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  • 1 īnferius

        īnferius adj.    [neut. of inferior], lower, further down: Inferius terras (cremabis), too low, O.: inferius suis fraternos currere equos, O.—With quam, O.

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  • 2 inferius

    1.
    infĕrĭus, adv., v. infra.
    2.
    infĕrĭus, a, um, adj. [infero], that is offered or sacrificed (ante- and post-class.):

    vinum,

    sacrificial wine, Cato, R. R. 132, 2; 134, 3; Arn. 4, 138.

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  • 3 infra

    infrā [infer, inferă, sc. parte], adv. and prep.
    I.
    Adv., on the under side, below, underneath.
    A.
    Lit.:

    infra nihil est nisi mortale... supra Lunam sunt aeterna omnia,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 17:

    in occipitio et infra, qua summa vertebra, etc.,

    Cels. 3, 23 fin. — With quam:

    ipsius autem partes eae, quae sunt infra quam id quod devoratur, dilatantur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3:

    si infra, quam rami fuere, praecidatur,

    Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 123.— Absol., of the lower world:

    non seges est infra,

    there is no sowing down below, Tib. 1, 10, 35.—Of a following place in a writing, below:

    earum exemplum infra scripsi,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Fam. 5, 10, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 9.— Comp.: inferius, lower, farther down:

    altius egressus caelestia tecta cremabis. inferius terras,

    Ov. M. 2, 137:

    currere,

    id. ib. 2, 208:

    inferius, quam collo pectora subsunt,

    id. ib. 12, 420.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Below, beneath, in value or esteem:

    liberos ejus ut multum infra despectare,

    Tac. A. 2, 43.— Comp., lower, farther down:

    persequi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 263: virtutem non flamma, non ruina inferius adducet. Sen. Ep. 79:

    quae praeterire, quam inferius exsequi tutius duximus,

    Sol. 2 med. —
    2.
    Farther along the coast:

    onerariae duae... paulo infra delatae sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 36.—
    3.
    Later in time:

    quid quod Ciceronis temporibus paulumque infra... geminabatur,

    Quint. 1, 7, 20.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., below, under.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ad mare infra oppidum exspectabat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

    infra mortuos amandare,

    id. Quint. 15, 49:

    infra caelum et sidera nox cadit,

    Tac. Agr. 12.—
    2.
    Of time, later than:

    Homerus non infra superiorem Lycurgum fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 10, 40. —
    3.
    Of size, smaller than:

    uri sunt magnitudine paulo infra elephantos,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28.—
    4.
    Of number, less than:

    non infra novena (ova),

    Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231; id. 6, 6, 6, § 18.—
    B.
    Trop., below, beneath in rank, honor, or esteem:

    quem ego infra esse infimos omnis puto homines,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 36:

    res humanas despicere atque infra se positas arbitrari,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

    omnia infra se esse judicare,

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 25:

    e quo infra se et Caesarem videret et rempublicam,

    he despised them, Vell. 2, 76, 4:

    semper infra aliorum aestimationes se metientem,

    id. 2, 127 fin.:

    infra servos cliens,

    id. 2, 83:

    non infra speciem,

    not inferior in beauty, Prop. 1, 20, 5:

    conferant se Marii... infra Pallantis laudes jacebunt,

    they will not come up to the glory of Pallas, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

    id quidem infra grammatici officium est,

    Quint. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 2, 5, 4.

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  • 4 īnferior

        īnferior ius, adj.    [comp. of inferus], lower, further down: spatium, Cs.: locus (opp. superior): in inferius ferri, downwards, O.: Africae pars, i. e. nearer the sea, S.: caelum sidet inferius mari, H.: effigies, smaller, H.—Fig., subsequent, later, latter: aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius: inferioris aetatis esse.—Inferior, lower: genus hominum: ordines, Cs.: dignitate, gratiā non inferior, quam qui, etc.: navium numero, Cs.: hoc ipso inferius esse suum foedus quam ceterorum: in iure civili. —As subst: inferiores extollere: supplices inferioresque: non inferiora secutus, naught inferior, V.: his non inferiora loqui, less proud (words), O.

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  • 5 modo

        modo (modō, C. poët.), adv. (sometimes passing into a conj.)    [abl. of modus].    I. In gen., by a measure, with a limit ; hence, only, merely, solely, simply, but, no more than: unum modo: oppido modo potiti, the bare town, S.: parvam modo causam timoris adferre, Cs.: delectationem modo habere, nunc vero etiam salutem: circi modo spectaculum fuerat, L.: modo ut haec nobis loca tenere liceat; see also dum, solum, tantum.—In urgent commands or wishes, only: modo facito ut illam serves, only be sure to, T.: modo fac, ne quid aliud cures: tu modo... impende laborem, V.: vos modo animos mihi adhibete, Cu.—In the phrase, modo non, only not, almost: modo non montīs auri pollicens, T.—In the phrase, non modo, much less: quos clientīs nemo habere velit, non modo illorum cliens esse.—Usu. followed by sed or verum, not only... but: non modo ceteri, sed tu ipse: ne non modo intrare, verum aspicere possim: non modo non credibiliter, sed ne suspi<*> ciose quidem: non modo honeste, verum etiam communi luce.—But non modo usu. stands for non modo non, before ne... quidem, when both clauses have the same predicate: non modo proditori, sed ne perfugae quidem locus fuit: ut id non modo neglegentiae meae, sed ne occupation<*> quidem tribuas.—    II. In conditions, with ut and subj, if but, provided only, on condition that: scies Modo ut tacere possis, T.: concede, ut impune emerit, modo ut bonā ratione emerit.—As conj, if only, provided that, on condition that: manent ingenia senibus, modo permaneat industria: ea mihi probantur, modo ne illa exceptio incurrat, etc.—Elliptic, but, but yet, if only, however: decerne, modo recte: bonis viris faciendum est modo pro facultatibus: veniam quo vocas, modo adiutore te.—With relatives, in any degree, at all, only, merely, even: servus, qui modo tolerabili condicione sit servitutis: philosophus, in quo modo esset auctoritas: primi, quā modo praeirent duces, tamen signa sequebantur, wherever, L.—With si, if only, if but: tu si modo es Romae: scis, si modo meministi, etc.: Persequar inferius, modo si licet ordine ferre, O.—    III. Of time, just now, just: La. advenis modo? Pa. admodum, T.: modo nunc, V.: modo iam, Tb.— Just now, but this moment, a little while ago, lately, recently: quid dico nuper?: immo vero modo ac plane paulo ante: quae modo consulem osculata filium suum, nunc cruciatur: si hodie bella sint, quale Gallicum modo, L.— Presently, immediately, directly, in a moment: domum modo ibo, T.: modo prohiberi etiam se senatūs consulto diceret, L.—In correlation, with modo repeated, or with another adv.: modo... modo, now... now, at one moment... at another, sometimes... sometimes: modo ait, modo negat, at times he says yes, at times no, T.: Cotta meus modo hoc, modo illud: citus modo, modo tardus incessus, S.: nunc... modo, L.: modo... Nunc, O.: nobilitas perculsa modo per socios, interdum per equites, S.: saepe cum anellis, modo laevā inani, H.: modo... modo... saepe, S.—With tum or deinde, at first... then, at one time... at another: sol modo accedens, tum autem recedens: dicere modo unum, tum autem plurīs deos: ilex, paulum modo prona, deinde flexa, S.
    * * *
    I
    only, merely; just now/recently, lately; presently
    II
    but, if only; but only

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  • 6 sīdō

        sīdō (-sīdī, only in compounds), —, ere    [SED-], to sit down, sink, settle, alight: (columbae) super arbore sidunt, V.: caelum sidet inferius mari, H.: navis coepit sidere, N.— To sit fast, remain sitting, be fixed: ubi eae (cymbae) siderent, grounded, L.
    * * *
    sidere, sidi, - V
    settle; sink down; sit down; run aground

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  • 7 sup-pōnō (subp-)

        sup-pōnō (subp-) posuī, positus    (posta, V.), ere, to put below, set under: anitum ova gallinis: caput et stomachum fontibus, H.: Cervicem polo, O.: (tauros) iugo, yoke, O.: Agresti fano pecus, drive under, O.: fratrem tumulo, i. e. bury, O.: incedis per ignīs Suppositos cineri doloso, hidden under, H.: terrae dentes, i. e. sow, O.: Falcem maturīs aristis, apply, V.: cultros, apply (i. e. to the throat), V.—To put in the place of, substitute for: in eorum locum civīs Romanos: criminibus illis pro rege se supponit reum.—To substitute falsely, falsify, forge, counterfeit: puerum, T.: puellam, L.: patri quos (equos) Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, i. e. secretly introduced, V.: trepidat, ne Suppositus venias, Iu.— Fig., to add, annex, subjoin: exemplum epistulae. —To make subject, subject, submit: Nil ita sublime est... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo, O.—To subordinate, class under: huic generi partīs quattuor: Latio supposuisse Samon, i. e. regarded as inferior, O.

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  • 8 infra

    I.
    (+ acc.) below, under /(time) later than
    II.
    (adv.) below, underneath / to the south, in the underworld.
    III., inferius, infimus
    low down

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  • 9 conecto

    cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
    I.
    Lit.:

    id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

    folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

    omnia inter se conexa et apta,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

    omnia omnimodis,

    Lucr. 2, 700:

    terrestria membra marinis,

    id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

    illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

    Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

    crines,

    Prop. 2, 5, 23:

    nodos,

    Ov. M. 12, 430:

    bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

    id. ib. 9, 311:

    naves validis utrimque trabibus,

    Tac. H. 2, 34:

    Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

    id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

    Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

    Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

    lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

    Tac. H. 3, 47:

    ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

    Curt. 4, 9, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

    ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

    id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.
    * Suet.
    Tib. 43:

    membra historiae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

    quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

    to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

    causam dolori meo,

    id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

    facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

    inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

    id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

    carmina secum gracili filo,

    Col. 10, 227:

    res ac verba,

    Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

    conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

    id. 9, 4, 7:

    aliam majorem insaniam,

    to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —
    2.
    In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

    si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

    omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

    sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

    Lucr. 3, 555:

    Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

    Tac. A. 2, 43;

    so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

    id. ib. 2, 50;

    4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—
    2.
    In time, immediately following:

    conexi his funeribus dies,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

    ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

    primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

    id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

    dicere aliquid,

    Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

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  • 10 conexum

    cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
    I.
    Lit.:

    id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

    folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

    omnia inter se conexa et apta,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

    omnia omnimodis,

    Lucr. 2, 700:

    terrestria membra marinis,

    id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

    illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

    Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

    crines,

    Prop. 2, 5, 23:

    nodos,

    Ov. M. 12, 430:

    bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

    id. ib. 9, 311:

    naves validis utrimque trabibus,

    Tac. H. 2, 34:

    Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

    id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

    Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

    Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

    lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

    Tac. H. 3, 47:

    ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

    Curt. 4, 9, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

    ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

    id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.
    * Suet.
    Tib. 43:

    membra historiae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

    quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

    to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

    causam dolori meo,

    id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

    facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

    inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

    id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

    carmina secum gracili filo,

    Col. 10, 227:

    res ac verba,

    Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

    conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

    id. 9, 4, 7:

    aliam majorem insaniam,

    to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —
    2.
    In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

    si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

    omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

    sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

    Lucr. 3, 555:

    Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

    Tac. A. 2, 43;

    so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

    id. ib. 2, 50;

    4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—
    2.
    In time, immediately following:

    conexi his funeribus dies,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

    ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

    primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

    id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

    dicere aliquid,

    Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

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  • 11 connexe

    cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
    I.
    Lit.:

    id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

    folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

    omnia inter se conexa et apta,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

    omnia omnimodis,

    Lucr. 2, 700:

    terrestria membra marinis,

    id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

    illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

    Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

    crines,

    Prop. 2, 5, 23:

    nodos,

    Ov. M. 12, 430:

    bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

    id. ib. 9, 311:

    naves validis utrimque trabibus,

    Tac. H. 2, 34:

    Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

    id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

    Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

    Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

    lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

    Tac. H. 3, 47:

    ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

    Curt. 4, 9, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

    ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

    id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.
    * Suet.
    Tib. 43:

    membra historiae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

    quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

    to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

    causam dolori meo,

    id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

    facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

    inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

    id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

    carmina secum gracili filo,

    Col. 10, 227:

    res ac verba,

    Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

    conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

    id. 9, 4, 7:

    aliam majorem insaniam,

    to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —
    2.
    In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

    si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

    omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

    sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

    Lucr. 3, 555:

    Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

    Tac. A. 2, 43;

    so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

    id. ib. 2, 50;

    4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—
    2.
    In time, immediately following:

    conexi his funeribus dies,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

    ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

    primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

    id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

    dicere aliquid,

    Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

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  • 12 connexum

    cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
    I.
    Lit.:

    id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

    folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

    omnia inter se conexa et apta,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

    omnia omnimodis,

    Lucr. 2, 700:

    terrestria membra marinis,

    id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

    illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

    Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

    crines,

    Prop. 2, 5, 23:

    nodos,

    Ov. M. 12, 430:

    bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

    id. ib. 9, 311:

    naves validis utrimque trabibus,

    Tac. H. 2, 34:

    Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

    id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

    Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

    Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

    lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

    Tac. H. 3, 47:

    ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

    Curt. 4, 9, 3.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

    ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

    id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.
    * Suet.
    Tib. 43:

    membra historiae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

    quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

    to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

    causam dolori meo,

    id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

    facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

    Cic. Or. 71, 235:

    illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

    id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

    inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

    id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

    carmina secum gracili filo,

    Col. 10, 227:

    res ac verba,

    Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

    conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

    id. 9, 4, 7:

    aliam majorem insaniam,

    to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —
    2.
    In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

    si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

    omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

    sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

    Lucr. 3, 555:

    Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

    Tac. A. 2, 43;

    so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

    id. ib. 2, 50;

    4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—
    2.
    In time, immediately following:

    conexi his funeribus dies,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

    ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

    primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

    id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

    dicere aliquid,

    Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

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  • 13 imi

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 14 imum

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 15 inferiores

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 16 inferus

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 17 infime

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 18 infimum

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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  • 19 modo

    mŏdŏ (scanned mŏdō, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 23; Lucr. 2, 11, 35; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 480; Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 140), adv. [orig. abl. of modus, q. v.].
    I.
    Qs., by measure, expressing, like tantum, a restriction of the idea, only, merely, but.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Affirmatively: ter sub armis malim vitam cernere, Quam semel modo parere, even once, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll. (Trag. v. 298 Vahl.):

    semel modo,

    only once, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 30:

    uni modo gessi morem,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 43:

    hoc autem si ita sit, ut unum modo sensibus falsum videatur, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf.:

    quorum genera plura sunt: hi unum modo quale sit suspicantur,

    id. Or. 9, 28:

    nec audiendi quidam, qui tres modo primas esse partes volunt,

    Quint. 3, 3, 4:

    paulum modo,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 15:

    perpauxillum modo,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 74; cf.:

    manus erat nulla, quae parvam modo causam timoris afferret,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 3:

    quae pacisci modo scis, sed quod pacta es, non scis solvere,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 88:

    ad ornandam modo, non augendam orationem assumuntur,

    Quint. 8, 6, 39; cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

    solere modo non etiam oportere,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 18:

    doctrina ac litterae secundis rebus delectationem modo habere videbantur, nunc vero etiam salutem,

    id. Fam. 6, 12, 5:

    circi modo spectaculum fuerat,

    Liv. 7, 2: modo facito ut illam serves, only see that, etc., Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 59:

    modo fac, ne quid aliud cures, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1:

    aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut conveniam modo,

    if I can only, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:

    modo ut tacere possis,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 9; cf.:

    concede, ut impune emerit, modo ut bonā ratione emerit,

    if but. provided that, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10:

    modo ut haec nobis loca tenere liceat,

    id. Fam. 14, 14, 1.— For the expressions dummodo, solummodo, and tantummodo, v. dum, solum, and tantum.—
    2.
    Negatively: non modo... sed (verum) etiam (et, or simply sed), not only... but also:

    ut non modo secunda sperare debeas, sed etiam adversa fortissimo animo ferre,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 5:

    non modo agendo, verum etiam cogitando,

    id. Cael. 19, 45:

    illum non modo favisse, sed et, etc.,

    id. Att. 11, 9, 2:

    non modo falsum id esse, sed hoc verissimum,

    id. Rep. 2, 44, 71.— As to these expressions, and also respecting the omission of a second non in the latter clause, v. under sed and non.—
    B.
    In partic., in restrictive clauses, for ullo or aliquo modo, in any way or degree, at all, only, even:

    servus est nemo, qui modo tolerabili conditione sit servitutis, qui, etc.,

    who is in any tolerable condition, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 16; cf.:

    quamquam quis ignorat, qui modo umquam mediocriter res istas scire curavit, quin, etc.,

    id. Fl. 27, 64; and:

    quis est omnium, qui modo cum Musis habeat aliquod commercium, qui? etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    nemo aliter philosophus sensit, in quo modo esset auctoritas,

    id. Div. 1, 39, 86; cf.: servitus, honorifica modo, Brut. ap. Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 4:

    tum quam plurimis modo dignis, se utilem praebent,

    be they but worthy, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    bonis viris... faciendum est, modo pro facultatibus,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 58:

    decerne, modo recte,

    id. Rosc. Am. 48, 138:

    itaque veniam, quo vocas, modo adjutore te,

    id. Att. 16, 13, a, 1:

    atque utinam posset aliquā ratione hoc crimen quamvis falsa, modo humana atque usitata defendere,

    if only, id. Verr. 2, 3, 97, § 224.—
    b.
    Si modo, if only (freq.):

    tu si modo es Romae: vix enim puto, sin es, hoc vehementer animadvertas velim,

    Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2:

    tute scis (si modo meministi) me tibi tum dixisse, etc.,

    id. ib. 12, 18, 2:

    fortasse vici, si modo permansero,

    id. ib. 12, 44, 3.— Poet. with subj.:

    si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem,

    Prop. 1, 18, 4.—
    c.
    Poet. and in jurid. Latin, modo si, for dummodo, if only, provided that:

    persequar inferius, modo si licet ordine ferri,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 263:

    modo si ejus nomine opus fiat,

    Dig. 39, 1, 18; 26, 2, 28; 19, 2, 19, § 10.—
    d.
    As a conjunction with subj., for dummodo, if only, provided that (freq. and class.):

    quos valetudo modo bona sit, tenuitas ipsa delectat,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 64; id. Or. 9, 28:

    manent ingenia senibus, modo permaneat studium et industria,

    id. Sen. 7, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 131:

    modo Juppiter adsit, Tertia lux classem Cretaeis sistet in oris,

    Verg. A. 3, 116.—So, modo ne for dummodo ne, if only not, provided that not:

    quae de Sicinio audīsti, ea mihi probantur: modo ne illa exceptio in aliquem incurrat bene de nobis meritum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 4, 3:

    si quis est paulo ad voluptates propensior, modo ne sit ex pecudum genere, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132.—
    2.
    Modo non, like the Gr. monon ouchi, all but, almost, nearly, = propemodum (ante- and post-class.):

    modo non montes auri pollicens,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 17 Don.:

    favet Fabi gloriae, quae modo non suā contumeliā splendeat,

    Liv. 10, 24, 11:

    pictor equum venientem, modo non vivum, comprehenderat,

    Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 7:

    modo non reclamante publico vigore,

    Amm. 14, 7, 1; 16, 12, 16; 21, 14, 1; 22, 6, 2 al.—
    3.
    In colloq. lang. with imperatives, just, now, only:

    sequere hac modo,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 4:

    sedete hic modo,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 29:

    propera modo,

    id. Men. 1, 4, 32:

    vide modo,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:

    ignem scrutare modo, inquam,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 276.—Indignantly:

    quin tu i modo,

    begone now, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 182; so,

    i modo,

    id. Stich. 3, 2, 23:

    tace modo,

    be still now, id. As. 5, 2, 19.—With tu or vos ( poet. and post-class.):

    tu modo, dum licet, hunc fructum ne desere vitae,

    Prop. 2, 15, 49; Verg. G. 3, 73:

    tu modo posce deos veniam,

    id. A. 4, 50:

    vos modo, inquit, parcite,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 8; Curt. 9, 6, 24; 9, 2, 25.
    II.
    With specifications of time, like Gr. arti (reaching to the full measure of the time, fully).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of the pressent time, just now, just (ante-class. and poet.):

    quid? ego modo huic frater factus, dum intro eo atque exeo?

    just now? Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 43:

    modo dolores, meatu, occipiunt,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 2 (evidenter hic modo temporis praesentis adverbium est, Don.):

    advenis modo,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 Don.:

    devoravi nomen imprudens modo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 63:

    jam modo nunc possum contentus vivere parvo,

    Tib. 1, 1, 25; cf.:

    peccare fuisset Ante satis, penitus modo nunc genus omne perosos Femineum,

    Verg. A. 9, 141.—
    2.
    Of time just passed, just now, but this moment, a little while ago, lately (class.):

    nuper homines nobiles hujusmodi, judices, et quid dico nuper? immo vero modo ac plane paulo ante vidimus, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7: Al. Ita uti dudum dixeras? Am. Dudum? quam dudum istuc factum est? Al. Temptas:

    jam dudum, pridem, modo,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 60: Ph. Quando? Do. Hodie. Ph. Quamdudum? Do. Modo, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 30:

    sum illi villae amicior modo factus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4:

    quaeras putemne talem esse deorum naturam, qualis modo a te sit exposita,

    id. N. D. 1, 21, 57:

    declaravit id modo temeritas C. Caesaris,

    id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

    modo hoc malum in rem publicam invasit,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 75:

    si hodie bella sint, quale Gallicum modo (i. e. twenty-two years earlier),

    Liv. 6, 40, 17; cf. id. 22, 14, 13; Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99.—Opp. to nunc: qui nunc primum te advenisse dicas, [p. 1156] modo qui hinc abieris, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 63:

    in quā urbe modo gratiā, auctoritate, gloriā floruimus, in eā nunc iis quidem omnibus caremus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2; id. Mur. 40, 86; 41, 88; Prop. 1, 18, 7.—With tunc, Tac. A. 2, 75.—
    3.
    Of time just to come, immediately, directly, in a moment (rare, and perh. not in Cic.):

    domum modo ibo,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 15; Liv. 26, 15:

    Artabanus tardari metu, modo cupidine vindictae inardescere,

    Tac. A. 6, 32; 4, 50.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Modo... modo, now... now, at one moment... at another, sometimes... sometimes (class.):

    modo ait, modo negat,

    sometimes he says Yes, and sometimes No, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 46:

    Cotta meus modo hoc, modo illud,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 44, 93:

    modo his, modo illis ex partibus,

    id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    o Academiam volaticam et sui similem, modo huc, modo illuc!

    id. Att. 13, 25, 3:

    citus modo, modo tardus incessus,

    Sall. C. 15, 5:

    laetos modo, modo pavidos animadverteres,

    id. J. 60, 4:

    nebulonem modo, modo nugatorem appellat,

    Liv. 38, 56.—Instead of modo... modo, we sometimes find:

    nunc... modo: nunc quereretur eundem accusatorem ac judicem esse, modo vitam sibi eripi, etc.,

    Liv. 8, 32, 9.—Again, instead of the second modo (esp. in poets and in post-Aug. prose writers), we find:

    nunc aliquando, interdum, nonnumquam, saepe, rursus.—So, modo... nunc,

    Ov. M. 13, 922; id. F. 4, 643; id. Tr. 1, 2, 27:

    modo ut reciperet imperium, nunc ut legatione fungeretur,

    Tac. H. 2, 51:

    modo... aliquando,

    id. A. 1, 81; 6, 35; 11, 34; 16, 10; id. H. 2, 74:

    modo... interdum,

    Sall. J. 42, 1; 55, 9; 62, 9 Kritz.; 74, 1; Hor. S. 1, 9, 9 et saep.:

    modo... nonnumquam,

    Suet. Tib. 66; id. Claud. 15; id. Calig. 52:

    modo... saepe,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 11:

    modo... modo... saepe,

    Sall. J. 45, 2; Tac. H. 4, 84:

    modo... rursus,

    Prop. 1, 3, 41.—
    2.
    Modo... tum (deinde, postea, etc.), at first... then, at one time... at another:

    sol modo accedens, tum autem recedens,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

    (Xenophon) facit Socratem disputantem... et modo unum, tum autem plures deos,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 31:

    et modo mundum, tum mentem divinam esse putat,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 34; cf.:

    modo (Theophrastus) menti divinum tribuit principatum, modo caelo, tum autem signis sideribusque caelestibus,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 35:

    et forte in eo loco grandis ilex coaluerat inter saxa paulum modo prona, deinde flexa, etc.,

    Sall. J. 93, 4:

    modo... paulo post,

    Val. Max. 7, 4, 5:

    modo... modo... postremum,

    Tac. H. 4, 46:

    quid agerent, modo timentes, vicissim contemnentes religiones,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 43.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > modo

  • 20 Sido

    1.
    sīdo, sīdi, 3, v. n. [cf. sedeo; Gr. hizô], to seat one's self, sit down; to settle, alight ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. of things)
    I.
    In gen.:

    quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sidere detur,

    Ov. M. 1, 307; cf.:

    (columbae) super arbore sidunt,

    Verg. A. 6, 203:

    canes sidentes,

    sitting down, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177.—
    b.
    Of things, to sink down, settle:

    sidebant campi (shortly after: subsidere saxa),

    Lucr. 5, 493:

    nec membris incussam sidere cretam,

    id. 3, 382; cf. Col. 12, 24, 2:

    in tepidā aquā gutta (balsami) sidens ad ima vasa,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

    cummi in aquā sidit,

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    cave lecticā sidat,

    be set down, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 78:

    prius caelum sidet inferius mari, Quam, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 79.—
    II.
    In partic., pregn.
    A.
    To sit or be set fast; to remain sitting, lying, or fixed:

    mare certis canalibus ita profundum, ut nullae ancorae sidant,

    can hold, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82:

    secures sidunt,

    id. 16, 10, 19, § 47:

    tum queror, in toto non sidere pallia lecto,

    remain lying, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 31.—
    2.
    Naut. t. t., of a vessel, to stick fast on shallows:

    veniat mea litore navis Servata, an mediis sidat onusta vadis,

    Prop. 3, 14 (3, 6), 30; cf.:

    ubi eae (cymbae) siderent,

    Liv. 26, 45; Quint. 12, 10, 37; Tac. A. 1, 70; 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 4, 2.—
    B.
    To sink down, to sink out of sight.
    1.
    Lit.:

    non flebo in cineres arcem sidisse paternos Cadmi,

    Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 37: sidentes in tabem spectat acervos, settling or melting down, Luc. 7, 791; cf. Stat. S. 5, 3, 199.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    vitia civitatis pessum suā mole sidentis,

    sinking, Sen. Const. 2; cf.:

    sidentia imperii fundamenta,

    Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 78:

    sidente paulatim metu,

    Tac. H. 2, 15.
    2.
    Sido, ōnis, m., a chief of the Suevi about the middle of the first century, Tac. H. 3, 5; 3, 21; id. A. 12, 29 sq.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Sido

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