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dē-rĭpĭo ( - rupio), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to tear off, tear away, snatch away, remove violently; to pull down (class., esp. freq. in poets).

Lit. constr., with abl. with or without a prep., or rarely with dat.:

aliquem de ara,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 2; so with de, id. ib. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 2, 117; Tib. 1, 2, 82 al.; with ab, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10:

vestem a pectore,

Ov. M. 9, 637:

ferrum a latere,

Tac. A. 1, 35; with ex:

velamina ex humeris,

id. ib. 6, 567; cf.:

aurum matronis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 18:

pellem leoni,

Ov. M. 3, 52:

pignus lacertis,

Hor. Od. 1, 9, 23; 4, 15, 7:

amphoram horreo,

id. ib. 3, 28, 7:

qualos fumosis tectis,

Verg. G. 2, 242:

lunam caelo,

Hor. Epod. 5, 46 et saep.:

ensem vaginā,

Ov. M. 10, 475:

ramos arbore,

id. ib. 11, 29:

tunicam,

id. Am. 1, 5, 13:

derepta acus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 18:

arma templis,

Sil. 10, 600:

ore frena,

id. 10, 319:

plaustro derepta nurus,

Val. Fl. 2, 160; Tac. A. 1, 20; 2, 45 et saep.— Absol.:

facinus indignum, erum meum hic luci derupier in via,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 17.—Prov.:

e caelo deripit ille deos, of outrageous impiety,

Tib. 1, 10, 60.—

Trop.:

quantum de mea auctoritate deripuisset,

Cic. Sull. 1, 2.

and edd. often confounded with diripio q. v.

flăgello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [flagellum], to whip, scourge, lash ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

quaestorem suum in conjuratione nominatum flagellavit,

Suet. Calig. 26:

aliquem manu sua,

id. ib. 55; id. Claud. 38:

canes extremis polypi crinibus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

terga caudā (leo),

id. 8, 16, 19, § 49; cf.:

arborem caudā (serpens),

Ov. M. 3, 94:

messem perticis,

to thresh out, Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298:

serpentes sese interimunt flagellando,

id. 25, 8, 55, § 101.— Absol.:

in tergum flagellat,

Quint. 11, 3, 118.—

Transf.:

flagellent colla comae,

beat, dangle against his face, Mart. 4, 42, 7:

sertaque mixta comis sparsa cervice flagellat,

i. e. shakes, Stat. Th. 10, 169; cf. id. ib. 3, 36:

flagellatus aër,

Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116:

si puteal multa cautus vibice flagellas,

i. e. practise outrageous usury, Pers. 4, 49: cujus laxas arca flagellat opes, presses down, i. e. encloses, Mart. 2, 30, 4; 5, 13, 6; cf.: prout aliquis praevalens manceps annonam flagellet, keeps back commodities, i.e. maintains them at too high a price, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 164.

flāgĭtĭum, ii, n. [flagito; cf. Doed. Syn. 2, p. 143; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 398 sq.; orig., burning desire, heat of passion].

Lit., an eager or furious demand, importunity, urgency (post-Aug. and rare; cf.

flagitatio): Lentulus credebatur illa militiae flagitia primus aspernari,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

pro Plancina cum pudore et flagitio disseruit, matris preces obtendens,

id. ib. 3, 17.—

Transf.

Esp., a shameful or disgraceful act done in the heat of passion; a burning shame, disgraceful thing (class.;

syn.: scelus, nefas, facinus, maleficium, peccatum, delictum, crimen): quae (convivia) domesticis stupris flagitiisque flagrabunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; so,

flagrantissima (with adulteria),

Tac. A. 14, 51; cf.:

stupra et adulteria et omne tale flagitium,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

domesticis vitiis atque flagitiis se inquinare,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72; cf.:

homo sceleribus flagitiisque contaminatissimus,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; and id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:

tantum sceleris et tantum flagitii admittere,

id. Att. 10, 3:

quae libido ab oculis, quod facinus a manibus umquam tuis, quod flagitium a toto corpore abfuit? etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13; cf.:

Q. Curius, flagitiis atque facinoribus coopertus,

Sall. C. 23, 1;

so with facinora,

id. ib. 14, 2 Kritz. N. cr.:

nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere,

Liv. 39, 13, 10; 39, 16, 1:

tanta flagitia facere et dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73:

in hoc flagitio versari ipsum videmus Jovem (corresp. to stuprum),

id. ib. 4, 33, 70:

in tot flagitia se ingurgitare,

id. Pis. 18, 42.—

In gen., any shameful or disgraceful act or thing (without the accessory idea of passion):

petere honorem pro flagitio more fit,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 28:

flagitium fiet, nisi dos dabitur virgini,

id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

cum loquimur terni, nihil flagitii dicimus: at cum bini, obscoenum est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

flagitium rei militaris admittere,

id. Clu. 46, 128: flagiti principium est, nudare inter cives corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70 (Trag. v. 426 ed. Vahl.):

nonne id flagitium est, te aliis consilium dare, foris sapere, tibi non posse auxiliarier?

is it not a shame? Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 49:

praeesse agro colendo flagitium putes,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

quantum flagitii commisisset (for which, shortly before: nihil turpius, quam, etc.),

id. Brut. 61, 219; cf.:

ita necesse fuit aut haec flagitia concipere animo aut susceptae philosophiae nomen amittere,

disgraceful assertions, absurdities, id. N. D. 1, 24, 66.—Comically: Co. Fores hae fecerunt magnum flagitium modo. Ad. Quid id est flagitii? Crepuerunt clare, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 32.— Leg. t. t.: perfectum flagitium, a completed crime (opp. imperfectum), Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14.—

In vulg. lang., concr. like scelus, shame, disgrace, as a term of reproach, i. q. rascal, scoundrel:

flagitium illud hominis!

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 8; id. As. 2, 4, 67; id. Cas. 3, 2, 22; id. Men. 3, 2, 24; 5, 1, 9:

ipsa quae sis stabulum flagitii,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 31: etiam opprobras vim, flagiti flagrantia, burning shame, i. e. outrageous villain, id. Rud. 3, 4, 28:

omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

Sall. C. 14, 1.—

(Causa pro effectu.) Shame, disgrace (rare but class.):

id erat meum factum flagiti plenum et dedecoris,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4; cf.:

magnum dedecus et flagitium,

id. Off. 3, 22, 86: qui non gloria movemini neque flagitio, Sall. Or. Licin. fin. (p. 236 ed. Gerl.):

beatus qui pejus leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50:

flagitio additis damnum,

id. ib. 3, 5, 26:

quia illa forma matrem familias flagitium sit si sequatur,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71:

facere damni mavolo, Quam obprobramentum aut flagitium muliebre inferri domo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 85; id. Ep. 3, 4, 79:

flagitium imperio demere,

Liv. 25, 15, 19:

consul moveri flagitio timoris fatendi,

id. 42, 60, 4.

imprŏbus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. inprobus], not according to the standard.

Lit.

Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare;

mostly post-Aug.): merces,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

opera araneorum et textura inproba,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 24:

panis,

Mart. 10, 5, 5:

improbiores postes,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.—

Above or beyond the standard, i. e. enormous, monstrous, excessive:

genua,

Col. 6, 1, 3:

arva,

Val. Fl. 1, 510; 2, 631 (cf. Forbig. ad Verg. G. 1, 119; Orell. ad Hor. C. 3, 9, 22):

Chilones a labris improbioribus,

Charis. p. 78 P.:

mons,

Verg. A. 12, 687:

tegmina plantae,

Val. Fl. 6, 702:

improbo somno, quem nec tertia saepe rumpit hora,

Mart. 12, 18, 13:

villus barbarum in capris,

Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

reptatus (vitium),

id. 14, 1, 3, § 13; Stat. Th. 6, 838:

imber improbior,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 4 fin. (in Sall. ap. Non. 366, 13; Hist. Fragm. 4, 40 Dietsch, the true read. is in prora).—

Transf., of mind and character.

Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.:

pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,

Verg. G. 1, 146:

tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,

id. ib. 1, 388:

quatit improbus hastam,

id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.—

Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).

Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.:

qui improbi essent et scelesti,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137:

nequam et improbus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):

populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

longe post natos homines improbisssimus,

id. Brut. 62, 224:

cum in me tam improbus fuit,

id. Att. 9, 15, 5:

ab ingenio est improbus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

ut alias res est impense improbus,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63:

anus,

id. S. 2, 5, 84:

cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,

Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21:

(anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,

voracious, Verg. G. 3, 431:

lupus,

id. A. 9, 62:

Jovis ales,

id. ib. 12, 250:

annis,

by his youth, Juv. 3, 282:

Fortuna arridens infantibus,

mischievous, id. 6, 605. — Comp.:

inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,

Juv. 4, 106. —

With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. [p. 909] 7, 300. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

improbo Iracundior Hadria,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,

shameless, impudent, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.:

oris improbi homo,

Suet. Gramm. 15:

divitiae,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,

Mart. 8, 24, 2:

satureia,

exciting lust, id. 3, 75, 4:

ingenio improbo,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16:

facta,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 4:

dicta,

licentious, Ov. F. 5, 686:

verba,

id. A. A. 3, 796; cf.

carmina,

id. Tr. 2, 441:

legis improbissimae poena,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

testamentum,

illegal, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107:

mala et improba defensio,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

101: amor,

Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.:

improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,

Quint. 12, 1, 13:

improba ventris rabies,

Verg. A. 2, 356:

quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.:

improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

Juv. 13, 3.— Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).

Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare):

ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,

Marc. Emp. 31 med.:

de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,

i. e. uncommonly well furnished, Suet. Vesp. 23:

Chilones improbius labrati,

Charis. p. 78 P. —

(Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly:

multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

facere aliquid,

Quint. 1, 3, 13:

quibus improbe datum est,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79:

quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?

id. Sull. 10, 30:

praeda improbe parta,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

aliquid petere,

Quint. 6, 3, 95:

non improbe litigabunt,

id. 12, 7, 5:

ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,

incorrectly, Gell. 15, 5, 1;

so with indocte,

id. 15, 9, 4.— Comp.:

estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

decerpere oscula,

Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.:

quas (res) improbissime fecit,

Cic. Caecin. 9, 23:

respondere,

id. Pis. 6, 13.

imprŏbus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. inprobus], not according to the standard.

Lit.

Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare;

mostly post-Aug.): merces,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

opera araneorum et textura inproba,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 24:

panis,

Mart. 10, 5, 5:

improbiores postes,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.—

Above or beyond the standard, i. e. enormous, monstrous, excessive:

genua,

Col. 6, 1, 3:

arva,

Val. Fl. 1, 510; 2, 631 (cf. Forbig. ad Verg. G. 1, 119; Orell. ad Hor. C. 3, 9, 22):

Chilones a labris improbioribus,

Charis. p. 78 P.:

mons,

Verg. A. 12, 687:

tegmina plantae,

Val. Fl. 6, 702:

improbo somno, quem nec tertia saepe rumpit hora,

Mart. 12, 18, 13:

villus barbarum in capris,

Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

reptatus (vitium),

id. 14, 1, 3, § 13; Stat. Th. 6, 838:

imber improbior,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 4 fin. (in Sall. ap. Non. 366, 13; Hist. Fragm. 4, 40 Dietsch, the true read. is in prora).—

Transf., of mind and character.

Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.:

pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,

Verg. G. 1, 146:

tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,

id. ib. 1, 388:

quatit improbus hastam,

id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.—

Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).

Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.:

qui improbi essent et scelesti,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137:

nequam et improbus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,

id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):

populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

longe post natos homines improbisssimus,

id. Brut. 62, 224:

cum in me tam improbus fuit,

id. Att. 9, 15, 5:

ab ingenio est improbus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

ut alias res est impense improbus,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63:

anus,

id. S. 2, 5, 84:

cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,

Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21:

(anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,

voracious, Verg. G. 3, 431:

lupus,

id. A. 9, 62:

Jovis ales,

id. ib. 12, 250:

annis,

by his youth, Juv. 3, 282:

Fortuna arridens infantibus,

mischievous, id. 6, 605. — Comp.:

inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,

Juv. 4, 106. —

With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. [p. 909] 7, 300. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

improbo Iracundior Hadria,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,

Verg. A. 10, 727:

perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,

shameless, impudent, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.:

oris improbi homo,

Suet. Gramm. 15:

divitiae,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,

Mart. 8, 24, 2:

satureia,

exciting lust, id. 3, 75, 4:

ingenio improbo,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16:

facta,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 4:

dicta,

licentious, Ov. F. 5, 686:

verba,

id. A. A. 3, 796; cf.

carmina,

id. Tr. 2, 441:

legis improbissimae poena,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

testamentum,

illegal, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107:

mala et improba defensio,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

101: amor,

Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.:

improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,

Quint. 12, 1, 13:

improba ventris rabies,

Verg. A. 2, 356:

quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.:

improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

Juv. 13, 3.— Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).

Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare):

ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,

Marc. Emp. 31 med.:

de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,

i. e. uncommonly well furnished, Suet. Vesp. 23:

Chilones improbius labrati,

Charis. p. 78 P. —

(Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly:

multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

facere aliquid,

Quint. 1, 3, 13:

quibus improbe datum est,

Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79:

quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?

id. Sull. 10, 30:

praeda improbe parta,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

aliquid petere,

Quint. 6, 3, 95:

non improbe litigabunt,

id. 12, 7, 5:

ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,

incorrectly, Gell. 15, 5, 1;

so with indocte,

id. 15, 9, 4.— Comp.:

estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

decerpere oscula,

Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.:

quas (res) improbissime fecit,

Cic. Caecin. 9, 23:

respondere,

id. Pis. 6, 13.

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.

Lit., mad, insane (syn.:

furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

si fecisset Juno maritum insanum,

Juv. 6, 620. —

Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.

Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

acrior et insanior cupiditas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

insanissima concio,

id. Mil. 17, 45:

homo insanissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

uter est insanior horum?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

caedis insana cupido,

Verg. A. 9, 760:

amor duri Martis,

id. E. 10, 44:

insano verba tonare foro,

i. e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

omnis et insana semita nocte sonat,

i. e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60:

insani enses,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 59:

fluctus,

Verg. E. 9, 43:

venti,

Tib. 2, 4, 9:

vires Austri,

Ov. M. 12, 510:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —

That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3):

laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur,

Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239:

herba,

that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20:

fames,

that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—

Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive:

substructionum insanae moles,

Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

substructiones Capitolii insanae,

Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104:

labor,

Verg. A. 6, 135:

trepidatio,

Liv. 32, 17, 16:

cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 5:

vites,

that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —

Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired:

vates,

Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.

insānē.

Madly, insanely:

amare,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20. — Comp.:

in silvam non ligna feras insanius,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.— Sup.:

insanissime desperare,

Aug. Ep. 238.—

Outrageously, excessively:

esuriens insane bene,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—

in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively:

insanum malum = pessimum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47:

porticus, insanum bona,

id. Most. 3, 3, 5:

magnum molior negotium,

id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1: valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.

Lit., mad, insane (syn.:

furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

si fecisset Juno maritum insanum,

Juv. 6, 620. —

Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.

Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

acrior et insanior cupiditas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

insanissima concio,

id. Mil. 17, 45:

homo insanissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

uter est insanior horum?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

caedis insana cupido,

Verg. A. 9, 760:

amor duri Martis,

id. E. 10, 44:

insano verba tonare foro,

i. e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

omnis et insana semita nocte sonat,

i. e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60:

insani enses,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 59:

fluctus,

Verg. E. 9, 43:

venti,

Tib. 2, 4, 9:

vires Austri,

Ov. M. 12, 510:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —

That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3):

laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur,

Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239:

herba,

that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20:

fames,

that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—

Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive:

substructionum insanae moles,

Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

substructiones Capitolii insanae,

Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104:

labor,

Verg. A. 6, 135:

trepidatio,

Liv. 32, 17, 16:

cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 5:

vites,

that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —

Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired:

vates,

Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.

insānē.

Madly, insanely:

amare,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20. — Comp.:

in silvam non ligna feras insanius,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.— Sup.:

insanissime desperare,

Aug. Ep. 238.—

Outrageously, excessively:

esuriens insane bene,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—

in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively:

insanum malum = pessimum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47:

porticus, insanum bona,

id. Most. 3, 3, 5:

magnum molior negotium,

id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1: valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.

in-tempĕrĭes, ēi, f., intemperateness, inclemency.

Lit.:

caeli,

Liv. 8, 18:

aquarum,

immoderate rains, id. 3, 31.— Hence, transf., a tempest, storm, i. e. calamity:

intemperies modo in nostram advenit domum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 3.—

Trop.

Intemperate behavior, outrageous conduct, fury, madness, insanity, folly:

amici,

Cic. Att. 4, 6:

cohortium,

Tac. H. 1, 64:

mulierum,

Gell. 1, 23, 11: intemperies ista quae melancholia dicitur, id. 18, 7, 4.— Plur.:

has ejus (Xanthippes) intemperies in maritum demirari,

Gell. 1, 17, 2. —

In gen., intemperance:

ebrietatis,

Just. 12, 13, 10.