse dicebant, for the payment of the judgment: de satis dando vero te rogo... tu ut satis des, give bonds. —As adv., enough, sufficiently, adequately, amply, fully: ego istuc satis scio, T.: satis esse arbitror demonstratum: Satis superque me benignitas tua ditavit, H.: pugnatur acriter, agitur tamen satis, i. e. it goes on satisfactorily: existimasti satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore, si, etc., that you would have secured your defence well enough: mulier satis locuples: satis superque humilis est, qui, etc., L.: Satis scite, T.: satis opportune accidisse, Cs.— Enough, just, tolerably, moderately, somewhat: Sy. (mulier) formā luculentā. Ch. sic satis, T.: satis litteratus: satis bene pascere, pretty well ; see also satisdato, satis facio.
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    I
    enough, adequately; sufficiently; well enough, quite; fairly, pretty
    II
    enough, adequate, sufficient; satisfactory

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  • 14 acer

    1.
    ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—
    II.
    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.
    2.
    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.
    I.
    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,
    a.
    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. —
    b.
    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.—
    c.
    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.—
    d.
    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. —
    e.
    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. —
    B.
    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.
    II.
    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.)—
    B.
    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. —
    C.
    Applied to moral qualities.
    1.
    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. —
    2.
    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. —
    D.
    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.

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  • 15 anceps

    anceps (once ancipes, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; cf. Charis, pp. 67 and 96 P.; Prisc. p. 754 P.; with this form cf. procapis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll., and Corss. Ausspr. II. pp. 398, 591; abl. sing. always ancipiti), cĭpĭtis, adj. [an-caput; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.].
    I.
    Lit., that has two heads, twoheaded (cf.: biceps, praeceps, etc.;

    so only in the poets): Janus,

    Ov. M. 14, 334; so id. F. 1, 95 (cf.:

    Janus bifrons,

    Verg. A. 7, 180). —Hence also of a mountain which has two summits, two-peaked:

    acumen,

    Ov. M. 12, 337.—
    II.
    In gen.
    A.
    1.. Of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides (while duplex is an object that exists in separate forms, twice. Thus anceps sententia is an opinion which wavers, fluctuates between two decisions, while duplex sententia is a twofold opinion):

    Post altrinsecus ancipes securiculast,

    the axe cuts on two sides, is two-edged, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; so, ferrum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 245, 17, and Lucr. 6, 168:

    securis,

    Ov. M. 8, 397 al. —Also, poet., of the contrast between great heat and cold: Ancipiti quoniam mucroni utrimque notantur, since things are marked by double point, i. e. one at one, another at the other end, Lucr. 2, 520:

    bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes,

    amphibious animals, Cic. N. D. 1, 37;

    so in the histt. freq. of an attack, a contest, etc., on two different sides,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est, double, because contending with enemies both in front and in the rear, id. ib. 1, 26 Herz.; so id. B. C. 3, 63; Nep. Them. 3, 3:

    periculum,

    Sall. J. 38, 5: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, double, as given by horse and foot, Tac. A. 6, 35:

    ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste,

    twofold, Liv. 2, 24; so,

    anceps terror,

    id. 34, 21; Tac. Agr. 26:

    tumultus,

    Liv. 32, 30: tela, shot or hurled from both sides, id. 37, 11:

    ancipitia munimenta,

    on two sides, id. 5, 1 al. —
    2.
    Trop., twofold:

    propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 16:

    ancipites viae rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi,

    id. ib. 3, 36:

    adferre ancipitem curam cogitandi,

    a twofold care of thought, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; so Tac. A. 2, 40:

    jus anceps,

    the uncertainties of law, Hor. S. 2, 5, 34 al. —
    B.
    Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, undecided (the prevalent signif. in Cic.):

    anceps fatorum via,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 2:

    incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5:

    anceps proelii fortuna,

    Tac. H. 3, 18:

    oraculum,

    Liv. 9, 3:

    proelium,

    id. 2, 62, and Tac. H. 3, 22;

    so esp. freq.: ancipiti Marte pugnare,

    to contend without deciding the contest, Liv. 7, 29; 21, 1 al.:

    causa anceps,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44:

    genus causarum anceps,

    id. Inv. 1, 15, 20 (cf.: genus causarum dubium, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3:

    dubium vel anceps,

    Quint. 4, 1, 10):

    fides,

    uncertain, wavering, fidelity, Curt. 3, 8;

    so also, ancipites animi,

    Luc. 9, 46.—Also ellipt.: Lucanus an Apulus, anceps, doubtful whether, etc., * Hor. S. 2, 1, 34.—
    C.
    Dangerous, hazaraous, perilous, critical (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tac.;

    never in Cic.): viae,

    Ov. M. 14, 438:

    loca,

    Nep. Dat. 7, 3:

    dubiā et interdum ancipiti fortunā,

    Vell. 2, 79:

    anceps periculum,

    Tac. A. 4, 59:

    ancipites morbi corporis,

    Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149:

    cujus (Antonii) operā ex ancipiti morbo convaluerat,

    Suet. Aug. 59:

    Ideo et purgationibus (labruscum) ancipitem putant,

    Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 20:

    vox pro re publicā honesta, ipsi anceps,

    pernicious, Tac. H. 1, 5:

    adulatio anceps si nulla et ubi nimia est,

    id. A. 4, 17.—So subst., danger, hazard, peril, = periculum, discrimen:

    dubiā suorum re in anceps tractus vim legionum implorabat,

    Tac. A. 4, 73:

    seu nihil militi seu omnia concederentur, in ancipiti res publica,

    id. ib. 1, 36:

    scelus inter ancipitia probatum,

    id. ib. 11, 26;

    14, 22: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt,

    id. G. 14:

    nova ambigua ancipitia malebat,

    id. H. 2, 86:

    inter ancipitia deterrimum est media sequi,

    id. ib. 3, 40.
    Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

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  • 16 comminus

    com-mĭnus (less correctly cōmĭ-nus), adv. [manus; cf. Beda, Orth. p. 2331 P.; Fronto, Diff. p. 2193 ib.]; orig. belonging to milit. lang., of conflict, in close contest, hand to hand (with the sword, etc.), Gr. sustadon; opp. eminus, also to missilia, sagittae, etc. (class.; most freq. in the histt.): quae mea comminus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 270, 29 Müll.:

    nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 19; Ov. M. 3, 119:

    undique ex insidiis barbari a fronte ab tergo coörti comminus eminus petunt,

    Liv. 21, 34, 6; 31, 24, 15; Tac. A. 6, 35; 15, 4; App. M. 5, p. 164, 1:

    neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum (pulsi),

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

    jacula inutilia esse... gladio comminus geri rem,

    Liv. 44, 35, 12:

    dum locus comminus pugnandi daretur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

    veterani... comminus acriter instare,

    Sall. C. 60, 3; Liv. 27, 18, 14:

    conferre signa,

    id. 1, 33, 4:

    conferre vires,

    id. 42, 47, 8:

    adversus resistentes niti,

    Tac. A. 4, 51:

    trucidato hostium duce,

    Suet. Tib. 3.—
    2.
    Poet., of copulation, Lucr. 4, 1051;

    of fighting,

    Stat. Th. 10, 213; App. M. 2, p. 122, 14.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio: nunc comminus agamus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

    qui me epistulā petivit, ad te, ut video, comminus accessit,

    has approached you in person, id. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    in apros ire,

    Ov. F. 5, 176; cf.:

    agrestes comminus ire sues (for in sues),

    Prop. 2 (3), 19, 22;

    and so also of game: cervos obtruncant ferro,

    Verg. G. 3, 374;

    and of the preparation of the soil (considered as a contest with the same): jacto qui semine comminus arva Insequitur, i. e. manu sive rastro urget, exercet,

    id. ib. 1, 104; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 16; Hand, Turs. II. p. 96.—
    II.
    In gen., without the access. idea of contest, nigh at hand, near to, near, = prope, in or ex propinquo (not freq. before the Aug. per.):

    prius Eminus ardescunt quam comminus imbuat ignis,

    Lucr. 6, 904:

    aspicit hirsutos comminus ursa Getas,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 74; Tac. A. 12, 12:

    viso comminus armatorum agmine,

    id. H. 1, 41; id. G. 8:

    sole per eos dies comminus facto,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: aliquid comminus judicantur, near at hand, i.e. by the eyesight, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240; 35, 3, 6, § 17:

    recipere a debitore suo pecuniam,

    Dig. 13, 7, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of time, immediately, = statim, sine intermissione; a very common provincialism in Cisalpine Gaul, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 104.—
    III.
    In postAug. poetry sometimes = ad manus, at hand:

    comminus arma habere,

    Val. Fl. 5, 583.

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  • 17 contendo

    con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    (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. —
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Act.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.,
    1.
    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.
    a.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc. (very rare):

    rectā plateā cursum suum,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

    nocte unā tantum itineris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    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.
    2.
    ( 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.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    * (γ).
    Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
    (δ).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    hirundo cycnis,

    Lucr. 3, 6:

    Homero,

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

    Pindaricis plectris,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
    (ε).
    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.—
    (ζ).
    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.—
    * b.
    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.—
    3.
    ( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    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.—
    * (β).
    With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
    (γ).
    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.—
    (δ).
    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.—
    4.
    ( 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.—
    5.
    ( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    Absol. (very rare):

    si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

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

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  • 18 diu

    dĭū (old form dĭūs, Orell. Inscr. 8206), adv. [old acc. form of duration of time; root in dies; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 232 sqq.].
    1.
    (Acc. to dies, I. B. 2.) By day (very rare), Manil. 4, 823;

    usually with noctu: noctuque et diu,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5: noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P. (Sall. H. 2, 54 Dietsch); Sall. J. 38, 3; 44, 5; 70, 1: nec noctu, nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

    diu noctuque iter properabunt,

    Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

    noctu diuque hostibus obniti,

    id. H. 2, 5.—
    2.
    (Acc. to dies, II. A. 3.; lit., a space of time, a while; hence, with intens. signif.) A long time, long while, long (freq. in all periods; cf.:

    pridem, dudum): nimis diu et longum loquor,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 21; cf.

    so with longum,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

    diu multumque scriptitare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 152; so,

    diu multumque,

    id. Or. 1; id. Phil. 13, 5; id. Sull. 26, 73; Sall. J. 94, 3; Flor. 2, 3, 5;

    also: multum diuque,

    Cic. de Sen. 3 fin.:

    multum et diu,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 88; id. Inv. 2, 19, 58:

    multum ac diu,

    App. M. 2, p. 126, 6; cf.

    also: recordatus multum et diu cogitavi... Eam rem volutavi et diu disputavi,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1 and 4:

    saepe et diu,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 96; cf.:

    saepe diuque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 1;

    diu diuque,

    App. M. 5, p. 167, 16; 12, p. 266, 16:

    diu atque acriter pugnatum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 3, 21 et saep.:

    diu ego hunc cruciabo,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 73:

    Stoici diu mansuros aiunt animos: semper, negant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1. 31 fin.: [p. 600] diu princeps oratorum, aliquando aemulus Ciceronis, Quint. 11, 3, 8:

    tam diu restitisti,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100:

    tam diu,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 34; id. ib. 4, 2, 89; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 27; id. Hec. 4, 4, 23; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:

    eo, quo jam diu Sum judicatus,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20; so,

    jam diu,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 102; id. Most. 1, 3, 144; id. Poen. 5, 4, 29; cf.:

    diu est jam,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 25:

    ille vult diu vivere, hic diu vixit: quamquam, O di boni! quid est in hominis vita diu?

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 68 and 69; cf.:

    sat diu vixisse,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 12:

    nimis diu maceror,

    id. Ep. 3, 1, 2; so,

    nimis diu,

    id. Merc. 1, 54; id. Pers. 4, 4, 105:

    non diu apud hunc servies,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 65; cf.:

    haud diu,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 67.—Followed by dum, donec:

    diu expectare, dum, etc.,

    Suet. de Rhet. 1:

    diu jacere donec, etc.,

    Tac. G. 45.— Comp.: diūtius, longer [the t inserted, as in sectius and setius from secus, being a remnant of adv. ending -ter or -tus]:

    nolo te jactari diutius,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 59; id. Rud. 1, 2, 5; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 50; id. ib. 3, 1, 15; Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Rosc. Am. 7 fin.; Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; id. ib. 1, 26, 1 et saep.: cf.:

    minus diu quam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 1.—In the historians freq. = a long while, very long, no comparison being intended:

    ne diutius commeatu prohiberetur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49; 3, 9, 5; 3, 29, 2; 4, 35, 2;

    7, 20, 5 et saep.: neque illis, qui victoriam adepti forent, diutius ea uti licuisset,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    legiones diutius sine consulari fuere,

    Tac. H. 1, 9.— Sup.:

    (Cato) qui senex diutissime fuisset,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 4; so id. Pis. 37; id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4; Suet. Vit. 14 al.:

    ut quam diutissime te jucunda opinione oblectarem,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1;

    so with quam,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 102, 3.—
    B.
    Long since, a great while ago (mostly ante-class.): quod arci, diu facti, celeriter corruissent, Varr. ap. Non. 77, 14; cf.:

    scelus, inquam, factum'st jam diu antiquom et vetus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 45; so,

    jam diu,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 9; id. Men. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 1, 3, 4; Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 al.;

    for which: diu jam,

    Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 2; id. 19, 4, 15, § 40:

    is ex Anactorio... huc commigravit in Calydonem haud diu,

    not long ago, a short time ago, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 15:

    nec loci gnara sum, nec diu hic fui,

    it is not long since I was here, Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 28:

    jam diu est factum, quom discesti ab hero,

    id. As. 2, 1, 3.—With foll. quom, id. Merc. 3, 1, 44.—

    With postquam,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 41.—With quod, id. Am. 1, 1, 146; August. Retract. 1 Prol.—
    C.
    In Mela repeatedly of place, a long way:

    Italia... inter superum mare et inferum excurrit diu solida,

    Mel. 2, 4, 1; so id. 1, 2, 3; id. 1, 3, 5. Cf. Hand Turs. II. pp. 285-291.

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  • 19 egeo

    ĕgĕo, ŭi, 2 ( part. fut. egitura, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 24), v. n. [cf. Gr. achên, poor; root ach-, anch, in achos, anchô, etc.; Lat. angustus, [p. 633] angina], to be needy (for syn. cf.: indigeo, careo, vaco).
    I.
    Prop.
    a.
    Absol. (so usually in Plaut. and Ter.), to be needy, to be in want, to be poor:

    me in divitiis esse agrumque habere, egere illam autem,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 57; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 73; id. Truc. 2, 1, 12; 4, 2, 32; id. Trin. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 49; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Rosc. Com. 8 (opp. locupletem esse); Hor. S. 2, 2, 103 (opp. dives); id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 1, 228 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    amatur atque egetur acriter,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 39.—
    b.
    To need, want, lack, to be in need of, with the thing needed.
    (α).
    In the abl.:

    earum rerum, quibus egeremus, invectio,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 5; id. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

    omnibus necessariis rebus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4:

    copiis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 16 fin.:

    oculis ad cernendum,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    bibliothecis Graecis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6; cf. id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    medicină,

    id. Lael. 3:

    nullo,

    id. ib. 9, 30:

    consilio, opera nostra,

    id. ib. 14 fin.:

    auxilio,

    id. Fam. 2, 17, 16:

    sapiens eget nulla re: egere enim necessitatis est,

    Sen. Ep. 9 med. (cf. I. a. supra).—Of inanimate subjects:

    opus eget exercitatione non parva,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 38; 1, 8, 4; 1, 10, 7 et saep.—
    (β).
    In the gen. (in Cic. dub., v. the foll.):

    si pudoris egeas,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 187:

    tui, admonitricis,

    id. Truc. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 67:

    auxilii,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 11, 4: medicinae (al. medicina; cf.

    the preced.),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3 fin.:

    medici, curatoris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102; cf.

    custodis,

    id. S. 1, 4, 118:

    aeris (opp. locuples mancipiis),

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

    nullius,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 22:

    nutricis,

    Ov. Tr. 6, 135:

    alienae facundiae,

    Tac. A. 13, 3 al. —Of inanimate subjects:

    nec prosum quicquam nostrae rationis egere,

    Lucr. 3, 44; Quint. 5, 14, 5; 2, 16, 13; 3, 8, 63 al.—
    (γ).
    In the acc.:

    nec quicquam eges,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 12; cf. the foll.—
    (δ).
    Supplied by inf. pass.:

    clariores quam ut indicari egeant, Athenae,

    Mel. 2, 3, 4; cf. id. 2, 4, 1.
    II.
    Sometimes transf.
    A.
    (For the usual careo.) To be without, to be destitute of, not to have:

    C. Macer auctoritate semper eguit,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    donis tuis, somne,

    Stat. S. 5, 4, 2.—Of inanimate subjects:

    res proprio nomine,

    Lucr. 3, 134. —
    * B.
    To do without, to bear the want of: si quid est, quod utar, utor; si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1.—
    C.
    Like the Gr. deomai (cf. also the Engl. to want), to desire, wish for:

    tui amans abeuntis egeo,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1:

    plausoris,

    Hor. A. P. 154:

    tantuli,

    id. S. 1, 1, 59; cf. in the abl.:

    pane,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 11.—Hence, ĕgens, entis, P. a., needy, necessitous, in want, very poor (class.; cf.:

    egenus, indigens, indigus, inops, pauper, mendicus): quocirca (amici) et absentes assunt egentes abundant,

    Cic. Lael. 7; Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 1; 2, 3, 4; id. Stich. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 10; Cic. Clu. 59, 163; id. Fl. 15, 35 et saep.; cf.

    opp. locuples,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 2; Dig. 22, 5, 3;

    opp. abundans,

    Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43:

    delectus egentium ac perditorum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 2; cf. Sall. C. 31, 1; 18, 4.— Comp.:

    nihil rege egentius,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.— Sup.:

    egestates tot egentissimorum hominum,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Sest. 52, 111; id. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.;

    opp. locuples,

    Liv. 1, 47.— Adv. does not occur.

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  • 20 elatro

    ē-lātro, āre, v. a., to bark out, cry aloud:

    aliquid acriter,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 18.

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