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  • 1 cupidus

        cupidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [CVP-], longing, desiring, desirous, eager, zealous, wishing, loving, fond: eius videndi, T.: bellandi, Cs.: te audiendi: tui, devoted to: contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis: cupidissimus litterarum, N.: cupidissimis omnibus, eager for battle, Cs.: moriri, O.: tuas componere laudes, Tb.: in perspiciendā rerum naturā. — Excessively desirous, passionate, eager, greedy, lustful, covetous: animum cupidum inopiā incendere, T.: cupidos moderatis anteferre: emit homo: pecuniae: rerum novarum, Cs.: animi rixae, H.—Amorous, loving, longing: amantes, O.—Poet.: Eurydicem cupidis amplectitur ulnis, O. — Avaricious, covetous: homo. — Prejudiced, partisan, partial: quaestores vehementer (Verris): multi cupidi tui sunt, partisans: cupidior iudex.
    * * *
    cupida -um, cupidior -or -us, cupidissimus -a -um ADJ
    eager/passionate; longing for/desirous of (with gen.); greedy; wanton/lecherous

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  • 2 avidus

    ăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. aveo], longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).
    I.
    In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    cibi,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16:

    Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    festinatio victoriae avida,

    id. Phil. 3, 1; so,

    potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,

    Sall. J. 15, 4:

    avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,

    Liv. 1, 8, 6:

    avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),

    id. 8, 30, 13:

    libidinum,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 11:

    futuri,

    id. A. P. 172 et saep.:

    belli gerundi,

    Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.):

    avidior properandi,

    id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.:

    videndi,

    Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.):

    avidi committere pugnam,

    Ov. M. 5, 75:

    cognoscere amantem,

    id. ib. 10, 472:

    Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,

    Luc. 6, 696 al. —A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.:

    Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,

    in respect of, Lucr. 4, 594.—
    (β).
    With in with acc.:

    avida in novas res ingenia,

    Liv. 22, 21, 2:

    avidae in direptiones manus,

    id. 5, 20, 6.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    servorum manus subitis avidae,

    Tac. H. 1, 7.—
    (δ).
    Absol. and transf. to inanimate things:

    ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc.,

    Cic. Or. 29, 104:

    avidi cursus frena retentat equi,

    Ov. P. 3, 9, 26:

    avidae libidines,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

    amor,

    Cat. 68, 83:

    cor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58:

    pectus,

    id. H. 9, 161:

    amplexus,

    id. M. 7, 143.—
    II.
    Esp
    A.
    Eager for gain, avaricious, covetous, greedy of money, = avarus:

    me dices avidum esse hominem,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43:

    Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum,

    Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15:

    divitiasque Conduplicant avidi,

    Lucr. 3, 71:

    aliquantum ad rem avidior,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.:

    avidae manus heredis,

    Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al. —
    B.
    Eager for food, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous:

    Avidos vicinum funus et aegros Exanimat,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

    convivae,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli avidus esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.:

    Efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis,

    insatiable, Lucr. 1, 1031:

    Exitio est avidum mare nautis,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 18:

    morbus,

    Lucr. 6, 1236:

    manus Mortis,

    Tib. 1, 3, 4:

    ignis,

    Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280:

    flammae,

    id. ib. 9, 172:

    morsus,

    id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.—
    C.
    In Lucr. of space as swallowing up objects, wide, large, vast:

    Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere,

    Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem tenet aether id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.— Adv., eagerly, greedily, etc.
    a.
    Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—
    b.
    Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis animus atque aures avent avide exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108:

    adripere Graecas litteras,

    Cic. Sen. 8, 26:

    adpetere aliquid,

    id. ib. 20, 72:

    exspectare aliquid,

    id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10:

    jam bibit avide,

    Suet. Tib. 59:

    pransus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al. — Comp.:

    avidius se in voluptates mergere,

    Liv. 23, 18, 11:

    procurrere,

    id. 34, 15, 4:

    avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant,

    id. 41, 2, 13:

    vesci,

    Suet. Calig. 18.— Sup.:

    avidissime exspectare aliquid,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

    credere aliquid,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

    adprehendere palmam,

    id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.

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  • 3 adpeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 4 appeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 5 ambitiōsus

        ambitiōsus adj. with comp.    [ambitio], surrounding, encompassing, entwining: lascivis hederis ambitiosior, H.—Fig., ambitious, conciliatory, eager for honor, solicitous of favor: pro nato mater, O.: in Graecos: malis artibus, Ta.: ita ambitiosus ut omnīs salutet: rogationes: mors, ostentatious, Ta.: ornamenta, excessive, H.—Competed for, sought in rivalry: honor, O.
    * * *
    ambitiosa -um, ambitiosior -or -us, ambitiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    ambitious, eager to please/for advancement/favor; showy; winding, twisting

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  • 6 avidus

        avidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], longing eagerly, desirous, eager, greedy: libidines: porca: amplexus, O.: cursūs, V.: cibi, T.: laudis: potentiae, S.: novarum rerum, L.: ad pugnam, L.: futuri, H.: avidi, wine-bibbers, H.: avidior gloriae: avidissima caedis, O.: avidi committere pugnam, O.: in pecuniis: in direptiones manus, L.: Volcanus, fiery, H.: legiones, eager for battle, Ta. —Esp., greedy of gain, avaricious, covetous: pater, T.: animus: manūs heredis, H.: ad rem avidior, T.: gens avidissima, Cu. — Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous: avidos funus Exanimat, H.: canes, O.: convivae, H.: mare, insatiable, H.: ignis, O.
    * * *
    avida -um, avidior -or -us, avidissimus -a -um ADJ
    greedy, eager, ardent, desirous of; avaricious, insatiable; lustful, passionate

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  • 7 cupiēns

        cupiēns entis, adj. with sup.    [P. of cupio], desirous, longing, eager: novarum rerum, Ta.: liberorum, Ta.: cupientissimā plebe consul factus, at the earnest desire of, S.
    * * *
    cupientis (gen.), cupientior -or -us, cupientissimus -a -um ADJ
    desirous, eager for, longing; anxious

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  • 8 studeō

        studeō uī, —, ēre,    to give attention, be eager, be zealous, take pains, be diligent, be busy with, be devoted, strive after, apply oneself, pursue, desire, wish: ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui, T.: nihil egregie, T.: illud ipsum, quod studet: id, ne, etc., L.: unum studetis, Antoni conatum avertere a re p.: quos non tam ulcisci studeo quam sanare: fieri studebam eius prudentiā doctior: portum intrare, N.: qui placere se studeat bonis, T.: coloniam tu expugnari studes: qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus, S.: huic rei studendum, ut, etc., Cs.: virtuti, laudi, dignitati: ei scientiae: ars, cui studueram: legibus cognoscendis: qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about, Caec. ap. C.: Ne solus esset, Ph.—To be friendly, feel affection, be favorable, favor, side with: neque studere neque odisse, S.: ut studeat tibi, ut te adiuvet: Atheniensium rebus, N.
    * * *
    studere, studui, - V
    desire, be eager for; busy oneself with; strive

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  • 9 cupiō

        cupiō īvī, ītus, ere    [CVP-], to long for, desire, wish: Qui cupit, i. e. is possessed by a master-passion, H.: omnibus cupientibus ad castra contendit, Cs.: nuptias, T.: domum alius, alius agros, S.: triumphum: cupio omnia quae vis, your wishes are mine, H.: imperia minime cupiunda, S.: corde cupitus, Enn. ap. C.: hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupitā, O.: quidquid cupitum foret, L.: Emori, T.: audire: videre qui audeat dicere: quid possent perspici, Cs.: haberi formosus, H.: me esse clementem: me non mendacem putari: et se cupit ante videri, V.: ut peccet, etc.: cuperem ipse adesset (i. e. vellem), V.—To be well disposed, be favorable, favor, wish well, be interested for: ipsi Glycerio, T.: Helvetiis, Cs.: quid ego Fundanio non cupio?—With causā (alcuius), to be at the service of, be devoted to, be zealous for: alquem suā causā: qui te neque velle suā causā, nec, si cupias, posse arbitrantur: cuius causā omnia cupio, to whom I am wholly devoted.
    * * *
    cupere, cupivi, cupitus V TRANS
    wish/long/be eager for; desire/want, covet; desire as a lover; favor, wish well

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  • 10 prurio

    prūrĭo, īre, v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. pruna], to itch.
    I.
    Lit.:

    si prurit frictus ocelli angulus,

    Juv. 6, 578:

    os prurit,

    Scrib. Comp. 193.—
    II.
    Transf., to itch or long for a thing.
    1.
    For blows, stripes, etc., Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 139; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 75; id. Mil. 2, 4, 44:

    vitulus prurit in pugnam,

    is eager for the combat, Mart. 3, 58, 11.—
    2.
    For pleasure, to be wanton, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 32; id. Stich. 5, 5, 15; Cat. 88, 2; Mart. 3, 93, 20; 6, 37, 3; 9, 91, 8:

    incipiant prurire choro puellae,

    to make a wanton display, Juv. 11, 163:

    ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros, prurientes auribus,

    Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3 al.;

    in this sense also of things,

    Mart. 1, 36, 11; 12, 96, 3.

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  • 11 sitiēns

        sitiēns entis, adj.    [P. of sitio], thirsting, thirsty, dry, athirst: ut ipse ad portam sitiens pervenerim: (pocula) arenti sitientes hausimus ore, O.: Tantalus, H.— Dry, parched, arid, without moisture: hortus, O.: Afri, V.: Canicula, parching, O.—Fig., thirsting for, desiring eagerly, greedy: amator, O.: venire ad sitientīs aurīs, eager (for news) virtutis.
    * * *
    (gen.), sitientis ADJ
    thirsting, producing thirst, arid, dry, parched, thirsty (for)

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  • 12 cupio

    cŭpĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 ( imperf. subj. cŭpīret, Lucr. 1, 72; quoted ap. Non. p. 506 fin., and ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.), v. a. [Sanscr kup, to be in active motion, to be angry; cf. recupero], to long for a thing, to desire, wish (designating a natural, involuntary inclination, or an unbridled or passionate desire, while volo indicates an energetic will, and opto a deliberate wish or choice, Cic. Mil. 12, 32; Sen. Ep. 116, 2; cf. Klotz in Jahn's Neues Jahrb. 1834, II. p. 119 sq.; freq. in every per. and species of composition); constr. with acc., inf., acc. and inf., acc. and part., ut, ne, the gen., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., of persons.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quid istuc tam cupide cupis?

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 49:

    nec bonum illud esse, quod cupias ardenter,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

    nuptias,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 12:

    cupere eadem, eadem odisse,

    Sall. J. 31, 14:

    domum alius, alius agros,

    id. C. 11. 4:

    novas res,

    id. J. 70, 1:

    quanto plura parasti, Tanto plura cupis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 148:

    (magistratus, imperia, etc.) minime mihi hac tempestate cupienda videntur,

    Sall. J. 3, 1; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 66 et saep.—In part. perf.: corde cupitus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

    cupitus atque exspectatus,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 104:

    Mars videt hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupitā,

    Ov. F. 3, 21:

    cupitus aetatis flos,

    Lucr. 3, 770;

    5, 847: cujus rei semper cupitae,

    Liv. 26, 7, 3; Tac. A. 4, 3 et saep.:

    tandem huic cupitum contigit,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 116; so in neutr., Liv. 3, 37, 7; Tac. A. 6, 32; 14, 2 al.—
    (β).
    With inf. (so most freq.):

    emori cupio,

    Ter. Heant. 5, 2, 18:

    vitam mutare,

    Lucr. 5, 170; 1, 71:

    te celare de phaleris,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29:

    audire cupio,

    id. Caecin. 12, 33:

    diem consumere,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 4:

    operam navare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.:

    proelium facere,

    Sall. J. 57, 4 et saep.:

    cum nostri quid sine imperatore efficere possent perspici cuperent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 21.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    te tuā frui virtute cupimus,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 331; id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: cupio me esse clementem;

    cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

    id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.

    Haase ad Reisig, Lect. p. 790: (Pausanias) se tecum affinitate conjungi cupit,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—
    * (δ).
    With acc. and part.: Cu. Quis nominat me? Ph. Qui te conventum cupit. Cu. Hau me magis cupis, quam te ego cupio, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25.—
    (ε).
    With ut:

    cupio ut impetret,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 34:

    quin etiam necesse erit cupere et optare, ut peccet, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

    responsum est mihi cupere quidem universos ut a me rationes coloniae legerentur,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 47 (56), 1. —
    (ζ).
    With ne:

    cupio, ne... habeant,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6; cf. Ov. H. 6, 6.—
    (η).
    With subj. alone:

    cupio te quoque sub idem tempus Campania tua remittat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 14 (15), 9.—
    (θ).
    Absol.:

    ubi nolis, cupiunt ultro,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43:

    qui cupit aut metuit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 51;

    so with metuo,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 12; 1, 16, 65; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 185; 1, 1, 2:

    cohortatus suos, omnibus cupientibus ad hostium castra contendit,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24; cf. id. ib. 3, 19 et saep.—
    (κ).
    With gen.:

    pol quamquam domi cupio, opperiar,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 23 Brix ad loc.; cf. P. a. a infra. —With gen. pers.:

    quae (puellae) cupiunt tui,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17; cf.:

    jam dudum vestri cupiunt Lucrina tacita,

    Symm. Ep. 1, 8 init. —
    B.
    Transf., of things:

    asperiora vina rigari utique cupiunt,

    Plin. 17, 26, 41, § 250.—
    II.
    Pregn., to be well disposed, be favorable or inclined to one, to favor, to wish well, to be interested for, etc.:

    favere et cupere Helvetiis propter eam affinitatem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18; cf.:

    quid ego Fundanio non cupio?

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 10:

    ipsi Glycerio,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 2: cui maxime, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 4:

    cujus causā omnia cum cupio, tum mehercule etiam debeo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 75, 1; cf.:

    causam mihi tradidit, quem suā causā cupere ac debere intellegebat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

    vehementer ejus causā,

    id. Fam. 13, 64, 1:

    qui istius causā cupiunt omnia, qui ab eo benignissime tractati sunt, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21 Halm ad loc.—Hence the phrase cupio omnia quaevis, your wishes are mine; cf. the Engl., I am entirely at your service, Hor. S. 1, 9, 5.—Hence, cŭpĭens, entis, P. a., desiring, desirous, longing, eager for something (mostly ante- class. and post-Aug.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    corporis,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 7:

    nuptiarum,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 29:

    tui (tua amica),

    id. ib. 4, 2, 58:

    liberorum,

    Tac. A. 16, 6:

    novarum rerum,

    id. ib. 15, 46:

    bonarum artium,

    id. ib. 6, 46:

    voluptatum,

    id. ib. 14, 14:

    erogandae pecuniae,

    id. ib. 1, 75.— Comp., Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.— Sup.: cupientissimus legis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 291 P.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    ut quibusque bellum invitis aut cupientibus erat,

    Tac. A. 1, 59.— Sup.:

    Marius cupientissimā plebe consul factus,

    Sall. J. 84, 1.— Adv.: cŭpĭenter, desirously, earnestly, eagerly, = cupide (only ante-class.): cupienter cupere, Enn. ap. Non. p. 91, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 337 Vahl.):

    discerpere membra,

    Att. ib. p. 91, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 543 Rib.):

    petere,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 17.

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  • 13 audeō

        audeō ausus sum （ subj perf. ausim), ēre    [1 AV-], to venture, dare, be bold, dare to do, risk: tantum facinus, T.: nihil: fraudem, L.: ultima, desperate measures, L.: proelium, Ta.: pro vitā maiora, V.: res est audenda, L.: ausum Talia deposcunt, him who dared so much, O.: ausurum se in tribunis, quod, etc., in dealing with tribunes, L.: multo dolo audebantur, L.: audendum dextrā, now for a daring deed, V.: nil muttire, T.: alqd optare: loco cedere, S.: sapere aude, have the resolution, H.: vix ausim credere, O.: ad audendum impudentissimus: si audes, fac, etc.: nec quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnare, L.: Auctor ego audendi, V.: audendo potentior, Ta.: longius ausuri, Ta. — Of style: feliciter, H. — Poet.: in proelia, to be eager for battle, V.
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    audere, ausus sum V SEMIDEP
    intend, be prepared; dare/have courage (to go/do), act boldly, venture, risk

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  • 14 immineō (in-m-)

        immineō (in-m-) —, —, ēre,    to project over, lean towards, hang down over, overhang, overarch: Quos super silex Imminet, V.: imminente lunā, shining overhead, H.: in ore impuri hominis imminens, bending towards: gestu omni imminenti, bent towards him: collis urbi Imminet, commands, V.: moenibus tumulus, L.: caelumque quod imminet orbi, O.—To be near to, touch on, border upon, follow up: Imminet hic, sequiturque parem, O.: carcer imminens foro, adjoining, L.: imminentes domini, i. e. future, Ta.—To threaten, menace: instabat agmen atque universum imminebat, Cs.: Imbrium divina avis imminentūm, H.: cum Karthago huic imperio immineret: imminent reges Asiae: Parthi Latio, H.—Fig., to strive eagerly after, be eager for, long for, be intent upon: avaritiā imminenti esse: in exercitūs opprimendi occasionem, L.: ad caedem: ei potestati, L.: exitio coniugis, O.—To be at hand, impend: ea, quae cottidie imminent: mors, quae cottidie imminet: imminentium nescius, Ta.

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  • 15 petīturiō

        petīturiō —, —, īre, desid.    [peto], to be eager for office: valde.
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    petiturire, -, - V INTRANS

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  • 16 immineo

    immĭnĕo ( inm-), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.):

    collis plurimus urbi Imminet,

    commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:

    imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,

    Liv. 29, 35, 7:

    imminens villae tua pinus esto,

    Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:

    candida populus antro Imminet,

    Verg. E. 9, 41:

    aër his,

    Ov. M. 1, 52:

    caelumque quod imminet orbi,

    id. ib. 2, 7:

    scopulus aequoribus,

    id. ib. 4, 525:

    apex collis subjectis arvis,

    id. ib. 7, 779:

    nemus desuper,

    Verg. A. 1, 165:

    arbos,

    Ov. M. 4, 459:

    imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,

    Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:

    choros ducit Venus imminente luna,

    shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:

    gestu omni imminenti,

    bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—
    B.
    Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,

    Ov. M. 7, 785:

    tergo fugacis,

    id. ib. 1, 542:

    carcer imminens foro,

    adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:

    imminentia muro aedificia,

    id. 2, 33, 7.—
    2.
    In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):

    nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:

    Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,

    id. Att. 5, 20, 2:

    imminent duo reges toti Asiae,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    circum insulas Italiae inminentes,

    Liv. 21, 49, 1:

    Mithridates Italiae quoque,

    Vell. 2, 18, 4:

    Parthi Latio,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:

    Germaniae et Britanniae,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:

    imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:

    turris ingens inminebat,

    Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:

    inminentes tumuli,

    id. 3, 7, 2. —
    II.
    Trop. (class.).
    A.
    To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:

    hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:

    in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,

    id. 25, 20, 5:

    huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,

    Verg. Cul. 89:

    alieno imminere,

    Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:

    rebus,

    Tac. A. 16, 14:

    quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,

    Suet. Aug. 24:

    peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,

    Liv. 3, 51, 9:

    spei majoris honoris,

    id. 4, 25, 9:

    occasioni alloquendi regem,

    Curt. 5, 11:

    exitio conjugis,

    Ov. M. 1, 146:

    Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.
    1.
    In gen.:

    sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—
    2.
    In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:

    periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,

    Suet. Claud. 29:

    periculum ambobus,

    id. Tit. 9:

    imminentes undique insidiae,

    id. Caes. 86:

    discrimina undique,

    id. Tib. 25:

    summum discrimen,

    Quint. 8, 4, 22:

    bellum,

    id. 12, 1, 43:

    taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,

    Suet. Vit. 15.

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  • 17 inmineo

    immĭnĕo ( inm-), ēre, v. n. [in-mineo], to project over or towards a thing, to bend or lean towards, to hang down over, overhang (syn. impendeo).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.):

    collis plurimus urbi Imminet,

    commands, Verg. A. 1, 420; cf.:

    imminens prope ipsis moenibus tumulus,

    Liv. 29, 35, 7:

    imminens villae tua pinus esto,

    Hor. C. 3, 22, 5:

    candida populus antro Imminet,

    Verg. E. 9, 41:

    aër his,

    Ov. M. 1, 52:

    caelumque quod imminet orbi,

    id. ib. 2, 7:

    scopulus aequoribus,

    id. ib. 4, 525:

    apex collis subjectis arvis,

    id. ib. 7, 779:

    nemus desuper,

    Verg. A. 1, 165:

    arbos,

    Ov. M. 4, 459:

    imminet e celsis audentius improba muris Virgo,

    Val. Fl. 6, 681; Quint. 11, 3, 130:

    choros ducit Venus imminente luna,

    shining overhead, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5: cum ageretur togata, simulans, caterva tota clarissima concentione in ore impuri hominis imminens contionata est: Huic vitae tuae, etc., bending or turning towards, Cic. Sest. 55, 118; cf.:

    gestu omni imminenti,

    bent towards him, id. de Or. 2, 55, 225.—
    B.
    Transf., to be near to a thing, to touch on, border upon.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    imminet hic, sequiturque parem, similisque tenenti Non tenet,

    Ov. M. 7, 785:

    tergo fugacis,

    id. ib. 1, 542:

    carcer imminens foro,

    adjoining, Liv. 1, 33, 8:

    imminentia muro aedificia,

    id. 2, 33, 7.—
    2.
    In partic. (like impendere and instare), in an inimical sense, to threaten, menace, by nearness or commanding position (class.):

    nimis imminebat propter propinquitatem Aegina Piraeeo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; cf.:

    Carthago imminere jam fructuosissimis insulis populi Romani videbatur,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    certior sum factus, Parthos... Ciliciae magis imminere,

    id. Att. 5, 20, 2:

    imminent duo reges toti Asiae,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    circum insulas Italiae inminentes,

    Liv. 21, 49, 1:

    Mithridates Italiae quoque,

    Vell. 2, 18, 4:

    Parthi Latio,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 53:

    Germaniae et Britanniae,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    bello subegit gentem rebus populi Romani imminentem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20:

    instabat agmen Caesaris atque universum imminebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 80 fin.:

    imbrium divina avis imminentŭm,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 10:

    turris ingens inminebat,

    Liv. 21, 7, 7; 21, 11, 10:

    inminentes tumuli,

    id. 3, 7, 2. —
    II.
    Trop. (class.).
    A.
    To strive eagerly ofter a thing, to be eager for, to long for, be intent upon:

    hujus mendicitas aviditate conjuncta in nostras fortunas imminebat,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20; Liv. 30, 28, 9:

    in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat,

    id. 25, 20, 5:

    huc imminet: om nes Dirigit huc sensus,

    Verg. Cul. 89:

    alieno imminere,

    Sen. Ep. 2 fin.:

    rebus,

    Tac. A. 16, 14:

    quod imminere emptioni publicanos videbat,

    Suet. Aug. 24:

    peritus rerum popularium imminensque ei potestati,

    Liv. 3, 51, 9:

    spei majoris honoris,

    id. 4, 25, 9:

    occasioni alloquendi regem,

    Curt. 5, 11:

    exitio conjugis,

    Ov. M. 1, 146:

    Verres avaritia semper hiante atque imminenti fuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134.—
    B.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to be near at hand, to impend.
    1.
    In gen.:

    sunt qui ea, quae quotidie imminent, non videant,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:

    mors, quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91.—
    2.
    In partic., to threaten by nearness, to be imminent:

    periculum, quod imminere ipsi portenderetur,

    Suet. Claud. 29:

    periculum ambobus,

    id. Tit. 9:

    imminentes undique insidiae,

    id. Caes. 86:

    discrimina undique,

    id. Tib. 25:

    summum discrimen,

    Quint. 8, 4, 22:

    bellum,

    id. 12, 1, 43:

    taedio praesentium et imminentium metu,

    Suet. Vit. 15.

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  • 18 sequax

    sĕquax, ācis, adj. [sequor], following or seeking after, pursuing, sequacious ( poet.; a favorite word of Vergil).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Medea,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 41:

    (Arcadas) Latio dare terga sequaci,

    pursuing, Verg. A. 10, 365:

    cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

    hunting after, eager for it, id. G. 2, 374 Wagn. N. cr. (cf.:

    cytisum sequitur lasciva capella,

    id. E. 2, 64):

    flammae,

    darting, lambent, id. A. 8, 432:

    hederae,

    clinging, winding, Pers. prol. 6:

    fumi,

    piercing, penetrating, Verg. G. 4, 230:

    Maleae undae,

    pursuing, id. A. 5, 193:

    quae (chelys) saxa sequacia flectens,

    Sid. Carm. 16, 3 (for which:

    saxa sequentia,

    Ov. M. 11, 2):

    oculi,

    following, Stat. Th. 3, 500; so Calp. Ecl. 1, 31:

    ensis,

    following speedily, rapidly moving, Val. Fl. 7, 619.—As subst.: sĕquax, ācis, m., an attendant, follower:

    Bacchi Venerisque,

    Manil. 5, 143; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 23; 1, 13.—
    B.
    In partic., of materials, in working, yielding, pliable, ductile, flexible:

    trabes,

    Val. Fl. 1, 124:

    bituminum sequax ac lenta natura,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 65:

    natura cornus,

    id. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

    lentitia salicis ad vincturas,

    id. 16, 37, 68, § 174 et saep.— Comp.:

    nec est alia nunc materia sequacior (vitro),

    Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 198:

    flexibiles quamcumque in partem ducimur a principe, atque ut ita dicam, sequaces sumus,

    Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—
    II.
    Trop., following, pursuing:

    naturas hominum varias moresque sequaces,

    following them, Lucr. 3, 315:

    metus hominum curaeque sequaces,

    pursuing them, id. 2, 47:

    scabies sequax malum,

    Grat. Cyn. 411.—
    B.
    Following, tractable:

    imbueret novas artes sensusque sequaces,

    Aus. Idyll. 5, 3; so,

    discipuli,

    Pacat. Pan. Theod. 15.—Hence, adv.: sĕquācĭter, of course, consequently, Arn. 2, 49; 2, 75; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 22; id. de Musica, 4, 10.

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  • 19 appetēns (ad-p-)

        appetēns (ad-p-) entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of appeto], striving after, eager for, desirous of: gloriae: alieni, S.: nihil est appetentius similium sui: appetentissimi honestatis. — Esp., absol, grasping, avaricious: homo.

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  • 20 magis

        magis adv. comp.    [1 MAC-], more, in a higher degree, more completely.—With adjj.: magis iuris consultus quam iustitiae: beatus, H.: vis magis necessaria recte ad vivendum: magis verum atque hoc responsum, T.—With advv.: magis aperte, T.: magis inpense, T.—With verbs: magis honorem tribuere quam salutem accipere, Cs.: tum magis id diceres, Fanni, si, etc.: quod magis vellem evenire (i. e. mallem), T.: magis Pugnas bibit volgus, is more eager for, H.: magis aedilis fieri non potuisset, better.—With abl: videntur omnes errasse, sed alius alio magis, in different degrees: alii aliis magis recusare, L.: quid philosophiā magis colendum?: quā fluvius solito magis inundaverat, L.: hac magis illam petere (i. e. quam hanc), H.: magis solito incauti, L.—In phrases, with negatives: ius apud eos non legibus magis quam naturā valebat, as much by natural disposition, etc., S.: nec magis dolo capi quam armis vinci posse, just as little, L.: domus erat non domino magis ornamento quam civitati, i. e. just as much to the city as to its owner: animus in morbo non magis est sanus quam corpus, i. e. is just as far from being sound: hoc non pro Lysone magis quam pro omnibus scribere, i. e. less than: hunc ego me Non magis esse velim, quam vivere, etc., H.—With abl. of difference: illud ad me, ac multo etiam magis ad vos, far more: quanto ille plura miscebat, tanto hic magis convalescebat: eoque magis, quod, etc.: hoc vero magis properare Varro, ut, etc., Cs.: aliud (malum) multo tremendum magis, V.: deus paulo magis adfabre factus: nihilo magis descendere, Cs.—With adv. of degree: nihilo minus... haud scio an magis etiam, even more: Tam magis illa fremens... Quam magis crudescunt pugnae (i. e. eo magis... quo magis), V.: magis magisque in dies, more and more, S.: cottidie magis magisque: de Graeciā cottidie magis et magis cogito.—Poet.: magis atque magis, V.— With more cause, more truly, with better reason, rather, in preference: magis ratione quam virtute vicisse, Cs.: timori magis quam religioni consulere, Cs.: amoris magis quam honoris gratiā: corpora magna magis quam firma, L.: Quae poscenti magis gaudeat eripi, H.: neque uti aeterni forent optavit; magis ut, etc., but rather, S.: forma Aut fuit aut visa est: sed fuit illa magis, O.: Non equidem invideo, Miror magis, V.: pernā magis Flagitat (stomachus) refici, H.—In the phrase, magis est, with quod or ut, there is better reason to, etc.: magis est quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem, I have more reason to, etc.: magis est ut ipse moleste ferat, quam ut, etc., he has cause rather.
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    to greater extent, more nearly; rather, instead; more; (forms COMP of an ADJ)

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