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  • 1 ocior

    ōcĭor, ōcĭus ( sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. ôkus, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, akôkê], swifter, fleeter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,

    Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:

    ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:

    aurā,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 48;

    2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,

    Ov. M. 1, 502:

    verbere,

    Luc. 1, 230:

    Tigris ocior remeat,

    Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:

    ociore ambitu,

    id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:

    ociore spatio,

    id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—
    II.
    Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:

    ficorum ocissima senectus,

    Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    pira,

    the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:

    venenum,

    id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).
    A.
    Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:

    profer ociter,

    App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—
    B.
    Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:

    idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

    ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,

    id. Quint. 13, 43:

    recreantur ocius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,

    sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

    ocius illud extorquebis,

    i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—
    2.
    Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:

    sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

    nemon' oleum fert ocius?

    quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:

    heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—
    C.
    Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:

    quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,

    as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:

    ferre,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:

    sanant ulcera,

    id. 34, 10, 22, § 100.

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  • 2 ociter

    ōcĭor, ōcĭus ( sup. ocissimus), adj. comp. [kindr. with Gr. ôkus, Sanscr. ācu, from the root ac, sharp; cf.: acer, acutus, akôkê], swifter, fleeter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    et ventis, et fulminis ocior alis,

    Verg. A. 5, 319; 10, 248:

    ocior cervis, Ocior Euro,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 23; 24:

    aurā,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 48;

    2, 20, 13: fugit ocior aurā,

    Ov. M. 1, 502:

    verbere,

    Luc. 1, 230:

    Tigris ocior remeat,

    Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66:

    ociore ambitu,

    id. 2, 8, 6, § 39:

    ociore spatio,

    id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.—
    II.
    Transf., of time, quicker, sooner, earlier; sup.:

    ficorum ocissima senectus,

    Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130:

    pira,

    the soonest ripe, id. 15, 15, 16, § 53:

    venenum,

    id. 27, 2, 2, § 4.—Hence, adv.: ōcĭ-ter; comp. ōcĭus; sup. ocissĭme (old collat. form oxime, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.); quickly, swiftly, speedily (class. only in the comp. and sup.; cf.: ocius secundae collationis et deinde tertiae ocissime frequentata sunt, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.).
    A.
    Posit. (ante- and post-class.): ociter serva cives, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21, acc. to Vahl. ad Enn. Trag. v. 1:

    profer ociter,

    App. M. 1, p. 113, 32; p. 125, 8.—
    B.
    Comp., more quickly or speedily, sooner, etc.:

    idque ocius faciet, si, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

    ut ocius ad tuum pervenias,

    id. Quint. 13, 43:

    recreantur ocius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: omnium Versatur urna, serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

    angulus iste feret piper et tus ocius uvā,

    sooner than, rather than, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

    ocius illud extorquebis,

    i. e. more easily, Juv. 6, 53.—
    2.
    Sometimes the comp. is used in gen. for quickly, speedily:

    sequere hac me ocius, Ter Heaut. 4, 7, 4: gladio occursat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

    nemon' oleum fert ocius?

    quickly, Hor. S. 2, 7, 34; Juv. 14, 252; Verg. A. 5, 828:

    heus Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam, ocius,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26.—
    C.
    Sup., very quickly or speedily: ocissime nos liberi possumus fieri, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.:

    quam ocissume ad provinciam accedat,

    as speedily as possible, Sall. J. 25, 5:

    ferre,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 87:

    sanant ulcera,

    id. 34, 10, 22, § 100.

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  • 3 prius

        prius adv. comp.    [ sing n. of prior], before, sooner, first, previously: ut prius introieram, sic prius exire de vitā: ut vos prius experti estis, L.: prius... nunc, V.: prius... tum, L.—With quam (often written priusquam), earlier than, sooner than, before that, before: prius quam dicere incipio, querar, etc.: neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen pervenerunt, Cs.: prius quam aggrediar, etc.: cum prius gladios videret, quam quae res esset vidisset.— Sooner, rather: quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibim violent.
    * * *
    I
    earlier, before, previously, first
    II
    earlier times/events/actions; a logically prior proposition

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  • 4 ante

        ante adv. and praep.    [ANT-].    I. Adv., of space, before, in front, forwards: ante aut post pugnandi ordo, L.: positum ante pullum Sustulit, served, H.: non ante, sed retro.—Usu. of time, before, previously: nonne oportuit Praescisse me ante, T.: fructus ante actae vitae: ante feci mentionem: ut ante dixi: ut saepe ante fecerant: non filius ante pudicus, hitherto, Iu.: multis ante saeculis, many centuries earlier: paucis ante diebus: biennio ante: paulo ante, a little while ago: ante aliquanto: tanto ante praedixeras.—Followed by quam, sooner than, before: ante quam ad sententiam redeo, dicam, etc.: memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus disserere: ante quam veniat in Pontum, mittet, etc.: ante... Ararim Parthus bibet... Quam... labatur, etc., V.: qui (sol) ante quam se abderet, vidit, etc.: ante vero quam sit ea res adlata: nullum ante finem pugnae quam morientes fecerunt, L. — Rarely with a subst: neque ignari sumus ante malorum, earlier ills, V.: prodere patriam ante satellitibus, to those who had been, etc., L.—    II. Praep. with acc, before. —In space: ante ostium: ante fores, H.: ante aras, V. — Of persons: causam ante eum dicere, plead before his bar: ante ipsum Serapim: ante ora patrum, V.: ante oculos vestros: togati ante pedes, as servants, Iu.: equitatum ante se mittit, Cs.: ante signa progressus, L.—Fig.: pone illum ante oculos viam, recall: omnia sunt posita ante oculos, made clear. — Of esteem or rank, before: facundiā Graecos ante Romanos fuisse, S.: me ante Alexandrum... esse, superior to, L.: Iulus Ante annos animum gerens, superior to, V.: ante alios gratus erat tibi, more than, O.: (virgo) longe ante alios insignis specie, L.: felix ante alias virgo, V.: ante omnīs furor est insignis equarum, V.: longe ante alios acceptissimus militum animis, L.: maestitia ante omnia insignis, above all things, L.: dulces ante omnia Musae, V. — In time, before: ante brumam, T.: ante lucem venire: ante noctem, H.: ante lucernas, Iu.: ante me sententias dicere, S.: tot annis ante civitatem datam: ante id tempus duces erant, until, N.: neque umquam ante hunc diem, never till now, T.: iam ante Socratem, before the time of: qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini, before my time: Ante Iovem, V.: ante Helenam, H.: per hunc castissimum ante regiam iniuriam sanguinem iuro, L.: ante mare et terras, O.: ante cibum, H.: Hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta, before learning ABC, Iu.: ante istum praetorem, before his praetorship: ante hanc urbem conditam, before the founding of this city: ante Epaminondam natum, N.: ante te cognitum, S.: ante conditam condendamve urbem, i. e. built or planned, L.—Poet., with gerund: (equi) ante domandum, before they are broken, V. — Esp. in phrases: factus est (consul) bis, primum ante tempus, before the lawful age: Filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos, before the destined time, O.: Sed misera ante diem, prematurely, V.: dies ante paucos, a few days sooner, L.: nobis ante quadrennium amissus est, four years ago, Ta.— Ante diem (abbrev. a. d.) with an ordinal number denotes the day of the month, reckoned inclusively, e. g., ante diem quintum (a. d. V.) Kalendas Aprilīs means, by our reckoning, the fourth day before the calends of April: ante diem XIII. Kalendas Ianuarias, the 20th of Dec.: ante diem quartum idūs Martias, the 3d day before the Ides of March, the 12th of March, L. — The entire phrase, as the name of the day, may be preceded by a praep: in ante diem quartum Kal. Dec. distulit: caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V. Kal. Nov., to the 28th of Oct.
    * * *
    I
    before, previously, first, before this, earlier; in front/advance of; forwards
    II
    in front/presence of, in view; before (space/time/degree); over against, facing

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  • 5 cito (old citō）

       cito (old citō） adv. with comp. citius, and sup. citissimē    [citus], quickly, speedily, soon: abi, T.: discere: dicta Percipere, H.: tacitus citius audies, T.: obrepere eam (senectutem) citius quam putavissent: non vis citius progredi? Ph.: dicto, H.: Serius aut citius, sooner or later, O.: se in currūs citissime recipere, Cs.— Comp, sooner, rather: citius dixerim, iactasse se aliquos: Eripiet quivis oculos citius mihi, quam, etc., H.—With a negative, not soon, not easily: Haud cito mali quid ortum ex hoc, T.: neque verbis aptiorem cito alium dixerim.

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  • 6 ōcius

        ōcius adv. comp., with sup. ōcissimē    [neut. of ocior], more quickly, more speedily, sooner: idque ocius faciet, si, etc.: recreantur ocius: serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, H.: Angulus iste feret tus ocius uvā, rather than, H.: ocius illud extorquebis, i. e. more easily, Iu.: ocius omnes Imperio pārent, on the spot, V.—In commands, the quicker the better, immediately: move te oro ocius, make haste, T.: nemon' oleum fert ocius? H.: quam ocissume accedat, as fast as possible, S.

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  • 7 cieo

    cĭĕo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (from the primitive form cĭo, cīre, prevailing in the compounds accio, excio, etc. (cf. Prisc. pp. 865, 905, and 908 P.), are also found: pres. cio, Mart. 4, 90, 4:

    cit,

    Verg. Cul. 201; Col. 6, 5, 1 Schneid.:

    cimus,

    Lucr. 1, 213; 5, 211:

    ciunt,

    Lact. Ep. 4 dub.:

    ciant,

    App. Flor. 2, n. 17, p. 358; Mart. Cap. 1, § 91: ciuntur, id. de Mundo, 22, p. 67), v. a. [kindr. with kiô, to go; and by the addition of the causative signif. like kineô, causative from kiô; v. 1. ci.].
    I.
    Lit., to put in motion; hence, to move, stir, shake (syn.: moveo, commoveo, concito, excito al.;

    class. in prose and poetry): calcem,

    to make a move in the game of chess, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86:

    natura omnia ciens et agitans,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27: inanimum est omne, quod pulsu agitatur externo;

    quod autem est animal, id motu cietur interiore et suo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (for which, in the same chapter, several times movere; cf. also id. N. D. 2, 9, 23):

    remos,

    Stat. Th. 6, 801:

    imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,

    stirs up, Verg. A. 2, 419:

    puppes sinistrorsum citae,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 20.—
    B.
    In judic. lang. t. t.:

    ciere erctum (lit. to put in motion, i. e.),

    to divide the inheritance, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf. erctum.—
    C.
    Trop., to put in motion, to rouse up, disturb: natura maris per se immobilis est, et venti et aurae cient, Liv. 28, 27, 11:

    saltum canibus ciere,

    Lucr. 5, 1250: fontes et stagna, Cic. poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15:

    tonitru caelum omne ciebo,

    Verg. A. 4, 122:

    loca sonitu cientur,

    Lucr. 4, 608; cf.:

    reboat raucum regio cita barbara bombum,

    id. 4, 544 Lachm. N. cr. —
    II.
    With reference to the terminus ad quem, to move, excite, or call to ( poet. or in Aug. and post-Aug. prose for the common accire):

    ad sese aliquem,

    Cat. 68, 88:

    ad arma,

    Liv. 5, 47, 4; Sil. 7, 43:

    in pugnam,

    id. 4, 272:

    armatos ad pugnam,

    Vell. 2, 6, 6:

    aere ciere viros,

    Verg. A. 6, 165:

    quos e proximis coloniis ejus rei fama civerat,

    Tac. A. 15, 33:

    aliquem in aliquem,

    id. H. 1, 84, 5:

    ab ultimis subsidiis cietur miles (sc. in primam aciem),

    Liv. 9, 39, 8:

    ille cieri Narcissum postulat,

    Tac. A. 11, 30.—
    B.
    To call upon for help, to invoke; of invoking superior beings:

    nocturnos manes,

    Verg. A. 4, 490:

    luctificam Alecto dirarum ab sede sororum,

    id. ib. 7, 325:

    vipereasque ciet Stygiā de valle sorores (i. e. Furias),

    Ov. M. 6, 662:

    numina nota ciens,

    Val. Fl. 4, 549:

    foedera et deos,

    Liv. 22, 14, 7.—
    C.
    In gen., to call upon any one by name, to mention by name:

    erum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 11:

    comites magnā voce,

    Lucr. 4, 578:

    animamque sepulcro Condimus et magnā supremum voce ciemus,

    Verg. A. 3, 68:

    lamentatione flebili majores suos ciens ipsumque Pompeium,

    Tac. A. 3, 23:

    singulos nomine,

    id. ib. 2, 81; so Suet. Ner. 46: triumphum nomine ciere, i. e. to call Io triumphe! Liv. 45, 38, 12.—Hence,
    2.
    In a civil sense: patrem, to name one ' s father, i. e. show one ' s free birth, Liv. 10, 8, 10.—
    III.
    To put any course of action in progress or any passion in motion, i. e. to excite, stimulate, rouse, to produce, effect, cause, occasion, begin (very freq., esp. in poetry):

    solis uti varios cursus lunaeque meatus Noscere possemus quae vis et causa cierent,

    Lucr. 5, 773:

    motus,

    id. 3, 379; Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

    varias voces,

    Lucr. 5, 1059:

    lamenta virum commoliri atque ciere,

    id. 6, 242 Lachm. N. cr.:

    tinnitus aere,

    Cat. 64, 262; Verg. G. 4, 64 (cie tinnitus):

    singultus ore,

    Cat. 64, 131:

    gemitus,

    Verg. G. 3, 517:

    fletus,

    id. A. 3, 344:

    lacrimas,

    id. ib. 6, 468:

    mugitus,

    id. ib. 12, 103:

    murmur,

    id. G. 1, 110; Liv. 9, 7, 3:

    bellum,

    id. 5, 37, 2; Vell. 2, 54; Tac. H. 3, 41 fin.; Verg. A. 1, 541:

    belli simulacra,

    id. ib. 5, 674:

    seditiones,

    Liv. 4, 52, 2:

    tumultum,

    id. 28, 17, 16; 41, 24, 18:

    vires intimas molemque belli,

    Tac. A. 15, 2 fin.; cf. id. H. 3, 1:

    pugnam,

    Liv. 1, 12, 2; 2, 47, 1; 9, 22, 7; Tac. A. 3, 41:

    proelium,

    Liv. 2, 19, 10; 4, 33, 3; 7, 33, 12;

    10, 28, 8: Martem,

    Verg. A. 9, 766:

    acies, stragem,

    id. ib. 6, 829; cf. Liv. 22, 39, 7:

    rixam,

    Vell. 1, 2 al. —
    B.
    In medic.:

    alvum,

    to cause evacuation, Plin. 20, 9, 38, § 96:

    urinam,

    id. 27, 7, 28, § 48:

    menses,

    to cause menstruation, id. 26, 15, 90, § 151 sq. al.—Hence, cĭtus, a, um, P. a., lit. put in motion; hence, quick, swift, rapid (opp. tardus, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; Sall. C. 15, 5; class.; esp. freq. in poetry;

    rare in Cic.): ad scribendum citus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 86:

    quod jubeat citis quadrigis citius properet persequi,

    id. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Verg. A. 8, 642:

    bigae,

    Cat. 55, 26:

    puppis,

    id. 64, 6; Tib. 4, 1, 69:

    classis,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 24:

    navis,

    Ov. M. 15, 732; Tac. A. 2, 6:

    axis,

    Ov. M. 2, 75:

    fugae,

    id. ib. 1, 543:

    plantae,

    id. ib. 10, 591:

    incessus,

    Sall. C. 15, 5:

    via,

    Liv. 33, 48, 1:

    venator,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 18:

    cum militibus,

    Tac. A. 11, 1:

    legionibus,

    id. ib. 14, 26:

    agmine,

    id. ib. 1, 63;

    4, 25: cohortes,

    id. ib. 12, 31:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; id. S. 1, 1, 8:

    pes, i. e. iambus,

    id. A. P. 252.— Comp.: nullam ego rem citiorem apud homines esse quam famam reor, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 1.— Sup., Quint. 6, 4, 14 dub.; v. Spald. and Zumpt in h. l.—
    B.
    In the poets very freq. (also a few times in Tac.) instead of the adv. cito:

    citi ad aedis venimus Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352, 6 Müll.: equites parent citi,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 386:

    somnus fugiens citus abiit,

    Cat. 63, 42: solvite vela citi, Verg, A. 4, 574; cf. id. ib. 9, 37; 12, 425; Hor. S. 1, 10, 92; cf. id. C. 3, 7, 27:

    ite citi,

    Ov. M. 3, 562; Tac. H. 2, 40:

    si citi advenissent,

    id. A. 12, 12.—Hence,
    1.
    cĭto, adv.
    a.
    Quickly, speedily, soon (freq. in prose and poetry of all periods):

    quam tarda es! non vis citius progredi?

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 2; [p. 331] Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 44:

    eloquere,

    id. Cist. 4, 2, 83:

    abi cito et suspende te,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 20; 3, 1, 16:

    labascit victus uno verbo: quam cito!

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 98:

    quod eum negasti, qui non cito quid didicisset, umquam omnino posse perdiscere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146; cf. Hor. A. P. 335; Quint. 12, 8, 3; 11, 2, 2; 10, 6, 2:

    non multum praestant sed cito,

    id. 1, 3, 4 et saep.: sat cito si sat bene, a moral saying of Cato in Hier. Ep. 66, n. 9:

    cito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris,

    Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

    ad paenitendum properat cito qui judicat, Publ. Syr. Sent. 6: scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 10:

    nimis cito diligere,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

    cito absolvere, tarde condemnare,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.— Comp.:

    citius,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Pers. 3, 3, 31; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 23; Lucr. 1, 557; 2, 34; Cic. Sen. 2, 4:

    Noto citius, Verg.A.5, 242 et saep.: dicto,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; Verg. A. 1, 142:

    supremā die, i. e. ante supremam diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 20:

    serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam (for which serius ocius,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 26), sooner or later, Ov. M. 10, 33.— Sup.:

    citissime,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. al.—
    b.
    With the negative, sometimes equivalent to non facile, not easily (cf. the Gr. tacha):

    haud cito,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

    neque verbis aptiorem cito alium dixerim, neque sententiis crebriorem,

    Cic. Brut. 76, 264: quem tu non tam cito rhetorem dixisses quam politikon, id. ib. § 265.—
    c.
    Sometimes in comp. without the negative, = potius, sooner, rather:

    ut citius diceres, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238 fin.:

    citius dixerim, jactasse se aliquos, etc.,

    id. Phil. 2, 11, 25; id. Fam. 5, 2, 10; id. Off. 1, 18, 59; Hor. S. 2, 5, 35.—
    * 2.
    cĭtē, quickly, Scrib. Comp. 198.

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  • 8 prior

    prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

    me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

    id. Pis. 1, 2:

    qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

    first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    prior proelio lacessere,

    id. ib. 1, 82:

    etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

    priore loco causam dicere,

    first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

    priore aestate,

    in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

    priore nocte,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

    factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

    prioribus comitiis,

    id. Planc. 22, 54:

    priore anno,

    the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

    prioris anni consules,

    id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

    Dionysius prior,

    the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

    vinum,

    of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

    priore libro,

    in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

    pedes,

    the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

    cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

    Liv. 9, 23, 2:

    prius praecepta res erat,

    id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

    prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

    id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—
    2.
    Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

    inter prieres fratres,

    Amm. 21, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

    nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

    Verg. A. 3, 693:

    nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

    priores tradiderunt,

    Col. 1, 4, 3:

    nostri,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

    more priorum,

    Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

    bellante prior,

    Hor. C. S. 51:

    color puniceae flore prior rosae,

    id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

    ut nemo haberetur prior,

    Liv. 27, 8:

    aetate et sapientiā,

    Sall. J. 10, 7:

    consilio et manu,

    id. ib. 96, 3:

    neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

    potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

    Vell. 36, 7, 6:

    nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

    id. 8, 29, 2:

    nihil prius nec potius visum,

    id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

    App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.
    A. 1.
    Alone:

    quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

    Liv. 37, 52, 4:

    ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

    id. 36, 17, 8; so,

    prius... nunc,

    Verg. G. 3, 362:

    prius... tum,

    Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

    prius.... postea,

    id. 29, 12, 11.—
    2.
    With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.
    (α).
    Before that, before:

    prius quam lucet, assunt,

    before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

    prius illi erimus quam tu,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

    prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

    nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

    cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

    before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

    quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

    id. Vatin. 2, 4:

    neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

    priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

    id. Balb. 7, 18:

    prius quam ad portam venias,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—
    (β).
    Sooner, rather:

    Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

    ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—
    B.
    In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

    sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

    id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

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  • 9 priores

    prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

    me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

    id. Pis. 1, 2:

    qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

    first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    prior proelio lacessere,

    id. ib. 1, 82:

    etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

    priore loco causam dicere,

    first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

    priore aestate,

    in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

    priore nocte,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

    factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

    prioribus comitiis,

    id. Planc. 22, 54:

    priore anno,

    the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

    prioris anni consules,

    id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

    Dionysius prior,

    the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

    vinum,

    of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

    priore libro,

    in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

    pedes,

    the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

    cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

    Liv. 9, 23, 2:

    prius praecepta res erat,

    id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

    prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

    id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—
    2.
    Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

    inter prieres fratres,

    Amm. 21, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

    nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

    Verg. A. 3, 693:

    nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

    priores tradiderunt,

    Col. 1, 4, 3:

    nostri,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

    more priorum,

    Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

    bellante prior,

    Hor. C. S. 51:

    color puniceae flore prior rosae,

    id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

    ut nemo haberetur prior,

    Liv. 27, 8:

    aetate et sapientiā,

    Sall. J. 10, 7:

    consilio et manu,

    id. ib. 96, 3:

    neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

    potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

    Vell. 36, 7, 6:

    nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

    id. 8, 29, 2:

    nihil prius nec potius visum,

    id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

    App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.
    A. 1.
    Alone:

    quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

    Liv. 37, 52, 4:

    ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

    id. 36, 17, 8; so,

    prius... nunc,

    Verg. G. 3, 362:

    prius... tum,

    Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

    prius.... postea,

    id. 29, 12, 11.—
    2.
    With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.
    (α).
    Before that, before:

    prius quam lucet, assunt,

    before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

    prius illi erimus quam tu,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

    prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

    nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

    cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

    before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

    quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

    id. Vatin. 2, 4:

    neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

    priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

    id. Balb. 7, 18:

    prius quam ad portam venias,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—
    (β).
    Sooner, rather:

    Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

    ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—
    B.
    In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

    sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

    id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

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  • 10 dīcō

        dīcō dīxī, dictus （imper. dīc; perf. often <*>ync. dīxtī; P. praes. gen. plur. dīcentum for dīcentium, O.), ere    [DIC-], to say, speak, utter, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state, assert: ille, quem dixi, mentioned: stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite, or rather: neque dicere quicquam pensi habebat, S.: in aurem Dicere nescio quid puero, whisper, H.: Quid de quoque viro et cui dicas, H.: quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus, Cs.: dico eius adventu copias instructas fuisse: derectos se a vobis dicunt, Cs.: qui dicerent, nec tuto eos adituros, nec, etc., L.— Pass: de hoc Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc.: dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes, they say: quam (partem) Gallos obtinere dictum est, I have remarked, Cs.: ut supra dictum est, S.: sicut ante dictum est, N.: Facete dictum, smartly said, T.: multa facete dicta: centum pagos habere dicuntur, Cs.: qui primus Homeri libros sic disposuisse dicitur: ubi dicitur cinxisse Semiramis urbem, O.— Supin. abl.: dictu opus est, T.: nil est dictu facilius, T.— Prov.: dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, T.— To assert, affirm, maintain: quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis.—Of public speaking, to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak: oratio dicta de scripto: sententiam: qui primus sententiam dixerit, voted: sententiae dicebantur, the question was put: testimonium, to give evidence: causam, to plead: ius, to pronounce judgment: ad quos? before whom (as judges)?: ad ista dicere, in reply to: dixi (in ending a speech), I have done.—To describe, relate, sing, celebrate, tell, predict: maiora bella dicentur, L.: laudes Phoebi, H.: Alciden puerosque Ledae, H.: te carmine, V.: Primā dicte mihi Camenā, H.: versūs, V.: carmina fistulā, accompany, H.: cursum mihi, foretell, V.: fata Quiritibus, H.: hoc (Delphi), O.— To urge, offer: non causam dico quin ferat, I have no objection, T. — To pronounce, utter, articulate: cum rho dicere nequiret, etc.— To call, name: me Caesaris militem dici volui, Cs.: cui Ascanium dixere nomen, L.: Quem dixere Chaos, O.: Chaoniamque omnem Troiano a Chaone dixit, V.: Romanos suo de nomine, V.: Hic ames dici pater, H.: lapides Ossa reor dici, O.: dictas a Pallade terras Linquit, O.— Prov.: dici beatus Ante obitum nemo debet, O. — To name, appoint (to an office): se dictatorem, Cs.: magistrum equitum, L.: arbitrum bibendi, H.— To appoint, set apart, fix upon, settle: pecuniam omnem suam doti: hic nuptiis dictust dies, T.: diem operi: dies conloquio dictus est, Cs.: locum consciis, L.: legem his rebus: foederis uequas leges, V.: legem tibi, H.: legem sibi, to give sentence upon oneself, O.: eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit, S.—In phrases with potest: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis, it is beyond expression: quantum desiderium sui reliquerit dici vix potest, can hardly be told.— To tell, bid, admonish, warn, threaten: qui diceret, ne discederet, N.: Dic properet, bid her hasten, V.: dic Ad cenam veniat, H.: Tibi ego dico annon? T.: tibi equidem dico, mane, T.: tibi dicimus, O.: dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, T.: Dixi equidem et dico, I have said and I repeat it, H.— To mean, namely, to wit: non nullis rebus inferior, genere dico et nomine: Caesari, patri dico: cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque R.
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    I
    dicare, dicavi, dicatus V
    dedicate, consecrate, set apart; devote; offer
    II
    dicere, additional forms V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order
    III
    dicere, dixi, dictus V
    say, talk; tell, call; name, designate; assert; set, appoint; plead; order

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  • 11 expediō

        expediō īvī, ītus, īre    [ex + pes], to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate: nodum: ex nullo (laqueo) se: mortis laqueis caput, H.: flammam inter et hostīs Expedior, make my way, V.: errantem nemori, O.: sibi locum, make room, Cs.: iter per rupes, L.— To fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare: vela, O.: virgas expediri iubet: cererem canistris, V.: navīs, Cs.: legiones, Cs.: exercitum, L.: se ad pugnam, L.: ius auxili sui, exercise, L.— To despatch, hurl: trans finem iaculo expedito, H.—Fig., to bring out, extricate, release, free: me turbā, T.: impeditum animum, T.: haererem, nisi tu me expedisses: Quas (manūs) per acuta belli, help through, H.: me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt.— To put in order, arrange, set right, adjust, settle: rem, ut poteris: rem frumentariam, Cs.: nomina mea, pay: exitum orationis: quod instat, V. — To explain, unfold, make clear, clear up, disclose, relate: pauca tibi dictis, V.: rei initium, S.: ea de caede, Ta.: Promptius expediam quot, etc., i. e. could sooner recount, Iu.— To be serviceable, be profitable, be advantageous, be useful, be expedient, profit: nihil expedire quod sit iniustum: non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini: Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae: expedit bonas esse vobis, T.: omnibus expedit salvam esse rem p.: tu si ita expedit, velim, etc.
    * * *
    expedire, expedivi, expeditus V
    disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready

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  • 12 exspectātus

        exspectātus adj. with sup.    [P. of exspecto], anxiously expected, longed for, desired, welcome: carus omnibus exspectatusque venies: seges, V.: exspectati ad amplissimam dignitatem fratres, i. e. thought worthy of the highest offices: exspectatissimae litterae.—As subst n.: Ante exspectatum, sooner than was anticipated, V.

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  • 13 flamma

        flamma ae, f    [2 FLAG-], a blazing fire, blaze, flame: undique flammā torrerentur, S.: flammam concipere, take fire, Cs.: circumventi flammā, Cs.: effusa flamma pluribus locis reluxit, L.: inter flammas circus elucens, blazing stars: flammam tenebat Ingentem, a torch, V.: flammas cum puppis Extulerat, V.: extrema meorum, funeral torch, V.: modum Ponere iambis flammā, H.: flammā ferroque absumi, fire and sword, L.: mixta cum frigore, heat, O.: stant lumina flammā, glare, V.: flammae latentis Indicium rubor est, fever, O.— Provv.: E flammā petere cibum, i. e. suffer extreme hunger, T.: Prius undis flamma (sc. miscebitur), sooner will fire mingle with water: Unda dabit flammas, O.—Fig., the flame of passion, fire of love, glow, flame, passion, wrath: amoris: conceptae pectore flammae, O.: Digne puer meliore flammā, H.: oratoris: ultrix, V.— A devouring flame, danger, destruction, ruin: qui ab aris flammam depellit: ex illā flammā evolavit: implacatae gulae, i. e. raging hunger, O.
    * * *
    flame, blaze; ardor, fire of love; object of love

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  • 14 opīniō

        opīniō ōnis, f    [opinor], opinion, supposition, conjecture, fancy, belief, expectation: recens boni praesentis: varietas inter homines opinionis: ut opinio nostra est, as I suppose: Romulus habuit opinionem esse, etc., held the belief that: fuisse in illā opinione, held the opinion: evellam ex animis hominum tantam opinionem? so strong a prejudice: eorum opinioni accedo, qui, etc., Ta.: in eam opinionem Caesennam adducebat, ut, made believe: praebere opinionem timoris, semblance, Cs.: hac opinione discessi, ut, etc., in the belief: praeter nostram opinionem, expectation, T.: ut omnia contra opinionem acciderent, Cs.: praeter opinionem cadere, N.: amplius opinione, beyond expectation, S.: opinione celerius, sooner than was expected.—Appreciation, esteem, reputation, opinion, estimate, expectation: opinio, quam de meis moribus habebat: integritatis meae: genus scriptorum tuorum vicit opinionem meam, surpassed my expectation: summam habere iustitiae opinionem, be in great repute for, Cs.—A report, rumor: edita in volgus, Cs.: opinio sine auctore exierat, eas conspirasse, etc., L.
    * * *
    belief, idea, opinion; rumour (Plater)

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  • 15 prae-occupō

        prae-occupō āvī, ātus, āre,    to seize upon beforehand, preoccupy: Macedoniam, N.: opportuna loca, L.: praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio, Cs.—Fig., to seize in advance, preoccupy: animos timor praeoccupaverat, Cs.: praeoccupati beneficio animi, i. e. won over beforehand, L.—To anticipate, prevent: ad praeoccupanda Andranodori consilia, L.: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet, N.: legem ferre, hasten to bring the bill sooner before the people, L.

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  • 16 prīdiē

        prīdiē adv.    [see PRO-], on the day before, the previous day: cum pridie frequentes essetis adsensi (opp. postridie): si pridie venisset, one day sooner: pridie quam coactus es: haec epistula est pridie data quam illa: pridie eius diei, on the previous day, Cs.: pridie Idūs: pridie Parilia, L.: usque ad pridie Nonas Maias, till May 6.
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  • 17 quam

        quam adv.    [qui].—Relat., in what manner, to what degree, how greatly, how, how much: nescis quam doleam, T.: vide, quam te amarit is: declaravit quam odisset senatum: docebat, quam veteres quamque iustae causae intercederent, Cs.: ut sentias quam vile sit corpus, L.: Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis, H.: ut nobis tempus quam diu diceremus praestitueres: mire quam illius loci cogitatio delectat (i. e. mirum est, quam, etc.), wonderfully.—Interrog., how?: quam avidum in pecuniis (hunc fuisse censetis)?: quam multis custodibus opus erit?: quam longe est hinc in saltum vestrum?—In exclamations, how! how very!: quam cupiunt laudari!: quam terribilis aspectu (incedebat)!: quam nihil praetermittis in consilio dando!: Quam paene regna Proserpinae vidimus! H. —Esp., in comparisons, in what degree, as: nihil est tam populare quam bonitas: quid est oratori tam necessarium quam vox?: tam diu requiesco, quam diu ad te scribo: tam esse clemens tyrannus, quam rex importunus potest: quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est, S.: tam sum amicus rei p. quam qui maxime: Non verbis dici potest Tantum quam navigare incommodumst, T.: maria aspera iuro Non ullum pro me tantum cepisse timorem, Quam ne, etc., V.: intentis, non ab irā tantum, quam quod urbs videbatur, etc., L.: dimidium tributi quam quod regibus ferre soliti erant, half as much tribute as, etc., L.: nihil aeque eos terruit, quam robur imperatoris, L.: quam multā grandine nimbi crepitant, sic ictibus heros Creber pulsat, V.—With ellips. of tam, as much as, to the extent that, as... as: quam voletis multi dicent, as many of you as choose: quam diu vixit, all his life: quam diu tu voles, as long as you will: non militum fiduciā quam iuventutis, not so much, L.: tyrannus, quam qui umquam, saevissimus, never surpassed in cruelty, L.: Huc turba ruebat... Quam multa cadunt folia, as numerous as, V. —With sup. and possum or (old) queo: ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, at the lowest price you can, T.: quam plurimos potest equites educit, S.: quam maximis potest itineribus pervenit, Cs.: quam maxime possem, contenderem, to the utmost of my power.—With sup. and ellips. of possum, in the highest degree, as... as possible, extremely, very: quam minimum spati daretur, the shortest time possible, Cs.: quam plurimo vendere, at the highest price: ut quam primum accederet, as soon as possible: quam primum, forthwith, V. —Colloq.: quam familiariter, very, T.—Implying difference of degree (after a comp. or word of comparison), than: acrior quam ego sum: omnia sunt citius facta quam dixi: nec diutius vixit quam locuta est: ut aditus non magis nobilitati quam virtuti pateret: istas tu partīs potius quam defectionem vocas?: Nec tibi grata minus pietas... Quam fuit illa Iovi, O.: se temere magis quam satis caute inferre, L.: non locuta est ferocius quam poculum inpavide hausit, L.: speciem gloriae vehementius quam caute appetebat, Ta.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri, quam quantam hic dedisset: ne libentius haec evomere videar quam verius, with more satisfaction than accuracy: pestilentia minacior quam perniciosior, more threatening than destructive, L.: turbavit ordinem non acrior quam pertinacior impetus, L.: quid hoc fieri turpius potest, quam eum... labi: ne aliter, quam ego velim, meum laudet ingenium, otherwise than as I wished: quis antea, quis esset, quam cuius gener esset, audivit? sooner... than: pridie quam a me tu coactus eo profitere, on the day before. virtus nihil aliud est quam in se perfecta natura: nil aliud agens quam ut, etc., with no other purpose than, etc., L.: saepe supra feret, quam fieri possit, more than: ultra quam satis est, producitur.—Praegn., after verbs implying preference or superiority, rather than: praestare omnīs perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus parentarent, Cs.: si eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni vellent addicere: esse quam videri bonus malebat, S.: malae rei se quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.: statuit congredi quam refugere, N.—After expressions of time, later than, after that, after: die vicensimo quam creatus erat dictaturā se abdicavit, L.: anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat, L.
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    I
    how, how much; as, than

    quam + superlative -- as... as possible

    II
    how, than

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  • 18 red-dō

        red-dō didī, ditus, ere.    I. To give back, return, restore: scripsit ad te, ut redderes: alqd tibi, T.: Accipe quod numquam reddas mihi, H.: si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto, I give it back and renounce it: vobis amissa, L.: obsides, Cs.: follibus auras Accipiunt redduntque, take in and expel, V.: mulieri hereditatem: Redditus Cyri solio Phraates, H.: oculis nostris, V.: non reddere (beneficium) viro bono non licet: se convivio, return, L.: se catenis, H.: Teucrūm se reddat in arma, exposes, V.: Sic modo conbibitur, modo... Redditur ingens Erasinus, is swallowed up... reappears, O.: (Daedalus) Redditus his terris, on his return, V.—To utter in response, make in answer: veras audire et reddere voces, return, V.: Aeneas contra cui talia reddit, answered, V.: responsum, L.—To render, translate, interpret: quae legeram Graece, Latine reddere: verbum pro verbo: verbum verbo, H.—To render, represent, imitate, express, resemble: faciem locorum, O.: et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas, i. e. shall bear your name, V.—To make to be, cause to appear, render, make: quam (civitatem) ille inlustrem reddidit: itinera infesta, Cs.: Quem insignem reddidit arte, V.: obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est, made indistinct, O.: omnīs Catillinas Acidinos postea reddidit, made patriots in comparison: dictum ac factum reddidi, i. e. no sooner said than done, T.: hic reddes omnia ei consilia incerta ut sient, T.: fasciculum sibi aquā madidum r<*>itum esse.—To pay back, revenge, requite, p<*>sh, take satisfaction for: per eum stare quo minus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades, L.: reddidit hosti cladem, L.    II. To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign, yield, render, give, grant, bestow, surrender, relinquish, resign: mihi epistulam: litteris a Caesare consulibus redditis, Cs.: ut primi Salio reddantur honores, V.: reddita gratia (i. e. relata), S.: reddunt ova columbae, Iu.: obligatam Iovi dapem, H.: mors pro patriā reddita: morbo naturae debitum, i. e. to die by disease, N.: hanc animam vacuas in auras, O.: caute vota reddunto, pay: fumantia exta, V.: gravīs poenas, i. e. suffer, S.: reddi viro promissa iubebant, to be awarded, V.: rationem, render an account: animam a pulmonibus reddere, exhale: sonum, give forth, H.: vox reddita, uttered, V: catulum partu, O.: Fructum, quem reddunt praedia, produce, T.: Una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis, which belongs to the gods, V.: tunicam servo, Iu.: neque his petentibus ius redditur, is granted, Cs.: quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant, sacrifice: Thermitanis urbem, agros, i. e. leave unforfeited: (civitati) iura legesque, home-rule, Cs.: tribus populis suae leges redditae, independence was recognized, L.: conubia, to grant, L.: Peccatis veniam, H.: Nomina facto vera, call by the right name, O.: magistratūs adi, Iudicium ut reddant tibi, grant you a trial, T.: iudicia in privatos reddebat, assumed jurisdiction in civil actions, Cs.: ius, to give judgment, Ta.—To repeat, report, narrate, recite, rehearse: ea sine scripto verbis eisdem: sive paribus paria (verba) redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria: dictata, rehearse, H.: carmen, recite, H.: causam, O.

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  • 19 semel

        semel adv. num.    [3 SA-], once, a single time: attendant, semel bisne signum canat, L.: consulem miles semel fefellit, L.: non semel, sed bis: neque semel sed saepius: non plus quam semel eloqui. —Indef., in phrases with iterum or saepius, once and again, time and again, repeatedly, more than once, several times: semel atque iterum ac saepius dare: cum his semel atque iterum armis contendisse, Cs.: semel aut iterum, once or twice.—Once and no more, but once, but a single time, once for all: animus ubi semel se cupiditate devinxit, T.: quibus semel ignotum a te esse oportet: aut vitam semel aut ignominiam finire, L.: humum semel ore memordit, once for all, V.: virtus cum semel excidit, H.—In counting, once, first, the first time: bis rem p. servavi, semel gloriā, iterum aerumnā meā: Rufum bis pervenisse... semel ad Corfinium, iterum in Hispaniā, Cs.: ter, semel... iterum... tertio, L.— Indef, once, ever, at some time, at any time: verebamini Ne non id facerem quod recepissem semel? T.: ut semel eloquentia evecta est: quando in apertum semel discrimen evasura esset res, sooner or later, L.: quoniam quidem semel suscepi: Si semel datis... Dividite, if you are really giving, O.: semel emissum volat inrevocabile verbum, H.

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  • 20 sērō

        sērō adv. with comp. and sup.    [serus], late, at a late hour: venire: domum redire: Serius egressus vestigia vidit in alto Pulvere, O.— Late, at a late period: videsne quam ea (eloquentia) sero prodierit in lucem?: ne filius nimis sero regni paterni speciem videat, L.: scripsi ad Pomponium serius quam oportuit: causa serius in Africam traiciendi, L.: omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura, sooner or later, H.: ut quam serissime eius profectio cognosceretur, Cs. — Comp, too late: possumus audire aliquid, an serius venimus?: biduo serius veneram: serius a terrā provectae naves, Cs.— Too late: hodie sero ac nequiquam voles, T.: sero ea sentire, quae multo ante provideram: factus consul] sibi suo tempore, rei p. paene sero.—Prov.: sero sapiunt (Troiani), are wise too late.
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    serere, serui, sertus V
    wreath; join, entwine, interweave, bind together; compose; contrive
    II
    serere, sevi, satus V
    sow, plant; strew, scatter, spread; cultivate; beget, bring forth
    III
    serius, serissime ADV
    late, at a late hour, tardily; of a late period; too late (COMP)

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